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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-05

DOOMS OF THE POWHATAN
HI CLUB, $40 EIGHTH sTREET.-There viii
be- a regular monthly meeting Of tho POWHA-
TAN CLUB held IN tho cluD-r0Otus FRIDAY.
september 9Th. at $50 +. NJ. This will be an i'm
portant meeting. and each member 10 requested
10 bs present large number Of candidates
will bs before The Club for election.
60 scr K ID. GkYMRs. Secretary.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-05
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, 1889-08-09

l heard a story lately of one of the
experiences of n minister which are
sometimes pathetic and sometimes
amusing. An old parson was very
much in need of a horse, and the sis
ters of the flock determined to raise
the money TO buy him the desired ami
NAL. After much exertion they raised
an amount considerably below the es-
timated price, and the beast acquired
was proportionately deficient in the
qualities which make Bucephalus su-
perior to Rosinante.
One day when the horse was tied in
front of the parsonage, a sporting nan
drove by and, seeing the outfit, stopped
and remarked to the parson: "Well,
dominic, that isn't much of an animal
the sisters gave you, is It'll" Don't
say a word against the horse, " said the
parson Indignantly; that's n better
beast than my Saviour rode into Jeru-
salem"
The sport gravcly descended from
his carriage, examined the horses
legs, gazed into his blinded eyes and
looked ut his teeth. AS he closed the
horses mouth and turned away, he
laconically remarked:
Same beast, parson, same beast" ~
ST. Paul Pioneer Press.
, 1889-08-09
She Won the Umbrella.

w. j. Norris, Appointment merchant
Of u town, thought to back down
one of our young ladies would be a
nice thing, so made her the follow
ing proposition recently: That if she
would take a little ten cen par
asol, which is about the size of q
palmetto fan, hoist it and walk up
Main street certain distance and re-
turn, carrying it overh her all the way.
that he would reward her with a silk
umbrella. She at first hesitated, but,
after making numerous futile at
tempts, finally made off with the lit
tie mushroom shaped concer held
aloft over her graceful form. She re-
turned in a few minutes bearing n
note with the signatures of a number
of the clerks attached stating that she
had passed by or arrived at their
stores with the parasol in position.
Mr.. Norris gracefully turned over the
umbrella to its rightful owner, and
ae young lady departed with two
umbrellas instead of one. Mr.. Norris
will hardly make another such offer
soon.- Warrenton Gal Clipper.
, 1889-08-09
TIE DECLINE OF HE p,sruA.
No More Expert Revolver Shooting in the
th-So Famous shots.

No More Expert Revolver Shooting in the
outh-some Famous shots.
There are no first class pistol shots in
Louisville; there are few east of the Mis-
sissippi; indeed, they are moi plentiful
anywhere in the country nowadays.
In ante-bellum days, when the code
duello was in vogue in the south, there
were a great many famous shots with the
pistol. We often read how such and
such a celebrated duelist cut strings and
weeds in two with bullets as he rode to
the fighting ground. But when the code
was abolished good revolver shooting in
the south died out with it, or rather
drifted out into the wild western coun-
try, which was then being opened up to
settlement.
There never were finer pistol shots in
the world thar many of the noted des-
peradoes and criminals who have figured
in the romantic criminal annals of the
west. There is scarcely a story about
Wild Bills proficiency with his pistol
that is not trite.
He was the quickest, surest shot ever
in the west. He mad killed nearly forty
men in his time, mot counting Indians
and greasers, " as the bad men used pleas
antly to say. 1t was the rarest thing
that he shot his victim more than once.
His favorite spot in which to plant his
deadly bullet was between the eyes. He
occasionally shot his man through the
heart by way of variation. 1t Is said
that he could throw an oyster can into
the air and put twelve bullets into it
from his own navies before it reached the
ground. He could also send six bullets
through the hole made by the first ball
In a target seventy yards away. While
shooting he never appeared to take aim,
but sent his leaden messengers flying on
their mission in seemingly the most care
less and off hand way imaginable.
All the killers with big records and
private ~graveyards shot in much the
same amer. Billy the Kid, Clay
the carp brothers, "Comanche" Jack
Stillwell and other worthless of the from
tier all shot with no apparent aim. All
of them were professional killers, and in
their later days, when abundance of
practice had made them dexterous in the
art of murder, most of them shot their
victims always between the eyes in imi-
tation of Wild Bill.
10 show how quick these men were
Capt. Harry Horn, of the Oklahoma
show, tells a story of Wild Bill. Capt.
Horn was a deputy sheriff under Bill,
and was in the saloon in Deadwood with
him when he was killed. Bill was play
ing poker, and was skinning out n hand
when his murderer stepped behind him,
deliberately put n revolver back of his
head and blew his brains out. Bill was
killed almost instantly, but before he
toppled from his chair dead he managed
to throw his cards down, get both his
pistols out and cock them. Such marvel
GUS, quick action almost passes belief
Louisville Post.
, 1889-08-09
OverhaulIng History.

The old story books made us believe
that on April 20, 1775, Israel Putnam
was blowing in his field, when a mes
senger arrived in hot haste with news
of the battle of Lexington, and that
the hero farmer unyoked his oxen and
left them to their fate, mounted a horse
and was off to the north without so
much as saying "good-by" to those of
his house.
And were we not brought up in the
belief that this line
The. left the plowshare In the mold,
was inspired especially by his case2
And have not we, all of us, ever
since our childhood been familiar with
pictures representing him blowing,
clad in a frock a long as an%ightgown,
which no farmer could wear at any
kind of work without imminent and
unacceptable peril of being tripped up
Mt every step he took-to say nothing
of turning n furrow, when he would
be indeed fortunate if he did not find
himself under the plowshare2
So And to know that after many
years that there was no pillow in the
ase-to find out that that, too, is q
myth
1t was, indeed, the day after the
fight at Lexington, in the morning,
and Israel Putnam was at work ON his
form in Pomfret, Conn. But he was
building a stone wall, with his hired
men; and he had on a leather frock
and apron-the frock must have been
a short one; fancy one of that ma
terial coming to his heelsi He took
off the apron, but did not wait to
change the check shirt he had worn
in the field, and was off without de-
lay. he rode the same horse 100 miles
in eighteen hours and reached Cam
bridge at sunrise the next morning
Wide Awake.
, 1889-08-09

Mrs. Hari Devi is one of the most de
voted friends of female education in the
Indian empire. She has written several
books addressed especially to her coun-
~trywomen, and in her latest work, pub
lished at Lahore, and entitled, TIA
alim-i Titan CThe Instruction of Chill
dren) she condemns with warmth the
present system of tormenting youthful
minds with Persian and Arabic gram
mar, and advocates the more kindly and
effective methods of the west, the kin
dergarten system especially. Mrs. Hari
Dew writes in Urdu, and her style is
described as simple, graceful and flow
ing. She has started a ladies' journal
in two languages, edited by herself
New York Home Journal.
, 1889-08-09
AT THE LADY cHIRoPopIs1's.
A Reporter Discovers tho Reason WHY
Men Arc the Most Regular Customers

A Reporter Discovers the Reason WHY
Men Arc the Most Regular Customers
A handsome blonde, apparently %
years old, with a finely rounded fig
ure, held on her knees the nude foot
of a gentleman twice her age.
She was a chiropodist and he a Gus
toner who called regularly once a
month. Nimbly handling her cuticle
knife, steel file and emery pasteboard
she trimmed a calous corn from his
big toe, Strengthened his little toe nail,
filed all the toe nails into a uniform
shape, applied q polish and then col
lected a dollar from the patron with
the ease and grace of a cherub. He
went off smiling.
To a News reporter she said:
Il can't say that the gentlemen out
do the ladies in looking after their
hands and feet. Our revenue from
the gentlemen is probably larger than
that from the ladies, for we solicit
ladies' patronage by visiting their
homes, and the gentlemen all must
come to us.
ladies are more particular than
gentlemen about how their nails are
trimmed, but the Sfatter are more reg
ular in their visits for treatment. Cen
tlemen who take unusual interest in
their finger nails come once a week.
l find that the ages of the gentlemen
who GOMEZ here for nail treatment vary
from 80 to 65. Younger gentleman
seldom give the condition of their
hands or feet a thought. Females
look after their nails from childhood
up.
I'VE trim nails into the round
pointed and almond styles. The
pointed style leaves the finger nails
as sharp rs a pin. Gentlemen gener-
ally prefer the round style. We can
do nothing to change the shape of a
hand.
Eyes, think chiropodistry is on the
increase. Young girls generally wear
common sense shoes, and, conse-
quently, have no trouble with their
feet but when they enter woman
hood they encase their feet in tight
shoes, which beget corns, ingrowing
nails, etc. Take a seat and I'll ex-
hibit my skill on N of your hands,
then you can compare it with the
other and witness the contrast"
The News reporter complied, and
the blonde submerged his fingers in n
bowl containing warm water and cas-
tile soap. After moistening the skin,
she took her cuticle knife and cut off
the skin covering the base of the nail.
With a file and emery ~pasteboard she
rounded the nails, and then applied a
bleaching acid, which gave the nails
a bright appearance. A cosmetic was
the next application, after which a
powder was busted on the nails, and
by rubbing them with the palms of
her hands a beautiful gloss appeared
on them.
There now" she exclaimed as she
rinsed the hand in warm water and
dried it with a towel, "haven't l effected
an Improvement You must beware
of corrugation.
whats corrugation9 The shrivel-
ing of your finger nails into parallel
lines the same as old peoples nails.
The remedy is to consult a chiropo-
dist"
The reporter left with the secret of
the regularity of the gentlemen's Wis
its in his possession. 1t is the charm
of havinga bright and pretty girl to
talk to him and manipulate his hands
and feet-New York News
, 1889-08-09

Physiological Reasons for Sunday Rest.
The question of Sunday work has, of
course, a moral side, and it is that side
which most strongly influences many
who are striving to lessen the evil.
Psychologists are universally agreed that
men need, for purely physiological rea-
sons, N days rest out of the seven
There is plenty of evidence upon this
question, all pointing in the same direc-
ton. and the conclusion is inevitable that
the almost universal desire of workmen
for rest on Sunday and their strong OBJ
lection to working continuously every
day is the result of a natural physiology
cal law, which, like all other laws of the
kind. cannot be violated without some
N having to suffer the penalty.
There is good reason for believing that
many railroad accidents are directly
traceable to physical and mental exhaus-
ton of trainmen, caused by the strain of
severe and exacting duties, performed
without relaxation for a period of time
beyond that which is allowed by nature.
And in the case of street railway en-
ployes, who are required to work from
twelve to sixteen hours every day, Sun
day included, it is probable hat society
suffers, and will suffer, a large share of
the penalty. For the presence in the
community of a considerable body of
men to whom civilization means almost,
if not quite, nothing, upon whom society
has imposed burdens almost intolerable
and infinitely heavier than are imposed
by nature as a condition of living-we
say that the presence of n body of men
living under such conditions il n menace
and a danger to republican institutions.
American Machinist.
, 1889-08-09
Deserves . Monument.

A Washington lady who thanks us
for proposing statues for women as
well as for men informs us that she
has trained six different servant girls
within this year, and desires 10 know
If wei do not think she deserves mon
ument- We certainly think she does.
Indeed, we are not sure but she ought
to have one for each of the six SER
wants. There is more real altruism in
training servants for other people TO
enjoy than in serving a country at S13
q month.-WaShington Post
, 1889-08-09
Eating vs.. Drinking.

We are corrected for saying that
the French Canadians eat pea soup.
This correction proceeds from Hamil-
ton, where, we infer, they drink pea
soup. 1t depends upon the kind of
pea soup. You can drink the kind
they serve in the aristocratic man
sions and p%alatial hotels of Hamilton,
because it has no peas in il, those vul-
gar vegetables having been removed
before it gets TO the table. But you
can't drink the good, old fashioned
pea soup that the habitants and other
humble people eat, because it is all
peas. You might as well talk about
quaiing n flowing bowl of porridge.
Toronto Globe.
, 1889-08-09

Special umbrella makers TO the
queen" read Mrs. Phunnyman.
There it is againl Ridiculousl
That's the way all prominent Lon
don merchants conclude their adver-
tisements."
MIR. Phunnyman-But it's all right
for an umbrella maker TO use that fa-
miliar expression.
Mrs. Phunnyman-uow do YOU
make that out.
Mr.. Phunuyman-Why, ever since
Victoria assembled the throne She has
enjoyed an uninterrupted reign of
hfty-two years. Philadelphia Press.
, 1889-08-09

Thoroughly cleanse the blood, which Is the
fountain of health. by using DIR. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery, and good digestion, .
fair skin, buoyant spirits. and bodily health
and vigor will be established.
Golden Medical Discovery cures all humors,
10 the worst Scrofula, or blood-poison. Es-
pecially has it proven its efficacy in curing
Salt : rheum or Tettcr. Eczema, Erysipelas,
Sores and Swellings, Enlarged Glands. Col
tire or Thick Neck, md Eating Sores or
Ulcers
Golden Medical Discovery cures Consump-
ton (which is Scrofula of the LunEsl. by its
and nutritive properties, IL takea in time.
For Weak Lungs. Splitting OF Blood, Short
ness of Breath. Catarrh in the Head. Bron-
chitis, Severe Coughs. Asthma, and kindred
affections, it Is a sovereign remedy. II
promptly cures the severest Coughs.
For Torpid Liver, Biliousness. or Liver
Complaint" Dyspepsia, and indigestion, it 10
an unequaled remedy. Sold by drugEists.
Price sl0Q, or six bottles for 500. -
, 1889-08-09

Have you heard what Mr.. G. L. Weast.
of Cambridge City, Ind, says of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrh1a
Remedy? Ii not, here it is: During last
summer was troubled very much with
severe pains in the stomach and bowels,
and was induced by a friend to try this
remedy. | took n 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.
, 1889-08-09
Dr.. Go.



We offer noapology for devoting so much time
and attention TO this much neglected class OF
diseases, believing that no condition of human
ity is too wretched to merit the sympathy and
best services OF the profession TO which we be
long as many are innocent sufferers, and that
tne physician VINO devotes himself
70 relieving the ainlcted and saving
philanthrophist and beneiactor to his race
piication excels IN any other b nncb Of hisnrp
fession. And. f~ortnnafely for humanitv tho doy
is dawning when the false philanthrophy that
, 1889-08-09
BueisIen. ArnIca saIye.

The best salve in the world tor cuts,
bruises. sores, ulcers, salt rheum. fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
sorns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to -:ve perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by DR.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1889-08-09

Among the blessings the country oc-
casionally remembers b note is the high
and pure strain of domestic life in the
White House, the women of which have
never ceased to be the type of all that is
best among Americans, of all hat is
truest to American ideals. The stage
plot, the sensational novel, and occasion
ally episodes of police news to the con-
trary, the women of America are to be
Judged by no lesser test than the success
sion of good and gracious DANES tenants
of the executive Observation-Disclosures
Ledger.
, 1889-08-09

In Rochester, N. Y, and in the district
around it, nearly LOO fruit e~vaporators
are at work, drying about 5000, 900 bush
els of apples per annum, besides smaller
quantities of other kinds of fruit, and
employing 80 900 hands.
, 1889-08-09

All kinds of Job Printing neatly and
promptly executed at the Ieader office.
, 1889-08-09

courtesy of Hyo. Archives g. Historical
, 1889-08-09

Job Printing at the Leader Office.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-02
FUN IN A BOARDING HOUSE.
A Mock Marriage Followed by a Rea
Charge of False Pretences.

A MOCK Marriage Followed Dy q Rear
Charge of False Pretences.
John McDermott, a young man well
known on the Hill, and who is an agent
for the Prudential Insurance Company, is
locked in the Third Precinct Station
House ON a charge of securing 50 from
Miss Tillie Hill, of No. s3 Oakland avenue,
on false pretences.
No. SO Oakland emu is q boarding
house, and Miss Hill and u young man
named William Mabie are among the
boarders. Last month the subject of mar
rage vas discussed, and it was suggested
that a couple go through a mock mar,
rage, lust for fun. Mabie sale he would
get a magistrate, and he returned with
McDermott, who represented himself as a
notary.
The ceremony was performed between
Mabie n Miss Rill: The boardQrs con-
graduated them, and then it was thought
that the fun was over. The young man,
however, felt uneasy about the conse-
quences, and the next morning left town.
The people in the house, to carry on the
joke, twitted the girl about her husband,
and she got so worked up over them matter
that she went to see McDermott, and re-
aqcested a marriage certificate, under Sder
really married. McDermott charged
her 50 and then consulted
Justice Aldridge as to whether the mar
rage was valid or not. He was told that
it was not binding on the parties. Nc
Dermott asked the Justice what he valued
his opinion at and he was told So. He
asked for a receipt to show the girl, say
ing that she would give him the money.
Miss Hill has not seen the marriage GER
tificate yet and the Justice has not seen
b 50. e
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-02

At the annual meeting of the Paulus
Hook Building and Loan Association
last night at AZ Montgomery street,
the following officers, directors and
auditors were elected President,
Frank Stevens; vice president, Lewis
K. Wood; treasurer, Andrew D. White;
secretary, William G. E.See; directors,
Robert Donshea, William Cauldwell,
William j. Montgomery, F. B. Kopf,
o. H. Lohsen, d. E. Cleary, J. G.
Haskins, F. G. Barnes, G. G. Doyle,
E. H. Moore, Richard Viewers and
George Blakey; auditors, M. Murray,
s. Drayton and Henry Thompson.
The annual statement will be read
to the association at the adjourned
regular meeting to be held on the last
Wednesday OF the month, Mays29, at
eight o'clock p. IN. A revision OF the
constitution and a new series are in
contemplation. This is one of the
oldest and strongest associations in
Hudson county, and if a new series is
decided upon, the investment will be
a choice one.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-02
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
NorIcE 10 CONTRACTORS.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of
Public Works on Monday morning, May
9Th. 1889, at 10 O'Clock. for the Construction Of 2
sewer in Cambridge ave. from a point 10 feet north
OF Grifiith st. to Hutton Sc, In accordance with plans
and specifications on file in the Office of the Chief
Engineer, corner Of Jersey avenue and Mercer street
where blank forms Of bio and agreement OF sureties
must be obtained.
Estimate of quantities -
About $40 lineal feet u inch sewer (oyai br1ckh
About 3 new receiving basins.
About 20 cubic yards of concrete.
About 400 cubic yards of rock excavation.
Time for completion OF contract, seventy-hve Q1
working days.
The making Of the above Improvement and award
of the contract therefor will be subject tothe remon-
STRANGE Of the owners of the property liable to more
than onehalf of the assessment therefor.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed envelopes,
endorsed Proposals for building sewer In
Cambridge ave, from Grifith st. to Hutton ST."
directed TO the Board Of Public Works, ana handed
to the Clerk of the Board in open meeting, when
called for in the order Of business relating to sealed
proposals.
No city official will be received as surety.
The Board reserves the right to reject any and all
bids If deemed for the best Interest OF the city SO to
do.
BY order of the Board of Public Works
MARTIN FINCK, Clerk.
Dated Jersey City. April II. 1889.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-02
Mrs. Potter at the Academy.

"She Stops to Conquer" was given at
the Academy of Music last evening and
attracted a large audience. Mrs. Potter,
as Miss Hardcastle, was warmly received,
was one of his very best con-
ceptions. Perhaps the cleverest thing
done-excepting the star and Madame
Ponisi's Mrs. Hardcastle, which was, of
course, simply perfect-was Miss Lizzie
Hudson's impersonation of the part of
Miss Neville. MI. Charles w.
Butler was, possibly, a bigger lout
ers of New York, as Tony Lumpkin, and
the whole cast acquitted itself more than
creditably. This evening and Saturday
afternoon the company will play
"Camille;" tomorrow evening, THE Lady
of Lyons" and Saturday evening Romeo
and Juliet" will be repeated.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-02
TRIED TO JUMP ON THE CAR.

William Brady Slipped and So He Is
Now Nursing a Crushed Foot.
Philip Slavin, a driver on the Montgom-
cry street horse car line, was arraigned
before Justice Stilsing this morning on q
charge of atrocious assault and battery.
Last evening, while Slavin's car was pass
inn Montgomery and Henderson streets,
William Brady, aged ten, of No. 9 Mercer
street, attempted to jump upon the front
platform, but slipped and fell. The wheels
passed over his foot, crushing it badly.
The injured lad was taken to Whites
drug store, and when his injuries had
been dressed he was sent home.
1t was shown in court this morning that
Slavin was not at fault. Justice Stilsing
narolad HIM q