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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-05
Especial Correspondence.l

Coupon Cases in the Circuit Court-Polit-
teal Talk-A southsIde Man TO be Push
ed Forward for Governor.
Especial Correspondence.l
PETERSBURG, Va, December The
Circuit Court of Petersburg will meet to-
morrow. and during its session number
of coupon cases will be called up for
final disposition. While there Is
still some sentiment here against those
who pay their taxes In coupons, the
fact that more than four hun
dred suits have been instituted by the
State Is evidence that the coupon Is
growing in popularity and in general
use. The defendants will be represented
by Major Maury OF Richmond. 1t Is
among the probabilities, however, that
an agreement will be reached by counsel
providing for postponement OF ell the
suits pending a decision by the Court OF
Appeals OF q case In which the same
principles are involved.
POLITICAL TALK.
The political gossip among Democrats
Ia this city all points 10 the fact that .
Southside man will be presented before
the State Convention for he nomination
for Governor. Gentlemen prominent In
the party say that the great gains which
the Democracy have made In this district
give II an importance which 1t has never
before possessed, and since the contest
next year will probably be close one, 1t
is argued that the Southside may expect
more consideration than II has hereto
fore asked. This is the feeling through
out the entire Black Belt. and although
no persons are mentioned In connection
with the honor, there are several as
pfrants whose names may yet be deyel-
oped. II Is highly probable that an or
ganized movement looking 10 concert
of action on the part Of the district De
mocracy will be inaugursted In the early
future.
GOSSIP.
The Petersburg convocatlon of the
Fpiscopal Church will be held I'm few
dsys The pastors of churches in this
citv and in the counties of Dlnwiddie,
Prince George, Surry and Sussex com
prise this body. The Church work In
Petersburg hiss been materially extended
recently by the establishment OF mission
services.
Mr.. r. &. Marks has been elected a
member of the Common Council, sue.
ceeding Mr.. w b. Ncllwaine. who could
not serve on account OF business de
mands.
The silk factory recently established In
this city Is a flne success. Its capacity
will soon be increased, Mr. Steam. the
proprietor, having made arrangements
for substantial addition.
= Social circles are very dull, and the
6rst german Is yet TO be given. The
Petersburg Grsys did indeed enjoy an
entertainment last night, in which dane
Ing was one Of the features. The german
clubs have not organized as yet, how
ever. and society seems to be waiting for
the holiday season,
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TOBACCO DEPARTMENT.
v,s,xRpAy.s nrronr or sALss.
x,sa. =, p,oninent Dealers on the status
Of he Crop The Visible supply In tue
ua,.s,s of the world General Notes.

Sales Of loose tobacco Dec. 4, 1883
shockoe Warehouse, 7'ijo lbs; Creh'
shaw's planters Warehouse. ls,''o lbs. :
No suc,.on sales at the Tobacco Ex'
change 10 day, but there was some p'i'
vaie trading.
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Lemon Hot DrODs

For coughs and colds take Lemon Hot
Or ps.
For sore roat end bronchitis take Lemon
Hot Drops.
For pneumonia and larengetis take Lemon
Hot Drops.
For consumption and cAtarrh take Lem n
II Drops.
For al throat and lung disease take
Lemon Hot Drops.
An elegant aud reliable preparation, %
eats per bottle
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TBRATi

The total uninspected stock on hand
November 3lst, 1897, should have been
IN Yesterdays issue, 5,249 hogsheads, 100
there's. and for same date 1856, 6,22l
bogsheads ami 90 tierces.
Loose receipts were as follows
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-05
a NEW WAREHOUSE

Mr.. T c Williams will build al once
for Messrs. Darlington & Co, a new to-
bacco warehouse on Seventh near Canal
next his factory No. 9. The old ALE
ghany warehouse has been sold 10 the
Richmond & Allegheny Railroad, and the
company will use 1t by January 18th
next. This will necessitate the storing
of about 600 hogsheads OF tobacco I'M.
Ill next March, by which time the new
warehouse Is 10 be completed. Ii will be
two stories high. with a capacity of 1900
TO $500 hogsheads We need but say the
conduct Of former warehouses under
Messrs Darlington & Co. have been sue.
cessful and satisfactory to their patrons
We cannot too highly commend the spirit
OF Mr. Williams la al once seeing aud
flling this need OF the trade. This Is the
sort of help that builds up the city and
its reputation.
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Mr.. l.. B. Vaughan, of Vaughan &
Sarvay, saws "0wiug TO the low prices
receipts Of loose tobacco will be very
small until after Christmas. The quality
OF the loose tobacco offered up 10 this
time has been very poor and common"
Mr.. II. c. Thomas of Goochland
county says I'VE have right smart
loose tobacco to send to Richmond. ]
believe that mine is the first that has
come In from my neighborhod. Our to
bacco Is from the last cuttings and Is
frosted. don't think any good tobacco
will come In before Christmas think
we will hold 1t back for better prices.
a he tobacco In my section Is consider
ably damaged by rain, is weather beaten
and q heap Of 1t was out late and is
frosted"
F.A. Kuper, who Is an intelligent and
reliable gentleman, is now and has been
for wears connected with Crenshaw's
Planters warehouse, says II have re-
Gently Visited all the tobacco counties
living on the north side OF the river and
found that In some sections they had
grown about so PEI cent. more than they
did last year. Some OF the tobacco
which was planted early was very much
damaged by rains In September. and the
norton left 10 be mstured by the early
dews was caught and injured BY the
frosls.
Stock OF tobacco on thls market de-
creased during the month OF November
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RAILROAD STOCKS.
Grain and Cotton Market.

RICHMOND, VA, December A.
OFFERINGS REPORTED 10 SECRETARY.
Wheat IS, 500 bushels.
Corn -662 bushels.
Oats .-8, l40 bushels.
Rye. -i2 bushels.
Peas. Ia bushels.
Mill Oital .-15 tons.
SALES REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
Wheat. 10 bushels very good
at Ito; 600 bushels good at l.O7 1873 bush.
els fair .O6. Mixed. COO bushels good at
Los. GOO bushels fair at l.02. Shortberry, -
bushels for seed at Ill; IA bushels very
good at 100; Ii bushels good at l.O7; go
bushels good at 05i. Total sales OF wheat,
2,65S bushels.
Corn. White, 252 bushels very good new
at SOC; 90 bushels good new on priya'e
terms; 100 bushels damp at 47c. Total sales
of corn, 442 bushels.
Oats. Spring, 40 bushels very good at
Gle
Rye. .--lS bushels very good at Coo.
COTTON REPORT.
Market firm.
Quotations -Middling. DC; low mid
ding, 9sc.; good ordinary. SIC.
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There was some trading to-day in good
old sun.cured tobacoos.
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PERSONAL.

Mr.. William II. Walker, Of Henderson
n. c., was reported much better yester-
day, with good hopes Of speedy re-
covery from his severe attack of fever.
Mr.. Albert VanGroening, our former
fellow student in Germany, and son OF de
ceased Consular reggie buyer Daniel
VonGroening, Is on a visit TO this. his
native city, al 1918 Pleasant street.
Mr.. NJ T. Hutcheson has leased Shock
oe warehouses, but while running Daven
ports warehouse he will have TO vacate
Planters and Merchants, which meat
firm has rented Thus our warehouse
capacity will not be smaller, but trans
ferTed 10 better quarters.
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RAILROAD boEDs.
Richmond Stock Market.
RICHMOND, Va, December 4.

Reported by John l.. Williams & Son,
bankers AMI brokers. I'LL Main street
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Stock OF tobacco on this market de'
creased during the month OF November
2,019 hogsbeads.
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Coupon Cases in the Circuit Court-Poiit-
teal Taik--A southslde Man TO be Push
ed Forward for Governor.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-11-09
Bungling Chemists.

An item from Ithaca, N. Y, has recent
~ appeared in the daily press to the fol-
lowing effect:
'In the course of conversation at Cor.
Dell University Saturday, Oct. Is. Ed
ward Atkinson, the Boston economist.
stated that New England genius has re-
Gently discovered cheap method o: dis
solving zinc by combining it with hydro
gen and producing solution called zinc
water. This liquid, if applied to certain
woo's, notably whitewood, makes it ab-
solutely fre-proof, q. q low cost. Mr. At:
kinson regards this discovery one of the
most important of the age; aud one that
will surely reyolutionjze FIRE insurance, as
well as immensely decrease the loss by
fire. The invention is kept secret for the
present. Only one foreigner-Sir Lyon
Playfair, the Eoglish Scientist-knows of
it. He corroborates all that is claimed
for the invention, and says that the inven-
tor is bungling chemist, but that he has
faculty of blundering into the choicest
secrets in Natures laboratory. AS soon
as patents are perfected and capital inter
ested, zinc water will become an article
of commerce.
If this is true, the above discovery
would confer great beneft-the protec.
tion of wood from fire. Independent OF
this, the remarks about bungling chem
ist blundering into Natures choicest se.
crets are worthy of notice. The chemist
who possesses this faculty may we'll af-
ford to be called bungling. The great
discoveries of experimental philosophers
were not deduetive-inductive work or
feeling in the dark has developed the nat.
ural sciences; and the investigators OF
Natures laws in the atomic realm. the do.
main of chemistry, have not yet passed
the blundering stage. When the deduc,
tive methods that led TO the failures of old
can safely be INDUCED in, then only Can
the chemist give mp laundering into dis.
coveries. AT present such is his dearest
hone ...
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-11-09
Literal Rendering Of a Promise.

a weli-meaning old fellow was Jacob
Thompson Of Eaton, N. II. but so forget.
full was he that his best intentions often
came to naught. He was indebted TO DR..
German 10 the sum of twenty dollars for
services rendered, and as the doctor, 10
making out his bill, bad been very lenient.
be felt that the amount ought 10 be paid
Aad 50 Jacob said it should be-he had
said SO great many times.
On Wednesday the doctor met Thomp-
son at the pottoffice. ttt s 1
81 declare, Mr. Thompson, it does seem
to me as sthough you ought to pay the
bill My son starts for Boston next Mon
day morning, and | need the money to
send away by him." N
doctor" said Jacob, solemnly and EN-.
phatically, ''you shall have that money
next Saturday, if my life is spared till that
time" "h sses ". @ 81
"May i depend upon itsn
"If I Hve-yes."
The doctor went home wondering if be
should get it. Saturday came. but no
money. Saturday passed, but the debtor
did not put in an appearance.
1t was then and is even at the present
time, the custom in that section, on the
occasion of death, to toll upon the church
bell number of strokes equal to the
years of the life of the deceased. Bright
and early on Sabbath morning DR.. Cor.
| man called upon the sexton, and requested
him to toll the bell for the death of Jacob
Thompson. The sun was just lifting its
| bright face over the rugged peaks of old
Chocorua when the good people were
| startled by the solemn note of the church
bell. --three--four-and SO
they counted the strokes up to sixty-one
Who could it be? They had heard oi
none of the old settlers being sick. Forth
| they came to make inquiries OF the sexton
He told them twas for Jacob Thompson.
"Jacob Thompson is dead!" was the
startling bit of news that passed from lip
to lip during the forenoon. In the after
noon, however, old Jacob made his ap
pearance, alive and well; but he was no,
to take his walk in peace. A: every turn
he was met by wondering eyes, and BY
| the salutation: "Why-bless me, Jacob
l thought you were dead!'
10 agony Of perplexity, Jacob hunted
up the sexton. What did it mean?
| "Why," replied the old grave-digger,
| CDR. German came to me this morning
and told me you were dead OF course,
supposed he knew. But how did it hap
pen, Jacob? What fetched you back te
life?" f. +.-
Jacob gave vent to prolonged whistle
and turned upon his heel. He went hom'
and scraped together twenty dollars ant
sent it down to the DOCTORS by his son
He had thought, at first, OF being a little
provoked; but the rich humor of the thing
captivated him, and he laughed with th'
| rest
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-11-09
Judging from Appearance.

A noted professor in one of our colleges
in speaking of his old college days, said:
u remember student, Frank W., who
sat by me in the lecture room, who fell
under grave rebuke because the lecturer,
judged by appearances. Frank had Q
trick of whiting. One day he fashioned
small keel of ship, q dainty thing,
with a witching figure head. He finished
it just as the lecture was finished. DIR.
M, the lecturer, was 8 reverend man, with
white hair and kind heart. But the
good man was wounded by the whittier.
He was idle, and disrespectiuI; and he
summoned him to his study, to administer
wholesome rebuke.
Young man. said he, Il am obliged to
speak to you about the foolish and trifling
way in which you spend your time.
Frank looked at him in surprise. please
take that thing out of your pockets that
You made during lecture Frank drew
forth the keel; he had made it, without
thinking, and he was hardly conscious o!
it's existence.
Your disrespect for me and the stu.
dents l might pass by said DR.. M, 'but
your irreverence for important subjects ]
must treat more severely. Can you tell
me the subject of the lecture this morn
ingT Frank told the subject readily.
Can you tell me anything about the
m tanner in which it was trested?' Il think
So said Frank.
Aud he began at the first remark of the
lecturer, and repeated almost every word
of the lecture.
Il did not think you noticed anything
that said Mr. w. said the doctor, aston.
ishment and respect struggling for the
mastery of his mind
Il suppose was whittling,' said Frank.
4 generally am, but did not know it
upon my honor. l never was a4ore inter
ested in lecture in my life.'
Appearances are deceitful,' said the
doctor. 'You will pardon me for judg
ing you wrongfullY.'
And I hope you will pardon me for m y
everlasting whittling,' said Frank. 9
would give it mp, but am afraid should
lose the thread of my ideas if I had no
something in my hands,
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-11-09

LUCK IN Bats L1vER.-Of all the
queer superstitions of which ever heard,
there is one possessed by man on
'Change that caps the superstitious eli
max. won't tell you his name, but he is
one of the most prominent grain and pork
dealers in the city. One night last sum-
mer be was visiting at the Fifth district
police statiop We were bothered good
deal just then by bats that kept flying up
and down through the stable attached to
the station. Our visitor and the stable
boy killed several of the bats, and the
liver was taken from each one of them and
carried away in the merchants pocket
He wanted them, he said, to give hin
luck in his business transactions, for be
declared there was more good luck in one
bats liver than there was in half hun
dred rabbits feet, which were we'll known
to possess luck of no mean proportions.
St. Louis Democrat
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-11-09
Two Noble Laws.

Among the fathers of the Arabian
philosophy may be numbered Honain, an
eminent Christian physician, who trans.
lated the Elements of Euclid" and other
Greek authors, into Arabic. He -four
ished in the ninth century, under the
caliph Al-Mamon, who was not only an
illustrious patron of learning, but was
himself no mean adept 10 several branches
of science. One day, after some medical
conversation, the caliph said to Honain,
"Teach me prescription by which l may
take off any enemy please without being
discovered" Honain declined to give an
answer, and pleading ignorance. was i'm
prisoned. Being brought again, after a
years interval, into the caliph's presence
and still persisting in ignorance, though
threatened with death. the caliph smiled
upon him, and said, "Be of good cheer
we we're only trying thee, that we might
have the greater confidence in thee" And
Honain, upon this, bowed down and
kissed the earth. "What hindered thee,
said the caliph, "from granting our re
quest, when thou sawest US appear &C
ready to perform what we threatened p
1.-TWO things" replied Honain, "my re
ligion and ms profession: My religion
which commands me to do good to my
enemies; and my profession, which wa
purely instituted for the benefit of man
kind" 1.-TWO noble laws!" said th'
caliph, and Immediately presented him
according to the Eastern usage, with ricl
garments and a sem of money.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-11-09
The City Beautiful.

Sometimes when the day is ended aasg 2
Aud its round of duties done, fs7av gsf
/ watch at the western windows sd z
The giesHf of the setting sun. a9
When my heart has been unquiet,
And It's lodgings unbeguiled
By the days vex atious trials es
And cannot be reconciled, .elss-
| look on one slope of the mountains
And DER the restless sea, Sse. Is 5,s
And think of the beautiful city lies aa
That heth not far from me-. - rstse s
And my spirit is hushed in moment,
As the twilight falls tender and sweet,
And cross, in mY fancy, the river,
And kneel atthe Masters feet.
And rest in the shade that there fa.leth
From the trees that with healing are
rife ea .tiaa.J "a A.. "a 5I gts
That shadow the banks of the riyeI--
The river of,water or life M = ~.4.fs.s
And, sometime, when daylight is ended,
And the duties he gave me are done,
shall watch ct life's western windows
The gleam ofits setting sun.
/ shall fall asleep in the twilight
AS never have slept before,
To dream of the beautiful city
Till l waken to sleep no more.
There will fall on my restless spirit
A hush, oh, 40 wondrously sweet,
And shall cross over the river
To rest at the Masters feet.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-11-09
An Anaconda Killed in the Streets Of N. y

1t came ont of the manhole of a sewer
near the corner of First Street and Second
Avenue on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 3,
just as school was letting out at grammar
school No. 70, on First Street, q few doors
away, and hundreds of children were pour
ing out. When first seen it was gliding
along First Street to First Avenue. The
children saw it and shrieked.
"Look out for the crocodile!" screamed
one of them as they ran. Their cries
brought hundreds more of persons flock
ing from doors all along the block, and
heads appeared at every window. The
school janitors and other grown persons
hustled the children back into the build
ing and up the high stoops in the neigh.
borhood. As the snake moved along,
men, women, and children fled before it,
screaming warnings to others ahead.
AT first, the snake took its time about
covering ground, but in a minute or two
the throng pressing closer behind it ap,
parently annoyed or terrified it. 1t stop
ped and threw itself inte coil, with three
or four feet of very vicious-looking body
vibrating upright from the center and q
mouth eight inches long gaping open to
let forked tongue spit out. The chill
dren screamed louder than ever, and
every body that could run did so.
1t was at this moment that Mr. Burk-
hardt first saw the snake that he had coil.
ed up in his market basket the day before.
The noise in the street had called him to
his window, and just as he had taken one
look at it the creature sprsng forward.
81 could just see it as it flashed by,' be
said. "Four men had run out from the
wheelwright's shop with whatever they
| could lay hands on for club. The snake
stopped again, seeing the crowd, and
made itself into coil ready to spring
One of the men jumped forward and hit it
| a terrible blow in the back of the neck
1t dropped to the pavement, and befor.
it could get up again the rest of the men
and everybody else that could get any
thing for club, were on top of it, ham
mering the life out of. it. 1t fought desper
ately, but it had no chance"
The snake is undoubtedly genuine ana
conda, nearly full grown. Its body meas
ured easily foot in circumference at it,
thickest part, and its length of nine fee
six inches was verified by Mr. Buckhardt
who stretched it out on his floor ant
measured it. 1t is so cut and bruise'
from the beating it had with clubs that i
is doubtful if its skin can be preserved
1t is supposed that it came from som
South American vessel unloading at al
East River dock, crept into the sewer
and along them to the place where
reached the street. Some sailor probabl
brought it from South America. 1t ma
have come from there when young, bic
den in fruit or other cargo, and hav
grown to its present size in the seweri
but that is not liksly.-N 7. San.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-11-09
Beautifying Home.

2 If women of the present day have in
some respects deteriorated, they have in
others improved A closer acquaintance
with aesthetics has taught them not only
how to dress with taste, but how to fur
nish their rooms on far more artistic
plan than was known to their grandmoth'
ers and great-grandmothers. This im
proved feminine taste is even more notice
able in furniture than in dress. Nova
days the simplest drawing-room aims q,
display of wealth or luxury. The white
and gold paper of old times has given
place to warm, exquisitely blended tints
and to materials such as Adrianople,
which cover walls inexpensively and with
charming effect. 10 short, the art of fur
nishing room now is not so much shown
in the choice OF furniture, as in the choice
Of colors, and in the arrangement of cur
tains and portieres. ''"~e 1' FL
A room must be draped, there must be
in it nothingtcrude or glaring, it must
have about it an air of home comfort, and
then it does not matter whether the arti
cles of furniture it contains are costly ol
inexpensive, or exactly to what perioc
they belong. A workbasket, in frl
working-order, is now no inappropriate
dra wing-room ornament; but it ought tc
stand on small table trimmed by th'
mistress of the house, and set apart fo
her especial use. By the basket often lii
unbound books, and looking as if they
were being read, ualike the well-orderet
volumes OF old, which had their place
only on book-shelves, and were neve
touched
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-11-09
RE-ADVERTISED
COMMISSIONERS SALE

By virtue of Decree of the Superior Court of
Mecklenburg county, in the special proceeding
in the matter of Rosa Stewart ct al , er paYte
had on the 9th day of October, 1888, the under
signed Commissioner will offer for sale to the
highest bidder. at the Court House door, in the
city of Charlotte. on the Sd day tf December
1858, the following described Lot of Land, to;
wit All that Lot of LAND situate near the
city of Charlotte, and adjoining the lands OF
james P. Irwin and others, containing 81
Acres, and which was conveyed by John l..
Morehead to Lombert Stewart. by Deed regis
tered in Book 18, page 10, in the Registers Office
of Mecklenburg county-(see same)
Terms--One-fourth cash, balance in six
months, with note and approved security.
E. T. CANSLER,
Nov. 2, 1888. 5w Commissioner
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-11-09

GOD UNCHANGING.-A minister asked
an old negro his persons for believing in
the existence of God. "Sir," said he, 81
have been here going hard upon fifty
years. Every day since l have been in
the world see the sun rise 10 the east
and set in the west. The north star
stands where IL did the first time saw it;
the seven stars and Jobs coffin keep on
the same path in the sky; and never turn
out. It isn't 80 with mans work. He
makes clocks and watches; they may run
we'll for awhile, but they get ont of fix
and stand stock still. But the sun, moon
and stars keep on the same way al the
while"