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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-12-23

Train No. - connects AT fnrkeFiils daily le1-
cept Sunday with norfolk and Western railroad
for farmvfile, Lyncbburg, and all southwestern
points. M .
Train No. so rhrou9h psssspgr~; s''',ss =, 49, So
tions. connectiae at Ksvsyille for all points
r. and n. railroad; at sothsrliss with Miiios an
,utberhD @Narrow-Ga railroad Tor sufoL, az
Greensboro for all point on salem Branch ~
Atlantis for all poau south and southwest; a,
salisbury for all points on Western NORTH CaroipA
railroad.
Train No. So Through PASSENGER ord mai, siol"
al salisbury, Greensboro, and genajt; Reds.
Vile. High Point, Townsville, Lexington, and
Concord, between Danyille and Charlotte and
all stations between Richmond and Danyille
AZ sutherl!rs with MlftOr and ouihcriin
Narrow Gauge railroad foi Milton; at Greene
| bOro' for all points on salem Branch and
North Carolina division: at Ibsrloiti with
Charlotte, C0lumJis Augusta railroad tor
Columbia. Augnat' Savannah, and Florida points,
| with Atan'a and Charlotte division for Atlanta
and all points south and Southwest.
Trains from the south arrive al Richmond a.
| 4:0s z. H.. TAI A. NJ. and 1l:5j A. VI.
| BON AIR fASSENGtR SERVICE
|
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.OLDDOMINI0N STEAMSHIP <ssSss
~ COMPANY. ssssz2sfrk-4
FOR NEW YORK.

THIS company Will dispatch one Of theltspleadl,
,teamers-GUYAND0TTE ROANOKE, MAN
HAITIAN, OLD DOMINION, ana RICHMOND
EVERY TUESDAY, FRIDAY, and SUNDAY
For hours of sailing, see advertisement belowl
steamers leave New fOrk II ESDAiS, THURS
DAYS, and SATURDAYS at 2. VI. from Pier &c
new number), North river, foot Of Beach street.
They have splendid saloons, state-rooms, ano
bathrooms.
The fare, accommodations, and attentions arr
unsurpassed.
After-caon fare 10 Hew York (including meals
and BERTH, SO round-grip tckets, Gle Storage
With subsistence, 81; without subsistence, ~.
FTeightS tor points beyond New York FORWARDED
With dispatch, and nc charge made except aetna
expenses incurred.
Freight received until O'Clock Z. NJ. daily,
for further information, apply 10
GEORGE ". ALLEN CO, Agents,
jy20 office ComNanv's wharves. Rockets.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-12-23
ATKROOMs ENGAGED FOR DAY OR
MART
FREIGhT

FKkIUHI
Breigp; received daily for Norfolk, Portsm out1.
5mfthlleld, ana Hampton; Washington, y. C.i
ali points ia Eastern North Caroline; also, to7
eastern shore OF Virginia, Old Point, and oil regu
ar landings on James river st LOWEST RAIEe,
and through bills Issued. 4. 3. TATUh,
" % superintendent.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-12-23
IEMENs's WORKS.

The works are at Charlton fier, Moo,-
witch, and their tall chimneys are r,s,us
from the banks Of the Thames. Iney lor dn
almost a township. and more tnan a,o1o
MN are employed on the new caole wolh,
which Is continued night and DAY. Onc
relay succeeds another, except on sunuay:
some OF the engines are always pusy, anu
new folds OF cable never cease TO DE adoeu
to the great white snake which sleeps IN
tbn tanks
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-12-23
,,vcr,srNo wArcUFULNEss.

"The progress" said Mr.. Mittelhausen,
tho manager. sis from twenty-five to
thirty miles a day. In two or three montns
1t will be from forty to hfty miles gay;
Nothing Is done in haste. Every men Oh
the material is constantly tested ana II the
slightest detection is seen IN the gaiVa-
nometer the work is begun over again. NO
matter what depths OF cable lie In the tank,
when the flaw Is discovered 1t is instantly
Iemedied. Thus, II the progress Is Slow
il Is sure. Before midsummer every men
will be completed"
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DEPARTURE OF STEAMERS.
ONLY ONE DOLLAR S14Q,.i
VIEWPOINTS NEWS, NORFOLK, AND PORTS
MOUTH
ONLY $3.50 no OLD POINT.


ONLY 81 TO WASHINGTON, DC.
VIRGINIA STEAMBOAT COMPANY's
JAMES RIVER LINZ FOR
VIEWPOINTS NEWS,
NORFOLk, rORIsMOUTH, AND JAMES
RIVER LANDINGs DIRECT,
CONNECTS AT NORFOLK CLOSELY WITH
BAY LINE FOR OLD POINT, HAMPTON,
BAL IIMoRE, AND IhE NORTH
AND AT NORFOLK WITH STEAMERS FOR
EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA.
VIEWPOINTS NEWS WITH STEAMER "AC-
COMAC" FOR SMlTHEIELD.
ONLY ROUTE WITHOUT TRANSFER, AND
JAMES RIVER By DAYLIGHT.
CHEAPEST ROUTE.
BY ANY OTHER ROUTE.
FARE 70 3, N2Rg Ep SO 81 O. NO LIMIT.
FARE TO WASHINGTON, ID. c., "a.
FARE ROUND TRIP, $3.50.
MEALS ON EUROPEAN PLAN.
The elegantly rebuilt and fast steamer
ARIEL,
carrying United states NALL
z. G. GIFFORD, Commander,
caves Richmond every MONDAY, WEDNEs-
DAY AND FRIDAY
n 7 A. NJ, (STREET CARS CONNECT IN FULL
rIME,l Tor aboye-named places. Returning zoe
jteaIner leaves Norfolk, Portsmouth, and New
oOrt's News on alternate days, arriving at RICE
nOud at about Z. VI.
Through tlckets on sale ON steamer and ~ Gar.
oaI Agency, 1900 Main street. Baggage Checked
sTATERooMs ENGAGED FOR DAY OR
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WOOD AND COAL.

LAST VIRGINIA LUMP, BLAZING,
IL CRATE COAL, $3.50 per ton, the cheapest
burning sPLINT Lump COAL, unegualled for
CRATES: BRlGHTHQPE and MlDIOTHiAN
GOALS, and NATURAL aud GAS COKE for
ASH SUPERIOR ANTHRACITE COAL for
stoves and CRATES, all sizes. at the very lowest
prices. LARGE supply of dry OAK and PINE
street, where buyers will be benefited: Telephone
No. 9l2. J. h. WATKINS.
de 6-3m
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IMPROVEMENTS EVERY RAY.

"rYou see," said Mr.. Mittelhausen.
.sthat the shore ends are much thicker, but
the deep-sea cable is the finest example Of
our art, the ideal OF which Is TO combine
lightness with strength. Every day brings
new Improvements"
Then the new cable" said the CORE
spondent, "will have n great advantage
over its predecessors"
1T will be the best ever laid" said Mr..
Nittelbauseu,
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AppEARANcE or TnE YARDS.

Messrs. Siemens's yards are filled with
materials. fourteen-days' supply being
kept on hand. In great storehouse are
bales OF hemp and iute, used for sheathlng.
at the rate OF fifteen tons day. Round
the courtyard lie coils OF Iron and steel
wire, used for arnatIlres at the rate OF
eighty tons n day. A separate workshop
Is devoted to the making OF the core OF the
cable. Formerly the core consisted OF one
stout brass wire. To-day the same wire Is
wrapped in ten others, each stepped In
gutta-percha. and woven together by
machine familiar in rope-making. The
weight OF the conductor thus formed Is
$50 pounds per nautical mile, and It's com.
position marks the most perfect stage oil
cable-nanufacture-
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ApELICATE OPERATION.

Another excellence OF the new cable l.
IN the gutta-percha covering. the fitting oil
which TO the wire Is a most delicate opera.
ton. Tests are applied to every part to
make Il impervious to water, and then the
sheathing of the galvanized steel wires Is
woven round by huge spindles. Then,
with two LAYERS OF canvas and three layers
OF the compound, the deep-sea portion Of
the cable Is finished and winds slowly
through the roof into tanks thirty-one feet
in diameter and fifteen feet in depth, where
it will lie till the steamer Faraday takes II
% enc In 1ulv
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who could compete with IL! Who could
feel that contingencies and necessities with
It would he the same rs with private enter.
prises, and that II would be safe or wise Il
attempt to compete with Il? Consequently
IL would become the sole master OF com.
merce, and those DOW engaged In 1t would
have to hire themselves to the Government
or quit the occupation, and thus il would
interfere with and dennge the value and
rewards Of this branch OF trade. So II
would be with every other branch OF trade
that II entered upon.
But some viii say that the Government
has not been engaged In banking. We
might answer that we would not be pro-
voked 70 respond 10 such shallow ssser-
tion. 1t has been the biggest Job on
10 hands that 1t has had since IL was A
Goyernment and II Is sure to grow In
magnitude should II undertake to continue
In the business.
taiues are so sensitive that the slightest
circumstances Influence them perceptibly,
ana wniie they are in the main regulated
Dy supply and demand, the actions OF the
government are continually giving spec.
ulAtlve character 10 very many values
whije some governmental interference with
trade endurlpgly depresses some values
Take land. It Il a value less exposed to
the effects Of supply and demand than
other property or values, because its supply
remains the same and the demand Il regu-
lated by the ingress or egress Of popula.
ton. 1t Is, however impaired by the
abundance or scarcity Of the medium
Of exchange Of Its value az sala-
BILE article. II 70 more largely de.
pressed By scarcity Of money
than most other values, because It ID not
necessity Of living, so to speak, while food
will often rise IN the midst Of the greater
scarcity Of money. Men may, from neces-
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The New Cables.

IssYscrINe TIE LINES OF TUE COMMERCIAL
CABLE COMPANY. ,,c1nl
A London SPECIAL to the Herald says, ;
ue..rs. siemens to-day invited the HerdIa
corre,pondent to inspect the Mackay Ben.
nett cable, now being manufactured al
their works. All the materials had been
Collected and tested, aud 300 miles OF cable
are now completed, lying coiled In great
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-12-23

DEsT ANTHRACITE coal. sc, 1919,
I'D and $3.50 per ton: Eastbank Coalbury, Is. 20
for lump aud s5.25 for bail splint, son eosl.
$3.50; EugtDe Coal from t2.76 10 $40; SON
Coke and Brighthope, lowest prices Tor cash. Pine
and Oak Wood long, sawed, or kindiing. Tele-
phone. l6o. once, 1908 Gary street, or Broad
no aS - -''l- CHARLES II. PAGE.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22
An Arkansas Family.

A traveller on horseback, attracted
by a large number of children huddled
around the door of an Arkansas cabin,
stopped and asked of woman who
suddenly appeared:
els this a schoolhouse?"
"Do you take it for sich?"
Yes, considering the number of
children"
"Well, 1 reckon you've right to
your opinion"
"But is it school?'
"No, it amt"
care all those children yours?"
81 reckin they air. Pears to me
that way, anyhow"
How do you make living for all
of them?'
81 don't. 1 turns 'em out and lets
'em scratch"
"What do they get to eat?"
"Bugs and sich.'
"Come, my good woman, you are
trying to joke me. 1 am stranger in
this country, and really asked for in
formation. 1 have often heard Of
squatters. Do you belong to that
family?"
81 reckin do, fur I squat some
times an comb my har when the chill
lem air Sleep"
"Where's your husband?"
"In town."
"In business there?"
Eyes, reckin."
GLOW long has it been since you saw
him?'
About year."
"Why doesn't he come to see you 2"
"Well. you see, them deputy martins
came along one day an seed him bilin'
some corn in a kettle, an lowed he
wos maxim whisky, so they tuck him
along. Look out thar p
The stranger lodged, but not quite
soon enough. A boy fell from tree
under which the stranger had stopped,
and struck him on the shoulder.
q didn't know he was there" said
the traveller, regarding with astonish-
ment the youngster who arose to his
feet and began to throw dust at the
horse.
81 don't reckin you did" the woman
replied, "but lemme tell you, the woods
is full of 'em an they're liable to
drap on you at any mint, an as it
amt safe to stay in the timber, you'd
better take the big road an mosey.
Good day. You Ike, put that lizard
down. Eph, that are tarripin III bite
you if you put your finger in his
mouth. Drap that scorpion, John, an
blow Tommy's nose. Nick, don't chaw
that vine fur it'll pizen yer."-Arkan-
SGS TraUeler.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22

Nearly all the great statesmen of the
present day can look back to the time
when they would rather stand in the
mud and water up to their knees and
fish for bull-heads than help plant po-
tatoes in the best garden in the coun-
try. Even the best kind of boy, who
is will ng to work like a major at any
other season of the year. seems to have
a fearful falling out with all manner
of labor in the spring. But somehow
the spring garden is made each year,
and the boy grows up to manhood, and
finally has a boy of his own, and a
garden that demands attention then
it seems that when he wants his boy
to help in the garden, and fifteen min
utes later finds him in the street play
ing marbles, he forgets how it was
when he was boy himself, and he
argues with his boy with hoe-handle.
Twas ever thus.-Peck's Sun.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22
THEN AND NOW.

All the years ofllonging waiting,
All the hours of loving, hating,
All the dreaming, hesitating,
That have borne me as a river
Bears the vessels that we give her
Looking back, sigh and SILVER
At the time tween then and now.
Days of summer warmth and glalness,
Moments of delicious madness,
And the nights of fearful sadness
That have ruled my brow with care lines,
Chilled me when the MONDAY sun shines,
Placed the thorns where memory still twines
Round the time tween then and now.
Midst the tumult Of life's hurry
And the thousand things that worry,
Shall the bloom become berry,
Shall the bud become a flower?
That shall fill some sheltered bower
With wond'rous perfume shower
Shall the then be lost in now?
Patty Honeycood.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22
How the Car Looks.

Alexander ILL.,, czar of Russia, is
six feet high and is deep-cheSted and
broad-shouldered. His light gray eyes
resemble those of his mothers rela-
tions at Hesse Darmstadt more than
his father, the late emperor, who had
dark blue eyes (such as the French
call blue black which are to be seen
in the pictures of Alexandria l., Paul
and Peter the Great. In figure and
style he is also like his uncle, the late
grand duke of Hesse Darmstadt. The
shape of his head, which is above the
average size, like most of his family,
is rather peculiar. His forehead IS
high. A small mouth with extremely
good teeth, which he only shows when
he laughs. Ills hair is auburn, and his
complexion very fair. In st. Peters
burg he is always attired in uniform,
but when on a holiday he wears the
black and white shepherds plaid, such
a favorite with English noblemen, a
black tie, white hat, but no gloves
though he carries them, ring or watch.
That he has been no carpet soldier is
evident from the frost bites on the
third and fourth fingers on his left
hand and scar on his temple, where
a Turkish bullet grazed his head.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22
A CHARGE TO THE BEES.

Go forth, o bees, at blush of prime,
Go forth, o bees, and waste no time
Into the jeweled chalice climb
OF every bloom, that opens fresh this hour
And be we sure We find the apple flower.
Oh, slight the violet, if We will,
And slight the green-gold daffodil,
And hyacinth made sweeter still
BY soft caressings of the midnight shower
But see We pass not by the apple flower.
could forgive ye, that ye missed
The lilac tubes of amethyst,
Lilies, that heavens breath has kissed'
And all the sweets in wildwood Flora's bower;
But see ye pass not by the apple flower.
o bees, though We were now released
To search the gardens of the east,
I'll call ye home, amidst your feast;
charge you, bring me honey for my dover;
Bring me the honey of the apple flower.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22
Ocean Etiquette.

Eighty thousand Americans annu-
ally visit Europe. OF this number
$4,000 sail from the port of New York.
They spend upon an average while
abroad $1,000 apiece. The greater
number are ladies. Such is the state
ment made by a Broadway New
York travelling commission firm to
reporter. The Importance of these an
nual pilgrimage s, which are increasing
year by year, has developed ystem of
ocean etiquette that governs TIE con-
duct of what may be termed the best
circles of maritime society,"" Nova
days the captain of crack ocean
steamer must not only be a tirst-class
sailor, but he must also be man of
infinite tact and method, with thor
ough knowledge of what society" re-
quires at his hands.
To sit at the fright of the captain
at table at once accords to the occu-
pants of that distinguished honor the
highest place in the social scale on
board ship, and the position is COM
peted for with an amount of anxiety
that is very amusing. The senior sur
geon and his assistant when two are
carried) act as Deputies. and rank so
cially next in Importance to the captain
himself. How to accommodates the va
rious claims for this coveted distinction
is a matter of serious moment. The
personnel of the passenger list is
closely searched at least forty-eight
hours before the vessel sails. Very
often the purser is called into consul
tation, and the difficulty is finally set
tied by placing a card bearing the pas
senger's name upon his OF her plate.
From this decision there is no appeal.
1t frequently happens, however, that
one or more persons may consider
themselves sighted, and where it is
probable that the imaginary slight will
disturb the social harmony the captain
escapes by taking his meals in his own
room. - BOstOn ITdceler.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Last season 3,012,571 articles were
pawnei in France. Evidently several
young Americans were in that country
during the year.-Drumnler.
A new song is entitled brothers
Hair was Cut by Mother" 1t is
good song for a singer to treat as
mother did brothers hair" cut it
short. "-NorTistoUn Herald.
White trousers are again in style
this summer, a fortunate thing for the
dudes, as they can buy them cheap at
any grocery. Macaroni stems don't
cost much.-Philadelphta Meas.
Somebody substituted pile of corn
cobs for the doughnuts on the Omaha
railway restaurant counter, and they
were about two-thirds eaten before any
body discovered what they WERE
Rome Sentinel.
There are forty-two different shades in
kid gloves this spring. This number
might be increased by initiating the
shade of disappointment that passes
over lady's face when she sees some
other woman with prettier pair than
her Own.-Ddnoiite Advertiser.
An Iowa bank closed it's doors in
consequence of the sudden and unex-
pected departure of the cashier. The
next day the local paper announced
the event in the following headline !:
"Another Pioneer of American Civil
cation Lights Out for Polynesia"
1t is now the season when the young
man buys city map, marks on it with
blue pencil the places in the locality
of his girls residence where ice cream
and soda water are sold, and carefully
studies it to avoid them in his moon
Itlight ramblings with her.-Puck.
The man that runs an auction,
And watches for nod,
Must either be near-sighted,
Or else he's very odd,
For when you bid on something
He smiles with sweet content,
| And thinks you nod dollar
When you only nod assent.
| y onlcers Statesman.
What are we going to do with our
dead?" asks an excited cremationist.
Be calm, man. We can get along well
enough with our dead. They won't
trouble us. They are good and quiet
enough. It's the live men that worry
us. What are we going to do with
some of the live men? And we tell
you confdentially; there is one of them
we are going topush down four-story
elevator well, if he comes up with the
same old bill just once more to-day.
Then you can take what is left of him
and 60 on with the discussion of your
question: Burlington HatCkeye.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22

why then-why, in that case" Har-
vey found the English language ter
ribly intricate, and rose with precipi-
tation.
Il met him first, you know" said
Miss Lila, dropping her eyes apologet-
ically, "and | am under great obliga-
lions to him."
"Oh, it's al right. You're all right,
l mean; but think Tom might have
told me-
"Told you what?'
"About this other fellow
"There isn't much to tell" said Miss
Lila, demurely. He hasn't come for
ward" Harvey drew on his glove
with mystilied air. "But l am look
ing for him any day now, for the Eyrie
is nearly out of soap"
You bawitching little tease p
Miss Lila's cheeks were eddying
with dimples deep enough to drown a
mans heart. Perhaps they made Har-
vey's head swim. l can't say. 1 only
know that he laid hold of the young
lady's hands at that moment in the
most giddy fashion, and she seemed
quite willing to let him steady himself
in this manner
"Well, Harvey, expect to be on
my legs again tomorrow" observed
the facetious deacon, at breakfast;
land when call at the Eyrie l guess
you'd better let me give that young
woman her handkerchi ef"
"Thank you very much; L attended
to that last night"
alt didn't seem just right to keep
her out of it so long, Harvey" re-
marked his aunt, dryly, as she passed
his coffee. You ought to have paid
her interest"
Humph don't you be mite con-
cerned, wife," said the dea on, with a
mischievous wink. depend upon it,
Harvey has squared his accounts with
that young woman before this, and
taken her note of hand. He's driven
business since that day 1 set him up in
the cart Bazar.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22
Three Acres OF Eggs.

A Santa Barbara (Cal. fisherman
has discovered, near San Miguel island,
a smaller island, about three ares in
extent, which is probably the largest
nest of eggs in the world. The island
is covered with layer of guano in
which sea fowls of all descriptions
were found laying or incubating their
eggs. The surface appeared to be al
most entirely covered with eggs, prin-
cipally those of the sea gulls, shags.
and a small bird known as the salt
water duck. The discoyerer says it
was difficult to walk without treading
upon the eggs, and that it would be
easy to load a ship with them.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22

Messrs Minkman & Co., publishers
of Arnheim, in Holland, have begun
printing their publications in blue ink
on light green paper. This method,
they state. gives great relief to the eye
of the reader.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22
A Precise Witness.

A witness in court, who had been
cautioned to give precise answer to
every question, and not talk about
what he might think the question
meant, was Intercepted as follows:
"You drive wagon?" mo, sir. 1
do not" "Why. sir, did you not tell
my learned friend so this moment ?"
mo. sir, l did not" "Now, sir,
put it to you ON your oath: DO you
drive wagon ?" mo. sir" "What
is your occupation, then?" 81 drive a
horse"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22

A journalists club-The lead pen
cii.-Philaielphia Bulletin.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22

A proud man never shows his pride
so much as when he is civil.