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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13
A Grand Flop" Act.

The organs owe . debt Of gratitude
to the st. Louis Globe. Democrat, and
should raise fund to build monu-
tnent to the genius on that paper who
pointed the way by which they could
effect . change of base in respect Of the
Montgomery episode" Most Of them
went up like rockets when the news Of
Mr.. DAvIs's reception in Montgomery
was received, but, upon surveying the
situation from the high level to which
premature explosion had projected
them, began to look about for
means Of avoiding the ungraceful
movement involved in coming down like
sticks. In this extremity the happy
thought of doing the " immigration and
capital flop" struck the genius Of the
Globe Democrat, and with as much grace
as WAS possible under the circum-
stances be acted upon it. True, his
manGuvres reminded US very much Of
the antics Of . tumbler pigeon, but any
thing was better than the "dull thud"
of . dead drop and the majority Of the
organs were not slow to catch the trick.
As consequence, with the exception Of
. few SUPERFICIAL editors, who want the
South to eat dirt-a thing the South will
never do--our Republican friends are
now ringing the changes upon the al
legged fact that the incidents connected
with the reception Of Mr.. DAVIS in
Montgomery and other southern cities
including, we suppose, the wearing of
Confederate flags by correspondents of
rabid Republican journals-will pre-
vent capital and immigration from
coming into the South. AS we re-
marked . few days ago, in com.
menting upon the article in the St.
Louis Globe-Denlocrat, which set the
course Of its Republican contemporaries
in this matter, what . complete and,
in one sense, ridiculous "cave.in."
What IN idle and absurd threat. The
fact Is that this very change Of base Is
calculated to attract capital and immi.
grafton to the South, seeing that
nearly al Of the journals that have
made it have apparently taken particu-
lar pains TO advertise the great ad-
vantsges the South offers to CAPT
tel and . good class Of inn
migrants. TIE |" immigration and
capital flop" may ease the con-
sciences Of the organs but it is safe to
say that IL there is anything to be made
out Of It II viii be made by the South,
and not by the Republican PARTY. Now
that good government in the South is
IN accomplished fact, 1t will never keep
out Of tho South any man whom It
would b desirable to have IS citizen.
\ In short, IL the logic Of the organs has
ths effect 1t is reasonable to suppose 1t
will have, il will be question whether
the South should not contribute to the
monument fund we have alluded to.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13
RED MEN.
Meeting OF the Grand Council In
Norfolk.

Meeting OF the Grand Council In
Norfolk.
correspondence oftbe Richmond DispatchI
NORFOLK, May IL, 1886.
The Great Council of the Improved
Order OF Red Men of Virginia COM
menced the fortieth annual session here
this morning at Q o'clock in Heptaso-
phian Hall, with a full quorum pre-.
sent. The attendance was very fair
from all parts Of the State.
: The following great officers were pre-
sent: Great Sschem, G. S. Wells, Of
Manchester; Great Senior Sycamore,
j. l.. Belote, of Norfolk ; Great Junior
Sycamore, j. Z. Hill, of Richmond
Great Prophet, j. G. Balm, Of Ports
mouth; Great Chief Of Records, j. P.
Riley, of Winchester ; Great Keeper Of
wampum, J. A. Toby, Of Manchester !;
Great Senap, W. p. Rockecharlie, of
Lynchburg Great Nushinewa, w. f.
Epps, of Richmond; Great Guard Of
Wigwam, George E. Scott, Of Peters
burg; Great Guard Of Forest, IL. @.
Smith, of Norfolk; Representatives to
Great Council of the United States, E.
NJ. Solomon, of Norfolk, and III. L. Car
ter, of Richmond.
The report of the Committee on Gre
dentials was received and members and
representatives Admitted.
The annual report Of Great Represen-
tative was received and referred. The
report shows the condition of the order
in the United States.
The report of the Great Sachem,
giving in detail his work during the
year and the condition of the order in
the State, and reports of other great
officers were referred to special COM
mittee.
The rolls Of the various tribes were
called and considerable business was
presented and referred to appropriate
committees.
After accepting various invitations
from the tribes of this section, the Great
Council adjourned to tomorrow morn
ing at Q O'Clock.
At 2 O'Clock the Great Council left
on a special steamer for an excursion to
Old Point and the Capes. Tonight the
visitors will be entertained by the Rid
Men of Norfolk at the lodge.room.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13
DOWN BY THE SEA.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED IN NORFOLK
AND PORTSMOUTH.
Suit Against the City Of Portsnouth-A
Big Bargs-A Distressed
schooner.

lCorrespondence ofthe Richmond Dispatch
NORFOLK, May IL, 1886.
The City Council Of Portsmouth has
received notice of . suit for sl00 900
damages brought against the city by
two colored Baptist preachers Of Blltl.
more under tho civil-rights act for sl-
legged i'll treatment on the ferry-boats
here last summer. The preachers forced
themselves in the cabins Of the white
people and were elected by the ferry
hands.
Another large sea-going barge, carry
ing q train Of twenty-five cars, arrived
here yesterday for the Cape Charles
route to New York.
The United States revenue cutter
Alexander Hamilton towed into port
last evening the distressed schooner
Hope Haynes, found outside Cape
Henry in an almost sinking condition,
and the crew exhausted from long ex-
ertion at the pumps. The schooner is
loaded with lumber and bound from
Jacksonville to New York.
The City Council is debating reso-
luton to make eight hours dsy'slabor
for all city employees. All the en-
ployees of the city Of Portsmouth have
had the benefit of the eight-hour system
for more than ten years past.
Suit has been entered in judge
Hughes's United States Court in the
name of the Mercantile Trust Compa-
ny of New York against The Ports
mouth Water Company for a FORE
closure of the mortgage on the works
on the ground that the Water Com
pany is bankrupt. Order was en-
tered directing the United States Mae
shall to take charge Of the effects Of the
company.
The grand jury here is moving
against the Dismal Swamp Lottery
Company with view Of again testing
the validity Of its operations. G.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13

The Philadelphia Neps having ex.
prsssed the belief that Colonel
FRANK A. BURR and Major FRED. d.
MUssEY, the well-known Repub-
lican newspaper correspondents, were
under the influence Of Georgian
high-wines when they masqueraded Is
Confederates during the DAVIS demon.
strations," the Atlanta Constitution
says:
"But this is q mistake. Captain
Stoddard, of the Philadelphia Press,
who also wore the Confederate colors
and did some of the most profound
yelling Of the day, will testify that
these gentlemen, as well as himself,
were discreet, cool, and SOBER"
We respectfully submit that the
Constitution demands too much of pub
lie credulity. We did not challenge
its statement about BURR and Mus
sEY, but when it comes to asserting
that o correspondent of the Philadel-
phia Press has been thoroughly recon-
structed we begin to suspect " fish
story"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13

ed on the LIST ultimo, ID 30 far success,
and the display Of meats, vegetables,
fab, &c., would do credit to city Of
larger proportions.
There Is good deal Of building going
on in our city. The Howsrton House,
which was burnt last January, Is nearly
ready for the roof, and Mr.. E. Dider's
fine brick house in course of erection
on the corner Of Salem avenue and JEFF
ferson street Is progressing rapidly.
Mr.. d. @. Moomsw has now large
force Of hands at work tearing down .
large frame building on Salem avenue,
which be will at once replace with .
fine brick building sixty feet front.
The Board Of Trustees OF the Ale
ghany Institute will meet at An early
date to make arrangements for opening
The institution early in the fall, having
purchased the Rorer.Park Hotel pro-
perty for that purpose.
Our mAchine-shops are booming
have a large force Of hands engaged
night and day-and are turning out
great deal Of work.
The health of our city was never
better, and no doubt we will have q
good many health and pleasure-seek-
ers with us this summer.
ROANOKE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13
PETERSBURG.

success OF the Music Festival
Crowds Of vfsitOrs-The Re-
publican Ticket.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch
PETERSBURG, May IL, 1856.
The music festival is an assured sue
cess, not only financially, but in the
merit and excellence of the music, the
artistic and admirable rendition of the
programme, and the magnificent chorus,
whose like has never before been wit
messed in Petersburg, if in Virginia.
Hundreds Of visitors are in the city,
and the Academy of Music does not
furnish comfortable accommodations for
the vast crowd Of people who seek adj
mission. The scene in the Academy last
night was brilliant and beautiful, AID
one that gave honor and eclat to the
occasion. The ladies in the audience,
with few exceptions, appeared in fash.
ionable costume, and the gentlemen
donned their newest and best suits.
The week is to be given up to music,
and nothing but music is discussed in
our homes and on the streets. The
guarantee fund of 100000, raised by
our citizens to provide against any de-
ficiency, will not be called upon, as the
sale of tickets assures a sufficient
amount to meet all demands.
The organ recital to-day drew
crowded audience to the Market
Street Methodist Episcopal church, and
the programme afforded the fullest sat-
isfsction. The organ was handled with
the greatest skill, aud gave forth its
sweetest notes. All the solo singers
rendered numbers to its accompani-
ment.
The Republican Convention met last
night, and, as predicted in the Dispatch,
renominated all of the present incum-
bents for reelection. There is only one
colored man on the ticket-namely, the
candidate for gauger. A colored man
received very complimentary vote in
the convention for Commonwealth
attorney.
The movement in behalf of q non
partisan ticket for municipal officers and
Common Council seems to gain popu-
larity and strength every hour, and it is
now pretty we'll assured that such
ticket will be put in the field within the
next few days.
The ice-house and lot on the poca-
hontas side Of the river lately belong
ing to the jackson Ice and Coal Com.
pany Was sold At auction last evening,
and WAS purchased by Mr.. Hsrm.nn
Schmidt, Of Richmond, for s4,450. Mr..
Schmidt also purchased the stable lot
and buildings for $3.50, and the per-
sonsl property Of the company for
s547. ROBIN ADAIR.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13

"This being the season Of fish stories,
we desire to state that the warden of
the New York penitentiary caught the
largest one of the season. 1t is of the
striped kind, and is known as the JAMES
D." From the greediness with which
JAMES gobbled everything that came in
his way we should say that be was
bog-fish,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13

0f1f1 Tor the xSo1m 81 n
=, ,o.,6 sseson, and don't forget 70 TAKE w,.n
80 Hoststfer's etomech Biusm :, wS
VIII , ,s,,,iifv tie hurtful effects OF water con-
~ w.n..,,,nafed with zinc from the fcc-coolea,
- - atacnsut and brackish; relieve lnaises-
oL ,rroduced by meals OF uncertain wno,e-
snmesess hastily bolted at odd umss = at ss IN
w M1ay..s.s ~ vit,ated or malarfous air ana tho
rnnsh drauqhts. To the travelling pubic
!ouk .d nira lie ssfequard and specific Is ten
dered in q conveBient and agreeable shape:
. :, Sr6inar nv ships Medicine. chest contains
an , ~ comprshepsIye and reliable re me-
IA AZ fact well understood by mariners.
The com rnercisl traveller, tourist. emil
a ar miner and western pioneer, all appre-
ccis se the value OF the Bitter. II cures dys-
persia, costiveness, liver-compiaInt, mana
rini disorders, inactivity Oh tue Kidneys
and is fine nerve tonic.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13
Greece and Turkey.

The most serious development Of the
trouble between Greece aud Turkey is
TIE fact that Russia is secretly support
ins Greece. Should Turkey and Greece
70 to war in earnest II can hardly DO
doubted that Russia's secret encour-
sgsmeot Of the Greeks would soon take
Tie form Of sctivs aid. Not only
4 Russia bound to Greece by ties Of
fFiendship and religion, but when we
consider what has been the goal for
which Russia has been striving for
Jsass Il y plain thst she could not a.
ford to sss Greece 80 down in the
struggle. Its generally couosdsd that
II Turkey and Greece we're left to fight
ont the issue between themselves
thsTs could b but one result Greece
would b. beaten and. unless tho Pow.
" intesisrsd. deprived Of valuable
ltssllory. a glance 1t the map viii
lenonsfzsts Russia's intsrsst not only
!. ~ preservation Of the integrity |
4 Gssees'a pssssut territory, bes
I ~ acquisition BY Greece q
y tIssIkssy ~ sssks = regain ]
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13
EXCURSION SEAS0Nsie|ai
~ OPENED GO<-s<&11ka

EXCURSION SEASONe|sI
THE BEAUTIFUL AND ELEGANT
STEAMER ARIEL
dust renewed and refurnished in every
is now ready for charter to church. mill.
tary, sunday.school. and social societies on
any Of the following VERY ATTRACTIVE
EXCURSION PLANS:
DAY EXCURSIONS.
No. Ito Norfolk. Old Point. Virginia
MONDAY. WEDNESDAY, or FRI
DAY and return next day. Tickets
good for one week.
No. o. To Bermuda. and thence bv Bright
hope railroad TO Ches er and Rich
mond and Petersburg railroad TO
kichmoud. Start any MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY, or FRIDAY, at z
A. NJ. and return about 8 y. NJ.
SANE DAY. Specially adapted for
Snnday'school and other picnic
No. s.-To CITY Point. and thence by ran 20
Petersburg and Richmond Star.
any MONDAY, WEDNESDAY or
FRIDAY; at ? A: n and return
cially adapted for sundly-school
and other pic. ME parties.
NIGHT EXCURSIONS.
No. 4.-The weli.known aud popular
TUESDAY and THUR5D AY
M0ONLIGHTS" to Dutch Gap I'D
return. Vocal and instrums ntal
music dancing. &c.
No. 5.-sATURDAY NIuHr EXCURSION
10 Old Point. Norfolk. &C. Leave
any Saturday night, aud return
Sunday night at O'Clock.
The Ariel can accommodate 1000 pas
sengers
For further particulars apply TO
L., Il. TATuM Superintendent,
aP6 100 east Maia street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13
ITO CONTRACTORS.

Tie undersigned. commissioners apo ui-
ed by the County Court OF Brunswick cOUn-
ty Va, invite PROPOSALS. nth plGh aIiI
ecffc0fi0ns. FOR THE kRECllOS OF a
BRIDGE ACROSS MEHEKRlN RIVER Al
THE WESTWARD MILLS. SAID bridge
will be $50 feet long, with stone abuiment4
and o single span, or of two spans. wiiu
stone pier In the centre. The superstru ctur'
may I've OF wood or n combination Of wood
and iron. The abuiments will be about
twenty-five feet high. and will rest on thr
solid stone foundation which extends across
the river from bank To bank tlni-clsss
stone. easily quauied and IA unlimited
quantity, can be had within few feet of
the site. which offers the greatest adFan-
tages for such work. Contractors ale lu-
viied to examine the locality and make
proposals for the entire work, or Tor me
stone work and supersi nlctuie separately.
The commissioners will receive propoea. b
up TO JUNE l. 1850. at Lawrence, li.r.
Brunswick county. Va, when they $3.50
meet TO act upon sucn bids ~ may be- Of
fered. j. RAVENHCKOtT JONES.
j. W. PALMER.
ROREKf W. HALL,
my s-SaTuSThtJel Commissioners.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13
DEATHS.

BENDIT-Dled. Wednesday. May the
18th, at IL O'Clock, Mn. CAROLINE BEN
DIT, nee SchweitZer.
Her funeral VIII take place from her late
residence, No. 9 north Seventeenth street.
TODAY Thursday the 18th instant. at =
o'clock p. NJ. Friends and acqualntances
are respectfully invited TO attend.
TRIMMER.-Died,a at the Retreat for the
Sick. May IL, 1850. at 1915 =. NJ, LOUISA
", wife OF James III. Trimmer. daughter OF
r. r. and Mary A. HebriDg, In the twenty
ninth year OF Der age.
She leaves husba nd and two children to
n ouIn her loss.
Funeral from ST. Marks church THIS
EVENING (13th) at 8 O'Clock. friends OF
the family invited TO attend without
further notice.
Baltimore and Newark papers please copy.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13

ffcm Turkey. But this d not I'll
that points to the fact that IN case
Of war Rusais would show an armed
band. The derussianixation Of Bull
gsria and the putting Of Eastern Rou-
fnelia under the governorship o. AhEx-
AMBER of Bulgaria were serious
blows to Russian designs upon Con-
stsntinopls. Hostilities having once
begun, it Is hardly possible that Russia
would fail to make an occasion for at
tempting to get even with the Powers.
Not only would she try to regain the
fruits Of the war Of lS77-'7S, which
were taken from her by the Berlin
treaty, and to recover the prestige
she lost by the settlement Of the Rou-
melian question, but it Is more than
probable that she would attempt an
other dash at the Bosphorus. In that
event England would be compelled to
show an armed hand also--which Is
equivalent to saying that the chances
are that before the end came every
European Power would be involved.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13
The University and the Hair niiI.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA,
May 8, 1886. (
IA az Filter nf f1> DienafcI

TO The Editor Of The Dispatch.
Apropos of the note published in late
number Of the Dispatch quoting DR..
Minors opinion adverse to the Blair eda-
cation bill, l will state that petition
to the Senate and House Of Representa-
tiyes asking the passage Of that bill
Was circulated here some time ago, and,
according 70 my recollection, this petit.
iion wss signsd BY every professor OK.
cept Dr.. Minor. PROFESSOR.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13

Whether the three correspondents Of
northern Republican papers who parti-
cipated in the DAVIS reception were
under the influence of Georgian high.
wines or not, it is certain they had
"high old time.''
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13

The Fort Worth Mail says: swell,
did you ever? Will somebody hold US
while We whoop?" No; you don't de-
serve to be held. II you had had any
sense you would have taken the whoop-
ing.cough when you were baby.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13

An exchange says 1t makes no diff
ference to lovers whether the gas is
turned on or off. Neither does it seem
to make any difference to those who
pay the bills"-or those who make
ont the bills.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13
An Advocate of the Blair Bill.

An Advocate Of the Blair Bill.
SANDEDaEs, AMHERST CO., VA, !
May Q. 1886.
To the Editor of the Dispatch
] fail to see how the friends Of the
Blair bill can be comforted in its defeat
from the fact that Professor John b.
Minor was opposed to it. So was Hon.
j. r. Tucker. And still, with such emf
pent enemies to this measure, it does
not naturally follow that it deserved
defeat; for great men err as we'll as all
others, and of late years it seems that
they are en- the wrong side oftener than
otherwise. A large majority of the
people Of Virginia and the South were
in favor Of the Blair bill, and of course
they believed the congressman from
their sections who opposed it were
wrong in so doing, and such fellows
viii find it out in the fall if they wish to
return to Congress or DO made United
States senator's or Governors in the fu-
ture. Professor Minor, in his objec-
tons to the bill, says communities, like
individuals, are always enfeebled By
having done for them what they can
and ought to do for themselves. II this
be true, think the State had better
step her annual appropriation to the
University, for if Virginia is able to re-
move the illiteracy from her population
in her present impoverished condition.
the University, with her reputation
drawing large number Of pay. scholars
every session from all over the coun.
try, can most certainly take care Of her.
sell, and educate as many or more State
students than she now does without
aid from the State. In conclusion, |
will remark that old-fogy ideas will
never educate the masses, and in this
progressive age 1t will not do to quib.
bic over constitutional questions, when
illiteracy abounds to fearful extent al
over the South and one half Of the
Union is appealing TO the National Gov
eminent for help. DEvEREUx.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13
Roanoke Notes.

Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch. ]
ROANOKE, May IL, 1856.
The engineer corps engaged in making
. preliminary survey Of the Roanoke
and Southern railroad are making rapid
progress in their work, and report IA
vorably as to grades, &c.
We Ns enjoying delightful spring
weather DOW, after the refreshing rains
Of last week. Wheat is looking we'll
spd promises good crop.
Our mstket.house, which Wis open.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13
A Valuable Work.

A thorough examination Of RAND
MCNALLy & Co.'s Indexed Atlas of the
World confirms our impression as to
it's value. 1t is the most complete
work of its character we have ever
seen
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13
CORSETS.
THELARGFsT STOCK IN THIS CITY.
We enumerAte some OF the styles that we

We enumerAte some OF the styles that we
keep:
ROSEBUD. BANNER, RELIABLE,
STYLISH, MONOGRAM, \ GEM,
VICTORY. ROMA, BONITA.
PATENT ROMAN, PAULINE.
THOMSON'S YOUNG LADIES'.
HELEN BABY. ROYAL, RATHER,
SILVIA, BAMBOO ARCADIA,
ZEPHYR, COMMON SENSE,
NONPAREIL. MAGNOLIA.
EVERLASTING. BALLS. CORONET,
HER MAJE-TY'S. JOSEPHINE
FATIGUE. SARATOGIAN, BERTHA,
TATISI. JERSEY. NORMA,
DIAMOND, PELICAN,
500. 800. and O0-BONE;
PD. PC. HIP, HS, RG, and Pm;
FERRTS'S ADJUSTABLE NURSING COR
SETS;
THOMPSON'S and WARMER ADJUSTA-
BILE NURSING C0iSEfS:
MADAM MOODY'S. FERRIS'S. THOM-
SONS, aud WARMERS ABDOMINAL
CORsETS
WARMERS CORALfNE. HEALTH, and
FLEXIBLE HIP-CORSETS
THOMSON'S RH, EXTRA-LONG, and
THOMSON'S q CORSETS;
WAISTS and SHOULDER BRACES. at
LEVY q DAVIS'S.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13

A contemporary remarks that "it
is the blue pencil that makes the news
paper" 1t is the blow pencil that
makes some of them.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13
pYs)Pt,s as.
OFFICE or ". H. HIGIfAN ARCHITECT.
Room No. Is ~UAFFEs BUthDINr.
RICHMOND. VA. May o. ls-i.

- IL n L. T. II bl'o ii'b ~ h'-
~ CEiNED al this Office until 4 H. ~. ou
the 18TH LAY or MAY. lssG. To erect am
complete an additional building Ia the ~'i %
Female Normal school al Farmylile. 49,.
as a whole: also. separate bids 90 ip fur
brlcklayer :. carpenters. p.asfertrs. plumb
er's. timers, and painters work al o. Doe
according 10 plans aud specifications 10 Doe
seen AT this Office. anda copy of SAME. WN..t
will be on file at the office Of judge A. d.
Watkins. at FarmVille. Va.
The right is reserved bv Tho BOari nf
Trustees of the above school tore eci any or
all bids. WALTER X. HIGH AL
myll eOdtd Afchitr.'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13

ga Columbus, o., paper rises to re-
mark that there are no Anarchists in
that city," What has become of the
Ohio Legislature
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-13

sit is said that the Chicago Anarch-
lists will not hang together" The
Chicago authorities should remedy that
by hanging them together.