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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25
Prohibition Does Not Prohibit.

10 tie Editor Of the Dispatch
Rev. j. William Jones says: -
have for years taken some pains to
ascertain the facts, and my informa.
ton is that prohibition does prOhiJu to
very large extent"
Mr.. Jones is clergyman so well and
so fayorably known to the public that
his statement carries with 1t great
weight. Indeed, so great is the indu-
ence of this gentleman that he ought to
be exceedingly cautious in his assertions
Of &" facts" In this case it is difficult
to imagine where Mr.. Jones obtained
his facts, and it is rather remarkable
that man Of his usual accuracy should
entirely ignore official evidence and rely
wholly on hearsay testimony. Bu.
such is the fact. The official records
entirely refute the theory that prohibit
ton does prohibit.
The information which may be OBJ
tanned from the Internal. Revenue De-
partment is the only reliable source
from which we can seek evidence which
will positively prove or disprove the
facts y of the local. optionists. Yer.
mont, Maine, Iowa, and Kansas are
prohibitory States. The number of
liquor-dealers' licenses granted by the
United States Government last year was
1852, divided as follows: In Vernon.
1855, or one dealer to every 1917 Of the
voting population in Maine LOG, or
one dealer to every 100 voters; in
Kansas 2,20S, or one dealer to every
100 voters in Iowa 1880, or one
dealer to every 100 of the voting popu.
lation. The dealers of Vermont paid
in 1885 to the Government for internal.
revenue tax sl3,2l2, which represents
l4.670 gallons; in Maine the tax was
s25, 739, or q Ass gallons; in Kansas
the tax was 500, 42l, or over 67,000
gallons in Iowa the tax was sl00, $40.
or about ] $4,000 gallons of liquor.
Thus We have in the four prohiOi,ory
States the most positive evidence that
there are $50 liquor-dealers paying an
internsl-reyenue tax in one year of
5000, 3lS. representing in the aggregate
over 222, goo gallons Of liquor. This
business was not done in secret, the
Revised Statutes tsec,ion 3279j compel
ling a wholesale dealer to keep outside
Of bis business big sign with his name
and the words wholesale liquor
dealer painted in letters not less than
three inches ia length. Section 1920
provides that retail liquor. dealer must
"place and keep conspicuously in bis
establishment" The internsl.resenue-
tax stamps. All this open traili; is IN
the land Of the Rschahi,ss. whore thu
ffse ssency Of the Bible has been sup.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25
AN EXCITING RACE,
which sssrtled the Passengers Of o
Rock.Island Train.

A Chicago special says: As the
Rock-Island train pulled out from the
station in this city Sunday night the
conductor noticed . peculiar individual
enter the smoking.car. The man was
James Barquit, q large-sized negro,
whose pi.ted face, low brow, and gilt
tering, restless eyes made up a counte-
nance Of the most repulsive nature.
The conductor knew him to be trouble
some fellow, and prepared himself ac-
cordipgly. When asked for his fare the
negro replied that he had no money,
and was told to get off at the next sta
ton. This he did, but waited for the
train to start, and then running ahead,
jumped on between the mail and ex:
press-cars. On arriving at Englewood
the conductor went forward and ordered
him off. CursiDg like a mailman and
yowing that he would ride to Joliet, he
got of, but jumped on the train again.
The conductor saw him and started
after him on a run through the long
train. The sight Of the negro, with a
long knife flashing in his hand, pursued
by the conductor, struck terror to the
passengers, who thought it another case
of train robbery. The race continued to
the end of the train, when the negro
rushed into the kitchen Of the dining
room car and drove out the cook, and
with knife in hand defied his pursuers.
No one dared to enter, and the con-
ductor concealed himself behind cur
tain, where he could hear the negro
sharpening his knife on the stove, to
await events.
Presently the negro stepped softly
out Of the kitchen. lie moved toward
the door, passing close to the conductor.
As his hand rested on the knob he
slipped the knife into his pocket and put
his hand on his head to hold his cap,
when the conductor jumped on him,
threw him down, and with the help of
the trainmen secured him. The train
men brought him back last night and
booked him at the armory. lie could
give no explanation except that he was
hard up and wanted ride. Justice
Mech expressed his wish to impose a
heavy fine, but the assault having oc-
CURED out Of the city limits, he could
only fine the prisoner for carrying con-
cealed weapons and jumping on NOV
ing train.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25
Personal.

Bronson Howard is to lecture to the
Harvard students concerning the drama
in Boston next week.
Mr.. Arthur is not so i'll that he can
not lounge in his library, and he ex-
poets to be out before April.
Professor +. ID. Cope, Of Philadel-
phia, lectured in New York on Thurs
day, his tOpia being the Darwinian
theory.
Mr.. Steinitz, the chess expert, finds
that sleep doesn't knit up the ravelled
sleeve of mental care quite fast enough,
and complains Of insomnia.
NJ. Bonnat has painted a portrait OF
NJ. Pasteur, who fondles the cheek of a
rosy little lass--a figure that is very
stern and strong in contrast.
Mrs. Hancock, the widow of the Gen.
eral, is the beneficiary not merely Of a
New YORK fund, but Of smaller Bos.
ton fund, now $3.50 andgrowing.
The Prince Of Wales, restricted by
his physician to lean mutton chop and
stale bread for dinner, is said to be a
very melancholy dyspeptic indeed.
Charles Dudley Warner, in the April
Harper" appeals to women to give
up the bric-a-brac craze and return to
the old simplicities Of housekeeping.
The Greek Minister at the Queens
March drawing.room in London wore
such queer dress that some persons
were on the point Of mistaking him for
o girl.
licensed at an adverse criticism,
Sarah Bernhardt recently wrote the
critic Transformations criticism is
dishonest; therefore you are a traitor
and an imbecile. Sarah Bernhard"
President Holden, of the California
State University, receives a salary Of
sS,000-s5,00 Is president aud %, 900
as director Of the Lick Observatory.
No other college president 10 this coan-
try receives so much.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25
The ~. Johns Cemetery Keeper

RICHMOND, Va, March %, 1856.
To the Editor ofhe Dispatch:
Sir,-In your issue Of this date, in
the reported proceedings OF the Common
Council, we find the following:
"Mr. Campbell said the Keeper Of
st. Johns Cemetery had made great
deal of money by selling pictures OF St.
Johns church to the people who visited
the cemetery. Besides, the work on
the grounds-any boy could do it in
three or four days in each month"
mir. Rankin concurred in the views
of Mr.. Campbell. He had never seen
this keeper DO any work at all, and he
believed 5000 was good pay"
Mr.. Rankin is member Of the Com
mittee Oh st. Johns Cemetery, but did
he tell the Council how often he
had attended the meetings Of the COM
mittce or how often he had visited the
cemetery in order to learn of its cOnii-
ton or be informed Of the extent of this
keepers exertions? Had he done this
the Council would have been better pre-
pared to judge Of the importance that
should be attached to such assertions.
Mr.. Ammons, who regularly attends the
meetings of the committee and is more
familiar with the cemetery, gave very
different and truthful statement of the
matter.
Mr.. Campbell should have done hun
self the justice to have looked into the
facts connected with the sale Of pictures
before making statement SO unjust to
the keeper, and which has no tounda-
ton in truth. The fact is this One
Of the very worthy and good women OF
st. Johns church who is in charge Of
an organization called Little Clean
ers :" in order to replenish the treasury
selected certain persons to offer for
sale to visitors the picture Of the st.
Johns Church." This was a COM
mendable effort on the part Of this good
lady, but was a transaction that the
keeper had no interest in nor has he re-
ceired one dime from the sales thereof.
As to the work done by this keeper,
we speak adyisedly when we say that
the amount of manual labor performed
by him will compare well with that
performed by the keepers OF other
grounds in the city, if We be permitted
to except Mr.. Ellis, who is the florist
Of the city. These gentlemen attend to
their duties well and deserve their pay.
The duties of the Keeper Of St. Johns
Cemetery in protecting the gOunds, with
all the hallowed relicts there gathered
the protection Of the improvements re-
Gently begun and being prosecuted
his intelligent and polite attention to
the many visitors from every section Of
our land, are services so well appre
ciated by those who know Of them as
to force a statement Of the facts that a
worthy man may be indicated and an
interested community not be misled.
We will not for moment suppose
that these gentlemen would knO Singly
misrepresent any person. We there
fore conclude that the remarks were
made in the warmth of debate without
due reflection, and will hereafter be
willing to accord to this keeper due
credit for services rendered. II.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25
a MoIhfn "ENceisiOr.

To The Editor Of the Dispqtck:
have read the good-tempered and
sensible article Of " Excelsior" in the
Dispatch Of Tuesday with care, and
desire TO correct very briefly two errors
into which he has fallen.
LIST. lie says lawyers aud doctors are
opposed to " high wages Of labOrins-
men," This is the first intimatiOn
have seen of any such objection, and |
have read carefully perhaps every arti-
Gle appearing in the Dispatch and Stat
upon this question. The doctors GER
tainly suffer greatly by low wages Of
the workingmen. A man who gets low
wages has nothing to pay doctors bills.
The second mistake is that 4" Excel
sior" seems to mistake the meaning Of
the word " boycott" 1t is not simply
for one trade or profession to prescribe
a "rat" or kicking member, but it
means that be should demand that
EVERYBODY ELSE should Join him
in this prescription. Here is wide
difference that cannot be bridged by
either reason or justice. Yours,
A, b. c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25

ell pass At once into circulation u the
Government would quit boarding thems
To keep hundreds Of millions OF dol
lars, silver, gold, and paper, lying in
the Treasury and absolutely refuse to
appropriate the money to any purpose
whatever, or to allow the Secretary to
use 1t IN paying the public debt, and
then to say that the people "won't
have" that part Of the money which
consists Of silver, is to talk worse than
nonsense. Let Congress require the
Secretary to allow no surplus to lie in
the Treasury, and to use every dollar
not otherwise appropriated in paying of
the national debt, and there will never
afterwards be "daddy dollars" nor
any other sort Of money in the Treasu-
ry of which it can be said that "the
public won't have it,"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25
A "Grand Scheme


The National Republican, after seve-
raj unsuccessful attempts, has at last
succeeded in working itself up into a
frst-class frenzy over the Carollton
(siississippD affair. Its voice is for
war and much of it. Hear it
We should insult the manhood OF
the great, free, generous. magnanimous
North and West were we to suppose it
possible for q minority to continue to
rule this country through force and
fraud without evokipg, as a last sad
resort, that protest which takes the
shape of lead, iron, and STEEL"
One would think that in these piping
times of peace paper would find it
hard to get off anything more ridiculous
than the above. Not so. The Repub-
hcan is equal to the most exacting de-
mands of the public for something to
laugh at. Having spilled buckets Of
blood on paper, it goes of on this tack !:
"To avert the ruin that threatens
our Government we propose to transfer
the suppressed vote to States where it
will be counted. To promote peace on
earth and good will to men we propose
a grand scheme Of emigration, saga
ciously devised and wisely managed,
by which the colored inhabitants Of
such an infamous State as Mississippi
shall be transferred to places Of
safety-to States where they can enjoy
all the rights Of men,"
A grand scheme indeed. A grand
scheme to make the negroes the slaves
Of the Republican party in the weak
Republican States in the North, now
that they are beginning to emancipate
themselves from the bondage in which
they have been held by the Republ-
cans in the South. But we do not
think that this or even the next genera
ton will see it cOnsummated. What
ever the Republican politicians OF the
North may desire, the northern white
laborers' love for the negro is in the
ratio of their distance from him.
An attempt to put into practical opera
ton the Republicans grand scheme "
would bring about "a monkey and a
parrot time" in the North such as this
country has never yet seen. Bad as is
the Carrollton affair, it is nothing to
what would be enacted wherever it
was attempted to Africanize northern
community. We imagine the northern
and western white laborers would show
their affection for the negro in almost as
emphatic manner as they have shown
it for the almond. eyed Celestial.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25

sustain him, and therefore they, too
are our enemies; and the patrons
of the patrons of A are the friends
of the friends Of our enemy
and doing what they can to sus-
tain them, and therefore to sustain
A, and. therefore, they are our enemies
also. Now, what it is right for com
binaticn Of men to do it is right for a
single man to do in his individual
capacity. If, then. j discard my doctor
because he 4" does not grant me what |
construe to be my just rights" If my
grocer, who has no such complaint t.
make for himself, does not discard him
also then / discard my grocer and
anybody else who continues to pstronize
either doctor or grocer. If a certain firm
refuses to accede to the demands OF a
labor organization, then, no matter how
that firm "may construe their just
rights" it is boycotted and then, no
matter how (" may construe my just
rights no matter how fairly and justly
that firm may have always dealt with
me-if do not, so far as my patronage
goes. unite in breaking down that firm
and reducing them to submission or
ruin | am to be boycotted myself.
Isn't that the sum Of the whole matter !:
FAIR PLAY.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25
XNhy2

We are not at all hide-bound on the
subject Of silver, but read as many
speeches and pamphlets and newspaper
articles advocating a gold standard Of
yaluesas weread on the others side. But
We cannot help seeing the unfairness, not
to say untruthfulness, Of the statement
SO often made that the people won't
: have" silver dollars. The proof Of
fersd consists in the fact that there are
so many millions Of silver dollars lock-
ed up in the United States Treasury.
Mr.. WARNER made the true state of
the case clear LAST Saturday when he
said that II Congress would appropriate
the money II would soon get out Of the
Treasury; or il the President would
pay of . hundred or two millions Of
the public debt, every dollar in the
Treasury would at once enter into the
general circulation. Is there any proof
Il this ayernent needed Does not
everybody know that the silver dollars
md IL gold dollars ard the silver GER
|iGcates and IL gold certificates, would
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25
ihe Queens Finger and the Rub,
Ring.
IGreville sIemolrs.l


At the coronation of Queen Victoria
a curious incident occurred in the mid.
die Of the solemnity: :" The ruby ring
had been made for her little finger 10.
stead Of the fourth, on which the rubrics
prescribes that it should be put. When
The Archbishop was about to put it on
she extended the former, but he said it
must be on the latter. She said il was
too small, and she could not get it on.
He said it was right to put it there. and
as he insisted she yielded, but had first
TO take of her other rings, and then
this was forced on, but it hurt her very
much, and as soon as the ceremony was
over she was obliged to battle her finger
in iced water in order to get it off,"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25
planted by the restrictive lssislation Of
the Keran.

planted by the restrictive lsgislation Of
the Keran. :.
We submit the foregoing official
"factsn in refutstion OF the hearsay
testimony Of the locsl-option theorists.
and we especially invite the attention OF
the businessmen to the reports oil the
Internal.Revenue Department, because
in the Dispatch of the 2lst instant Rev.
John Pollard, by san adroit policy,
makes "a grave reflection upon both
the virtue and intelligence OF our BUSH
ness.men.m To their intelligence is sub.
mitted the question Shall local option
be adopted, with all its consequential
losses. such as the closing Of stores
which cannot be supported If denied the
privilege of retailing liquors, the forcing
Of our legitimate trade to Baltimore
and other commercial marts. the con-
fiscation Of the orchards and vineyards
Of the State, the inevitable depreciation
Of property now used by liquor-deal-
ers, and the exile of hundreds of our
-uost substantial citizens? XXX.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25
1OycOtttng.

To the Editor Of the Dispatch
In the article signed Excelsior in
the Dispatch Of March 23d occurs the
following passage q" After having been
boycotted by our employers by refusing
to grant US what we construe to be our
just rights, we claim the privilege of
Withdrawing our patronage from them
and their patrons and nothing more.
Certainly a man cannot be expected to
spend his money with those who show
their want of friendship for him by
patronizing his enemies" This seems
to me to concede the whole ground
taken by those who are opposed to boy
cotting. 1t means, if understand il,
that il A is boycottsd we will with
draw our patronage from A aud from
oil who patronizs A, and, as sup
pose, from al who patronizs the patrons
Of A. Because A is our enemy, the
patrons Of A are the friends Of our
enemy, and are doing what they can to
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25

The wife of Congressman Morrison
watches the course Of public affairs day
by day, studies the tariff and silver
questions, and is as fully posted as her
husband on revenue matters. \ year
or two ago she is said to have asked a
friend to lend her a certain work on the
tariff. lie complied with her request,
thinking it had it's source in feminine
caprice and that she would never read
one-half Of the volumes. To his sur
prise he found notes from and illusions
to the work all through the next tariff
speech Of Mr.. Morrison.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25

"Mr. LABoUCHERE, editor Of Truth
london), says that he has frequently
listened to debates in the United States
Senate, and that it seemed to him the
most practical and intelligent assembly
in the world" LABoUCHERE is a
much older man than we had thought.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25
Our Butter.

RICHMOND, VA, March %, 1886.
To the Editor Of The Dispatch:
1t has been my privilege as constant
reader Of your paper to peruse several
articles in relation to the manufacture
and sale Of artificial buffers, in con-
nection with which | desire to thro "
out suggestion to some of our coun-
try COUSINS As the art of mixing
with them seems to be empirical, they
produce very poor mixture, and il
they desire to attain fair reputation
and obtain good prices for their pro-
ducts it is very necessary that they i'm
prove the art of mixing or discontinue
it altogether and give US " straight
goods" A large percentage of our
mountain rolls" and other grades so
much sought by our city denizens,
which come to us directly from the
rural districts, are nothing but mechani-
cal compounds Of hogs fat, tallow, and
other qualities of inferior grease.
JUSTICE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25

Emperor William, at sighty.nine,
rises every morning at 1880 and dresses
At once for the day, disdaiuing to use
either dressing-govn or slippers. His
face is shrunken and be daily becomes
weaker, but he sticks to bis work with
something like bic youthful vigor,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25

"A New York journal is under the
impression that ANANIAs was a pas
sepger on the steamer Oregon" Since
we come to think Of it, ELI PERKINS
was in Europe short time ago.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25

The name of JAEHNE. the New
York alderman who is in Jail for taking
a bride, is pronounced " Yayneh. "
Paradoxical as it may seem, however,
he is far from being yea-nay rascal.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25

How you been, Brudder Ben? "
"Me; Lor, sister Charity, ] been poorly
sufe's you horned, ] is wild the rhsu-
mats . creeping al about Same o. .
tame enaks.' Chile, buy : bottle
dem Salvation Oil. Dsy cure sartio,
en- only costs : quartAs,' =
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25

"Several comets will be visible to
the naked eye this summer" The
skating.rink craze is always at its
height in summer.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25
ELAIR,S CNLORAL TuYMOL

,s userul 20 doctor and patient. Whel a.
used n the apartment - dislufects "a
teudants As we'll as the SICK. u ma p.
every Instance M which u mas been us, ..
this city 10 has prevented tnespfeNd oi coz
;agiOus disease, especially diphiLcra
scarlei- fever, beyond the slch roOlL
II is the most agreeable. innocent AM -
iectlve destroyer ~ bad doors and !4s.as'
germs yet offered 10 the public "a ma
cured whoOping-cougu IN rama 2nf
mort tine.
For GALE by druggists. Price, SO cents ,
bottle 70
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25
hnSSE,IENTS.
Observation-Disclosures

DROAD'STREET CHURCHTUURS.
ID DAY, MARCH 25th. al : =. w., CON
CERT AID LECrU RE Programme i
Iucit. We WoI>nip Ihee. Mrs. knowles and
SIR. May: .. solo. tenor, Come Unto Ne.
Mr. F. ". cunningham; 3. solo soprano
Mn soul TO God. Mrs. scott Mci;ae; 4. Leo
turc. subject: It's English You Know. Rev
". J.. Evans. Part Seconds. solo. tenor.
Nearer Ny God TO Thee, Mr.. Moses May: q.
SOLO contralto, selected Mrs. J. h. Knowles /;
7. solo. tenor selected, SIR. +. ". Cunning
ham. Admission. IS cents Refreshments
IN lectuIe-ro0m after concert. NH 2i-2t
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25

Mr.. JOHN j. MORAN has no doubt
learned ere now that we published
several days ago the letter which he
sent to US on the 23d instant.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25
DEATHS.

MOILOY.-Died. Wedn esday March 2tth,
at 4 Z. NJ, ANNIE MAY, infant daughter
OF John X. and sophia MOlloy aged TWEEN.
ty-seVen days.
ne is not dead. but sleepeth."
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25
NEE Tfs(sS.

MASONIC MOTTO E.-THE "a
vi members 81 DOVE LODGE. No. AN
81. \. +. and a. W.. will attend called
communication of their Lodge at the lods'-
room, 81. Adams Hall corner Main and
Third streets. on THIS (Thursdayl ~ T..
MING, March 2Jth. AT o'clock, for work.
Members Of sister lodges and transient
brethren frateinally invited.
BY order OF the W. ~
BEN. T. AUGUST.
NH 25-lt secretary.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25

ssy~ DIR. GEORGE COOPER WILL
preach at the Fourth. Street BAPTIST mis-
scn THIS EVENING at o'clock.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-25
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