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She Shook Him.

It has grown into fashionable custom
Of late to have mock auction sale Of
the pretticst girls at church festivals. It
tends to increase the resources of the
church and at the same time very clearly
demonstrates in which way the affections
of youth are bent. For it is reasonable
to suppose that no ambitious young
man will permit his sweetheart to be
knocked down to rival until he has cx-
pended his last cent in the effort to be-
come the fortunate purchaser.
Acting upon this idea. fashionable
church in Denver is preparing for festi-
val, in which the auction business is to
form prominent feature. It has put the
young ladies into quite a futter OF ex-
element, and unhappily at this early
stage of the novelty-for however COM
mon in the East, l. is novelty here
has come very near wrecking the future
happiness of two estimable young crea-
lures. The fact in the case are these
A young gentleman who confessed to
an amiable weakness tor one of the young
ladies who are to be disposed of on the
occasion referred to called on his Dull
cinea few evenings since, and very nat
urally the subject Of the festival came up.
"I'm to be sold, Charley. Did you
know it?" exclaimed the enchantress.
"Nol Are you, though2 I suppose I
shall have to buy you
"Ot course. But how much do you reck-
on will sell for?''
This was naive inquiry, but it led to
a moment Of brief but sagacious specula-
tons. If he had any rival the girl was
likely to 60 high if he didn't have any it
would appear as if he v as investing in an
exceedingly cheap article.
II don't know" The words were
long drawn out, and his face was grave.
II suppose dollar or two.
| If he had reflected a moment longer it
never would have made this observation.
It was born, however, of sense of econ
omy, and he had no idea of what he
would lead to. But as the words fell
from his lips he looked at his inamorata
and caught the flash of indignant blue
eyes, which made his heart sink:
zone or two dollars, Indeed! I'll sci
for fifty at the very lowest
~ can't buy you, then"
"Slr!' and the lady's face was rigic
with amazement.
te,That isl mean to say-confound it
Maria, I can't spare that much money,
and the poor fellow looked appealingl,
at the divinity which was about to shape
the end Of his purse. But the disaste
had come. The young lady rose from
her seat like a queen, and, with the crue
remark that gentleman who though
so much Of $50 was not suitable MAJ
to encourage as lover, sailed majestical
ly from the room.
And now that young mans soul is con
vulsed with anguish, and his remarks up
on church festivals fearful to contem
plate
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Josh WhitcOmb in Real Life.

A young man, whose exterior indicated
that re was fresh importation from the
rural district, entered a barber-shop yes
terday, and, extending himself at full
length in the only vacant clair, requested
the barber to give him clean shave
The knight Of the razor at once began to
comply with the request, and soon had
the rustic's two weeks growth of bristles
covered with heavy iather
''Guess I had just as well have 'em
shined up while I'm resting comfortable
said the rustic, and boot-black imme-
diately set himself to work on the coun-
tryman's brogans.
Toe work OF renovation was progress
ing satisfactorily, when the tire-bcll just
around the corner suddenly sounded an
alarm At the first stroke of the bell
the rustic sprung from the chair as il he
had received an unexpected electric
shock, and grabbing his hat, started on
a dead run for the engine-house. In an
swer to the BARRIERS excited query of
"What's the matter?" the rustic replied,
"By God, I'm going to the fre!'' He
was holly pursued by the barber and the
boot-black, each carrying with him the
respective tool Of his craft.
The barber thinking he was about to
lose his customer, shouted "stop! stopw
but the rustic kept putting in his best
ticks until the engine-house was reached.
The scene attracted the attention of a
large crowd and their enjoyment Of the
race was excessive. The young man was
oblivous to the fact that he presented
very ludicrous appearance with his face
half shaved and one boot blackened, and
the persuasive eloQuence Of the barber
to induce his return to the shop was with
out effect until it was definitely settled
that the engine would not answer the
alarm. He then accompanied the barber
back to the shop, where the finishing
touches of his toilet were QUICKLY applied,
it evidently being feared on the part Of
the barber that second alarm might at
any moment be sounded.
InFexplanation of his conduct, the young
man said he was from Texas; shat he had
been in, the city two weeks and hadn't
yet seen the engines 60 to a fire. "But
you bet your ears, he added, "when they
do go, I'm going to be thar"
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jug with water and took it to the dona-
ton. When he got there, he turned it over
the bung. and it run into a barrel where
milk Now, what do you think was the
result2 Why, every one Of the six farm
ers happened to be as mean as Jake Ma
son. They all brought ooter.
81 say John, did you see the circussn
yelled little boy to another last evening.
"No-o-o, didn't see the circus!' p sheer
ingly said John, who had been kept in
the house for disobedience. '.Humph!
Ought to have been there; biggest sh ow
you ever seed, elelants and carmeIs and
boa contwisters and everything. If
couldn't go to a circus I'd run away.o
Who wants to see yer old circus" yelled
John. II had circus all to myself.
Tied the milk pitcher to the cats tail, and
the cat knocked down two flower pots,
and smashed the pitcher and broke a
pane of glass. Git away wid yer old cir
cuses, been to more'n four hundred, and
didn't have so much fun, and didn't get
licked nuther," and the boy who had
been to the Circus felt as if he'd got hold
of the castor oil bottle by mistake
Benjamin Singerly, once the State
printer at Harrisburg, Pa, and who lived
most of his Life at Pittsburg, where he
died, departed this life by sunstroke in
the hot July Of 1876. He left 100000,
and weighed 400 pounds; the body after
death lacked only seven pounds of that
enormous weight. The body was buried
in Allegheny cemetery, at Pittsburg.
Three weeks ago, workmen were set to
work to exhume 1T, for reinterment in
Philadelphia. 1t was next to impossible
to lit the coffin out of the stone box in
which it, and a rough box covering it,
had been buried. It was finally lifted
out, and the body taken from the coffin
1t had turned to a substance resembling
yellow Marbles complete petrifaction-
the features, like everything else, re-
NAMED unchanged. It was weighed, and
found to weigh 925 pounds! Even the
dress suit in which the body had been
buried was also turned to stone, or into
some substance much like it. The coffin
in which the body was sent to Philadel-
phia was seven feet six inches long and
three feet wide-about the size of the orig
NAL one, and that had made it necessary,
at the funeral in 1876, to have the slides
and sides of the largest hearse in Pitts
burg removed, in order to get tin.
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BETRAYED by Music.

For nearly two years, past a young
man wearing the garb Of Highland
piper has been wandering about in the
coal regions of Pennsylvania, playing his
pipes in the streets, attending picnics and
dances, and apparently depending on his
instrument to make him living. A few
days since he was playing in mining
village on the outskirts of Scranton, Penn.
A crowd had gathered around him, among
them mine laborer named Brady.
Suddenly the piper ceased the music, and
stepping from the CROW d seized Brady by
the shoulder, and announced that the
laborer was his prisoner. At the same
time he produced papers which he said
were his authority for making the arrest.
Brady seemed entirely overwhelmed
by the arrest, and made no opposition to
the authorities when ii was revealed that
the piper was detective. For two years
he had been on the track of his prisoner
who is charged with having murdered
wealthy man named Findlay, in Scotland,
in January, 1877. Brady was in the en-
ploy of Findlay. EARLY one morn
ing the latter was found dead by the
| roadside, his skull crushed with club.
Brady had been discharged the morn
! ing before for drunkenness. He had
been heard to make threat that he
would get even with Findlay. He was
nowhere to be found. but was traced to
Glasgow, where, it was believed, he had
taken vessel for America. William
Male. detective, was employed by the rel
atives of the murdered man to come to
this country and search for Brady, who,
it was thought, would bring up in the
Pennsylvania coal regions, where he had
friends working. One Of Braidy's pecu-
liarities was his love for the pipe, so
the detective, being piper, adopted the
disguise of Scotch piper, played about
in the coal towns, in the hope of some
day attracting the attention of the man
he was seeking, he being sure from in
formation he had received that Brady
really was somewhere in the coal regions.
The ruse succeeded after two years Of
patient trial. Male is now on his way to
Scotland with the alleged murderer
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THE WILD GRAPEVINE.

There is a breath from a heavenly land,
That haunts the woods in June,
When the brown bee has his harvest time,
And the Robins are in tune
Hum, bees! hum among the clover;
Ring, robin ring the woodland over;
Ring from the chestnut oak and pine,
The blooming of the wild graus-vine.
Where brooklets dream DER shaded pools,
Where turtles eye the sun, "
Faint notes of perfume fill the air,
Like tune that's almost done.
Run, brooks! run the blue sea over:
Tell, turtles! tell the crane and plover,
Run and tell; the sun doth shine
: On nothing like the wild grapevine
Where the gum-trees cast darS sadows.
Over green and ferny meadows,N
In the sunshine clear and amber,
Twining skyward, vines now Chamber.
Far DER all the fields showering
Scents, the senses overpowering,
With a rapture far more charming,
Than the red grapes juices harming.
Twas on those the fauns and satyrs
Drank success to woodland matters,
Holding with unseemly revels
On Olympian forests levels;
But this rare ethereal nectar,
Never mortal nerves will hector.
Little pale green blossom, modest,
Thou'rt the best thought of tAe forest;
Thou art the heartbeat tn at revealeth
All the warmth sweet summed; feeleth,
When maiden doth discover,
She is loved by true lover;
Then her pulse in throbbing pauses,
Such hush the knowledge causes;
Thus, when first DER field and moor
Steal thy breath, thy summer wooer.
Still the rover stands enchanted,
Ere he seeks the region haunted,
By spirit SO endearing,
All his tangled pathway cheering.
The vines on sunny, lchened rocks.
Fantastic shadows fling,
And Irvine among the forest boughs,
s:.Where bright eyed squirre]sswing.
Write, rocks! write, on your dumb pag
Speak, squirrel! speak, you saucy sage
Among the flowers with breath divine,
Tee sweetest is the wild grapevine.
bryant Whiting, IN Densorsyh Magazine.
June.
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HOUSE CLEANING.

A fame is in her CLASSY eye,
A broom is in her eager hand,
Aloft she lifts sudden cry
That echoes like new brass band;
Her dress is reefed above her knees,
AS through the house she cuts path,
And in her every stranger sees
A being Of majestic wrath.
Step-ladders scale the papered height,
And tubs of water flood the floor;
Her voice is heard from morn till night,
Rising above the awful roar.
Fly from her presence, dog and cat,
Fly from her presence, man and mouse !;
It is the vernal frenzy that possesses her
She's cleaning house.
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Plain Swiss and French organdy mus
lin are made with the tablier from the
waist-line to the foot, covered with sue.
cessive rows of plated Bretonne lace end
under the lace are set loops of white OF
Of cOlored satin ribbon an inch wide.
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of wingless bird. I could not help sug
costing to this clearer Of WINGS" that he
might at once relieve the poor birds of
their agonizing pain by killing them out
right, after plucking their pinions.
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Write, rocks! write, on your dumb pages;
Speak, squirrel! speak, you saucy sages;
Among the flowers with breath divine,
Tee sweetest is the wild grapevine.
bryant Whiting, IN De,sorsvh Magazine for
June.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-01

The ADAH RICHMOND OPERA COMPANY
Tonight We are to have Miss Adah Rich
mond and her Opera Company in FatinitZa.
They came from Norfolk here. Last season
Miss Richmond had fine company when
she was in this city, and we hope it will be
as good this year. OF the performance in
Norfolk one Of the papers In that city yes
terday had the following paragraph:
CA very gratifying and appreciative au-
dience was present ut the Opera House last
evening to witness Adah Richmond's Comic
Opera Troupe in Fatinitza. The entertain
ment was most charming one and beyond
expectation. In the dual character OF Fa-
tinilza and Vladimir Miss Richmond ac-
Quilted herself with full credit. Her voice
is pleasing, strong, and flexible, and ex-
hibits cultivation Of q high standard.
In the role OF Princess Lydia, Miss
Belle Girard established herself favor
ite with the audience, and won from
them hearty applause. Mr.. Armand as
Julian, the war correspondent, was good,
and his rich tenor voice was admired. The
trio, March Forward, Fearless by Misses
Richmond, Girard, and Mr.. Armand was
splendidly, rendered, and brought down the
house, receiving double encore. Mr..
Kent as General Kantchukof, Mr.. Vincent
as Sergeant Steipaun, and Mr.. Sturgls as
Mustapha, were all good. Take it in ull the
company Is an excellent one, and slstalns
the reputation given it by the press" '',
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-01

POSTAL NoTEs.-By the change Of sched-
ule on the Chesapeake and Ohio railWa the
northern mail, formerly closed at the post
office in this city at 10 P. NJ, is now closed
at 5:45 P. NJ. Letters going North via Cor
louisville deposited in the letter boxes after
4:45 =. NJ, or in the post-otfice later than
5:45 P. NJ, will not be forwarded until
a. NJ. next morning vja Fredericksburg.
On and after to-day the post.oftice VIII
be opened at s A. NJ. and closed at $3.50 z.
NJ. The reeistered-letter division will b c
closed at P. Nj. The sale OF stamps " il
close at Z. nj. These hours will ba oh.
served during the winter months.
An English newspaper has been fe' .eiyed
at the post-ofice addressed as + blows,
civilian Walker, quartermaster 81, M
ship Malard, S. +. coast OF Amerj' ca OF else,
where" ...... ...
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Police COURT, YESTERDAY Police. Jus
tice Joseph j. White presi&t aq.-Prudence
Pryor. Martha and Mary SAMPSON, and
Frances Burford (colored> were each sem
fenced TO pay fine ot $40, having for a
long time made thcms elves nuisance by
too free use OF their t,nglles. II the exam
pie made OF these 'colored women is fol-
lowed up, both W ute and black women
viii learn to set lie their quarrels out OF
court, and therJby confer a benefit upon
the Commonwe alth, " ,.@. - -
Andrew Bla ckburn, arrested by Sergeant
Parater for bJ eaking and entering the sta.
ble OF L. Fl Joiner and stealing set OF
harness, va .ued at $15, was committed to
await thes fiction of the grand jury.
John johnson and james Davis (both COL
ored) W ere fined for disorderly conduct
the for mer So; the latter $3.50.
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Badly Burned.-A daughter OF Lawson
Burfoot (colored), about six years OF age,
was badly burned in Chesterfield Monday
afternoon while removing some utensil
from the fire. Her clothing was entirely
burned from her back, "
Another accident similar to the above oc-
Cured near the Chesterfield Courthouse
several hours previous. a little c3lored
Girl named Lena Patteson, aged three years,
while irving to take potato from skillet,
fell into the fire and was dreadfully burned.
The latter case will probably prove fatal.
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night a, Is O'clock instead o, s. az hereto

night at u O'clock, insresd OF s, as hereto
fore. s.%,-.t ..-aaet. .ss-5 .y1ag 4. !
A Readfusters' ticket is spoken OF for The
coming election for this district. ,....., ~ s
a number OF scholars registered at the
pnoiic schools yesterday. ana the grases
are an oividets as directed sy the Schoot
Board. ao s., ..- 80 .,,f~l., !,
The Convention to nominate q candidate
to the Senate iroas this district will meet a,
Powhatan Courthouse to-day. There are
several aspirants fog the nominaeson. The
number OF delegates is about 40.-l I'D So g.
Ibe protracted meeting at tide Ninth
Street Methodist. charch will Continue du-
ring the week. The attendance eaeh night
since 1t began has been quite large.
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accident nt-Yesterday morning abont
O'Clock Walter Smith, little white ooy
about nine years OF age, was run over ny
a market-wagon on Hull street oppoSite Tue
court. house. The wagon-wheel passed over
the body Of the little fellow, but lie was
running about 4 short while after the accl-
dent. His escape was c. sldereu ny per-
sons near by miraculous.
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,.asCHESTER AND VICINITY.

Statistics. The following are the stats:
tics for the month Of September, as obtained
from the clerk OF the Hastings Court OF this
city: Number Of deeds recorded, 16; num-
Der of marriage-Iicenses issued, 81 white
and colorcd.
The matrimonial market for the last
month was extremely dull.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-01

SAILED FOR LTyERPooL.-The bark Sor-
rideren, which went ashore in James river
on the evening Oh the 29th, got OH yesser-
day morning without having sustained any
injury whatever, and proceeded on her
voyage to Liverpool. he Tide nad iaiien o
foot when she grounded, and she lay easily
without listing, on q smooth, graSeily po.'
tom.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-01

PERSONAL E. B. Howle, council
man from the Third Ward, has sent ln his
resignation as a member OF that body.
Little Mary Mathews, who was accident
slly shot last Saturday afternoon, IS still! ~
inc in critical condition at Major Walkers
residence. Last night at s O'Clock her con-
dition was the same as it has been since
Sunday. .
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NEW Go . d ;.

ram now receiving my fall stock OF .....
CHINA, GLASSWARE, AND lioCsEt Ih-NE'h-
INC GOODS OF ALL KINDS.
Nv s,ock ts ,he LARGEST AND MOST CON-
pI.ETE in every department ever exhisied ID thi E
city. ........s -.t
The prices we guarantee TO be rs loa Is the same
quality Of goods can be blught anywhere.
call IS respectfully solicited 10 examine II!
stock and prices, whether you wish to purchase OIL
not, for II 1; pleasure TO US TO show our goods.
e. II. TAYLOR,
,uo7 ,.s-. lG11 east Main street.
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The WEATHER YESTERDAY was clear and
LOCAL MATTERS.

THE YORKTOWN CELEBRATIoN-T First
regiment and other Richmond commands
have accepted the invitation to participate
in the preliminary celebration at Yorktown
on the 23d. 1t is expected that the North
Atlantic fleet, six companies, Of regulars
from Fortress Monroe, and the military
from Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Williams
burg, and other towns, will also be present.
The ceremonies OF the 23d are expected to
awake general public interest in The grand
celebration to take place there in October,
1881, commemorating the centennial OF
Cornwallis's surrender.
While some attention is being drawn to
this subject, it would be well for sufficient
public interest to be aroused to save from
ruin the $1,000 picture" Storming OF Il
Redoubt at Yorktown (which is hanging
in the Senate Chamber. It was presented
to Virginia by Mr.. Corcoran. and is really
worthy OF better fate than that 10 which it
now seems surely doomed.
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Sept. 80, Sept. %, Sept. 20, Sept.
1'Srn lS7

lots! dcnths.. l3 26 Il 1s TO % TO
othi- Jorn....2 2 3 5 0
lean temperature for the week ending
Sf ptember 20, 1914; mean temperature for
Z ue week ending September q, G4.57.
Amount of rainfall for the week ending
September 20. 900 inches: amount OF rain
fall for the week ending September q, 0.95
inches.
Population OF city estimated at 50,00c--
white, 10000; colored, $4,000. Rate OF
mortality Of whole population was 1850 per
1000 per annum; rate of mortality OF white
population was 9.04 per 1000 per annum; /;
rate OF mortality OF colored population was
24.47 per 1,00G per annum.
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BRIEF ITEMs-PERsoNAL.-M r. NJ.
Manly has returned from his European visit
A Philadelphia paper says: The new
comic opera of Buttons, which has been
considerably improved and strengthened
since the first representations, will be given
for another week at the ArcA-Street Thea
tire. The music OF Buttons is very pretty,
and is well sung by the company. A NATL
nee will be given on Saturday afternoon.
Ernest Wilt, Esq, for maGy years con-
Eected with the Richmond press, has ac-
cepted the position of passenger agent Of
the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta rail
road, with headquarters at Savannah. He
will leave for his new post in Il few days.
and carry with him the kindest wishes of 4
host of friends.
Mr.. J. F. Winefield has recently erected
for Mr.. Peter Euker and W. l.. Fleming
two fine bnildings-one store on Main
street, and the other dwelling in the west
ern part Of the city.
r. A. Brock, Esq, has been engaged to
write the historical part OF the book - Rich
mond as Manufacturing and Trade Cen
tre," soon to be issued by Messrs. Jones 4
Cook.
Bishop j. a. Lat,ne, Of the Reformed
Episcopal Church, was in the city yester-
day.
The Mayor and a large number OF citi-
zens OF Chicago ask for the pardon of John
Brady and John Murry, who were sem
fenced to the penitentiary last year for
robbery committed at the Exchange. and
who broke iaiI, fled, and were recaptured.
General r. E. Colston, late of the Egyptian
army, is in the city, and a guest Of Fred
erck R. Scott, Esq.
The Hastings Court was engaged yester-
day in the trial OF civil cases. The Good
man murder-trial has been set for to-mor-
row.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-01

ELECTION OF OFFIcERs.--At meeting OF
TIE Congregation Kennesseth Israel, held
Oh Monday evening last, the following offl-
GERS were elected for the" ensuing tWelYe
months: Moses Meyer, president; Ellis
Ahram, vice-president and treasurer; SOL.
Solms, secretary; Reeve Jacobs, h. flsher,
+. Green wald, and Harris Jacobs, trustees )
Isaac Solomon, sexton.
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!, Statistics for September.
!. METEOROLOGICAL

b The following table shows the state OF the
tFatrenheit1at, sunrise during
the month OF September, the course of the /
wind, aud also the highest and lowest points
OF temperature reached each day: +z
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rDrCATaONAL.

2 COHEN, late professor OF Modern
I'M p,nrient Languages In the Boys and Girl$'
j. sayanns Ss WI, eeea ns On mdw Ne AT ~.
nf ~ Ear college or for business as 1et2 EAST
TINrS4Sf; ii, ASSES for young isdles and Restle-
NTrLsTh,ch the French ard German languages
80 - f.,snt rn practically and theoretically.
sgEss-bfr particulars, terms, ETC., inquire at DIS
fsn.r 1912 cat Clay street, ~
t.!7tamn,rSrrs. Rev. DIR. John William Jones.
EEf Ic,sr. ID. D. Rev A. +. Dickinson. ID. D.,
n';!' u Eufyner. Rev. Dr. Charles Mtnnfgerode,
IT, W. vi Icstph r, Johuston, Prof. Ed. y; smith
Etfsfs, 90 Il Hagbv. Judge George l.. Christian
pr "s"S Iscsscn, Colonel William r. Tanner.
~ oS ypns