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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-28

DR.. J. Brddfeid: Dear Sir.-some fifteen year,
ago examined the recipe Of Female Regulator
and carefully studied authorities in regard 10 IFS
components. and then tas well as now pronounce
II 20 be the most scientific and skillful cOmbizs-
tion of he really reliable remedial vegetable
agents known 10 science. 10 act directly on the
affected organs and parts svmpathizng directly
with them; and. therefore, providing SPECIFIC
REMEuY for all diseases for which II is recom-
mended. Yours truly,
JESSE BORING, NJ. D., ID. ID.
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TESTED A QUARTER OF A CENTURY-IT
STANDS UNRIVALLED.
LAGRANGE, GA,

LAGRANGE, Ga.
Dr.. J. BrGdftld, Atlanta, Ga. Dear Sir,-l
take pleasure in stating that have used, for the
last twenty years the medicine yOu are now put
ting up, known as DIR. Brad1eld's Female Resu-
Iator. and consider 1t the best combination ever
gotten together for the diseases for which II Is
recommended. With kindest regards ! am,
specially,
W. Il. FERRELL, NJ. ID.
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THE DI'FFY MALT wHisKEY COMPANY,
BALTlNOR MD.
foe l5-1m
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Senator William Lovenstein then, on be-
half Of President Milbiser, vino was un-
well and unable TO be present, thanked the
congregation for their response TO the inTl-
tation to be present on this interesting oc-
casion, and introduced DIR. J. l.. NJ. Curry.
who, as a man OF eminent learning. and as
the daily dispenser Of the charities oi
George Peabody. the dead philanthropisi.
seemed a fit person 10 speak worthily oi
the living piiilanthropist.
DIR. Curry said he highly appreciated the
honor OF being invited bv the synagogue OF
Beth Ahaba TO take part in these unique
ard interesting services. When invited ne
gave a ready and cheerful acceptance. be-
cause general honors should he paid 10 the
most noted philanthropist OF this century.
Besides, when professor at Richmond COZ
lege, that institution Of learning was pa
tionized by the Millhisers, Levys. Myers;
Rosenbaums, Bettelheims, Hutzlers, ana
Ezekiels, and he could not decline an IN
vitation from his old pupils and their
parents. In his present work, seeking TO
secure universal education at the South, no
more willing cooperation came than from
the Israeitisb citizens.
The Eternal selected the Israelites az iii'
chosen people and committed TO them iiis
inspired oraeles. Two distinguishing cha'
rscteristics marked the nation
1. Monothcism or the unity and spn-
i,uality Of God, which pervaded law, li,era-
ture, and language. This was grand idel'
inferior 10 none other In dignity and WORM
and logically led to liberty OF conscience
and the Immortality OF the soul.
2. The paramount importance OF ene,iy
Is rule OF morals. What Monothei'ni y
In doctrine, chastity Is a. n virtue. ana pe
fore the dispersion 1t was In sad eonlfas,,
to the impurity and poliutiag ldolair'e' VI
surrounding nations. III
The preservation and growth OF the ue-
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wuArA voLoAYo CAV DO.

Cotopaxl, in 1888, threw its fiery rock.
cts 1000 feet above its crater, while in
1854. the blazing mass, struggling for
an outlet, roared so that its awful voice
was heard at distance OF more than
6O0 miles. In 1897, the crater of Tun-
gurangua, one of the great peaks of the
Andes, flung out torrents of mud, which
damned up the rivers, opened new
lakes, and in valleys 1000 feet wide
made deposits 600 feet deep. The stream
from yesuvius, which, in 1887 passed
Though Tore del Greco, contained 3D.
OO0, coo cubic feet of solid matter, and
in 1913, when Tore del Greco was de-
stroyed second time, the mass OF lava
amounted to $4,000, 900 cubic feet. In
1760, Etna poured forth flood which
covered 81 square miles OF surface and
measured nearly 1,000,000,O00 cubic
feet. On this occasion the sand and
scoria formed the Monte Rosini, near
Nicholosa, cone two miles in circum-
ference, and 1900 feethigh. The stream
thrown out by Etna in 1915, was in mo-
ton at the rate of yard day for nine
months after the eruption and it is on
record that the lava of the same mount
ain, after terrible eruption, was not
thoroughly cool and consolidated for ten
years after the event. In the eruption
of Yesuvius, A. d. 10, the scoria and
ashes vomited forth far exceeded the
entire bulk of the mountain while in
1860, Etna disgorged twenty times its
own mass. Vesuvius has sent its ashes
as far as Constantinople, Syria and
Egypt; it hurled stones eight pounds in
weight to Pompeii, distance of six
miles, while similar masses were tossed
up 1000 feet above the summit. Coto.
paxi has projected n block of 100 cubic
yards in volume G. distance OF nine
miles and Sumbawa, in 1915, during
The most terrible eruption on record,
sent its ashes as far as Java, q distance
&c onn ,.,iI".
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-11

THE LIME-KILN CLUB ON DIVORCE.
al hold heah in my ham," began
Brother Gardner, as he waved the mis-
sive aloit, "a letter from Guild clergy
man in Tennessee akin dis club TO use
its influence to secure mo- stringent di-
vorce laws in de varus States, and to sot
its face agin de procurement of divorce,
except fur the very gravest reasons.
Dis club will do muffin of de kind. On
de contrary, it will vote solid to furnish
al facilities fur parties DESTROYS to be
unhitched with promptness and dis
patch. Muffin comes nearer perdishun
dan an minated an unmatched couple
tryin' to lib togeder as man and wife.
hold dat no couple who doan' hub each
oder-who doan' agree an can't forgive
who won't excuse-should lib togeder
ten minutes. live gita house we doan'
like we sell it. II we git boss we doan'
like we trade him of. II we doan' like
lie nayburhood we move away. If we
doan' like our nayburs we lot 'em alone.
How, den, kin you 'spect husbands an
wives to put up wild ugliness, meanness,
drunkenness, profanity, extravaganza,
an all dat am hateful in de human
| heart?
"Let 'em divorce. God intended
husband and wife to lub, cherish, for
give, an be all in all to each odder.
Whar dey can't be SIGH it am thousan'
times better dat dey be divorced. No
ran or woman who had Tub in DER heart
der yit applied for one or cher will.
II divorce could be had by simply pay
d. fee OF so cents no husband mated
wild his wife would think of separashun
sny mo- dan he does now. People
cheat an deceive when courtin'. Mar
RED life brings out de faults which dey
hide. 1t has allus been SO, and will be
20 to de end, an when husbands and
wives quarrel an hate, a law to make
en- continue to lib togedder am unjust
N wicked"
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noxAx COOKS ANp eoURMANDS


In Juvenal's time the salary of good
cookwas ten times higher than that OF
tutor, man of learning and ability,
who, according to Lucien, was deemed
we'll paid with 200 sesterces year.
The salary Of Dionysia, danseuse, was
100000. The house and establishments
of the two players in pantomime, Bathy-
Illus and Pylades, rivaled those OF the
richest patricians. There were three Ro-
mans nqnos% Apicius, each celebrated
for devotion to gastronomy. The Sec
ond, who hourished under Tiberius, was
the most famous, and enjoyed the credit
of having shown both discrimination
and industry in the qualification of his
appetite /; 50 much so that his name has
passed into a synonym for an accom-
plished epicure. After spending about
$500, 900 on his palate he balanced his
books, and, finding that he had not
much more than $50, 200 left, hanged
himself to avoid living upon such pit
lance. Lemprieres version is that he
made mistake in casting up his books,
and hanged himself under false i'm
preston OF insolvency. A noted betting
man named Smith made II similar mis-
take in casting up his book for the Der
by, and flung himself into the sea, He
was fished out, discovered the mistake
and ever since went by the name OF
Neptune Smith. Apicius, unluckily,
had no kind friend to cut him down.
The outrageous absurdities of Flag
abalus equnled or surpassed those OF
Caligula and Nero. He fed the officers
of his palace with the brains OF pleas
ants and thrushes, the eggs of part
ridges and the Leads of parrots. Among
the dishes served at his own table were
peas mashed With grains Of gold, beans
fricasseed with morsels of amber, and
rice mixed with pearls. His meals were
frequently composed of twenty-five
services. Turning roofs threw flowers
with such profusion on the guest;
that they were nearly smothered. Al
the seaside he never ate fish, but wher
far inland he caused the roe OF tn;
rarest to be distributed among his suite
He was the first Roman who ever wore
a complete dress Of silk. His shoes gilt
tered with rubies and emeralds, and hi.
chariots were OF gold, inlnid with prec
ious stones. With the view to be
coming suicide, he had cords of purple
silk, poisons inclosed in emeralds, nn(
richly set daggors; but either his cour
age failed when the moment arrived fol
choosing between these elegant instru
ments of death or no time was left hiR
for the choice. He was killed in an in
surrection of the soldiery in the 1851
year of his age, after reign of nearl.
four years, during which the Romal
people had endured the insane and de
grading tyranny Of a boy.-QuarterI
ReUien.
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A NEW field in an entirely unexpect-
oil quarter has been opened up for
woman's labor in Chicago. In all the
agitation that has been made for the
broadening Of the sphere of woman's
work, it has never been suggested that
place might be found for them in
clerical positions of trust in our leading
hotels. The first man to move in the
direction has been Potter PALMER, and
the experiment mas proven to be q sue
cess in one of the finest hotels in the
world. The appearance at the cashiers
desk OF the Palmer House of bright
young lady, who discharged the duties
of the position with all the cxpecta-
ton and self-complacency of a
man of trained experience, challenged
public attention. To local reporter
Mr.. Palmer explained the reasons which
induced him to introduce the innova-
ton. He says that for some time he
has been convinced that for such posi-
tons women were more apt to give COM
plete satisfaction than men, and recently
he and his partner determined to make
the experiment. He continued We
concluded to offer such salary as would
command the best talent. OF course
this was flying into the face of the
prejudice Of a very large class of
very excellent people who do not
believs that ladies should he en-
ployed III public capacities at all. The
success of our experiment has shown
the fallacy Of that theory. AT present
we give employment to three ladies in
our Office. Two of them are cashiers
and one book. keeper. To one OF
these ladies at the cashiers desk we pay
81, 900 per year and board, to another
5000 per year and board, and to our
ook-keeper we pay $500 and board.
Ii they chaose to live away from the
hotel we give them an additional allow
ance of $500 per year. These salaries
look big for ladies, but they have the
talent, do the work, and we are much
better satisfied than we were with our
male employees. or course we cannot
make room clerks of ladies, but the trial
that we have made has been so salts
factory that wherever they may be
properly employed in the Palmer House,
ae shall substitute them for men"
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-11
NIGHT AIR.

An extraordinary fallacy is the dread
Of night mir. What air can we breathe
at night but night air? The choice is
between pure night air from without
and foul air from within. Most people
prefer the latter. An unaccountable
choice. What will they say if 1t is
proved to be true that fully one-half Of
all the diseases we suffer from are oc-
casioned by people sleeping with their
windows shut? An opened window,
most nights in the year, can never hurt
anyone. This is not to say that light
is not necessary for recovery. In great
cities night air is often the best and
purest air to be had in twenty-four
hours. 1 could better understand shut
ting the windows in town during the
day than the night, for the sake of the
sick. The absence Of smoke, the quiet,
all tend to make the night the best time
for airing the patient.
One Of our highest medical authori-
ties on consumption and climate has told
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-11
UNIFORM TIME.

The movement among scientific men
for the establishment of uniform sys-
TEN of time is steadily increasing in
strength. The theory on small scale
is now in practice on all the leading
railroads of the country. The trains on
the New York, New Haven and Hartford
road, for instance, are run on New York
time furnished by the Theological Bu-
reau of Yale College. The Vanderbilt
lines from New York to Chicago are
divided into three or four sections, and
the same time is used at all points on
each section. There are at present
about eighty standards used by the rail-
roads in this country, and nearly 100
cities furnish standards of local time.
1t is proposed to simplify this by divid-
ing the country into six or less districts,
and have the same time observed by the
whole of each district. Another plan
suggests an international-time standard
! by the formation of twenty-four equal
districts, starting from an imaginary
line in the Pacific ocean. The day will
be of twenty-four hours, and the place
in each district will, in point OF time, be
Just one hour ahead or behind those in
the adjoining districts. The American
Society of Civil Engineers at its annual
meeting In New York recommended the
adoption OF one standard for ali the rail.
roads in the United States. ---AWan5
Evening Journal.
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HOW MILK SHOULD BE TAKEN.

Milk is food that should not be taken
in copious draughts like beer, or other
fluids which differ from it chemically. Ii
We consider the use of it in infancy-the
inaestion, that is, of it
We find that the sucking babe imbibes
little by little the natural food provided
for it. Each small mouthful is secured
by effort, and slowly presented to the
gastric mucous surface for the primal
digestive stage. 1t is thus regularly and
gradually reduced to curd, and the
stomach is not oppressed with lump OF
half coagulated milk. The same prin-
ciple should be regarded in the case Of
the adult. Milk should be slowly taken
in moutbfuls at short intervals, and thus
it is rightly dealt with by the gastric
juice. II milk be taken after other food
it is almost sure to burden the stomach
and cause discomfort and prolonged in
digestion, and this for the obvious
reason that there is insufficient digestive
agency to dispose of it. And the better
the quality of the milk the more severe
the discomfort will be under these con-
litions. Milk is insutliciently used in
making simple puddmgasi such farm
aceous food as rice, tapioc0 and sAgo.
Distaste for these is engendered very
often, l believe, because the milk is
stinted in making them, or poor, skim
milk is used. Abundance OF new milk
should be employed, aud moro milk or
cream should be added when they ore
taken. In Scottish households this mat
ter is well understood, and distinct
pudding plate, like small soup plate,
is used for this course. The dry messes
commonly served as milky buildings in
England are exactly fitted TO create dis
gust for what should be most excellent
and delicious part of wholesome dinner
Tor both children and adults. -PopulQy
Science MOnihly,
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SOME of the most eminent scientific
men now accept the view taken by Adj
hemar, namely, that continents have
not been depressed, but overfowed by
the ocean. Owing to the procession Of
the equinoxes, the mass of water is
transferred from one hemisphere to the
other once in 10000 years, and the sun
emains eight days longer in one hemi-
sphere than in the other. AT the pres
Ont time the winters of the Southern
pole are eight days longer than with us;
the ice continent has consequently
formed there, and the mass Of ocean is
to be found in the southern hemisphere,
and the ice covers space upon and
around the South pole more than twice
the area of all Europe. The extreme of
cold at the Antarctic pole was reached
about 600 years ago, since which time
the climate has been becoming milder,
while that north OF the equator has been
growing colder.
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HOGPITALITE.

Over beyond Strasburg came upon
farmer sitting on a log in front OF
house which l at first took to be a sta
BILE, because a mule stood with his head
inside He had an acre or two cleared
on the hillside, but he was hard.up
man, and no mistake. dismounted to
talk to him about the battlefield of Gross
Keys, and after while he said {;
"Sranger, I'd invite You to dinner,
but presume you don't relish dodgers
and bacon"
Then we talked little more about
Fremont's troops, and he said:
stranger, I'd like to feed that boss,
but my old mule has had to browse
mighty fine to keep on his legs this
fall. F"
Then we talked about Stonewall jack
son and his march up that road, and the
farmer branched off with:
Stranger, would like to offer ye a
drink O. sunthin' warmin', but fact is I
hain't seen pint O whisky since the
war;"
Then inquired how far it was to Pt.
Republic, and whether the bridge had
been rebuilt, and he answered me and
added:
"Stranger, 1 do feel as if l orter ask
ye in to see the family, but the old
womans down with chills, Sails off over
the ridge, and the fire went out an hour
ago."
mounted my horse and handed him
a cigar. That broke him up. He
turned it over and over, looked up and
down the road and from me to the house,
and finally seized my leg and exclaimed:
stranger, I'm poor and way down
and sometimes wicked. but I'm right
thar when q man calls my hand !
can't feed ye, nor warm ye, nor give ye
whisky nor tobacker, but If We don't get
off that boss and come over to the spring
and have some water with me I'll never
forgive We on airth. "
And we drank to his luck.-M. quad.
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THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS YOUNG


There are certain youths in this day
and generation who consider themselves
thoroughly proficient in the art suscep-
tible. They profess to know all the
gatherings going on in the feminine
breast. The Break Their Hearts Young
Man is of this class. He spends his
time in crushing the little hutterings Of
the opposite sex. His only aim in get
ting acquainted is for the purpose Of de-
molishing the heart Of his newly made
friend. He considers it very smart to
pour out honeyed words and act in q
sweet way so as to gain the affection of
some unsuspecting girl. He breaks her
heart, or tries to, for the fun of it. All
the pain, sorrow and sadness which may
result from his conduct do not trouble
him in the least-that is the business of
the Break Their-Hearts Young Man.
1t is fortunate thing that the Break
Their-Hearts Young Man is very often
unsuccessful. Only sentimental girls,
as q general thing, are victimized by
him. Sensible girls abhor him, OR else
toy with him for the fun of it. He is
left severely alone by those who know
what affection really is. They see
through him and know him to be hol-
low mockery. His character won't
stand the least strain-it is too hypo-
critical and unstable.
The Break Their-Hearts Young Man
presumes he is q connoisseur in love-
making. He is in reality a perfect ig-
noramus. His conceit leads him to sup
pose he conquers when he is defeated.
He has no heart. II he woos n all, lie
woos with his cheek, and if he wins al
all, it is by means of his overdrawn as.
surance. The observation-disclosures
Young Man is fop, fool and fiirt.
Ii he was any one Of these without the
others it would be bad enough, but as O
combination of the three he is past en-.
durance. He ought to be broken up.
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me that the air in London is never so
good as after 10 o'clock at night AL
ways air your room then, from the out
side air if possible. Windows are made
to open, doors are made to shut; a
truth which seems extremely difficult of
apprehension. Every room must be
aired from without, every passage from
within. But the Tower passages there
are in hospital the tter.-Forence
Nightingale.
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pERHAPs. BUT I GUESS NOT.


The Secretary of the Lime-Kiln Club
announced communication from Oba-
liah Glassfoot, of New York, saying that
ne was an enthusiast on the subject OF
discovering the North pole, and adding
hat he would be perfectly willing to
take command of an expedition fitted out
by the colored rice Of America for such
purpose. He argued that the black
man had never yet done anything to en-
grave his name on the scrolls of fame,
and that this golden opportunity should
not be permitted to slip away.
Immediately upon the reading of the
letter Paramount Baxter arose and
offered resolution to the effect that the
Lime-Kiln Club at once appoint com
mittee of three, with power to send for
persons and papers, to discover the
North pole. The resolution was sec
onded by thirty voices, and there was a
slight crook to the end of the Presidents
nose as he arose and said
"Doan' some o you want commit
tee to examine de hinges on de gates Of
heaben? What do you'uns down dar'
in de body of de hall know about de
Mort pole2 De moar' we try to learn ye
de less We seem TO know. Now, den, in
de fust place de Guild race of dis kentry
has all it kin do to mind its fish-poles
an bean-poles. If de white folks want
TO fool around dats muffin to US. DE
man who raises bushel of onions fur
market needn't be jealous of de man who
diskivers de Mort pole. Jist tend right
to your bisness and get yer feet ready
fur new crop Of chilblains mex win
ter '-DetyOt Free Press.
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nov IN 1FRIC- IN EXPLORER LOST
HIS BRIDE.

HIS BRIDE.
A certain famous African explorer was
once the victim OF one Of those extreme
ly distressing bitches which amount to
tile complete and final separation Of
those who would otherwise have been
united for better, for worse. He had
fallen deeply in love with young Greek
maiden whom he met in Crete. He
afterward declared that never, before or
since, had he beheld so sweet and beau
tiful creature. Having sought out the
American Consul, lie revealed to him
the state OF his heart. The Consul, who
had himself married Greek lady, babe
him not despair, took him forthwith to
the house Of his inamorata, and pre-
scented bin to her mother, who was q
widow. The negotiations were conduct
ed successfully; at the end of week he
was an accepted lover, and in fort
night the day for the wedding had ar
rived. All this while he Ind seen the
young lady once day, always in the
presence of her mother, and on the day
before the intended marriage he had
been permitted for the first time to take
her hand and imprint upon it chaste
salute. The hour appointed for the
wedding found the bridegroom dressed
for the ceremony and awaiting the hap
Ply moment. There enter to him at this
juncture three Greeks, whom he has
never seen before, and an interpreter,
who introduces them as brothers of the
bride-elect. They produce parch-
ment, which the interpreter explains.
1t is a deed Of settlement, which binds
the bridegroom to pay so much year
to the mother and to each brother, and
80 much to his vito, and 10 disburse the
first installment on the spot. In vain
the unlucky traveller explains that he is
worth nothing and cannot pay. The
brothers look daggers, the interpreter
frowns, and the scene closes with the
arrival of the Consul, who with difficulty
gets his protege out of the clutches Of
his importunate would-be relations, and
ships him off to Athens. He never saw
his beautiful Grccian maiden again.
Chambers Journal.