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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-03

Professor IL medium-sized man with .
tremendously heavy noustachc. he 10 -
much OF an enthusiast In his art 10 the
greatest painter or the greatest composer
Of music. He believes in ii. loves it, and
devotes his time to 1t with ell the care
and sssiduity of . sayant
"Ths clog" he said, Originated in
England and Scotland among the work
ing people. They wear heavy shoes
and the dance naturally came 10 have q
character fitted for heavy shoes. 80 to-
day If clog is to be danced it should be
done with foot wear entirely different
from that which il suitable for the society
ballroom. The shuttle, on the other
band, originated among the darkies who
wear long. thin, ll-fitting shoes, and the
difference between the clog aud the shut
fe is largely difference in shoes, and en-
tirely due to that.
There are twsnty-one different steps
in the complete clog, aud it is danced to
four quarter time. To dance the clog
one must have . thorough appreciation
OF time, . good carriage OF the body,
and the ability to execute quickly. Tho
first requisite will naturally be found in
oil people who apply to learn, because
one who naturally has no sense OF time
will naturally have no fondness for the
dance. The carriage OF the body, how
ever, has generally to be learned With
great patience, and it is really the hard
est part OF the teaching.
ALMOST every beginner wants to bend
over until he ia nearly double in order
tsat he may see his own feet The cor
rect carriage. OF course, is an erect po-
sition OF the body, with the eyes direct
ed slightly upssrd-st any rate not
down. Another involuntary movement
OF the beginner which has to be trained
out of him is the holding of arms far
from the sides. The beginner seems to
feel that he is in danger of losing his
balance and therefore crooks his arms
and extends his hands outward as if he
were about to try to fly. As you will
know from thinking OF how the best
dancers look when at their work, their
arms ars close TO tho side aud moving
only with the natural vibrations OF the
body. The general aim is to have oil the
action performed by the legs, with the
rest OF the body as still as possible.
The clog with twenty-one different
steps is performed upon the stage.
There is, however, simpler clog which
involves only fourteen steps, and that is
learned frequently by persons who do
not go into professional life.
"What kind of people apply for in
struction outside OF actors and &C.
tresses ?"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-03
Family Cam sitR..
ISan Francisco KIaminsr.l

There is a quiet family hotel in this
city OF the genteeler sort, which is large
lv frequented by eastern tourists and
others of eastern antecedents. Che Chi
nese lottery craze has struck this hotel
and its inmates, and ia making fearful
inrosds upon the pockets Of tho victims.
The Chinese lottery seems to have Pc
culiar fascination for the eastern mind.
1t is so very simple it il not bit like
gambling, and it costs so little to get
into the game. A ten-cent ticket il so
trihing, and the possibility OF winning
SIS. 10 on a seven-spot SO very alluring.
And so at this hotel the proprietor,
hi. clerks, and all bis guests, men,
women, and children. anIiously
await twice q day the coming OF the
Celestial lottery sgent In fact there
are two or three agents, for the heathens
have awakened to their opportunity. and
il is safe to say that livelier business IS
done in that house than in any similar
place in town. 1t is great fun to drop
into ths hotel about IL o'clock at night,
when the evening drawings come In. The
ladies are almost brcathless with excite
ment and suppressed emotion. The
proprietor and his clerks count the spots
and compare the drawings aud carefully
keep each lsdy's book separate. When
all are compared each BOOK has marked
ON it the sum won, if ANYTHING, and 1t is
sent TO the lhdy's room. Childrer's
tickets are treated in the same way.
Those who may have won rush TO
tell their neighbors and mark a
new book Tor next days drawing.
The afternoon drawing is reported
about clock, and the same scenes are
enacted. Ii is rare amusement for an
outsider TO watch the greed of these
eastern folks and hear them discuss their
luck or want OF it. For the past few
weeks it is said the Celestial goddess has
been quite liberal and that several OF the
ladies have won seven spots, and one, at
least. secured An eight spot, which, re-
snlting in a gain of SS3, nearly turned
her head. D. be devotees OF the new lad
are perhaps not aware of the ordinance
against playing the Chinese lottery, for
ii they were not one of them would pro-
baby risk q $40 fine by violating It
But what commotion would be made
IL the police we're able to find out the To-
cation OF that hotel and make raid on II.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-03

The facility with which men who are
not educated observers pick up the steps
OF dance is really very surprising
thing. The truck driver, Whoso school
ing has but barely enabled him to read
his newspaper with some degree of case
and pleasure, and whose thought is limit
ed to bis hard environment, and who sell
dom sees anything beyond the rough
world in which he works, becomes the
acutest observer whes dance is IN pro-
gress, aud without taking any lessons he
will learn to execute complicated clog
perfectly. With respect to the motions
OF the feet, the most rudely-developed
man is competent to take accurate OBJ
servstions. When one has reflected
upon this universal love for the dance
be no longer marvels at the frequency
Of clogs and shuifies and other forms Of
foot movements that appear upon the
programmes OF theatrical entertain
ments.
It is a form OF amusement that pays
well those VINO furnish it in best style.
Men especially talented with respect to
their feet and their sense OF rythm have
made q study Of the individual forms Of
dancing that is. those in which part
ners are not essential, and in which the
entertainment comes solely from the
movement OF the feet. and not IN any
degree from the association OF men and
women. They have learned not only
the science OF dancing, but how to
teach it, and they find many pupils not
only in professional life, but in society
generally.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-03
THE CLOG AND JIG.
INrrREsrrEe FACTS ABOUT fHEsz
LIVELY AND INsPIsING DAHcIS.
The raseinatien in tbs Slipping Of Haas
Toes Difference BETWEEN the Clog and
the Jig-Daneing for Anti-Fat, Etc.
rcorrespoudsncs Of the Richmond Dispatch-I

fCorrespondsncs OF the Richmond Dispatohi
NEW YORK, February 2, 1889.
Man WAS born to dance. There Is
some indescribsbls impulse in his nature
that sets his toes and heels sgoing on
all kinds OF occasions. The savage
dances when he prepares for war ana
when he buries his dead the half civi-
lied people OF all colors dance at iesti-
vals and for love Of it when they have
nothing else to do; civilized man has
cultivated the frisky form OF entertain
ment and made an art OF it.
There is somsthing strangely. fasci-
mating in the skipping of mans toes:
What feature Of q variety entertainment
is watched with keener interest and more
absorbed attention than the perform
snce Of , clog or shuttle =? People may
converse while the beat of music IS beng
PLAYED. Their eyes may wander during
a scene in the play, and the climax oil .
tragedy rarely passes without the &C.
commitment OF rustling skirts or fsns
or the restless movements OF people IN
their seats. but when a dancer appears
the theatre il invariably silent as the
grave, excepting when the enthusiasm
OF the audience can be no longer re.
strained aud bursts forth in a volley OF
applause.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-03
applause.

This is the case not only when gsyly-
costumed women are back OF the foot
lights, but even more 80 when the per-
former 10 nothing more attractive than
40 underlined man with q snub nose and
q very ordinary suit OF clothes. The
fact is, il is not the dancer, the clothes,
nor the situation that interests the peo-
ple-their attention is riveted upon the
rythmicsl- moving feet. How often it
happens that o crowd of excursionists,
weary with looking across the water, and
weary with half day Of unaccustomed
idleness, 60 upon the lower deck, where
the only scenery to be enjoyed is
that OF few rough chairs and the
walls Of the boat, and induce one OF
their number to execute q clog. Per-
bsps somebody in the party has an har-
monica or Jews harp or an ACCORDION,
or sometimes they are in such great luck
as to have a rtrolling musician with q
violin or a harp on board. 1t really
does not matter how perfect the music
may be. The Jews harp will do, If
man can play it 30 Is to bring out the
rythm of q single dance movement. The
music passes unHctuous DuI tue crown VI
men surround the dancer aud press him
close, giving him just room enough to
tap the floor with his feet, and watch
him with intense interest until lie stops
from exhaustion. whsreupon he is COM
PEELED to begin his exhibition again.
To those rare individuals who care
nothing about dancing this form Of en-
tertainment appears to be marvellously
strange and unreasonable, and yet per-
haps the most innocent of all for there
are some men who cannot execute .
single step of the simplest kind and
would not take free Lesson il they had
the opportunity to do so. But it is safe
to say that there is not a single man in
the world who, when a moment OF hope
fitness or exhilsration comes TO him,
does not kick up his heels in some awk-
ward fashion in order to give vent to his
Joy. He may not know it, but that il the
dance. In that crude action he betrsys
his possession of the universal love for
the dance and il his movements were
brought down to conformity with each
other, and with musical rythm, he would
be a dancer instead of q wild kicker.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-03
THEODORE ID. WILSON. u. .. n,
Chief Constructor nnd Ship 8utider
tuths United states service.

The Office held by Commodore Wilson
is second in importance only to that Of
the Secretary Of tho Navy. Every war
vessel or reysnue-cutter built, over
hauled, or repaired cones under his lm-
mediate eve or supervision. All work
in the nsvy-ysrds OF the United States
10 directed by him, saejsct OF course to
the approval of the Secretary. Plans,
designs, and specifications have to
he infinitely examined and approved by
him. He has, however, found time to
design the Chicago, Boston, and Atalsn-
tn, and the cruisers Newark, San Fran
cisco. Concord, Yorktown, Bennington,
Petrol, and Maine. Some of them are
already in service and at sea and others
are being constructed.
Theodore ID. Wilson was born in
Brooklyn, N. Y, May il, ls4O. He
served an apprenticeship as ship~risht
at tho Brooklyn nsvy-y,rd. enlisted and
was a non-commissioned officer in the
Thirteenth New York militia regiment
for three months Upon bis return he
was appointed o carpenter III the navy
August 3. 1861. He served on the
steamer Cambridge, of the North Allan
tic blockading squadron, from 1861
TO 1864, and wss with Rear
Admiral Gregory as inspector OF
vessels in the private establishments
near New York city. After passing the
required examination be was commits
stoned as nm assistant naval constructor
on the 18th of May, 1866. He has served
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-03

The people Of Salt Lake City are con.
templating the erection Of q great "salt
palace" II would be structure that
would lay in the shade all ice and corn
palaces ever constructed. The main
part OF the structure could be of the
finest rock salt to be found in the
quarries, chiselled. carved, and ar
tistically arranged, while the inte-
rior fittings should DO of crystal
lized work from the lake on a grand
scale. Such palace should be per-
mspent, il properly protected from the
winter rains it could be made OF the
most unique and striking style OF archi-
lecture it could be made one OF the
wonders Of the world. When lighted
by electricity the structure would have
all the sparkle and diamond glitter OF
the great ice palaces and, with the diff
ference in the salt palaces favor. that
heat would not melt or dim its glories
in the least.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-03

sury may be picked up BY sharp slyhtsd
observers duing the first week Of The
nonth shining with ftfui Light n To
glowing twilight Venus shines with
frsnscsndant lnsire throughout the
mouth, though . change occurs in her
movements She reaches the end Of the
invisibls chain that binds her 10 ~ sun.
and inevitable law forces her 70 rstrAcs
her steps. Saturn IL ct his brightest for
he 10 nearest to tho earth when opposite
the sun, and makes the passage Of the
skies, treading the celestial trr < with
starry feet from sunset till dawn. in.
pitsr reigns alone in the small hours OF
the morning, growing brighter and draw
ing nearer.
But stars and planets do rot include
every object OF interest that the shortest
month in the year holds in its gifta Far
more important to the dwellers on this
belt of the earth's domain IL the north
ward progress OF our own sun and the
rapidly lengthening days When the
month closes more than two hours OF
precious daylight have been added to the
shortest day. Nature is waking from
her long sleep; her forces are stirring
beneath the soil. and the earliest
elimp ses OF vegetable Life will soon fol-
low
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-03
Political Blood Purifier.

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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-03

"When | was in the habit OF going to
the theatre / remember having seen
such dances, aud know thst they are
invariably too invention OF the per-
former He must begin with the clog,
Jig, and shuttle in order to gain the con-
troll of his limbs. That is the ground
work. After that he may invent accord
INK TO his capacity and pleasure. l
never attempt to teach anything OF that
kind. not even the frequently seen cob
blers dance, which is the movement
wherein a man almost sits upon the
floor, one leg being crooked under him
and the other straight cut in front OF or
on one side, aud in which tho legs ex'
change this relative position rapidly
while the performers body remains 10
its initial position. II is very comical
dance and difficult to perform, but not
difficult to learn, and it would be undis-
nifed for atescher to attempt 10 instruct
anybody in it,"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-03

in the Pensacola maynard, in that OF
Philadelphia, and for four years (lS69-
'73) as instructor at the Naval Academy,
Annspolis This veteran officer was COM
missionsd naval constructor on July !,
1873, and served ct the Portsmouth q.
II. } navy-ysrd in 1873 SO. lie was APP
pointed chief Of the Bureau OF Con-
struction and Repairs on March 3, 1882,
and was reappo;nted for second term
of four years on December 10. 1886.
In 1870 Commodore Wilson was award
cd q patent for "sir-ports, which have
been adopted in the naval service end
in merchant ships. He patented in 1880
a ball-eItractor, which is in general
use. His book, "Ship- Building, Theo-
reticsl and Practical" is used as text
book at the Naval Academy, Annapolis.
Md, and by the profession generally.
A few years ago Commodore Wilson was
elected . member Of the Institute Of
Naval Architects Of England, the first
American achieving that distinction.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-03

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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-03

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NEW YoRk. February 2.-rhe total visible
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,avns. so. SIS Bales; receipts from plana-
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6,6os, 064 bales.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-03

Especial telegram 70 the Dlspalen'l
tv.rlEsrcs. February 2.-rbe store
han.e ana stock OF goods belonging 10 sTails
j. Me- lung. at Arsiea, were burned tvls
hons. owned by X. n. Taylor. The origin
of the Ere is unsn0w Loss about $500.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-03

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Horsrsrd's Acta Phesphsse
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md weakened energy Is wonderfully sue
,essful.S
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-03
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refuse ell others.
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MEDAL-BRAND ROOF

h the bsss and chsspsse In ne world. Insursnss
companies rae IL same - zinc. IN. coppoa
slate or iron Send for descriptive elrc0lnk
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-03

No We'll an repoir"; and Mr..
Nicholas turned upon his heel, leaving
his hostess TO convey his intelligence 10
her husband. who, of course, ielt equAiIy
flsttered with herself But II Was AZ
supper that her triumph was complete.
When this substantial meal was ut lis
Insight there arose in his place none
other than Lord Narennes before re-
ferred to, and proposed the health oil tne
host and hostess in the most compliment
arv il occasionally hippant, terms. ne
thanked them for theirprofuse, he might
almost say indiscrimlnate, hospitsiity,
and also acknowledged the kinoneSs Oh
his friends. Nicholas ana Leopold broad,
stairs. through whose means they haa
nnioxea the privilege IN when they
had INDUCED this neyer.to' pe-io'so''0n
evening. Hear Hear j LIT,
Amid much applause and rafting OF
ln;,.s and pl stes he sat down, am VIZ
Mayne, in pampous Freena'on ,oGse
style OF orstory. expressed his su 1919.
ton for the House OF Lords on, Ancicn'
;nstitutions. aud the honor he lei, DO was
naiJ this evening by the attendance ~
T.. humble board of 10 many destined 10
.hiue hereafter in 80 much more i"'
portsnt assemblies :, -
How much moro be would have saia;
.oaSnsss Knows, had not his friend aud
s SIN merchant, Ton Swipes. whispered
in his ear and tuggsd a. DIS cos.'"ls.
Evsn with this encouragement no "hs
.a,uc,.nt 10 sill down, but eventually no
aomnlied. and left the table.
|" What the devil do yon mean J,
c;u"s9 was getting on all right
IVA Ar Msyne whom they reached q So
s s,.,d. a. corner 10 the passage, ~,
:. Mean /" repeated the s s.;sr e mass
" can't you see y9us 70 -. Ds,1 I.urhins.
fool Of sl,ss you % ,o w, uS .9'
''s !" No q / can't reDaisd bis hest cuzdx.