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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-24
CHAPTER III.


That day was q dav OF horrors for
Sergeant Stronge. When he had suili-
GENTLY recovered from the shock of the
announcement OF his sons suicide he
went down to the mortusry, where he
saw the poor lad lying stark and stiff, his
famished face aud threadbare clothes
bearing fearful testimony to the misery
ne had suffered before the kindly Thames
had given him repose forever. Horror
stricken ythe sight. conscience-stricken
by the fearful result of his resentment,
the broken-hearted. broken-spirited
old man made inquiries for the
widow and child. Their residence
was soon discovered in the fourth
floor of rickety house up squalid
alley With trembling steps the Ser
geant followed a policeman there He
found the widow frenzied with sorrow
for hor husbands loss. She may have
been only scullery maid, but she
adored with her whole heart and soul
the young gentleman who had loved her
with an honest love. She bad never
seen the Sergeant, and did not know
him ; but when the policeman who had
guided him there told her who he was
she greeted him with a wild cry of "Mur-
dererl The old man, Mortified beyond
expression, tried to appeass her by prof
fers OF assistance, but she spurned them
with furious contempt. The scene was
horribly painful, and on the old lawyers
already shattered nerves Il had q fearful
effect. When at last he left the wretched
apartment and the raving woman he was
20 weak that II was only by the police
Euan's help thai hs was enabled 70 Res
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From the Baseball Tourists.

Arson: GLOW likest thou, John, the
tower on yonder hill ?"
Ward: 1T hath lean and hungry
look, egad !"
Arson: "E'n 80, Montgomery, but
still think it hath a pitch that's quite
remarkable.
Ward: ergo, It's true. Aye, mary,
as thou sayest, and yet, an be buuored
to the wood. 1t ill-compares with that
imperial pitch by which Sir Keeie ami
hilates his foes"
Arson; go to, Montgomery, ex-
tremely to- Thou'rt made of baser
metal than [ thought
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n,..,. E,ooa 10 the noau.

"I must say. Mr.. Lollofsky, | do not
like your countrymen as rule. The an-
glicized specimens we have met have APP
peared to be unbearably sarcastic"
"Inleed And why should you look
upon these examples as proving the fault
you speak of to be a national failing ?"
"The tyranny OF your country en-
forces the conclusion. The very mouth
OF your ruler is q Czar-chasm.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-24
Cntarrh Curea-

A clergyman. after years OF suffering from
that loatbsome disease catarrh, and ysinly
trylng every known remedy, at last found a
recipe which completely cured and saved
him from death. ANY sufferer from ibis
dreadful deea,e sending seis-addressed
stamped envelope TO Professor j. A. Law.
renee. So Warren street. New York city, will
receive the recipe free Of charge.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-24
B,by bad with Eo,,ma HAIR gone. Scalp

Baby bad with Eczema Hair gone scAip
covered with Eruptions. Physicians
fail Cured By cntieura Remedies hsir
restored. Not = pimpls on him nov.
cannot say enough Ia praise OF the Crfico-
RA RzssDIss. Ny boy whsa one year OF age
was 90 bad with eczema tina: no lost al OF nh
hair. His scalp was covered With erup'ions.
which the doctor said was scsid head, and that
his hair would never grow again. Despsiring OF
a cure from physicians, began the use OF curl
CORA hsnEDigs. and. am happy to say. WIN
the moet perfect success. His hair II nom spien-
did, and there Is not pimple on him recon-
msud the CuTfcuKA REsEDIfs 70 mothers as ms
most speedy. economical, and sure cure for all
sktn diseases Of Infants and children. AMI feel
that avery mother who has an afiicsod child viii
thank me for so doing.
MS. N. L MOOpsUM. Norway. No
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-24
West Virginia GubernRtoVtai Fight.
fSnaaial tneeram 10 the nisnntch1

CHARLESTON, W. Va February % The
legislative committee appointed to examine
into and report op the matter OF the contest
between Fleming aud Goif for the COVER
norship organized this morning by electiUg
w. l.. Zee chairman. The return. Tor Cow
ernor were turned over by speaker Woods,
duly sealed, With the statement that the cer-
tifcates In the package WIRE just as received
BY him. The committee tben adjourned 10
meet In this city on April 10Th or at the call
OF the chairman.
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A lightning .ngsxemont.

whats tho matter with you. Ohio ?
You do not seem yourself this evening.
"kdwina. my charming friend. have
the heartache. "
~ have remedy, sweet boy. For
the heartache there is nothing like a
heart take. DO you take?"
81 take"
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Hoped coraChanee.

$50 you've taken to the stage as
profession, eh, Mr.. Blunt p
"Yes, SIR"
"Then you'll want a manager, of
course ?"
"Not if l know. myself. I've been
married six years, and I've taken this
new departure for the very reason that
it promises some measure Of independ-
ence.
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He was 7lietaken.

"By the way, Badgers, your FREUD
Snifin IS a singular fellow. don't know
what to r ake of him"
"Oh, wouldn't let that worry me,
Farley. He's alrea ly made, and | doubt
if he'd thank you for reconstructing
him."
"You don't twig my meaning. Tho
singular thing about Sniflin is that he is
q man OF such large experiences and yet
positively without convictions
"There where you're mistaken. Hes
been convicted twice, but his political
influence enabled him to escape the con
sequences.
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Eczema 81 Years curpd.

lam farmer siIty-one years q ace. and have
suffered rom bAbyhOod vi b what heard COM
monty called "hensycomb 2snia " on my
hands 4 few months sg0 PSI Chased from my
druggists, Messrs. sanders 3 Lesesne. 70
CUTICCRA NEHgDIss. and used them according
10 directions. A cure was speedily and tho
roughly effected and make this 3iaiement that
others iikeWiss affected may 90 benefited.
JOSEPH JACKSON. GEORGETOWN. Tex
Reference: Messrs. SANDERS x LKsgsSE, Drug
ola
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Worry Literal.

Don't you think, Harry, that Cousin
Clara has a remarkable voice ,"
every. Decidedly Wagnerian, [
should say. Just the sort OF voice that
seems to me adapted TO the music OF the
future"
How fsttering But are you in
earnest"
"Of course | am SO positively ear
nest that think she ought TO conhne
her performances entirely 70 the tu-
ture."
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quite ritsing.

"Dont YOU think. Mr.. squintsr, that
our new member is rather g suave per-
son?"
"Zuave =? Well, I hadn't given any
thought in that direction before, but
since you've mentioned it l must admit
that his trousers do bag awiully at the
knees"
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FEBRuARr %, 1889.

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
lam very much Obliged to you for publish
ing my article "Houor 10 Whom Honor Is
Due" intended 10 write Lewis Butler,
but do not always write very plainly. Can
1 trouble you to make the corrections
Very truly, &C., P.J. w.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-24
A Misunderstanding

At the box Office
Opera Habitue "What have you got
good for tonight"
Ticket-Seler: Gotterdammerung."
O. Il. "Got what ;"
T. s.: "Gotterdammerung."
o. II. Well, who the dickens wants
to sit on dammerung? I'm asking you
what you've got good in seats"
7. S.. "Beg pardon; thought you
wanted to know what we'd got on the
programme"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-24

lFor the Dispstcb.l
a Aharn MAl0rs.

"Uncle George, do 700 think that
story about Washington and the cherry
tree is true?" :, :,
"Well, Johnny. don't know that IL
has ever been verified, but 1t is surely
somewhat sx-iomstic."
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-24
TOboggnning.

tUUHsH NHfuHs
A slip and q sllds,
A Clip and a glide,
A loom and bump,
A heaye and hump,
A hurl and a swirl,
A peal and purl,
A far and Jog.
Aud that's q toboE.
A shove and a shoot,
A tip and to0t.
A sway and sweep,
A stir Ger the steep,
A swing and swoop.
A hip and a whoop,
With senses Bgog,
And hats q toboR.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-24
Remedies

torturing humiliatlng, itching, burnisG scaiy.
and pimply diseases Of tho skin scalp aud
blood with loss o, hair. AMI sll bumors, blot hes.
erupiions. sores scales. AMI crusts. whether sim
Pic. scrofulous. or contagious When physicians
aud all other remedies fall
Sold everywhere. Prce' CCrlcuRi, 20. soar,
49, REsOLvES1. ST. Prepared - ths POT FR
DRUG AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Boz
ton.
Sc Send for "HOu 10 Cure sSin pissases,' "a
pages, 50 illustrations, and 100 Testimonials
DV,S Skin ami scalp preserved snd beau.
ID 'DA tined ~ CUriccsA soar. Absolutely
pure. 10 .lWlwlAsu
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Meanwhile. Tenn. writes: From experience Ia
myfarniiy DR.. h. hoaleys Loncn Elixir has few
II any equals. and 90 Supporters In medicine for
the regulation VI me liver stomach, aud bowel.
Or. II. hpzieys Lemon hot Drops are superior
20 any remedies We have ever been able 10 got
for throat and lung diseases.
70 5-SutApi w. II. MAGNESS
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Lehman etixtr.
ITS WONDERFUL EFFECT ON THE LIVER.
STOMACH, BOWELS, KIDNEYS, AND
BLOOD

as prepared by DR.. h. Motley, Atlanta, Ga. A
pleasant Lemon drink, that positively cures al
Biliousness, Constipation, Indigestion. Head
ache, Malaria. kidney Disease. Dizziness, Loss
OF Appetite, FeTers. Chills. biotches. Pimples,
Pain In thu BAcs. palpitstion, Of the Heart. and
all o.her diseases caused ~ a disordered liver.
stomach. and kidneys. the nrss great cause OF
all fatal diseases. Fifty cents ard 81 per bottle.
sold by druggists generally. Prepared only by
II. Motley, N. d., Atlanta. Ca.
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LEMON HOT DROPS
pm FeTnFNr NA1TONAr RANK

cure all coughs. Colds. Hoarseness, Sore Threat
Bronchitis. Pneumonia, and all throat aud lung
diseases. Price 70 cents sold By drug gists. Pre-
pared only by DIR. II. Motley, Atlanta, 3a
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CutiGuPa

CurICUsA. the great sSin cure, instantly silsys
tho most sgonizlug itching, burning. and iunsm-
nation, clears the skin and scalp OF crusts and
scales. and restores the hair. CurTcUSA SOAP.
tho greatest of skin bsautaers, ~ Indispensable
Ia treating skin diseases and baby humors. Il
produces the whitesi, cearest skin and soitess
hands. free from pimple. spot, or blsnish. curl
cUBk REsoLyESr, the new blood purifier.
clesnses tho blood Of impurities and poisoEous
elements, and thus removes the cAusE Hence
the CUrICURA REMEDIES cure every species OF
pINPLEs, blscs-heads, chspped, rough; red,
WI and oily skin prevented by CurlCURA SOAR.
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Eczema 9 Years CuTed.

Two years ago was attacked with eczema |
cannot tell you what ! suffered. dare not
shave. had always shaved before. vas ths
most foriorn spectacle you ever ssr. Charles
Kennedy. OF this place. showed no your pam
phlet on s5n diseases, aud among them louad
the description saitobls - my case. bought
the CuTIcUaA REMEDIES SUI took them sccorf-
ing 10 directions. hnd soon foand mysoit Au-
proving. took seven bonles with the CCricusi
aud soar. and The result Is permanent euro. I
thought would wait and ses y I would come
back. but It mas proved all you -Sld ~ would do.
] feel lac tbaaslng you. ba; words cannss 10 Il;
GO will sny. Cot b SIS YOU and yours
1HOS. l. OkAl. LeAYfrloNn, IOrgen 90. q.
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Sweating with agony and terror, the
old lawyer stood waiting for renewal of
the knock. He waited in vain. None
came. Everything remained as silent as
the grave. There WAS no sound OF foot
steps on the stairs. There was no sign OF
human motion or human presence. The
knock seemed like a summons from the
dead
At length. almost fainting with weak
mesa and fear, Sergeant Stronge sank
back into his chair aud sat there for n
long time trembling. An hour had
elapsed before he had recovered sulii-
cient calmness to think reasonably OF the
sound he seemed to have heard.
My mind is getting unhlnged. he
then said to himself /" My imagination
is playing me tricks. Trouble lis I'M
nerving me altogether. | must pull my
self together-must make an effort TO
take my mind Off these ghastly subjects
or shall 60 raving mad.
He rose nsrvously and put some fresh
Goals on the fire. He took the shade off
the reading lamp aud turned mp the
fame to its highest point. He wanted
light, more light Darkness had become
terror TO him. But yesterday he was
a man who would have faced anything ;
to-day sorrow and remorse had made
him child again who feared the dark.
That night Sergeant Stronge did not
60 to bed. Through the iong hours Of
darkness he sat before the blazing fire
with his lamp burning high and
trembled il a curtain rustled or window
creaktd.
The next morning being Monday. his
old clerk called according 70 his custom
st Kings Bench Walk. bringing with
him the letters from Sergeant Stronge's
business chambers in Pump Court.
Il can't attend &c business for the
present. John." the Sergeant said TO
him. "Tell any client who asks about
me that | cannot be seen till after the
vacation.
81 will, cir, " answered the old clerk,
who had seen all about his master
calamities in the morning papers.
"And. john" said the Sergeant,
"just como back hero in the evening. |
may want you to stop with me over
night. The troubles I've gone through
since Saturday have quite unueryed ma
I'm actually sirSd to stay here at night
alone"
:. Yea. SIR replied the old clerk, duli-
fully.
He had not been used to be spoken to
BY his master IN that gentle way. and
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10
Cold Winters of Long Ago.

In 401 the Black Sea was entirely
frozen over. In 763 not only the
Black Sea but the Straits of Darda-
nellie were frozen over, the snow in
some places rising fifty feet high. In
800 the great rivers Of Europe, the
Danube, the Elbe, etc, were so hard
frozen as to bear heavy wagons for a
month. In $50 the Adriatic was frozen.
In 991 everything was frozen, the
crops totally failed, and famine and
pestilence closed the year. In 1907
most Of the travellers in Germany were
frozen to death on the roads. In 1874
the Pc was frozen from CremOna to the
sea, the wine sacks were burst and the
trees split by the action of the frost,
with immense noise In 1896 the Dan
ube was frozen to the bottom and re-
manned long in that state. In 1916 the
crops wholly failed In Germany.
Wheat, which some years before sold
in England at IS the quarter, rose TO
e2. In 1908 the crops failed in Scot
land, and such famine ensued that the
poor were reduced to feed on grass
and many persisted miserably in the
fields. In 1868 the wine distributed tc
the soldiers was cut with hatchets.
The successive winters of 1882 We're
uncOmmOnly severe. In 1853 1t was
excessively cold. Most of the hoilies
were killed. Coaches drove along the
Thames, the ice of which was eleven
inches thick In 1903 occurred the
coolest weather; the frost penetrated
the earth three yards into the ground.
In 1716 bAoths were erected on the
Thames. In 1744 and 1745 the strong
est ale In England, exposed to the air.
was covered IN less than fifteen min
utes with ice an eighth OF an inch
thick. In 1903 and In 1872 the win-
ters were remarkably cold Ia 1914
there was 8 fair on the frozen Thames
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10

massacre business IS done there. too.
The white man has facilities which We
do not have, and so the red mans
goose is practically cooked. We can
buy arrow-heads cheaper than we can
make them, and why should we toll
over homemade arrowhead all day
when we can steal horse in ten min
utes that viii bring nice new relics
enough to last us year? We have in
our tribe favored free trade, and so
we, with our infant industries, are
thrown into direct competition with
the relicmakers OF the Bowery. You
can buy a good scalp at Chatham
Square for sixty-nine cents to-day, and
so the warpath IS practically over
grown with grass. In a year or two
men with sample cases viii no doubt
visit the Indian tribes and sell their
years supply of everything in that
line. We are utterly discouraged.
There has not been a war-lilze attitude
among the Piutes since the Buekwheat
Pancake Outbreak Of 80"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10

It is then his duty to get the pack to-
gether in line and give them the word TO
start homeward From that moment it
is race between the hounds to see which
shall reach the finish line first If either
Of the hares is oyertaken on the way by
any hound, it counts as a big point IN
favor Of the latter.
At the finish line a tally is kept Of tbs
men as they cross it. The barrier who
crosses first is the champion in individual
running, whether his team is highest or
lowest on the list. His trophy is a silver
cup appropriately engraved. When all
the hounds have crossed the line the
peculiar scoring begins. Suppose a Spar
tan barrier crosses first, another from the
same club third, another eighth, another
tenth, another thirteenth. and another
fifteenth. The score of the Spartans is
then found by adding the numbers that
represent the individual results. In this
case, which is wholly hypothetical, the
total is fifty. Some other club might
have had a list Of individual TALES as
follows: 2, 4, 5, 8, II, and II. The total,
forty nine, shows that the Spartans we're
one point worse off than their rivals, so
far as team work went, although the best
runner was in the Spartan pack and the
worst in the other.
The team securing the lowest total score
gets the championship, and the six mem
bers who crossed the line in time to par
ticipate in the victory are honored with
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with his skeleton fingers, her love
CLEANS around that soul with an angel
smile. Time cannot mar its brilliancY;
distance but strengthens its influence;
it follows the prisoner into the darkest
cell, and in the silence of midnight it
plays around his heart, and in his
dreams he folds to his bosom the form
of her who loves him still, though the
world has turned coldly from him. The
couch made by the hand of a loved one
is softer to the wearied limbs of the
sick sufferer, and the potion admins
tered tenderly by the same had loses
half It's bitterness. The pillow care
fully adjusted by her brings repose to
the fevered brain, and her words of
kind encouragement sustain the sink
ing spirit. 1t does seem that God,
compassionating woman's first error,
has planted a jewel in her breast, a
heaven-like influence that casts into
forgetfulness a remembrance of the
fall, by building up in hearts Of men
another Eden, where perpetual flowers
ever bloom and crystal waters flow
from exhaustless fountains.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10

ton of barriers for the running of picked
men and packs. This is called the ma
tional Cross Country Association of
America" Among the more important
organizations represented in this body are
the Manhattan Athletic Club, the Olympic
Athletic Club, the Allerton Athletic Club,
all of New York City; the Star Harriers
of Long Island City, the Prospect Har-
riers of Brooklyn, the Suburban Har-
riers of New York City, the Ravenswood
Boat Club of Staten Island, and the
Spartan Harriers.
There are various favorite courses for
running in the neighbOrhood of New York,
the most popular of which is in Westches-
ter County, where there is a remarkable
variety in the surface of the land. There
are forests of primeval denseness there,
long stretches Of meadows, many forbade
streams. and a plenty Of PERCEPTIONS hills
to test the skill and strength of the har-
riers. Courses vary in length according
to the pleasure of the men participating
in the game; but when d championship
run is in question, and one occurs on the
last Saturday Of every April the rules of
the National Association prescribe a dis
lance of eight miles. Any club that de-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10
Artificial Lungs.


Prof. Poe, of Bidgepors, Conn, has
invented an artificial pair of lungs
which he uses in restoring life in cases
Of drowning and asphyxiation. He is
perimenting on a pet rabbit, and has
already drowned it and restored it to
life eleven times. The rabbit has also
been suffocated by the fumes of burn
ing charcoal until all signs of life were
extinct. The Professor then attached
his patent bellows to the animals
mouth and forced oxygen into the
lungs. The returning suction drew
out the deadly gases, and the artificial
respirations produced q muscular con
traction and expansion Of the lungs
until life was restored. Prof. Poe
claims that his invention viii save
human beings as well as rabbits.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10

Bires to enter in the championship run
must have at least three paper chases be-
fore that event for the purpose of deter
mining the relative superiority of its own
members. The best six of these are
chosen to represent the club in the cham
piOnship run. None but amateur athletes
are eligible for barriers. Clubs are per
mitted to select as many as twelve of their
best runners for the championship con-
test. and this fact brings about a peculiar
ity in scoring that is, to say the least,
rather odd. 1t is we'll known that the
method of conducting the sport consists in
starting two men, known as the hares, some
minutes in advance of the others, who are
known as the hounds. The hares carry
bags filed with torn paper, which they
scatter as they run. This leaves q
trail which indicates where they have
gone, and the hounds are required 10 fol
low 1t closely, no m liter where it may lead
them. The hares are not allowed to
double on their tracks so as to confuse
their pursuers, and the hounds are re-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10

Oldest sports known. The term OrIginat-
ed in England centuries ago, " hen genu-
inc hares were the subject OF the chase and
genuine hounds were employed 10 assist
the sPOrtsmen IN running down their
game. At some date not easy TO fix the
gentlemen engaged in the lun came to the
conclusion that there was about as much
fun in chasing imaginary hares rs real
ones, and much more chance for emuIa-
ton. The game has undergone many
notifications andi is to-day played under
a variety of rules in differen places. In
the vicinity Of New York the various
forms of the sport have been reduced to
rules and there is even = national assOcia-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10

AuaG rs q y C4uD man came II ufSC, a b
man second and another third, a man
fourth, and so on. It will be observed
that the runners from the A club we're
comparatively slow, both coming in in the
second half of the pack. Their scores
added together make Is. They were
b eaten by four men in the c club and two
in the B. Yet their team wins the event,
for the total made by B is a. and by G,
35- The trouble was, Of course, that G
sent too many men, while A selected the
best two runners that it had. The effect
of this style Of scoring in ordinary runs
was pointed out to an officer of the Cross
County Association by the writer. and he
admitted its injustice. The result may be
a change in the rules before another sea-
son. The difficulty Of an equitable score
is not SO great in case Of championship
chases, where there must be at least six
men on a side, and where only six mems
scores for each club are taken.
TERPSICHORE.