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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-31
FITZ LEE SPEAKS.
TIE FORCE BILL DENOUNCED, BUT
NO BOYCOTT WANTED.
II VIII Unsettie values IN the South snd
Cause Loss to Northern Cspttsiists-
Peace VIII Give Way to strife.
the world.l

The tide of conservative public senti-
ment in the South setting in against the
proposition to declare q commercial boy
colt in that section against the North in
case the force bill shall be pushed to enact
ment seems destined to prove deluge to
those who are responsible for the agitation
OF the question. To the number of distin-
puished southerners in whose judgment
their felew-citizens have great confidence
who have spoken heretofore against tho
boyc0tt while denouncing the force bill in
unyneasured terms is now added ex-Gov-
e,nor Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia. To a
World reporter at the Everett House that
famous Virginian gave free utterance to bis
sentiments. ,
"Virginians are naturally conservative
people'" said the Governor. am quite
sure that the great body OF citizens OF the
Old Dominion would be utterly opposed
to any disruption Of the existing CONNER
cial relations between the North ard South.
Our people are. of course. considerably ex-
ercised with respect to the proposed law,
which involves, as they consider, an out
rageous violation of good faith on the part
of the Federal Congress towards the
States. 1t is true that there is q consti-
tutional provision comforting upon
Congress the right to pass laws regulating
the elections for Federal officers, but when
the Constitution was ratified by the origi-
nal thirteen States it was with the express
understanding, formally declared, / be-
lieve. By majority of the State conyen-
tions-New York was one, / am sure-that
this power was conferred only az q means
of guaranteeing representation in Congress
by the several States, so that it should not
lie in the power of the States to rob the
Government of its legislative branch by
refusing to elect members thereof.
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HOW VALUES WILL BE AFFECTED.


"That is very easily demonstrated. /
don't believe that the object aimed at by
Republican leaders in the force bill can
ever be attained by that means. it is
menace to the safety of the property rights
of the taxpayers of Virginia. They are
mostly Democrats and whites. They employ
the negroes, who are not demanding this
legslatlon they are happy, contented, and
tolerably prosperous. They know where
their bread and butter come from, and
they are satisfied to remain on pleasant
terms with those upon whom they are de-
pendent.
Now, when designing men seek 10 in
fiuence the minds of these negroes, and Tor
selfish purposes induce them 10 sign petit
tions for the appointment of Federal su-
pervisors of elections, there will be trou-
bic. Such is the feeling upon the subject
that undoubtedly any one who signed ono
of these petitions would find life burden
to him in the community. Undoubtedly
there would be combination whereby il
would be impossible for any petitioners for
Federal interference IN an election To OBJ
tain employment or recognition from those
who have work to be done. The
North will not be boycotted, but there
will quite likely be q domestic boycott.
which will make inviting the appointment
of Federal supervisors of elections pas
time not 10 DC luuulEtli III lhuS' JOu o't,
Won provoke turmoil and race conflicts,
and instead OF peace and prosperity you
have strife, and consequent business stag
nation. think that many northern capt.
talists fully appreciate the evil conse--
quences TO follow from the enactment of
the force bill 10 their invested capital,
and am informed that they are bringing
pressure 10 bear 10 defeat the bill in the
interest Of enormous northern invest
ments in the South"
What would be the political effect in
Virginia of the passage of the bill?"
1T would increase the Democratic rep
resentation in Congress by giving Us the
close districts now represented by Re
publicans. 1t would win back into the
Democratic party those whites who have
drIfted away upon other issues. and who
have hoped for the elimination Of the
bloody shirt from politics. There is q
large element in the Republican party IN
Virginia which opposes the measure"
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TO BOLSTER RADICALS.

III WAS never uTtdul'1 tilhb III u llillt VA
profound peace. with the States sending
their full quotas of representatives, that
this latent Federal power should be made
an active force, not 10 meet the emergency
for which it was intended, but purely TO
bolster up the waning strength Of party
led by men stepped in radicallsm who care
not by what means they retain power. only
so they may hold the reins of government.
Entertaining this belief, and further know
ing ID 10 be fact that the passage OF the
bill is calculated TO precipitate social
troubles. deprcciate values, and retard
most seriously the development OF the
State of late years so auspiciously begun,
there are those who in their anger at the
wicked interference with the social, COM
mercial, and political well-being OF the
South, which the bhl proposes, talk heated
ly Of the propriety of Furnishing those re-
sponslble for it.
Hence the talk of the boycott. with
Massachusetts as the starting-point, be-
cause one Of her representatives, Mr
Lodge, stands sponsor for the measure in
| the House of Representatives while Sena-
| tor Hoar seems TO be its ardent champion
in the Senate. But, Us | said, this is not
| the general feeling. The intended effect
| of the force bill will be defeated in other
WAYS and more efectually than in the
| breaking of Of commercial relations with
| the North. WHY. such boycott would
injure the South asmuch, If not more, than
the North. II would be suicidal for Us to
stop the flow of northern capital into our
section. for by it our mineral resources are
being rapidly developed, transportation
lines are being built, mills are erected, and
our business arteries are made 20 tlngle
with this infusion of commercial blood and
| life. II is not for us by any act of ours to
invite business paralysis. Indeed. 1t is be-
cause of the certainty that the enactment
of the force bill will disturb the prevailing
| Quiet and prosperity of the South that We
| confidently expect that northern men
whose capital is invested there, and which
will surely shrink in value if the bill be-
| comes law, Will assert their powerful in
| fiuence to avert disaster which they will
| share with us.n
| Explain, if you please, Governor. why
values will be affected disastrously! I" the
| ta1
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-23
Notes About Austrian Women.

Aloysia Kirschner, or Schubin, unde.
which pseudonym she is known the world
over, is the best of living Austrian female
authors She is still young, but of a seri-
GUS disposition. She has seen much of the
world. Her writings, too, show great pen
etration and profound study of the human
mind. Although original in her concep-
tions, she has adopted the style and man
ners of Turgenieff and the modern French
school Her clearly cut features denote at
once force and delicacy, and her whole ap-
pearance is most attractive.
Philippine Welser was not only a woman
Of intellect, but she also devoted her
self 10 the noblest task Of wife-to be a
good mother and good housekeeper. She
even wrote a book about cooking, DE re
coquinaria," which still exists.
1t is hard TO tell whether Austrian ladies
now are as experienced in the kitchen
as they are in the drawing room. If
judged by the empress of Austria they
are, for that lady combines many acquire
ments in her person. even fencing and
scrobatics. But the fact that they live in
an era in which the most exquisite dishes
will soon become a question of mere chem
ical preparation may excuse and absolve
them fully if they are not.
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THE NAVAL ACADEMY.

him secretary of the navy, and he founded
the naval academy at Annapolis. Forty
four years ago be was minister to Great
Britain. In 1871 he was appointed the first
American minister to the court Of the new
German empire.
In 1915 Mr.. Bancroft went TO reside in
Washington, since when he has been a
conspicuous figure at the capital. He has
been twice married and twice widower.
His children and some of his yrandchil-
dren, however, are with him in his old age.
Mr. Bancroft has always been of aristo-
cratic sympathies, and has always main
tanned position with fashionable people.
Often in summer he has been seen, even
when past the heyday of life, mounted on
his saddle horse riding on the beach at
Newport, surrounded by the glitter and
display of fashionable life At Berlin he
created some dissatisfaction among the
the Americans. who did not receive the at
tentions they thought due them from their
minister. He has not been man Of the
people, but as a historian his fame is
doubtless secure. and as a cabinet officer be
will be remem5 ered as the founder Of a
national school for the education Of naval
officers.
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at the street corners they tempt the passer
by, and enliven with thesbrightness of
their hue the otherwise dingy aspect of
busy thoroUghfares.
Possibly the orange was the apple OF
discord" awarded by Paris TO Venus, and
perhaps, too, the golden talismans with
which the Goddess Of Love armed Milanion,
that be might win the race from ATLANTA,
were also plucked from the splendid and
prolific Indian tree This, however, is
mere speculation, but there remains a
sufliciency of romance, historically estab-
lished, surrounding the orange and lemon
to give them the foremost place among the
fruits known TO mankind. Both are ma
tives Of India, and from that mystic and
ancient land their cultivation has spread
to other chimes, always under novel and
interesting conditions.
The lemon was favorite with the Arabs
in the days Of their power and glory, and
by them, as their empire spread, it was in
PRODUCED into various parts Of Asia and
Africa. In the latter part Of the Twelfth
century Richard the Lion Hearted Of Eng
land, with Philip of France, headed the
third crusade for the rescue Of the Holy
Land from the dominance Of the Saracen.
AT the siege Of Acre a wounded knight in
the English monarch's train called for
water, but none was TO be had. y native
pressed to bis lips Il "strdynge frutte,"
whose cooling juices eased his thirst. The
knight recovered, and returning home
from thai losing bUt glorious campaign
carried with him the seeds of a lemon.
Stopping en- route at Naples he gave them
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neu-y ylI re CGrcc.@4 &c gutterng pa
geant of the Field of the Cloth of Gold; as
a broken old man he died neglected in the
monastery of Leicester.
At later date the orange figures in a
romance Of English history equally scam
dalous. but less tragic. The Restoration
had brought the loose living Charles ii to
his own, and among those who welcomed
his return TO London was pretty girl of
10 who sold oranges at the theatres. She
was poor, obscure, unknown; he was the
ruler of a realm, yet seven years afterward
the two were on terms Of intimacy, and
whoever wanted favor from "Old Row
lew as the monarch was called, had to
secure the support of Nine. Nelly Gwynne.
In those seven years she had passed from
the pit to the footlights and charmed the
town with her acting. Then 1.-THE king
sent for Nelly" and her histrionic tri-
umphs were at an end. IL is of her early
struggles for livelihood that Lord Roch-
ester sang;
But first the basket her fair arm did suit,
Laden with pippins and Hesperian fruit;
This first step raised, 20 the wandering pit
she sold
The lovely fruit, smiling with coat Of gold
The orange girl did not abuse the power
obtained by her doubtful elevation. She
was popular favorite of whom poet of
the time wrote:
All hearts fan a-leaping wherever she comes,
And beat night and day like my Lord Craven's
drums
To her is due the founding of the great
Greenwich hospital, and from her descends
the ducal house of st. Adams.
Rather more than a century ago some
curious and close observer of London ex-
istence published a pamphlet entitled,
slow Life; or, One Half the World Knows
Not How the Other Half Lives" A pas
sage which has to do with the subject I'M
der consideration reads:
The wives of genteel mechanics, under pretense
o. going to prayers in their apartment, take nap
and a dram, after which they cncw lemon peel to
prevent being smelt
As every one knows the orange flower
wreath, of charming fragrance and pure
whiteness, is an essential in the costum-
ing of the bride whose wealth and social
position demand the display of n public
wedding, but the fact may have been less
observed that all the lands where the
orange and the lemon grow are lands of
and the mind reverts to tales of valor ex-
tending over the vast stretch of time in
tervening between the conquests of Alex
ander and the last despairing stand made
against the British invader by the heroic
Lion of the Punjaub." Asia conjures up
visions of the Caliphs and the Crusad-
ers, of Haroun al Raschid and Saladin
the invincible, while over northern Africa
and southern Europe spreads the unfading
memory of the wise, valiant and learned
Moors. Brazil is linked with the name of
Columbus, and in Florida Ponce de Leon
sought the fountain of youth, while the
name of California is inseparabIy associat-
ed with the far of, indistinct, yet musical
chime of the mission bells that called the
Indian convert to prayer and summoned
home the fiocks, ere the fierce rush for
gold swept away the peaceful cloisters on
the heights or blythe Pacifc's waves.
FRED G. DAYTON.
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TIE CRAWLING DOLL.

fore midnight, and by the time the sun Is
up next morning the family is at work
again straining every nerve to make the
most of the opportunities in sight. The
father and the sons who are old enough
are off TO the factories by daybreak, while
the mother and her daughters remain be-
hind to add to the little store by making
such holiday trifles as can be put together
at home.
OF the retail selling price of toys not
more than or per cent. on the average
goes to the toy maker in this country.
The rest is consumed principally by the
persons through whose hands the toys pass
until they reach the Christmas tree. The
retailer makes from so to 80 per cent. Of
the selling price The jobber is rarely con-
tenS with less than Is to 20 per cent, of the
remainder. The manufacturer wants
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about % per cent. and the rest, except the
workInan's small share, goes for fuel,
clerks, material and other factory ex-
penses- When they work full time, from
August until Christmas. an adult in the
factories earns about SIC q week. and the
boys, or whom a large number are en-
ployed, make about 81
There is one person in the factory. how
ever, who earns more than thistle de-
signer Of new toys. He generally acts IN
the capacity Of foreman or superintendent,
slough not unfTequently novelty Is in
rented by one Of the clever workmen- This
gear the designers have apparently not
been very busy, and IN consequence the
stock of American novelties 70 be offered
for Christmas i not very great. One OF
the most striking among the new things i
q Japanese juggler. who balances a ball on
.-,h-aIls NV hsf hnrr IN the rs-E.ls-.
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SURGEON OCILlSr AND AUkISr- Give
special attention TO Of the eve, including.
the scientific adjustment Of glasses 10
perfect vision
CATERACr removed and sight restored 10 many
who have long been totally blind
CROSBY rs Strengthened. in many cases With
out operation.
GRADUATED LIDS and all forms Of sore eyes
quickly cured Artificial eyes inserted.
DEAF y f-S>-All durable cases promptly cured
6IASSES-Only those who have had special train
Ing should att. mpt 10 NJ glasses. lest they dot
patient more harm than good Many eases OF
nervousness irri;ahilty, insomnia. headache.
tigo and seeming stupidity IA children are due 20
objective vision and ale removed AZ by the ap-
dcation OF proper glasses. II have pain IA the
water, II tho letters run together when reading Il
rythlng Swims or becomes dim when attempting
10 use the eyes for very short tin l. some
fault In the organ OF sight which be relieved by
the application OF proper glasses. A few have 10
unpleasant feelings. but cannot see as well their
ing expression. which is conspicuous and dsftsur-
Ing. especially in young ladies. Others complain 81
pain intolerance OF light with irritation Of eyes
especially by artificial light. All such be reev-
ed by the scientific ad Justment glass
A. A tE.N rkAL SURGEON DIR. Purdy has NJ,
the chair Of surgery in the Wichita Medical College
T. fcer TO devote his en- ire time TO his speCialties
which include detormitles. CLUB foot. CurVs-
ture OF the spine, hip joint diseases, white
swelling disease of bone cancer. tumors.
old sores ulcers hare lip, varicocile,
hydrocile, enlarged glands, stone IN bladder. pller
nstula, diseases OF the skin, kidneys and urinary
HERNIA OR BREECH cured by an entirely
new treatment.
Con sultation and examination free.
b. +. PURDY. NJ. D.
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Just at present the busiest people in and
about the big cities of the United States
are the toy makers. From the millionaire
who owns the large factories, where armies
of tin soldiers are turned out at a rate that
would make old Santa Claus blink, to the
tiny little German girl vino knits worsted
gowns around rubber dolls at half cent
apiece, everybody is working with might
and main to keep UP nth the orders that
are piling in from yrts of the country
for Christmas. 1t is ne toymakers' har-
vest season, and for months every man,
woman and child connected with the trade
has been at work preparing for this har-
vest.
While the patriotic American small boy
and his sister were still deep in their plans
for a proper celebration of the Fourth of
July the toy makers were already preparing
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-23
THE JUMPING FROG.

for Christmas By July scores of smooth
tongued travelling men started out on their
annual tours, each a veritable Santa Claus,
for he carried at least a half dozen enor-
nous trunks crammed to the lids with an
assortment of toys that would have made
any boy or girl in the land happy. Before
fortnight passed the first order had been
taken, and the factories that had been
working on half time started in for bust
ness in dead earnest, increasing their force
with every week.
No one in the trade objects to this stress
of work. To the factory owner it means a
fattening of his bank account, and to the
workers a season of plenty during which
they can eat and drink to their hearts
content, and still lay by little sum to
serve during the dull months afterward.
In the tenements where the toy makers
live the lights are seldom dimmed now be-
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NELL GWYNNF

20 an Italian friend, who planted them on
his estate. They grew and lourished, and
from thencelorward western civilization
knew the virtues and the value Of the acid
fruit.
Meanwhile the orange was travelling
toward Europe by another route. AS in
the case of the lemon its spread was due to
the Arabs. They covered Syria and Persia
with dark green groves, and as the seem
ingly irresistible wave Of their martial
progress advanced toward the pillars of
Hercules scattered the seeds of the yellow
fruit on the fair and fertile plains of Italy,
Sicily and Spain They called it "narang,'
and they cultivated it more for its beauty
than for its qualities as a table delicacy.
for the juice and pulp had bitter taste.
The sweet orange was brought to Europe
from southern China by the Portuguese
in l54S, and was known as apfelsina, or the
apple of China
SO in the Middle Ages the lemon and
orange spread the fragrance Of their flow
ers throughout the civilized world. They
bloomed in fair Florence, where Lorenzo
the Magnificent ruled and Boccaccio wrote
his wondroUs tales. and through their
leaves the scented Ereezes sought the gar
dens and fountains of the famed Alham-
bra. Then across strange seas, in care of
the hardy mariners Of Spain and Portugal,
they came TO the New World discovered
by Columbus, ond in Florida and the
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ton style when wo-nd u2. Another issa
Spanish dancer of the Taale species, who is
attached TO a board and is worked by
lever. A weeping doll and dancing bear,
a walking China,nal. a locomotive that
explodes whenever you want it TO and
jointed alligator that cTeeps along In the
most blood curdhngly natural manner
complete the list Of mechanical novelties.
Then there are doll" sets. combs,
brushes, soap. tiny bottle of perfumery.
etc, that come from France, and are cal
culated to drive any little miss into spasms
of delight. Germany also sends something
new in the Jumping toy" line, being a
blonde, blue eyed boy, who jumps on his
hands and knees true to nature: while
America has added jumping TIN frog that
Will win the boys hearts
In dolls greater variety than has ever
been seen before will be on the shelves of
the toy stores. There are dolls who walk
and dolls who bow and dolls who salute
you, or fan themselves, or do almost any
thing else that you wish. And then, OF
course, there is the doll that talks, thanks
to Mr.. Edison. But this doll hasn't been
much of success. The price $50 Is too
high, and then besides she loses her voice.
a duuIleFOy QOll, LuoUSus tHoS cehLiC AAOuA
France has been sold to retailers by the
ton, and a mourning doll' has gone so
well that the stocks have been exhausted.
For the children of the rich there are any
number of expensive new mechanical toys
from France. A juggler about two feet
high who does more wonderful tricks than
Hermann is on the shelves for 500 along
side of a pleading barrister" at the same
price. There is an electric toy" for boys
with inquisitive minds. shis fetches $35,
and generates electricity which Is made
to ring bells, turn machinery, etc. A four
teen inch bear who walks as naturally as
life is rated at so, and school of musical
cats at So A bootblack and a spinning
woman who work for dear life when
wound up are worth SIS. From this things
get gradually cheaper. y pig that jumps
out of stye to be fed is $3.50, and all sorts
of dogs and cats who perform TO the tune
of music box in their organism can be
had as low as 81 PAUL LATHE.
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Local Pride.

"Where are all the prominent citizens
this mornings" asked tourist of the land
lord of the Oklahoma house.
81 dunno, presiEely." was the reply.
"You see, last night the boys took boss
thief out to the tree where they allus hang
'em, an 10 an beholdl they found a new
conner had cut it down. The boss tLiei
happened to know who done it. They re
after him now, the boss thief leadin' the
pursuit. He's got heap Nv local pride,
even if he does steal If they ketch the
Teller they'll be apt to string him up an
turn the boss thief loose. We air people
who like to encourage public spirit. -
Puck