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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-17
RrAke His Neck

TRENTON. N. j., April l8.-Daniel Dalton,
aged sixty.fve. accidentally fell own stairs
at bis residence, in this city, last evening,
breaking his neck and killing him instantly.
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elections, and euIogizes MIR. Gladstone and
be Marquis OF Harrington. f


the Marquis Of Harrington. ~
Professor NertDepskjosd.
CoPsNHAoEN, April 16.-Thc steamer
Vega, with Professor Nordeuskloid Oh
board, arrived here this morning. Twenty
thousand persons had assembled, and gave
the party an enthusiastic reception. The
Professor will be banquetted tomorrow D,
the Danish Geographical Society, and Will
dine with the King on Sunday. Monday be
will be entertained by the Bourse, and a.
forwards by the Association Of Students.
Prince Gortsehako3's Condition
ST.. PETERsBURs, April 16.-Pripce Gort-
schakof passed restless night, with inter-
walls Of delirium. He has no appetite, and
complains OF heaviness In the head and
continued weakness.
Ex.Empress Eugenie at Capetown.
LONDON, April 16.-Ex-Empress Eugene
has arrived at Capetown, south Africa. She
Is 10 good health.
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POaT OF RICHMOND, APRIL 10, 1880.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Lucille. Pr'lchard. Baltimore, merchan~
disc. II. r. Douglass, agent.
sch oner William ". Keeney Beers. Cbarfesfe8
rock phosphA z. Allisoo a Adds q.
Schooner John McGuinni-, Co'ourn, Phi'adsl-
schooner Fosming Sea, wro,en, Turkey I,IAnA
i,hi, Curtis Parker.
steamship Wyanoke, Couch. New YORK, naxr-
char jIse and passengers. G. w Allen Co.. aReDeA-
steamer Nvrsois. lawson. Philadelphia, mere han
N Sc and passengers. }. W. NeCarriet, agent.
st.smeI Ars., Uiford, Norfolk. unnea SaAke
M AT. merrhs Bdise. and passengers. l.. v. IaSuca
- hoouer w. W. Pb,ro, Fort New York. came
Goa Geryas Storis agent
MEMORANDA.
PROVIDENCE, April A.-Arrived: Schooner
Euss woore Lewis, from Richmoea; and schooner
Mary Ansust9. Holt, from Virginia.
fHIL ADELPufA, April H. Arriy-d sshoyeerS
Ben. rtokley. Jones; u. j: Blsgs Vuinn; Sso0
i Maty, Abdul; and A. Y. Bartle, Johnsou, ff~ss
"""'"' cLEARrp FOR THIS POST.
From Providence April IAN, schooner wpissD
Maaersou, Barnard.
~ Tsiesravs.
yRssEL ASHORE.
wAsnixaroE, April lo.-The signal Ccrps ~
ti.a Al Cen H. nry, Va report tsat ne SOLD Asee
aorrts OF Wtud,or, Bremen, bonnd fr baumesS
~sa, ashore one mile north OF eslse Cspc q -
A. 81, Her cargo consists OF barrels asa ssas- ~
hvrs werv 'ost.
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Flsup.

fine. t4@A.5O: superhne, IS 256aAb.50; Dxtrs
je.25Mt1.50: copmor family, t6.o0@f6.7b
fanc, oranss, t7at7.75.
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UTERINE DISEASES.

mr. IA. smith. BROOKLYN. N. y, writes that he
has used the CUTIcURA REMEDIES with great sat
isfacion IN uterine diseases, aud hnds tpein tra'y
valuable.
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FINANCIAL.
RICHMOND STOCK EXCHANGE.

FHfDA1t APfH IU, HcOV'
SALEs.-2 shares Of Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio Railroad stock sold at 4; 10 shares Of Rich
mond and Danyie Railroad stock sold at 70; 10
shares or C., G.. and A. Railroad stock sold at ~
and 20 shares OF g., e. and A. Railroad stock sold
AZ AK.
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Fires Near Norfolk.

committee rose and the House adjourned
until tomorrow.
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CEED POTATOES.
1r.Rlv ROSE. PEER Use. and PEACHmnNX
So - POTATOEs;. YELL,w aud IA" Sss~
| sWevrS nv she bushei az bsrt~.Ia a.
s"A"" ]. N. HOCkAnAY = TOE.
,o,s,s,o 1873 Main ssrese.
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OuOK AND I0R WORK HfA3H1
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-06-23
These Snots on the Sun.

The sun spot cycle is iii full action.
The huge, blazing surface of the sun is
dotted with spots in all directions. They
throng the solar domain, sometimes ap-
pearing ngly, then in groups, and then
in rows. A large spot surrounded by
smaller ones seems to be the favOrite
form of manifestation. Some of them
are large enough to be seen with a spy
glass. and some so small as to require
telescope of high power to bring them
into view. We can form little idea OF
their immense size. The whole terri
tory Of the United States is smaller IN
dimensions than many of the sun-spOts
now visible and some of them are arger
than our whole globe. No astronomer
has ever discovered the mysterious law
that controls their appearance, or the
part they really play in the affairs OF the
solar system. It is well established,
however, that they occur in maximum
force once in about eleven years, that
they are connected with the meteorO-
logical condition of the earth, that when
they begin to appear in great numbers,
as at present, seasons of excessive heat
follow in their train, and that they are
usually attended with grand displays of
northern lights. Prof. Piazzi Smyth an
nounces the temperance of the aurora
in Scottish skies after an absence of
several years, and predicts a season of
excessive heat before summer begins.
,he cyclones and tQrnadoes in the West
seem to give proof of unusual elemental
disturbances. Under these circum-
stances there is nothing to do but to
watch and wait. Ages of observation
may enable the astronomer of the future
to unravel the mystery that surrounds
the polar spot-cycle, but there is little
probability that the problem viii. be
solved for many generations to come.
Intelligent observers can take notes as
well as trained astronomers. There are
three phenomena to be especially antici-
pated, the occurrence of severe storms,
the approach of the, great wave, and a
flaming of auroral banners in the north
ern skies. Pr OUidence (R. ~ Journal.
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Some Popular Notions About Animals.

When the country swain, lettering
about some lane. comes to standstill to
contemplate, with awe and wonder, the
spectacfe of a mass of the familiar chair
eels" or "hairsworms" wriggling about
in a pool, he plods on his way firmly
convinced that, as he has been taught to
believe, he has Just witnessed the results
of the transformation of some horses
hair into living creatures. So familiar
is this belief t6 people Of professedly
higher culture than the eouhtryman5
that the transformation just alluded to
has to all, save a few thinking .persons
and BIOLOGISTS, become matter of the
most commonplace kind. When some
quarrymen, engaged in splitting up the
rocks, have succeeded in disloging some
huge mass of stone, there may some.
times be seen to hop from among the
d~brfs lively toad or frog which comes
to be regarded by the eKeavators with
feeling akin to those of supetStitiot1s
wonder and amazement. The animal
may or may not be captured; but the
fact is dti1y ehf01icled in the local news
papers, and people wofldEr for season
orer the phenomenon of veTitable lsip
VAN Winkle of frog; which, to all aP-
pearance, has lived fer thousands OF
wears in the solid rock" Nor de- the
hair-worm and the frog stand alone in
i respect of their marvellous origin. Popu-
lar zoology is full of such maTvels. We
find unicorns, mermaids; end mermen;
geese developed from the shell-fish kTt0wh
as "barnacles - we are told that croco-
dilss may weep, and that sirens cal.
sing-iTl short there is nothing so Won
derful to be told of animals that people
w1llnot believe the tale; while, cuTi6usly
enough, when they are told of veriUable
facts Of animal life, heads begin to
shake and doubts 70 he expressed, until
the z6oIogist despairs Of educating peo,
pie into distinguishing fact from fiction,
and truths from theories and unsupported
beliefs. The story told of th6 cid Ladyj
whose Youthful acquaintance of seafar-
inc habits entertained her with tales OF
thk wonders he had seen, finds, after all,
q Fl se application in tie world at large.
The dame tistEned with delight, appre II
alton and belief, to acc0ttts Of m0ut1-
tains of sugar and rivers of rum, and to
tales of lands where gold and silver and
ijrghiotts gtones were more than plentl-
mi. But; when the narrator descended
To tell of fishes that Werg able 10 laise
themselves out of the water III fight,
the old lady's credulity began to fancy
itself imposed upon; for she indig-
taBtiy depressed what she cons dered
the lads tendency TO BxaggeratiOn say
ing, Sugar mountains may be, and
rivers of rum may be, but fish that fee
ne'er can beP' Many popular beliefs
concerning animals rartake of the char
acter of the old Iady's opinions regard
inc the real and the fabulous; and the
circumstances tells powerfully in favor
Gf the opinion that the knowledge Of
onr " surroundings in the world and an
intelligent conception Of atiibial and
nIant fife should form part of the school
training of every boy and girl.--L':
4ndre,s Wilson in Popular Scfe"' .
MonthLA.
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The TeInnnOnes

The clever Americans who have been
Introducing the telephone into prac-
tical use on the Continent of Europe,
have been led to believe that the curious
instrument is in some respects test OF
the height of civilization at which
nation has arrived. The manner in
which governments which pass for rep
resenting civilized and brilliant people
object to the introduction of the tele-
phone leads one to believe that there is
something deficient in their character.
So soon as a power like Germany is APP
preached on this subject a hundred
minute Investigations are at once started
by Government authority, dozens OF
purile objections to the introduction OF
the free means of communication he
tween citizen and citizen are raised, and
in short, it is evident that the authori-
ties are afraid OF it. The same may be
said of Italy; perhaps even in a greater
= gree is the spirit OF suspicion and the
lear of danger manifest. rr -.. a
Even in France, where the telephone
is now an accepted institution in the
large cities, no two persons are allowed
to communicate directly with each
other, but must send their messages
through central office, into which a
Government inspector has access during
the dav and night. So grievOus and
annoying are the regulations imposed by
the charmed circle of authority that 1t
is cause for astonishment that the peO-
pie suffer them. That they are utterly
helpless there can be no doubt, and per
haps the cool and resOlute manner in
which the Americans who are intro
ducing the telephone express their opin-
ions of these regulations to European
authorities may do some good. With
out absolute freedom the highest
civiIizat on cannot be obtained, and per
hapswhen Germany and France discover
this they will be ready to accord it. AS
for Paris being a cosmopolitan capital,
where all Influences are brought to bear,
It follows feeby in the march of pro-
gres protesting as long as it can with
| any sense Of decency against new inven-
tions, butalways finishing by accepting
them. a5 agaHarErs eaaa et aaaaas
/ A leading evening paper of Paris re,
Gently rem -Tked; "It'is TO be observed
| that Paris never decides upon an
amelioration until after it has been well
tried elsewhere. Paris had gas only
after London, tramways after Brussels,
steamboat oInnibuses after Lyons, steam
fire engines after New York, subter-
raDean telegraphs after Berlin, and q
practical telephone after Japan. 1t is
because of this that Paris calls herself
the city of PROCESS, and that we are all
proud of being Parisians." The paper
| might have added that no sooner do the
Paisiaps adopt an invention which has
been in use. elsewhere than the majority
| of them fancy that they are the only
i possessors Of it, and congratulate them
selves on their superiority over the rest
| of the world. Baltimore Battetin. ~ q
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-06-23
Profits Of Rose Culture.

1t. is stated, as showing the profits
from rose culture, that in 1871 florist
in Massachusetts set out five rose bushes
of the General Jaequeminot variety, in
q. new green house thirteen feet by one
hundred. The first crop of flowers he
sold for afOur. cents each, with his tea
roses. The next year they sold for 81
per dozen, and the next for So per dozen.
During.the month Of February of this
YEAR he. cut ], ,052 roses which he sold TO
the florists in Boston for from % to so
cen ts each, netting him $440.50. Since
that time he has cut and sold enough to
make the amount over 5000 IN the ag-
grepate from the five plants, A second
crop from the same plants now coming
~ aw
ae1
M
4as $50 et m -
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The Darwin Jerk.

A new method of saluting ladies on
the street has lately been adopted by the
nobbiest swell gentlemen Of tender years.
Tt is done in one time and four motions;
The hat, by a right hand grasp, is lifted
from the head, bfought forward on
line with the nose and then suddenly
lowered to the pit of the stomach, then,
as suddenly, the hat is returned to its
place, following the game angular route.
The head, at The same time, must be
bobbed forward about three inches, and
Immediately sprung back to its natural
position. The beauty and perfection OF
This salution depends upon the rapiditiy
of the execution Of its movements. IL
4 known as the Darwin jerk" becailse
band-organ monkeys put on and take OF
thcirlittle caps with the samecelerity OF
molten. cow LH.E
The newest excuse of the tardy hus-
band is that he was on a jury and did
not know he would be out so long.
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A Wedding at Sea.

She was pretty and willful, and when
she vowed that she wOuldn't under any
consideration be married in this
awfully mean America, the young man
in the case gave up in despair. The
young woman, Miss Mary Platt, had
been visiting a sister in Los Angeles,
Cal, and had agreed to marry San
Francisco lover, Mr.. w. p. Walker, if
he would follow her back to her home IN
Surry, England. Miss Platt was preju-
diced violently against the States,
Whence came this prejudice, no one.
could say. Some said this and others
that. but when q blunt "why?2 would be
t .ro wn at Miss Platt herse {, she -inyari-
bly, tossed her head, stamped her foot
and reasoned pointedly as follows: "Be-
cause = that why" Anyhow Mr..
| Walker was in fix. He had used h 5
tongue in behalf of America until 1T
would no longer wag, and though the
future Mrs. Walker had yielded SO far
as to admit that if she. must live per-
manently in San Francisco, she must,
she wouldn't agree to marriage IN
| America. Things remained in this un-
pleasant attitude until Friday two weeks
ago, when a happy thought struck
w dIker. lie SuulIuOh6u Auc WCuOtAS
guests and induced the bride and her
maids to board a steamer. Sounding
the whistle, he steered boldly toward
the heart of the Pacific. When Captain
Randall announced that hesteamer was
three leagues from the California coast
the cabin table was moved to the upper
deck and clergyman took his place at
its head. The party gathered around,
and Miss Platt was made Mrs. Walker.
The sea was so rough that the bride
clutched the edge of the table during
the ceremony. Under the April sun the
steamer turned PROV toward the Golden
Gate. Pent-up emotions soon made 1t
necessary for the gentlemen of the party
/ to support the dropping forms of several
of the ladies, the, bride included, and
| there was a succession of affecting scenes
| until smooth water had been reached. II
was romantic, to say the least.
Half a loaf 10 better than none" as
/ the c6rner-Ieafef said to the pelicemen
| when told to move on.
agss aa HM ss ~
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-06-23
A Tremendous Spider Story.


A correspondent writes from Plain
view to the Chicago Inter Ocean: The
following facts transpired on the farm OF
an honest cid farmer, about two miles
from the town of Plalnview: Last Mon
day morning, on entering his barn, the
farmer found, to his great surprise, his
pet bulldog and old cat and her kittens
suspended from the cross beams in his
barn. On examination he found them
to be suspended there by cord about
the size of common wrapping cord, the
! fiber of which much resembled silk, but
proved, however, to be a spiders web.
At first he thought the kittens, which
were on the hay just above the beams,
had accidentally dropped into the web,
and the old cat, following the Instinct
| of her maternal nature and endeavOring
to rescue them, had herself become en-,
! tangled. As to the situation of the bull
| dog, he thought he had been trying to
! get at the cat while in her trouble, and
| had himself to succumb to the same fate
as the cats, but be afterward came to
| the conclusion that they had been
! picked up by the spiders as they went
! about seeking whom they might devour.
The farmer went out to call in some
neighbors to witness the marvellous
scene, but imagine his surprise when, on
his return, he found a sucking colt as
cending to the web, having been encir-
cled by two different fibers, one just be-
fore his hind, and the other just behind
his fore legs, he was being drawn up by
the spiders. When the colt had been
drawn up five or six feet, a spider
apparently well versed in physiology
came down one of the fibers and begaI
boring for the spinal cord, just between
the atlas and the axis, as | have seer
small ones do with flies, but the farmer
was unwilling to sacrifice the colt fol
the benefit of scientific investigation
and so he was rescued.
The spiders were then taken from the
1 dovecote and killed. One measured
three and one-half inches in length, anC
weighed one-half a pound. They are o
dark brown color, with light stripe
down their backs, strong, active anc
ferocious Several men of good reputt
in this section are willing to testify t
| the above facts.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-06-23

Ho. pretty page, with the dimpled chin
That never has known the BARRIERS shear
All your wish IS woman to win,
That is the way that boys begin
Wait till you come to forty yearsi
Curly, gold locks cover foolish brainsi
Billing and cooing Is al your. cheer;
Signing and singing Of midnight strains
IJnder Bonny bells window panes-
Wait till you come TO forty years.
Forty times over let Michaelmas pass,
GriZzling hair the brain doth clear
Then you see through a clearer glass,
Then you know the worth OF a lass,
Once you have come to forty yearSl
Pledge me round, bid ye declare,
All good fellows whose boards are gray
Did not the fairest Of the fair
Common grow and wearisome, ere
Eyer q month was past away7
The sweetest lips that ever have kissed,
The brightest eyes that ever have shonep
May pray ard whisper, and We not list,
Or look away and never be missed,
Ere yet ever a month is gone,
GiIlian's dead, God rest her bier;
How loved her twenty years synel
Marian's married, but sit mere,
Alone and merry at forty years,
Dipping my nose in the Gascon wine
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-06-23
How Alfred Missed 1t.

An old tradesman in a country town
sends his nephew Alfred to study law at
Paris. He gives him an old code an
notated by leading member of the VII
lage bar and says to his young relative:
" / will pay you visit in March, and if
[ am pleased with your progress will
give you such tip as will make glad
your heart and cause your face to
shine"
In March the old gentleman calls on
his nephew
''WelI, Alfred, hard at work, / see:
Made good progress with your codeY
Pretty we'll through it expect by this
time
/" Yes, respected sir, my life has been
one demnition grind Dickens on Man
talini, iv,-11-44l. Your venerable
friends marginal notes | found of great
service to me while 1abOring at the
Good boy, excellent young, man.
You- got. my draft, of course2 1t is
pleasure to meto reflect that my bounty
was not ill-bestowed."
"Your draft. uncle? No; never re-
ceived it."al TAI afAa aH
HsGimme that code" The. old man
opens the old book and shows the stuPe--
fed nephew draft for tw1 thousand
francs, dated. FIVE months, between the
first two leaves of the code. ss Senses
[ A LADY down town calls her little
boy her Own Canoe, because she paddles
a
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-06-23

VARIOUS physicists nave tried to
measure the heat conductivity of
LIQUIDS. but so far the results have been
very discordant. Thus, some attribute
TO saline solutions a greater conductivity
than water, and some less. Beetz got
for glycerine a conductivity almost
doubIe that found by Winkelmann. But
recently the subject has been studied
anew by Herr Weber. The tabulated
r,suIts for some fourteen liquids show
that the conducting power Is closely
connected with the specific heat of unit
volume. and nearly proportional to 1t 1t.
The author attaches great value to this
resul for the theory Of the state of ag-
pregation of liquids, for it is known that
The internal friction and other proper ties
Of LIQUIDS have here only secondary IN
fuence. Water was found the most
conductive of liquids examined, and
aqueous saline solutions have conduc-
.tiyitv very little inferior to water. 1t
is also proved that the conductivity IN
creases notably with the temperature.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-06-23

For maps, time tables anu al LhAoh AHNN-SN - -
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q / Something New in Tea.

An English traveller reports the dis
covery of two peculiar varieties of tea in
Western China. The infusion of one
species is naturally sweet, having the
taste of coarse Congou with plentiful
addition Of sugar. 1t is known only to
the natives of a very limited extent. of
country. The second variety is even
more remarkable, having natural flavor
of milk or-perhaps more exactly-of
butter. It grows wild, and every part
of the plant, except the leaves, is used
in making the infusion.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-06-23

lss Milk-What IL ItF' asks the ADacri
can Aqrjcalturist, with evidently an
honest desire to learn. Sometimes it is
water and chalk, with Just enough ex-
tract of COW to take of the rank taste.
Sometimes it is eight cents quart.
Either of these answers would satisfy the
COMMITTEES.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-06-23

9 A LADY down town calls her little
boy her Own Canoe, because she paddles
him.
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CAPITAL STOCK 500 900.
OFFICERS
DIRECTORS.

y. A.CAoPEN rER. PgrsrDE>f.
+ mCGLU Ne. NIf1.-P AEsT TpENr.. -
COLUMBUS POWELL, 6EgL ErNEY.N L" iAs's-
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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Half loaf 10 better than none,s as
the cornerleafef said to the policemen
when told TO move on.
88 lEEW agR W
va 9a a sa i8ass
.fEsw