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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-25

Having purchased OF my late partner,
rights, and goodwill in the Orchilla Guano
and National " Tobacco Fertilizer. | will
continue the FERTILIZER BUSINESS
heretofore conducted by Travers, Snead a
20, under the firm name and style OF 8
W. TRAvEhS & CO.. with Office at No,
lo4 Shockoe SIP. :. w. ThANERS.
RICHMOND. VA, November Is 1855.
no 1921 20, DEB, l2, 10. 26tJal
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TRAINs NnnrHMARn

W Leave Arrive
A'O' Petersburg. Richmond.
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TOR RENT, THAT VERY De- a
Il SIRABLE AND WELL-LOCATED II
STORE. with COMFORTABLE DWELL
ING above, Nc. 5l3 east Broad street. APP
ply TO LEE STRAUS.
de I2.Im No. 1917 Main street.
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Corespondingiy ouick time To otnsr
points. Through bills OF lading issued as
low nts2 o. A. TAYLOR.
NI General PASSENGER AGENT
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-25

thought we might as weA bring
our breakfast with u.s." she explained
for we were sure to he furnishing az
ter our fifteen-miles' drive across thu
country"
1t was . jolly breakfast, after all
Grandpa took his at tho same time tha
the others did, in bed, Of course, 'bu
Aunt Harriet had first covered up hi
head with warm shawl and thorough
| ly aired his room and then set the doc
wide open, where the invalid could lool
at the bright-faced group about th,
table and listen TO their cheerful talk.
1--WE will have you up to dinner
said Aunt Harriet, and Mrs. Hol
thought bitterly
"Just like Harriet. | suppose she
thinks | can look after him this way
every morning, and get him up to din.
ner, with all my work"
"Eou must let NC help you all that
| can while | sm here, sister" the
sweet voice broke in upon her un-
pleasant meditations. "Isn't tkere
any one you can get right along to help
you, Julies Ii seems to me some ca
psble woman would be glad to come
for good wages, and don't understand
why you do not have some one. There
10 no reason in your wearing yourself
out in such way. Now let US have
deyotions in father's ROOM"
And while Mr.. Holt read the Scrip
lures, and be and Harriet and the in
valid all prayed, the mistress of the
house sat with her elbow on her knee
and her head in hand, saying to her
self:
"Some one glad to come for coed
wages Does the woman think that
because she is made Of money every
one else Isl II seems TO me can't
stand this thing much longer and
Christnas.days too, when, IL ever the
spirit Of peace on earth, goodwill to. |
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-25

ONLY TWELVE HOURS BETWEEN
RICHMOND AND BALTIMORE IN
EACH DIRECTION,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-25
'Dany. tDany Except sunday.

DAOA L-NO-A A-ANEs
Nos. 40, AZ, and As MAKE no stops SO,
rs stops only on signal al Chester. NOs Z ,
and AZ stop only ON signal a. chester Gem
tralis, and Manchester. Nos. 80, 80 IS,
and 50 stop at all stations lor passenger.
PULLMAS-CAR SERVICE.
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FOR RENT.

de 1-I.4s1115.1s,22,25.2e.Jan 1881
lb.1s.22.2526.lst
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THE ONLY ALL-RAIL ROUTE TO non.
FOLK.

Nos "a and 36 make close connection 70
and from Earmyille, Lyncnbarg and SOUTH
western points, and way-stations on ths
Norfolk and Western railroad. No. 5rIIn-
ming daily and No. "a da - except sunday.
j. X. kENLY
superintendent or Transportation.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-25


Harriet was a spoiled child 80 said
Mrs. Holt, sand need not complain
about it. l did as much to spoil her as
any one. She was always fond Of o
Joke srd somewhat given to carrying
her fun to extremes, but l certainly
never kEew her to overdo anything Is
she has this silk-hanSkerchief hrsi
ness,
"0h veil, never mind it," said Mr.
Holt, turning his exquisite fringed care
over and seading "To my faithful ans
weil.belovcd Brother Albert" in deli
cate pencillips on the back. "She en-
Joys bsnteriag about those handker
chiefs whenever We meet. I told he
the other day HAT fed the last one L
my best cow, and the one before sale
spread over the mortgage on the farm
and ! thought II she kept on sending
them as frequently as she had done
: should have the encumbranee quite
covered up before great WHILE"
"If she wasn't any own sister
should feel ashamed Of her ~ said Mrs.
Holt, going away to the kitchen with
unmistaksble tears IN her eyes.
She did feel very much grieyed aud
hurt Of her wealthy widowed sisters
ndifierenee, and after the many daily
duties were ok cone, the ws,l.kept and
commodious house in order, Che Invalid
Comfortable for the night and husband
and children at last in bed, she eroucbed
over the stove and went all over with n
again in her mind with such nerve.
wearing effect that she came near nat
getting . wink ofslssp on account Of il
Her father was restless too. lie was
out Of cough.msdicine. and she Won.
dsrsd II BY tomorrow thsrs would be
eggs enough on hand so that she could |
Sand them To the little general country |
sfoEs u the corners and get . frssk |
bottle. Then she felt sorry for tie |
children, who bsd gone silently of 10 |
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-14
Wheels Not Made of PulD.

''The statement that the most deli
cate watch wheels are now made of
paper pulp in Germany is a hoax, /
Think said a prominent jeweler and
matchmaker on Broadway to a Mnil
and E1press representative. II have
been in the business some forty years
and work on German, Swiss, English,
French and American watches every
week, repairing or taking them apart,
and have not seen a wheel made of
pulp, not even among the latest
watches from Germany. Then from
my knowledge of machinery nee
essary to make watch and run it for
several years do not think that pulp
by any process whatever can be made
hard enough to be. of use. Brass and
steel are chiefly used to make watch
wheels. Platina is too hard to work
and too costly, and gold will not do
for many reasons.
Paper buckets aud boats are made,
but they have no special friction CON-
pared to that of watckwheeI, which
runs in cogs all the time. Suppose
process was discovered to harden pulp
to degree equal to steel; then the
question is, would it last as long as
steel9 l think not. Car wheels are
made of paper, but they run them
merely on exhibition and NOT every
day. Steel and brass are metals
formed by natural processes during
the course of many hundred centuries.
Paper or pulp hardened by artificial
means when not subject to constant
friction may be equal to steel or brass
for certain processes, but l imagins it's
durability would be uncertain. Hard
wood. Of course. can be used for
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-14
Sowing Clover Seed.


Experience and science are agreed
in regard to the advantages of grow
ing as much clover as possible on all
farms where wheat, barley, oats, and
other cereals are the main object of
the agriculturist. As long as land will
grow good crops of clover, we need
not fear exhaustion of the soil. But
clover often fails, and the evil Is in
creasing. In many cases this is due
to the difficulty Of getting a 'good
CATCH" The seed fails to germinate.
Occasionally this is attributable to poor
seed. 1t is much more likely, how
ever, that the trouble is in the soil.
The longer our soils are cultivated;
and especially when little manure is
used, or green crops plowed under;
the poorer the soil becomes in organic
matter. We see no special diminut;on
in the yield of grain crops. This is be-
cause we cultivate better-but at the
same time there can be no doubt that
the mechanical condition of the soil is
less favorable for the termination of
small seed, like clover. The soil is
hard and the surface less mellow and
loose, than when it was full of decay
ing leaves and other organic matter.
When We SOW clover and grass seed
on spring crops where the land has
been recently plowed or cultivated and
narrowed, the soil is, or may be, suffi-
GENTLY fine, moist and mellow to in
sure the termination of the seed. But
when the seed is sown in the spring,
on winter wheat or winter rye, the
soil is often as hard and dry on the
surface as barn floor. I'm such case
narrowing before or after sowing the
seed is decidedly advantageous. We
might harrow before sowing the seed
and roll Observation-Disclosures, Aqri-
cultxrist for April.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-14

The new excise bill tlfas win pri;ob..
bly, become . law OF New York ID low
before the legislature. Tho bill sub
stantially codiaes the hquer law Of the
state, provides for the classification Of
licenses into beer, ale and spirituons
liquor classes, makes optional on the
part of the commissioners the granting
or refusal of q license, but eives the
right of appeal to court Of comPe!snt
jurisdiction in case of o refusal to grant
q license; amends the civil damage act,
prohibits the sale of liquor, etc., on
Sunday, imposes penalty on corpora
tiops organized for transportation Of
freight and passengers f6f employing
men Of Incorporate habits, and makes
it misdemeanor on the, part OF any
commissioner who votes to gfent q H.
cense in violation Of any of the pf0vi-
sions of the act. It is declared that the
bill does not extend any privileges to
the liquor interest, but offers protection
to honest and resp ectable dealers.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-14

Mrs. Gladstone, wife of the British
Premier, recently paid visit of condo
lence to Lady Codrington, whose
daughter; i. Is the widow Of !: Gen: Earle,
some mistake Mrs. Gladstone was an
nounced as Lady, Gladstone: So;
supposing that she had to do with the
wife OF the Prehier's elder bfother,
Lady Codrington received her. On dis:
covering her mistake the story goes that
Lady Codrington at once opened the
Walls of her wrath and poured forth the
contents freely. She declared roundly
that she considered Mrs. Gladstone's
call piece of gross impertinence and
charged Mr.. Gladstone with the muir
der of Earle, of Gordon and of oil the
other persons slaughtered in carrying
out the Egyptian policy of the govern
ment.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-14
Curious Payment for Lard in England

Curious Payment for Land in ENGLAND.
Gloves of various kinds were fr,>-
quently presented in service for lands.
Thus, two farms at Carlcoats, in York.
shire, paid "the one a right hand, ant
the other left hand glove yearly"
and some lands in Elmesale, in tho
same county, were held of the king
''by the service of paying at the Cas-
tls CT: Fontefract One. pair: Of gloves
furred with fox SKIN, or eighteen pence
yearly" while for the manor of Els.
ton, in Nottingham, were rendered
two pairs of gloves, together with a
pound of cummin seed, and a steel
needle. Needles are met with several
times, but one instance must here suf-
tice-where "Roger, for some time
tailor to our lord the KING" held
lands in Hallingbury, Essex, by paying
at the kings exchequer Zone silver
needle yearly" Still more curious is
the service for certain lands in Rode,
northampton, which consisted III
tihding lone horse of the price of IS.
and one sack of the price of 4 1-2d.,
with one small pin, for forty days."
Probably this "small pin' was similar
to the skewer noticed above, and was
used to fastcn, or attach, the sack,
which mayhave been employed to car
ry fodder to the horses. That the
horses were tolerable cared for, even
In those days, seems to be proved by
the fact that the manor of Cherburgh,
in Dorset, was held ''by the service of
one horse-comb, price 4d., to be paid
yearly" and that certain lands in the
hund red Of Losenberg, in the same
country, were held ''of our lord the
king, by the serjeantry of finding
certain horse-comb. or currycomb;
etc. Among other miscellaneous
services by which lands were held
may be mentioned certain instances
of hose: Thus, Cottington. in Not.
tingham, was held by the service of
presenting to the king pair of scar
let hose yearly; Bakersfield, in Wor-
cester, was held by rendering to Ro-
bert, Earl of Gloucester, hose of scar.
let on his birthday, and Henley, in
Warwick, was held by Edmund, Lord
Stafford, by the service of 3s, or pair
of scarlet hose.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-14
Ex-United States Senator Nesmith

Ex-United States Senator Nesmith,
Of Oregon, after about six mouths
confinement in an insane asylum as a
hopeless patient, is now reported to be
tegaining health, with good prospects
6f entire Recovery: In q couple Of
weeks he will probably BE returned TO
his home. He used TO live on q huge
and productive wheat farm on the
Willamette, and on several occasions
when his neighbors were in distress
through loss Of their crops he invited
them to come and fill their wagons at
lis 6*etfowiig eraneries without mon
ey and without price.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-14
1ussia's Motive For War.
From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph

AVAAA sesO 1e4Aoo4kAsAO AlvoAsAAS6 AeAS6A0pu"
One evident and powerful reason why
Russia should urge war does not come
TO the surface in the present entangle-
ments, but 1t is Q most decided factor in
the problem. At least a. much Of q
motive as Indian conquest is the desire
Of the throne and the nobility to secure
themselves through the exciting Of
general patriotic spirit. History has
shown before now that one Of the sur
est antidotes to Internal discussion is
external diversion; With oil the ha.
tired Of the imperial power emoug .
large class Of Russians.. there il 9 def
mite love Of country which may be ap-
pealed to forego it's attacks upon home
interests in the face of national perils.
The game, to be sure, has sometimes
failed. The Nephew Of his Uncle tried
it and went under in the process. But
it is possible Russian imperialism may
be more successful. It may not con.
quer England, but it may quiet Nihilism
and that. we may be sure; is one Of its
chief objects in engaging in : foreign
war.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-14
Seeing Stars.

They were young aud romantic,
and, although the minute hand was
pointing to II o'clock, they stood up
on the porch gazing at the stars.
"That's Jupiter, dear, isn't it?" she
murmured. Eyes, pet, and that is
Sirius" he replied, pointing to anoth.
er star. ''Are you Sirius?" she cooed.
He kissed her several times. Then
he pointed upward and said: ''That's
Mars, dove.' "And that's pas" she
whispered, as a footstep sounded
inside, and if the young man hadn't
scOOted he would have seen more stars
than he ever dreamed Of Her pa
wears l23 with brass toe.-Wash-
t,sgt0a Hatchek
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-14
WHERE STYLES CONE rRou.
Interview With Nan Who Gets IN Mems
Fashion Plates.

Aato1vloW Win Nan Who Gets Up Mems
Fashion, Plates
eve are always on the lookout for
something new.' says q writer in The
american Tailor. ''Sometimes we get
a suggestion or hint from q tailor or
other person, and will work on it until
we produce something acceptable.
After getting suggestions from tailors
and others, and considering them,
perhaps getting the views Of i lat1y:
VIC 20 of and do as many newspaper
men do, 'act as we please It is well
enough to get the ideas Of others: but
when we come down to work we have
to boss the job and use our own ideas.
1t is ono of those businesses III which
there is no well-defined method as to
originating styles. Observation and
study are required. Formerly chang
cs were made in February for spring
and summer styles, and in August for
fall and winter, and the greatest
changes are still made at these peri.
DDS The trade for the past ten years
at least, has, however, not been con-
tent with but two plates per year, and
must now have them QUARTERLY, MANY
OF tho foremost demanding them
monthly. The great changes are IN
the spring ahd fall, however, and the
others are notifications or improve
ments on them, not radical changes.
The business of making style has in
creased greatly within tho past few
years, and there are a number at it,
but the bulk of it is done by two or
three houses. Of course, there are not
so much change in style demanded by
gentlemen as by ladies. No, we do
not get up any styles for particular
sections of tho country. When we
publish the plates they are sent to ev:
cry portion of the country, and some-
times it is found that one stvle will
become popular in one section and an
other in an other section, but, as i
rule, the tastes are as much different
IN one section as another. There are
about $4,000 merchant tailors of stand.
ing in the country-those who keep .
stock and are fully up to the times,
havipg, the BEST goods-and with these
the fashion mag azines have come to
be IS essential as the newspaper. Such
progress have we made that even
Europeans are adopting Our patterns.
Formerly the representative merchant
eaiiof might be said to be son of poor
parents, receiving pattern plates twice
year, and being fully satisfied. Now,
however. the merchant tailor is not
content wit h even the Quarterly plates
issued, ord it i; Surprising those of
other countries. They are now ever
alive for something new, to have not
only the latest improvements in tools
and conveniences for their business:
Some We're content = fsw years ago
with Modest unassuming places of
business, but now the merchant tailor
has as fine an establishment as any
tradesman."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-14
IN THE DEEP Woods

There ts spr1ng>time III my soul today
Az altlade OF peace seldom reach,
AZ thfO' the solemn woods NY footsteps stray,
Where brooks have voices and the shadows
a. speech. sF =
Silent As one who treads dark minister sisles,
III wander onward paSt'thesc leafv shr:ncs,
WINE sunset thro' green easements softly
smiles
And swings its rosy censor mid the pines.
Far overhead the oeechtrees' Spreading net
Lets In faint ghn pses OF tho skys blue roof:
The tired leaves, dyed scarlet by sunset,
FAN tangled In the brown "a tbs dusky wool.
Ihear the young brook whisper to the Leave.
And mark its scattered silver on the moss
In dreamy air The spider deity weaves
hImy sail for idle winds to toss.
pause beside the affairs If the tries,
where II ccnse floats from Every budding
spray,
And like some Il slant sig lug Of tic seas,
Sound TIC SOFT wind hurps waking far away.
The air seems as chalicc, and lis rim
is OvertiOWcd by sunlights yellow wtne
Anon. some fsll.ng shadow. so1sly din,
ihe mystery of ITS co!oring divine.
smel the vague, sweet odor Of the grass,
Inc perfume OF past spr ng times come again,
ana every breeze that down the glades doth
pass,
Ae"'s "A'spcEs OI tDc SnVeTy, summer ralD
In these deep woods immortal yearning- make
The cares & yesterday become as dreams;
AL hsscr things my soul would Ger forsake
10 finger here, where such 'enchantmcnt
What bliss to wander from the wora. set free,
~, no feel ne soft air blow upon my facet
Oh nameIess rapture he who knows not thee
Hath never known lifc's one supscmest grace
The leaves and flowers are poems, every brook
1hat laves the sim stalk of some bending
Is but sentence inthat Eondrous book ~
Where Genius finds its grand, eternal creed.
Here Nature wakes about her .aaunts divine
Far swe'ter anthems than carth's feeble
hymns,
What stra ne aerial haunt the dusky pine,
Whose biackeued shade the star OF evening
'ljms..
All better, nobler feelings come once more
To niger with me as wander here,
Like ships returning from brighter shore,
i greet them with the silence of a tear.
Fain would | dwell forever here alone
IN these great woods unnotcd and forgot,
An eVerlast ting calm about me thrown,
The stars Of eve to sentinel the spot,
l would not hear tie far of city's hum.
The tumults Of the outside life should cease
io this dim refuge nNught should ever come
To mar the tlissful perfectness OF peace.
Oh song immortal; oh, divinest song,
Where shall find thee. If it be not here?
Wall no merc return unto the :hrony:
Aerc will rest and deem thee ever near
The woods shall Yield their secrets unto me.
Inc. sky smile softly thro' there leafy bars
whist evermore my feet shall follow thee
Up pathways leading to land Of stars.
-Atrtra Sidu,: Miller, ~ The Current.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-14
4 lad Death.

In Philadelphia recently at q coroner's in
quest over the body Ct achild, the jury return
ed = verdict that death was caused BY the ad-
ministration Of = patent cough syrup, contain
ing morphia. DR.. Saml K Cox, Of Washing
ton, states that not one cough medicine in ton
is free from this objection. After careful an
alyses and practical tests he endorses Red Star
Cough Cure Is being purely vegetable, abso-
!utely free from opiates, poisons and narcotics
He regards it a. : most happy and valuable
discovery. ..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-14

time a. cog wheels in watches, and
many other temporary tough mate.
rails, but they are simply for exhibi.
ton and not utility. So many watches
are made in Switzerland / wonder they
have not substituted some cheap ma
terial for steel and brass, but didn't
expect Germany to start at it first.
Indeed, my firm opinion is that 1t is a
mistake about pulp being used even
for big cog wheels, much less small,
delicate ones. "--New Kork Mah ana
E1t.N;p4S. F.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-14

The Rev. David Lathrop Hum, the
oldest graduate of Yale College now liv-
ing (class of 1879, resides in Buffalo,
and at the age Of SO enjoys the use of
all his senses, though his eyes and ears
are not as serticeable as they were.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-14

pains around your heart are not heart disease,
they are, do not delay, but procure DIR.
GRAVES HEART REGULATOR Thirty years
hsFe proved its 1slue, Free pamphlet off. E.
ingalls,, Cambridge, Mass.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-14
''I.ove Sees No raults,,''

It has been said; but when woman is dragged
down, emaciated, wan, and a shadow of her
former self, with never cheerful word, she
can be no longer beautiful or lovable. Ma
ture may have been generous in her gifts, and
endowed her with all the charms of her sex,
but disease has crept in unawares and stolen
the roses from her cheeks, the lustre from her
eye, and the sunshine from her heart But to
be well again lies in your own power. Take
DR. Pierce's ':Favorite Prescription" it will
cure you; thousands have been cured by it.
Nothing equals it for all the painful maladies
annd weaknesses peculiar to women. Price re-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-14

of the urethra should only be entrusted to those
of large experience and skill By our improved
methods we have been enabled to speedily aud
permanently cure hundreds of the worst cases.
Pamphlet. references and terms, three letter
stamps. Worlds Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.