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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-22

The amount aef money that has been
raised was not announced last night. but
four Of the collecting committees have re-
ported to Mayor EllysOu contributions az
greeatiug $4,000 and the captain OF the
Blues has pledged his company for 500;
Other committees have yet 10 report, and
these four expect large additions 10 what
has already been promised them.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-22

The eloquent pastor Of the Second Pres
l,teriau church walked 10 me front,
hlsh fell oyer the audience, and ne s"iu
o, God. most Higa, most Holy impress upon
e,.'y bosrt ia tlis-grest assembly With such
ssi.se Of my greaiuezs and glory that w'th uuo
reverence Of spirit w5 may present W lhes
our united homage.
thou liy0st aud feignest foreyermoro ana Win
Thoo DO live the souls OF ell WHO having served
1too faithfully on earth have now entered open
their etoroal rest aud reward.
We Dlcss Thee Tor tho memories OF inoso
whose hearts. glowing with pure love 81 1heo
sad W their felioT-men, were a. sacred Al.sr
hfes, which no disappointment could chill aud
no disaster exiinguizD.
We praise Thee thst bosg dead they yot
SPEAK ~ Ell m Al was true aud honest aud just
Aad pure Ia tLsx chAfactoJ ana CONDUCT sna
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-22
WY SHE HoNoEs HIM.

Do YOU ask me If Virginia hon0Is Davis. AK
her II ste atmires courage la soldier, patriot
ism ln q representative, cOnscieuiiOuancss IN
Cabinet orlcer, integrity in senator, fearless
Gde.Itv ina ruler. and unaffected piety IN all
that constitutes "A Christian gentleman
II kentucky produced hia hero we 10 NOT Tor
got that she was tho daughter OF virginia. II
Mississippi wos his adopted Staie we ronieW per
sine ia t'rsioia'- sister. chained 20 her ~ the
loving links OF mighty past. bound boy the holy
memories Of tho present. and united heart -
henri in ITO great future unrolliuG before u.
!Appiaust.i
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-22
Major Stringfcllow

As soon rs the committees retired Cover
nor Lee ~ very happy phrase and COM
plImentary term, introduced the orator Of
the evening. Major Charles ;. Strinefellow.
The Major addressed himself TO ladies'
and gentlemen. fellow-citizens and citizen
soldiers paid % beautiful compliment to
Governor e, and SAID:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-22

No American was ever more loyal 10 tho prin-
cipios OF frSo government than Was Jelor-on
Davis Tho very failure " the cause a. which
be was she chosen and illuSt-ious Ch.ef nut
helped 70 make hts fame 800 more enduring.
The very mAlignity and bitterness Of hntc with
when he WAS ?eJ-ecu ca but served u draT his
people closer Ga him and 20 develop more grandly
the character o. tho man. which seemed " Gtow
stronger and more neOio uuder tho test of Grea,
suffering. Il bss been ncsf happily said by ar
other thut be lived 10 show tho country how nm
oIUailed. how unappfoachati", and how uucon-
QUerabloi - the grandeur of true 3msrican cha
ractcr. fkpplaueel Freedom i. vlniicatci and
justified by such sons a. be, and ITO republic
need not feel Gshaned 70 enroll among those
20 whom con srtuN0nsl Liberty was dearer than
life the nann0 ot Jefferson DAVIS. lAppiause.l
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-22
~ UNwnL1NGXEss TorRosFCUTE.

Later on, on the 10Th Of April, 1896, the judi
ciary Committee u tho House thought There vas
no reason why the trial should not be at once
preceded with aud on tho Sth 81 May, 1865, q
grand larry Of the United States al Norfolk
Judge Underwood presiding found Rn !ndict-
Dent for treason. On the 9TH Of JuDe, ~ tho
session ~ The court held hore, hr. Dn7iss couu-
col begged that no be tried wi,hou, dolay, but
the Government IL ia said. was not ready A
yenr Afterwards TO WAS aimitiei 70 bail, AMI Ia
Decemb Dor lsGs n mill rrossqni was entered.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-22
res- SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH

Funeral THIS Sunday, AFTERNOON at 80
o'clock from Clay-sfoe. Methodist church.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-22

I have nov in pursuance Of the provision nnie
by fhc Committee 0i Abrams So mcnts-and IN an
tirlpaftOu OF what l teol must 10 the wish OF
every ono iu THIS naclcucc-ih9 pleasure Of
nominating o. your presi.ing orlcor ore whose
family name L. linked in imperisnGDle renown
with martial deeds an1 whore personal yalor
ia wal ami patriotic Achiovcmenls IN times of
peace Laye won for him the odWiratlon and con-
fdenco Of every son aud daughter OF the Oli
Dominion. ueJi hardly AID mat refer 70 his
Excslcncy liZhufh Zoe, Governor Of rginia-
"A great outLurs. u 0uplausol
, 1889-08-03
The Crisis at waterloo.

All at once came the tragedy. To
the left of the English and on our
right, the head of the column of cui-
rassiers reared with a fearful clamor.
Arrived on the ridge, wild, furious
and running to the humiliation of
the squares and cannon, the cuiras-
siers saw between them and the Eng
fish a ditch-a grave. 1t was the
sunken road of Obain. 1t was a fright
full moment. There was the r%avine,
unlocked for, gaping, before their
very horses feet two fathoms deep be-
tween its banks. The second rank
pushed in the first and the third push
ed in the second. The horses reared,
fell backward, struggled with their
feet in the air, heaping up and over
turning their riders. There was no
power to retreat; the whole column
was but a ~projectile; the momentum
gathered to crush the English, crush
ed the French. The pitless ravine
still gaped till it was filed. Riders,
horses, rolled in together pell nell,
mangling each other, making com
mon flesh in this gulf; and when the
grave was full of living men, the rest
rode on over them and passed on. AL
most a third of Dubois brigade plung-
ed into this abyss.-World of Adven-
ture
, 1889-08-03

Patrick Dunn, the locator of the
fountain of eternal youth, writes as
follows to an intimate friend in rela-
ton to his success in renewing the
youth of a veteran four time loser of
above threo score years, whom he re-
Gently took to what he terms his magic
spring, located somewhere in the north
east corner Of Storey county, to further
test the rejuvenating virtue of the
water:
The test on old JEFF is succeeding be-
yond my most sanguine expectations.
1t is scarcely a month since he left the
Comstock-a venerable, gray haired
patriarch, whose form was bowed with
the weight of IS winters, and hard
~ at that. For the first two weeks,
after bathing him four times daily in
the spring, and having him drink
copiously of the water, his snow white
beard and hair began turning dark at
the roots, and the wrinkles ut the
corners of his eyes and mouth began
to disappear. His form is now as erect
and his step as elastic as that of a
youth of 90, and his cheeks are assum-
ing the roseatic hue of perfect health,
n L am now confident that / have
made the most important discovery in
the history of the world. l will bring
old jeff TO the Comstock about the
middle of September looking as youth
full as a man of 90 years. l will make
my next test on u millionaire, who
must agree to give me rs per cent. of
his wealth for restoring his youth
Virginia New Chronicle.
, 1889-08-03
lie Heard About His Grave.

do you know my grave was dug in
this town during the war for me to be
buried IMP said a gentleman in our office
last Thursday.
mo, sir; we never met you before"
"Well, 1t was. My nare is Crane,
and 1 was sergeant in company G, One
Hundred and Twenty-fourth Indiana
regiment. 1 was sick nigh unto death
in a hospital in Marietta, and heard the
doctor say to n man who entered the
room: How many graves are you having
dugr Three was the response. Well,
dig one about q foot longer than the
usual length, for that tall sergeant will
be dead by morning. and the instruc-
tions were carried out, but you see l did
not fill that grave"
mo, you don't look like q resurrected
corpse"
"The reason 1 q didn't die was got bet
ter the next morning and ate raspberry
jam, determined not to fill a grave that
was dug before 1 died. Marietta ga,
Journal.
, 1889-08-03
ExilinR a Bell.

One of the most curious sights in
Tobolsk was the Kamaoulie Koloko,
or bell with the ear torn off, II
vas kept in a kind of shed near the
archbishop's palace, and its romantic
history is often told in Tobolsk. In
the Sixteenth century Prince Dimitri,
the rightful heir to the Russian throne,
vas deposed by a revolt led by Boris
Godunoff, who was then proclaimed
car The seat of government was at
Uglich, and there Dimitri was sem to
be under the immediate control of the
unlawful ruler.
The usurper, fearing hat the popu-
lace might awake to the claims of the
young prince, planned his assassina-
ton, and he was one day stabbed in a
court yard. None of the bystanders
showed a disposition to aid him.
A priest, however, saw the crime
from the cathedral belfry, and imme-
diately began tolling the great bell,
which was held sacred, and only rung
on unusual occasions, such as the cor
onation or death of a car.
Furious at this tacit expression of re-
proach, the czar commanded that the
priest should be tortured and executed,
and the bell taken down and placed
beside the body of its ringer. The or
der was literally fulfilled, and the bell
was beaten with clubs by the entire
p%opulace, with the Gar Boris ut their
head.
But this was not all. In those days
Siberian exiles were tortured before
setting out on their journey by having
their nostrils torn off with red hot pin
GERS. The car now decreed that the
bell should be exiled to Tobolsk, but as
it had no nostrils, he commanded with
n certain grim humor that one of its
hangers should be removed, to indicate
its disgrace.
The people of Tobolsk are very fond
of this trophy, and one sees bells every
where in the town; as signs over the
inn doors, toys, workboxes, cigarette
cases, and even sleeve links.
Companion.
, 1889-08-03
Momentum OF the Suns.

Think of the momentum of the sun,
weighing as much as $50, 900 earths,
and darling through space at the rate
of a million miles a dayl But there
are a hundred million other suns visi-
BILE in the heavens, each Weighing at
least Is much as our sun and all in
motion, with a velocity in some cases
far exceeding his. Add up the sum
of their combined energy of motion,
and the Imagination staggers before
the living force of the universe. The
power stored up in an express train is
sufficient to shatter the train to pieces
if its motion is suddenly arrested. But
stop those smooth running suns and
universal space would return to chaos
with the shock. Boston Budget.
, 1889-08-03

He who discovers a sure means of
aborting q felon Will make his name
immortal. None need be told that it
is q most painful affection, and one
not wholly devoid of danger to life.
New methods of treatment to cut them
short are constantly being devised,
and as far as the writer knows, none
absolutely certain in all cases has as
yet been found.
The trouble is that all felons are
not nea alike. In some deeper tissues
are involved than in others, and a
remedy which might act well in one
case would prove absolutely useless in
another. The latest additions to the
list of abortive methods is recon-
mended by a physician of Algiers.
He says it is sufficient to moisten
slightly aropad it with some water,
and to pass dg5r this surface a stick Of
nitrate of silver. A few hours after
ward the skin becomes black, all pain
disappears and the Inflammation is ar
rested. The blackened epidermis re-
ceives no dressing, and in six days the
black color disappears.
The author was induced to try this
remedy in a of a fit of govt. The
patient had his great toe swollen at its
base; it was painful to the touch, a
little red, and the seat of lansinating
pains, which hindered the rest of the
patient. The painful articulation was
moistened and rubbed over with a
stick of the nitrate of silver; the next
day the joint was diminished in size,
and was covered over with a black
skin. The paincompletely disappeared
a quarter of an hour after the paint
ing, and the patient got up to follow
his occupations. The victim of a felon
can safely try this treatment; it can
do no harm. Too much confidence
must not, however, be put in it.-Bos-
ton Herald.
, 1889-08-03
A PerpIexod Preacher.

An old preacher, after service one
Sunday, announced his reading for the
following Sunday. During the week,
some mischievous boys obtained his
Bible and pasted two of the leaves to-
gether, right where he was to read.
Sunday morning coming, the aged
divine opened his book, and read as
follows: "And Noah took unto him
self a wife who was"-and here he
turned the leaf-"forty cubits broad,
II hundred and forty cubits long"
With look of astonishment, he wiped
his glasses, re-read and verified the
passage, and then said: my friends,
although | have read the Bible many
times, this is the first time 1 have ever
seen this passage, but l take it as an
other evidence of the fact hat man is
most fearfully and wonderfully made"
San Francisco Argonaut.
, 1889-08-03
THE GRAPEVINE SWING.

When 1 was a hoy on the old plantation,
Down by the deep bayou
The fairest spot of all creation,
Under the Arching blus
When the wind came over the cotton and corr
To the long slim loop I'd spring,
With brown feet bare, AID n hat brim torn,
And swing in the grapevine swing.
Swimming In the grapevine swing,
Laughing where the wild birds sing
dream and sigh
For the days gone by,
Swinging in the grapevine swing.
to the water lilies bonnie and bright
Back to the moss grown trees;
/ shouted and laughed with a heart as light
As a wild rose tossed by the breeze.
The knocking bird Joined In my reckless glee
longed for no angels wing;
was just as near heaven as / wanted to BE-
Swinging in the grapevine swingl
Swinging In the grapevine swing,
Laughing where the wild birds sing
oh, TO be a boy,
With a heart fun OF Joy,
Swinging in the grapevine swing.
I'm weary at morn I'm weary at night,
I'm fretted and sore OF heart;
And care is sowing my locks with white
As / wend through the fevered mart.
I'm tired OF the world, with Its pride and pomp,
And fame seems a worthless thing;
I'D barter It all for one days romp,
And a swing In the grapevine swing.
Swinging in the grapevine swing,
Laughing where the wild birds sing
would l were away
From the world today,
Swinging in the grapevine swing.
Samuel NJ Peek in Times-Democrat
, 1889-08-03

A magazine has just begun to write
'HTho History of a Title Page" 1t may
seem a small subject, but it is an inter
esting one. 1t has also a very marked
bearing on the history of literature. In
volved in it W. find the questions of
titles, new, borrowed or initiated; of
authorship, real or assumed; of dates,
accurate, inaccurate, or absent alto
gether. In the mere arrangement of
type on the title page, not much vari-
ETY. is to be looked for. Some origin
atty in that respect is shown now and
then by publishers with taste and
fancy, but it is obvious that not much
novelty is feasible. Every now and
then we have the name of the author
at the top of the page, instead of in the
middle, after the French fashion; the
effect is quaint, and pleases. Now and
again, the title of the book starts at
the left hand top corner, and is run
on like q sentence till finished, instead
of being divided and spread out over
the page, in orthodox style. But when
all has been done that can be done in
this and other directions, the present
day publisher soon discovers that the
variations are by no means endless.
The only device which has not OF
late been greatly exploited Is that OF
the illustrated title page, with its
broad margin of artistic design in
closing the smallest possible amount
of type. This used to be very popular,
but has now fallen into almost entire
disuse. The preference now is for
title pages of simplicity in design and
brevity in wording. In the latter re-
spect we go, perhaps, to an extreme,
reserving all our explanations of the
volumes scope for the preface, and
thus giving trouble to the casual in
spectors of books. On one point one
might almost ask for legislative enact
ment-on the point of including on
every title page the date of the year
in which the work is published. There
are publishers who systematically
svade this duty, and the result is that
ono cannot tell whether their publ
cations are old or new, without max
ing inquiries which cost time, and
which should not be forced upon the
weary student.-London Globe.
, 1889-08-03

A canal has been constructed in Bel
GUM in which, instead of locks, the
boats are hoisted by elevators from
one level to another. The canal ex-
tends from the coal region in the in
terror of Belgium to Brussels, crossing
several other canals at the same grade,
SO that Belgian coal can be brought
directly by boat to Paris, as well as
the principal towns in Belgium and
Holland. AS the line passes over a
rather billy country, various ascents
and descents must be made, and to
save the long delays incidental to pass
ing the locks the change of grade is
made by means of hydraulic ele-
vators. The boats, which measure
about seventy tons, are lowed at the
low level into an immense tank, with
gates, which is submerged in the ca
nal. The gates are then closed and
the tank, which rests on the pistons of
a huge hydraulic elevator, is raised to
the upper level, when connection
is made with the next section of the
canal by means of double gates and
the boat proceeds on its way.-Fire
and Water.
, 1889-08-03

About a month ago Curtis McBur-
rows, an 8 year old child of William
McBurrows, colored, grabbed with his
left hand at a fish in a pool which he
and others had muddied, near Haw-
kinsville. AS he did SO a water moo
casin, which had been unseen, struck
its fangs into the 1eshy part Of his
hand, between the thumb and fore
finger. The child grabbed the snake
with his right hand and tore 1t loose,
but the snake instantly coiled around
the left arm and inflicted several bites
on it. The child's arm was treated by
his parents, who applied to it such
remedies as they could think of, but 1t
steadily grew worse. They brought
him to Hawkinsville to DR.. Taylor.
The arm was dreadfully swollen, and
the whole body seemed to be poisoned.
Amputation was decided to be neces-
sary, and the arm was taken off at the
shoulder by DR.. Gus Taylor. The child
rallied after the operation and babe
fair to get well; but Inflammation of
the bowels set in, and he died.-Haw-
kinsville Dispatch.
, 1889-08-03
Autograph Collecting.

care you fond of autographs, Mrs.
Mushroom asked the aesthetic young
lady of the practical visitor.
mo, / don't go much on 'em, but my
son who's away at college has a big col.
lection Of the handwritin' of great cele,
brights. reckon I'll surprise him some
when he gets back this summer"
"In what way?"
"Well, ye see, some of them cele.
brights writ such poor writin' that 1 had
all the names copied off in a neat hand
in a big book. You have no idee how
much better they look. That other truck
that nobody couldn't make out l JUS
burned up."-America.
, 1889-08-03
Deaf arutes in the World.

There is in the civilized world an aver.
age of one deaf mute to every 900 OF
the population; in other words, there are
at least 1000, 900 of this afflicted class.
In the United States there are 3s, 900; in
Great Britain, 10000; in Germany, 25,-
600; in France, o 1000; in Sweden, 2,00Oi
in Norway, LOO; in Denmark, 2,eeo; in
Holland, 1890, and in Switzerland (the
country above all others where deafness
is prevalent), 10,000.-Detroit Free Press.
, 1889-08-03
INC srarrow apd the AnIgater.

An alligator and al English sparrow
were seen to engage in a battle near
Darien, Fla, the other day. The gator
provoked the fight by swapping at the
bird, witch in turn flew furiously at its
ugly antagonist, aiming with precision
at the saurian's eyes. The gator finally
gave up the contest and sought safety
from the sparrow's attacks by hiding it
self under water.-Detroit Free Press.
, 1889-08-03
Have you heard what Mr.. G. L. weas1,

Have you heard what Mr.. G. L. weasI,
of Cambridge City, Ind, says of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea
Remedy? If not, here it is: During last
summer [ wa troubled very much with
severe pains in the stomach and bowels,
and was induced by a friend to try this
remedy. / took one dose, as per direc-
tons. and it gave me almost instant re-
lief" 25 and so cent bottles for sale by
B. B. David, Druggist.
Job Printing at the Leader Office.
, 1889-08-03
RuckIcnr Arnicn snIyc.

The best salve in the world tor cuts
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum. fever
sores, letter. cbapped hands, chilblains,
eorns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to I've perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price IS ceuts per box.
For sale by Dr.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1889-08-03
Dr.. Wagner Ca.


We oaar noanolosv cor davotira mroh tin.
and ~attenfion 10 1Ris mnch naeiected class oS
dIseases RELIEVING Thai no condfiion ~ hnrnon.
ity 10 80 yrret cha1 ,a ,anri, ,hasrra ~ -
h y sepytcas ~ tba DrnsasSion ~ whiah "a ~ ny
long, as many are innocent sufferers, and that
the physician who devotes himself
TO relieving the AFFLICTED and saving
them from worse than death. is no less a
pt6 n,I'n tbe s919edn a ar 1b a behsi% %hab TO c h1s race ace
pneatlon exeels IN any other b amen OF hlspro-
iesslon. ANA, ~iortnhhtely Ioi humanity m day
condemned he victims Of folly or cgimSe Ike
, 1889-08-03

All kinds of Job Printing neatly and
promptly executed at the Ieader Office.
, 1889-08-03

Job Printing at the Leader office.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-07

very boisterous and refused to accompany
hi N when placed in custody. The de.
fendant seemed to be very much amused
on hearing OF the manner in which che
defied the officer, but as he left the stand
she again became excited, and shouted
after him, "You never would have got
me out if / hadn't wanted to CO."
The Court called her to order sharply,
and asked her whether she was ready
for sentence, and as she replied that she
supposed she was, fined her SIS, which
her long. suffering husband, who was in
the courtroom, promptly paid. While
waiting for a receipt, Mrs. Carr struck q
defiant attitude in the dock, and, catch
ing sight of Mccarthy in the ante.room,
commenced to berate him at the top of
her voice. Judge Owens. however,
promptly informed her that if she didn't
keep quiet and sit down until he ordered
her release, he would certainly send her
to Jail without the option OF fine. She
sat down with jerk that shook every
thing in the room, and remarked that as
everyone else had had their say, she
thought it was about time she had hers.
At this juncture the Court warned her
that if she ever appeared before him
again he would give her more severe
sentence, and she then left the court
room, attended by her smaller and better
half, to whom she recited the outrage
perpetrated upon her.