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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-21
eg~MUST BE SOLD At AND BE-
LOW COSI
-. & r.. MI1TELDORFER
J27 BROAD STREET.

Intending 20 make a change In our business, We
offer our entire stock Of DRY GOODS NOTIONS,
Sc, &C.. at and below cost. This 9, no humbug,
but positive facts. Give rs 4 call aud be convinced.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-21
THE GOODS MUST BE SOLD.

OUR CLOSING OUT SALE WILL COMMENCE
ON MONDAY, JULY 5TH.
and the slaughter viii be started in the prices of
all kinds
OF SUMMER GOODS.
SUMMER CASHMERES,
SUMMER DRESS SILKS,
SUMMER BROCADES,
EMBROIDERED SWI>SES,
BORDERED LAWNS,
GRENADINES, BUNTINGS,
PLAIN and FANCY SATINs.
LINON DE DACCAS,
vEILING>. INDIA MCSLINs,
LACES, LINEN LAWNS, GLOVES,
VICTORIA LAWNS, FANS.
WHITE GOODS, Eric. Ere.
These goods must be sold, and we have made the
prices Low ENOUGH 30 MAKE THEM MOVE. We
intend, furthermore. that all summer goods shall be
disposed Of within the rext three weeks, because
we purpose on the 1st Of August to
SHOW OUR WINTER GOODS AND TO
SELL THEM.
We DO not expect in REsoLUrE SALE Ike this
TO sell big lot Of goods at their value nor DO we
expect to get back what we paid for them, but We
will sell them
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-21
70 SPECIAL NOTICE .

THF. CEL EBRATED PEARL SHIRT REDUCED
To 81,
rrh. PEARL a the beat unlaundred Shirt made.
sold hy JULIUS MEYER & SON.
sos east broad street.
ny WV WV ~ 2.eoi
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-21

IDEAS. PEAS. PEA, FOR SALE =
j ONE HUNDRED BUSHELS AGRicuLTC'
"snI a, r. POW ERsS,
Az 1881 1914 easl Mala 'seels
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-21

LAWNS. LAWNS.
$50 pieces LAWNS at half their value.
WHITE GOODS.
LINEN DE- DACCA. LINEN DE INDIE. Nitlo-
RIA LAWNS. STRIPED AMI G CHECKED
NAIESOOKS;
SWISS MNSLINs from Sc. pr yard 40.
LACFS, LACEsl
TORCHON. CLUNY, : L \, RI ,~lAN
ITALIAN, VALENClENNtS. LANGUEDOC
from Zoe. per dozen 10 the hnct made.
PARASOLS! PARA>OLS.
?ARAsOI.s 10 De- closed ont regardless 81 ccs'.
PRINTS az ) and q &C. yer yard
BLEACHED AID BROWN COTTON, at panic
prices.
MATTfNGs. CARPETS, AND OlL-CLOTHS'
MATrINGs NJ IS, IL, Il, 20. %. aud a.;
OIL-CLOTHs. for floors. 9 and quarter;
CARPETS at great bargains.
HOSIERY, HANDKERCHIEFS.a and sd r
WEAR for children, ladies. and gentlemen from
- to 40c. for the hes. article.
CORSETS. CORSTTS.
The best Use. CORSET IN the city to d. sold az
4bc.-,ide lace and side steel.
Call early - secure some of the great bargains, As
we are determined to close our entire stock.
D. & L. MITTEIDORFFR,
ty lO-S.M&W1m 527 Broad'iree'.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-21

BUNrlNGSl BCNTlNGS:
Atwood BUNTINGS. the best good. AZ zoe;
BLACK CASHMERE>, BLACK IAMI>f, BLACK
ALPACA, BLACK SILKS;
DRESS GOODS al a great sacrifice.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-21
M COHEN BROTHERS

NJ COHEN BROTHERS
WILL COMMENCE MONDAY, July IL n,
10 dispose Of the
VARIOUS ODDS AND ENDS
accumulated during tho past season. This 4 *
will comprise goods from every department.
HOSIERY, GLOVES, DE.iS GOODS.
SILKS, WHITE GOODS FANCY GOODS
GOODS FOR HoUSE.wEAR, SC
and will be sod IN sroat.r part regardless Of est
or value.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-21

OUR CLOSING OUT SALE WILL COMMENCE !
ON MONDAY, JULY 5TH.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-21

THE CONGRESSIONAL CONvENTIoNs--T II Z
NAMES OF THE NOMINEES-A STRANGE MED
ICAL Casa BODY ExUDING BLOOD-TnE
CLUB-R IGIOUs PARAGRAPHs-A PRO
GRESsIvE MOVEMENT, &C.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-21

LAWNS! LAWNS;
LAWNS at half thc.ryAlue
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-07
Wine at Dinner.

Briefly, the rule, by general gastronomic
consent for those who indulge in the luxury
of wine, is to offer a glass of light pale
sherry or dry Sauterne after soup; delicate
Rhine wine, If required, after fish; glass
of Bordeaux with the joint of mutton; the
same or champagne-dry, but with some
true vinous character in it, and not the
tasteiess spirit and water just now enjoying
au evanescent popularity-during the en-
trees; the best red wine in the cellar, Bor-
dcaux or Burgundy, with grouse or other
roast game; and-but this ought to suffice
even for that exceptional individual who is
supposed to be little if at all injured by
moderate potations." With the ice or
desert, a glass of full favored, but maiured
champagne or liquor may be served; but
at this point dietetic admonitions are out Of
place, and we have already sacrific to
luxury. The value Of a cigarette at this
moment is that with the first whiff of its
fragrance the palate ceases to demand either
food or wine. After n smoke the power 10
appreciate good wine is lost, and no judic-
ious host cares to open a fresh bottle from
his best bin for the smoker, nor will the
former be blamed by any man for disin-
clinatlCn.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-07
The OlI-Ea,hioned CotillIon.

Perhaps the only old-tashioned dance
that survives Is the cOtilliOn. The dance is
full of Spanish grace. In South America
they Introduce some odd tricks into their
dancing. Ladies fill empty egg shells with
eau de cologne and carry them TO the ball :;
there they break them upon the heads OF
the gentlemen. IL is meant as challenge.
The gentleman who receives this moist tri-
butte is bound in gallantry to find out the
lady and return the compliment. Another
trick is for young man 10 go behind n
girl, place his sornbrero directly over her
head, letting it fall over her eyes, and then
to spring back among the dancers. If the
girl throws off the hat it means that she can
dispense with any attention the gentleman
would like TO pay TO her, and he is obliged
to pick up his hat amid a general laugh.
If the hat is retained, then at the end of the
dance the owner claims it from the lady
and with it her hand the rest of the even
ing. The cotillion is clearly based on
fancies OF this kind. The introduction of
the chair, the seating of lady, the presen-
tatiOn of the gentleman. the blindfolding OF
gentleman, with a lady on either side Of
him, and his hazardous choice of one of
them as a partner. are distinctly Southern
elements, giving graceful life and laughter
to the waltzing accompaniment. This sur
wives, but the other dances are ended.
Whether they are worth reviving is ques-
ton for girls to decide. At all events, one
may believe girl could never look more
picturesque than when engaged in one of
these old-fashioned dances, just as il is GER
tain that n girl is never seen TO worse ad-
vantage than when she has released herself
from the grip of a man, after long, pant
ing, and perspiring waltz, as this dance is
now performed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-07
An Avalanche in Nevada.

An avalanche receAtly occurred on the
slope of the Sierras in Nevada by which
three men were instantly swept away and
buried, and fourth dangerously wounded.
The slide occurred at the head Of Marlette
Canyon, near the mouth OF the tunnel OF
the water company. Five men-McLane,
Kennedy, Birney, McCaul and Tait-start-
ed on a recent occasion TO go up the
mountain TO work. TAFT told the others
that he feared there would be snow-slide,
as the conditions were favorable. Soon
after the snow was seen TO start over a
large space on the side of the mountain at
the head of Marletto CANYON, and in an in
slant the avalanche was upon them. TAFT
saved himself by stump and hanging on
like ',grim DEATH" McIane, Kennedy and
Birney were swept away and buried under
the snow. McCaul was swept about fifty
yards and was found by TAFT buried to the
shoulders, the snow so tightly packed
about him that he could not move his hands
or arms. A hat belonging to one OF the
others was found some distance below
where McCaul was discovered, and this was
the only trace of them that was to be seen.
About fifty woodchoppers were soon onthe
ground and engaged in searching TOR the
missing men, but at last accounts none of
them had been found. Some are of the
opinion that the bodies will not be. found
until the srow melts off in the spring, as
Marlette Canyon is said to be filled up to
its full width for a considerable distance.
1t was slide of the dry, new snow, which
had fallen upon the crust that covered tie
old snow. The stump behind which TAFT
took shelter was not so large but that he
was able TO clasp his hand around it and
in this position he held on until the slide
had passed over him.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-07
An Honest Miner.

If you 90 into mining district in Corn
wall, England, you will see, not far from
the mine works, rows of neat little cottages !;
most of them extremely clean in the in
terror, and here the miners may be found
seated at comfortable fires, frequently read
ing. or in the summer evenings working n
their little gardens or in the potato fields.
Frequently they become experienced flori-
cultmis;s, and at the flower shows that
occur annually in several of the Cornish
towns they often carry OFF the prizes. a
pleasing anecdote is recorded of the honesty
OF a poor Cornish miner. There lived at
ST. Ives a lady named Prudence Worth,
whose charity was remarkable. y miner
living at Camborne had his goods seized
for rent, which he could not pay. He had
heard of tho many good deeds done by
Madam Worth, as she was usually called,
and he determined to apply to her for as
sistance He said:
MADAM, | have come 10 you in great
trouble. My goods are seized fer rent, and
they will be sold If can not get the money
Immediately"
"where do you liveg' inquired Mrs.
Worth.
''In Camborne, and work in Stray Park
Mine"
II know nothing of you," observed the
lady, and you may DO a drunkard or an
imposter.
Madam replied the miner, with
energy, las | live, | am neither; and il
you will lend me the money, | will return
it in four months"
The money was lent, the period of four
months elapsed, and, true to his promise,
the poor miner, notwithsta anding that bad
luck had attended him, had managed to
get the amount borrowed together, and set
off on foot with it. Arriving at Hayle
River, he found the tide coming up, but to
save a journey of three miles round by st.
Firth Bridge, he resolved to cross the
wafer, which appeared to him shallow
enough for this purpose. The poor fellow
had, however, miscalculated the depth,
and was drowned. When the body
was brought to shore, his wife said that he
had left home with three guincas in hi:
pocket for Madam Worth. Search Wa:
made in his pockets, and 40 money was
found, but some one observed that his righ
hand was firmly clinched. 1t was opened
and found to contain the three guineas.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-07
Re Forgot Them.

There was an alarm of fire the other
night, and Mr.. Tclimglower, Of Union
street, being awakened by TIE noise of the
bells, sprang hastily from his bed, and
thrust his head out of the window. man
was rushing by, and MIR. Tolimglower
hailed him with.
"Whash ish shwire?"
The man stopped in his mad speed and
yelled, "What!"
"Whash ish shwirel" repeated Mr.. Toll
imglower, craning his head still further out
of the window. and scanning the darkened
heavens anxiouSly.
II don't know what you're talking
about" shouted the man, beginning to get
his legs ready for another run.
''Ish shez whash ish shwire-crash shut
tersthash." yelled Mr.. Tolimglower in a
rage.
''Oh. 90 swallow yourself, muttered the
man, darting of with an exclamatory
.'fre."
And Just as Mr.. Tolimglower was going
to shriek after him wrathful malediction,
his wife touched him on the shoulder arC
handed him his false teeth, which he hat
forgotten In his excitement toput on. AND
when Mr.. Tolimglower had donnsd tha
most essential portion of his wardrobe, HI
was enabled to shout to passing boy, In
perfectly ineligible manner:
| ssWhere is the fire 7"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-07
A Notable Wager.

The life of Ben. Perley Poore has been
an eventful one, and his warm friendship
for Charles Summer and other prominent
men has closely connected him with public
events. Maj. Poore was great dinner-out,
and a frequent guest OF Gen. Burnside. His
round form and florid complexion tell that
he is high liver He is short in stature
and weighs 270 pounds. In conversation
the other day, his wife related an old story
of her husband. During Pierce's canvass
for the presidency, Maj. Poore, then a
Young man, wagered with friend living in
Boston that Pierce would not be elected.
He agreed if he lost the bet TO wheel a
barrel OF apples from his home, 30 miles
distant, through the streets Of Boston to his
friends door. The election came of, and
the friend held the major TO his wager.
Mrs. Pcore thought it too severe a task,
and begged her husband to have the barrel
sent in a wagon. The major was too con-
scientious to do that, and insisted on full
filling his wager. lie went TO neighbor-
ing farm and bought the fullest barrel of
apples to be had. Witnesses saw that the
barrel was weA and closely packed lie
put on pair of snuff -colored pants, tucked
into his heavy farm boots, a velvet vest, a
Jacket and u large red felt nat some one had
sent him from California. Thus arrayed,
he started at dayhreak for Bostsn, wheel
ing his heavy load on wheelbarrow. His
wife sent man with wagon after him,
so that in case he gave out, there would be
some one at hand to help him. After the
sun was up the country people began to
pass him as he trudged along, perspiring and
dusty. Each one offered him lift or tried
to persuade him to give up the job. He
kept on 10 miles, tired and sore, then he
concluded to put his apples in farmers
barn and go back home for the night, and
start afresh the next morning. lie rode
heme and was glad TO rest. He was sore
and bruised, but after a good rubbing and
a nights rest he was able to proceed with
Lis task BY this time the people along the
road heard Of his coming and they gather
ed together to meet him. Boys followed
him and women stood at their door to see
him go by. There was great excitement,
and the news soon Travelled to Boston. 1t
reached the ears Of the authorities. They
sent him word not 10 enter the city in the
evening, but to stop outside and come in
the morning. A few miles from Boston
lie stopped over night. The next morning
on the outskirts of tie city he was met by
large crowd of people and brass band
lie was escorted by this procession through
the principal streets of the city 20 his
friends home. and from there TO the IRE
ment house TO a $500 breakfast He had
accomplished his feat and was amply re-
paid by the reception and breakfast given
him by the city aathorities. 1t was many
days before he could appear without being
stopped and asked 'if he was the man who
rolled a barrel of apples through the streets
Of Boston"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-07

Monkey bread grows on an enormous tree
called baobab; botanIcally named for
AGanson, a French botanist. The tree is q
native of Senegal, in Africa; also found on
the banks Of the white Nile. 1t has been
raised in England from the seed, and in
India. AT Alipore, near Calcutta, there is
one whose trunk measures in some places
over sixty feet in circumference. The
height of baobab is not in proportion to its
diameter. 1t has very long roots, seeming
to like the earth better than do many trees.
They have been measured enc hundred feet
laid bare and were doubtless much longer
still. The lower branches of the tree bend
to the ground, almost concealing the trunk.
They have large, dark-greon, abundant
leaves. The flower is large and white, its
stamens gathered into tube below, and
spreading like an umbrella above. The
tree is mucilaginous IN all its parts, the
fruit being, the most useful. tbs, for what
reason cannot be ascertained, called Mon
key-bread. Ii measures from nine to twelve
inches long. and four in diameter, at the
middle, being rather pointed at each end.
Ii has brownish color when ripe. The
pulp Is slightly acid; that between the
seeds tastes like cream tartar, and is used
TO fevers. Strong cords are made from
the bark of the tree. The baobab WAS long
thought to be the largest tree in the world.
The discovery of the mammoth sequoias in
California has proven the mistake of this
supposition. Livingstone judged baObab
which he examined, in Africa, to be al
least, 400 years old. The tree is not easy
TO destroy, but it is subject to a natural
disease, sort of correspondence to what is
called brain softening. Can 1t be that this
vegetable giant becomes dizzy with its
grandeur and superiority, and thus grows
both vain and weaki 1t is sometimes easy
for imagination to invest inanimate life
with soul-life; and what man shall say
where the mys' erious lines OF distinction
begin or end in the divine plan and fulfill
ment? 1t is question often asked before
one that sounds unreasonable, chImerical;
but God has So constituted the human mind
as to give it the impulse and curiosity OF
inquiry. The baobab tree appears to have
positive limit for it's age. Ii will s:cken
and die by softening process, finslly fall
ing. by its own weight, into ruined heap.
The trunk is usually hollow. Executed
criminals, to whom the law denies rites OF
sepulture, have been entombed in these
trunks. The bodies soon withered and be-
came dry like mummies.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-07

empty pockets and register as guest. That
is, men who cannot give good references or
reasonable excuses for being dead broke. >
We have guests here every day who have
been robbed or lost their money or been
swinded or something of the sort, but they
can send home for funds or give security.
No, the out-and-out hotel beat has money,
but tries to beat Us on general principles.
He goes on the theory that every hotel owes
hun living, and he is hard bird to catch.
He dresses well, seems to have plenty of
money, calls for the best, and is gone before
You even become suspicious. Few of them
ever come back on the second visit, and our
only revenge is to give them away to some
other hotel men. The system of passing a
dead-beat from man to man is now so per-
feet that the professional dead-beat has al
most been driven to the wall.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-07
A White Squail-

One day. In oil, Notker, monk OF st.
Gall, while watching some workmen build
ing bridge, at the peril of their lives,
composed Latin anthem. From 1t the
solemn words in the burial service OF the
Episcopal Church, ''ln the midst OF life we
are in death, were taken. The following
incident recalls tile occasion of their first
utterance:
Some years ago two large ships met in
mid ocean, one heading for Australia, and
the othsr homeward bound. The day was
fair, and the wind dying away, the vessels
were becalmed close together.
The passengers at once busted themselves
to write letters home, and officers and crew
became occupied in the interchange OF
courtesies.
The placidity of the weather led to a
feeling of careless security that can never
be safely indulged in at sea. All the can
vass was set, idly Tapping against the
masts, when squall struck both ships and
passed OFF in few moments.
When the confusion and excitement re-
sulting from it were over, and the crew oil
one of these vessels were able to relax the
attention demanded for their own safety,
they looked for the other ship in vain
She had gone down with all on board,
and not vestige of her was to be seen any
where on the wide sea, which looked
serene and beautiful as if nothing had hap
pened.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-07
Value of spare Minutes

Madame De Gcnlis composed seyera
charming volumes while waiting in the
school-rOom for tine tardy princes to whom
she gave daily lessons.
Daguesseau, one of the cbancellors of
France, wrote an able and bulky work in
the successive intervals of waiting for din
ner.
Elihu Burnt, when earning his living as
a blacksmith, learned eighteen languages
and twenty-five dialects, by simply I'M
proving his ''sp,:e moments.
A celebrated physician in London trans
lated Lucretius while riding in his carriage
on his daily rounds.
DIR. Darwin composed nearly all his
works in the same way, writing down his
thoughts in a memorandum book which hi
carried for the purpose.
Kirk White also learned Greek whilt
walking to aad fire. from lawyers Office.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-07
CHARITY.

Iters's Lot that difference in the ecaIe
OF human life. that some preteud;
The Geek Ray faunt a rainbow tail,
And be q eoekerel to the end.
Up from the earth ankle We come
To Mother Earth alike We tenl;
One psth We tread one common home,
Invites US at The journeys end
High born CT low It's all the same;
Who follows best G eds iighte ous plan.
For honest living best may claim.
The iitle Of nobleman.
Ire while from yonder crawling worm,
An airy form Of beauty spr ngs
SO many an humble human form.
But half concea,s tie angel wings.
Let's have a caro-, then. how We tread,
lie we despoil some humble friend,
That by different path is led
VII Sc life we cannot comprehend.
And If. PEREZ snce, s5me b: other stray,
From wis2om's straight md narrow track
Though priest and Levite turn away,
lie it ours to lead the wand rsr back.
One may lie weak another strong
E. en- hoL es, men do err most Ll.ndk
Yet. though the deed itself be wrong.
'fwere well TO judge the motive kan ily.