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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-01
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA,
DFEIcE Mny Or 1879

TESTIMONIALS FROM MEMBERS OF THE
FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF VIRGINIA.
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DIsCoLORED TEETH rendered beaatifuliy Wits
by the use Of MEADE 4 BAKERS SAPoNlNR DEN
THRICE. Fifty cents a box. .E
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FoR ULCERATED MOUTH, the healing properties
of MEADE 6 BAKERS. CARBoLIC 9loETI-WASH
are uncxcclcd. Fifty cents bottle. .,-...E.. .
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. For ALL DISEASES OF THE TEETH hsD GUMS
use MEADE l. BAKERS CARBoLIc MOUTH
WASH Fiity cents 4 bottle.
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FURNITURE.

EURNITURE! FURNITUREln
FURNITURE.
MATTRESSES, BEDDING AND UPHOLSTERED
GOODS.
7 ain not selling out nor selling AZ cost. but am
Offering as large and well.seectcd stock OF the
aforementioned goods at rs low figure rs can BIC
bought anywhere. I keep full line OF FURNf-
TuRE OF all descriptions and the public will con-
vince themselves Of the aforementioned fact by
calling and examining my stock and prices.
WILLIAM DAFFROE,
1888 Main street.
Mattress Factory and Upholstering- Rooms. Nos
lG, 1S, 20 north Fifteenth street. jy 27.eod2m
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IScIPIENT TARTAR-AND SCURF removed by
MEADE L BAKERS SApoSIHE DESTIFRICE
Fifty cents box. .....
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UNIVERSITY HIGH
N SCHOOL.
AMHERST COURTHOUSE, VA.

STRICTLY PREPARATORY TO THE UNIVER-
SITY OF VIRGINIA.
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FOR BLEEDING GUMS, use MEADE & BAKERS
CARBoLIc MoUTH-WASII. Fifty cents bottle.
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FOR RENT.

TOR RENT, THAT DESIRABLE a
IL STORE AND WAREHOUSE now occu- 1
pie ! by Messrs. Hiu, Skinker& Co.. on the west side
OF Fourteenth between Main and Cary street 1t is
three stories high, aud well adapted for wholesale
retail business. Possession LIST Of October. Apply
10 JOHN T. GODDIS.
Real Estate Agent.
au 1-cotl3t Bank and Eleventh streets.
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EOR RENT, THAT LARGE BRICK "a
Il DWELLING tknown as the carlton HI
House ~ situated the east side of Twelfth street
between Broad and Marshall, containing about four
teen rooms, with large kitchen containing about
four rooms and at present occupied by Mr.. j. l..
CapsiOn as Il clearinghouse, for which 1t Is we'll
suited. Possession given September /. 1873. APP
plyl0 JAMES NJ. TAYLOR SON,
3l-3t Real Estate Agents and Auc,ioneers.
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Much may be gained by making your purchases
rs LEVY BROTHERS.
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Sir,-I gives Inc pleasure to say that yon have sent
e-prrpared young men to this institution: Your
school Is noted for its good discipline and Its tho
rough educational training. ...-...
Very truly yours, JAMES +. HARRISON.
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DETHEL CLASSICAL AND MILL
ID TAHf ACADEMY, near Warrenton, Fauqlier
county Va, prepares for college, University, or
business Recommended for location, health, mo mo
ralily, scholarship, and discipline Board and tui-
MAJOR 4. &. SMITH, Superintendent,
Bethel Academy post-ofhcc.
23-dc3d&wlm Fauquer county, va.
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MADAME r. AGILE ToGNo and MISS , AZ; =
~ SitSSDAY. 2d of October. They respectfully
ot en,scit share Of the pnaiic patronage.
The Boarding aus French department IN charse
The Engiish department IN charge OF Miss DANIEL
and Miss Z. GRATTAS. ~
sfis. Mr. HOWARD BAYSE. 81
German Mr.. q. T. CRUMP.
Drawing and Painting, Miss LAIRD. ,,e..r
TERMS: Per session OF nine nontis ofG on nr m'. @
able in advance, or monthly payments II hore eoh-
ycnieRt to parents- ,,-,.. ,,a ,,;
Ronrd, with washing, fuel, lights. ana 1ui- s.oo
tion in French. .....'...''@ ~
Higher English school. ..................... 90
InterNeeEs.SS sSSnj ....,,.,, so
PrimarS or SCnm",, - 20
i,>, i,a. ni o~ a1a P,;m,ing from ........ 20 TO 40
Mns!c-voca! aat instrumental-at pFoie'soFs-
Circulars witt, details. references Sc to nc had at
the French Consulate apd at Inc store 9, sssas
West. Johnston & Co. VI Observation-Disclosures
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EOR RENT, a MOST ATTRAC a.
L TIVE NEW RESIDENCE on the east III
sae OF IwSith s,S STREET between Marshall and Nay
with six rooms, all handsomely papercd, besides
kitchen, servants room, closets &c.
This house Is not surpassed for Its location, its
surroundings, In It's arrangement, style OF finish,
convenience. aud completeness OF appointments by
any other of Its size in the city, having hot and cold
water, wit ba'h, range, stationary wash-tubs &C.
To coed tenant terms moderate. Apply promptly
to GRUBBS 4 WILLIAMS.
iy 26-eod2w ..E
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DRIVING I'm EGYPT.

All the carriages and harnesses are of
European manufacture, while among the
horses the stately Arabians are numerous.
The grandest equipages have both driver
and footman upon the box, while in front
of the horses the nimble seis runs to clear
the way. These runners are dressed in
white, the skirt reaching only to the knees
and the sleeves large and flowing. An
embroidered jacket, with the tarboosh, or
fez, as head covering, completes his Co.'S
tune. The lower LIMBS and feet are nude.
The staff of Office of the seis is a slender
stick about one yard in length, which he
carries in perpendicular position. The
speed and endurance.of these runners are
most remarkable and interesting. Some
carriages have two, and those of the khe-
dive and his family often appear with four,
two running abreast. The many equip
ages of the khedive, his sons and his wife,
are all imported, and in addition to a full
number of the servants already described,
each has two Or four cavalry men accom-
panying as body-guard.
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TEKE DOOR LOOKING AFTER THE
KEY.

Alexander, fourth Earl Of Kellie, like
most of his compeers Of that day, asrather
a hard liver He married Annie, daughter
of the third Earl of Balcarris, and, in the
first confidence of early married love, in
trusted to her keeping the key of the wine
cellar. Lady Kellie was naturally anxious
to put some limit to his lordships pota-
tions, 30 on the. first occasion that he in
vited several of his boon companions to
the castle for dinner and drink, she gave
out as much wine as she thought good for
them, and then walked quietly up to Carn-
bee, with the key of the cellar in her
pocket to take her flour hours" with the
minister's wife. She, however, formed
very poor idea Of the drinking powers Of
the party she had left behind; they soon
discussed the small modicum which she
had left out for their consumption, and on
his lordship sending for more be learned
how matters stood. His measures were
soon taken; he had the cellar door forthwith
forced from its hinges, and desired the SER
wants to taken 1t to the mansa with hts
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TRIAL EY JURY; orr HOW Tr's
DONE.

The jury retired to consider the verdict.
Foreman-Well, gentlemen, what shall
it be? For the defendant or the plain
tiff I say for the plaintiff - damages
$1,000.
Number Two--Nonsense You mean
the defendant. He was in the right, and
nothing shall make me give in if stay
here all night.
Number Three--Don't say that; because
have dinner party at six O'Clock.
Number Four--And promised my wife
to be back at seven. -
Number Five--I say ditto, too, Mr..
Foreman. Only make it ten cents dam
ages Nothing shall move me from that.
Number Six-Which was the plaintiff
Number Seven-Why, the one who re-
fused to pay the bill, don't you know?
Number Eight-Bless me, 1 thought he
was the defendant.
Number Nine-Come, gentlemen, it's
getting late. Make up your minds. I
don't care which you give it for. I thought
both sides in the wrong.
Number Ten-Did you? thought both
sides in the right.
Number Eleven--Its no use talking.
l tell you / mean to stick to the defend
ant.
Number Twelve-And l to the plaintiff.
Damages $1,000. Not penny less, mind
you, not a penny less.
Foreman-I see, gentlemen, we must
decide it in the usual way. will toss the
penny, if you will be good enough to CRY
heads or tails.
The jury returns after few minutes alb
senoe. Verdict for the plaintiff. Damages
S5.-Reading Eagle.
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1T was ALIVE.

He was rather an uncouth looking indi-
vidual, and as he sauntered into the store
the crowd sitting on the barrels winked at
each other and made remarks about his
person.
"Where did it come from ?" asked one,
pointing at him.
Somebody left the door open and it
blew in," said another.
81 don't think it's alive" said third.
"Touch it and see," remarked a fourth.
eyes, it's man-ese it mover" queried
the first.
All hands laughed boisterously.
"I'm poor man, and don't want to
have any trouble with anybody. Pm
Christian, and don't believe in turmoil
and strife and can't participate in it. I
pray, you worldly minded people, that you
will allow me to depart in peace" said the
new arrival.
One of the crowd, more daring than the
rest, hammered the mans hat down over
his eyes, and another dabbed his nose
full of Iholasses from barrel standing
by.
Then the poor Christian took small
volume from his pocket and began read
ing the Scriptures in drawling, sing-song
tone.
While he was engaged at this the
crowd played all sorts of tricks on him.
One put some eggs in his pocket and an.
other mashed them.
Then the biggest man in the house
poured some oil on his hat and lighted it.
Then the clerk hit him under the nose
with a Goldfish.
Then that man quietly put the little
volume in his coat.tail pocket, and the
| clerk went head first into the molasses bar
rel. When the biggest man in the house
picked himself from under the counter il
was next to an impossibility to guess where
his nose left of and where the Goldfish
began. No: l made work for the glazie,
as he knit ventilatar in the window. No
2 hatched out half barrel of eggs, and
No. got up on the pie shelf and stayed
there. As No. 4 walked out Of the dool
on his back he wondered how much il
would cost to make him as good al
new, and the poor Christian man re
marked-
"The next time you folks pick me up fol-
slouch look out you amt in the wronl
pew. Good day, fellers."
The clerk is waiting for them to COM
round and settle for damage done, bu
they must have forgotten where the plac,
is as they pass right by without looking in
and their bills remain unpaid. -Shsnandoa,
Herald.
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LIQUID VACUUM

When Thomas drove up to house on
Elizabeth street recently to deliver the
usual quart of mixture, the gentleman of
the house kindly inquired
'"Thomas, how many quarts of milk do
you deliver ?"
'Ninety-one, SIR"
"And how many COWS have yon2"
"Nine, SIR"
The gentleman made some remarks
about the state of the roads, and then
asked:-
"say, Thomas, how much milk per day
do your COWS average?"
"Seven quarts, sir"
"Ah-um," said the gentleman, as he
moved off. Thomas looked after him,
scratched his head, and all at once grew
pale as he pulled out short pencil and be-
gan to figure on the wagon cover.
mine cows is nine, and I set seven
quarts down under the COWS and multiply.
That's sixty-three quarts of milk / told
him sold ninty-one quarts per day. Sixty
three from ninety-one leaves twenty EIGHT
eight, and none to carry. Now, where do
| get the rest of the milk ? I'll be hanged
if haven't given myself away to one of
my best customers, by leaving darned
big cavity in these fggers to be filled with
water. ."-Detroit Free Press.
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EXCUSES FOR MURDER.

Something like quarter of a century
ago John M. w. Lace was shot dead in
the middle of the day in crowded street
of Milwaukee, by a young woman named
Ann Wheeler. The assassin did not CON-
front her victim face to face but ap-
preached him from behind as he was
looking in at a show window and sent
the bullet through his head at short and
safe range From the moment of the
assassination until the termination of the
trial the defendant never alleged any
distinct charge against Lace. Her de-
fense was assumed by J. E. Arnold, a
very celebrated local lawyer, assisted by
a couple of attorneys from Cleveland,
where the defendant had formerly re-
sided. For the first time in the history
Of criminal jurisprudence the plea of
moral insanity was set up, and in the
end resulted in the acquittal of the de-
fendant. On the first trial the jury
failed to agree: On the second she was
found not guilty, and turned loose.
The entire basis of the defense was an
assumed hypothesis, that the defendant
had accidentally heard that Lace had
made some disparaging remarks about
her in a public place. This wasn't even
proved. But the novel plea of "moral
insanity" or sudden state of frenzy
caused by hearing that such remarks had
been made, was so skillfully and elo
quently urged by the counsel that il
the second trial Ann Wheeler was ac
quilted.
Since that time the plea of "mora
insanity" has been more than once sue
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cessfully urged, though out of Difference
to public opinion the defendants have
generally been consigned to lunatic
asylum for a short period. 1t is now as
sumed by some that the act of murder is
in itself prima facie evidence of insanity,
and that the murderer should be treated
as lunatic and not as a criminal, 1t is
said that the brain of several murderers
have been examined recently, after their
execution, and that all over the surface
of the inner membranes marks of chronic
inflammation have been detected. This
medical fact furnishes very plausible
theory on which an astute criminal law
yer can work up defense for the most
brutal murder.
Of course the skull of the accused in
any individual case can not be subjected
to ante-mortem examination, but this
would not be expected if the fact is once
recognized that all assassins are suffering
from Inflammation of the brain, no mat
ter what the cause might be, and are
therefore to a certain extent morally If
responsible.
So many of these pleas of emotional
insanity, cerebral mania and passional or
functional arrangement hove been sue
eessfully urged before iuries that the
tendency is becoming decidedly marked
in some parts of the country to postpone
the trial of the worst criminals until
after their execution, thus giving tc
medical men the opportunity to ascer,
tain just about what degree of cerebral
excitement they were laboring under
when the crime was committed. 1t is tC
the accused rather an awkward way Of
reaching the truth, but sometimes more
satisfactory to the public than the re
suits of many of our judicial farces.
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ON A RLAZI G STEAMER.

The steamer City of Chester, from 81.
Louis, was completely destroyed by fire
recently. The steamers Captain, Alex.
Zeigler, said:
eve had been in and tied up to the ele-
vator about two. hours when the fire oc-
Cured. It was reported to me that every
thing had cooled off and that all was snug,
and so I turned in. A tap Of the bell
awoke me, and knew something must be
wrong, so jumped up and grabbed my
coat and saw that the steamer was aflre.
It had shot up to the hurricane deck, and
the whole of the boat forard was burning
away. put my coat over my head, and
rushed through the fire down the stairs and
out on the elevator. She was oil over
ablaze then. When got off, the hose had
been got out and was playing on her, but
did not seem to be doing any good. l
rushed down to the end of the elevator and
saw the people standing on the aft of the
deck. There was no way for 'em to get OF
without jumping into the water. l went
back, and the fire had caught the elevator,
and was roaring and blazing all over the
steamer. Then heard the tugs coming
up, and, knowing the chances for the peo-
pie to get off the boat were as good if she
drifted off as they were then, to save the
elevator I ordeigd the men to cut her loose,
and then she drifted down, burning as she
went. The passengers and crew were
picked up by the tugs and rowboats. They
all had foaters."
"How many were lost, captain2"
eve have heard of three who have not
turned up vet. One is the colored barber,
Albert Brown, one is the mail agent, john
ME Kirnan, and the other is a passenger,
Gus Zeller, white Memphis barber. A
passenger, Mr.. Myers, who went up to St.
Louis to-day, told us about young Kirnan.
He and Kirnan were standing aft together
with their floats ready for chance to jump
of. Johnnie Kirnan said to Myers: I'm
going to try to get back and get my books
and some registered letters and things
Stop, said Myers to him, you'll never
come out alive
"Kirnan didn't mind him, though, but
rushed back to the cabin, where his papers
were, and that was the last seen of him.
When the steamer got down to the end of
the sandbar her powder magazine burst.
Her boilerspever had been hurt"
After the cutting loose, the steamer
drifted down stream, and the people on
board huddled aft, about ten in number.
There they seized oars, pieces of timber,
&C., catching which they aprang overheard,
and were picked up in various ways by
skifs and tugs. The tug Oriole frs
touched the stern of the burning steamer
and from it took what seemed to be the
three last remaining human beings. She
was soon after forced to leave the Chester
on account of the excessive heat, aDd ther
the transfer boat Pierson took the wrecl
in charge, towing it over to the sand bar
There the terrible explosion of the magazine
took place. .-Memphis Avulanche
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IT is calmly asserted that Senator
Matthews has blood, pluck and brains
Then where is the deficiency, for surely
there is something lacking? 1t must
be age and experience that he needs
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THE Columbus Journal believes John
A. Shank will successfully combat with
the Banning for the Democratic nomina-
tion for Congress in the Second District.
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No disturbing element for to-morrow's
convention has yet appeared, A dis
turbing element" is essential to a con-
vention of the first class, and it may still
be developed. A resolution to endorse
the craftsmanship of Matthews might
meet the emergency.
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Iowa will find it necessary to shuttle
around and keep up her reputation. We
have an account of a cyclone in China
last month which destroyed nine thou
sand houses and killed at least ten thou
sand people. There's wind for you.
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THE food tide of silver has brought
with it the Mexican dollar to such an
extent that it has become a nuisance in
business circles. The "dollar of the
Greasers' is not money here, and has a
worth oily to the value of the silver it
contains. 1t is pronounced by experts
to contain silver enough to make it worth
95 cents; at least that is about its mar
ketable value. But this is not the great
est objection. Such large quantities of.
those circulated here are said to be coun-
terfeit, and the counterfeits so well exc
cuted that persons not expert in handling
money and familiar with this particular
coin are liable to suffer by getting the
queer on their hands. The circulation
of this money here ought not to be en-
couraged. OF course, in small way it
can not be helped. When a poor man
goes to the grocery with Mexican dol
lar, it would not be justice to turn him
away because there was possibility that
the money might not be straight. That
is matter for the shopkeeper to decide
for himself just as he would in exchang-
ing goods for any other commodity, for
the Mexican money is simply a mer-
chantable commodity, and not part of
the currency of the country. The wrong
is done by manufacturers and others, who
import the money in large sums, bought
at discount, and pay off their hands
with it. In some instances the men can
not pass it at all, and in others are made
to lose the discount In any case, it is a
hardship that the employees should not
be made to suffer, to say nothing of the
harm done the whole community by put
ting that money afoat. Uncle Sam pro-
vides money enough, and money that we
all understand. Let us, therefore, have
no more Mexican dollars brought here.
The firm that does it is, moreover, taking
great risk. For should bushel or two
of this money prove counterfeit, the fact
would be anything but a pleasant one
for the men that brought it and put it in
circulation here.
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THERE are still hopes of the ultimate
recovery of Mr.. William Cullen Bryant,
but he is very i'll.
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compliments to her hdyship, AMI she
asked any questions, to say "That it was
the cellar door come to look for ths
kew
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CINCINNATI WEsTWooD (HARROW-GAUGEl
Daily, except Sunday
Leave C.. II. & D: Depot 1858 IN, 6:1S pm,
Leave Robb's (Westwood), 5.4s am, 7:SS m
1888 p IN, 1853 p m. 6:03p M.
Leave Brighton, 64sa m, s:o3an, 2:Os, m 5 ia
p m, 64:3 pm.
Sunday trains,
Leave Robb's (Wcstwood), S.3S m, 1928 a m.
1923 pm. 2;03 p m, 4:53 p IN, and 6:3 pm ,,-i
Leave Brighton, 9:33 m, II :O8 M :28 pm. ,
2:3S p m, 6:03 p m. 7l3 p m
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AMOR SMITH, JR., Collector.
THE STAR,
Fraet. Cincinnati. O.

PROSPECTS indicate harmonious and
not over lively Convention.
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sUNBEAMS.

The Chinaman's weak spot is white su-
gar He'll pass over jewelry to steal ont
loaf
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BALTIMORE d OHIO, VIA PARKERsBURG.
lnnnt .pnnr and plnrn