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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-14
"Mr LittIe swcctheart,s Letter"

A new aud beautiful song by Leo p,
Wheat. Walter ID. Moses & Co., 1908 Main
street, Opposite post-ofiice.)
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-14

You are very cordially invited to inspect
the handsome Pianos, Parlor and Church
Organs in our warerooms, 9l3 Main street.
RY.ANp 4 LIE,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-14

Don't rub yourself with turpentine. but
use Salvation Oil for your rheumatism. 70
cents
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-14
PERSONAL POINTS

Bisbops Wilson and Granhery both al'-
80. 4 - he in fine health, and their voices
arc in excellent trim. The latter presided
sbout half the time yesterday, and during
the time Bishop Wilson rested IN ro-
ding position on an easy sofa on the Piat-
form. The Bishop appears 10 nave ehl,re,Y 1
rorovered from his recent prolonged III
ness. ,-....:.,,.,d MOS, IN tho
holy and perhaps the oldest IN the point
of service, is Dr. John f. Edwar1s' WHO
entered the itinerant ministry IN 1850. -
pev nr Ieonidas kosser Is one. on IN"
80. striling figures in the Conference,
aud is one of the most venerable Inenpers'
Vie sneaks with the vigor OF Q young man "a
Among other notables are ley. III; a; VI
Brown. Rev. DIR. j. L. Garlahd' anu h0''
l. &. Reed 20 .ba conference is
~ ~ 1lantion OF seven clerical and seven lay
daIeoates 10 The General Conference. which
meets IN st. Louis in May, 1917; Inc eieu-
ZION will probably occur next lues9uy'
Maaotine there Will be some lively eiec-
fioneering among the friends OF the c"iui-
dates or aspirants. e parL
Rev. W. l.. Evans, formerly oi OF, tasA- IL
Place, is the guest OF Nj. 0larieS W. '''
wood. r,,,,or Richmond
nastors In attendance are Rev, George -
Vanderslice, Rev. William I. Wrigh.i III
ichn n Edwards, Rev. A. =. bieosoe'
Rev. Rev DIR. II. N. Sledd, Rev. e; ). poggSs' S'
Rev L. B. Betty. Rev. Or William +. ,.dnh Ld,
wsrds. Rev. w. A. S. Conrad, key. JACOB nl
Manning. Rev. w. II. Christian, n:,, nvr' w. ".
I'eonides Rosser, and Rev. William 'n'-
Gee Rev Drs. A. C. Bledsoe and W. g; starr
sorn,er nastors of the Broad-Street metno-
dist G church, received Z warm weicom0
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-14

when Baby was sick, we gave her Csstorfs.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castora
When she became Miss she cung TO Castoris-
When she had Children Shs gave them CastoriA
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-14
Latest Music and Music-Books
To the Disciples Convention.

at Walter d. Moses & Co.'s, 1905 Main
street, Composite post-Office.)
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-14
Children Cry for Pitchers Castorla

BEEcHAM's Pills act like magic on a weak
stomach
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-14
Deeds Of Bargain and Sale.

The following deed was recorded yes
terday in the Office of the clerk of the
City Chancery Court:
Maria c. Tebbs TO Richard Gentry, 40
feet on east side Norton street, near Clay,
improved. ~S55.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-14
COMMITTEES

The Chairman announced as COMMITTEES
on Order of Business Drs. 4. :. Dunnaway
and J. B. Taylor, Revs. |. NJ Mercer and
w. j. Decker. and L. b. Allen; Esd; on on
Hours of Meetng-Reys. =. c. Clopton, W.
7. Hines, and +. II. james.
A Committee on Time, Place, andPreaeh-
or Mns also anpOlnted.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-14

cteinway Pianos. tIardssan Pianos.
Walter ID. Moses & Co., 1905 Main street,
COMPOSITE post-Oiiice.)
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-14

The President announced that tho cleo
tion of officers would be the next thing IN
order. Rev. DR.. Hatcher was unanimously
reelected president.
DR.. Hatcher in accepting made few
pleasant remarks.
The vice-presidents were elected "a fol-
lows: Rev. DR.. J. Z. Garlick, Of King and
Queen; Hon. J. I. Ellyson, of Richmond;
+. T. Rice. Esq, Of Farmyille, Va. and j.
4. Borum, Esq, of Portsmouth.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-14

Pianos and Organs ON Easy Terms.
Walter d. Moses & Co., 1905 Main street,
(Opposlte post-Oiice.)
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-14

The Famous Kimball Organs.
Walter d. Moses & Co., 1905 Main street,
Opposite p0st-Office.)
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-14
rPHArRD.

The history IL repeated every day. Men
are passing the line between Gods favor
and his wrath. But in the dark prophetic
picture there Is one bright spot. = A rem
nant shall remain, and Heaven VIII be iuil;
The sermon was solemn, torcloie, anu
beautiful exposition OF the chapter. AZ ~
conclusion the congregation sang, We'll
work till Jesus comes ~
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-14
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria..

Pianos and Organs
Mt all prices and terms. RYLASD & LEE.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-28
Flower Worship in Persia.

In ancient times plant worship was
universal in the East, and it seems that
even in our own times system of flower
worship is kept up in various parts Of
Persia and India. A recent traveller in
India gives the following description of
flower worship as practiced by the Per-
sions in Bombay: "a true Persian in
flowing robe of blue and on his head a
sheepskin hat, black, glossy, curly-the
fleece of KarK would saunter in and
stand ard mediate over every
flower he saw, and always as if half in
vision; and when the vision was fulfilled
and the ideal flower he was seeking
found he would spread his mat and sit
before it until the setting of the sun, and
then pray before it and then fold up his
mat again and go home. And the next
night, and night after night until that
particular flower faded away he would
return to sit and bring his friends in
ever-increasing troops to it and sit and
play the guitar or Lutte before it, and they
would altogether pray there, and after
prayer still sit before it slipping sherbet and
talking the most hilarious and shocking
scandal late into the moonlight, and SO
again and again every evening until the
flower died Sometimes, by way of
grand final, the whole company would
suddenly arise before the flower and sere-
made it, together with an ode from Hafiz
and depart LippiRcott
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-28

papa. For you must know that although
not one word of our desperate situation
had been breathed in their hearing, yet
their keen intuitions had told them some
thing was wrong, and they knew as we'll
as their mother that | was looking for
work, How eagerly they looked in my
face each evening, so that il there was a
ray of hope in it the eldest could start on
a run to tell her mother the good news !
OF course l cheered them with fairy
tales of what a wonderful big turkey we
would have on Thanksgiving, A COB
bier of tremendous size, who had strutted
when alive like prince in the story
books, Then followed description Of
the cranberry sauce and the huge wedges
of mince pie. All this took place while
was carrying two of the children in my
arms and the other was hanging on to my
coat at my side. / hope l shall be for
given for those lies. For they were lies
of the blacklist sort. l knew there
wasn't one chance in thousand that we
would have turkey on Thanksgiving
Day. But l think under the circum-
stances that an angel of light would have
departed from the truth to see those lit
tie faces light up with anticipation, to
see the cheeks flush and the white teeth
bare themselves as though cutting the
tender meat from turkey leg,
But the hardest sight for me to bear
was the look Nellie gave me. Just one
quick glance into my face and she knew
all the sorrowful tale. 1t was not nee
essary to tell her how had tramped the
streets of the big city all day, how faint
| had become from hunger; how l was
raging at heart like Gagged lion; how in
my awful rage / cursed the rich and
hated humanity. Not for myself, but
for the hungry babies and their mother.
Never word of complaint from Nellie.
Only encouragement and hope.
Then came the oatmeal alone. For
the molasses was all gone. | don't eat
oatmeal now. The taste of it is insuffer
able to me. My palate rises in rebellion
against it. | have heard of the man who
ate thirty quail in thirty days. wonder
whether he ever tried oatmeal for thirty
days.
On the morning before Thanksgiving
l was fairly crazy with grief and anticipa-
ton. Nellie and | had a consultation
the night before, and she suggested that
| should write piece of poetry about
the Thanksgiving turkey
The idea pleased me. 1t was relief
certainly from the brooding over the
morrow. | got a book of poems from
my little store, which had so far escaped
the pawn-shop and hunted up metre
after which copied, for of course knew
nothing about metre or poetical feet.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-28
my volce1nsrea', vt o,,,.,..----,,

HiJ VOICE lnSteaIi VI .c,......,---,-,
We had an old-fashioned melodeon in
the house, and with the help of few
lessons the famous singer gave me and
what l could learn from hints in the
opening pages of the choir books, made
life burden for the rest of the family
with my do, re, meing every evening. |
made fair progress, too, under the cir
cumstances and Nellie fell in love with
me on account of my vtict. remember
distinctly that her favorite was little
selection from one OF Mendelssohn's
songs without words set to the following
lines:
STILL still with thee when purple morning
breaketh,
When the bird waketh and the shadows
Fairer than morning, loveier than the day
light
Comes the sweet consciousness, am with
thee.
Well, we were married, and for a
time my music was given up. But the
life of farmer frettcd me, and took
up my music again, and after two years
hard work at it we moved to the city.
thought in my Ignorance of metropolitan
life that | should have no difficulty in
procuring situation, but soon found
out my mistake. In the first place |
found that | was incompetent. was de-
ficient in style. My voice, while strong
and resonant, had not been properly
trained. Thea, too, there was no vacan-
cies. Even if l had been competent
there were fifty applicants for every posi-
ton. Before | had been in the city for
two weeks | heartily wished myself
back in Shandaken again.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-28
Ingenious Modes of Checking Fire.

An old story is being resurrected
against usually quiet but somewhat ex
citable resident of the suburbs. 1t is
alleged that the gentleman in question
discovered that fire had been started in
the attic of his house, through the heat
of one of the chimneys. With rare
presence of mind he rushed down stairs
and seized milk pitcher from the kitch-
en- table, rushed out to the cistern, threw
the milk out of the pitcher, pumped
some water into it, and rushed upstairs,
only to find that his wife had seized a
large pitcher of water from one of the
bedrooms in the upper story and extin-
guished the incipient conhagration. As
there were four large ewers of water on
the two upper stories, the progress of
mental reasoning which induced the ex-
cited resident to make such ferocious
onslaught on the milk pitcher would be
extremely interesting to trace, if such a
thing were possible. He should have
had the presence of mind possessed by
another property owner, who discovered
that a spark from neighboring confa-
grafton had lit upon the slightly slanting
roof of his house, and had set fire to the
shingles. All the buckets and tubs and
pitchers had gone for use in the big fire,
and there was no one to send over to
bring them back. But the owner of the
house, even in that moment of peril kept
cool-hcaded He rushed to the pond,
which stood by the house, and deliberate
ly sat down in the water. To race up
stairs and out upon the roof was the
work of moment, and then he sat on
the fire, in more senses than one He
saved the house Boston Adrertiser.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-28

With parting hand shake he disap.
peared. As the train ratified along over
the shining rails could see the lights OF
the big bridge fading away behind me.
The river rushed below just as it had
done one brief hour before, but its turbid
waters had no fascination for me now.
] wish every man and woman who
reads this story could have seen the faces
of those three children as they stood at
the foot of the elevated station. NY
arms were filled with bundles, and when
those three pairs of eyes gazed upon the
glorious sight what an infautile shout
went up! And how they danced with
glee! The eldest insisted that she could
carry the turkey, but she couldn't, it
was too heavy. But each one had to
carry a bundle. And so, like conquer
ing army returning with the spoils, we
marched around to the house.
And Nelliel Well, bless me, if she
didn't sit right down on chair and cry
like baby. l can't remember distinctly,
because, you see, it's three years ago now,
but | have an indistinct recollection that
few salt drops ran down my cheeks.
for Sam Jones, l think he would have
fully repaid for his kindness if he
'uld have heard Buelah say her little
prayer that night. That simple petition
is carven so distinctly on the walls of my
memory that l can repeat it word for
word:
"Dod bless T'an'sgiyin', en- papa, en-
mamma, en- Sam Jones. Dood night"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-28

there has come to my mind leEahd, thing
had hakforgot

there has come TO my mind leEahd, thing
had haHforgot
And whether Iyhad read II or dreamed II, ah
well, it matters not.
n Is said that In heaven, at twilight, great
bell softly swings
And man may listen and hearken to the
wonderful music that rings,
Il he put from his hearts inner chamber all
the passion, pain and strife,
Heartache and weary longing that throb IN
the pulses of life
II he thrust from his soul all hatred, all
thoughts of wicked things
He can hear in the holy twilight how the bell
of the angels rings
And l think there lies in this legend, II we
open our eyes to see,
Somewhat of an inner meaning, my friend,
to you and to me,
Let us look in our hearts and question, can
pure thoughts enter in
70 soul if it be already the dwelling of
thoughts of SIM
All, then, let us ponder little-let us look
in our hearts and see
II the twilight bell of the angels could ring
for us-you and me.
Rose Osborne.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-28
A Curious Will.

A man who died in Berlin few years
aga left 2000 marks to be divided equally
between nine relatives and a friend with
whom he had quarrelled. The remainder
of his fortune, 1873, 900 marks, he left to
his native city in Bavaria. The Berlin
legatees, the nine relatives and the one
friend were enjoined by provision in
the will from attending the funeral
Should any one disregard his will in this
respect that person by an express clause
in the will forfeited his part of the 200t
marks. The relatives. to a man, stayed
at home, but the good friend forfeited
his tenth of the money and followed thu
remains to their last resting place. Hi,
heroism was rewarded. A codicil to TIT
will read: "But should any of the tel
herein named forfeit the pittance ane
follow my body to the grave the none,
which must otherwise go to my nativ,
city reverts to him. Thus true friend
ship was rewarded by 1873, 600 instea6
of miserable 200 marks.-St. Loui
Republic.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-28

ovuproi.- ,rnIie we can compel the ueaI-
ers in old rags and iron to report all their
transactions, the dealers in the precious
metals are allowed to traffic unmolested,
nor can we interfere unless we have pos
tive evidence that they have received
stolen goods. The remedy is simple
enough, but for some reason or other we
are unable to reach it.
1T is merely to bring the dealers in
old gold and silver under the same reg
ulations that we enforce with regard to
the ordinary junk dealer. Make them OBJ
tain licenses and report to the police
what goods they purchase"
'Could not the mint officials help
youl"
"Yes, if they would make some effort
to ascertain the character of the people
they are dealing with, great deal of the
illegal traffic in gold and silver would
be broken up.
"They might require from a man sell
ing them several hundred dollars worth
of gold and silver that had been used for
watches and other articles OF jewelry, a
certificate from the chief of police or 9TH
er official in authority. This would give
us some control over the dealers and
would enable us to overlook their stock
before it is turned into the crucible.
Gas it is, however, the express com
panies receive the metal without asking
any questions and convey it to the mint,
where no questions are asked as to where
the metal came from, and the police are
helpless. The evil is growing one and
should be remedied by Congress at
once. - WaAhinqton Post.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-28

In the meantime the little money had
saved and brought with me melted away
like snow on the roof of barn. Nv time
was mainly taken mp in running around
to the musical agencies looking for a
situation. | had little job on Sundays
singing at mission on Avenue A, where
| earned S2,and for three weeks that was
all | earned. We lived in East New
York and my car fare over to the city
AM back every day cost me sixteen
cents.
You will readily see that we rad to
live frugally. In fact, for two weeks we
lived upon oatmeal and molasses, and to-
ward the last there was no molasses. and
Thanksgiving coming over the hills.
Every night when l got out at Manhattan
avenue my three little girls were standing
at the foot of the stairway waiting for
me. / could see them from the top of
the stairs, all N a row, their little cloaks
Tapping in tn, chill November wind.
their lips blue and teeth rafting like
castanets.
Wait minute. II makes me feel faint
to think of it, even after the lapse of
three years. Well, it's all over now. /
don't know why it affects me so strongly.
There was something humorous, too, in
the way the little tots jumped around to
keep warm. As soon as they saw the
train swing around the turn they ranged
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-28
Mormon Tithing Scrip.

If you go into the principal office OF
the Tithing House, says Utah cores
pendent, you will see a tall young man
handling what looks like money. He
is behind q counter, and the counter is
protected by high railing. The man
chances through the window, then looks
down at the bills and then goes on
thumbing them like bank-teller. He
goes to and from big safe, carrying
bundles done up just as bills are, with
little bands of brown paper pinned about
them. Sometimes the young man doesn't
stop to count, but takes the amount on
the brown slip as correct and passes out
the money. 1t is the tithing scrip. 1t
is used to facilitate the handling of the
grain and hay and live stock and pro-
duce that come in. If you pick up one
of these bills you will find it very much
like bank note in appearance. IN one
upper corner is the number of the bill.
In the lower left hand corner is the In
hoe signo of Mormonism, a bee hive.
The face of the bill reads; General
Tithing Storehouse. Good Only for
Merchandise and Produce at the General
Tithing Storehouse, Salt Lake City.
Utah" Each note bears the signature
of the presiding bishop. On the back
is the denomination again and a viguette
of the new temple at Salt Lake City.
The back also bears the wording: "This
note is not current except in the mer-
chandise and produce departments of the
General Tithing Storehouse. The en-
craving is well executed and the print
ing is well DONE The bills vary in
color. There are greenbacks for one de-
part of the tithing house, brownbacks
for another, and so on. BY using this
scrip the Church is able to create a mar.
ket for considerable quantities of the
tlthing This scrip is given out in dis
pensing charity. 1t is used in paying for
work on the temple so far as the work
men can make use of it. Employees of
the tithing house receive their salaries
or allowances partly in scrip. In numer-
Gus ways the Mormon money gets into
circulation.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-28
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Speaks for itself-The phonograph.
Paper-hangers are about the only men
who succeed in business by going to the
wall.
If lover Of books is book-worm,
isn't lover of silks silk-wormf-
Epoch.
Smith-"What is your favorite dishl"
Brown-"The one my wife doesn't fling
at me. "-Epoch.
The lawyer earns his fee by words and
very frequently takes it out in deeds
Merchant Irogeler.
In spite of their proverbial slowness,
telegraph messengers go about with
great deal of dispatch.
He-sHow timid and shy the bride
appearsn' She-"Naturally; this is her
fourth husband. Life.
Thirteen is an unlucky number when
your railroad fare home is thirteen dol
lars and you've got only elve.-Epoch.
There Is no more reason for writing
obituaries in dead language than for
writing notices of bankruptcy in broken
English.-Lye.
That the west will have a larger corn
+h;e unar than ever before is no rea-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-28

In this state of partial Inconsistencies
l began to climb up the railing to reach
the roadway below, when a policeman
touched me on the shoulder and told me
to ''move on" did move on, but in a
dazed, uncertain way, until | reached
the Brooklyn entrance. Hero the crowd
from the cars was pouring out in the
street like torrent, and in the crush |
was hustled about and at last stumbled
into the arms of q stout man muffled in
an old army overcoat. He held me away
from him by my arms. Then he shook
me and said:
"What's the matter with you, Tome
Ye amt drunk, be ye"
There was something familiar in the
voice, and looking up | saw the homely
face of Sam Jones, of Shandaken, before
me. Then came another shake, and this
time came to myself again.
"By George. Sam, I'm glad to see
you,' | stammered.
"Well, let's go an get somethin' to
warm you up. You're near froze, man"
Thawed and melted by steaming cup
of coffee, 1 told Sam all the sorrowful
story. How the children would be wait
ing at the station for me expecting the
turkey had foolishly promised them and
my inability to procure it. l was inter-
rupted at intervals by EXPLANATIONS from
Sam such as:
"Well, I'll be blessed You kin bet
yer boots them kids is goin' to hav' their
turkey B'gosh! l alters did say that
the city's no place fur farmer!"
Under the cheerful influence of Sans
sympathy l soon regained my lost cour-
age. He insisted that we should go to
the nearest grocery, where he picked out
the biggest turkey he could find. Then
there were two quarts of cran5erries,
three big mincc pies, naclSaon nf oand"