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nothing comforted him. and M lac, ,,,.,o
mp I.awfence's I" Guy Idyinvstone y 49,
ing ,nat ne had not read il. / tho,,eht =,
might distract his mind. The dasnr;,s
IONS OF the horses and the bna,, s,,5,',,,, !.
Guy interested him at first In vacne e;,,d
OF way, but gradually be became obsc,ta.S
ara read on until tho sky became grag
ana then pink. He was no wrapped In tbs
Sws2ry mat no took no notice of time
~heh Guys back was broken, and when
,yrl brandon IN tge interview that fol-
the highest state Of excitement and cai,a5
out, y should like 10 have been tbera ~,
punish the scoundrel who wuuld stTika a
helpless man when he was down.
The stream of light literature which ,vo.
tnen Just gathering into food had flow,
ed by him, with very few exoeptions frnr,
ist5 until 1861 and he had read none OF IL
being too busy with the sever studies ~
statecraft TO attach any importance to IL.
Inc hrst book bearing upon ANYTHING az.
cept governmental problems that he read
Win eagerness was the introduction to
bueEles History OF Civilization" We
read this together. and he seemed To ereat'
iy enjoy the stately fragment.
FOND OF POETRY AND SONGS.
Novels were. TO him only a means Of
driying out thoughts of more serious
things. For many years he did not read
them at all. and preferred essay. bistory
biography, or governmental treat;ges,
though be remembered with astonishinp
clearness Walter SCOTS poems and novels
Cooper's novels, The Children of tho
Abbey" The Scottish Cmefs.n Theodore
Hooks, and even Miss Edgeworth's books
There was one sporting novel which came
out in short instalments in the old
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GROVER CLEVELAND.
Gloucester" Replies to the Recent Com
ments of " Chesterfield"
To Lbe Edition. of he Dispntcb.


ments of " Chesterfield"
| To The Editor of The Dispatch:
In your issue of the Sd of March there
appeared a well-written communication
signed Chesterfield" in which the writer
| undertakes to show that ex-President
| Claeeland does not measure up to the full
| height of Jehersonian Democracy and he
| builds his argument upon Mr.. Cleveland's
now famous letter on the free and I'M
| limited coinage of silver, alleging that the
letter shows that the ex-President was not
| in sympathy with the arrangement made
| by the Democrats of the Senate with the
Republican free-silver senators, by which
the force bill was defeated, and that while
that infamous measure was pending he did
not give a word of encouragement to the
men who were go nobly struggling to de-
feat the force bill and thus preserve the
liberties of the people. Chesterfield"
boasts that he has been a Democrat ever
since the war and has III no wise changed
his political opinions.
Before proceeding with reply to "Ches-
terfeld" the writer may be pardoned for
saving that he has always been Demo-
crat In practice as well as IN theory; that
he has at his own charges traversed many
parts of the State canvassing for the De-
mocratic party, and further that he is in
favor of the free coinage OF silver and that
he is not welded to Mr. Cleveland or any
other man as the next Democratic candi-
date for the presidency, but he believes In
exact and impartial justice to all men.
Now % the prominent silver senators
over and over denied on the floor OF the
Senate that there was any such arrange
ment" between them and the Democrats
as that of which Chesterfield" speaks,
and before Chesterfield" can draw his
deductions he must prove tho contrary
and that Mr.. Cleveland was cegnizant of
it and (2) as a matter of fact Mr.. Cleye-
land did denounce in public speech the
force bill as q scarcely disguised scheme to
perpetuate the rule of the Republican par
ty.
The whole course Of Mr.. Cleveland's life
shows that he is IN thorough sympathy
with the toillng masses. and If no is OPP
posed TO the free coinage of silver, charity
requires us to believe that it Is because he
believes that it would not conduce to the
| benefit of the people. Let US long hesitate
before we pass the sentence OF condemna-
| ton on the grand statesman whose courage
| and honesty are now proverbial, and whose
| wise, honest, and patriotic administration
of the national Government is the solitary
oasis in the desert of radical post-bellum
corruption. One of the most serious
vices of the Republican party IS that
| its adherents have subordinated the love
| Of country to the love of party.
Let us beware that We do not eschew the
broad patriotism of man whose love OF
country knows no sections, and who
caused the protecting @gis of the Govern
ment to be extended over all races and con-
ditions Of the people. GLOUCESTER.
March 4, 1891.
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WATER AND GAS.
A Complaint That Both Are Too High in
Richmond.
RICHMOND, Va, March 3, 1891.


RICHMOND. Va, March 8, 1891.
To he Editor Of the Dispatch:
I have been watching with great interest
the discussions. as reported In the Dispatch.
relative TO the price of gas, and am glad
to learn from to-day's issue that small re-
dacIion in price has been decided on. But,
Mr.. Editor, why cannot the price be
lowered to, say so or GO cents per thou
sand, so that people Of small means could
have the benefit of gas for lighting and
cooking purposes? There are in this city
hundreds of ladies who are obliged to at
tend TO their own housekeeping, on whom
the burdens of life press so heavily; to
them cheap gas would indeed be a boon.
There is another subject l should like
to mention-that of water. Why will
not the city authorities allow water-con-
sumers to have as many spigots attached
and water-pipes laid on as many floors OF
house as may be needed without extra
CHARGE? Additional spigots would prevent
water from being drawn unnecessarily and
then wasted, and especially would such an
arrangement save the strength of the over
worked housekeeper who Is unable to afford
much domestic help.
In some large cities in England Gt may
be so generality the water bill is regulated
by the estimated rental value OF each house
taking the water, and not by the number
OF spigots in use. Were this plan adopted
in Richmond the city revenues would not
suffer, and great blessing would be con-
ferred ON the homes of people in moderate
CIRCUMSTANCES. nj. A. O.
The reduction in the price of gas has
not been made as yet. 1t is only talked
about.
There are many well-informed men here
who consider the water-rates of Richmond
very high; but, it seems TO us, that this
correspondent can secure the relief she
asks by having water-metre put in her
house. Then she will only have to pay for
the quantity of water she uses. whether
she has one or one dozen spigots.
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the oppressed. He addressed the follow
ing letter to his Holiness:

Very Venerable SorG-efn Poafif.
The letters which you have written to
the clergy of New Orleans and New York
have beer communicated to me, and have
read with emotion the deep grief therein
expressed for the ruin aud devastation
caused by the war which Is now being waged
by the United States against the States
and people which have seiectedme as their
President. and your orders TO your clergy
TO exhort the people TO peace and charity.
| am deeply sensible of the Christian
charity which has impelled you to this re-
iterated appeal to the clergy. IL is for this
reason that feel il my duty TO express
personally and in the name of the Con-
federnte States our gratitude for such sem
timents of Christian good feeling and love,
and TO assure your Holiness that the peo-
pie, threatened even on their own hearths
with the most cruel oppression and terrible
carnage, is DESTROYS now. as it has always
been, to see the end of this impious war !;
that we have ever addressed prayers to
Heaven for that issue which your Holiness
now desires; that we desire none of our
enemy's POSSESSIONS, but that we fight
merely to resist the devastation of our
country and the shedding of our best
blood, and to force them to let us live in
peace under the protection of our own In
situations and under our laws, which not
only insure TO every one the enjoyment of
his temporal rights. but also the free exer-
else of his religion. | pray your Holiness
to accept, on the part of myself and the
people of the Confederate States, our sim
cere thanks for your efforts in favor of
peace. May the Lord preserve the days of
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your Holiness and keep you under His {
vine protection.
lSiCnedl "JEFTERSoN DAVIS. +"

| your Holiness and keep you under Ills dl-
/ vine protection,
lSignedJ JEFFERSON DAVIS"
THE PORES REPLY.
Z" TluShiOus and Honorable President, Sdhdd-
ton:
"We have Just received with all suitable
welcome the persons sent by you TO place IN
our hands your letter, dated 23d OF sep
| TENDER last Not slight was the pleasure
We experienced when we learned from
| those persons and the letter with what
| feelings of jov and gratitude you were ami
mated, 1llustrious and honorable President,
! as soon az you were informed OF our let
ters to our venerable brother John, arch
bishop of New York, and John, archbishop
of New Orleans, dated the 18th of October
OF last year. and IN which we nave with
all our strength excited and exhorted those
venerable brothers that. in their episcopal
piety and solicitude, they should endeavor
with the most ardent zeal and in our name
to bring about the end of the fatal civil
war which has broken out in those coun-
tries in order that the American people
NAV obtain peace and concord and dwell
charitably together. 1t Is particularly
agreeable to us TO see that you, lllustrlous
and honorable President, and your people,
are animated with the same desires of peace
and tranqu llity which we have IN our let
ters inCulcated upon our venerable bro
theirs. Nav it please God at the same
time to make the other peoples of Amer
lea and their rulers, rejecting seriously how
terrible is civil war. and what calamities 1t
eneenders. listen to the inspirations OF a
calmer spirit, and adopt resolutely the
part of peace. As for US. we shall not
cease TO offer up the most fervent prayers
to God Almighty that He may pour out
upon all the people of America the spirit
of peace and charity. and that He, will
stop the great evils which af1iict them:
We at the same time beseech the God of
pity TO shed abroad upon you the light of
His grace. and attach you to US by per-
feet friendship.
"Given at Rome, at ST. Peters, the Sd Of
December, 1868, OF our Pontifcate IS.
ISignedi "PIUs X"
During Mr. Davis imprisonment. the
HOLY Father sent likeness of himself and
wrote underneath it, with his own hand,
attested by the seal of Cardinal Antonelll,
Come unto me. all 20 who are weary and
heavy-laden, and | will give you rest"
The dignitary and the man both illustrated
the meek and lowly Lord of all, whose
yice-gerent he was.
WHAT DINNER COST.
Amended to a statement showing the
necessaries of life is the following, showing
tho prices on bill of fare at the Oriental
-. l,.,.o,,4 R;oIroopd January II 1884.
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The Barter of Titles.
MFItldu IV1 IUJ DE

pity the giddy American girl
In the glare Of her grand success,
As she poses the bride Of dtssoluts earl,
In the halls OF the ancient noblesse;
And In spite OF the glamour OF fashion ana goid,
And OF coronals jewel bedecked,
cannot but fear that heart has been sold,
And young life cruelty wrecked,
For In the midst Of my earnest invoking,
A homo TO be blessed and 10 bless
A wizard-liko voice comes ctoaklns
With bodings Of coming distress,
When on morrow OF sorrow awaking
In tesr-bsth Of lids and Of lashes,
A heart will be bursting and breaking
MID castles of girlhood In sshes.
When too lste--oh. 200 late for retrieving,
In the weeds OF an unTfdowed life,
There's no nov nor no future but growing,
For the ighthave- boon homeot a wife
On tho same blessed sod that Der bapy feet trod
With the gentle sad tender caresslng
OF an unpurchased heart eenobied by God
With wealth beyond Midas possessing.
But have no feelings OF pity for him
Who by art or by chance, or by toll,
BY the wit OF his brain or toe Drawn OF hts limb.
Having garnered u millioneires spoil
Has deliberately sold her for arms 70 onfold her
FROM whose presence pure women recoil,
Neither knowing nor caring wheshrr he DO
A felon In heart or low debauchee,
Only asking as price title aud name,
Born, It may De, In crime. aud historic IN
shame.
gru1ge nsught OF the honor or roverence due
To the stewards OF Gods wealth or position,
To share either by birth or b. merit-for you
or for me were a worthy ambition,
But do have a loathing cannot withhold,
A disgust am bound TO proclaim
When witness the barter Of titles for gold
And girl In her bloom for name.
r. o. FORD.
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CENTENARlANISM.
A DOCTOR DISCUSSES THE PRo5A-
BlliTY OF FINDING A too-YEAR
OLD VIRGINIAN.
Article from tho British CyciopedIa on the
Longevity OF Man--Contributions
to q Great Question.

Seeing that physicians are the best
qualified men to discuss the question
whether there are any centenarians in Viz
ginia or not. we take the liberty Of stating
that DIR. THoMAs X. EVANS Is the author OF
the following communication. 1t affords
Us pleasure to know that 30 reliable and
painstaking physician shares. as be says he
does, our doubts as to whether there is q
centenarian in Virginia. II none are to be
found in the salubrious region described
by DIR. EVANS, where shall we expect to find
them?
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Incendiarism Rife In Leavenworth
fRv telaoranb IN tina Dispatch.l

LYAvKywoRTH. KAN, March THE
scenes OF Wednesday night, when IRE
brands set five fires in an hour and half,
were repeated last night and tho whole
city is in state of alarm. The local hre
department Is worn out with exertions.
Three fires were set within half an hour
two Of them in the business district
Fortunately they were discovered and ex'
tinguished before much damage was done
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ct.i t rl. Railway and transporta-
afeIel the free use OF their
l- ..-ee- Tor the conveyance of
a, f war. The railways
.F Voluntarily reduced the charges
handed Tor the postal service,
. -.f.l' g. receive their paw at the re
'.'. rendered IL the bonds OF the
,l-rt.-'.r Of volunteers far exceeded
.r possibility OF arming them.
E'-. WI that II the Government had
AIMS elou n for the entire adult
-. -..lL az tho COuiederacy they
~ tl'. teen enrolled az this time.
-.'. ',.ii1s that men have rallied long
o. ' over volunteers having been
tt.T new al the time that. having
r. VIA which 10 arm them, 70
ir ,ervlre5 was but TO cripple the
tt-cc0uutry without increasing
be-. ,l--s a.. .lr defenders.
Go'uSIEST BROUGHT HERE.
Oa E.y o. l-5l, the Congress resolved
a.. '.r seat ~ Government Of the Con.
!, -'. States should be transferred from
% Richmond, and that II
4, "a 20 meet there on July 10th.
' a .y become evident that Viz
".ti be She battle-ground OF the
=. ,'le, and II was desirable,
, ie ilal the Confederate Govern
'---i have is headquarters IN that
80 - t-d uuremitting labor had pros
i'e'-leh, Davis; and when he left
At.F.i was upon his bed. HIS mails
a.. .'' "iin warnings Of an attempt at
:, .i. Do therefore IL was a source OF
VS. % know he had gone TO Viz
i.w days before no had seen a
!, -.i'. armed peering into his room
20 i.Lce; he accosted him. but the
.-t-itl over fence and ran out OF
~, Die went on. accompanied only by
FOL, and s;af. and in advance of the
!, z i.' family lie was quite i'll on the
r... p. q .o-eed 20 keep IN his bed. The
/, ..A' gathered at each station would
.-r-.y down and look in on his
o. ia.e with the greatest tenderness
e., i") sa.d-"Jf he can only pull
'--s4 ile WARM
,. AWE WITH SOLDIERS.
q ''l. . a week, the family followed by
'-i' Ary tram. The country was alive
linen IN butternut trousers
3. .'' h)mespun coats and epaulets OF
q cotton fringe. Several companies
:. ,l. -..i' waiting for transportation gave
s."Vy sweet serenades at the different
r-..I,-'. We reached Richmond in the
e,... ~ and the President met us in a
Or, "es ana four, sent down for
~, use by the citizens until
r.. Own carnage and horses came.
AL. eQulpaRe was trial 10 us,
III = s'ou as possible we reduced our es-
D.. ent 70 carnage and pair. We
A. y. conducted 20 the Spotswood Hotel
90 81 the city until the house in-
s,,.' iof the residence Of the Chief tx
-. could be finished. IN the hotel we
49, ,a'mieiled with the Cabinet and the
r. "o'iaes anumber Of ladies and gentle
a. DAVIS LITERARY PRKFKarscEs.
lChaptei XVIII
q "a "a ohs OF the most disheartening periods
a.. ,ie wal, when Norfolk had been eyacu-
Lo,s,~ an the Virginia destroyed, he came
Pc, .-s eDont O'Clock from bis Office. stag
f'a " 70 sofa Ia his little private Of
,sd sld lay down. He declined dinner,
a.. remained by his side ANXIOUS and
M 49,. -. - ask what was the trouble which
M dressed him. In an hour or two he
ope s sse that the weight OF responsibility
M r'o IN him 90 that ho felt be would
49, 81 ms lnnbe TO have sons one with
-"S ~ could share It. ! found that
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JOURNEY TO CHARLOTTE
(Chanter IVI)

Darkness seemed now to close swiftly
over the Confederacy, and about week
Davis came to me and gently, but de-
cidedly. announced the necessity for our
departure. He said for the future his
HEADQUARTERS must be in the field, and
that our presence would only embarrass
aud grieve. instead of comforting him
Very averse to fight. and unwilling at all
times to leave him, | argued the question
with him and pleaded to be permitted TO
remain, until he said: II have confidence
in your capacity to take care of our babies;
and understand your desire TO assist and
comfort me. but you can do this In but one
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THE RICHMOND DIsPATOH-SUNDAY. MARCH s. 1884,
American Indians have apparently rs long
life. on the average, rs the wnite men
living in tho same locality.

American Indians have apparently rs long
life, on the average, ~ the wnite ueu
livinP in tho same locality.
NE DIDN'T Know THE NEGRO.
II would appear to be the same In the
case of the negro. Pritchard quotes from
an official document of the State OF New
Jersey, showing that the census gave one
negro centenarian in the 1000 (Sl but one
white centenar1an in 10000; on the other
hand the negro of the Senegal ages early
and does not live long.
In his native place he is exposed to I'M
healthy influences which tell upon him,
although he resist5 the bad effects OF these
longer and better than the white man but
when he Is transplanted to America he en-
joys longer life.
KMPERoRs- KINGS. AND poPRs-
The manner of life and nature of the oc-
cupation, apart from hereditary and special
causes have most important influence
on the duration of life. Few emperors or
kings have attained the age ofeighty; and
of more than 800 popes, only six have ex-
ceeded the age of eighty. 1t would seem
that brain work is not unfavorable to lon
gevity. 1t is almost proverbial that states,
men and judges often reach an advanced
age. Many men famous in literature and
from 80 to GO we have Tas-
so. Virgil. Shakespeare, Moliere,
Dante. Pope. Ord, Horace. Racine,
Demosthenes; from GO to TO-. Lara
ter, Galvani, Boocaccio, Fenelon,
Aristotle, Cuvier, Milton. Rousseau, Eras-
mus. Ceryantes; from 20 to 80. Dryden,
Petrarch, Linneus, Locke, Handel, Cali.
leo, Swift. Roger Bacon, Charles Darwin
from so to 30, Thomas Carlyle. Young,
Plato, Button, Goethe, Franklin. Sir W;
Herschel, Newton, Voltaire, HALEY, and
from 80 to 100 Sophocles, Leenwenhock
| Michelangelo. Titan.
Physicians are often long lived. Boer-
hoare, Holler. Gael, Darwin. Van Swietan,
Fallopeus, Jenner, Cullen. Gallon. and
| Spallonzani died between 20 and 80 years
| of age, and Harvey. Duhamel. Pinel. Nor
| gagni. Heberden and Ruysch between SC
| and 90; whilst, the Father Of Medicine
Hippocrates, is credited with 100 years.
Professor j. G.. McKendrick. of the In.
stitutes of Medicine, University of Glas-
Cow, is the authority quoted upon this
an hiect
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Ayorp Al REX With Stubborn Cough
BY using at once d.. y; Jsyne,s Expect9r,ns g
q sure remedy for all Coughs ana O2i9s
and well calculated to exert nensuo'A
influence OF the Longs and 1hyoe%
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What man wears is usually an index
to his character. This is especially the
case in the matter Of hats. Some men
carry their hats slightly to one side. with
a sort ola rakish tilt others thrust them
forward over the eyes, as though they
were determined to keep sunshine at
respectable distance. BY far the larger
majority OF wearers, however, are sedate
and conservative. wearing their hats in
a natural and orthodox position, and
thus showing that their characteristics
are of the natural and orthodox variety.
There is perhaps moro diversity IN
STYLES OF hats than in styles OF wearing
them. In no article of attire are there
such radical differences OF shape and
construction. All good hats, however
have one virtue in common-they are
light and are an ornament instead OF
burden to the head.
All OF our NEW SPRING SHAPES
are now in stock and ready for your In
speetion.
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way. and that is by going yourself and
taking our children TO . place OF safety,
lie was very much affected and said IL
clio ia ended. but do not expect 10 sur.
Wv yiye the destruction of constitutional
liberty" 49,, q.
niece for himself, he gave it ell to me, as
we'll a. ALI the Confederate money due TO
him He desired me not TO request any OF
the citizens of Richmond TO take care. of
nv silver plate, of which we possessed q
large quantity, for. said he; They may
be exposed to Inconvenience or outrage by
their effort to serve u.s."
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A Isouthern magazine is wanted and i
can be gotten up and supported. Now -
the time TO start IL. and Richmond 10 the
place for it.-.Daariils Times.
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Spirit Of the Times called 1.-THE Handley
Cross Hounds" in which he took
great delight. and so frequently quoted
from 1t that his brother declared that he
would cease 10 take the paper if the story
was continued. One special jest in it was
Joraxs statement that "he called his
horse Zerxes and his littla groom's horse
ArterzerXes, cause Bengy rode arter him."
His love for. poetry, was continuous
throughout his life. In his youth he mem
orized large pert Of Moore's Lalla
Kookh," ByrOn's "Childe Harold" The
Giaour." " Lara" English Bards and
Scotch Reviewers" and especially the
storm in Don juan" and the " Lady of
the Lake" l have often seen him sitting
at night and in half whisper repeating
Time rolls its course,
The race Of yore that danced our infancy upon
its knee;
How are thor bIotted from the things that be!
His voice was musical in the extreme, and
added charm to the numberless verses he
had unconsciously committed to memory
from his favorite poets.
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aAIx on uousEHoLp ooops.

All women like b,tc-c-brac. which senti;
mental people call then "nousenoid
nnsrv'S / was not superior TO the rest OF
rsx .ex m this regard. However, every
thyng which could not BE- readily trans
,sarted was sent TO dealer for sale, and We
rccsiysd quits large draft on Richmond
bspk = tie psocssds. but inths hurry q
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.,,s a Id nrzrn nY pR. MTNNIoEnoDK
,r,,rn 10 urs uo1zxrss rHE PoPH.
fChspter xLIv.l

Mr. payis's early education bad always
s, ein Mn 10 ~ In the Roman Cetholics
breads Who could not b. AlisnAfed non
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Game OF al kinds IN season.
Terrapin served up In every style.
colonel Miller Owen; In Camp and Battle
with the Washington Artillery.