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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-12
LADIES' BUTTON SHOES.

429 pair ladies' Rid Worked Button Hole Shoes,
nexible and very stylish. They cost to man.
uiacture sl23 the closing price on these
goods is 19c.
3 cases Ladies' Kid Worked Button-Hole Com
mon-Scnse Shoes that cost to manufacture
SIs7H-we are requested by tho makers to
close them out az 9yc pair;
$40 pair Ladies' KID silkWorSed Button-Hole
Solid Leather Shoes that cost 70 make STAG
we are closing them at &c.
s63 pair ladies' American hid Silk-Worked But
tOn-Hole Solid Leather Button Shoes that
cost the makers il.49-closing price on same
tl.E:
Ladies' French Kid Button Boots something
very siyli-h that cost tho makers SLs1-she
closing price i3 only Slsj:
3g7 pair I.adios Fair Stitch GOye-Kid Top Sils-
Norsed Button-Iole l6-Button Boots. fi.31-
cost 20 manufacture 81.
Seven cases Ladies hscallopei-Top Frcnch-hit
Button Boots. real elegant goods that arc
worth f2O-cosing price fL49;
Four cases Indies fatentLeather Tip Stylish
Button shoes for Sl49-tney cost 70 make up
Ladies' French Kid Medium Heel Flexible But
ton shoes that are worth - for only g pair ;
42i pair OF the finest ladies' Common-sense
shoes mado-they arc worth from $3.50 10
Sj-il ycu wish pair you can have thom for
half their actual value;
1873 pair Ladies' Serge Elastic Congress Caters
for sc. worth 81
40 pair Ladles' Serge Lace Shoes that are worth
Il for 67c.;
2j3 pair Old ladies' soft Flexible Glove.Kid
Balls tor soc. cost to Manufacture sL5j;
1jO pair Mems Rubber Bottom Checked Tennis
ShCes, i0c.--cOst TO make s9c,
600 pair Meas Heavy Bottom Tennis Shoes,
TJc.--cos, to MAKE fi95;
Mems Solid her Baseball Shoes, 7Jc. worth
SL2j:
Gcntlemen's Low-Quarter Tan Lace Shoes at
$50 worth $3.50;
Gentlemen's Eligh-Quarter Tan Lace Balls fi.59
worth t21j:
one case Gentiemens Lace Shoes at Sl-co.t
Sl3l 10 make:
One case Boys shoes sizes II TO l3 at tl.i0 worth
$50;
One case Boys Balls. 10 5. for l.25 worth sL75;
80 pair Bows Fair-stitch BGs, elegant quality,
tor 81. 80 worth f22
....-. -. -. 80
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-12

. Black Gros-Crsin SILK. 75c. worth 81.
Z GRAY Henrietta Cloth al 20c. worth &c
GRAY Wool Henrietta 60 inches wide 21c. worth
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-12

Flannel and Brocaded Table Covers. all sizes.
81. Andrews 52x72 size shawls. black ana white
check---Gt JJc. ,,
Another lot Pillow-shams-oe stamp
ed % be embroidered, at 100. pair
Directoire Bustles az lie;
Another lot Of 36-inch-wide striped furniture
Iinsn---af 25c worth tf
Bound Braid for the bottom ot sklrts--I4c.
piece--enough for skirt:
Bows and ladies' l-Silk--WindsorS Scaris--
ifc worth 25c.
ladies' White Gauze Iron-Frame Vests--s;l l1c.
worth DC.
Ladies' BaibrigCsn Vests--at PIC;
ladies' Balbriggan Ves's--in cream
pink-vhite--blue 25c. worth 4Oc.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-12

Pride-of-the- West Al Bleached Cotion---io'. c
yard
Black souiasche Braid at l5c. por dozen yards {;
100 dozen Gentiemen's Fanry-Bordered Hand
I5c.:
Beautiful patterns----in red and white Ham
burg Edge.
Gen;lernen's-SAiin Windsor Scarfs-light
and dark cOlOrs--2jc. worth SOC.
Canvas Belts--whie--a &c.
Tan and Black Leather s--9c.--l2Mc.--
14c., l9r.--25c.
Ladies' Superior Quality-BslbriggA Vests
4sc. worth 15c.
10 pieces--beautiful Swiss Baby Flounclng--
SOC. q yard worth 60c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-12

Black Ucrnice Cloth. similar 20 the old-time
Bep-leNc worth i6>sc.;
sis-k Hali-Wool Cashmere, l0c. worth l2kc.'
Atwood Tri-oi, - inches wide-46c.;
Back -urah -l.k. 4s. worth Soc
AlsE-c- stripes and plaids. 40 popular thle
toqa0n IN gray Crcen--black- -- brown
nlue--iorrs-cottn at i2S worth co.,;
l6iDch wiie-A-Navy- -Blue--Ali-NoOl serge ~
a. worth 75c
Pure SIX Mitts--12Hc- pair;
RIGck 7Wiled Striped Henrietta, l0c. worth
i2S0:
Rack Alpaca, PC. worth S9c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-12

pieces pimity Pique--nice Ior chnufens
wear. 80 l1c worm 20c
~ pieces Corded Piquo. extra heavy---st l2sc.
worth 2'ci
very sheer p1siI--end Stripe Nainsook--loc.
worth 1856.
Parasol Covers.--Appliqued Nei--Parasol
toYora--g>-. worth $50;
pa-sfol covers q G.c.
10 piec.s Fl-ured Orsanfy. lovely styles--biue
and wnits pins aud vhito--blsck ana
sglita af--ilr worth sc
10 dozen Ladies CoOred and Black Lislc-
Thread Gloves NJ l2Hc. worth 10.
Gentlomcn's --- hedlum-W ight -- Vests ---
81. worth 6)c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-12

All-wool, all colors Henre,,as, &c Inches vide,
3,.c. worth Soc.
All-Wool. all colors Henrlettss. &c inches wide.
75c. worth 81;
Black sicilan Cloth, superior quality, at 75c.
worth 81:
ll-Wooi Blnck Henriettas, IS inches wide. isc.
worth Co.,:
Black Gros-Grain SILK ~ CSC worth sl.95;
Arl-WoOl Iricot oil cOlOrs-3s inches wide, i2c.;
-pnk--end Blue--Casnmerc-3o
inches vide. c5c.
Wool Beige In solid and fancy styles-at l2Hc.
worth 10 C.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-12
Greater Reductions Than Ever On Beaded Wraps

lot Plat yalencienns Lace e--5c.-7c.--
&C.:
Swiss Eiging-at i0c worth i5> at i2%c.
worth i68c.; at l5c. worth isc. at2ic. worth
55c.:
White Lawn Ties for children and nurses
a.-12Bc. c.--i7c.--23c., 3Jc.
All wid:hs--in Black and Cream Hercules
Braid.
Mems and Boys Outing rts--39c.--l4c.--
69c.--05c:
All colors in ladies' Cashmere Scarfs-4sc.
Ladirs'---Ful-Size All-Wool Cashmere scarfs'
9sc--all colOrs.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-12
A SPECIAL

Of tho very popular brand Of BLACK SILK tha
sell i
All Wool Gray Henrietta-S6inches wide, 57Hc.
worth JOc. :
worth 81.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-12

1000 DOZEN
MEMS 4-PLY LINEN
TURN-DOWN COLLARS,
ALL SIZES,
5 CENTS.

2o0yards Of Woven Plaid organdle--at l'Sc.
worth 25c.;
1000 Oyards-Langdon g. 3. Remnants Bleached
Cotton-from Ave to twenty yards-7c. a
yard---worth l0c.;
l.5oO yards beautiful Sheer Striped Null a. Sc. a
yard.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-12

PARAsoLs AND SILK UMBRELLAS.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-20

The Waterbury DEMOCRAT boasts that none of the shame which belongs to the enemies of ballot reform can be shared by the democrats of Connecticut. Sc far as the DEMOCRAT is concerned its skirts are clear. But what of the lead ing democratic paper of the state, and the democratic senators who have been guided by it?-Hartford Post.
 Neither the Hartford Times nor the democratic senators could have had any influence in defeating ballot reform if the republican senate desired it. They have not been allowed to stand in the way of other matters that were accep table to the republican leaders, such, for instance, as continuance of minority elections and the reorganization of the senate on the popular basis. Had the Henney- -Hotchkiss bill become law the republicans would have appropriated all the credit; let them now bear the shame of its defeat by republican governor and republican senate.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-20

HARTFORD is wrestling with the mat ter of increasing the salary of its police court judge, which is now S1 ,O0O per annum. As police courts are run Ill Connecticut we should say that S1,OOO Is just about S900 more than the judges are worth. Every one of these courts,so far as the dispensation of law or justice Is concerned. might as well be conducted by a layman or highwayman. As they are run now they are simply soft berths for republicans with apull, and are the most detestable travesrties on justice. The chief end in view is to make them self-supporting, and the unfortunates who come before them are made to pay the freight regardless of ethics or equi- ties.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-20
Religion aude i.er a Hermit.

4 woman who claims York as her home, but refuses to reveal her name, is creating a sensation in Upper Lancas. ter, county Pennsylvania, by her hermit life in the woody retreats near Falmouth where she occupies three caves in one of the widest and least frequented spots in this section. She is supposed to be a religious fanatic, and hundreds of people have ventured into her forest home to examine her romantic habitation.
 Her cave is divided into three com partlnents. The first is feet wide, s feet long and feet high. In the rear of this is a second cave feet long, s feet wide and feet high, in which she pre- pares her food gathered by foraging in the neighhorhood. Back of this is third cave 9 feet high, 6 feet wide and 10 feet long. in which is a rude bed of leaves and an old blanket to protect her from the U.-Philadelphia Times
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-20
Misleading Strns

''You talk about being taken in," said a drummer; ''an incident occurred during my last journey which, besides proving of interest to your readers may serve as 8 caution to many. Last month I was in Chicago, and having reason to believe that a certain large house in the center of the city required just such stock as had. l determined to visit it.
 "On arriving outside of that firms place of business, which covered nearly half block, noticed a stairway, over which was sign reading: Entrance for Commercial Travellers Naturally think ing that the office of the buyer was in that direction, mounted the stairs with rising hopes. At the top was a long pas sage with similar signs pointing straight along. At the end of the corridor there was turn and more stairs, this time leading downward. The signs continued to show the way. At the bottom opened the door, with sigh of relief, and found myself-in the street, I had simply walked up one stairway, through long hall and down another stairway, to where I had started five minutes before"- N. Y Star
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-20
Water WilcS.iltK

There exists among the ignorant of ali commuiiitIus many strong beliefs, deeply rooted and powerful in their guidance of their daily actions, influential factors in their lives, but tossed contemptuously aside by the learned as 'superstitions, :" which a writer in the Cincinnati Com mercial- Gazette believes to be we'll worthy of scientific investigation as hay ing seeds of truth within which by cul- tEre, may be developed into usefulness.
 The prevalent idea, for instance, of the action of the moon upon vegetation he thinks, deserves closer investigation than has been accorded it by science as it is undeiliai :n Ia. those who follow the ''sic;nS' il their planting and sowing and pruning are the most successful of our ugri, llturists. horticulurists and florists. E>en ti.p et!,v, Popularly attributed to tia' satellite upon inanimate substances is nc, Gn entirely frivolous attribute.
 Another ancient and widcly-spread ''surerstition' is that of ''water-witch- ing. so call, q because it was formerly believed that the twiSs of the witch hazel tIAnIameiis Firginica) were necessary for tnc production of the phenomena at tel:,.l5 ,he process. In southern Ohio, Eowcv. r, the peach stick is the favorite imprnent, but in my experience con- t;nucs the writer. any variety of wood will answer he purpose. l have used oak, haw, beech, birch or any variety of wood that came to hand with equal effect, and a piece of old wooden barrel hoop has served the purpose just as well.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-20

tained the veto. The democrats could do nothing towards defeating the bill if the republicans desired its passage; being in hopeless minority they are powerless where tine republicans are united. Our contemporary evidently prov ed more than it intended; it proved that the Henney-Hotchkiss bill was good one, was derived by the workingmen and voters generally, would solve the secret ballot problem-and then forgot to tell its readers that the republican party, through its governor and senate, prevented the passage of the bill. No wonder its readers broke into a broad grin when they read our contem- porary's editorials. No wonder Morgan G. Bulkeley cries to be spared from his friends. No wonder a man who stood opposite the Welton fountain thought he saw the horse laugh when it heard about the Democrats Championing Fraud"
 But word of advice to our contempo- rary. Now that you are working in the daylight leave your owls eyes behind you and see things as they are. And above all roost lower when you talk about fraud in regard to a secret ballot law
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-20
THE BUSINESS OF 4 FRINGE.
Royalty Imposes Numerous Cares arc Outles Not Generally Known.

Ranquets, visits, presentations, inaug'-
 rationS of monuments, speechifyinG. miii-
 taly manoeuyerS and long railway jour neys absorb most of the time which Albert Edward does not devote to the graver concerns of state. Every day brings him batch of telegrams announcing births. marriages or deaths in other
 princely families, and these have to De | answered. On his own domestic anni- varsaries-birthdays wedding day, ac- cessiou day-telegrams and adorraGes
 coiuo t.' him by the hundred, and each ono l,.i)et b. read to him lest it should
 not receive a suitable reply. An intelli-
 gent private secretary may save a prince some of this work, but all private secre-
 taries not intelligent, nor do they
 much care to assume responsibilities,
 A prince, says Temple Bar like other 1 men, must do most of his work for him. , self or it will be badly done. If he re- tires for a short while to the seclusion of sona private estate, things go wrong, roand of showy and irksome duties. His
 heaa '. hes, but he must show himself
 an abe with everybody He is tired of
 ta!i;.n-. hlt he must find something pleas
 ant C S,sy to the dozens of people who VI. r..,>': lie goes, are introduced to him. l He ilas seen enough of exhibitions to sic!l0n him for life, but he must appear to ltthc un luGSltiScuU luJclcSL III diI tilcSc show, and cram himself for conversa- tions about them with specialists. He mus i:n,}W the exact measure of cOmpli- mentS which are expected by various
 eminc.s; artists, authors, inventors and manufacturers.
 lie must have read, or prptendssd to have read, the latest work on military tactics by this or that distinguished gencra!-"Speclally if the general be a
 forei4rn,.t in the service of an allied pow /. ;HT he is not himself honorary
 coonyi in half a dozen foreign regiments, whose uniforms he has to wear upon oc-
 casions, and is it not required of him as
 a coinlAander of armies that he should seem to take the keenest interest in things mili:ary2 Generals may bore him to desperation; he may be sick to death of military bands always playing him his
 national airs ;" his head may split at the roN'ipR of cannon and the firing of
 rifles in sham fights and at the thunder
 of squadrons charging imaginary enemies in mimic warfare; but he must look
 cheerful and well pleased. When the
 generals have done with him the diplo-
 iuatists come on. To these he must
 batter i'll a tongue which is not his own,
 and be carefu l about every word he ut
 ters, besides keeping up his tone to the highest pitch of cordiality, for the eM- bassador will write every word down and report it to his government, and if the prince have forgotten the right names of l GiINisnt princes and princesscs of the
 ambassadors court this lapse of memory
 will be set down against him, and may cause a "cOldneSs
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-20
Rival Of the Virginia Natural Bridge

High up in the crest of the mountains on the Birmingham, Sheffield and Ten nessee River railroad there is to be found one of natures wonders. It is a natural bridge, as complete, as perfect, as sym metrlcal, and, in some essentials, more remarkable than the great natural bridge of Virginia.
 The bridge lies between the stations of Lynn and Delmar. It is about fifty eight miles from Sheffield and twenty nine miles from Jasper. Its length from abutment to abutment is 175 feet. It's width is 25 feet, and the thickness ranges from to feet: It is of pure sandstone, and has no doubt stood the climate changes of ages. Leaning over the bridge you see in the ravine which it spans, some sixty feet below, the shim- mer and sparkle of many springs of clear, limpid water, which bubble from the sandstone soil, and joining flow down the ravine. A singular feature is sub division of smaller bridge, constructed on the same pattern, perhaps even more perfect lines, which leads from one side of the bridge proper.-Tuscumbia North Alabamian,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-20
FuDliuG Il Splder.

\ gentleman was watching some spi- ders, whom it occurred to him to try what effect the sound of a tuning fork would have upon them. He suspected that thny would take it for the buzzing of ;l fly.
 He scl cieI a large, ugly spider that had hren fc:>ting on flies for two months. The spider was at one edge of it's web. Sounding the fork, the man touched a thread at the other side and watched the result. MT. Spider had the sound con- v2ENi to him over his telephone wires, h;:L how was he to know cn which par ticuiir wire it was travelling?
 Eo ran to the center of the web very Guic:.!y and felt all arouni until he tou2hed the thread against the end of which the fork was sounding then, taking another throaI along, just as man woslld an extra Iiece of rope, he ran out to the fork and sprang upon it.
 2'l,n he rctreated a little way and loo... d at the fork. He was uzzled. He had expected to find a buzzing fly. He got on the fork again and danced with delight. Evid, ntly the sound was music to lim.-TOT0pIO Globe
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-20
Sir JuIian's Musical Talent.

Sir Julian Pauncefote, the new English minister, is seen to the best advantage after dinner, when the strains of music are heard in the drawing-roo He is a technical musician of high quality for an amateur. In his younger days, while waiting for work, he used to compose and played the piano with considerable skill and talent. He has a sonorous baritone voice and used to sing, but of late he has not been induced to try his vocal powers. Whether the ladies of Washington will break down his reserve remains to be seen, but certain it is that Sir Julian looks forward with much pleasure to his term of residence in country where he has already many close efriends.-Philadelp News
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-20
African ProbHsnas.
The mere territorial vastness of u different areas to be subdued daunts Il

The mere territorial vastness of the different areas to be subdued daunts the imagination. We have all, no doubt, pre- conceived ideas of the magnitude of the Dark Continent; but it is only when we realize fully what such geographical spaces are; that an African "river' is not Thames, or even a Rhine, but would reach from London to Constantinople that an African ''king" often rules tract that would hold first-class European state; that an African forest can be com pared with nothing on our continent, but may stretch, like the forest of Aruwhimi in unbroken gloom and pathlessness over an area equal to five Englands. Still less do we realize that such forest is but one among many; that probably two-thirds of Central Africa is as yet impepetrable except to the elephant; that the mere task of cutting arterial roads, the very beginning of our work, is five times the task it would be to build Roman roads throughout Europe.
 We must enter by tho rivers and the lakes, and everywhere throughout the rich valleys which we must first subdue wherever there are trees-and the trees never end-there are the twisted Illanas. and an undergrowth which bars all pas sage till the axe has cloven way. The endless difficulty of communication created by such magnitude of area, and such densitym the forest, quintuples all other difficulties, and wastes human energy almost beyond endurance.
 We moderns have ceased even to think of a messenger taking six months to pass by land from point to point. The cll- mate, though it will improve when we have learned to respond to It's demands, and have ascertained what kind of insti- tuition gives a European his best chance, will always remain more dangerous than that of tropical Asia, and in the begin ming, when we most wish to succeed, it uses men up faster than India did 100 years ago, or than Burmah did whan Rangoon, one of the healthiest cities in the tropics, was considered an Aceldame. Tho spectator.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-20
Decently Buried by Beetles.

One day recently Charles Meeker, Jr., son of ex-Justice Meeker of South Nyack, N. Y., took @ pleasant stroll over to the Balanced Rock, and during his walk killed a snake some three feet in length. Being quite proud of his achievement, Charley brought the dead reptile down to his home that others might see 1t. He left it lying near the house, and the next day member of the family suggested that the dead snake be removed or buried.
 Two days after Mrs. Meeker called the attention of her son to an object which appeared to be moving in the grass, and said to him that the snake which he had killed on Sunday was alive again.
 An examination of the premesis proved that the snake, at @ point about fifty feet from where it was originally lying, was and interesting revelation was made. With the snake were two "burying bee- ties" prosecuting their work with vigor. It appears to be one of the duties of this particular order of insects to bury car iron, and these two active members of the family were performing their labor in praiseworthy manner. They had moved the snake on their backs for about fifty feet, and were taking it to spot still further away which they had selected for the place of burial.
 MT. Meeker and his family, as we'll as several neighbors, became intensely in- terested in the task undertaken by the beetles, and watched the process of inter- ment. The place selected by the insects was between an apple and pear tree, and there, the beetles dug a grave and deposited the snake in it. When this was accomplished the diligent beetles covered the grave over with dirt, and all that was seen of the snake was the tip end of it's tail, which was left sticking out of the ground
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-20
sugar as an Antt-Incru.,a:.on.

Some interesting experiments are said to have been recently made in the em- ployment of sugar as an agent to prevent the incrustation of steam boilers. The results are reported as highly satisfac- tory. Into a boiler of twenty horse power and containing 126 cubes two every week, and after four months working under these conditions the in crustation on the boiler, which had for mcrly been badly incrusted every six weeks, was found to consist only Of thin film, which was easily removed by wash in;: --Ex change.