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Rev. & }. Logan says: my chickens had the
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Mr. L. o. Payne says: "The effect IL magical.
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-10

For profound learning and mental
alertness New York editors are striking
examples. Cincinnati Commercials
Gdzette.
A true bin.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-10

Tie E@Hoational Journal Of Virginia
for april has many good articles. But
We see in it no reference 10 that sentence
Of Rev. Dr. DABSEY's to which we re-
Gently called the attention Of the High
School principal, teachers, and pupils,
and which is as follows:
1.-THE cause is nothing more than the
immediate invari1blc anteccdent, and
what we call the necessary idea OF power
III the cause is only an expression for our
Inability to separate in thought an asso-
cation between pair of phenomena
which has become inseparsbie by con-
slant recurrence togeth'r.'
". j. Fox, editor; GEORGE r. PACE,
associate editor; J. L. BUCHANAN, editor
OF Official department.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-10
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-10

A. WADDILL, Esq, announces IN the
last issue Of the Lynchburg Ners that
he has sold that paper with its appurte-
nances and goodwill to Mr.. CARTER
GLASS, whom he truly speaks Of as one
who, while as yet very young man, has
achieved sn enyiable name for character,
capacity, and indomitable energy.
We quote:
Eight years since his connection
with the paper commenced as local
editor. lis influence, felt from the first
as p positive force, increased with expe-
rience and ripening powers until, year
AGO, the responsible Office of edi,or-in-
chef was committed to Mr. Glass. The
ability with which he has discharged the
exacting duties Of this position affords a
certain assurance of q continued and
increasingly successful career for the
paper"
Mr.. WADDuL acknowledges his three
score years and ten. He retires with
the esteem OF all his brethren of the
press. Young GLASS is an editor by in
heritance. We wish him great success
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-10

ga cross-eyed reformer is one who
has become so by watching for two par
ties to pick him up Or by watching
for two parties to kick him out. BEN.
BUTLER will serve as a good type.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-10

"There is nothing in the world that
makes politician so mad as to have the
people pack convention on him" The
chances are that SHERMAN will be very
mad at Chicago.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-10
O77ERBURN LI7HIA AND MAGNESIA WATER,
THE GREAT REMEDY FOR DYSPEPSIA LIVER KIDNEY
WHAT JUDGE FARRAR UoHNNY REB) SAYS OF IT.
DEArO Va x
General Gsorne J. Hnndley:

WHAT JUDGE UoHNNY
Gen1alG George
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RICHMOND AND AMELIA
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GEORGE H. HU.NDLEY, Proprietor
AMELIA COURTHOUSE, VA.
,Agentfor Richnondi mi 2IeoTust
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-10

We return thanks to Hon. G. D. WISE
for public documents.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-10
DRUNKENNESS.
~ OR THE LIQUOR HABIT.
POSITIVELY CURED 81 ADMINISTERING DR.
HAlSES'S GOLDEN SPECIFIC

team be given 10 o cup Of coffee or tea without
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drinker or an alcoholic wreck. Thousands Of
drunkards have been made temperate men who
have takon GOLDEN SPECIFIC Ia their coffee
without their kno Wedge, and to-day believe tney
FAILS. Tho systom once impregnated with the
SPECIFIC, II becomes an utter inpossbility Tor
the liquor-sppetite TO exist For Hsle BY
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$40 cast Main street,
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-10
BRIEF COMMENT

To ALEC BATrESBERa and VICTORIA
HoHRSzonIKRs Bless you, my chill
dren. Marry and be happy.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-10

"The King of the Sandwich Islands
threatens to abdicate and go to raising
coffee" But il oil reports be true
raising thunder is more in his line.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-10
RLAIR'S CHLORAL THYMOL
~ has proved itself 70 be
POWERFUL DIslNFEcTANT.

II has prevented the spread Of contagious
diseases. particularly Diphthena and Scarlet
FoyeT, IN iamlies II has modified bad synp-
toms, and has often afforded comfort In sick
rooms by It's agreeable aud thorough deodorizing
properties thas saved lives Ia this city.
For sale by drugglsta Price 80 cents ootha
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-10
ROBERT j. KIRT

Our impression is that Congress has
never passed the French spoliation bill.
We shall report whatever action is taken
in regard TO it whenever any is taken.
What says our Washington correspond
emf
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-10

HrERIco COUNTY. Va, April 6, 1883.
TO The Edit0r Of the Dispatch:
Dear Sir,-Will YOU be hind enough
to state in your next issue what has be-
come Of the " French-spojation " bill
pas cd by Congress some three years
ago, and referred to the Court Of Claims
for adjustment? ] am somewhat int
rested in the matter. Your compliance
VIII greatly Obhge
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-10
PERSONAL.

THOUGH I AM NOT NOW AGENT
Il OF the New York Life-InsuraRcs Company,
am still In the LlFE-iNSUHANCR BUslN E5s,
and my friends will not only confer q favor on
me, but will ind II decidedly to their advantage
10 consult me- before writing their applications.
j. b. MOORE,
ap SGT ll05 Main street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-10

A true bin.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-10

After three or four years suffering with
dull heavy pain, at times becoming acute, ia q
"Otterburn Water" / had no faith in any mil
fair test Fer six weeks used no other water
pe.rsd. and since tbs 18th OF January last ha
and energy have bsen restored. Soon after '
K Nalle, OF Richmond, who. after making SCI
ease an affection Of the Kidneys.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-10

gRYN 1T AND
mmiss
an
the last ayO A
estof THE inf rnai
In esm
tS5-( n'~0i' ' Commissioner Virginia 4 City
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Reading notices IA rcsdlng-ma''or type
nncs or less. 81; in nonpsrcl loaded. i5c.
Card Of rates for more space furnished on ap-
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Telephone IA.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-12-15
STRANGE DIgcovERIEs.

The Tomb Of Madoo ap Gry1yddmaelor, .
Great Welsh Warrior.
Great interest hab been excited in
North Wales by the announcement that
the tomb of Madoc ap Gryfyddmaelor,
q great Welsh w1rrior in the eleventh
and twcs..4 centuries, grandson of
Owen Gwynedd, Prince of Wales, had
been discovered in the ruins of Walle
Crucfs abbey, Llangollen. Rev. H. T.
Owen, warden Of the abbey, who is now
engaged upon some excavations, was
searching for old stained glass in the
dormitory, when he disinterred large
stone slab bearing the name of Madoc
and an inscription which has not yet
been fully deciphered. Down the CEN
ter of the stone is an incised sword in
sheath. Further excavations led to the
discovery of four other stones, each
about five feet by eighteen inches; two
bear forated crosses, one an inscribed
spear, and the other Grecian orna-
ment. The stones form part of the
vaulting of the corridor leading to the
old battle-ground of the monks. The
warrior founded the abbey. which was
a Cistercian monastery, about the year
1900. After the venerable building be-
came ruin, the chapter-house and
scriptorium were used for several gen.
erations as farmstead, and were prac-
tically destroyed by fire. During the
repairs it is conjectured that the stones
of Madoc's tomb were used to complete
the vaulting. In 1861 the debris cover
ing the area of the abbey was removed
by Lord Dungannon, and the tombs of
benefactors buried in front of the high
altar. the figure of knight in chain
armor, and a stone coffin, were laid
bare. During the excavations of last
year the monks well and spring were
discovered. Y. Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-12-15
He Was a Clam. Sure Enough

Laura" exclaimed the youth, as he
laid his arm timidly on the back of her
chair, '.now that you have promised to
be mine it surely does not seem like
asking too much if l."
"Well. George?"
George took her hand in his, swal-
lowed once or twice spasmodically, and
proceeded:
''As your affianced husband, Laura,
whom you will some day promise in the
sight of high Heaven to love, honor,
and-er-cherish, you will not think
me presuming, dearest, / hope, if
#"
'Well, George?"
IL / venture to claim the privi.
lege of k-of kiss!''
The lovely maiden laid her head
trustingly on the young mans shoulder.
a tender light shone in her dreamy
eyes. and her fragrant breath swept
the cheek of the rapturous lover as she
softly murmured:
George, don't be clamr'- Chicago
Tribune
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-12-15
WHEN MY SHIP COMES IN.

White sandy shore before me lies
From which swift surges backward slfpt
And where blue ocean meets blue skies
In hazy blending shows ship
Pale, indistinct as barque Of dreams.
On gliding, 1t unmoving seems.
Perchance a fairy craft 1t is,
With countless treasures in its hold
Bright gems and perfumes rare. wis,
And untold wealth Of shining gold.
A ship for which I've waited long
Ship writ In tale and sung in song.
A careless child upon the shore
A happy child with barred white feet
Pursues the waves and, through their roar.
Sings gladly clear this couplet sweet:
''Life's grandest promise will begin
Fulfllment when my ship comes in"
The dim white sail glides slowly by,
Far, far next line Of sky and sea,
Until 1t fades before my eye;
Yet, somewhere, know that to me
ship Is sailing bringing all
OF JOY or pain that shall befall.
phantom barQne, with sails like wings
II drifts along the tide Of time,
And marveling what fate 1t brings,
listen to the happy rhyme:
"Life's grandest promise will begin
Fulhllment when my ship comes in"
-Mdry Clark Huntington, In Good Housekeepina
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-12-15
PuNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A fisherman will always be found
reeling great deal when the fishing ia
good. Perhaps it is the bait.-Boston
Post.
-Husband-"You are not the cook
my mother use to be. my DEAR" Wife
mo, John. fortunately. You mustn't
forget that your father died of dyspep-
sia- - 7eras Sifiings.
If a man knew as much when he Is
sober as he thinks he does when drunk,
Solomon's sayings would be nowhere
compared with his wisdom. Spring
field Union.
Some girls go to boarding school
to learn how to board. When graduated
they marry and do not keep house. A
few housekeeping and finishing schools
would be useful.-M. o. Picayune.
Your singing is delightful. Miss
Ethel" said Mr.. Bore. 1T fairly car
ries me away" Indeed" returned
Miss Ethel, with a yearning glance at
the clock. II hadn't noticed it."
"A Philadelphia paper, in an article
on household economy, asked: ''Is
there wife in this city to-day that
makes her husbands shirts?" The
following answer was received by re-
turn mail: II do. but he won't wear
EN-"
An Independent is a man who
leaves the other party to join our party.
A renegade is man who leaves our
party to join the other. An offensive
partisan is man who belongs to the
other party and sticks to it.-Boston
Transcript.
-"Yes," said lecturer in a country
town to large and intelligent audi
ence, 1.-THE people of the United States
owe more to the newspapers than to
any other cause for their advance
ment." And the editor remarked pa
renthetically and pathetically: "You
bet they do if subscribers elsewhere
are any thing like mine. y Washington
Critic.
Chicago man-''Ah, ah! Lost some
more money through a Boston firm!
I'm not surprised. Now, you have
large dealings in Chicago, and some
folks say Chicago business men are
tricky. Did you ever lose anything
through Chicago firmP" Philadelphia
man-"N-o, l never did," '.Hoopla!
/ know it. Never lost a cent there. did
you?" mo. In dealing with Chicago
men have invariably demanded cash
in advance. ."-Philadelphia Record.
-"Why, Mrs. Hashhouse, you sur
prise me; never saw wine on your
table before. Is it to be a regular at
tribute of your dinner service?" "Well.
really, Mr.. Slowpay, 1 can hardly
promise you that. You see, / have an
idea that wine, if chosen to fit an emer-
gency, may stimulate in a special direc-
.tion." "Ah, yes, l see. Then you think
/ need stimulating? Very thoughtful
of you, indeed. And this wine you have
chosen for me is a-a-BOrdeaux"
Precisely, board-owe. Mr.. Slowpay
Do you absorb?"-Yo Yonkers Gazette.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-12-15

meant to tell you the other time you
were here" said Uncle Jacob, land ]
will tell it before 1 forget it. A good
many people think that catamount
and wildcat is the same, but there Is
big difference between them. Catar
mounts are a great deal longer thar
wildcats. more ferocious. and very
much stronger. They are more like
lynxes or panthers than they are like
wildcats, and, when one of them gets
after man. he needs to be well armed.
Zone fall. good many years ago,
had killed sheep and hung the skin
over beam in the barn. Before day.
light the next morning Iwent out to do
the chores, and in putting the lantern
down ON the barn floor saw bits of
wool and pieces OF the sheepskin. l
Immediately raised the lantern above
my head to see if the sheepslxin still
hung there, and if was ever fright
ened in my life it was at what saw.
Crouched on the beam where the
sheepskin had hung huge catamount
with glaring eyes, was ready to spring
upon me. The lantern was in my left
hand, and didn't dare to lower it, 80
held 1t there and looked the ferocious
beast square in its eyes.
II happened to think that the only
weapon anywhere near my right hand
was fail, and that stood in barrel
a little beyond my reach as l then
stood. continued to keep the lantern
up high and to keep my eyes fixed on
the catamount, and while 1 was doing
this l edged toward the barrel until
my right hand could grasp the fail.
l seized it little quicker than l ever
caught hold of weapon before, gave
it whirl around my head, and then
brought it down ON the skull of the
catamount with just all the force
could put into the blow. BY the life,
it crushed the brute's skull so that its
eyes were forced out of their sockets,
and the catamount was killed instantly.
1t weighed forty-one pounds, twice as
much as the ordinary wild cat does,
and it was the closest call that ever
had with any kind Of beast. IN Y.
Sun.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-12-15
A QUESTIONABLE DISH.
How Charles Faith In His wifey's Cook
ing Recefved . Shock

now Cnarnes Fsith In His Wffey's Cook
ing Received . Shock.
Charlie" said young wife to her
husband, II bought some lovely mush-
rooms to-day and have cooked them
for your supper"
How do you know they are mush-
roomsP" said Charlie, suspiciously.
why. the man / bought them of
said so. Then they were pink on the
under side and that means mushrooms
--or is it toadstools-well, it's one or
the other"
"Humph! they look kind of dingy,"
shifted Charlie. :
''But they're not toadstools, for I
stirred them with silver spoon and
they didn't turn it black"
Then they are toadstools," said
Charlie, because know mothers
mushrooms always turned the spoon
black"
well. dear. you know If you eat
them you can soon tell. II they're
mushrooms it seems a pitv tn waste
them' and II they're toadstools-"
go on-h they're toadstools you'll
"How unkind you arc! boiled
them in saleratus water to make sure.
They wouldn't hurt an infant pow.n
sobbed the little woman.
Charlie had unbounded faith in his
wife's cooking but he didn't eat the
mushrooms. He told her to make soma
last years "ketchup" with them. and
bottle them down for future use
Detroit Free Prass.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-12-15
WAR cYcLoRAMAs.


An Artist Explains How They Are Painted
and Put Together.
The popular idea of how the war
cycloramas, like the Battle of Gettys-
burg, Battle of Shiloh, Battle of
Chickamauga. etc., are painted, ap-
pears very laughable to a person who
knows how the work is accomplished.
The Battle of Gettysburg and the Siege
of Paris have been shown for several
years on opposite sides of Hubbard
court, in Chicago, and the stock paid
large dividends. Each was advertised
as the work of celebrated French
artists. father and son. and the popular
idea is that these gentlemen painted
them. The fact il that, beyond q
general outlining of the work, which
was probably faithfully made after
maps procured from authentic sources,
and q general direction of the plan of
the work, the artist-in-chief had very
little to do with it. No man engaged
In u battle sees it, and an accurate
painting of two armies in combat
Is impossible. The general features
only are known. For instance. In the
Gettysburg painting there are accur-
ately defined the roads, Crown Hill,
Little Crown Hill, the wheat field
In which q memorable charge was
made, one or two buildings which
were headquarters Of the leading Gem
erals, and. with reasonable accuracy,
the topography Of the country is de-
picted with excellent perspective. But
the details of the battle, the actual
clash of arms between this and that
division or brigade, is left good deal
to the imagination. The artist-in-
chief hires some men to put in the sky,
other men to put in the trees and
foliage, other men to put in the men in
action. Attention is paid to develop
ing this or that memorable incident.
a.. in the Gettysburg painting, the
death Of the cannoneer, the amputation
of the soldiers limb beside the hay-
stack Take 1t all together it makes
up picture that is thrilling enough to
arouse the most intenSe interest on
the part Of the old soldier. remem-
Der standing by the side Of veteran
at the Chicago picture Of Gettysburg.
He was explaining to companion the
details Of the fight, in which he had
borne an honorable part. s'Say, BILL"
said he, ''at that stone wall there l lost
my hat and, by gosh, II there amt the
old hat lying there yetr' In painting
pictures Of battles shrewd artists never
fail to bestrew the field with lost hats.
muskets and cantsena -6t. Lowis
Globe Democr0t.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-12-15
MISCELLANEOUS.


"A Port Huron, Mich, undertaken
has ) large tent for funeral purposes.
Whenever he has funeral on rainy
day he places the tent over the grave
90 that services may be held with but
little Inconvenience.
"A young man who presented a
forged order to a Detroit theater mana
ager swallowed the paper when the
fraud was detected. No bad results
followed, as he was regular eater at
the depot lunch counter.
"A little pamphlet called "Humor
in Ye Sixteenth Century" shows that
ye joker of that period borrowed a
great deal of his wit from We humorist
of the Nineteenth century. without
givinga particle of credit. -NorristotOn
Herald.
Now" said the choir director,
''sing the third stanza very softly. 1t
Is necessary to do so to bring out the
spirit of the composition. Hymn
No. &C." broke in the Clergyman.
''omitting the third verse;" And the
singers enjoyed 1t more than the di-
rector.-Ezchan0e.
Shakespeare, who left his wife his
second best bedstead. has been sur
passed in Indifference by modern En-
glish testator, who bequeathed his
wife one farthiug, which he directed
the executrix to forward to her by post,
unpaid, as an Indication of his disgust
at the treatment which he had received
at her hands, and especially in respect
of the abusive epithets. such as ''Old
Pig" that he considered unjustifed.
Bees and homing pigeons recently
raced between Hamm and Rhynern,
Belgium. The towns are an hour apart,
and the bet was thattwelve bees would
beat twelve pigeons in making the dis
tance. Four drones and eight working
bees well powdered with -four and re-
leased at the same instant with the
pigeons at Rhynern. A drone reached
home four seconds in advance of the
first pigeon; the three other drones and
one pigeon came in neck and neck. and
the eight working bees.c came in just a
trife. about a length ahead o; the ten
pigeons
I'm sinking large pits and wells in.
Nevada stratas OF rock salt were cut
through, in which were found imbedded
perfectly preserved fish, which are
probably thousands of years old, as the
salt field occupies what was once the bot
tom OF a. large lake, and no such fish are
now to be found in Nevada. The speci-
mems were not petri6ed, but flesh, and
all were preserved in perfect form, and
after being soaked in water for two or
three days could be cooked and eaten,
but were not very pslatable. After
being exposed to the air and sun for
day or two. they became as hard as
wood.
"A novel and very pretty spectacle
was introduced at Brooklyn swim
ming school exhibition. It was called
the chariot race. Two little papier
mache chariots were constructed and
in each one was four-year-old child.
Harnessed to the chariots were two lit
tie boys. who SWAN over the course
drawing their fair freight after them.
The lads were about six years old, yet
they made very good time and the win
ner was presented with q fine fishing
pole. The children in the chariot en-
joyed the race quite as much as the
boys.