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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-23
BUCKINGHAM RAILROAD
ID COMPANY,

Notice i hereby given that q special mrctinc Of
the STOCKHOLDERS OF THE BUCKINGHAM
RAILROAD COMPANY has been called, % bc
held at toe company's Office. h New Canton, Va,
on TUESDAY TIE 10Th day OF APRIL. lss3.ai ~
NJ. for the purpose Of elccting board OF directors
10 serve one y, ar, and for tie transaction Of any
other business that may be brought before the
meeting.
By order. =. T.. tFLAND.
Secretary Buckingham Railroad Company.
NH LTD
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-23

Col,tkApEBY or -. ASDEEw. No 49,
kNICHrs ITNrLAR.
March %. 1853. }
CIR KNIGIlTS,-Attcnd a stated \./
- assembly of the Commandcry 81, -. 4 y
AlbaUs Hal THIS FRIDAY ~ ENING y
m o'clock IL citizens drc,-. The t y
memler5 of Richmond Communfcry./
No. >, are cordially invited u meet With as.
81 order oi TIE =. g..
Z. G. WALTHALL. Captain-Geucral.
NH 23-ltz
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-23
LYNCHBURG.

Court MA1TEP-A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE
DyiyG--A sUNpAy-ScHoOT CONVENTI0S-A
NYw rAsTOB-TIiE NEXT FAR-INcREAsED
TOETE-rYESONAL &C.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-23
FREDERICKSBURG.

FATAL BURNING or A LITTLE Girl. :
correspondence OF the Richmond Disnatch.l
M,pCU u 1854
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-31

From the Pililadelpha Times
That the young woman has taken new fields
OF work Is very true but she has done so In spite
of the competition of the young man Of the pe-
Rod and thus earned her place by the survival of
the ittest. While she has done this the native
young man has left the plow and the workshop
and has sought what he supposes is more GEN
teel employment, until these useful branches of
industry are now largely filled by persons born
and trained in other countries. While the gen
eral spread of education has opened ND many
new empioyments for girls, and they have taken
their places In them bravely, the young men
nave drifted into clerkships or speculation or
into the small politics, most ruinous of all. The
same is true in matters Of the higher culture
The young man has become listless OF idle or
has gone undisciplined, while the girls have
organized book and music clubs, attended lee
lures, and otherwise fitted themselves for the
more exacting duties of our modern life. It Is
often the case that while the rich young man
goes rapidly to the dogs by reason Of his bad
habits and worse vices, his sister is engaged in
the exacting duties Of church or charity or in
other work which cuitiyates the humanities and
does the world some good. The real truth ia
that, the country over, there are not enough
earnest, deserving, ambitious young men to
marry the honest. sensible, well-meaning girls
who are ready to do q true woman's part
in building up good and happy homes Our
family training, defective az it may be In manv
respects, has still kept the rein on girls while it
has given the spur to boys, and If the grumbIers
are sensible they will try to devise some way to
overcome this inequality, and thus bring the
young man up to such a standard as shall fit
him to do something else In life than to stand of
and rail at the follies or frivolities of Young
women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-31
Tlle Good Old WAY.

From the New York Ledger.
John Mann had a Wife who was kind and true--
wife who loved him well:
She cared for the house and their only child:
But Ii the truth must tell.
she rretted and pinned because John was moor
ana his business was slow to pay;
But ne only Said. when she talked or Change
wen stick TO the good old way!"
She n saw %I her ne,ghbors were growing rich
1hat she was living in poverty,
MICn wealth upon every hand;
Anu Sne urged her husband to speculate
10 FISK MS earnings at play;
But he only said, my dearest wife.
wen stick to the good old way"
For he knew that the money that's quickly got
Is the money that's quickly lost:
ana the money that stays Is the money earned
AT honest endeavor's cost
so he Flooded along In his honest style.
AND he bettered himself each day,
And he only said to his fretful Wife
wen stick to the good old way"
And at last there came terrible crash,
When beggary, want and shame
came down on the homes of their wealthy friends
While Johns remained the same;
for ne mad no debts and he gave no trust
my motto is this" he'd say
TITS charm against panicS OF every kind
lis SUCK TO the good Old way"
And his wife looked round on the little house.
Inat was every nail their own,
and she asked forgivness OF honest John
For the peevtsh m1Strust she had shown
But he only said, as her fearful face
Upon his shoulder lay:
"The good old way Is the best way, wife:
wen SUCK 10 the good Old way"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-31
What We Need.

What do, does our country need' Not armies stand
With sabres cleaning ready for the fight.
NOT increasing navies. skfllful and comInandfnp
To bound the waters with an iron mipht.
Not naughty men with giutted purses irving
TO purchase souls and keep the mower M nIace.
NOT JeWeled dolls with one another yieine
For palms OF beauty, elegance and grace.
But we want women. strong of soul vet low,v
With that rare meekneSs born OF gentleness:
Women whose lives are pure and clean and how
The women whom all little children bless:
Brave, earnest women, helpful to each other
With finest scOrn for all things low and mean.
women who hold the name OF wife and mother
Far nobler than the title Of q queen.
On, these are they who mold the men OF glory.
These mothers, Outlines shorn OF grace and
youth,
Who. worn and weary, ask no greater glory
Ioa0 making some young soul the home Of
truth; 10
Who SOW in hearts all fallow for the sowing
The seeds OF virtue and OF scorn for sin
And, patient, watch the bounteous harvest grow.
Ing,
And weed out tares which crafty hands cast in.
Women who do not hold the gift Of beauty
AS some rare treasure, to be bought and sold.
But guard 1t as a precious aim to duty
The outer framing OF some inner gold:
women VINO, low above their cradles bending,
:, Lei nattery'S voice go by, and give no heed,
ing:
These are our countrys pride, our country,s
need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-31

A NOVELETTE,, BIZ MRS. N. z. BR-Dp-!

Somebody must 60 for the doctor"
1t was Reine de Fac who spoke. and her words
fell ominously on that little band OF watchers.
One Of their number must brave the violence OF
the storm; human life WAS at stake. There
was silence for moment; then Mark Maston
said. In low firm voice, II will GO"
Refine heard him, and turned deadly pale,
but no sound Of emotion passed her lips. and nc
one noticed her pallor In the growing dusk. A
minute passed, the door slammed, and Mark
was gone.
There were two roads to Paxton, where the
doctor lived, the highway and the beach. The
distance was shorter by the beach, but the way
more perfious; for at food tide the waves dashed
high the cliffs which shut of retreat inland
1t took Mark Maston but an instant to decide
must try the beach. He glanced along the
shore: the water was about twenty feet from
the cliffs, which presented their rugged front
to the whistling eastern blast. Thinking only
Of the loved ones at home, he dashed along.
Two miles before him q headland projected
was safe. On he sped. The gale caught the
spray Of the breakers and whirled it against the
cliffs, drenching the bold messenger TO the skin.
At last the headland came In sight. Mark
stopped, and. shading his eyes, gazed fixedly
ahead. A shudder shook his frame. While
nc iooheu, q highly pittOW CdlDeTusniDH IN from
the sea. and dashed high on that projecting
cliff.
Turn back, Mark Maston; turn back or you
are doomed
But no; with clenched teeth he ran on on to
certain death. But is 1t certain? Can he do it?
Can he reach there in time?
Yes, gentle reader I think he can. II he plods
right along 1t Is only half mile. and he has
got nine hours and a quarter to do it In. The
tide is going out.
Mark Maston is saved. The sea is cheated OF
its prey!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-31
Our Days.

To-morrow-what matters the storm Of to-day
We shall find the Island OF peace at last,
To-day is stormy, but by and by
The tempest and ruin will all be past
The yesterday was a hooking dream
That LETT us sOrroWful, full OF pain:
But the fair tomorrow waits for us:
We shall build up the broken hopes again.
Time touches our eyes with tears that burn.
And plants the gray mid the locks of gold:
And robs the cheeks OF the tint O: youth.
And We say, 'To-tnorrow we shall be old"
And We think OF the fair land farther on.
Where life shall never know blight or frost.
Where love dies not at the touch OF Change
And we find again the youth we have lost
Nothing Is done, from birth to death:
Our hope, our love, and life's sad day
Is only sample at the best
OF all that Will come in the far away
Then why do our tears so steadily.fail
When the perfect LIE shall soon have sway.
When the bright tO-m0rrOWs and yesterdavs
Shall merge themselves in glad to-day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-31

PRESIDENT ARTHUR is a well bred gentleman,
having not only the pollteness, which is an art,
but the kindness, which Is an instinct Yet IL is
too much TO ask gosstp-lovfng public TO believe
the current story that he "dalntlIy speared a
slice OF lemon from his finger bowl" and pro-
ceded TO squeeze the Juice upon his food, because
ne observed an unSophfsticated Congressman at
his table doing IL, and wanted to relieve him OF
embarrassment The story Is too old-only the
Prince OF Wales, the last hero OF II, placed his
salt upon the tablecloth to give countenance TO an
ignorant or careless guesL-BOStos Herald
One OF the best OF these stories comes from
Anna Dickinson. She attended Chinese party
in San Francisco and was helped to bon-bons
She took liberal supply and noticed wonder
ing look In the eyes of the other guests The
host. however, exhibited no surprise and as the
vessel was passed around everyone helped him.
self as literally as she had done. "Now," she
says In explanation, 'when / tell You that ] had
committed breach OF etiquette rs gross ne n
at an American table had taken q chicken by
it's legs and torn 1t apart with my hands. you
will understand the politcness Of my Chinese
friends" We did hear few days ago that
President Arthur had turned a handspring Just
previous to sitting down to dinner because
guest had done so: but this story is not entirely
reliable.-N l.. Graphic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-31

A correspondent writes: The busy brokers
don't waste minutes over their midday bites
That was why an exception excited my interest
saw an unusually hurried stock gambler in
Deimonico's downtown restaurant. lie sat st
small table on which were amutton chop fried
potatoes, bread aud butter and glass OF ale.
altogether making meal of moderate size His
watch lay beside his plate with the case open.
and he glanced at Its face between mouthfuls,
and yet. instead Of hurryng he was eating with
unusual elaboration, though his anxious re-
gard for the flight of time was plain TO be seen.
Il am not trying TO eat fast" he acclaimed.
stopping and leaning back. IL am trying to do
1t slowly. My best record for a lunch of this
size Is six minutes. was prond OF it. could
pop out of my office, ill up, and be back at my
desk inside of quarter of an hour; but lust
as got my system trained down to that point
my doctor said had got to throw away the
profits of my skill or get measured for NV coffin.
You see this hurried way OF eating brought on
indigestion. and he ordered me 10 spend half an
hour every day over my lunch. I sat down here
at 1920 and mnstnt get up until 1880. A
great waste OF time, isn't IL? But IL Is a choice
for me between time and eternity, and I'm not
ready for the latter yet"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-31
How 10 Rest and SleeD.

Dr.. Sargent discussed Yesterday the question
of the Importance Of rest and sleep for men in
training and for students A distinction
should be made, said the lecturer, between rest
and what Is usually called sleep. Recreation, in
the sense OF ''bulding anew is rest So often
mere change In local condition is better for a
man than complete rest or sleep; a change of
activity is In itself rest. The Indians when tired
OF walking rest themselves by running. This
principle is too often disregarded by students
and by men who are training for any particular
OBJECT. Boating men many times tail to recog-
nize the Importance Of general training, but
think their whole duty lies in the direct eyer
else OF rowing or In absolute rest. The value of
indirect training Is not to be oyer-estimated II
is noticeable that men who do not devote them
selves exclusively to one branch Of training. but
aim at general physical development often
excel in their own specialties men who only train
for one branch OF athletics The best EXAMPLES
OF such facts. said DR.. Sargent, were to be seen
Ill the superior physical condition OF the men
now In training for the general excellence prize.
The same rule holds good In matters of the in
teliect. Variety Of studies is an excellent thing.
man who devOtes himself to only one or two
subjects can hardly be said to be worthy of col
lege degree
AS to the matter Of sleeplessness; muscular
eXertion, II not excessive, induces sleep Tins
1t is often q good plan for men troubled with
sleepiessness to exercise in the evening before
retiring: Men should be warned axainst the
use of drugs to cure sleeplessness. The sleep
thereby induced is not genuine Sleep After
any violent or unusual exercise warm bath is
to be highly recommended before retiring. The
practice of bathing the feet alsne is a doubtful
one, however. 1t is, In general. best not to be
dependent upon any artificial condition to secure
sleep; One should aim for complete mastery
over himself in such matters. so that he can
command sleep at will and thus economize time
and force. BY such a course the usual ayerape
OF his sleep can be reduced to seven or six and q
half hours with safety. The habit of reading
ones self to sleep is to be deprecated, since Il
sadly with serious study. Il "a donhtfnI
whether the sleep gained before IL O'Clock is 81
any more value than that afterward. The con.
ditions favorable to sleep then are not nsnaIIv
90 many.-Hdruord Heydd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-31
Exercise Ser VSang Chtiaren.

From the London Lsnose
Whether systesnAtio exercise should Be en-.
rloyed for the physical development, OF Infants
! and Young children Is q question that has been
frequently asked. and to which no
very definite answer has been given
Some years ago considerable attention
WAS bestowed on the subject, and several very
Ingenious devices were suggested by which in.
fsnts aud very 20 ong children might exercise
their muscles. The baby jumper" Ia perhaps
the best remembered OF these. II was largely
| advertised and for the time had considerable
sale but now one rarely hears of its existence
In considering the form Of exercise that might
be employed for very young children. II should
be borne in mind that nj no period in life does
the organism exhibit greater developtnental ac-
tivity than during the first years OF existence.
Hence il is not advisable that fatigue should he
allowed to depress the vital powers, and SO IN
terfere with the processes OF growth and nu-
triton. At the same time t must be renern-
bered that a desire for exercise seems 10 he In
herent in the infant. Sir William Jenner has
graphically pointed this out. and compared the
spontaneous activity of healthy child to tina
QUiesceDce and fear OF movement exhibited by a
child suffering from the ricketts, This can be
seen AT glance, for If a young child be stripped
and laid on bed it will appear how ceaseiess
are its movements, how each limb is brought
into play. and with what almost continuous
action ii seems as II endeavortng 70 turn itself
encouraged. and instead OF being kept. as IL too
frequently the case for the greater part Of the
day tightly held in its nurses arms or confined
in its cot weighed down with heavy bedcothes
carefully tucked in. which prevent its slightest
movement. it ought for some time each day TO
be allowed to yli freely on a mattress, lightly
and loosely clad. so that IT can indulge freely
and unrcstrained in the natural and instructive
exercise of its limbs. As the infant gets older,
Its desire for exercise seems If possible TO IN
crease. and Il is never tired OF creeping about
and making premature attempts to walk.
Whilst these efforts should be encouraged. they
should never be unduly prolonged. AS the
child grows older and becomes hrner on Its
feet. combined movements seem to become jts
object. and these are best encouraged ~ tho
use ofthe "bail." When the limbs are firmly
set, the rocking-horse may be introduced into
the nursery, but We should not permit its use TIL
after the fifth year. The seventh year IL the
earliest at which systematic exercise should be
introduced. and then these ought to be OF the
simplest kind-as ordinary drilling. extension
movements, etc. We cannot approve OF the sug-
gestions that have reached Us OF the use ofthe
trapeze dumb bells and the like at SO carly an
age. What seems to be OF the most Importance
and WHAT'S generally overlooked is the neces-
sity Of securing for the young child complete
freedom for all IFS movements and thus permit
ting Ii to engagein spontaneous exercise with
out let or hindrance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-31
Darwin ON the Unknowable.

Some weeks ago. says the Nation. we made
from the Neue Freie Presse translation Of let
ter addressed by Mr.. Darwin In 1873 to Mr.. N.
D. Doedes, of Leeuwarden, Holland. Through
the spontaneous courtesy Of this gentleman we
are now enabled to present the great natural
lists ipsissima uer6a. They are as follows:
It IL impossible to answer your question
briefly, and am not sure thatI could do 90 even
If wrote at some length. But may ssy that
the impossibiIity OF conceiving that this grand
and wondrous universe, with our conscious
selves, arose through chance. seems 10 me thu
chief argument for the existence Of God, but
whether this is an argument OF real value I have
never been able to decide. am aware that ~
we admit first cause the mind stu Graves to
know whence it came and how Il aroee. Nor
can overlook the difficulty from the immense
amount Of suffering through the world. An
also induced to defer to certain extent tn the
Judgment Of the many able men who have fhiIv
believed In God; but here again SEA how Mo-,
an argument this Il. The safest conclusion
the scope Of mans intellect; but man can a. ~.
duty. -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-31
GrandmOlher's Portrait.

on. many, many years ago,
They tell me she was fair
They say the yellow buttercups
Were jealous Of her hair;
That all the peach blooms blushed to see
The soft pink on her cheeks
Vhat blue-bells looking at her eyes
Would hang their heads for weekR
But she-she only laughs and says,
"Ah, that was long ago!
My hair nothing need envy now
Except the drifted snow.
The peach-bleoms and the blue-bellS
Have long since smiled away
The silly fear they may have had
In some past summer day."
And IL think her IovelIer
Than any flower that grows:
And when l look into her eyes
fancy that she knows
Her sweet age is more beautiful
Than fatreSt youth could be,
ihough when / tell her what think,
She only laughs at me.
Jessie AfCDernlOtt in the Continent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-31

''Can you point out one good thing that whis-
ky has ever accomplished" asked temperance
man Of Arkansaw Mike, with whom he was en-
gagged in conversation.
Temperance is a moghty good thing sor,"
replied Mike, 'but whisky is good in its place."
"Weli. Just point out one good act that ii has
ever accomplished; how 1t has ever benefited
you"
II was unhappy wild me wolf, sor an drank
fraiy."
But how did II benefit you?"
"By gfvin' me wolf a divorce, sor."-Arrkan-
sdlc irorerv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-31
BRIGHT FANCaEs OF THE POETS.
80.
Written for THE EVENING STAB.
GOntented.

When look cut upon the lordly place
MY neighoorcals his home, by helping grace.
DO not wish 1t mine 1 envy not,
NOR DO mur1nur as-my humble lot
1t pleased the God who made both him and me,
That the poorer of:the twain should be;
And God is kthd ana wise; hence conclude
Ihat' In Withholding, He withholds for good.
Too much Ind within my quiet home.
Tho from its root uprears no lofty dome,
TOO much ind to make me know and feel
That tie who gave it doeth all things well
He better knows than the best for me-
Abundance, or bare suff1ciency;
He looks adown the aisle OF future years
And spares me wealth that He may spare me
tears
Thus am blessed, tho scanty be my share
Of what the world doth estimate as dear;
mus am blessed conrented with my store:
MY rich and prospered neighbor is not more.
CHARLES II. T1NLKY.
Washington, March, 1888
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-31

Strawberry shortcake Is the fashionable color.
Make no Jokes April lst-Sunday. ReDem-
Der the day to keep II holy.
The Gear should borrow Lady Florence Dixie's
corsets for the coronation.
The much-vexed question OF q medical super.
intendent for the women employees Of the gene
raj post Office I'm London has at last been settled
by the appointment Of woman physician TO Au
the post.
It is proposed to erect q Montgolier monu-
ment at Annonay, where, on June 5, 1888, the
first MontgOlfer balloon rose. Montgolfer was
son OF paper manufacturer. and Annonay,
thirty miles south OF Lyons. is still center Of
the paper trade
The Melbourne correspondent OF the Avstrol0s
sian Medical Gozffts writes checrfully about 80
stroke Of good fortune which has Distributed
among the profession shout q hundred and Afty
cases for treatment" He refers to Q railway -.
cident.
DR.. Francis, or Newport. says that the normal
beat OF q healthy heart is iambic. and that whea
1t Is trochaic. pyrThic like O spondee, there y
something wrong. lie reports q case o. oaofyoe
beat in q lady vino recovered undsf . tone
treatment.
A GerEaan-Eaglish eyndicate r. reported -
have scared fSs the settlement OF German elne-
grants. .0sss. zoe icIes on Mexican iands N tho
states Of Nlieya Leon. Zaeatacas. San Luis and
Potcsi: and - ,e siso negotiating for uino -
ditio'l- ~rses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-31

There Is q bill before parliament authorizing
Z railroad to pass within one hundred yards Of
osonenenge. the vibration would In time prob
will oppose 1t.
During 1883 there were Il theaters destrova,
by nre. or this number II were burned in the
United States. in England, in Russia 4 in
Germany, In France, in Spain and 1 each in
Belgium, Sweden, Bulgaria and Roumania,
A dispatch nom Vienna says that several To-
calities at the foot Of Mount Ararat have heen
destroyed BY snow avslanches. It il stated Chat
$50 persons have been killed and 100 injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-31
Written for THE EVENING STAR,
To MY Old Lamp.

Come down, dear old friend. from the attic so
grey,
ana aid us again, at the close OF the day,
To enilven our home; while no boiling OF Ill
In the shape OF the gasmans preposterous bill
hangs over our heads,-like the blade keen and
bright
Which hung by hair DER some poor luckIess
wight
While he sat at the banquet, and fam would par
take
Or the bread and the meat and the wine and the
cake.
Thou'rt treasure, dear friend, like Aladdin's OF
old.
AS ITO save Is to gain" we have often been told
t1nere never was maxim more useful and true,
All should learn it. should heed and be led by It.
too,)
SO we'll save for our pocket, and gain, am sure,
For our eyes fair light burning steady and pure
Then thrice welcome, old friend, from your attic
SO high,
And Washington Gas Co.. goodbye Oh! good-bye.
e. A. 3.