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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-25
Military tournaments.
saturday Review.l

In the joust, or trial Of Skill by single
combat a piaisdnce, turks the ancient
Germanic notion of courtesy which
prompted host to honor a noble guest
by offering him the opportunity of dis
playing his prowess in fight. The judi
cial duel, of the same national origin,
is undoubtedly father to the joust a
outrqnce for vindication of personal
honor or in proof n a lady's perfcc-
tons. In fact, chivalry being, in
its ideal character and its feudal
working, originally a Teutonic in
stitution, the same must be said
of the tournament, which was nothing
more than mimic representa-.
ton Of that chivalrous warfare which
considered the dsspicable uDarmored
plebeian as beneath reckoning. The
element of Christianity being para
mount, the rapid spreading Of knightly
habits throughout all Christian realms
popularized everywhere the knightly
pastiInes Of the lists, the details Of
which were necessarily often altered in
different countries to suit the military
habits of the time and the people. For
long period, however, all these noble
games remained subject to one princi-
pal condition-namely, the wear
ing of more or less complete
srmor. 1t would only be by an ex-
haustive and critical study Of the his
tory Of armor-a study, by the way,
which has not been satisfactorily made
yet-that we could realize the true
nature Of every one Of the numerous
methods Of jousting, tourneying, and
fighting at the barriers with sharp or
blunt weapons. When the periecting
of the dastsrdly iirearm began Sc
riously to affect the question OF armor,
and gradually but surely to reduce its
paramount importance previous to
driving it out Of the field, the
old tournament, being no longer
practical school of warfare,
underwent curious notifications, the
most noticeable of which were
the elaboration of q much more COM
plicated horsemanship, greater i'm
portanco attached to grace and a
lighter kind of manual skill in the
WELDING of arms. All these innova-
tions in the military manners OF Europe
after the renaissance seem to have
arisen in the South, especially in Italy.
From the South came the first teachers
Of that cavaler-like accomplishment,
riding the great horse" likewise the
cunning of the nimblc rapier, as well
as those inventions most fatal to the
prestige Of the iron.clad warriors, the
pistol ard the musket and to southern
influence generally is to be traced
the change from the uncompromisipg
exercises of the lists to the elegsnces
of the carrousel. This change was pop
ularly realized by the almost universal
substitution Of the Italian word cava.
lier for the older one Of knight. Its
extent can be measured at glance by
comparing the chivalric scenes define.
ated by Hans Burgmair with the pic
lures of early seventeenth-century
tournaments, after the new Italian
manner, which illustrates Pistoflo's or
Pluvinels works. We can hardly
imagine the idea of . competition in
the art of presenting ones self at the
barriers with the best grsce" arising
in any but An Italian head. This was
q very usual prize competed for at q
cavaliers tournament.
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la Y LIE VI UOhhN hsH "a 81 IN
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Is IT NOT SINGULAR
that conservatives should be the least APP
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limitations have been foisted upon the
market so closely resembling Allcock's
Porous Plasters in general appearance
as to be well calculated to deceive. IL
is, however, in general appearance only
that they compare with Allcock's, Tor
they are worse than worthless, inssmuch
as they contain dsleterious ingredients
which are apt to cause serious injury
Remember that Allcock's are the only
genuine porous plssters-the best eS-
terDal remedy ever known; and when
purchasing plasters do not only ask Tor
but see that you get {" Allcock's Porous
Plasters." The popularity which these
plasters have attained during the past
thirty years has no parallel, 10 it Is no
wonder that limitations and counteriei's
abound.
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LAME, CEMENT, 20.
I me! LIME! LINE.

Just arrived per schooner Alfred Keen. Q
cargo flesh Rockland Lime, sos s.s low
from vessel fresh cargoes Rosendale Cs-
Lstbs. savage Fire. Brick and Gay. and
White sano on hand. Anchor "-brapd
LIME slway on hand fresh.
WARNER MOORE
Foot seventeenth street. south side % docke
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The snail harvest has just begun in
France. The poor mans oyster " is
SO appreciated that Paris alone con.
sumes some forty-nine tons daily, the
best kind coming from Grenoble or
Burgundy. The finest specimens are
carefully reared in an escargotiere, or
snail park, such as the poor Capuchin
monks planned in bygone days at Col
mar and Weinbacb, when they had no
money to buy food, and so cultivated
snsils. But the majority are collected
by the vine-dressers in the evening from
the stone heaps where the snails have
assembled to enjoy the dew.
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rVs.xEs.. OPPORTUNITY.

COR SALE, THE STOCK AND FIX.
Il TURKS Of n HARDWARE ESrAB.
LIHHNENT In q thriving tow In vir-
ginia. Address LiN'otN
Dispat~h Office. Richmond. Va
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PROFESSIONAL.

L NJ. CONNER,
Is ATTORNEY AT LAW,
1901 MAIN STREET, RICHMOND, VA.
Claims Collected, Titles TO Real Estate
tended TO promptly and carefully.
te 1-3ms
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buying Riddles.
To the Editor of the Dispatch !:

To the Editor OF TIC U,SpdtcA
1t appears somewhat strange to a
man Of plain understanding that the
measure adopted by the Legislature of
investing any surplus, not exceeding
fifty thousand dollars per month, which
may be in the State Treasury in new 8
per cent. bonds, and which had
thought looked more like business than
ANYTHING else which has been done by
any Legislature since the war, should
be criticised in the newspapers by two
Of its members and | have even heard
that it was thought that one or both OF
them were members Of the Finance
Committee, but / suppose this can hard
ly be so.
When the Riddleberger bill was
adopted (Which earnestly opposed az
the time, but which even more earn
es,ly advocate now, the debt was
placed at little over twenty-one mil
lions of dollars, and the annual interest
g per cent? on this was say six hun
bred and fifty thousand dollars, and it
was estimated that the revenues Of the
State would pay the expenses Of the
Government, support the various pub
lie charities, run the schools, and pay
this interest. That this was neat
calculation is proved by the following
figures, which get from the pub
lished statements Of the Second
Auditor. The law went into
operation July |, 1889, just four years
ago, and if the whole debt had been
funded promptly the State would have
paid out in interest say two and a
half millions Of dollars, and there
would have been no surplus. But
most Of the bOndholders refused to
fund, and the surplus now in the
Treasury should be equal to the differ
ence between the amount paid as in-
terest on what has been funded and the
two and a half millions, and the ac-
count ought to stand about as follows ::
Interest paid on funded debt says $50 900
Paid on purchase OF bonds say. 100000
Balance now in Treasury say ...... SOC, 900
Amount spent In two Normal
AsyITm. &C.. &c say................-. 200, 900
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Total ..... $50. 600
Under the original Riddleberger bill
all of the new bonds issued bore in
terest from July |, 1882, and all Of
this surplus would have been necessary
to pay tie arrearages Of interest when
ever the debt was funded las it must be
inevitably. 1t was with the view of
making q safe investment Of this fund
that the Finance Committee Of the Le-
gislature of lSs3-'S4 recommended
this investment, which was adopted
in the spring of 1884; but at
the extra session in November,
1854, General Wickham's amendment
to the Riddleberger bill was adopted,
by which all new bonds issued bear in
terest from the semi.annual period pre-
cedirg the date OF funding and all ar
rearsges were forfeited, and it was no
longer necessary to preserve the surplus
for this purpose, and as 1t was not
needed to pay the interest the plalnest
business principles would require that
it should be used to redeem the princi-
pal. But why not reduce the taxes
and not have any surplus? Simply be-
cause when the bondholders accept the
terms Of the Riddleberger bill and fund
their bonds, as they must, We will need
this money to pay their interest.
But "A Member" says, Why not
buv the consol and 1910 bonds, which
bear tax-receivable coupons, and stop
the coupons " A simple answer to
this would be, that to buy the bonds
mentioned would be to put up their
price and delay their funding, while to
BUY new 3's would put up their value
and stimulate funding. FARMER.
PSI am glad to see, since the
above was written, that the commits
sioners have purchased more bonds. II
[ were one Of them ! would be in favor
of spending every cent the law will al
low ill this way, and thereby get this
great bugbesr, which has hindersd us
SO long, out Of the way as soon as pos
sible. i.
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FREsCOERs AND DEsIGNERs.

A RTISTS IN FRESC0 AND MU-
IA RAJ DECORATIONS. CATHEDRAL
GLASS WORK, real aud initiation.
Orders received at No. COS north Ninth
street, Richmond. Va
10 2o-Su, Tu&ThSp MllAAkh 20.
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Wonderful Hood and

81 blood Dtssuss. u,oyv,y
Will that have seen some v'
diseases
oubthe rBLooD
A. wnliamvne, county,
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Reasons Why You Should Use the COM

First Itisnye i'm
Second wila AS beet
I'd not
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rom
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Farrnen who one
Itwlv eeverym OF
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Prescr ibes Satisfactory Resuih~
xo Medicine Company: regard 10 tue
ribed In
syphitc that Its use has proved enuv
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HOG. SHEEP OR rArTLE FENCE IT STANDS WITHOUT RIVAL


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through
urnen i'm
exceled FOR
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Agricultural society Rchmond
yard-iencing
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4 PERFECT SPRING MEDICINE.
A SUPERB FLESH-PRODUCER And TONIC.
HEIR THE WITNESSES!
TEN TO TWENTY POUNDS.
A Man or Stxty.Etght winter,

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hasbe
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February
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Mr. A. H. BrsmbIett. Merchant or Fsrvyth. Gs
. general CONSIDER hne 70
more than have for twenty-five Respectfully, IL BRA
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Mr. W..
wife
,oonuend GrINN,s PIONEER the best toni w. JoNB
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A Crippled Confederate says:

7
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ID.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17

The sparrows were introduced into this
country a few years ago for the purpose of
destroying certain insects supposed to be in
furious to tees. The great question now Is,
how to get rid of the sparrows. In like man
ner the Democrats were called to power two
years ago the purpose of correcting certain
abuses alleged to have grown up under
twenty-five years of Republican rule; and
the great question now is, how to get rid OF
the Democrats. The Democrats, like the
sparrows, have proven themselves greater
as mischief makers than As remedial agents.
GLOBE Democrat.
The sparrows were introduced into
St. Louis about IS years ago, and it
took the sparrows % years to claen out
the bugs and vermIn. Now, we do
not think it will take SO much time to
exterminate the republican vermin,
but it will take no end of time to keep
it under. They are vermin much
more difficult to keep exterminated,
but as the process has begun under
conditions favorable to its success, we
have no fears for the future.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17

The Orange riots in Belfast, Ireland,
last week were determined, vicious ana
bloody The accounts read like clip
ping from the history of that island a
hundred years ago. The fight between
the rioters and the police began Thurs
day afternoon, and all night long the
mob fought the police. The mob for
the most part consisted of the lowest
class of ruffians obtaina6le in the city,
The greatest damage was in the ricihi-
ty of Shankhill and York reads. The
rioters fought in these places with the
desperation of madmen. Although the
police charged on them several times
with fixed bayonets the mob held its
ground, and finally rallied in force and
steadily beat back the police. In re-
treating, rs last resort To disperse the
mob, the police fired several voiitys OF
buckshot into its ranks, but despite the
fact that scores of its members fell, the
mob mr., ssed OH and completely routed
the police. The mob then held pUs-
session of both roads until $50 next
morning, pillaging and wrecking nous
es and stores in most wanton way.
When they had tired of their eff rts
the rioters dispersed. The fiends even
attacked the firemen who had been
called to battle with the flames, which
were consuming several buildings fir
ed by the rioters. They stoned the fire.
men whenever they got within reach
and greatly retarded them in the work
of auenching the flames. Dozens of
eye-witnesses state that the mob was
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17

West Plains Gazette: "Mr. David
Carson, of the Sligo Furnace near Sa-
lem, is engaged in shipping car load
of iron ore from this place to Kansas
City. for the purpose of testing the pay
ing quality of our ore. He is OF the
opinion that our ore is first-class, and
will prove to pay. He thinks the Sa-
lem branch railroad will be finished to
West Plains at All early date, and that
source of immense revenue to the
cOuntyn
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17

posed to Hon. NJ. l.. Clardy, ION gen
eral principles" The general prlnci-
pies" are suspected to consist of anoth-
er newspaper in the same town run by
q near relative of our popular Con-
gresham. Fortunately for him the
disease isn't uketchin'V
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17
Notice.

A Democratic Mass Meeting of Iron coun-
" will be held at Ironton, June Goth, at .
O'Clock p. NJ, for the purpose of selecting
two delegates to the oath District Conven-
ton to be held at Poplar Bluff, July 18th, to
nominate candidate for State Senator
G. w. FARRAR,
Chairman Executive Committee
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17

The West Plains Gazette complains
that the rates of the Southern Express
Company are exorbitant. Having a
complete monopoly over the Memphis
d Kansas City, they feel. we presume.
like working the people for all they are
worth
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17

Hon. d. l.. Rivers, of Bismarck, Is a
candidate for the nomination for Repre-
sentative of st. Francois county, and
we hope he may "git thar" He is an
ex-editor and a gentleman of intelfi-
gence and vim. The good people OF
ST. Francois will be ably represented il
they send him up to Jefferson.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17


A Caledonia correspondent to the
Charleston Courier says these pleasant
things Of the famous Belleview Valley:
"BetteVue is French for beautiful
View" And just now our town, in
the heart Of the renowned Bellevue
Valley, is, indeed, beautiful view. 1t
lies nestled at the base of the Ozark
mountains, which from near and far,
clad in Natures robe of green, lit up
forests of emerald spears into the clear
ether above. Now, the glories of sum-
mer are over the land. The odors of
roses, heliotropes and honeysuckles
from many sheltered garden, of Glow
er from many shelving field, and
meadow sweet from many a ripping
stream, mingle and intensity them
selves in the golden sun-fraught air,
and are waited around and about us by
signing wind. The grass under our
feet is green, thick and spriugy; and
the sky above us is bright and decked
graciously for the eyes with fleecy
clouds of silver gray; and the bee
is humming an accompaniment to the
air the stream sings. The world is
full of beauty Us II MS heart is full oi
care. Are you surprised t.,at we call
our Valley Bellevue, or Beautiful
We've" We all appreciate this "min-
iature city" as it has been called,
among these hills. We love it with ali
the patriotism the Scots had for their
native land. Caledonia has roman
tic name, and certainly it is worthy of
it, fer there is no town in Southeast
Missouri, equal in size which can boast
of as many rocks. Though few miles
from the Iron Mountain railroad, yet
the echoes from the great world be-
yond resouDd daily in our peaceful
town. The fledglings often go beyond
these mountains to try their wings, but
soon are happy and eager to return to
their home nest, where peace and rest
prevail. We have lectures here from
the great world, gems from the sea of
thought, which widen the narrow
grooves in which our minds are wont
to run, lest we mistake the rumbles of
this little burg for the great wave that
echoes round the world"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17

D. F. Martin, at one time collector of
Iron county, was nominated on the 9th
inst. for probate Judge in Howell coun-
ty. He has resided in that county for
RhOui ten wears.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17
FRONT ON. MO-.

The force in the railroad shops at De
Soto was increased last Monday to 200
about half the number employed be-
fore the strike.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17

The Doniphan Prospect-Ne,cs gets
i'm its serpentine anecdote: Frank
Dudley tells the first snake story of
the season. On last Wednesday while
he and a hired hand were cutting grass
they discovered two snakes twisted in
to a ball. On examination one proved
to be what is known as king snake
and the other as copper head. Mr..
Dudley watched the snakes few min
utes and the king snake killed the cop
per head and then proceeded to swal-
low it, head first, although the copper
head was the thicker of the two. 1t
took the king snake .about half an
hour to swallow the copper head, but
the king apparently relished the meal.
The king snake was about tour feet
and the copper head about three feet
long"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17

Hon. A. H. Livingston and Hon. H.
n. Phillips, both of Howell county and
both candidates for Congress in the
14th district, agreed to submit their
claims to the people of their home
county, the candidate receiving the
lesser vote to withdraw from the race.
The election was held on the 9Th inst,
and Dir. Livingston beat his opponent
over two to one. He will now proceed
to canvass the other counties of the
district, with mighty good chance OF
coming out ahead i'm the home run.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17
japanese Salutatory. Miss F. Regain
TIL E MI K A DO:
Or, The Town Of Titipu.
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KoKo (Lord High Erec,tioner of 11tpu) Miss W. Elliott
PooH-BAH, lord High Everything Eze) Miss X White.
PIsHTUsH, Ia noble Lord, Miss Feldmann
YunYuM P1rr1-s1NG b. (rce steys-pazs of KoKo)
Misses A. Hull Scalzo
KAr1sHA elderly 1ay NanktPoo c. Kobe
MOBILES. 80 Misses NJ. Elliott NJ. Martin, NJ. Roden, M
GUARDS Misses Martin, link X: McNulty Kege
SCIIooI-GRLs L. Kaesemacher, A. Tierneye I.
Goodrich d. Johnson, NJ Ludwig NJ Head n Hull F. Regain
NJ. Hammock, L, Tayman and L. Keenan,.
ACT L.
Court Yard of Ko-Ko's Official Residence. ..
1. Chorus of japanese Mobiles and Guards-'If You
Want to Know Who We Are.
.. Enter NANk1-Poo, seeking YUm-YuM.) ..s.
Song-''A Wandering Minstrel -
8. (NANk1Poo P1sH-Tusn)
Song-"Our Great Mikado Virtuous MAN.
Enter gires information concerning YuMYun
Song" Young Man. Despair
s. (Enter Ko-Ko giving account of htnese!t)
Songs-''TaSen From the County Jail
':Some Day it May Happen.''
MARRIAGE.
. Enter Yu,1-Yun Psnr-Iso Prrry1Sc and
s. Song-'Three Little Maids from School,
9. (PooH-BAH is introduced)
Song-''So Please YOU Sir, We Much Regret
TO- Duet YuM-YUM and NANK1- Poo)-t'Were You
Not to Ko-Ko Plighted.'
IL. (Ko-Ko a letter from he ADo)
Trio, (Ko-Ko, PooH-BAH and PIsr-TusH) 81 Am So
Proud. "
IL. (Ko-Ko permits NANK1-Poo to marry Yu,r-YuM.)
49, "@ Ta Poo HGn5r k9K1 Nss-
PEEr-Bo and KAr1sHA.
ko-Ko's Garden
l.. (YuM-YUM surrounded by bridcsmaios)
Chorus-'B Braid the Raven Hair
2 Song (YuM-YUD ''The Sun Whose Rays
g. Quartet-"B Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day
f. Trio, (YUM-YuM, NANK1Poo and Ko-Ko)-
''Here's How de do
Enter Nobtes Guards SCHOOLGIRLS, M1KADo KAT1sHA)
Mya Sama
6. Duet, (MIKADo and KATIsHA) = From Every
Kind of Man.
T.. Song, (M1KADo)-"A More Humane Mikado
Never
8. Trio. (Ko-Ko Prrr1-srSe, PooH-BAH and Cho-
rus)-''The Criminal Cried.'
9. GIee, NIIKADo, kATIsHA Pooh BAH, PITrI-SING
and Ko-ko)-''See How the Fates Their Gifts
1Alot.'
TO- Duet-The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring.
II. Song-"Hearts Do Not Break
r. Song-'Willow tit Willow