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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-11-08

1.-THE King is dead. long live the King"
is a CRY which means that tho King never
dies. If Queen VICTORIA were to die to-
day at IL o'clock the Prince of Wales
would at once succeed to the crown.
There would be no interregnum. Simi-
larly in this country, we hardly allow q
President to get into his seat before we
begin to prepare for the election of his
successor. And inasmuch as last Tuesdays
elections finished up the work of holding
elections Chat is, of national importance)
previous to the grand battle Of 1892, we pre-
sent the foregoing figures as calculated to
crafty natural curiosity on the part of
the public.
Let not anybody suppose that the presi-
Dental election was decided last Tuesday.
On the contrary, the condition OF things
remains substantially as it was before.
We have got to fight the most powerful
and INSCRIPTIONS party this country has
ever produced. We of the South have got
70 meet in hostile array the same malig-
nants who ever since the war between the
States ended have sought TO make US hew-
ers of wood aud drawers Of water for the
people Of the northern States. Therefore,
though our northern Democratic brethren
may divide on unimportant questions. we
cannot afford 10 do 30. We must hang
together
.TiIl the last armed foe expires"
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4 IIENIION, hNIUHIo VN IAUN
NOR.-The officers OF lodges In Richmond ahu
Manchester, and such committees a. may Dc ap-
pointed. arc requested to meet at the ONCE o.
". ID. Sutherland, al east Main street, az
o'clock Z. NJ, WEDNESDAY,, llth instant, TO
arrange for tho reception ehl ehtoti VI
Supreme-R Reporter B. b. Nels,n and Supreme
Dictator Samuel Klotz, who viii reach this city
the 1871 Instant Let there he a full Attendance.
JAMES r. LAMklN,
" }, MCDOWELL,
m G Su woe ROWLAND HILL.
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NOTICE.-THE ANNUAL MEET
~ ING OF he stockholders OF the RICH
MOND. YORK RIVER AND CHESAPEAKE
RAILROAD COMPANY will be held at the
once OF the Richmond aud Danville Railroad
Company In the city Of Richmond, Va, on the
Ilth day Of NOVEMBER, 1891, AT IL O'Clock NJ
&c 9s-td r. BROOKE, Secretary.
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Anlettev and kilograms must be addressed 70
1liH DISPATCH COMPANY.
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BellbVoTS N splfII-laVPIHB, tHoOoOPty,
and such will be interested by this book,
which records the experiences OF we'll
attested trance-medium Of good Character
and high mediumistic powers. Beyond
the fact that she gave several seances at the
White House during its occupation by
LrscoLs but little is offered IN answer,
either afirmatiyely or negatively. to the
question propounded in the sensational
fitls-which few people, however, will
regret.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-18
RESTORING The SIGHT.
An Ingenious Appliance for the Treatment
of Defective Eyes.

An Ingenious Appliance for the Treatment
of Defective Eyes.
1t is wcll-Snown fact that higher
civilization is always attended by new
and special forms of disease. The eye
is peculiarly subject TO ailments en-
tailed by modern conditions, and their
specific nature and remedies have been
clearly defined by oculists. 1t may be
mentioned incidentally that not long
ago attention was drawn to the fact
that new disease of the eye peculiar
to New York was caused by the fine
particles of iron disseminated through
the air along the line of the elevated
roads by the friction and conclusion of
the trains. But besides the more COM
pleX forms of disease there are simpler
and more primitive classes for the cure
of which less elaborate treatment is
usually resortcd to.
When any affection of the eye is de-
pendent on the state of the surrounding
tissues, or o sluggishnesss in the circu-
lation of the eyeball and not due to an
organic defect of the lens, or when the
nerves of the eye are affected by sym
pathy with the nervous system gen
orally various simple remedies are
brought into requis ition. Among these
are fermentation, rubbing of the tenn
pies, and dry cupping." The last
named treatment is regarded as improv-
ing the circulation of the blood in and
around the eye, and as restoring the
convcXity of the cornea, thus cur
ing longsightedness, shortsightedness
weakness of sight, dimness of vision
and other affections of the eye.
For such purposes various cups and
India rubber ball appliances are often
employed and modification of this
treatment is new invention just pat
ented IN England. The merit of such
devices as these can only be determined
by experience, but pending thorough
and reliable test of the invention, it is
but fair to regard the claim of the in
ventor that he has devised an improve
ment on the ivory cup and rubber ball
for cases where the regula tion of the
suction and tension is of the utmost
Importance, and has rendered possible
the most effective placing of the cup at
tachme uts on the cornea of the eyes, as
a sound one. He has certainly devised
an ingenious modification of appliances
now used.
In using the instrument the mouth
piece is placd in the mouth, and the
outer open edges of the hollow cups are
placed air-tight over the eyes TO be dry
cupped. The suction then caused
through the flexible tubes by the draw
ing in of the breath win cause a vacu-
um in the cups which will be retained
on the eyes, and the cornea of the eyv
will be drawn to the proper convex or
spherical form or sensation of comfort,
the tongue meanwhile acting as valve
on the end of the mouthpiece to main
tain the exhaustion of the air. The in
strument is also made with single
flexible tube and cup for operating on
one eye at time. Pittsburgh Dispatch
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-18

volver; my intention changed. l
thought heard the wailing of young
girl in the room beneath me.
crawled from the bed and hurried to
the door of my room.
Then through chinlk in the floor i
saw CLEAN of light. l stopped down
and pressed my eye to the aperture. 1t
was near the doorsill, and l was look
ing down into the office of the old
building.
Two men were struggling with each
other in the rooms center. One was a
handsome young chap. His face was
set His companion was an older man,
and l could see him smile derisively at
the young fellow. Clearly the older
man was the stronger of the two, and
he was unusually skilled in the use of
the bowie. Five other cutthroat-look-
ing men stood in one corner of the
room and leered at the contestants,
and then, there was the girl. The big
gest and toughest of the men held her,
laughing grufiy as she struggled with
him. She was pretty, too! Her form
was 1.-the and graceful; she had flaming
dark eyes; her hair was just like gold
dust, and her voicel l could not see
how that man could resist it as she
cried:
What has he done, what have /,
that we should be brought here and he
lose his life?" ai
''Tutl tutP' the fellow drawled. He
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-18
OLD AND NEW ANCHORS.
Sailormen Becoming Attached to the
Stockless steel Type.

Sallormen becoming Attached to the
Stockless steel Type.
Among the many innovations that
catch the eye of the observant man
along the piers where the big merchant
ships are made fast, none is more strill-
ing than the passing away of the old
iron stock anchor, and the substitution
therefor of the cast steel stocllless type.
The sailormen of the old school were
and are very slow about making the
change for the simple old mudhooll of
their ancestors has survived all the
changes which have brought about the
swift merchant ships of to-day.
Nowadays, space on board the aver
age ship does not permit the stowage
of great cumberson iron anchor. Par
ticularly is this true in the navy, where
the anchor and its long stock often in
terfere with the arc Of fire of the guns.
In an engagement, if an attempt were
made to "cat and fish" tie old-style an
chor, a dozen men or more would be di-
rectly exposed to the enemy's fire. For
these reasons. and for the labor that is
saved seafaring men are beginning to
prefer the stockless anchors, which can
NC llOlSlCtl NCll up lllIO lliS law SCI llOlSo
and secured there without exposing the
men and without interfering with the
line of fire of the guns. Davits and cat
falls, which are always unsightly things
in the bows of ships, are thus done away
with.
One of the best known of the new an
rhors was recently invented by Lieut..
II. o. Dunn, of the navy. This anchor
Is made of steel, and the crown and
tlulkes revolve on the shank, to which
they are connected by pin. If this
pin breaks, the anchor still holds fast,
for the shank is enlarged beyond the
shoulders of the crown and can not es-
cape. AS soon as the chain is taut after
the Dunn anchor strikes bottom, the
fukes bite, both at once, owing to the
weight and shape of the crown. With
both flukes firmly imbedded, pretty
strong grip is obtained, and the drag
ging which often sends ships ashore is
avoided. The old anchors, with their
long stocks, frequently fouled the
chain, but this, too, is prevented by the
Dunn patent, because there is no stock.
N. Y. Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-18
FLEXIBLE Paper Weight.

All students and literary workers
will appreciate a paper weight which
will stay where it is placed, The glass
and stone weights in common use haze
an unpleasant habit of slipping if they
are asked to do anything beyond holds
ing down two or three papers; for pile
of loose papers of unequal sizes or for
holding open a book such weight is
nearly useless. The happy Thought of a
woman, librarian in one of tie large
cities, has provided a novel contrivance
which is open to none of these objec-
tions Take ribbon, of any pretty
shade, thirteen inches long and two and
quarter wide. Fold it lengthwise.
and overland the edges with short, firm
stitches, using silk of the same shade.
Now fold so that this lengthwise seam
shall be exactly in the middle; then, on
the machine, stitch close to this seam
dividing the ribbon into two long com
partments, leaving an inch and half
free at each end. Tie one end tightly
with silk, where the stitching ceases,
Fill both compartments with fine shot,
and tie the other end securely with silk.
Fringe out both ipch-and-a-half enGs
and tie narrow ribbon in full bows at
the points where the stitching ends
American Agricultural.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-18
PuneeNT PARAGRAPHS.

Sworn off. -Cleverton - "Are you
going yachting this season." Dash
away--"No I've signed the pledge. -
Life's Calendar.
The Kind He Writes. - Friend
"What kind Of poems do you write,
Wilby?" Wilby. the poet SADLY
unavailable ones. Yankee Blade.
Little Johnny Jones says that the
silver-tongued orator "ain't in it, with
his father when it comes TO making n
rousing speech at seven o'clock in the
morning. -Elmira Gazette.
--Stranger-"Justl look at the crowds
going along. | shouldn't think you
could build churches enough to hold
them all" Native-'We can't-they're
going to the ball game. Harvard
Lampoon.
Will be Decided Later.-"And how
old are you. Flossie?" Flossie-"O,
that has not been decided yet" Not
decided yet?" mo; ma says it'll be
time enough when Katie has landed
you. Wave.
Mrs. Yerker-"AnG do you know,
John, that when I saw the magnificent
dress of the bride it fairly struck me
speechless." John Gnfected with her
enthusiasm) certainly must have
been wonderful. Pittsburgh Press.
Don't neglect your education,
Johnny" said the lads aunt; "who
knows? You may be senator some
day" Education nothing!" said the
youth scornfully. II kin play ball bet
tern de senators now. w."--Washington
Post.
Why do people wait until man is
sick and can't eat to send him good
things? When he is well and would
like something good no neighbor comes
in with fancy jellies, old wines, and
things like that. Things are very un-
fair -Atchison Globe.
A New Breed.-Dog Fancier-'Yes,
madam, | have all kinds of dogs here
Is there any particular breed you wish?"
Old Lady who reads the papers)-"O.
anything that's fashionable. Lemme
see an ocean greyhound. '-Demorest's
Monthly.
Cautious 49, "You lost your knife
yesterday? Well, Tommy, have found
two knives" said the Sunday school
teacher Now tell me which of them
is yours" please, mum" replied the
honest boy, (which of ems got the
most blades?"-N. V Recorder.
Say, pa. gimme a quarter, will
you?" NO, sir! What do you want
with quarter?" "Oh, nuthin, only
Jimmie Jones wants to bet me twenty
five cents that you're the stingiest man
in town. n. B.-He got the cash. -
Binghamton Republican.
IF could be nybody-which I'm
free to say amt" remarked Weary
| Watkins. I'D like to be ole Joshua an
make the sun stand still?" "What
for?' asked Mr. Hungry Higgins. SOS
| could sit in the shade of this ere tree
all day without havin' to move. Wouldn't
that be a snap eh?" - indianapolis
| journal.
AT the Boarding House Table. -
well I'm rather stuck on you re-
marked the fly to the boarding house
| butter. as she slunped in. keep your
grip on him, you're strong enough"
said the sugar to the butter, and the
latter replied: ''Well, you have got
sand This made the cheese laugh SO
hard that it fell to the floor, and the
sugar got his revenge by eXclaiming:
How are the mitcy fallen?" 49, Min
neapols Journal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-18
THE CURRANT OF GREECE.
How They are Prepared for Distant Mar
Eafg


ketS.
The best grape crop of Greece is that
of the cufrant grape. The word currant
comes from the name of the city of
Corinth, in Greece, and it is along the
Gulf of Corinth that the currants are
raised which we use in ouI plum-pud-
dings. They are little seedless grape,
which it is said can be raised nowhere
else than here, and which is shipped all
over the world. These grapes are raised
in immense vineyards, and sailing from
Patras along the Gulf of Corinth one
passes miles upon mil es of them. The
hills are terraced, and upon some of
these terraces there are no vines. and
here the grapes are dried before being
shipped Along the Gulf there are fields
of white sand which are also used for
the drying of the currants, and the cur
rant crop is so important to the country
that an ambassador was sent from
Greece to the United States not long
ago to ask Congress to reduce the tariff
on currants. Great Britain takes about
1000, 900 worth of these currants every
year, and we are, think, the next best
customer for them. We take about
thirteen thousand tons every year and
this is about one-twelfth of the whole
crop. 1t is a question in the minds of
some agriculturists as to whether these
currants could not be produced in Amer
lea. We have all sorts of climates, and
some parts of California must cores
pond very closely to the climate of Cor
inth. A good currant vineyard would
be very profitable. Even in Greece the
vines produce n net profit of forty dol
lars per acre, and a currant vineyard
is there worth four hundred and fifty
dollars per acre. The Greek vines be-
gin to bear in their sixth year, and are
in their full perfection when they are
twelve years old, after which they con-
tinue to bear well for fifty years and
vines are known which have borne for
one hundred years. 1t will be thus
seen that a currant vineyard is a fortune,
They are cared for like those of the
ordinary vineyard, save that they are
not allowed to grow more than four
feet high. The grapes are ready for
gathering in August, and are easily
dried and packed for shipment Cali
fornia has proven that she can raise
very good olives, and there is no reason
why she should not attempt the currant
grape. The demand for currants steadi-
ly increases, and Marseilles has of late
years been buying great many for
use in the making of French wines,
The currants are, am told, mixed
with the grapes, and are taken in their
dried state for this purpose to France.
Frank G. Carpenter in American
Agriculturist.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-18
A KANGAROO MOTHER.
Her Touching Self-Sacritice for Her
Young.

Her Touching Self-Sacrifice for Her
AS showing the force of maternal
love among the lower animals, there
are few more pathetic incidents tnan
the following, which comes from Aus
tralia:
The owner OF a country station was
sitting one evening on the balcony out
side his house, when he was surprised
to notice kangaroo lingering about,
as though half in doubt and fear what
to do. At length she approached the
water-pails, and, taking a young one
from her pouch, held it to the water to
drink.
While her baby was satisfying its
thirst the mother was quivering all
over with excitement, for she was ONLY
few feet from tho balcony, on which
one of her great foes was sitting
watching her. The little one having
finished drinking, it was replaced in
the pouch, and the old kangaroo start
ed off AT rapid pace.
When the natural timidity Of the
kangaroo is taken into account, It will
be recognized what astonishing bravery
this affectionate mother betrayed 1t
is pleasing ending to the story that
the eyewitness was so affected by the
scene that from that time forward he
could never shoot a kangaroo Chicago
Mail.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-18
cautiously toward the door. Opening
it | began TO descend the stairs

cautiously toward the door. Opening
it | began TO descend the stairs
The young fellow is full of grit"
argued, land if | come to his assistance
he may throw his man and we come
out ahead, thanks to the surprise will
give the cutthroats. It's the
only way cut of the scrape l see, and l
will fight to the end for that beautiful
girl, even if she doesn't know who I
am"
| cooked my revolver es 1 proceeded
and was careful not to make the slight
est noise. Stepping on the edges of the
stairs | finally gained the lower land
ing undetected, and sank down to rec
onnoiter before throwing the door there
open and bursting in on the crowd.
Light came through the latch hole,
and | peeped through it into the great
room for some seconds. Then l rose
as noiselessly as 1 was able and stole
back up the dusty stairs again. walked
as if on eggs; hardly breathed until L
reached my room.
l closed the door inch by inch and
was careful not to jar the box on which
my lunch was placed. / crawlel again
between the bedclothes, and when
stretched my stiff limbs I did so slowly,
so that the bedslats would not rattle.
Soon had fallen asleep again and 1
had very good nights rest. did not
wake until about nine o'clock next
morning, and the sun was shining
brightly through the little window of
my room.
''Sleep well?" asked the old innkeep-
er, when came down into the Office.
'Finely!" exclaimed.
81 was afeered yer'd be walked up
and get mad,' he apologized. But
the Lone Squaw acters hev hired this
room ter act ther new play-'H Hidden
Cave o Arizony,' thinks they call it
and last night they he'd er rehearsal.
But my ole 'omman lowed yer war too
tuckered our ter be walked up."-Clar-
ence C.. Con verse
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-18

the hardest customer one could meet
among the camp. 1t stood in a lonely
ravine, and was about as forbidding as
any habitation 1 ever came across. Its
roof sagged in the center; its walls
were mossgrown, and the old front
door looked as if it did not know what
such thing as paint was since it had
been hung. Nor was the keeper very
friendly.
Lone Squaw camps only step fur
ther on" said he, when / asked for
lodging for the night. EYER better peg
along. Costs money to stay here"
"Heres two dollars you may have if
you give me ~ bed, supper and break
fast" l urged, drawing it from my
pocket.
He eyed it greedily moment, then
led the way into the dark hall and
thence to the Office which served as
barroom and dining-room. There his
wife, as ugly-loolling an old crone as it
has been my ill-lucl to see, sat on a
low bench.
Coffee, ham an bread" he jerlled
out to her, and she hobbled off, glib
bering something / could not under
stand.
I'D like To have it in my room, said
l. 81 want to get out of these dusty
clothes as quick as I cam
''Keerect," he answered, growing
more friendly. And when the supper
was brought he carried it up u creally
stairway. nodding for me to follow.
Pushing door open at the upper land
ing, he ushered me into a gloomy, low
ceilinged room, where he set the lunch
down on boX-the only piece of fur
niture there except the bed, if such it
could be called. Then he left me.
ANY port in Storm l quoted, and
the lamp the landlord had left on the
floor and crawled out of my clothes
and between the sheets.
IN not drink that coffee" mused.
at looks like muddy water! A bite or
two of tlat ham and then Il good
shooze-though this room is like YER
liable ghost-chamber, l added.
lay there and ate for a quarter of
an hour or so-the ham and bread
were gone by that time-and then blew
out the light. 1t was not long before /
fell asleep.
When | again awoke I wondered for
what reason l had done so. | seldom
wake before daylight, and yet it then
was eleven o'clock. The room was dark
as pitch.
well" l sighed, disgustedly, "here
goes to snooze again, and rolled over.
But started up from the bed the
next moment and reached for my re-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-07-18

has chance. If not yer needn't bawl
Yer marries mer'
shuddered and frightened my grasp
on my revolver.
ether feller upstairs" one Of them
asked of the old wife of the landlord,
''is he asleep?"
"Aye," she croalSed.
She was gloating over the struggle
from corner of the room.
"That coffee was druggedl" [ muscd.
Good thing l didn't drink itl'
Then ! rose from the floor being
careful not to make particle of noise,
and crept to a low window in one cor.
ner of the ROOM
81 could be of little assistance down
there" l argued; "but If could sum.
mon help 1 might save that young chapl
this adversary is apparently playing
with him, and may for some time. If
the ugly cutthroat will only hold off
long enoughp'
The face of the beautiful girl had
won me for their cause. The cries she
now and then gave were like dagger.
thrusts to me.
AS noiselessly as possible drew up
the window-sash when 1 had hastily
crawled into my trousers. hoped to
find low building there by whose rooi
could reach the ground, but l made
the startling discovery that the old tav.
ern's wall on that side was flush with a
deep ravine. Up through the darkness
came the gurgle and swash of the
swift-running stream, and drew back
dizzy.
Exit that way was useless, for l had
no rope. Nor was there another win
dow in the room. sat there undecided
what to do.
"If the stairs only didn't open into
the Office" l groaned. Little good
can do!'
Again l crawled to the chinl1 in the
floor and peered down into the room
below. The struggle was still in prog.
ress. Back and forth swayed the young
fellow and his opponent. l felt that
the scene would soon have tragic
change, that the young fellow would
be beSted.
looked at the girl. She was gazing
at the combatants with look of agony
on her fair face, and her beautiful hair
had fallen disheveled about her grace.
full shoulders. She wrung her hands
and implored the. big man at her side
for mercy. He only laughed gruffly at
her.
rose again to my feet and examined
my revolver carefully. Then moved