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Frank P. Burke has on exhibition in his
window (Piz=ini's) grown hen with n'res
legs. IL is attracting considerable atten-
ton and is well worth visit.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-28
THz LAW VIOLATED.

The board is well satisfied that the pro-
vision of the pharmacy law, which requires
that a registered pharmacist must always
be present when prescriptions are com
pounded in drugstore, Is being constantly
violated and have determined 20 devise
some means Of putting stop to this prac-
tice. The penalty for every such violation
is a fine of S25 upon conviction.
The board will adjourn this morning
after the completion Of some routine busi-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-28

Boss. took A. B. C. medicine; Tn
we'll. Dat doctor keeps you juss live
enough to live on"
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Stomach. and Kidney troubles use Chase CITY
Lithia wstsr. - it has no mperor IN curing
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-28
4 Curntor Resigns.

The Governor Yesterday received and ac-
cepted the resignation Of Il. l.. Page, cura-
tor of the Hampton Normal and Agricul-
tural Institute.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-28

The beginning Of the alphabet, A. 3. G.,
but the end of any blood trouble.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-28
lelsH-AwsRlCAN MILITARY.
A Company to BE Organized i'll Rich
,uopd-ThIrfy Names Secured.

mond-Thirty Names Secured
Assn o'clock last night about fifty citi-
7one of Irish descent met at Murphy's Ho-
te 20 discuss the eXpedicncy ot organizing
an Irtsh-American military company.
Major John II. Dinueen was called upon
90 preside. and Mr.. James O'heefie was
made secretary.
sONE or THOSE PRESENT
Among those who were present and who
TOOK deep interest in the matter were
Nessrs. T.. u. Murphy. Potter Murphy;
Thomas O'keoTe. James Heaiy, Mlchael
Daiy. ". 4. Reddy, William kankln'
Michael Kelly, John Ralter, Inn Murphy
Tdward Pagan. and Or. Coleman
IL was decided 10 organize ire company
as soon a. fifty names the numOer requieu
by law) can toe secured.
Al INDEPENDENT COMPANY.
A good deal of discussion occurred as TO
whether the company should remain aS an
independcnt organization or should Apply
for membership in the First regiment;
II was finally decided to remain inae-
pendent a. far as practicable.
II was determined 10 adopt the regula-
lation State uniform.
TO SOLICIT NuNBERs.
Messrs. O'RecGe. l.. ID. Murphy, ana
Charles Mahoney were appointed coni-
mittee 90 solicit members. ~
Thirty of those present signihed tneir IN
tentiOn to iOin the company, and the meet
inn adiOurned 90 meet as soon as MY
names are secured.
40 name hos been adopted FOR the com,
panv. but il IS probable II VIII be caileo
tie Emmct Guards.
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ONE OF MANY.

The reading-room now established is at
the corner of Reservoir and Cary streets
and is only one Of many which DR.. Page
hopes TO have started. He stated last night
that the ladies and gentlemen of the city
could aid the work materially by contrlbu-
tions of money, books, or papers, or by be-
cominp contributing members at 81 a year.
ANY such contributions. he stated, could
be sent to Mr.. Wyndham r. Meredith, the
secretary and treasurer OF the society.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-28
civ Circuit Court.

John N. Gordon rs. the City. OF Rich
mcnd. Verdict for the defendant. no
tion to set the verdict aside oVerruieos
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Help for the Widow of the Drowned Man.

The following letter, with the enclosure
mentioned, was received by the Dispatch
yesterday
RICHMOND, Va. March 27, 1890.
Dear Sir,-I enclose S5, which please
send to the widow of the man drowned in
the dock, Mrs. Derhart- Will you also
kindly acknowledge its receipt and oblige
3-l-a-7,
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AUCTION SALES TO-DAY.

e. c. TISsLgY q CO., $50 y. NJ. persapsoyZ
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TIE DUEL SOME.

The Doctors first selection was the duel
scene from his latest story, " George Wash
ington's Last Duel" which appears in the
current number of the Cosmopolitan maga-
zine.
The droll humor OF the negro character
is delineated IN this story as only DIR. Page
i capable Of describing it. The audience
entered fully into sympathy with the read,
er and for most Of the time were conyulsed
with laughter.
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Ask Your Druggist
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The Wonderful Spring

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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-28

Tho primary election will take place next
Thursday. The candidates have only SIX
davs in which TO work.
-Four clubs last night had the last meet
ings they will hold until the struggle Is
over.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-28

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Following is the detailed score ::
DALTIaioREs.
BY INNINGS

1890 7s9
Richmonds ...........O i W
Raltimores ..........O 0 0 o 0-I
Earned Runs Rlchmonds. !. Two Base
Hi,s-Ray Left on Bases-kichmonds,6 q; Bal
tmores, 9. First Base on Balls-Oh llurd, 3;
OF Baker, 3 First Base on Errors-kichmonds,
/. Ynltimoroa, /. Ilit by Pitched Ball-PoGer.
Struck Cut-By Hurd, {; by Baker. 80 Passed
Balls-ToWnsend, ]. Time OF Game, hour
and a. minutes Umpire, Ford.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-28
ROSEMARY LIBRARY.

During the intermission DR.. Page took
occasion to refer to the Rosemary Library,
for the benefit of which, together with
Moore Memorial church, the reading was
given.
The library and reading-room IS an ex-
neriment Int 40 far has been quite sue
cessful. Ii is designed to give the poorer
classes Of the city place in which they
can find Innocent amusement and lnstruc-
tive literature
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-28

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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-28
10 CHRGsTMAs scENE.

After en- intermission of five minutes DR..
Page read his second selection, the Christ
mas scene from his well-known story
Edinburgh's Drowndin." He read this
selection from an English edition of his
book I'm Ole Virginia" The cover of the
book is a gorgeous picture of Mars
Chan" in full Federal uniform, lying on
the ground and holding a Uniied States
flag. while near him is another soldier in a
flaming red uniform, presumably English.
The morning call., 1890-10-26
TIMING BY
ELECTRICITY.
An Apparatus Used Successfully
at Field Games in Canada.
In Sprint Races It Will Register a Runners
Time Within the Hundredth Part Of
stcond-A Comparison Of Time.

lFEgs T the Athletic games of the Amateur
EaA s Athletic Association of Canada at
kISkY Montreal, for the amateur champion
ships of the Dominion, an apparatus was
used for timing the races by electricity.
The results were, according to the New
York Sun, highly satisfactory, and it is safe
to predict that in the near future. at all i'm
portant games. electricity will take the place
of timing by hand Timing by hand, no
matter how expert those holding the watches
are. is apt to be unreliable, and in a 100
yard race, for instance, fifth of a second
makes the difference between a runners
holding record for ten seconds or the best
on record of nine and four-ffths seconds.
If the latter time is given him and he is an
amateur he equals the time accomplished by
no other one of his class, and he will at once
occupy position most prominent in athletic
circles. Few people realize that if those
holding the watches are little slow at start
ing the split secondhand, it will make the
race little faster than if the timers were
very expert and could start the secondhand
simultaneously with lie flash oil the pistol.
The morning call., 1890-10-26

the timing was Inaccurate, but those mold
ing the watches have served on number OF
occasions, and few would doubt their ability
to time correctly.
To time a sprint race needs practice, for
fifth Of a second is SC important A varia-
ton of a fifth of a second IN a one-mile race
is not worth noticing for runner who has
a record Of minutes 20 10 seconds, for the
distance would be considered fully equal
TO one having record fifth OF a
second less. There have been cases
of timers in New York City not varying
a fifth of a second in a dozen or more
heats of 1O0-yard race. In Other words,
the watches of the three officials
would, as each heat was run, register
the anne. Clubs do not, however, al
ways make the same selection for timers
for their games, and cases are plentiful
where only one man has had experience,
the other two being comparative noylces at
the art. When this is so. variations IN the
times of the sprint races are expected. and
although it has been found that timers I'M
prove greatly with practice, the facts are
that the majority of timers in amateur
games have had very little practice on ac-
count of the single individuals being asked
so infrequently to serve. Games committees
do not always select officials from point of
ability, and this unfortunate habit is re-
sponSible for so many new men continually
trying their luck at timing races Before
showing how much difference there was be-
tween the electrical ana manu- tllniHS ue-
scriptlOn Of the electrical apparatus will be
very appropriate.
At the flush of all the races on the track
is shed in which is a machine worked by
machinery similar to ordinary clock-work.
The features of this machine are a cylinder
six or seven inches in diameter and a foot
long, covered by sheet of white paper A
pen Is supported on an arm, and as the CYL
inder revClvcs the pen makes straight
mark, except at each second, when
it moves about one-siXteenth of an
inch Sideways, but then comes back to its
straight course. The marks at each second
are caused by clock, which is carefully
regulated. This clock may be put any
where. 1t may be in the shed alongside of
the electrical machine. In Canada it was in
the clubhouse, several hundred feet distant
from the shed. Wires connecting from this
clock regulate the seconds on the electrical
machine. The electrical machine will run
and continue to mark seconds whether any
race is in progress or not
The mechanism connected with the races
is very simple. Wires run from the cleo
trical machine in the shed around the track,
and have switches at the various
starts. On the Canadian track there
is switch at the 100-yard, 220yard,
440-yard, SS0-yard, ana one-mile start.
The track is three laps to the mile,
The morning call., 1890-10-26
LITERARY NOTES.

TAHE United States Book Company of
AsRg Now York. the successors OF the John
,Sa5A W.. Lowell Company, announce the
~ early publication of collection of
poems from the pen of Rudyard Kipling,
the rising young writer. This will be the
first edition of poetical writings of this popu-
lar writer, and will contain his depart
mental Ditties," "Barrack Room Ballads, !"
and some fugitive verse collected by the
author for this edition. There is force
and snap about Kipling's verse which will
doubtless make it as popular as his prose.
The work will be issued in cloth and gilt
edges with uncut edges.
In "St. Nicholas" for November, which
will be the first number Of the eighteenth
volume, j. NJ TIowbridge. popular writer,
will contribute the first of n new serial story
entitled The Fortunes of Toby 1ratford,"
and Noah Brooks will contribute The Boy
Settler" the scene of which is laid in the
Territory of Kansas during the border
troubles. John NJ. Ellicott an ensign in
the navy, will contribute an imaginary fight
between david and Goliath in Modern
Warfare, and explain the chief types of
tor edo-boats including our solitary repre-
sentative, the Cushing.
Messrs. Funk & Wagnalls of New York
will publish in November narrative poem
in blank verse by William Cleaver Wilkin-
son. entitled "fhe Epic OF Saul" The poem
treats OF the career OF Saul the Pharisee up
to the time Of his conversion That incident
forms the catastrophe and conclusion OF the
poem. The loem is divided into fourteen
books, each book having title of its own.
1t comprises about 5000 lines in all. The
volume is to be illustrated with original de-
signs made in Paris especially for this work
by an American resident artist
The publishers Of 'The Century" have
made arrangements for the publication of a
series of articles consisting of extracts from
the manuscript of one of the most famous
autobographies of the present generation
"The Talleyrapd Memoirs" tue publication
of which were deferred for thirty years by
the wish Of Taleyrand when he died in
Napoleon III, who was permitted to examine
extracts in 1866 or 1868, and who found them
to conflict with his uncle's memoirs written
at st. Helena. The memoirs, the manu-
The morning call., 1890-10-26

Professor Mcleod of McGill University
of Montreal, who constructed and handled
the electrical timing apparatus at the Cana
dian games, says that the main reason OF
his machine registering in nearly each case
slower time than that obtained by hand Is
that the fash of the pistol is felt almost
simultaneously by the machine which reg
listers the time, while in the case of timing
by hand the human eye must first see
the fash and then the finger must press
the stop on the watch. He does not think
that any appreciable time is lost at the fin
etlecting The cireuit-breaking apparstas.sl-
though lie does not deny but that there is
some loss. What is delay OF one or two
one-hundredths of n second" he added,
(which six-inch DETECTION Of the thread
may cause, compared with the variance of
two or three yards as shown by watches held
by hand? Two yards is equal Gil the cleo
trical machine in 100-yard race 10 twenty
oue-huudredths of second"
Those who inquired into or examined Pro-
fesSor McLeOdS machine are of the opin-
ion that it is correct for all practicable pur-
poses, and that it Is valuable adjunct for
grounds. Interest has increased so much in
athletic games during the last several years,
and the demand for better arrangements
for procuring reliable records has assumed
such prominence, that even though any
move tending to iEjure such an old custom
as timing by hand may be frowned upon by
some, it is generally the opininn that cleo
tricity has come to stay. With good ma
chine handled by one ver,ed on The subject
there can be no error.
The morning call., 1890-10-26
THE NEWEST AND
THE SMARTEST.
Walking and Visiting Costumes
Designed by Redfern.
A Handsome Gown CT Wool and Velvet-A
Gown That Is to Be Worn When Calling
Braided in Black and Copper.

NHkEW YORK, Oct. 21.-The weeks
fNs come and go, and one month almost
AS2S imperceptibly slips into another, and
here it is the end of October already and all
fashionable New York is once more in
winter quarters, prepared to take up the
business of pleasure, to begin again the al
Turing round of dinner and dance, of opera,
reception and calling, of driving and shop
ping and walking-in short. of all those
alluring occupations with which our leisure
class kill time. For each and every one of
these the participants must be suitably and
becomingly arrayed. and it follows that all
the fashionable dressmakers and tailors are
now overrun with orders. Redfern is
straining every nerve to satisfy his crowd
OF eager patrons, yet he is not unmindful Of
his more distant admirers, as is evidenced
by his sending us to-day the counterfeit pre-
sentiment of a couple of gowns just COM
pleted for certain prominent lady who
is decidedly gin the SWIM" and who is,
therefore. obliged TO have the newest and
SmarteSt costumes.
The morning call., 1890-10-26

In other words, inexperienced timers invari-
ably make race fast and expert ones SEEM
ingly make it slow, when really they are
correct to quite degree.
As an instance Of the inaccuracy of hand
timing, we viii take as fair sample the 100
yard race held on October 1st at Detroit.
The timers were as good as could be found
in amateur athletic circles in the West,
although they probably did not COM
pare with the three or four of
the leading timers in this city. The
race in question had among the entries John
Owen Jr of the Detroit Athletic Club, and
Fred WeatiDg, Luther II. Cary and MOrti-
mer Remi ngtOn of the Manhattan Athletic
Club. These four men are very fast, the
first three holding records of 10 seconds for
the distance. Owen won the recent 100
yard championship of Canada, and
took part in the Detroit race fresh
from this victory. Spectators expected
to see fast performance, and the timers
were probably equally eager that he should
run fast. These officials made the time 10
seconds yet in the final heat he was beaten
by about four feet in 1G Is seconds. As
each fifth OF second in a l00-yard race COW
cred at a 10 1-5 second gait is equal
to about two yards, and as Owen
was four feet behind 10 seconds in
the final heat. it can readily be seen that
Judging by the times of his trial and final
heats, he ran more than three yards slower
in the latter than in the former. The con-
clusi0n of many who saw the contest is that
The morning call., 1890-10-26

An ANALYSIS of some of the worst Varla-
tons shows that, for instance, in the second
heat of the 100-yard run, electricity inaue
the time 1854 seconds, which, in common
fractions. means 4 shade over ten ana d
half seconds. Tire hand-timng made tie
result ten and fifth seconds. The dffer-
ence in distance between these two times
is over three yards. Luther cary
won the heat easily, and when ten
and a fifth seconds was announced 'neie
were many surprised faces. The propaOili-
lies are that the electrical timing was more
correct than the hand system. A glance at
the two times of the run off of the dead neat
in the 30 yard hurdle race shows that the
electrical time is only 100 OF a sec9nu
slower than the official time. This, ID aus
t4nce, is equal to about a foot and nall;
In the second heat of the 22G-yard race ana
the two-mile race the electrical time was
slower than the Official, but what caused
it is not known. In the 44O-yard run tne
difference in the two times Is only 2-iOo oi
a second, which is so small as not TO atlracl
attention. Electricity made the time OF Tue
first heat in the hurdle race l6 90 lUo Sec
Onds, which i'll common fractions Is over
10 So seconds. The official time OF thiS
heat was 1t Is seconds, which represents
in distance difference of three yards from
the electrical time The probabilities are
that electricity was much more corleGI
in this heat than the Official Tor a.. L.
COPELAND was the winner, about e 1901
ahead of A. a. jordan. Copeland simply
kept ahead of the second man, and ala not
have to travel fast. In the final heat COP
land, in his effort to BEAT II. J.. Williams,
exerted himself and lie beat Jordan by over
three wards, yet the official time showed a
difference in distance from the trial heat OF
only yard aud a half. The electrical tlme
must have been the more correct IN thls
case, for the distance Jordan was beaten Ill
the final heat proves it,
The morning call., 1890-10-26

Top rielU Of finishing post and apparatus for breaking
electrical circuit
A-Finishing thread.
B-Top of finishing post.
C-Spring for breaking circuit
D-Metal box of circuit breaker.
and this length necessitates the different
starts for the mentioned races. For FIVE
miles, however, the same start was used as
for the one mile. When the starter was
ready to dispatch the contestants, he at
tached his pistol to a small device fitting
closely to the barrel. This metal piece con-
tains diaphragm and from this wires run TO
the main circuit. The switches are six or eight
feet in length, so as to allow the start er
a little space 10 move around according 70
his judgment. The conclusion caused by
the firing Of tho pistol acts on the
diaphragm, which in turn simultane-
ousy affects the pen. and a mark is made
on the cylinder different from the regular
second marks which are continually
being used. While the race is in prog
ress the cylinder continues to reyolve and
the pen keeps on marking the seconds, but
when the circuit is broken by the runners
breaking the tape at the finish the pen
makes another mark on the cylinder similar
to the one made at the start. Time is then
computed on the cylinder by scale marked
in spaces representing hundredths of a
second.
The mechanism for breaking the circuit ak
the finish may be open to little criticism,
and, in fact, it is the only part Of the whole
device which could be improved on. A small
circuit-breaking apparatus is attached to one
of the fnishposis and wires run from it to the
electrical apparatus in the shed. The thread
stretched across the track for the runners to
breast will by very little tension move
a spring in tie circuit breaker, but
the part that has been at all
questioned is the regulating of the
tension to move this spring. In theory the
circuit is supposed to be broken as soon as
the runner touches the thread, but the thread
is so long, it necessarily having to stretch
across the track. distance IN the neighbor-
hood Of twenty feet, that it will stand
anywhere from three to nine inches deflcc-