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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-06
STEPHENS-JUNKlN.
A Fashionable and Brilliant wedding Mt
Christiansburg.
Especial telegram to the Dlspaich.l

Especial telegram TO the Dspatch.l
CHRIsTIANsBURG, Va, November 5.-One
Of tho most fashionable and brilliant we'd
dings which ever took place here was
soleInnized tonight at the Presbyterian
church. Mr.. John c. Stephens. one OF our
leading farmers, led to the altar Miss Janet
NJ. Junkin, the charming and accomplished
daughter of Judge George G.. Junkin.
Rev. II. w. Hooper, ID. ID pastor Of the
church, officiated. The church had been
handsomely and elaborately decorated for
the occasion, and the ediGce was filled
with the friends and admirers of the young
couple, who are doservedly very popular.
THE BRIDAL PARTY.
At 8 o'clock the bride and groom with
their twenty-eight attendants entered the
church 10 the strains of the wedding
march. and there is very rarely witnessed
such a scene of grace and beauty as pre-
sented itself The bride wore dress OF
elepant white silk faille, with ostrich trim
mines. The toilets Of the bridesmaids
were rich and beautiful. After the cere-
mony the bridal party repaired 10 the hos
pitable home of the brides parents where
an elegant repast was spread and festlyi-
ties INDUCED in till late hour.
THE PRESENTS.
The newly-made pair were the recipients
of many handsome, valuable, and usetu
presents, which testify to the great esteem
in which they are held. The best wishes
of the whole community follow them.
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DEATHS.

CHAPPEIL. Died, November 9Th, at
1880 A. NJ THOMAS DUNCAN, infant son
OF James n. and Kate W. Chappel; aged
seven months and twenty-one days.
suffer little children 10 come unto Me-"
Funeral from theresideuce, No COZ north
Sixth street, THIS Clhursday) AFTER
NOON at $3.50 O'clock.
GIII.-Died. November 5. 1900. at $50
L, NJ, at the residence Of hcr parents, No.
ais south pinestrc MAGGIE BLANCHE,
infant daughter Of w. s. and Alice @. Gill;
oged ten months and three days.
Dear little MAGGIE in Heaven,
Safe. very safe, over there;
Taken from earth in her beauty,
Before she knew sorrow or care.
Conc from your arms. loving paronts,
To live with the pure and the true.
God took your treasure tn Heaven
That your hearts might journey there
too.
The funeral will take place from Pine
Street Baptist church TITS AFTER
NOON at 4 O'Clock. Friends and relatives
ore invited.
MESSFR CHMIDT.- Died. at his resi-
denco. No. 903 north klneteecnth street,
November Attn. NJ i. NJ, MIR. LOUIS
MESSERSCHMlDr. IN tho thirty-tourth
year Of his age. 49,,
lie leaves devoted wife and thrc. chill
dron 10 mourn their loss.
Funeral from 50. Johns German Luz
theran church, corner of Eighth aud Mar
shall streets, TO-DAY (lhurdhy) nj 10
O'clock
wINPREE.-Died,a at her residence 3o5
College street MARTHA MiNFkEE. IN tho
eighty-fifth year OF her age
Funeral Will teko place from the rust
Baptist church THIS AFTERNOON at
O'clock. Friends arc invited ~ attend.
EEnKEu1zsrszg S.zssa
In Loving Memory Of Thomas wesley.
son of Charles w. and s. J. Lambeth, who
fell asleep I'm Jesus, M the home OF his pa
rents, in Raleigh, N. g., December ~,
| 1883.
Gods flngor touched him and he slept"
/ closely hsAh within my arms
powell rere;
| Never had one 80 rich and pure
| Engaged my caro-.
| TWINS my own, my procious jewel
God gave hun me-:
| 'Twas mine who else could care for him
| So tsnderlyl
But tho dear Master came one day
My gem 10 take.
~ cannot let him 60 | cried,
MY heart would break"
Nay, but the Muster comes for him,
To bear above
| To deck his royal diadcm--
He comes in love.
but, Master, he IL my treasure,
Ny Jewel rare.
| I'll safely guard and keep him pure
and very fair"
9" II thou koepest my GEN." He said,
" He may be lost;
1 The threshold VI my home no thief
Has ever crossed"
"And where tho hearts rich treasure is
Tho heart will be;
| Your Jewel viii be- safe above,
Gone before thee"
The Mas.er said these words, and gazed
With pitying look,
| While In the early hush of morn
Ny gem He took.
| Close ~ my heart. that morn, / held.
Tears falling fast,
An empty casket; the bright gem
Was safe 40 last.
Yes, Muster, Thou may'st keep my own,
For no is Thine;
| Safe In the house not made with hands,
He is Thine and Diins.
A FRIEND.
| Richmond Chrish0n Afrocdte copy.
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In calling attention TO the above wish TO as,
times 10 serve tbem with every arsicis In the
grocery line, which wiIl bs sold al The right
price, and the motto OF the old arm, "seii me
best and most for Inc least money VIII befully
sustained Tho business win Dc conauctea W.
lite corps Of sssistants win DO ready 70 walt upon
yoa At al times Goods delivered free Ia any
par. 81 mo city. Orders By 'pnonc tsis' Ok W
mall promptly attended to ,s~y,x
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RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.
laeporssd Ton ne Richnsaad DlssaaeAl
Novnnxs & lisa
No auction offerings on Dhanep to.dsy
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DIssoLUTIOEs & rARTnEnsHlps.
RICHMOND, Va, Novsmber 81 ley0
HAVE THIS DAY SOLD The

RICHMOND, VA, No'suhOot y, 60
T HAVE THIS DAY SOLD THE
4 GROCERY RUsIyEsS conducted by me IN
der nrm name OF s. UIlmaais Son 10 M HENRY
5. WALLEksrEIN, who has 80 faithfully assisted
mo for the past ten years. he assuming al Ia
billlieA EMANUEL ULL4AN.
Referring TO the above beg 20 extend my
sincere thanks 70 my patrons and tie public Tor
the very liberal patronage bestowed upon me
for many years and bespoak for my successor
Mr.. Henry :. Wailerste!n. your conNnueu per
ronage. whom can cheoriuily recommend 70 All
OF my old cusfomers ana the public generally,
knowing they will receive the same fair treat
mens which made the reputation Of the old hrm.
4. ULLhAN's SON.
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NOT EEApY 10 REPORT.

A Joint meeting Of the Finance and
School Committees was held in the Coun-
oil chamber at o'clock yesterday after
noon. This was for the purpose Of con-
sdering the question of giving up the Cen
tral-School building for use as a Confede-
rate museum.
Tho ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO look for
a site for Is new building were not ready to
report, and the meeting adjourned with
the understanding that the two commit
tee. would como together again tomorrow
OF Saturday.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-09-27

A GOOD

/ the space to be occupied by the front OF
the building. Or these may be placed
in position standing squarely with
sawed ends on fiat stones imbedded in
the sand. On top of them spike a six
inch pole the length of the front of the
building.
Another row of posts of the same
length or perhaps one foot shorter
should be placed further into the sand
bank where the back Of the building is
to cone, with u rider OF top as men
toned for the plate on the first posts,
or if an abundance of stone be handy,
this row Of posts can be replaced by a
wall. Wood, however, Is preferable,
because itdoesn't gather and hold moist.
ure so much, but is more expensive be-
cause less durable. Across these hori-
zontal top poles run heavy, rough tim
bers six to ten inches in diameter.
These will not need saving and can be
rudely spiked or pinned to the poles.
The entire structure must be heavily
built, because it is to be rooted with
sand and sod. Above the ~rafters, which
are as well fiat as any other way, should
be laid a quantity OF slabs or straight
poles close together. On these may be
thrown a layer Of sweet fern or hard
hack brush, or even a mat of dried
leaves, to be followed by two feet or
more of sand. Oyer the sand spread at
least six inches of good loan, and sod
over this. 1t should be mounded enough
to shed rain tolerably we'll and will look
on top like our old-fashioned outdoor
cellars so common in the Hudson river
valley. The sides may be treated in the
same manner with slabs and leaves and
heavily banked with sand. The entire
job can be sodded so that it will be far
from ugly in appearance. The front
should slope gently from the top of the
posts to the ground, the bottom being
about two feet from the posts. From
this point the earth should rapidly de-
scend so that al water may be carried
away from the building. Two windows
of good size, but not too large, and u
door may be placed in front of this
building, and roosts and nests within.
During extreme cold weather a house of
this kind will be greatly enjoyed by the
poultry and will present no objection
able features. Farm and Fireside.
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quarrel, which parted us-such a tribe,
when l look back. Do you ever look
back, MADAME"
The twilight was falling about them;
Becky's face had grown a shade or two
paler all at once; she turned her dark,
velvety eyes full upon him with a
startled air.
you" she said, 'you must be Larry
Rogers" Then the color swept TO her
cheeks in a crimson wave. "Do you
know | never thought you had grown
old like myself? Don't you know me?
lam Becky Thorne!'
just then the train Numbered through
the tunnel, and they forgot that they
were sixty-odd.
son the way to the Old Ladies
Home" she wrote Mrs. Dwight, II was
persuaded to go to an old gentleman's,
instead."-Mary N. Prescott, in the
Domestic MONTHLY.
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THE FARMING WORLD.
CHEAP N WARM,


a, Fasly Constructed Poultry-li"use
Combining warmth and cheaPness'
Ahen.house which combipes warmth
and cAeapness can be made as follows
and as shown in the accompanying en-
craving: Select a well-drained sand
bank sloping to tho south or southeast
Perhaps such a one is handy, from
which quantities of sand or gravel have
been taken until there is already dug a
place large enough toput in just WHAT IS
wanted-a hen-house entirely IN the
sand, except the front. The only OBJ
iectionable fsature in a building Of this
kind is danNness, and from the start
this must be provided against carefully
by a thorough system of drainage, 10Th
above and below. For this purpose tiles
arc almost indispensable. If the water
can be kept away, the fowls will find
the sand agreeable and the situation
warm and healthful, while its exposure
TO the southern sun will give the layers
A chance to bask and exercise all day
and they will lay as well as during
summer, provided their food be of the
right kind, and varied. On starting,
draw from the woods enough ~seven-foot
posts to set one every five feet across
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-09-27
THE AFRICAN PYGMIES.
A Well-Shaped People Of Perfectly Nor
NAL Formation.

A Well-Shaped People Of Perfectly Nor
NAL Formation.
The name Of dwarfs, applied by some
to these people, has boon objected to as
implying deformity or arrested growth,
and therefore conveying a wrong i'm
preston. Nothing of the kind can be
said of the African Pygmies, who,
though of short stature, are all we'll
shaped people Of perfectly normal form
alton. 1t is true that the Hottentots
and Bushmen show certain strange an
atomical peculiarities; but these may
be said to be more or less accidental,
being, in part at least, the result of spec
cial and ~unfavorable conditions of life.
The Pygmies are nomadic in their
habits, and neither keep cattle nor till
the ground, but live by hunting and
sharing wild animals and birds, or, un.
der the most unfavorable circumstances,
on wild fruit, roots and berries. Their
weapons are always bows and arrows,
the latter usually poisoned-ther resource
of the weak. They have no fixed abode,
and, II they build shelters at all, only
construct rude huts of branches. They
have no government, nor do they form
regular communities; they usually wan
der about, like our gypsies, in hordes
composed of a few families each. This,
however. depends on the nature of the
country-in the parched deserts of the
South they are not even united to this
extent. Sometimes they are to a certain
extent dependent on more powerful
tribes, who afford them protection i n
return for certain services. Their no.
tions of the Unseen, when they have
any, would appear to be of the very
crudest. Their languages seem to be
distinct from others, related among
themselves and very peculiar.-A. Wer-
ner, in Popular Science Monthly.
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P. T. FERRIS, Publisher.
10 BLUE N 1.

-
When Dick was ten and l was eight,
Life's morning sweet and earlyl
While he wore aprons checked with blue,
And yet my hair was curly;
We used to read the livelong day
Strange tales and Old romances;
Dick liked the Indian stories best
Bat / had softer fancies.
Iclung to fairy tales, alasi
And books with yellow covers;
! thought myself a heroine,
And went in search of lovers.
In my young heart in those fond days
OF bright, unclouded weather,
Imps, soldiers, ogres, ghosts and war
Were all linked in together.
We had one play called Bunker Bill;
Dick always wished to play it.
/ liked dolls better, though, of course
was ashamed TO say it.
Dick had a company OF boys,
The name of one was Moses;
lmade him once a soldiers cap
And trimmed it round with roses.
followed in the ranks myself,
Their only banner bearing;
Dick fastened to my fathers cane
The apron ! was wearing,
Ohappy days, too briefly bright
o memories quaint, but pleasant
! can not bear TO link to-day,
The glad past with the present.
My ~childhood's visions seem TO mock
My lone heart, sad and smitten;
In dearer life blood than my own
The page OF war is written!
! know not where in death he sleeps
Far distant from each other
] watched and wept, he fought and fell,
My brave and generous brother!
TITS all We know. o no! not all
He died as heroes perish;
He left q memory for our hearts r.
To fondly, proudly cherish.
n. Y. World.
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INSTINCT OF BIRDS.
A Flock Seeks shelter from "a Storm on a
Vessels Deck.


While a British brig was gliding
smoothly along before a good breeze in
the South Pacific, a flock of small birds
about the size, shape and color of paro.
quets, settled down in the rigging, and
passed an hour or more resting. The
second mate was SO anxious to find out
the species to which the visiting
strangers belonged, that he tried to en-
trap a specimen, but the birds were too
shy to be thus caught, and too spry to be
seized by the quick hands of the sailors,
At the mi OF about an hour the birds
took the briggs course, and disappeared.
but towards nightfall they came back
and passed the night in the m~aintop.
The next morning the birds flew off
again, and when they returned at noon,
the sailors scattered some food about
the decks. BY this time the birds had
become so tame that they hoped about
the decks picking up the crumbs. That
afternoon an astonishing thing hap
pened. The flock came flying swiftly
toward the brig, Every bird seemed to
be piping as if pursued by some little
invisible enemy on wings and they at
once huddled down behind a deck house.
The superstitious sailors at once called
the captain of the brig, who rubbed his
eyes and looked at the barometer. A
glance showed that something was
wrong with the elements, and the BRIG
was put in shape to outride a storm.
The storm came about twenty minutes
after the birds had reached the vessel.
For a few minutes the sky was like the
waterless bottom of a lake-a vast arch
of yellowish midland torrents of rain
fell. Why it did not blow very hard no
one knows; but on reaching port, two
days later, they learned that a great
tornado had swept across that part of
the lei Christian at Work.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-09-27
The Color Of Trout.

The color Of a trout's back depends
on the color Of the bottom of the river,
but the trout which grow rapidly differ
greatly in spots and color from those
which grow slowly and thrive badly,
and a middle-aged, trout differs in color
from an aged trout. Speaking general
ly, the young, healthy, ..fast-growing fish
will have silvery sides, white. belly
and plenty Of well.defned spots. The
poorly-fed fish will have few or no
spots, q drab belly and muddy-yellow
sides. The old trout will be much the
same in appearance, only more so, and
will be particularly lank and large
headed. This accounts for those trout
which have access to salt water being
brighter and more beautiful than Others
which do not The variety and abun.
dance OF their food make them so.-
American Angler and Hook and Line.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-09-27
TEXAS CATTLE.
Something About their Probable Origin
and Their Value to the Farmer,

'''a CIV " Nv
In reply to an inquirer we would say
that Texas cattle are of Spanish origin,
descending from the Spanish stock that
was introduced into Mexico in the six
teenth century. Undoubtedly they
were originally the cattle kept by the
Moors and Castilians for hundreds Of
years. They never have been possessed
of any marked merit. 1t is probable
that the Texan is not as good, however,
as its ancestry, for it has run wild
while the originals received better,
though probably very Indifferent care.
They are tall, lank, coarse headed and
bony, with immense horns. They have
long, coarse legs, considerable dewlap
and not much brisket; their sides are
fiat, back swayed, high in flank, narrow
in quarters and hips, and their meat is
an inferior quality of beef. As they
are bred and kept it costs little to pro-
duce the beef, and there being an mad
equacy of supply Of beef of the best
quality, they find a ready sale and re-
turn a profit. But the time must come
when the Texan will be a poor invest
ment.
In fact, the time will come when
nothing but the very best beef pro-
Queer will be regularly bred and fed.
In color they are dun, red, yellow, brin-
die, black and blue roam, mixed with
more or less white. A distinguished
writer dismisses them with the follow
ing very accurate estimate of their real
value: "As to their value for any eco
nomical purpose, beyond their hides,
what little tallow they have, their horns
and homes for manufacturing or fertiliz-
ing purposes, we consider them of little
consequence within the bounds of mod
ern civilization or intelligent agricult-
ure." And yet in the present condition
OF things, with not enough beef pro-
duced outside Of these cattle to supply
the demand for the poorer grades OF
beef, their products seem to be a real
necessity. But then it is possible that
If they were out of the way. a better
class OF beef in larger quantities would
be produced, and thus both consumer
and producer would be benefited. West
ern ltural.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-09-27

Upon the stomach and bowels are perpe-
trated by multitudes of injudicious people
who, upon experiencing the annoyance OF
constipation III a slight degree, infltrate
their bowels with drenching ~evacuants,
which enfeeble the intestinal membrane TO
a serious extent, sometimes, even, superln-
ducing dysentery or piles, Hostetters
stomach Bitters is the true s~uccedaneum
for these nostrums, since it is at once in
MIGRATING, gentle and effectual. 1t also
banishes dyspepsia, malarial complaints,
rheumatism and kidney troubles,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-09-27

and chin In spite of her sixty-odd years.
Miss Becky's father had been the dis
trict school teacher in those far-off days
Of her girlhood. He had taught her the
simple lore at his command, but it
was Larry Rogers who had taught her
music, hour after hour, in the
empty old school-hoase; they had prac-
ticed together, while he wrote the score
on the blackboard. But all this had
not sufficed to enable her to earn o live
lihood. Her education, musical and
otherwise, had stopped short of any
commercial value. In those days she
had never expected to earn her living
by the sweat of her brow. Larry was
going to give her every thing. How
trivial the little quarrel seemed to-day
which circumvented this fine resolve
Of his! But what magnitude it had
assumed at the time! On his return
from a trip to a ~neighboring city, some
blsybody whispered to Larry that Miss
Becky had been seen driving with
Squire Eustis' son, Sam, behind his
trotters. Sam was just home from col
lege, a harum-scarum fellow, they said,
who made love right and left, and gam
bled a bit; and when Larry reproached
her with it she had not denied; she had
simply said; "What then? If you choose
to listen to gossip rather than wait till
tell you"
But you didn't tell me; and I've been
home a week."
81 had forgotten all about it till you
reminded me" said Becky.
"It's such an everyday affair for you
to drive with Sam Eustis!"-which in.
credulity so stung Becky that she would
not condescend to explain that she had
carried some needlework up to Squire
Eustis' which she had been doing f0l
his wife, and, that as she left to walk
home. Sam was starting of with his
smart chaise and new dapple-grays, and
The Squire said: Take Miss Becky
home, Sam, and show her their pac~s;'
and how she had been ashamed 10 no
fuse the kindress, although preferrins
" walk Q thousand times; and how
onos IN the chaiss. Sam had been tn,
pink Of courtesy. and had begged her I,
orave over with him 10 Parson Amory's
Asss miles out q her way. that Lac,
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Miss Nell-married or dead? ! can SCI
the old place in my minds eye; and the
parsonage under the slms, and the or
chard behind it where Lucy Amory
planted a young tree on her wedding
day, and the gown little Becky Thorne
wore-by the way, is she aliveP Do you
know herr"
Miss Becky hesitated an instant
"Yes," she replied, II know her
more or less. She's alive"
"And married?'
"Well, no, she never married"
"She must be sixty odd; she was 9
pretty creature, such dimples-I sup
pose they are wrinkles nowi Where
have the years gone? Is her home in
the old place still?"
"Her home?' said Miss Becky, flush
ing a little, she has o She is on
her way to the Old Ladies' Home"
"To the Old Ladies' Home! Becky
Thorne!" he gasped; ''and l."
you seem to have known her pretty
WE'LL" said Miss Becky, who was begin
ming to enjoy the incognito
~ should think so! I've loved Becky
Thorne from my cradle; We had a silly
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-09-27
How to Cut I'm Hops.

Farmers make too hard work of cut
ting up pork, Twenty minutes is q
good allowance of time with tho usual
appliances for each carcass. Remove
the leaf fat first, then make the cuts as
Indicated by the dotted lines on the
diagram and your meat is in excellent
shape for economical use. A good rule
for cutting the hams is to start at a
point six inches from the root of the
tai and cut straight across to the flank.
ms makes very handsome-shaped
hams, Let the cuts be made in the
order OF tho numbers on the diagram,