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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

EOR RENT, THAT NICE ANDG
IL DESIRABLE DWELLING No. Q SecondEz;23,
street, between Main and Franklin; III splendid
repair new bathroom, &C.: eight rooms and brick
kiicnen four rooms. Price, $500 per annnn,.
fe 2G-3t FRANK -. HILL. II 0S N"in street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

EARM AND COUNTRY RESI-Ea
Il DENCE FOB RENT NEAR THE CITY E5
nv virtue OF decree or the Cbancety Court OF the
city of Richmond offer Tor rent that very dcsira.
bic FARM and COUNTRY RESIDENCE occupied
by r. n stoops. Esd. situated on The Wesf1lam
road about two and a half miles from Richmond,
containing about ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF
LAND, with elegant DWELLING and other I'M
provements thereon: beautiful yard ami shrubbery.
An excellent opportunity for any one desiring Z"
rent i nice home near the city. Apply 70
JOHN w. WRIGHT.
Sheriff and Receiver.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

FOR OFFENSIVE BREATH from decayed teeth
and diseased gums, use MEADE & BAKERS CAR
BOLIC MoU1H-WAsu. Fifty cents bottle.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

as3THE, .GIEswooD" !" WHfsKEr TOOK tbs sst pre-.
MUM arthe State Fair. s; 81.
I. The : B Select, .Whissa, IS recommended b.. DR.
sJ. b. McCaw.
g Duf Gordon sherry-ont own importation.
ciearssn every grade. Of oui Swn mauufActure.
i Liberal disconntfo the trade ,
80 w. ID. BLAIR & Co,
903 Main street.
IS DrseoLoRED TEETH rendered beautifully whito
by the use Or MEADE 4 BAKERS SAPoSrSE Den
THRICE. Fifty cents a box.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

TOR RENT, GOOD FRAN EDG
Il DWELLING, No. 311 Cary street, near Eli
the Madison school. house. with tye rooms, ana
kitchen with two rooms. Apply to
fe 2T.3t GRUBBS & WILLIAMS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

FOR RENT, NICE BRICK DIV WELL-M,
Il ING No "A Fourth, between Main aud LII
Franklin; ti.ht rooms, Kitchen &c. 5000.
fe 2B-3t FRANK y. HILL, 1lOS Main strict
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

EOR RENT, BRICK HOUSE, No.EA
IL 317, on the southwest corner Of Canal and LII
Fourth streets, with eight rooms, and kitchen with
'Ie fe a7o3i ''''' GRUBBS & WILLIAMS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28
The House

was, ut the time this message came in, en-
gagged upon the bill proposing to permit the
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

ATTEND wINsTocK's auction sale TO-DAY.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

& FOE BLEEDING GEMs. use MEADE & BaxER'
CARDoLIc MoUrH-wAsn. Fifty cents bottle.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

INCIP1ENT TARTAR AND SCURP removed b.
MEADE & BAKERS SAPoNiNE DENTiFRIcE
Fifty cents q box.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28
LOST. sTRAYED, ANp EuUND.

c1S REWARD. - Stolen, Friday f\-3o
Ole night, 22d February, a aDARK.BAYGsA
HORSE, ten or eleven years old . btemish III ht,
left eye; creStfallen: oSs hts front ieet, his
h0ofs being q little split; eocked-ankled when
standing, but does not show !, when moving: new
Morgan saddle aud bride. will pay The above re-
ward for horse. saddle, aud bridle. :,
Poss-ofhce, Glen Allen, Henrico counsy,ra.
fe 2S-d,w$sw1tS sG1z
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

bh1SlIsiNU WTIH LEUdL FUsN1S'
What saves it? Its friends rely upon the
preamble, in which it is alleged that the
preservation Of the State government is the
first necessity /; the constitutional obligation
to support the system Of free schools the
second; and the payment Of the present
rate OF interest on the amount claimed as
the principal OF the public debt the third.
The taxes for the first two must be paid In
money, the last may be paid 10 coupons.
The State has contracted that all may be
paid in coupons, and, as already said, the
highest courts have ruled that this contract
is binding. The preamble attempts 10 avoid
this ruling by alleging that the first Is me-
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

The gentleman IS mere only Dy courtesy.
Mr.. Paul: am perfectly willing to an
swer any questions the gentleman may ask.
Mr.. Chiles: move that the gentleman
be heard.
Mr.. Sinclair thanked the gentleman, but
himself Of the offer.
Mr.. Paul, resuming, declared that he re.
| lied upon the people; that they would sus-
tain the Legislature, and send them forth
again with renewed strength. He moved
that committee Of five be appointed to
prepare resolutions, to report at meeting
to be held tonight.
Mr.. Chiles suggested tomorrow Thurs
day. night.
Mr.. Paul thought that it might be neces-
sary to take some action in one house or an
other bearing upon the question tomorrow
to-daY), and prompt actien was therefore
| necessary.
SENATOR MASSEY
supported the proposition OF Mr.. Paul. II
was, he said, matter OF Importance to
agree promptly upon some course OF action.
1t was question whether all the labors OF
the session should be lost, or an attempt
made to arrest the legislation of the past
and shape that Of the future from impend.
ing danger.
SENATOR FULKERsoN
foyored the proposition OF Mr.. Paul. II
the veto bill Is to stand we will have no
government. There is no money in the
treasury. Monday there was not cent
there. Some was borrowed Tuesday, it is
true, and one OF the asylums was here to-
day asking to he allowed to send the inmates
home unless they could get part OF their
appropriation. The message, he said, had
taken both friends and enemies by surprise.
1t was great calamity. He believed It was
the secret wish even Of it's enemies that the
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-08-22
Hints for Travellers.

A great deal might be written and said
against those impolite people one is sure
to meet at railway depots, steamboat
piers, and other points, who are always
pushing, squeezing, and roughly jostling
their fellow-travellers, with the aim and
purpose of securing the best places.
As a rule, they are rude and selfish; care
nothing for the comforts, nor regarding
in the least the rights of their ncighbors.
This hurry and hustle at once proclaim
the illbred tourist. An English maya
zine, The C0rnhiN, says Watch differ
ent orders of persons proceeding to take
the train from one place to another. Per
sons of an inferior condition of life APP
pear to be deeply tormented with the idea
that they will fail to catch it. They ar
rive out of breath, though they are ten
minutes before the time fixed for start
ing. They hustle over the taking of thei.
tickets, they scramble for place in some
carriage or other, the whole business is
with them one of haste and disquetude'
People of a higher grade, but still of what
is ordinarily termed middle condition
of life, do not manifest SO much incoher-
ent solicitude as all this. But they are
tidgety and uncertain. They trouble
themselves and their neighbors, instead
of taking the matter quietly as a matter
of course. People of tine manners do not
exhibit these symptoms of gratuitous dis
tress. They take all reasonable care to
be at the station in time, but as they cher
ish an immovable belief that five min
utes are always and invariably of the same
length, and that the hour-hand moves no
faster even if their own does, they are
content to abide by the law of cause and
consequence, and entertain no doubt
that having given themselves an abundant
interval for traversing a well. ascertained
distance, it will be accomplished in the
period duly allotted to it. There is per-
feet repose in the taking of their tickets,
in the dispatch of their baggage, in the
selection Of their places. Where in the
world is there any necessity for heat, or
for that feverish trepidation which ac-
companies the smaller movements of peo-
pie who have not learned, to use not
inapt phrase to be met with in modern
poem, that there is nothing so tedious as
hastel
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-08-22

TEN THOUSAND AMERICAN PLows For
RUSSIA. American Agricultural for
March says:
One of the most noticeable Of recent
occurrences is the purchase of ten thou
sand American plows by the Russian
government, for distribution among the
farmers Of Russia. There is more in this
than would seem to be at first sight. 1t
is certainly a great compliment as well
as valuable acknowledgement of merit
to American agricultural implement
makers, but it implies that the COMPETE
ton of American farmers in the European
grain trade has touched what has been
considered an invulnerable spot. The
wheat growers of Southern Russia supply
what is known as the Black Sea trade,
and being much nearer to the market
than we are, their wheat has had great
advantage over ours. But American
wheat has displaced the Russian wheat,
to a considerable extent, in the English
market, and the Russian farmers have
now to exert themselves to hold even a
portion of that trade. Hence it is deter.
mined to Try the plows that we are using,
with view to produce wheat more
cheaply than hitherto. But there is some
thing else needed. The man that holds
the pillow is of more account than the
plow, and there are no farmers in the
world who are more intelligent or more
skillful than American farmers. But we
cannot afford to rest upon what we have
gained. The important fact here noticed
shows that our competitors are 10y no
means idle, and intend to improve their
methods of work as far as possible We
must meet their Improvements by Others
ot our own
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-08-22

AN UPRIGHT LIFE.-Nothing is more
certain than that human conduct pro-
duces its effect upon human character
and determines its future veal or woe.
Virtue and uprightness give the pure
heart and clear conscience, whose work
ing is an ample reward for their marks
upon the soul and tend to misery. Ret
rbution follows as the night the day
upon human action. Call it heaven and
hell, or what you will, confne it TO this
life or project through all eternity, the
one great principal is the same, and it is
that which concerns us as human beings.
Goodness hath its reward; sin hath its
punishment.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-08-22
Watering Horses after Feeding.

The National Lire Stock Journal in
giving direction for the care of horses,
says;
Another common fault in the almen-
tation of horses is the leading to water
just after full feed of grain. The first
effect of this is to largely distend the
stomach; and the result may be as serious
AS if the material were masticated grain
and saliva. But should this danger be
avoided, matters ale not necessarily left
in a better state. The sudden and excess
sve influx of water is likely to wash
on much of the contents of the stomach
into the intcStines before the nitrogenous
principles have been digested, termen-
tation, extrication of gases, over disten-
sions, COLES, and nflammatons result
Even that is not all The application of
an excess of cold water on the mucous
membrane of the stomach and intestines
causes vascular congestion and violent
muscular contractions, so that all tend
to digestive disorder of dangerous ma
ture. Copious dr,ughts of iced water
are hurtful alike to man and beast. If
it must be taken it should be taken in
Siuaii quantities Wy "hu iiSiuShtiy'
But drink of waer of moderate tenn
perature, just after feed of grain, is
full of peril to the soIiped. Thirst should
be allayed before the feed is given; and
if any water is allowed after, it should
be merely a monthf,l until the lapse of
one or two hours tine has been had for
gastric digestion, After feed Of hay
there is comparatively little danger.
From the excessive ,alivary addition 10
the hay, and the comparatively small
amount of its albaminoids, these are
rapidly dissolved out and digested, and
the further addition of water after rather
favorable than otherwise in Fastening its
progress into the bowels, where the di
gestion of its starch sugar, fat and other
respiratory elements may be completed.
THE consistency with which the school
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-08-22

DR.. NJ. c. GErTIsAN, the Roman Cath
Ollie Archbishop of Armagh, in his last
Lenten pastoral, spoke in terms of strong
reprobstion of "wakes." Some persons,
he said, go to wakes and funerals for no
other purpose than to drink whisky.
Such people would drink the water in
which Plate washed his hands if it tasted
Of whisky.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-08-22

BEWARE OF CODA cold is often the
precursor of serious illness and death.
Whatever weak place we have, whatever
constitutional disease we be subject to,
cold will surely discover. We take cold
because our vitality is too low to ward
off the effects of the reduced tempera-
ture around us. As a matter of the first
importance, then, to resist cold and the
various arrangements of the system CON
sequent, it is necessary by proper nutri-
ton to maintain our natural animal heat /:
second, to retain this heat by sufficient
quantity of clothing; third, to regulate
with care the temperature of the air We
breathe. Contrary to the opinion current
among lovers of cold weather, a fire in
the bedroom in winter is cheaper aud
better than doctors bill; for, owing to
our inactive condition during sleep, the
circulation of the vitalizing blood is both
slow and imperfect, and hence the dan
ger of taking cold 10y breathing cold air
is greatly increased. Never neglect a
cold; it is a dangerous liberty to take
with the healthiest constitution.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-08-22
Curious New York Characters.

Whoever has been here lately has cen
a queerly dressed person, whether man
or woman it would be hard to tell-a
person with semi Turkish garb and an
old straw hat, pcrambulating the side
walks near the postoffice and Aston
House, selling papers to anybody who
will buy. This famous person is Tom
Ri-Jon, a very harmless sort of creature
of the Mary Walker species, though she
has husband and makes a newspaper,
the sassiest paper in the world" She
strolls, slowly and pleasantly, with
smile almost always on a face that is far
from repulsive, and sometimes boys and
men collect around her, greatly to the
annoyance of the rector of st. Pauis
church, who got her arrested the other
day as disturber of the peace. There
was no proof that she had disturbed any
body's peace but that of the incensed
rector, and the judge let her off. Two or
three weeks ago she was arrested on some
frivolous charge and committed for want
of bail, which DR.. Logan, visitor in the
city, promptly paid for her. Her paper
is full of crudities, with glimmeriDgs of
sense in paragraphs Of nonsense and rub
bsh. But it is one of the curious ten
denotes of modern city life to develop
this sort of eccentricity. A very inter
esting chapter might be written on the
eccentric characters Of New York, chief
OF whom is George Francis Train, who has
abstained from meat for years and has
taken Turkish baths enough to have re-
duced an ordinary man to perspiration, if
not to have dissolved him into an impal-
pable mist. l saw him lately looking as
self-absorbed and intense as ever, his
head full of splendid conceits and crott h.
cts, his talk continuous flow of brilliant,
startling, shocking, absurd, revolution
airy, quaint, reverent sayings. He seems
to be human locomotive without brake
or stop-cock. He watched the .parrows
on the green and the pigeons that circled
over the park; he followed the children
with his eager eyes aud seemed to pine
after them, himself "a big, overgro"n boy.
An iuexpressible sadness came into his
face sometimes and then it was tender
and sweet as woman's. One cannot
help feeling deep sympathy for the
man, who with more poise and steadiness
of nature, with menta! equilibrium
which he has either lost or been denied,
perhaps with better regulated nerve
gauges, might be one Of the ablest and
most brilliant men of the age. 1t is II
terrible reflection on our medical science
that it has found no way of restoring such
a man to the world and to himself.-Cor.
Sprtngfeld Republican.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-08-22

USEFUL TALENTs.-To be good bust.
ness man you mus have some talent.
Business is emnently fit for man of
genius, and to earn livelihood is the
best way to sharpen ones wits. Besides,
business affairs offer better opportunities
at present than the so-called professions
Therefore our youth should be thoroughly
and practically trained for business, in
order that they may succeed and become
a credit to whatever calling they may
adopt. At the same time they should be
educated not to despisc labor; for, after
all, it is only by hard work that We
achieve any success worthy Of the name.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-08-22

A CLERGYMAN, having been introduced
into living in Kent, took occasion dur
ing his first sermon to introduce the word
"op,ics." At the conclusion of the ser
vice farmer who was present thanked
him for his discourse, but intimated that
he had made mistake in one word, soft
ening down the severity of his criticism
by saying, 1--WE all know very well, sir,
what you meant" On the Clergyman
making further inquiries about the word,
the farmer replied: "What you call hop
sticks, in this part of the country we call
hoppoles.I
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-08-22

A CINCINNATI firm advertises "vis-
itors welcomed and shown through the
warerooms without being importuned to
buy"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-08-22

THE TRUE WIFE-What do you think
the sweet word wife comes from? 1t
is the great syllable in which the English
and Latin languages conquered the
French and Greek. l hope the French
may some day find an expression for the
idea in lieu of that dreadful word femme
But what do you think it comes froml
The great value of Saxon words is that
they mean something. Wife means
"weaver.' You must either be house
wives or housemoths: remember that. In
a deeper sense, you must either weave
mems fortunes and embroider them, or
feed upon and bring them to decay.
Wherever a true wife comes, home is al
ways around her. The stars may be over
her head; the glowworm in the dewy
grass may be the fire at her feet; but
where she is dwels the spirit of home a;
and for noble woman it stretches far
around her; better than houses ceiled
with cedar or painted with vermilon,
shedding quiet light for those who else
are homeless. This is woman's truest
place and highest power.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-08-22

WHAT nation produces the most mar.
DISQUALIFICATION.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-08-22

THE consistency with which the school
boy will go fishing and catch nothing, is
equaled only by the unsuccessful efforts
of a corn doctor to secure customer in
q printing office.-Rsme Seattasi.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-08-22
The New York Police on Duty.

Every street and broad alley in the
CITY is divided into q series of "posts" or
"beats," patrolled by a single officer,
which vary in length according to the
locality, some in the northern part of the
island being many blocks in length,
while Others in the lower wards are scarcely
two blocks long, and are intersected
by other posts. Besides this, officers are
stationed at much-frequented corners and
street, CROSSINGS at railway stations, steam
boat landings, wharves, ferries, places of
amusement, in the municipal offices, and
elsewhere on special duty. 1t is common
cant that policeman is always present
except when wanted. In the lower part
of New York this is more slang than
sense. How far will you walk in the re-
gion of Canal street, for example, before
meeting policeman-that is, if you look
for one, for it is his policy to remain in
conspicuous2 Lower Broadway, dim and
gloomy at midnight, is full of police,
furiously shaking the handles of the
doors to be sure that ali are securely
locked, peering through the little peep
holes in the iron shutters to see that no
burglars are at work in the stores where
lights are left burning all the night, or
that an incipient fire is not working in
sidious destruction; lurking out of sight
in shady door-ways while they watch
suspicious loungers; or standing in
groups of two or three on the corners
where two posts intersect and a rounds
man has happened to join them. Leaving
Broadway and glancing down dark and
fearful back streets, like Bayard or Eliz
abeth, West Houston or Sullivan, you are
sure to see the Pickering light of the
street lamps and the ruddy glare of red
sign lanterns reflected from the silver
shield and brass buttons. Go where you
may, you meet these erect and wide
awake watchmen. They are strolling
through the deserted avenues of Wash
ington Market; they are watching in
tently the excited throng in the Bowery;
they are keeping an eye on rogues in Mad
ison square; they are pulling silently in
and out of the shadows of the great
ships lying asleep at the wharves; they
are browsing as preserves" in the thirty
four station-hou:es, ready on teegraphic
summons to go to the care of a fire or
the subduing of a riot. The worshiper
coming from his weekly prayer meeting,
finds the policeman at the door, enforcing
his coveted quiet. The family that goes
for days recreation at Rockaway is
sure that its pleasure will not be spoiled
by rowdyism, for a group of officers
stand on the deck, seemingly absorbed in
the magnificence of summer morning
on the bay, yet ready-ready. The
opera glasses sweeping the audience at
"Faust" or 1.-THE Shaughran," catch sight
white ribbons and pretty plumes Serb
ner's Monthly.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-08-22

GREEN grow the Russians, OIL
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-08-22

sYoar not with life nor fear death.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-30
TELEcRAPHlc BREvITlEs.
NO COMBINATION.

NO COMBINATION.
Philadelphia, Dec. 30.-President Cow.
en-, of the Reading railroad, says he accepts
the re.ult of last Fridays meeting as an in
dication that there will be no. combination
made for next year.
CONTEST DECIDED.
Cincinnati, Dec. 30.-In the contested
election case Of s. H. Drew, republican cam
didate for prosecuting attorney for Hamil-
ton county, against Lewis w. Irwin, demo-
crat, Judge Moore, of the court Of common
pleas, to-day decided in favor Of Drew. The
case will be carried to higher court.
HEARD FROM.
New York, Dec. 30.-The steamer Gla.
morgan from China and Japan for this
port and reported missing, has been heard
from. The vessel arrived at Bermuda Dec.
10Th. ard cleared the same day for her des
destination.
THE MADAM's PROGRESS.
New York, Dec. 30.-Madame Anderso son
completed the 1,3l2th quarter mile at noon
to-day.
SCARLET FEVER IN NEW YORK.
New York, Dec. 30.-One hundred and
eighty deaths during the past week from
scarlet fever, an increase Of eighty upon the
previous week, impels the board Of health
to take action.
i sTEAMsHIPs ASHORE.
New York, Dec. 30.-The steamship Lar.
lington from Galveston, for Reval, with four
thousand bales of cotton. went ashore al
Bermuda, while trying to make the harbo,
to repair . leak. A thousand bales wer.
saved, dry. The steamship Kate, from Gal
weston, for Hayre, With = cargo Of cotton
ashore at Bermuda, has broken up. On,
hundred bales Of damaged cotton were re
covered up to Christmas. The steamer
Andes, from Aspinwall and Gamma, frou
Bermuda, report seeing nothing Of the boat
Of the Lost steamer Emily B. Souder.
THR RIVER AT sT. LOUIS.
/ 81. Louis, Dec 80 No material chang
10 the river, and ferry boats arc running Il
the harbor. but tho shore ice 10 very thicl
| excepting just ~ the ferry landings. wher
Il has been breaking up 10 enable the boat
70 hnd. A chsnosl which was opsas'
through the gorss Of The open wafer Z