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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-09
AUGUST SPIES,
The Anarchist Leader of Chicago.


The terrible responsibility of being
the local leader of the Chicago An
archists, the murderers OF members Of
the police force Of that city, is carried
by August Spies, now in custody.
This man was born at Cassel, Ger
many, and is now about thirty-two years
Of age. lie went to Chicago when he was
seventeen, and learned the trade Of sad
dle-maker, but threw up this occupation
after two years and went on tramp
through the West and South. In 1875
be returned to Chicago, where the So
cialistic party was very strong at that
time. lie became a convert to their
ideas, and soon was among the leaders.
AS an agitator it was easy for him to
obtain employment in the Office Of the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-09
DAvITT WITH GLADATONE.
CbamberIain's Proposals Not Accepta.
bic 10 the Nationalist.

LONDON, May 7.-Michael Davitt
has written letter TO the Duty News
in which he says that the difference be.
tween Mr.. Chamberlain and Mr.. Glad
stone being irreconcilable, the pro-
posals Of the latter are accepta-
BILE to lrishmen, while those of
the former are not acceptable. II
Mr.. Chamberlain's proposals prevail
the struggle will continue to intensity.
If Irish representatives sit at West
minister there will be constant friction.
Of the two evils, paying tribute and
sitting at Westminster, it is better to
choose the former, which is the lesser
evil. BY stroke of genius, inspired
by the Angel of Peace, Mr.. Gladstone
has recognized the Irish national idea,
and it is to be sincerely hoped that he
will not give way to Mr. Chamberlain.
THE LAND ELL WILL BE PASSED.
The Standard says: The Govern
ment is making strenuous endeayors to
induce the opposing Liberals not to
vote on the Irish measures. 1t has
finally been decided to proceed with the
and-purchase bill despite the oppOsi-
ton TO the measure. If the bill is re-
jtc ed by small majority Mr.. Glad
stone will advise the immediate disso-
luton Of Parliament" The Daily
News renews its argument in favor
Of the land-purchase bill on the
ground that last years land act
authorized British credit of
100000 for the purpose of buying
estates for small holders, and contained
a provision that the act should be re-
newed when required. Therefore, con-
tinues the News, that e5,000,000 was
only an instalment. Ridiculous opposi-
ton was then unthought Of, though the
security for the payment was inferior to
that Of Mr.. Gladstone's present proposal,
which provides an ample guarantee for
the whole of the money, instead of
for only one fifth, as previously. The
Radicals appear to shy at an empty diff
ference. The former act proposed to
relieve tenants ; the present bill pro-
poses to relieve landlords. Land legis-
lation has previously failed from lack
of vigor and resolution. If grappled
with firmly all difficulty will disappear.
In the House Of Commons last night
Mr.. Chamberlain gave notice that he
would move the rejection OF the land
1nrchase bill.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-09

|, IL The place, and IN intoxicated man
would be an unusual sight.
Tho spirit Of improvement Ia evident
here from the new buildings going up
and additions To others. There arc no
vacant houses In the place and the
population Is steadily increasing.
From the last report Of the bank here
it Is in prosperous condition. 1t
commenced business ak months ago.
The wheat fields around here are
luxuriant and promise an abundant
yield.
The climate here is sslubrious and
the locality proverbial for heslthful-
ness, attributable to the splendid
heslth-preserving inineral-water Of this
place.
The recently-sppointed postmaster,
Mr.. Joseph G. Bacon, will assume his
duties this week. This is money
order Office and the bond required is
sl2,0
The new Judge Of this county has
been investigating the bonds Of the
county officials, and, finding the secu-
,ity on many inadequate, be has given
ten days notice to give additional secu-
rity. The Judge does not take bonds.
man at what he thinks himself worth,
but he judicially weighs his financial
condition and places his own value
upon his property. When he gets
through with them the bonds will be
gilt-edged.
The Atlantic and Danville railroad,
now in process Of construction, will
pass through this county from east to
west, and the businessmen here think
it will come by this place, as the to-
biography of the country naturally in-
dicates this as the cheapest and most
practicable route from Lawrenceville,
TO which point it has been surveyed.
The elevation Of this town is such
that water running OH one side of Main
street flows east TO the Roanoke, and
on the other south TO tho Stanton
river, and very near here it runs north
to the MeheIIin.
There is no probability that a vote
will be taken in this county on the
local-option question. The overwhelm-
ing defeat Of the prohibitionists in the
cities seems to have stopped, at least
for the present, the agitation Of the
question in the country. 1. d.. j.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-09
Some Hitherto Unwrttieu History.


The following story comes from a
school in the Midlands. The master
told the boys of the third class to write
q short essay on Columbus. The fol-
lowing was sent up by ambitious essay
list Columbus was man who could
make an egg stand on end without
breaking it. The King Of Spain said
to Columbus, Canyon discover Ameri-
cap Yes said Columbus, if you
will give me ship So be had a ship,
and sailed over tho sea in the direction
where be thought America ought to
be found. The sailors quarrelled, and
after many days the pilot came to him
and said Columbus, | see land
Then that is America said Columbus.
When the ship got near the land was
full Of black men. Columbus said ;
is this American yes, it is said
they. Then he said | suppose you
are the niggerss' Yes they said, We
are.' The chief said: l suppose you
are Columbus?' you are right, said
he. Then the chief turned to his men
and said There is no help for it; we
are discovered at last"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-09
AmANDALAY MONASTERY.
a Remark able Religious Edifiee fn
the Bnrmese Capital.
lBoybay Gazette.l

There are two great religious edifces
in Mandalay which it is the duty, as
it is the pleasure Of the traveller, to
see. The city, like all Burmah, teens
with pagodas and temples. Every hill
top, every plain, every grove Of trees,
every garden, has its graceful build
ing in white or gold, giving evidence Of
the piety and of the layishness Of their
innumerable founders. The amount Of
money thus expended during centuries,
and now still lavished year by year and
month by month, is past the counting
Of all the clerks in the Bank OF England.
The roads, the palaces, the fortitica-
tiops, the aaueducts, that might have
been built with all this brick and NOR
tar, to say nothing Of the stucco or the
gold leaf, sometimes an inch thick
A chance fire burnt down the
great pageda, and the gold
melted from its immense sur
face is said 10 have been worth sixty
five iakhsl II was replaced by Thee
baw, and more gold added. This enor-
nous waste of the national resources
perseyered in through generations, may
account for the manifest poverty Of the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-09

population, which lives for the most
part in hAbitations Of wicksr-work.
eked out with mating. There Is no
accumulation Of property every family
lives an ephemersl life, those that come
after will live the same.
"The palace in Mandalay is com.
posed Of planks carved and gilt pro.
fusely indeed; but there is not . pucks
wall to give consistence or permanence
to single wing Of 1t. Three or four
miles away the plinth Of Q pagoda was
built by Mindo-min with such an ex-
travsgant waste of solid material that,
even as it stands, it is said to be the
greatest mass Of brick-work in the
world. An notwithstanding else
would sufficient it, and the pageda
was never built on it. But there it
remains. This was only one of the vast
religious structures which marked that
monarch's reign. In Mandalay itself
be erected monastery-the 'Like-of-
wbicb-there-is-not the Incompatible,
which possesses room unquestionably
the finest in all Mandalay. II would
be no great stretch Of fancy to say it is
the first in the world. The building
is composed of q series Of bold ter
races, six in number, rising one above
another, the central one being
the highest. The golden room is car
ried on thirty-six pillars, some Of
which are seventy feet high, the ceiling
reaching its greatest elevation in the
high central terrace, under which is .
colossal figure of Gautama beside q
golden throne. The boldness Of the
general design, the noble proportions Of
the immense hall, and the great height
attained over the throne and the statue
FIJI the mind with surprise and pleas
ure. Pillars, walls, and ceiling are
richly gilt, glass inlsying frightening
the brilliancy.
1.-THE Chief Commissioner has shown
his appreciation of the beautiful in pre-
scribipg the Incompatible as the scene
Of the great ceremony, if circumstances
permit Of its being held. Externally,
the building is vast, but plain in de-
sign and materlal-the walls are white
stucco, and severely plain. But the
mass, batbed in the bright sunlight,
is imposing in its simplicity. Not
far from the Incompatible is
psgoda of great size and
perfect symmetry, covered with gliding,
and rising up among no less than AGA
little cbapels-if such they may be
called-each containing a large tablet
of white marble, on which is inscribed
a portion of the sacred Buddhist books.
Thus the whole of the law is displayed,
cut in marble, to the eyes Of the in
quirer. This pagoda, with its sur
rounding buildings, must have cost from
twelve to fifteen lakhs. 1t bears the
title of the Royal Merit-signiicant of
the conviction INDUCED in by Mindo
Min that in building this great reli-
gious edifce, with its instructive sur
roundipgs, he had earned for himself
the great reward, when the time should
come, to reign among the spirits mot
to die like an ordinary mortaD. lie
would merit nirvina itself, and have
done with the sin and suffering Of ex-
istence. King Theebaw, hear, was
engaged in constructing magnificent
building, to cost twenty-three lakhs, at
some distance from Mandalay-a struc.
ture so vast as to establish his roval
merit beyond all doubt or cavil. But
it will never be finished"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-09
MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
The Tobacco Crop-shase city I'm
proSemeuts-R Railroad Notes.

The Tobacco Crop-shase city I'm
Railroad Notes.
pouwpondence of the Richmond Dispatch
CHASE CITY, VA, May 5, 1886.
Tobacco is the ruling commodity
here. This is the season when large
quantities are daily sold. Notwith'
standing the prevailing low prices every
where farmers find tobacco a certain
money-crop. There is no substitute
for it, and it will always find market.
II will command ready purchaser for
cash when no other produc: will. Over
100000 pounds are annually sold
here.
The merchants here have purchased
large stocks, anticipating a heavy spring
and summer trade. There is no stag.
nation in business here. Large quaint.
ties Of oil kinds Of guano are sold. II
Is estimated that nearly sl00, 900 worth
of guano was sold in this county last
year.
The Templars have fourishipg Or
der here. State-Lecturer w. w. Wood
spoke here TO . large audience this
week, ard infused increased zeal
among the members and caused many
additions. The strict conformity to the
rules Of the order observed by the men,
bers here attest the sincerity Of their
motives. There u only one barroom
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-09
S THEY CANNOT POSSIBLY

"A make a porous plaster having any,
thing like the medicinal qualities OF Ben.
sons. the camp followers OF the pharma-
ceutical profession produce tons OF worth
less plasters. and give them names which
John druggists viii offer you trash yariously
styled "Capsicum," "Capsicin," "Capsi-
cine" or "Capucin" plasters. prefaced
sometimes with the name Benton's' or
"Burton'a" To be sure. they are cheap,
but plain musl In Is cheaper and Just as ELI.
cacious. Ask for Benson's look for the
4" Three Seals trademark and the word
"Capcine." which IL cut In the centre OF the
genuine. my 7-F.SuSTu
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-09
English Prineesses ModestIy Shopping


The daughters Of the Princess OF
Wales had very jolly holiday at
Torqusy. They went shopping by
themselves, and ran into place after
place to make their little purchases
with evident delight at their free
dom. On the second day of their
stay they appeared in fine, buoyant
spirits at q bookstore with q short
stick, which, they explained, was
the length Of their mothers foot,
and they wanted pair Of rubbers,
"goloshes they called them, /" for
mamma" 1t was quite . comical
scene, for the salesman entered into the
spirit Of their fun and tried the stick in
all sizes and conditions OF overshoes
until the young ladies were satisfied.
They had them wrapped up, paid for
them, and walked away with the par.
eel under the arm Of tho youngest OF
the three, for they quite refused to have
their purchases sent" while they
were 1t Torquay.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-09

Christopher W. Bornmann, q we'll
TODD baker Of New Haven, Conn.,,
was divorced from his first wife last
Friday. On Saturday be surprised his
friends by marrying his houseksepsr,
Theresa Bech.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-09
DOUND PARTY
Il OF THE
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR.
commencing
MONDAY, MAY 8, 1886,
and continuing all the week.

All are Invited to visit the Home, No. l6
Haryie street.
There are now In the Home eighty In.
mates.
He that giveth to the poor lendeth to
the Lord"
Places where articles may he left:
Christian q White. e14 Main street.
Mr.. ]. N. Higgins. Franklin aud Seven
teenth streets.
MIR. ID. Columbus. Third and Broad.
MIRA Mittenderf, Eighth and Cary
Mr.. William Rankin. Pine and Gary.
Mr., Mahoney, Eighteenth and Venable.
Mr.. T.. O'Neill, Louisiana street, Rockets.
ap3c.9t'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-09

Two immense Double
Roman with Glorious Races
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
Crude Coal Oil for Stock.

AS an ointment, and curefor many
skin diseases, crude coal oil cannot be
surpassed. 1t is different thing from
kerosene oil, and it's excellence cannot
be too strongly urged. It will kill all
kinds of insects or parasites, being the
best remedy known for scab, manage
and other skin diseases. 1t does not
blister or irritate, is very cheap, and
should be in every farmers hands.
There are several modes of using it.
one of which is to mix it with equal
parts of lard, and another is to mix q
pint Of the crude coal oil with gallon
of milk, applying as wash, keeping
the mixture stirred during the opera
ton. 1t can, in that manner, be used
to great advantage, when the crude
oil may then be applied as lipiment,
it answering admirably for bruises,
cuts, burns and other injuries Wool
Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
Rich Indians.

From the Seattle CIV. To- Post InteIigeneer. ]
Jimmie, a young Neah Bay Indian,
was IN town yesterday to employ a
small tug boat to tow his schooner,
the Lottie, from the Dwamish River
to Seattle. Jimmie's father is the
natural chief of the Neah Bay tribe,
and is worth in cash over $4,000.
Last season Jimmie made up his mind
that he would like to buy q schooner
and go into the seal fishing business
on his own account. The old man
told the son to go ahead and he would
back him. Jimmie went to Port
Townsend and negotiated for the Lot.
tie, agreeing to pay $500 for her.
He reported the matter to his father,
who went out and dug up the neces-
sary money. Jimmie got a white sail
ing master, employed an Indian crew,
and during the sealing season sue
ceeded in catching 700 seals. for which
he received nearly $4,000. When hop
picking commenced Jimmie loaded his
schooner with Indians and sailed with
them to the hop regions. After land
ing them he anchored his schooner in
the Dwamish River. Two or three
large sized sealing schooners are now
owned by the Indians of the Neah Bay
tribe
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
THE EASIEST WAY.
BY RUTH HALL.

Your letter Just came to me Willy,
Ana you find that you don't forget2
You We tried for these months (oh you silly
And are sure that you love me yet?
All those days were sweet, | acknowledge,
In that dear old town by the sea,
When the head ofhis class in college
i TOOK Il fancy to me.
Den say that [ haven't q heart, Will;
| think OF the past with regret;
And though we've so long been apart still
/ too find it hard to forget.
What nonsense I'm writing Ned Carey
Has broken with Lillian Lee.
And be and Ralph Sands-you know Mary
Are devoted to me.
Jack Whitney has come into money;
And SO has Nell Page by the way,
She married old Dale-ain't it funny?
Hes seventy if he's a day.
Her rousseau, Of course came from Paris;
Her bridesmaids were Maggie Mckee,
The Weston girls, Beatrice Harris,
Celia Carter, and me.
Another, they say, in September
Will be the event OF the year.
The groom is young B6yd-you remember
Your trio: Boyd, Billiards. and Beer?
'Tis Grace wed to Gold, says Dame Grundy;
That his gifts are sight to see;
That she tries on her dress on Monday;
That it's ordered by me;
That mines the opinion that's asked for
The flowers, the feast, and the wine;
That my poor little wits are tasked for
The entire performance, in fine.
The happy Girl isn't Grace Greeley,
Nor even my cousin Marie;
They say-you know tongues run so freely
That the bride, too, is me.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
HOlstein Cattle.

Holstein cattle are gradually replac-
ing the Jerseys. They have Deen
known for 500 years in Holstein. I'M
mense quantities OF butter and cheese
are made there for the London mar
ket, and breeding was carried on there
long before it was carried on In Great
Britain. The testimony of many emf
nent men is in favor of the Holstein
breed. The cheese makers of Holland
have COWS giving twenty-eight wine
quarts day. The fattening qualities
of the Holstelns are remarkable.
There is on farm near Gwynedd,
Penn, q COW 5 years of age, weighing
1000 pounds. There are four others,
weighing LAO, 1,175, 1,145 and $50
pounds respectively. AS milk produc-
ers the Holsteins are unequaled. Echo
has record of 18, 12O pounds of milk
in 365 days, and Constance S. gave
eighty-three pounds of milk in one
day, feat which has never been
eqaled. AS butter makers the Hol-
stems rank high. Mercedes won the
challenge cup by scoring ninety nine
pounds nine and one-nalf ounces of
butter in thirty days; Aggie I'd made
twenty-six pounds and seven ounces
in seven days; Lady de Rees, 121
pounds and twelve ounces in thirty
days, an average of four pounds per
day. The Holstein oxen are large,
strong and docile, but l prefer the
Short hornS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
"A Great Surgical Operation.
Iron the Philadelphia Press. ]

From the Philadelphia Press.
Before an audience of 900 students
st Jefferson Medical College and b
number of the most distinguished ply
sicians of this city, Prof. s. W. Gross,
NJ. D., performed oneof the most won
derful operations in surgery, success
fully removing q stone from the kid
ney. The wonderful part of the case
was the great diagnostic ability
shown by the doctor in not only de-
termining the character, but in locat-
ing the disease. The history of the
case is as follows: For four years the
patient, Mr.. Roberts, of this state,
had consulted numerous physicians,
but failed to find relief. In every in
stance the diagnosis has been wrong,
and, of course, the suffering man kept
getting worse. About q week ago he
sought DR.. Gross, professor of surgery
at Jefferson. A careful and minute ex-
animation was made, and the case
proved so interesting that Mr.. Roberts
was asked to come before the class for
further diagnosis. Last Saturday,
therefore, DR.. Gross declared the man
to be suffering from stone in the kid
ney Then the location and kind of
stone were stated by the learned ply
stefan.
Wednesday was then set for the re-
moval OF the substance. Hardly ever
before had so large crowd OF students
or such distinguished number of ply
sicians and surgeons gathered IN the
amphitheater of the hospital. DR..
Gross was assisted In the delicate and
difficult operation by DIR. John Brin-
ton, who shares the chair of surgery
at Jefferson, and by DIR. Orville Hor-
WITT, demonstrates of anatomy and
chief of the surgical clinic. About 1
O'Clock the patient was brought into
the arena, and, after few brief re.
marks by DR.. Gross, the operation
was begun. The incision was made
under the border of the twelfth rib,
and then through the recter spini
masse and quaerator lumborum
muscles. The capsula of kidney was
then opened, and a long probe being
passed through the opening, the stone
was detected in the exact part of the
kidney named by DR.. Gross In his
diagnosis of the case. The knife was
then passed further, the pelves of the
kidney was opened and the stone was
removed. Thus the first operation
of the kind ever known was successful
ly performed. From the bottom of
the wound q drainage tube was placed
and the dressing was antiseptic, as the
whole operation had been. The
patient up to an early hour this morn
ing, was doing very we'll and will re-
cover In short time.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03

small ones. In anything like fair
crop, the grower will be able to secure
all the seed needed. By choosing them
when digging, one can make much
better selection than after they are
piled up for storing away. It is not
well for potatoes of any kind to re-
main out in the sun any considerable
time, but they should be dried thor
oughly before storing away in large
quantities. The best plan is to store
the seed potatoes by themselves, tax
ing all necessary care. The effects of
selecting the very best for seed may
not be SO apparent the first year, but
gradually the Improvement will be-
come apparent if, the careful selection
is steadily kept up,-N. J. Shepherd,
in Prairie Farmer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
Pure Water tor Cattle.

In many parts CT the prairie states
springs OF pure water arerare. Instead
of g. little running brook of clear water
on almost every farm, as is the case
where springs abound, the surface
water is carried Off through depres-
sions, called sloughs During those
portions of the year in which heavy
rains are frequent, the water flows
in these sloughs, but during the hot
months OF summer and autumn, they
are mostly dry, except in the lower
spots, where the water seems to ooze
from the ground in sufficient quantity
to maintain q dirty, semi-stagnant
pool. Such water is wholly unfit for
live stock, and especially for mich
COWS. Yet we have seen large pastures
in Iowa, and other western states,
where such was the only supply for
drinking water for mich COWS or other
cattle, during the year. 1t is less OBJ
iectionaole during the cool spring
months, while water is flowing, but
such water in summer and autumn is
q prolific source of disease. On every
farm that is not provided with clear,
running water every day in the year,
a we'll is a necessity, not only as q
matter of humanity, but also of dol
lars and cents. Though slough wa Ter
might appear to be clear in August, it
would scarcely need scientific ANALYSIS
to prove that it is filled with disease
germs. It is we'll known fact that
any faint in the water of q nilch COW
is communicated to the milk, and
thence it is introduced into thesystem
of the consumer.