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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-26
PROPOSALS..
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, J
WASHINGTOs, -. C..
Eahruarx- u 1919

IIFNNI III UETA 7. 7 VI u > I
WAsHINGTOs, -. C..
February "a, 1885. )
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE
- received at the custom-house. R.ch.
moud. Va, until IL o'clock noon TUES
DAY, March 30. 1855 FOR THE PUR-
CHASE OF \ GAS-GENERATING MA
CHINE known a. the Tiffany Improved
ers. The apparatus can be seen upon ap.
p. ication TO the custodian OF the building
named, and consists of 2 Generators, 2
Tanks. l Hand-Pump. l Rotary-Fan. /
Gasometer, and lot OF Iron Pipe. Payment
must be made and the apparatus removed
at the cost OF the purchaser, within ten
days from date OF acceptance OF proposal.
Proposals should be addressed Custodian.
CusIOm-IIo Richmond. Va, and marx
ed " PROPOSAL for Gas Generator
10 26.F2t ID. MANNING, Secrc tary.
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CHESAPEAKE AND ONO RAIL
y WAN.-EEBkuANH u. Iss,-

A 'liES i re y n l. ANO OillO 4 \ IT,
~ WAG.-FEBRUAET ~. Iss,.
LEAVE RICHMOND.
g.55 4. NJ. Through ana Local Nal eH-
crpt sunday.
s.45 4 N. For New port : News D.i POfut
Comfort. and NOrioik "a - eA-
cept sunday.
3l5 =. ". FOR NewpDrt's \ess Od
Point. aud Norfolk. EAervs
SUNDAY.
800 j.. ". rordOus,i.lr accommodation
except sunday.
oI6 J.. VI. For Louisville and CINCINNATI
Fast Express. with tlfuI.u
Pullman ears. Daily.
ARRIVE RlCuMpSI
$40 A. ". From ',Oi louisville.
1888 \. NJ. from NoriO X. pli tp.Hf. .lt
NeYport's News. eADel. san.
day.
$40 =. ". From local points alt Tue
West, except SUNDAY.
$40 Z. VI. From Old Point Newport q
News aud Norfolk talg r2.
cept sunday.
s.65 J.. NJ From Louisville a, t.uctu.
natl. Fast express u.s. 8.
DEPOT. Seventeenth amt Broad s'retfs.
Tickets al 1000 Main street AMI d-poD
If. ". FULLER.
General Passenger Agent
VILLAS e.. WICknAM, second y .re.
President. ftLF
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ArIANrlc COAsr LINE.

Richmond AND PErl'RSBl =" h\iL-
ROAD TINE. TABLE.
Commencing SUNDAY, Novemuf ~,
lss5. trains ON TINS rotd VIII Iuu HS w.
TRAINS SOUTHWARK.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-26

Auction sALKs-Futurs Days.
nv J. Thompson Brown & Co.
N. w. Bowe,
Real Estate Auctioneers.
A GRAND OPPORTUNITY!
ALARGE PARCEL OF THE
CHOICEST AND MOST VALUABLE
MAIN.sTREET AND BROAD
STREET STORES
EVER BEFORE OFFERED TO THE
PUBLIC,
TO BE SOLD BY COMMISSIONERS OF
THE COURT.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-26

w ANTED. A POSITION AS
w Travelling statesmen by young man
OF good address. Has had three years eX-
TeIieuce in the retail business. Is willing
TO commence on a small salary. Beet re-
ferences given. Address JOHN B. BOYD.
BOVdtOn Va. f. 24.3tt
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sALEs-Thi. Day


by II. Seldom Taylor,
Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer.
ONCE Eleventh and Bank streets.
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NKHIVE RIClINONU.

= nm
soOP. N.MAIlda.iy except ~uuiaNl.
zoos 4. VI. ACCOMMODATION daily .'N-
cept sunday
7.4OA. ". NIGHT ENtHESS On 8 ."s-
crpt Monday
CDNNE'lIDN~.
At Richmond with assOci1ttd ra fay-
and Richmond. Fredericksburg tiH fs'r-
d. az railroad: az lynchburg Witu .|rsH
Midland railway aud Norfolk and Ncst,...
railroad; a. Clftou rUrge with Cue.aU~afs
and Ohio railway az Lexington ~ Fl. DO bh.ft-
more and ONO railroad.
N,tytHg.cur attached 10 Ntyt ..a >
LyuctburQ.
Trains marked daily except -auf3fI
Tickets sold 20 all points. '.'.r' 100
east Main street 1000 Main. and 5t h ..4-
mond and Allegheny depot tgu'i and
canal streets. ]. X NAtNl kIH'
GentHl PASSENGER and LNllnhs LE.L,.
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BY J. Thompson Brown & Co..
Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers'
lll3 Main street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-26
BY George II. rolndexter.
Real Estate Agent and Broker
No. 1900 Main street.

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF \
~ MOST VALUABLE DWELLING on
NINTH STREET FACING TIE CAfIIOL
I0T ON MARSHALL AND THlRrEENrH
STREETS. In pursuance Of a decree OF inc
Chancery Court Of the city Of Richmond
entered on the 10th day OF February lseG,
i'm the cause Of Knight aHd wife against
Talbot and Others. the undersigned. spe-
cial comm iss Ouers, VIII sell Oy auction o.
the premises, GA
THURSDAY. MARCH 1856.
beginning at O'Clock =. NJ
rirst. That VALUABLE THREE.SrOEf
BRICK DWELLING No. lO2 north Ninth
street containing about ten rooms, besides
Kitchen and servants rooms. fronting on
Ninlh street 25 feet and extending back l2o
feet 10 an alley m common % feet Wide.
This properly is especially desirable for "a
profess Onal man. 10 Will bc sold subject 10
an annual gruund-rent of sZ3l.2j.
second. A VACANT LOT situated ~ iNr
northwest corner OF Marshall and ihit-
teeuth streets. fronting 56s feet on MalsnaI
street and running lack 10 parallel lines
II 7.lZ feet. This lot is beautifully located.
and Will command tirst.claSs tenants ioI
small tenaHentS
TERMS: one third cash: the residue IN
three equal iEstalmeutS with interest from
day of sale on negotiable notes Of the pur
chaser at six twelve and eighteen months
title to be retained tin the whole OF the
purchase. money Is paid ana conveyance
ordered los the Court. Privilege is given
the purchaser TO pay the whole of the pur-
chase money in cash should ne desire 30 10
do. JNIh~ON - !,
JAMES pLEA~ANl~,
j. x. TUCKER,
Comm SslOnerS.
GEORGE Il. PolNDENTER, Auetioneer
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BY r.. b. Cook. Auctloneer,
No. "A Ninth street.
HOUS HOLD FURNITURE,
IL SHOW. CASES, AND CONFEJ-
TIONERIES.
TODAY

AT AUCTI0N.-WE WILL SELL
L u one car Of LARGE NEW JERSEY
CABBAGE at Richmond. Fredericksburg
and Potomac railroad depot at O'Clock
TO-DAY, sharp. Il. "A. FOX q CO.,
fe 26-lts Commission Merchants,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-08-04

During the war" said an ex-Confeder-
ate soldier, as we hoisted up our feet and
leaned back for talk, Huntsville, Ala,
was looted two or three times by tho fed
erals. Isenlisted from that place, and my
wife Ike. 10 posted as to what went on. l
got back there about month after the sur
render, having tramped good share of the
way on foot. My wife had two old calico
dresses and pair Of ragged Shoes and /
had tattered old uniform and was bare
foot. We hadn't rs much as shilling be-
tween us to begin life on. After few days
IN old friend offered TO let me occupy an
old house on plantation five or six miles
from town, another loaned me a rule,
third bought me some seed, and in one way
and another picked up an outfit and went
scratching the soil Of Alabama for grub.
~ had been at it week or two and was
clean discouraged, for wasn't overly well,
when one day rested the mule under tho
shade of big tree in the centre of my corn
lot. He stood there stamping of the flies
when one of his legs went down into what
seemed hole, and he made great fuss
about pulling it out. made careless in
spection, but on running my hand down
the hole / felt what knew was the side of
Jar or jug. went for shovel and threw
out the dirt, and it wasn't many minutes
before lifted out four-gallon jar with ON
iron cover. In that jar / found $3.50 in
greenbacks, $175 in gold and silver, and
silverware and jewelry which / sold for
5000. On the morning Of tho third day
after my luck 1 stood at the door and saw
two men drive up to q point in the road OPP
posite the tree. They hitched the horse,
shouldered spads and made for the spot
where had lifted out the jar. When they
reached it they seemed paralyzed. l walk
cd down to them and pleasantly observed
Mr.. Yankees, you are just two days too
late. Mich obliged for your contribution
to a poor old Confed.' They had no reply.
They gave me one awful look of disgust
and walked of without word. "-Detroit
Free Press.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-08-04

lavatories as fiEs as miniature Ro1aan baths.
cooler retreat in summer or oosier nook
in winter cannot be found anywhere in New
York than in this wine room, which is be-
tween the lavatories and the wine cellar.
This basement is fitted up in less expensive
style, but with scarcely less elegance than the
barroom above, the cabinet work being in
white ash and the stone faeings of Italian
Sienna marble. At the rear of the barroom
above there are two small but elegant wine
rooms, but most of the patrons of the place
who wish to have quiet chat over their wine
prefer the apartment below. On tho walls
of the barroom are some good pictures, the
smaller ones being enamels on copper or
porcelain, but the real work of art provided
for the place is Mellochan's Salon picture
of 1888 "After the Bath" It is not by
any means so elaborate as Bougereau's
painting at the Hoffman House. To the
average mind, its Importance will be settled
by its price-it cost $4,000. In the base
ment also handsome pictures grace the
walls, and throughout the establishment
there is an air of refinement that the pro
hibitionist would not be apt to associate
with the liquor business. All this" the
proprietor says, 81 consider necessary to
my trade have done all this to help me
sell my goods"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-08-04

During recent terrific thunder storm in
Washington little eight-year-old boy living
in the northern part of the town was awak-
sned and called his mother, who was titting
In the drawing room downstairs. She sat
with him awhile and told him he need have
no fear, because God took care of little
boys and would not let the lightning hurt
them.
"But God is away up in heaven" said
The child.
Yes," replied the mother, "but he is
here, too. He is staying right In the room
with you. He can protect you, but / can
not. As long as God is here you need not
be afraid"
The child was quoted and the mother
left him and went back to the drawing room.
Pretty soon there came another deafening
clap Of thunder, when the boy, crawling
out of bed, came to the head of the stairs
and called again:
"what do you want, George?" asked his
mother.
You come up here and stay with God
awhile and let mo 60 downstairs" wis tb .
reply.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-08-04

" If you want proof that woman Ia
more cautious than q man" said drum
mer, "just keep your eyes open while
travelling. A woman never forgets to start
for a train 80 early that she will have forty
minutes TO wait. She never forgets to ask
her husband or male escort if her trunks
are checked. She never forgets to pause
with one foot ON the car-sfep and one hand
on the hand-rail to inquire if she is on the
right train. She never forgets to ask the
conductor if she has to change cars before
reaching her destination and if she is sure
to make connection and if the train stops
at the place she wants to get off. She never
loses ticket or train-check, never drops
her hat out of the window, never permits
herself to go to sleep within hundred
miles of her destination for fear that she
may ride by, never fails to get whole seat
for herself and another for her luggage.
never walks from one car to another unless
the train is standing still and never gets up
from her seat to leave train without turn
ing to look and see if she has forgotten any
think. I'll bet on woman for travelling,
every time"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-08-04
Cooks Rig Contract.

Old Bob Ray never neglected his bust
ness as cook on the Mississippi River. 1t
was about the middle of the war that Bob
left on Southern trip and wasn't heard of
until the war was over, when he blazed
upon st. Louis with more diamonds on his
person than Charles l.. Davis, the Alvin
Joslin crank. 1t was o matter of specula-
ton for long time where he got all his
money. He had $15, 900 in lump. One
night he told the boys: -" went down the
river as cook, and they caught the boat at
Nashville and tied her up. What was l
going to do2 Isees lot of soldiers
around, lookin' half starved. went to 'em
and said I'll cook for you chaps if You give
me your rations.' They had nothin' but -four
and they were stuck on pancakes. Well,
made pancakes for 'em, three times q day,
1000 men in all. built great big griddles
oh great big ones-and fried the cakes"
"How'd you greese your griddles ~ asked
,ne of the listeners.
Easy" .:sEAaSfssx
"Well, howl"
Just got about five big niggers, strap
ped side of bacon on each hoof and started
'em off skatin', skatin' round and round on
the hot griddles, and that kept 'em creased.
If the Niger fell down, didn't lose any.
thing; more grease, that's ALL"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-08-04
Unselfishness of we men.

The unselfshness of women with the
men they love has passed into proverb,
and when reckoning up the work accom-
plished by great men few take into account
all the labor of their wives, whose toll goes
into the general fund and gets itself called
by their husbands name. He GETS all ths
credit, ana she gets-well, she probably
gets the reward of an approving conscience,
with which she has TO content herself. It
is well known that Mendelssohn's sister
| Fanny, wrote several of the exquisite
"Songs Without Words " that appear under
his name and contributed much to his musi-
cal work, content that he should reap all
fame. Wordsworths sister, it is said, wrote
his famous poem of'' The Dafodils," or the
greater part of it, while almost every great
mnn is indebted to his wife for as large an
amount of research and clerical work as
Richard Brinsley Sheridan's wife, the lovely
Miss Linley, did for him before one of his
great speeches in Parliament. The wife of
Frank r. Stockton, the author of the tanta-
lizing story, "The Lady or the Tiger?" is
one Of those women of whom the world
uenrS llJtle Dut VINO uOeS uOt hn lucOnSluer-
able share of those absurd and delightful
tales She was Miss Marian futile, Of
Amelia County, Va, and has long held the
position of literary critic of her husbands
work. A youthful admirer of his quaint
fairy tales and childrens stories once wrote
to ask if 1t were not true that Mr.. Stockton
had large family of children who heard
the stories before they were written out,
and gave the Inventor" points as to
things children in general would or would
net like. But Mr.. Stocton has no children,
md his wife is the person who holds the
the place of juvenile oracle. She writes
every one of them down, too, at his
dictation. Their summers are spent in the
Virginia mountains, at LEGO" once
part of Jefferson's estate, and not many
miles from Monticello Around great
cherry tree are three stakes one end of
hammock is tied to tree and the other end
moved from stake to stake according to the
position of the sun. In that hammock lies
the author of 1.-THE Late Mrs. Mill and
dictates to his wife, who follows him patti
emily from one stake to another, with her
writing table, pencils and papers, and scrib-
bles theoretically, only looking up once in
while to discuss sentence that ale does
mot entirely approve. ~~
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-08-04
Clerks I'm the public service.

For the satisfaction Of some of the men
who repine because they cannot get Fed
eral appointment at Washington these facts
are cited as the result of recent investiga-
ton. A fair estimate Of the number of
clerks employed in the departments is Is, 900.
The average salary paid them is about
81 ,00O-not more. II married they spend
at least 800 annually for rent If single,
that sum goes for furnished rooms and In
part defrays the expense of meals purchased
at restaurants. Clothing is high in price, al
are also all the accessories Of the toilet, and
the rule of extravagancs applies to the COM
mon-places MS well as the comparative luxu-
ries of life The influences which most pre-
vail are those which make men thriftless, for
the money comes easily and goes still more
easily. Ten men out Of q thousand save
enough perhaps to eventually own their
homes or to leave the capital and embark in
business elsewhere. The rest never cease to
regret the day when they left " the smiling
village of content " for the frowning city OF
regret. In the country or in country towns
thew could save full half their salary; where
they are they save nothing. This is the les
son as learned by many in the harsh school
of experience, and its moral should teach
the rural youth that much of the capital
gold is tinsel of the cheapest kind.
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Presentlments md Their Cure.

presentiment is an impression on the
mind that something is going TO take place,
and usually such is the case. Perhaps we
may say without exaggeration that some
thing always does occur after a PRESENT.
ment is formed. If such was not the fact
we cannot conjecture what would become
Of everybody. just imagine for moment
shat something did not take place IN such n
'arge world as this
We are told of young lady who was
visited by an apparition two years ago, OF
dead hour of night, which announced to
her in solemn accents that in two years she
would be an inhabitant of another and
better world. This circumstance had such
depressing influence on her mind that she
2ined away by degrees and died at the close
If the term named and was buried few
days after.
An eminent clergyman, on parting from
another said -" l have strong PRESENT.
mont that we shall never meet again." and
within few hours he persisted on the rail
way.
ment, however violent, is a good emetic,
with few days bread and water diet. For
ourselves we would omit the emetic, as we
10 not patronize medicine except by proxy.
The reason we advise medicine OF all is that
people are always in q hurry, not exactly to
get well, but to be able to eat; If they can
only eat, nine out of ten think they are get
ing along famously.
Who ever heard Of healty outdoor
Aborer having proscntiment in the
pursuit of his occupation? The fact is,
they have not time to be moping about such
tomfooleries. The only presentiment that
ever troubles them is a vertible fact, tan
gible reality. Root, pig, or die" is theii
ever living ghost.
Idleness and gluttony are the great
originators of this unfortunate condition of
mind, and its almost ceratin removal follows
temperate eating, combined physical &c
ivity. If unattended to and friendly death
ioes not step in to save from q greater
alamity, insanity winds up the history.
To the rejecting We suggest a fact which
dissipates the mystery which hangs around
presentiments. In ordinary cases a
thing is not baptised as q prcsentiment 7"
until the coincidence of the fact. Super
,titious minds, in which presentiments
mostly dwell, take nc note of the countless
impressions that certain things might take
place which did not aftcrwari take place ;
one such coincidence makes an impression
against million nop-concurrents.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-08-04

The words he intended to speak did moi
pass his lips, as, with his mouth half open,
he saw Harold Elliot cross the room and
deliberately lay the paper in his hand upon
the glowing Goals of the open CRATE. As the
last black specks flew up the chimney, he
turned to the old lawyer, with the first smile
that had parted his lips since he entered the
room.
80" he said, Clarice shall not have
her happiness touched by my hand"
An hour later there was a cry of welcome
and delight in the little sitting-room where
Harold and Clarice had parted four years
before. A tall, bearded man held in his
arms little, fairy-like blonde, who was
laughing and crying at the same time.
Harold dear, dear Harold 1 was
afraid you were dead /" Clarice cried, but
you are here at last You will not go away
again. All that is mine is yours, Harold.
Grandfather had no right to leave all his
money to me, Harold, and am past twenty
one, so can give you half"
You dear little goose" said Harold,
gently. Il have more money now than
can spend. came to give you away,
Clarice, since 1 am your nearest relative,
and to bring this, producing broad leather
case.
There was cry of delight over the
parure of pearls displayed when Clarice
opened the case and while she was still
lost in admiration, Lawrence Chase entered
the room. There were not many hours for
Harold and Lawrence to become friends
but before they parted they had found much
TO make them so.
True to his promise, Harold gave the
bride away. 1t was Harold who led the
guests to Clarice at the reception, Harold
who arranged about tickets and baggage
when Mr.. and Mrs. Chase started upon their
wedding tour, Harold who stood ON the plat
form and wave the last salutation as they
steamed away.
Mr.. Price had been one of the few who
went to see the wedding-party off, and it
was his arm Harold took as he turned q
white face away from the departing train.
He drew one long, deep breath, and said /:
81 will say farewell here. sail on the
Silver Star, from New York, tomorrow,
and take the next train in half an hour"
One week later the news came over the
wires that the Silver Star was lost All on
board persisted. The gale that wrecked the
vessel carried much of the wreck to the
nearest coast, and many bodies were washed
ashore. Mr.. Price went to the scene of
Elliot Not until the funeral was over did
he speak to Mrs. Chase more than few
words of sympathy, but as they met on their
seturn from the cemetery the old lawyer
told the young wife what had been the last
noble act of her cousin Karold's life.