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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24
WANTS.
WANTS.
CPLENDID BUSINESS CHANCE.

WANTED, TO HIKE by THE
w year Two First-clsss Colored Farm
Hands must be good teams,ers. IL ono
has wife who is good washerwoman work
will be- given her. Good wages, good home,
and permanent employment To such AZ
shall give satisfaction. Address, j. X. A..
Jr. Lee. GOochla county. Va. 2t.lt
Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-07
The Girl Baby and Her First Hour at


sGhOOls
[Willan H. Maher in the Toledo Journall
Tomorrow my baby will be my baby no
longer; she is going to school. Her world is
about to widen, her life is about to broaden,
but l. l shall lose my babyl
What short six years they have been!
They brought her and put her on the pillow
beside me; put my finger near her hand
and she grasped it. Heaven came closer to
me than 1 had ever dared hope it might. The
first day that sat up nurse gave her to me
and I held her in my arms. My own little
babyi I wanted no past, no future; was
supremely happy in the present.
When she lay in her crib and followed me
with her eyes! that was bliss. When she
cooed to mel When she stretched out her
little hands to me. When she laughed as l
came near her! All, God is very good to
mothers, and / wondered why such joy
should come to me. Perhaps there was a
paug of sorrow as she left off her long
clothes Yet the cunning little feet, the
creeping figure, the aimless steps, the final
walking, these made the change time of
still all my own.
She has grown in everything except in
getting along without me. Mamma has
been the pivot around which her life has
revolved She has come to me with her
pains, her disappointments, her failures and
her joys. In my ear she has whispered the
wonderful thoughts that childhood lives
upon No question could reach so high or
pierce such depths but that mamma could
answer it, No danger could threaten her
that mammals arms were not safe refuge
from. No pain SO severe but that mamma
could relieve it.
How many hours in these six years have
we two been togethera All, me, we shall be
| but one from this on, but we have been but
one thus far Not any less real to her than
| I am are the hundred heroes of stories that I
| have evolved for her; they seem very real in
deed to me- If I have entertained her she
has no less been my ''Seheherezade," and has
related tales fully impossible as the Ara
| bian Nights. OF late she has wandered fur
Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-07
NO. 23S.

| a rather blank look at the roast beef and
up.
81 did forget that's fact, :" he said with
laugh. as he turned and went out.
But there was little spirit in the laugh,
and mamma looked at him with a sober
face.
~ can't see him miss dinner" she said.
But his father said: F1et him learn his lesson
well. 1t will not hurt him.
Phil went to the orchard and ate apples,
not troubling hims elf to think whether any
body had raised them for him, and rejoicing
in the reflection that, when picking time
came, he would not have any part of that
work to do.
He went fishing, and on his way home had
the satisfaction of sitting on the fence to
watch his brother Ben drive the COW home.
Ben hailed him.
"The Pratts have come to tea''
"That's jolly" shouted Phil, springing from
the fence and running home, leaving Ben to
plod along with the cow.
He hurried to his room. The bed was not
made; and everything he bad touched that
day lay where he had left it, which did not
trouble him.
"Hello, no water," he exclaimed. ut
his empty pitcher few up in his hand.
But, bethinking himself, he ran for his own
water.
.'Now for clean collar." But his face
fell as he saw none in his drawer. 1t was
plain that they had not come in from the
wash and he would not ask for one. What
did he want of collar, anyway, when no
one would expect to see him at the tea tablet
He crept out to the barn, found cup,
and managed to get good drink of milk
from the cow. then ate more apples, and
from the hay-1oft watched the merry group
at play on the lawn, trying to think it very
nice not to be expected to help about the
chores
But,a he lay awake after going to bed rest
less and trifie hungry, he began to wonder if
his bargain was altogether a satisfactory one.
He recalled something he had heard his moth
er say about its being impossible for anyone
to live unto himself or to escape the duties
and responsibilities owed by each to others,
and that all peace and harmony and happi-
ness depend upon the goodwill and cheeri-
ness and loving kindness with which these
duties are performed. He fell asleep think
ing he would probably not try his new plan
longer than the week he had spoken of
The clothing kept slipping from his un-
made bed, causing him much discomfort
as the GOODNESS of the autumn night settled
down. He awoke at the sound of the break
fast bell to keen perception of the delightful
smells of mutton chops, buekwheat cakes and
other good things.
"Well," he exclaimed, jumping up, "Tm
not going to live another day on apples, if I
know myself. After all,'' he went on, as he
dressed himself f'it's a mean and sneaking
thing to try to shirk things. I get all I want
to eat, and good, too Che shifted eagerly as
the appetizing smell came stronger); and it's
pity if 1 can't do little to help on"
He was out and had the leaves raked
before breakfast, at which he appeared with
glowing color and sidelong glance
at mamma.
81 think I've tried it long enough, nam
ma" he said with smile 'I believe I'll
do chores and board with you, if you'll take
me back"
IT WILL" said mamma, passing him the hot
cakes.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-07
LOTTERY.

If marriage is a lottery love letters ought
not to be allowed in the mails.-Puck.
A tourist without money is tramp. A
tramp who has money is tourist.-Texas
Siftings.
A woman never fully values her husband
until he has been killed in an accident and
she sees chance to recover damages. The
Judge.
We hear that the canned peach crop in
Maryland is failure. The cans were proba-
bly, picked before they were ripe.-Philadel-
phia Call.
1t was not so many years ago that our best
citizens, at evening parties, danced in their
stocking feet Now such thing would
| scarcely be tolerated.-Chicago Mail.
s'Why do you drink that vile stuffa" said
temperance man to topper. because,
my dear sir" was the crushing reply, sit
isn't thick enough to eat. t."-Washington
Critic.
Of eighty girls landed at Castle Garden re-
Gently, ffty-two were red-haired. AS they
all went west scientists WILL no doubt, soon
begin to see and diagnose red sunsets again
-Binghamton Republican.
1t is painful to note that some of the lunar
caustic men on the papers refer to 'tthe fun
ny men-so called" The funny men might
retort most cruelty by calling them the wise
men-so called, only nobody ever calls them
ko-buToStIe.
1t has been discovered that the Chinese
bandage the feet of their female babies to
keep them from spending half their time on
shopping tours when they grew older. And
yet they call the Chinese uncivilized.-Phila-
delphia Herald.
Anent marriage it is rather strange that a
minister or priest will inquire, "Wilt thou
| have this woman to be thy lawful welded
wife?" when the groom has brought her to
1 tba 1far hot in viz
Boston Courier.
James wife has a place for everything and
a good reason for keeping the thing in that
| particular place. She keeps vial of qui-
| nine pills in the kitchen clock, presumably
| in order that that standard tonic will prevent
| the clock from running down.-Lowell Citi-
zen.
Mistress and maid-'Where have you been
Jane2' ''Ive been to meeting of the Girls
Friendly society, ma'au." "Well, and what
did the lady say to youF' 'sP1ease, ma'am
she said I wasn't to give you warning, as
meant to. She said I was to look upon you
as my thorn-and bear it!"-London Punch.
s'I am Just disgasted with that young law
yer who called last night 'fWhat has he
| been doing nowa" Gle tried to kiss me and
| I told him to behave himself or would call
for assistance" 'And he kissed you, never
thelesss" ssNo, he didn't make another
attempt, the miserable donkey. He is one
of the strangest men 1 ever saw."-German
Joke.
| 'I get up regularly at o'clock now to do
my practising before school time," said Tom
my, who is learning the violin. "Ah, in
| deed? Well, I suppose getting up at O'Clock
now means that you really got up at that
hour this morning, doesn't it?'' ''N-no, not
! exactly,' said Tommy; 'you see, I'm going
to begin it tomorrow morninsl'-Boston
| Record
Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-07
NEW HAVEN, CONN. THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER

| around. Of the magnitude of the work of
replacing the old ones with the new issue,
| some idea can be formed when it is stated
that it will be at least one year hence before
the amount of one dollar notes formerly in
circulation is replaced by this new issue, and
six months before an equal amount of the
two dollar notes can be supplied to take the
place of the old issue of twos.
The new Pennsylvania marriage law,
which has been in operation one year, seems,
says the Philadelphia Times, ''to have result
ed, go far this city is concerned, in allow
ing the Camden preachers to perform 25 per
cent. of the Philadelphia marriage ceremo-
nies and pocket the fees. This, however,
does not argue against the general good eff
feet of the lay. OF the 1000 couples who
went across the Delaware to be married,
there were probably many who could not
have secured license under the Pennsylva-
mia law, and knew they could not To this
number must be added those who for vari-
Gus reasons were anxious their marriages
should be kept secret. To this must be add
ed the usual proportion of fellows who think
to beat the legal officials out of so cents a
sign of exceptional smartness. On the whole
| the probabilities are that the 6,e97 marriage
licenses represent the bulk of the number
who ought to have got married anyway, and
the law is to be credited with having given
| no countenance to clandestine or otherwise
improper marriages. 1t is a pity that New
Jersey hasn't as sensible marriage law"
In New Zealand the railroads, telegraph
and telephone systems are all owned and
worked by the government. The white pop
ulation of the islands is 100000 and the ma
tive little more than 100, 200. There are
!, 1,23O miles of railroads opened, and about
400 miles are being constructed at present.
There are / ,S02 postofices, with 221 money
order offices. The cities of Auckland, Christ
church and Dunedin have about 10000 pop
ulation each, and Wellington, the seat of
government, has about 10000. There are no
frogs, snakes, poisonous bugs or insects on
the islands; snow or ice to speak of ex-
cept on the mountains and the southern part
of the South Island. Cattle and sheep never
require shelter, and the grass grows green
every day in the year. There are Il, ,000, 900
sheep, 800. 600 cattle, e5, 900 horses and u.s.
900 hogs, besides countless numbers of wild
pigs that have risen f1om the stock let loose
from Captain Cooks ship Endeavor III years
ago. The Maoris (natives) are, in point of
intelligence, far ahead Of any of the other
South Sea Islanders, or American Indians.
They are now at peace with the Europeans,
and are represented by four natives in the
Assembly Of the New Zealand parliament.
The natives are allowed to sell their lands
only to the government, and consequently
their lands are leased to the Pokehas (or
whites) at good rental for grazing purposes,
for which they receive sufficient income to
live and dress comfortably.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-07

ther away, but never SO far but that she
could run quickly home if her fear was
aroused. She has brought with her thoughts
gathered from other children, but they are
brought to be tried in the crucible of NAM
mas judgment and wisdom. When she
keeps house" often take tea with her, and
she cannot take more pleasure in the
'make believe'' than do.
But now she is going to school! I shall
lose my baby; have lost her She will
leave the door with kisses on her lips and
my words in her ear, but she will come home
full of school, of companions and teachers
She will pass into a world where l am not:
where can only follow at distance; and
she will never again be wholly mine. Oh,
good teacherl she is but one of fifty in your
room, and perhaps in your eyes one of the
least interesting. But, oh, she is my one
eve lamb and heaven shines on me out of
her eyes. must share my kingdom with
you. Your praise will count with her great
er than mine; your frown will be more fear
full than all my laundering. She was but a
baby an hour ago, but she is one no longer.
I shall pick up most of the playthings and
put them away. Tomorrow night she will
look on them with great scorn, she will be q
baby no longer and she will have put away
her baby things
So sit here pitying myself while I press
her to my heart. She is full of happiest an
ticipations, but I whisper to my aching
heart-l am about to lose my baby.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-07
Short Visits Are the Best.
From the Atlantic Monthly

It is not always wise to make a rule that
no one is to be admitted during the evening"
on the contrary a guest may be heartily well
coined if it is known at the outset that he
has come for short time, that he is cheer
full, friendly and amusing, and in short
worth listening to and entertaining From
the boresome visitor at all times, good Lord,
deliver US. But the ill-concealed gloom that
settles down upon one tired face after an
other, while the clock strikes the succeeding
half hours, and each member of the family
in turn comes despairingly to the rescue of
the faltering conversation, is a deplorable
thing. We are responsible for the state of
our consciences, and if we have allowed
them to become so dull that they do not give
us the unmistakable warning to go away,
then we must not fret if we warded off,
dreaded and called bores. I was delighted
to hear someone say not long ago that she
did not think she had any right to spend
two hours at time with any friend without
special invitation, since it could not fail to
be an interruption; and it gave joy to my
heart that one person so respected the rights
of others. Picture someone, who has
sured himself that he is not likely to find
amusement under his own roof, setting forth
in search Of a more agreeable place in which
to spend the evening. He hunts from door
to door, finding that one family has honest
ly paid its money and gone to play, anoth
er is dining out, the third enjoying its invi-
ted guests, while at the fourth he is met at
sight with the information that the ladies are
engaged. Perhaps at the fifth he gains an
entrance.
One person rises hurriedly from the sofa;
another comes reluctantly from desk where
some notes and letters must be written at
some time during that evening. and the
stricken group resigns itself to the demands
of friendship and society. The master of
the house returns presently to his vocation
with brave excuse. 1t may be eight o'clock
when the guest comes; it may be nine and
he may be kind-hearted and unobjectionable;
he may even be profitable and entertaining;
but he stays until after ten; everybody
thinks that he never means to go and in
wardly regrets his presence. For half an
hour ne could have felt sure of welcome; in
that time he certainly could have said and
done all that was worth doing and have been
asked to stay longer, or to come again when
he took leave.
There is no greater compliment and tri-
butte to ones integrity than to be fairly
treated to sit down for ten minutes longer.
OF course we treat each other civilly in an
evening visit, but it is great deal better to
come away too soon than to stay too late.
In busy, overworked and over hurried
city life nothing is so precious as a quiet
evening to ones self, or even a part of one.
We all wish-or ought to wish-to make life
pleasant for ourselves and other people, and
ready to be generous even with our time;
bnt no one likes to be plundered and de-
frauded. It is the underlying principle of
our neighbours action and conduct toward us
which makes US thankful or resentful when
he comes to visit u.s.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-07
OUR ANNEX.

(Black Goods and Silk depart
ment), is we'll filled with bar
gains. Superior qualities of all
Silk Rhadames for 75c, $I.oo,
$1.25, $1.5o, $I.65, $I.87H a
yard. Immense bargains in
Black Silks at 75c, 81, $1.25.
All wool Black Goods from 42c
to $1.5o a yard. Elegant styles
Fancy Velvets for 81, $I.25,
$I.5o, $I.65 upwards. Plain
Velvets and Pushes in Black
and Colors, extraordinary lar
gains, for ST, $1.25, $3.50 and
$I.75. Fancy Dress Goods in
all the desirable fabrics and col
orings known to the trade, from
1oc to So a yard. Also choice
styles Combination Suits all at
ozln> aoeH knoz0z Popular prizes.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-07
HOWE & STETSON'S
Hosiery and Underwear
Department.

We offer 12I dozen Boys
heavy weight White Merino
Vests and Drawers, full regular
finish and make, at IS to SOC
on the dollar, as follows
16, 1S, 90 22-in Drawers for 25c pair.
"a and 26-in Drawers for SOC pair.
%, 80 and 3e-in Drawers for 621Sc pair.
16, 18 and 20-in. Vests, 3711se each.
%, "a and 26-in. Vests SOC each.
% and 30-in. Vests 6215c each.
We closed out this bloken
lot of sizes made by one of Con
necticut's best mills at a very
great reduction from cost of
manufacture, and offer them at
prices that cannot be repeated.
We advise all looking for real
bargain in first goods to inspect
them.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-07


PROGR REsS OF GREAT REFORM.
Some of the mugwumps profess to be very
we'll satisfied with the civil service reform
accomplished by the present administration,
but the civil service reformers of Indiana are
not of their number The Civil Service as
soeiation of Indianapolis has been making a
thorough investigation of the present condi-
tion of the public service in that State under
both the national and State governments.
The results of the investigation are such as
no true civil service reformer can ''point
with pride" to.
The report is made by Lucius B. Swift,
who is described as ''the chief of the Indiana
mugwumps." He says that within eighteen
months all the old federal officials in the
State with unimportant exceptions) have
been displaced by offensive Democratic par
tisans of the most ultra type, chosen from
"the worser elements" of their party. The
Presidents promises have been, so far as In
diana is concerned, "completely and faith
lessly evaded and nullifed." The public
offices have been treated as so much booty
in the first instance and then as local politi
cal machines. The new Office holders have
brazenly interfered in local politics. In six
congressional districts they have thwarted
the will of the people. They have done this,
according to Mr.. Swift, without hindrance
or rebuke." In the Indianapolis internal
revenue district out of fifty-two veteran
Union soldiers at work when Mr. Cleveland
was inaugurated fifty have been turned out
to make room for Democratic heelers. The
postmaster at indianapolis has grossly and
deliberately violated the law. He has dis
placed experienced and competent clerks in
favor of new men, some of them illitsrate
ward politicians, and the list of advertised
letters has heightened every month since he
took charge. That city and other cities pre-
sent the spectacle of simultaneous increase
of the force and deterioration of the ser
vice. The Democratic railway postal clerks
seem to be even more inefficient than the
Democratic postmasters. ''The service has
been thrown into disorder" reports Mr..
Swift
Thus does a great reform make progress
under Democratic leadership. Mr.. Swift has
done good service. The people of this coun-
try who believe in civil service reform do not
bslieve in humbug.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-07
CLOAK DEPARTMENT.

Ladies, Misses and Chill
dren's Outside Garments in all
styles, shapes and qualities, at
LESS THAN NEW YORK PRICES.
Special bargains in Plush
Cloaks.
A complete assortment of
Shawls, all new fresh goods, at
right prices.
Dress Trimmings and But
tons in all the latest novelties,
Braids, Gimps, Passementeries,
Feathers, Furs, Plushes, Astra'
cans, at prices that cannot be
beaten.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-07
9ry 8uuds.
Howe & StGtSOn,
SUCCESSORS TO
%ESSRS. ]. N. ADAM & CO.,
Dress Goods,
Silks,
Ve1vets,
Pushes,
C1oaks,
ShaW1s.

We are now offering large
and we'll selected stock of Dress
Goods, Silks, Velvets, Plushes,
CIoaks and Shawls, and invite
the people of New Haven and
vicinity to examine and COM
pare the same with any assort-
ment to be found in this city or
elsewhere. We call attention
to many SPECIAL VALUES
in these departments that can
not be found in other stores.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-07

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, Is
CENTS WEEK, so CENTS A MONTH, 500
FOR SIX MONTHS, $500 a YEAR. The SAME
TERMS BY MAIL.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-07

Mr. Reynolds got his nomination yester-
day with little trouble. To be elected will
trouble him.
The Knights of Labor at Richmond have
taught an impressive lesson in their treat
ment of the negro question.
The Boston Herald does not think that
the town elections which have just been
held in Connecticut indicate that General
Hawley's seat in the United States SEN
ate is in great danger.
The action of the military authorities of
this State in determining to put stop to
the holding of cheap dances in the armories
of the State is commendable. 1t is dis
graceful that there was need for such action.
The Circuit court at Chicago has reaffirm-
ed the decision of the federal court and the
State Supreme court that the board of trade
has right to control its own quotations,
and to forbid the telegraph companies fur
nishing them to the grain and stock ex-
change or any outside bucket-shop whatever.
On the strength of recently made tests in
France it is affirmed that, for purposes of
animal than steam power. With the latter
there is loss of quite ninety per cent. in
conv verting chemical into mechanical energy;
that is, only one-tenth of the power latent in
coal can be changed into applied force. With
the former on the other hand, there is a loss
of put sixty-eight per cent. Thus, it is found
to cost on one of the tramway lines in Paris
$11.40 for each car per day that is run by
steam power, and only $9.40 when horses are
employed for motive power.
The Yankees do not comprise all the
t'sharp" people in the world, as new in
dustry which has spruog up in Delhi shows.
Some enterprising natives are taking advan-
| tage of the government offer of two annas
| for every snake killed, to trsde on the old
traditionary tree and serpent worship. The
4th of August is the great serpent worship
| ping day; and every Tuesday the pipal tree
is worshipped by Hindoo women. Taking
advantage of the reverence paid to snakes, a
large number of men have set to work
catching these reptiles. Then taking them
| into the streets where pious Hindoos most
abound, they announce that they are on
their way to claim the reward, but are quite
| willing for pice or two more to release the
| reptiles, and SO save themselves from the
| sin of snake murder, which their poverty
| would otherwise drive them to commit.
The appeal is invariably successful.
the Washington banks were required to
get their supply of the new one dollar silver
certificates through the New York sub
treasury. This is the first time they have
been compelled to do this, and they complain
ed that it was an extraordinary busin ess reg
ulation that would require them to ship sill
yer to New York and pay express charges OF
returned packages when they could conve
niently have deposited the silver at the
treasury in Washington. As each bank is
to receive only 81 900 until the entire mum
ber-over twenty-eight hundred in all-hare
L been supplied, it will take 80, 900 to g