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OFFICE OF +. b. ALLEN, NJ. D.,
WICHITA, January %, 1884,

OFFICE OF +. b. ALLEN, NJ. D.,
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Prof. .Samuels:
DEAR SIR-ThOse eyeglasses that pur
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FROM Professor Saew.
LAWRENCE, August 10. Isss

LAWRENCE, August 10, 1888.
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OF Kansas.
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OFFICE OF BOARD OF U. s. EXAMINING }
SURGEONS, WICHITA. KANSAS.
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WICHITA, January 10, 1884.

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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-28
Personal.

Professor James Gcikie, Of Edinburgh,
j. now in New York.
Two American poets. Thomas Bailey
Aldrich and William Winter. were born on
the same day in October, 1896.
Hannibal Ilamin pleased the Pittsburgh
fremcn greatly by telling them that he had
travelled all over the word aud had made
il his business to inspect the workings Of
the fire department in every city. and had
10 hesitation in saving that the pittsburgh
Fire Department exceeded all others that
be had seen.
Mis-. Ord. widow OF General T.. o. G.
ord, now residing at lIat0n. Nd. i the
owner Of the table upon which the articles Of
surrender at AppomIltoN Courthouse were
written. General ord commanded corps
Of The Federal army. and was present when
Generals Grant and Lee agreed upon the
terms Of surrender. Immediately after the
surrender he purchased the table that had
been used by the great captains In drawing
up the papers relating 10 the conditions OF
the capituation. and it has been in the pos
session Of his family ever since.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, the poetess. pub
lished her first poem when she was four
teen. Speaking OF this time, she said: :"
groped my way up. When | began to
write didn't know n soul connected with
the prcss-nst even 4 country editor.
did not even know where but two or three
well-known literary papers and magazines
were published. A little girl Of my own
age went TO bookstore and copied off the
addresses OF several OF them for me. and /
sent out poems 10 most OF them, eoolly re-
questing the editors 10 send me their papers
- pay for the poems il they &C cepted them.
The very first one | sent to responded ia
NnrnIlN -
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-28
Ohio u Pivotal Point.
To the Editor Of the Dispatch:


like very much the views you have pre-
sented from time 10 time recently on the I'M
rOrtance to be attached 10 the October cleo
tions in Ohio and West Virginia. They
were wise, practical, and Timely, and hope
they have not failed to meet the eye and
command the attention of both the Nation
al and State Committees.
II Is Just a. ineXcusable and criminal for a
party TO deceive itself as for an individual
10 do SO, and when we shut our eyes TO
plain facts because not pleasant. we only
increase the difficulty and welcome dis
aster. The importance of the Ohio uOte in
October is dboUe computation. II that State
goes Democratic the bottom would at once
drop out OF the Blaine tub, and every hoop
would drop off in November. II the vote
is close one the disaster would still be
fatal to Blaine, and point TO his over
whelming defeat. But il that State
should be permitted TO 90 Republican
by fifteen or twenty thousand there can
be no cOncealing the fact that the result
will be a bad one for the Democrats,
and the effect upon other States and the
party most depressing. The leaders OF
both parties cannot but be fully aware OF
this fact, and anv attempt OF the one to
conceal II from the other il simply foolish.
The Blaine men know IL, and are pouring
all OF their money and heaviest artillery
into that State. II Butcher don't come up
before the battle 10 ended on the l4th the
field will be Waterloo to the Plumed
Knight. But il Butcher does come up
with his fresh legions, what thens 1t is
useless to shut our eyes to the disastrous
effect.
The Democrats Of the country, therefore.
as well AS OF Ohio. should throw their
whole spirit and might into that fight for
the next two weeks-not that 1t Is abso-
lutely necessary to carry the State in No
vember to give us the victory, but to keep
down the Republican vote to a low figure
and " scotch the snake" in October. Let
the Democratic National and Ohio State
Committees look TO this vital matter, re-
gardless OF the cost. THE CRISIS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-28
prErERoER would to-day be sporting the
repudisted article IS feather IN the cap OF
an original Arthurite.
HOG Cholera-A Remetsy.

Added 10 the troubles caused by the con-
tnued dry weather. the farmers. at many
points In the State. are losing their hogs ny
cholera. We know Of one In Southwestern
Virginia who has lost his whole stock IN
this way. A friend Of ours, desiring 70 oe
Of service, and knowing that General WICK
NAN possessed remedy he Lad found to be
Of value, wrote the General on the subject.
The following is his response;
RycBnoSp, VA. September 2G, 1884.
Dear Sir; on my return to my Office this
morning. after several days absence, lind
your letter OF the 23d instant. Not having
= cory Of the Planter containing my article
on soft soap rs preventive OF hog cholera,
I send YOU copy OF the formula used by
Mr.. Crew from whom | get my supply OF
SOAP for this purpose), which happen TO
have In my office.
I believe that the ordinary soft soap
which we make In the country with lye
would be fully as efficacious as that pre-
nared by this formula. but / find 1t more
convenient to get IL manufactured at n
soa,,-boiler's factory. They furnish 1t to
me for, think, two and a half cents per
pound.
give the soap 20 my hogs once week
IN mitred troughs. using painted bucket
full for every forty hogs.
have used il now for seversl years on
both OF my estates, snd think that 1t has
acted almost perfectly ~ preventive OF
Tie cholers. You can make any use you
think proper Of this letter. Yours truly.
WILLIAMS G. WICKHAM.
FORMULA FOR MAKING SOAP FOR HOGS.
SapoDiiy the grease with cdNStic I've,
making s weak or neutral soap; then add
water and lye made from carbonated soda
to convert It into q soft soap.
IL would be impossible to give the num-
Der OF pounds OF each TO make IL OF the
usual consistency Of soft soap, because the
consistency Of the first or neutral soap va
rles so much. II 1t should be very dry and
bard 1t would require n larger proportion
Of water TO bring 1t to soft soap. Again. II
The grease was not thoroughly converted
into soap II would require some OF the car
donated I've 10 perfect the saponiicstion.
All regular sOap-makers Judge the strength
OF the soap during the process OF making
by cooling small sample and touching 1t to
their tongues to see IL 1t has the required
strength. We do not think there Is any
difficulty as TO the strength. Even an old
farm-woman who had experience in sosp'
making can do il il attention il paid to this:
DO not make the soap up 10 strength 10Th
c0uStic he, but LET it he as weak rs 1t can be
made; then thin out with water. and get
all your strength with uncduStic I've made
from pearl ash, soda crystals, &c. We
always use some pearl ash, but sods crys-
falls cost less, and ace make the combined
lyc. Soap made this way does not corrode
the stomach, but neuralizes acids as well rs
the caustic Ives. i. j. CREW.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-28
Hogs.

Hogs running at large are good scayen-
gers. Hogs penned up and wallowing in
their own filth are nuisances. Hog-pens
are dsease-breeders. But il they were
not, they produce such stencil in their
neigbborhood that no Judge could refuse
TO sbate the nuisance created by them. A
hog-pen located directly west OF and near
any dweling-house in Richmond would
render that house untenantable-wouldd de.
stroy its value. Nobody would live in it.
Is there any member OF our City Council
who would live in such house, or who
would be willing SO TO wrong an innocent
man a. to legalize such nuisance?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-28
The Eastern Shore and Potatoes

"Facts are stubborn thiugs." Figures
will not lie." But none the less true Is 1t
that facts and figures are often misused.
We have for some time been intending TO
ascertain from the United States census OF
1850 whether, ~ we had heard 1t said and
insisted upon, Accomac county produced
annually million OF bushels OF potatoes !;
but for one reason and another the inten-
ton had no frmtion. In yesterdays issue
OF the Dispatch, however. our Eastern Shore
letter claimed that Accomsc and Nor,hamp-
ton together produced annually about q mil
lion OF barrels Of potstoes. That was too
much. We couldn't stand II any longer.
II would require thousand farmers pro.
ducing each thousand barrels annually to
"fill the bin" Of our correspondent. So
we turned 20 the census, and found the
true figures. and present them below:
In 1880 Accomsc produced 2i7,5T4 bush.
els (noi barrels Of Irish potatoes, and s9i,-
200 bushels CT sweet potatoes; and North
ampton produced 1888 bushels Of Irish
potatoes and i2i ,Go7 bushels OF sweet pots-
toes. SO 1t is nearly million Of bushels
mot bsrrels) Of potatoes, sweet and Irish.
that those two famous counties produce
annually. And even these figures tax ones
ereduliiy to the utmost. The Eastern
Shore Is surely region
Favored BY Heaven DER ell the world bcs des"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-28
A WESTERN NAN ON CLEVELAND.
lie is Declared to be the Best-Fitted Nomi.
nee Since Lincoln.

nee since Lihcoiu'
A Chicago special says: Franklin Mac
ycaeb. one OF the Ieadisg Independent
Republicans OF the West, returned n few
DAYS ago from an eastern trip. during
which he called on Governor Cleveland.
:. found" he said, " after a few moments
conversation with Mr.. Cleveland that all
nv favorable impressions OF the man
were fully confirmed. lie is all and more
than has ever been claimed for him.
The contrast between him AMI Blaine Is
tmarkable-almost picturesque. You
can't escape from Baine's overw helming
ptrsonsllty. In the atmosphere surround
ing the Republican candidate there is hard
ly a suggestion OF the country's good, or
even OF the party's Understanding but
Blaine and bis ambitions. But to see and
converse with Cleveland you would hardly
suspect that he was candidate. Cleveland
rises above personal feeling in the matter;
he actually does. He l. calm and conf
dent. but does not seem to look upon his
election from a personal point OF view,
except as Il circumstance which brings
him, instead Of some other man. into
position where It is possible to do much Tor
the country. IL seems to me that C!eye-
lsnd's sense OF "A public Office beinga pub
rersing with him on public matters you do
not seem TO he listening to politician or a
candidate for office, and lose sight Of the
fact that YOU are talking 10 man who will
probably be our next President. in his in
teresting and instructive ideas on the sub
jcct OF good government. His political
convictions are as firmly grounded
and clear cut rs possible, and every
letter, every speech, or other utterance
bearing on public matters proves how con-
sistent be is in living up to those conylc-
tions. His idea Of his duty to the publ,
whom he serves tTanscends every other
consideration. / consider Cleveland the
best-titted man forthc occasion Of any nOml'
nee of either party since Abraham Lincoln.
So we Independents have not only the mo-
tive for pitiing m against our own cindi-
date, which is n sufficient motive. but the
desire OF supporting man who we feel i
every way fitted for the position. There Is
an augcan stable to be cleaned odt. Cleye-
land is the Hercules OF present public life
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-28

The Republican National Committee
have decided TO make an active canvass in
the southern States. Nashville has been Sc
lected as the headquarters for aggressive
operations, and one OF the members OF the
committee is to take charge Of the campaign
in person on Tuesday. -NeU York Tri-
bune.
"An active canvass" will increase the
Democratic majority.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-28

tonight. All good citizens are cordiai'y
invited TO attend. - Wheeling Register.
We are glad 10 see that our distinguished
townsmau hss been pressed into the ser
vice Of the Democratic party 10 Wheeling.
lie pleased bis hearers, we guarantee. lis
words come trippingly out, |" II ne had
kissed the blarney stone.
What the Register says OF Mr.. KELLEY
personally was Of course said because u
bad been represented that the Irish Ca'io-
lies Of Virginia were disaffected towards
(IEyEIANp.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-28
Ohio.

The author OF the following communica-
ton is almost never wrong when he gives
counsel to the Democratic party. lie is a
veteran Observer" lie has had much
experience. reads much, ponders much,
and writes little. We commend his views
TO MI. BARBOUR as a member OF the Demo-
cratic National Executive Committee. 1t
can do TO harm TO give them all the weight
Al, m .pf;fIah 70
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-28

"PIl he true TO you. darling" said ELL,
LaRRABKR, the girl burglar OF Brooklyn. to
DANIEL sHuaRU. an infatuated Connecticut
farmer, Just before she was sent to the
penitentiary. This is case In which the
usual order h reversed, and locksmiths
can laugh nj love.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-28

Mr.. HENDRICKS will follow LOGAN into
West Virginia and put out all his tracks.
We chronicle this fact with pleasure.
And. at the risk of being considered
heterodox, we will add that we do not see
that there Is any good reason why CLEvE-
LAND should not follow BLAINE into Ohio.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-28
New Books

Betueen the Heather and the North Sea.
A Novel. BY NJ. LRKETr. author OF
"Hagar," &C., &c. Price. go cents.
This is No. 402 OF Harper'S Franklin
Square Library"
For sale by WEST, JOHNSTON & Co.
The same firm has sent us Part OF
Stormonth's Dictionary OF the English
Language. This No. extends to set"
Here is one of the words:
Encore, int. or N. ang'kor IF. encore
o. +. ancore-from mid. l.. hdRc-h0rdm,
this time another time.]
Then follows the definition.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-28
subject, We cannot see exactly where Tho
Republicans sarcasm comes In.

al CHANDLER could iu some way be per-
susdcd to leave the Cabinet the cup Of Joy
Of the American people woaId be fairly
full" Have patience. It Is only aques.
ton OF q short time when CHANDLER and
all the rest Of them will have 10 go.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-28

The Boston Herald asks: "How much
honesty can there be in the support Of men
whose conferences are given over to par
tyr" Take pair Of druggists balances,
weigh the honesty that 10 left In the Rsdi-
cal party, and you have 1t exactly.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-28

The Washington Republican says: Gov
ernor CLEVELAND speaks feelingly Of "the
enthusiasm already aroused for the cause
Of good government" Considering that
everything points to the fact that no man
has better right to speak ieelIngiy on this
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-28

There is reason to believe that the BLAINE
managers will wish before the canvass is
over that they had allowed the Brooklyn
Young Republicans to manage their own
affairs. They have discovered that ma
iority Of the Club was loaded.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-28
Organization.

To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
Duriug six weeks passed in the towns
along the railroad from Bristol 10 Char
lottesyille have been anxiously impressed
by the apathy OF the people about the re-
salt OF the elections In Virginia.
The general expressions that "Mahone
Is down never more TO rise"; that " his
adherents are deserving him as do rats a
sinking ship" are generally heard. and we
seem as calmly confident as we were .at the
same point OF time In 1879, when we look
ed over the State and saw this little leader
OF men supported by the negroes and an
unknown quantity Of needy white men on
the one side; on the other the wealth, the
intelligence, and the true manhood OF Vir-
ginia. and scorned bis presumption. rested
quietly in conscious power, and awoke one
morning in a defeat the most crushing
since Appomattox. While we lay dream
ing he had chained us 90 his chariots. and
through our supine folly attained the sum.
nit OF his importance.
IL is dangerous to despise your enemy,
and never have we known an enemy so
dangerous to despise as General Malone.
Able, daring, yindctive. ambitious, and
supported 10y all the power Of the Govern.
ment, he Is the most formidable antagonist
We have ever had TO encounter; and I'M
less we arouse 10 a sense OF the danger in
which we are lying SO complacently, he
will carry this State In November 10 the
Republican nominee; and we will deserve
10 suffer all that can befall us In for years Of
misrule under the most audaclous Of presi.
Dental Adventures.
Were these apprehensions peculiar to me
should SHRINK from obtruding them upon
you, Tor am little versed in the politics OF
Virginia, and | believe every opinion I
have held on that subject In the past quar-
ter century has been wrong. But fnd a
very general and grave anxiety prevails
among our veteran politicians. They feel
and fear as do.
When we reflect upon the consequences
to the people and State Of the restoration
Of the control Of General Malone over it,
Affairs, We must abandon our quistuds for
vigorous action. We have the power; 1t
10 time we should show our purpose over
again 10 sweep sway this pestiIent faction
and keep Virginia for the true virginians.
X.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-28
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