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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-06-20

With graceful acknowledgement OF the
compliment paid him, and humorous pro-
test against any insinuation that he was old,
Captain Wise said that he was full young
enough to enter into lively sympathy with
The feelings OF these young men in bearing
off the honors OF their societies. lie said
that there were only two methods OF max
Ing presentation speech-one to cordially
congratulate them and commend them to
their sweethearts, aud the other to give
them some sage advice. !.
He had intended to pursue the latter
method, but as he looked.on these medals
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-06-20
We have q grand total Of.

Auditor Taylor gave the following esti-
mate of the production of the Moffett regis
ter to the General Assembly at the last ses-
sion:
Register .s341,lll 81
Now, If we add to this sum the amount
of the specific tax paid by the whole
sale dealer, probably y.................. 10000 90
Ada deaier, iar .n . ~ ~: @ 100000 90
Rv rectifcrs ssay..,......,.............. 700 90
By dIsillers ,.......................... 5,373 90
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on the habits of few rash travellers
who expose themselves and eat improp-
er food. The birthplace of the queen
of gods and men is as salubrious, with
just precautions, as it is beautiful, albeit
decidedly hot in the summer months.
This heat, however, is tempered by the
winds from the snowy SUBMITS of the
Karamanian Mountains, and eternal
sea-breezes cool the littoral plains. The
fields produce, even with lazy hus-
bandry, wheat, barley, cotton, silk,
madden, olives, CAROLS, and splendid
vines while in the north and west are
magnificent forests full of game, and of
the wild cattle and swine descended
from those which have strayed from the
folds and styes of old civilization. Lar
naka, the principal port, gives travellers
a wrong impression of the lovely and
fertile island for that town, which owes
its existence to a good anchorage, but
was chosen too hastily on this account
by the crusaders, stands in the worst
region of Cyprus, and presents very
different aspect from the exquisite
districts around Episcopi, Kukiia
and Bafo-the antique Paphos.
In the magnificent valleys near
Maratassa the finest possible timber is
to be found, and only roads are wanted
to establish great trade in this COM
modify, while rich land is to be seen all
along the shore-way to Cerinea and Nj
COSTA, or Leucosia, the capital. Fama-
gusta-tEe old Fan,a Augusti named to
commemorate the battle of Actium-is
one of the many spots along the coast
which might be made impregnable,
though the harbor is no doubt small
and neglected. 1t is needless to say
how intensely interesting to the scholar
and antiquary the whole island must be,
with its relics of successive waves of old
world dynasties, its immemorial cities,
the monuments of its native "nine
Kingdoms" and of the Libyan, Pheni-
clan, Greek, Macedonian, Roman,
French, Genoese and Venetian civiliza-
tons which have in turn possessed it.
The population of Cyprus at this day
is said not to exceed one hundred thou
sand, but there is good soil enough in
the sunny island to maintain hundred
times as many, if it had the tranquility
and assistance of strong and settled
government. The phrase applied by
Tacticus to Lesbos-as satla a1o6ilis ct
anaeasa-is still more fitted to this SPLEEN
did jewel of the Syrian Sea, wherein,
there is no doubt, q very excellent and
profitable terminus and depot of the
Indo-European railway might, indeed,
be established, if, after all these trouble
some tirses, Turkey should finally con-
fide her safety and future hopes in Asia
to the power chiefly concerned in them
next to herself.
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" THE HOT SEASON."
H0rte.

At last two Fahrenheits blew up,
And killed two children small,
And one barometer shot dead
A tutor with its ball.
Now all day long the locusts sang
Among the leafless trees;
Three new hotels warped inside out
The pumps could only wheeZe;
And ripe old wine, that twenty years
Had cobwebbed DER in vain,
Came spouting through the rotten corks
Like July's best champagne.
The Worcester locomotives did
Their trips in half an hour;
The Lowell cars ran forty miles
Before they checked their power;
Roll birthstone soon became a drug,
And loco -focoS fell,
All asked for ice, but everywhere
Saltpeter was to sell.
Plump men of mornings ordered tights,
But, ere the scorching Moons,
Their candle molds had grown as loose
AS COSsack pantalOOnsi
The dogs ran mad-men could not try
If water they would choose;
A horse fell dead-he only left
Four red hot, rusty shoes!
And all about the warehouse steps
Were angry men in droves,
Crashing and splintering through the door
To smash the patent stoves
-Olirer WeudeT Holmes,
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A Chinese Princess.

A young Chinese Princess, wife of the
Ambassador of the Empire to London
and Paris, attracted much attention at
the Paris Exhibition lately as she pro-
ceeded from one section to another,
drawn in bath-chair, and in magni6-
cent costume of her country. She is
wholly unacquainted with either the
French or English language, and was
accompanied by Mrs. Hart, wife of the
Commissioner-General of China, who
explained to her all the curiosities of the
Exhibition. The Princess was interest
cd in all she saw, her pleasure partak-
ing of the child-like delight attending
the first sight of so many marvels.
After having visited the diamonds, she
passed through the hall of artificial
flowers, and testified her delight at sew
eral bouquets which were given to her.
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Terrible Result of W0man's Vanity.

Says the Sacramento (Cal.) Bee 1t
has often been stated that arsenic eat
ing, bleaching the hair, and using the
various poisonous cosmetics with which
so many of the fair sex seek to enhance
their beauty, is productive CT weakness
OF mind. Doctors have dianed it into
the ears of womankind for years, but
they might as well have talked to stone
walls, for all the impression that their
theories have made upon the minds or
governed the actions of lovely woman.
1t is only by example that they can be
taught the danger which is ever near
them-the danger not only of enfeebled
minds and wrecked constitutions, but
the more horrible one of being dragged
down to the living hell of insanity.
They must see or know for themselves
before they believe. One case brought
before their eyes will do more good
than the professional theories and state
ments of a hundred physicians. 1t is
for the purpose of showing these women
the brink on which they stand, and not
for any other, that these too true facts
are narrated. From motives, which
will be appreciated, the name of the
young lady is not mentioned, but hum
dreds of Sacramentans know her and
know the truth of what is here set down.
About year or so ago young lady
OF sunny temperament, pleasant fea-
lures and native generosity and good
ness of heart, commenced to use to ex-
cess preparations for bleaching the hair
to the fashionable golden tinge, and at
the same time became slave to that
beautifier of the complexion and form
that deceptive poison, arsenic. Her
features before, though not beautiful,
were at least good, but, like too
many of her sex, the handiwork
of Almighty God did not satisfy
her and she sought to improve upon it.
People soon remarked her changed APP
pearance for the better. Her complex
ion was rosy and blooming; her hair
soft, silky and of a beautiful tinge, her
form plumper than it had been, and her
skin smooth and white But her self-con-
graduation did not last long. Head
aches soon followed, more and more
violent every day; but still she kept on
using the abominable stuff which has
been the ruin of so many. Of late her
sufferings have been almost intolerable.
The blessing of sleep has not been hers.
Rest denied to her his soothing presence.
Her head was a very hell of torture
night and day, and living and breathing
was an agony. There are women in
this city-in every city, in fact-who
can tell what she suffered. Thank God,
there are few of them who have come
to her end! Day by day, and hour by
hour, her sufferings increased. Her
mind grew feebler and feebler, her
thoughts wandered, her intellect was
lost, and to-day young girl of 90 years,
she is confined in cell in that prison
of the dead, Stockton, a chained and
raving maniac fearful and terri
Bile warning to others. Whether the
light of intelligence will ever again IL
lumine her mind and tighten up the
darkness of her life, time alone can tell.
Heaven grant that it may, and grant
that no other woman be so sorely af-
tiicted as is this poor girl,
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A Negro Funeral in Gesrsi,

| dropped into a church 4, 4
moments to listen to the funeral Il,
OF a colored preach er. he IS
the story of the FIVE foolish n
g Now, my brethren, . said " /
one would think would waka Ii J
" dis good brudder lynn yere M
foolish virgin. He had bis oil II !,
and good oil too. He amt s.cr,i,|
for oil bout dis time. Yer q
foolish virgins, dey went to sls,a
when dey woke up, dar war der
de wick were dar; dey had mats
ready, ebberyting was compIsA
dey didn't hab no oil. Oar VA n
trouble den, | tell you. Dey ia,t !
cryin' and screaming Chow sispu|
er scieamed!)-for oil. Il vsi5.|
use, do. | spec like Richard, an !
out, " My kingdom for d horse 4
dis case it warn't no horse, onlys
OF oil, just mutt to make o flicker
good bludder's lamp war ruuningo|
he war wise virgin. y And IL
gregation swayed and moaned sndc
aloud. l followed this funeral d
sion to the grave under the piuss-
moaning pines, the music Of who
so like that Of our Newport beech,
stood, the only white person d
them, and watched them lower il
fin into its resting place. This he
with the rope rein, which they nil
ed from the horse in the wagon /
served as a hearse. Never shdII|
get that scene--all those black
turned toward the setting sun, der
music of their funeral chant, tde d
and strange cries of the whole N
as the red clay was thrown in upa
colored +" brudder" whose lamp b
brightly. Don't yer cry no no.
sing Home, sweet home a j
hymn) as sweetly as de depsna
singin' it wild de angels dis min
And l came away, the muaic Y
hymn growing fainter and fainiF
came up through the rose-scenlsal
till they were far behind me, b1t I
never cease to hear that soug-
Boston Transcript.
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Wages in Germany.

The Department of State has -
from the United States Consal
men a very full report on labor ~
es in his district. For agricultun
the pay varies greatly, accordings
proximity to or remoteness iron
featuring centers, and ranges n
cents a day in the neighborhood
men to 81 cents day in the
Rhine Valley, and as low IS q tl
parts of Silesia. At Bremen, q
and Dusseldorf carpenters, =
smiths, plumbers, machinists, g
onsmiths earn from 81 to % cenlsa
saddlers and shoemakers from :
cents daily; bakers and brexeiA
board and lodging, from sl5zne
weekly, and without board from 1'
day. to $4.28 a week; farm a,ap
paid from S1O7 to $2l5 Year,
maintenance; railway laborels aes|
to SO cents per day, and as nlga y
cents daily for piece work o. y ", !;
silk-weavers can earn from wi
So s. a week per loom; factory y
S2.15, and children 81 q week
ness and wages are very low 4
times wages are 80 per cen, IS y "
The cost of the necessaries o. ias
creased some so per cent. y By -
years, although now it Is but -
er than five years ago. A man 81 y
with two or three children, en- y
two or three rooms in a poor sae
fortress manner for $275 . yea & !
support such an establisnmen
members have to work ten 9
hours daily. For a family q
sons the cost is about ~
amount that few families can
the depression of trade and tss
ton of time allows few 70 g y
weeks work, although wages ~ ~
inally.a trifle higher than iive
The state of trade is deploIsoN
tories are run and sales maze 3 81
except, perhaps, the silk ana e.
dustries. Retail trade y 1
more prosperous.
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NOT YET.
Not yet, o friend, not yet.

Not yet, o friend not yet.
The patient stars
Lean from their lattices, content to wait.
All is illusion till the morning bars
Slip from the levels of the Eastern gate.
Night is too young, o friend-day is too new !;
Wait for the day, that maketh all things
clear
Not yet, o friend, not yet.
Not yet, o friend, not yet.
All is not true;
All is not ever as it seemeth now.
Soon shall the river take another blue,
Soon dies yon light upon the mountain brow.
What lieth dark, o love, bright day viii fill.
Wait for thy morning, be it good or ill.
Not yet, o love, not yet.
Bret HGrte.
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fourths of which were co,.;.
parent stream, and the rem nv I
ferred to the Alabama, M;s aiaes 1
Sacramento ;: q; Rivers. Al , ,s
q distribution of the Californ;a.s 3
salmon, we learn that at o e,,s :. .!. .
the McCloud River, durinoy tSs s',s
the number of eggs secuSs ~ lsa3
600, nearly 900, 900 hayinsI hs sas
ed in a single day. Itappess,v.s g 8
ern shipments of these COOS 90 - saa'
bulk as far as Chicago, ! Ss sns 8 y
ing, secured, properly fitted =
tached to an express train Y =
care OF trained attendants. ls WI
to the numerous application /, =
United States, calls are reoe; n ,l,s|
impregnated ova of the Cs1;ss q
mon from the Governments i y Y
and New Zealand, and from 4 Il az !
witch Islands. We may ada H. ~ n |
the same twelvemonth a mills /
half OF young fish were hateSs sa |
count of the State Of Cal;,as.!
turned into the Sacramento P;s.s
Such is the creditable ad, ~.
ready achieved in the way q =
the depleted stocks Of our ;. N
food fishes. OF late, moreover
have been made to enlarge an ~ !
edible varieties by the additss !
European carp, and fish cultur;,s'
look forward with interest 4 n
report of the commission. whisl /
forth the results of those experla,1
Nss0 York Sun.
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RASPBERRY JAM POM. ~ h
to every pound Of fruit; bo'' 3 81
an hour, mash and stir wei; 9,
sugar and cook 20 mleu.:sI .r
Gooseberry jam is made sla 3 II
boil the fruit / hour flrst I.
hour after the sugar is pun =
gooseberries must be ripe.
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If you wish to preserve your consti-
tuition, you must first carefully observe
the bile laws.
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the place of deposit and the ocean or
Gulf of Mexico, the better it is for the
fish, since in the upper portion of
streams the water Is generally cooler
and more free from destructive species,
that act unfavorably upon the fry after
introduction. Thus the citizens of Mas
sachusetts and Connecticut are better
served by the planting of salmon or
shad in the waters of the Connecticut
River, within the States of Vermont and
New Hampshire, than they wou' if the
fish were placed within their own
boundaries.
Some OF the statistics collected in this
volume are worth citing in detail, as
showing the considerable progress al
ready made in the propagation of food
fishes. Thus, after several unsuccess-
Iul attempts to obtain and hatch the
eggs of shad in Southern rivers, for ex-
ample in the Savannah and Roanoke.
an experiment was made in the Poto-
mac, and here in 1876 nearly zoe. 900
young fish were Matched, fraction of
which were shipped to North Carolina,
and the remainder placed in the last
named river. At the stations on the
Susquehanna the total production of
shad fry up to the date of this report
was not mach short of 100000 about
half OF which were left in the waters of
Maryland. At the Connecticut River
Station the total yield of young fish in
a single year was ABOUT ,o00, 0pJ, three
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-12-28
DRIC--1-BRAC.
Cure for felons-Arrest them.

Cure for felons-Arrest them.
"Never say dye" to women who
uses it.
A good many men are suspending
m ore than they earn. "
A growing evil-That clothing
won't grow with tho grower.
The lc5ter D is truly an old sal; ;
has been following the G for years.
The japanese government still
tortures prisoners to extort con-.
fession
The girl of the is the girl that
makes - for the CRATE and puts
the: whenever her beaux round
to see her.
It may brighten some medical
students pathway to be informed
that pestilence of the most awful
character is predicted for 1890. h
Stepmothers, though proverbially
inhuman, seldom carry matters 80
far as Florence Mnrryatt, the :
novellst, mas done IN adVefCslng her
"Step-son" for sale.
Lord and Lady Dufferin's por-
traits will appear on the Canadian
81 and so bills. We shall immedi-y
ate write to their excellencies for
their pictures.----L}ee Press "
Professor Barff has refused on
offer of one and a quarter millions
Of dollars for the patent rights OF
his process fortthe permanent pro-;
lection of iron from rust and atlnos-
pheric influences. q t3s
"When you are past twenty
five, says Nine. De Bassanville,
never let more than FIVE or six
hour 8 pass without closing your,
eyes for q short time ton.
minutes; not ecessarily to sslAaB,
but 70 repose the muscles OF tde
eye 5s 3's9t5
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-12-28
4 VOICE FROM liberia.

The Troubles Of Il Barnwell Elnigrant--
Roast Monkey Withour Lard "A
Chance for Brother Fred Nix
The Barnwcll People publishes
the following letter which has been
received from one Of the emigrants
who went to Liberia
MoNnv1A. October 20, 1878.
To the Mtcedonion Baptist Chuch
(CotoredD Barn,oeU County, s. t..
DEAR BNErHREN IN TIE LoRD-This
leaves us all we'll at this time. hops
ing it may find you all the same.
L am sorry to say [ have not hoard
q word from you, though + haYe
written YOU all but have you all at
heart. The worst grief that Lbave
is my church and pastor, + miss
them so much that I cannot help
but feel sud ut times when think of
you all. We are without church
at this time Some parts of the
country are starving for the Gospel
SO much that that the bread of life
has to be broken by the licentious.
1 have heard six sermons, but I have
rot seen q person baptised nor one
join the church. We have u small
gathering Of the brethren here, but
no church. Some money has been
sent by friends in Charleston, but
not enough to build church. We
don't want to build till we are
settled. The principal is in my
hands. I am going to gather the
brethren together as soon as I can
under bush-arbor, if the Lord
wills. For has he not said, where
two or three arc gathered together
He would be in their midst ?
Please allow me to say something
about my crossing the ocean and
my trials since I left thy United
States, for they have been many
but the Lord has been with me-
until now. I started with twenty
two in my family, but I lost two at
sen, my baby and my grand child,
and on arrival lost three more.
Nose Stephens lost two Of his chill
dren, and my mother-in law, JIiddy,
died June the Oath. She said she
was not afraid to die.
:, Provisions are now plenty, but
they are not what we used to eat. .
It went hard at first, but we got
used to it now. Coffee is plenty
and 40 is sugar, and so is yams. but
meat we hardly ever eat, except on
Sundays, when we have roast
monkey for dinner. It's mighty dry
eating, and needs lard, but that you
can't get for lovo or money.
Tell Brother Fred Nix that we
want him oat hore very bad. We
have told the folks out here what
smart man he is and great politi-
clan. If he will only come out he is
sure to be made president. w
Remember me- to Brother Tolbert
and Brother jackson. You will find
enclosed q letter for Brother Will
liam Jones. Please write, write all
of You 10 me. J. would be glad to
hear from you all.
Your brothor in the Lord, a,.
WILLIAM JOHNSON.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-12-28

Col. j. III. Heating, editor of the
Memphis appeal, met with ali
elegant reception in New York,
given to him by the New York
Press Club, in recognition OF his
fidelity to the profession during
the late terrible yellow fever
scourge.
An exchange asks where the
inosquitQgoss tin the winter time.
.Dog6ts + hii h l, 6us 6us lhs9&dls: hsdl:
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JACKSON'S DEATH RED.

About daylight one Sunday morn
ing Mrs. Jackson informed him that
his recovery was worry doubtful, and
that it was better that he shonll be
prepared for the worst. He was
silent for moment, and then said :
cit will be infinite gain to be
translated to heaven"
He advised his vito, in the event
of his death, to return to her
fathers house, and adlod "You
have kind and good father, but
there is no one SO kind and good as
your He .venly t'athor."
He still expressed u hopo of his
recovery, but requested her, if he
should die, to h I'VE him buriol in
Lexington in tho Valley of Vir~
ginia. His exhaustion increased So
rapidly that ut II o'clock Ms.
Jackson kuelt by his bed, and told
him that before the sun went down
he would be with the Savior.
He replied: 80 no you nro
frightened, my child; de1th is not
80 near ; l may get we'll.
She fell over the bed, weeping
bitterly, ani told him that the
physicians said there was no hope.
After moments pause, he asked
her to call me.
"Dootor Anna informs me that
you have told her I am to die to-
day. Is it 80 ?"
When he was answered, he turned
his eyes toward the ceiling, and
gazed for a moment or two, us if in
intense thought; then replied, every
good, very good; it is all right"
He then tried to comfort his al
most he,rt broken wife, and told
her that he had good deal to say
to her, but he was too weak. Colo
mel Pendleton came into the room
about l o'clock, and he ASKED him,
; "who WAS preaching at headquarters
to day ?" When told that the
whole army Was praying for him, he
replied:
"Thank God! they are very kind. /"
He said {: 1T is the Lords day /;
my wish is fulfilled. I have always
desired to die on Sunday"
His mind now begun to fail and
wtnder, and he frequently talked as
If in comm aud on the field, giving
orders in his old way then tho
scene shifted, and he was ut the
mess. liable, in compensation with
IN mambe:s Of his stuff now with his
wife ana chila: now ut prayers
with his military family. Occa-
sional intervals of return of his
mind wonla appear, and during one
Of them l offered HIM sone brandy
and water, but he declined it, say
! ing, "It will only delay my depar
ture, and do no good l want to
preserve my mind to the last, if
possible"
About half past one he was told
that he had but two hours to live,
! and answered again, feebly but
firmly, every good it is all right"
| A few mesnents before he died ho
! crie,l out in his de!irium "Order
A. P. Hill to prepare for action /!
Pass the infantry to the front rapid
ly! Tell Major Haws' then stop
ped, leaving the sentence un-
finished.
Presently q smile of inehablo
sweetness spread over his pale face,
and then ho said. quietly, and with
on expression of relief, "Let US
cross over the river, and rost under
the shade of the trees"
And then, without pain or strue-
gle, his spirit passed away.-Rich-
naond Dispatch.
A lady was the mother of q
bright little boy about three years
old: The whooping-cough prevail
ed in the. neighborhool, and the
mother became very much alarmed
lest her boy should take it. One
night, after the little fellow had
beer put to bed and to sleep,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-12-28

Miss Celeste Winans, daughter OF
the late Thomas Winans, of Balti-
moro, is said to be the richest
heiress in America, very handsome,
and only twenty. The fortune she
inherited from her father is said to
be $40, 100000.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-12-28

Mrs. Fortune, of Halifax, & has
given birth to twins--girlsi Z A veri.
fcation Of the old sdage, Miss r ForS
tunes never come i4ingly,