Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-10

and good story is told of how he was
called upon TO show his cOlors" In GER
tain instance Of his practice. 1t was Just
after the war when the Doctor sought his
fame and fortune in the then small though
booming city Of Cleveland, and almost his
first practice was young. man III
| with typhoid-feyer. Bringing his patient
safely through O serious and delirious III
ness he called to see him one day when ne
had become convalescent. In reply to ms
question az TO the progress IN recovery OF
his patient, the young man said: wen,
Doctor, | feel all right again, but have
gotten a strange idea into my head that
makes me doubt sometimes that my brain
is yet entirely clear. l seem to be under
some delusion that you are rebel. mat
can't be the case really, can IT f"
PILLS VS.. BULLETS.
Seeing that the man was in earnest and
not testing in his speech the Doctor told
him that his idea was no delirious fancy,
but that he was undoubtedly rebel. He
could not understand what brought him
into a hot-bed OF Yankees Just at that
time. but tho Doctor satisfied him on that
! score bv replving: The truth is, my con-
science has given me no peace since the war.
/ killed so many Yankees with bullets tnat
/ determined to make amends by curing
as MANY with pills" And so the story
went the rounds. and from that day to
this the Virginia Doctor and his conscisnc-
pills have been in increasing demaud.sbut
| we might add that if in reality as many
! Yankees had been killed as by the Doctor
cured the shoe of defeat, even now
plnching. would have been on t,he
other foot. DR.. Powell began MS
practice in Richmond, in the office OF
DIR. Hunter Mcclure, and is brother OF
Mrs. Raleigh Colston and Mrs. @. G.. Nc
Phail, and while his long solOurn and sue
cess in the North has placed him at the
very head of tho medical profession here
he Is still in word, manner, and deed the
loyal Virginian.
UYCoRRUPTED BY SURROUNDINGS.
II is a noticeable fact that evil com,
munications have not corrupted the good
manners of Cleveland, and however her
| sister western cities may dlsport their
upish selves she remains dlgnlhed with
that cool. calm demeanor indicative or
! superiorIty. Chicago, St. Louis, Clncln-
natl. Pittsburgh. oil breathing almost the
same air. veil themselves hoarse crying their
peculiar wares and like braggarts declaring
| their perfections above ell others, while
Cleveland. with silence that - golden,
vaupteth not herself nor is not pulled
up." Yet all the New World agrees to ac-
knowledge the Glories OF the Tlghtly-
dubbed City OF Millionnalres.p IL IL IN
| customs ana lDOcSCIlDhDlt HViHoofA4'AA~
effects northern community. q,
The hustler" system, with pell-mell
scramble of "every man for himself
and the devil take the hlndermost,"
which has been known to invade certain
town localities in the western quarter OF
our globe, has no part IN the dignlhed de-
pertinent of this city. go, -,
The man about town says, alas! with III.
conceited regret, that when the shades 81
night fall upon the downtown districts al
Is as dead and desolate as q country church
on a week day instead Of the glddy gam
bols which whilom come with gas-hght.
oo-As-YoU-PLEAsE.
In the sunlit hours there is no jostling
throng of scurrylng shoppers as though
every day were Christmas eve, as 1t seems IN
other great cities, but monstrous village
like Struggling, take-yOur-tlme- air con-
trasts oddly enough with the pronounced
CITY surroundings. Then upon bright
Sabbath, when multitudes OF regally-ap-
parelled women stream INTO the great
churches and devoutly bend Their flower
crowned heads q the worldly ques-
ton will intrude, when and Wnere
did they obtain their array? Have they
such system for shopping up here rs exists
in Looking Backward? For the SHOPS
are inferior both in quantity and IN quality
for the size and wealth Of the CITY,, Inc
cause Of this latter peculiarly Is PLAINLY
TO be seen-viZ., that the princes ana prlh-
cesses of fashion of the place are conIe1l
with no conceits this side of Paris, while
for the MINOR details of shopping they con-
descend to run up 10 New YORK.
ITS MUSHROOM GROWTH.
But to return TO our mutton, or rather
our lamb, as it IS the meek and mlid quallty
of the CITY that we were remarking-the
only reasoning by which one may reconcile
The calm exterior of great, feverlsh city
and IT'S comparatively lax flow OF pedeS-
trianism is that it is spread over q ire
mendous tract Of ground. and, true 10 us
gimile of electromagnetic, IL expands III
breadth rather than occupy the SKIES
hence there is no crowdlng or scrouBlpg as
IN more condensed cities.
EUCLID AVENUE.
The inhabitants tell you with disdain
that Cleveland has but one street, tnat inc
| far-famed Euclid avenue, and you live on
&c FucIid and YOU live out of the world.
This byperbole, of course, must be taken
with some reservations, for there are
other very charming and quite heightened
localities but in comparison they ana
most other streets in the United States
snffer badly when they dare enter the list
az rivals of Euclid. Describing Its course as
one does that of a river. 1t rises IN sinsli
public square where patch OF green grass
a merry fountain and tiny rustic bridge
which spans its fallen spray, rests the eye
everywhere else on stone and brick, II 1ows
through a mighty gorge of precipitous
bindings guarding and furtherlng trace
and traffic. making muddy and turbulent
the current for brief space, then 1T hows
onward with unbroken and majestic
sweeps for six miles through an lnherlte1
arcadia, through Elysian. helds IN Whlcn
nineteenth century man hath dared 10 IN,
fru6e. in past homes which ldeallty coulu
NJ more dare TO improve than 1t could 70
neint the lily, and finally it emptles INTO !
vast wooded park, which lavish nature mas
made betting shrine for the reception OF
Euclid avenue.
SURPRISING BEAUTY.
Irnon many another street in many
another CITY are there houses or more
nalaces lust as fine, but the SURPRISING
bssntv lies in the fact that each and every
one IL yelled in the soft mesh OF wonder.
f,Il trees and shrubs and approacheu py
sweep of yerdant lawn so expansive Inae
man fortunate enough 10 possess SUN a.
LoTne NAV sit back upon his marble por'
ZOO and almost be monarch of all ne sur
vevsn This rural splendor and Injurious
mesa of Natures gifts is wonderful IN tht
bsart az city, and never ceases 70 make
st,aneer catch his breath with the ecstacy
OF surprise and delight IN the constant con
| trasts. % aocb
door IL an old-fashioned carriage-drlvt
and beside il neat stone walkway--one Y
shnt their eyes TO the palace before tnen
and only smell the small spring flowers
coming and the tulip-trees beginning u
blossom, could easily imagine that they
were treading little naked pathway wo it
,hrouoh the grass, rather than the smooth
white asphaltum walk.
AFAIRY TALE.
usual sight is 10 see pair OF prell,
yersavs or Attorneys led out from the real
os snoh homes, while from the same difec
lions ~ come the good homely cackle o
,rsny chickens, and the gardener stu iur
thaf back is mulching his strawoerries
thinning his fruit-trees. or sowing greer
,aas' In the telling this almost savors .
! fairy tale, and yet it IS the exeep
s;on on Euclid when nome y
not 40 enyironed with It's o,cn oreo o
no. Next-door neighbors there ar
uona Adjoining farms might be the nor
i;tsral ferming Of their nearest dweliets
i \, T. not only these magnates, OK moneyet
nomp and power who know the luxury 90 o