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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-14

LesT, srkAxED. AND FsUND.
EOUND, ASafAIL SUM OF MONEY
~ which owner can got by proving property
ana paying for this advertisement Inauirs at
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH OFFICE ,nrst
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-14
PHILADELPHIA, RIO h <fERA
MoND AND NORFOLK
STEAMSHIP COMPANY

Appointed sailing days Every TUESDAY
and FRIDAY at l2 N. and every SUNDAY ass
A. Il.
Freight for Tuesdays and Fr;days steamers
received till 1880 A. NJ; for sundays steamer
ill P. N. saturda Freight received daily sill
5P. NJ.
Fare g.
For further information apply %
J. W. McCARRICK,
General Southern Agent, once RocEeEtS
.P.CLYDR & CO.,
mol General Agents, Philadelphia
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-14
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAIL
~ WAY COMPANL

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SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JANCARYLigl
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station: Broad street near seI-Acc--.
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Richmond aud Allegheny haiir3ill
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TRAINS ARRIVE At RICHMOND
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station: Eighth and Canal streets .,,,s
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-14
By Apperson & Co.
Zeal Estate Auctioneers and Agenu

u,RUsTEEs AUCTION SALE OF
/ HANOVER TRUCKING LANDs.-By virtue 70
OF trust decd from W: Y. Barker snu ~. 90,
corded IN Hanover County Court, default nAslp 4
been made and peing required 90 70 90, 4 WI
sell by arction, Is tho once OF the auchOneerS'
No. north Eleventh street, on
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-14
THE Y. N. c. A.
SECOND DAY or THE FIFTEENTH
ANNUAL SESSION.
Interesting Reportp Of the Various 1850
Citations in the state-RsmarkaOie
success OF the Work.
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tspeclei tolostain "
LYscnBuRo. Va, February 10. The s I.
conventiou of the Young Mems Christian
Association assembled at $50 o'clock TINS ;
morning in the First Baptist churcn' anu am,
the attendance was much larger than '1 y.
Of Yesterday. The first EXERCISES were I'D, d.
Bile readings, conducted by Rev. Y. r. WI WI
l,amsoa. of Lexington. KY. He delivered
an able exposition on the teachings OF the
Bible and distributed slips Of paper among
the congregation, and desired .oI .nem and I'd
49, hand them no. This part OF the ex-
s sres s"' was very much enjoyed by the
large audience.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-03
Thcy Dre sd the American Farmer

Mckinley tried to humbug the farmers by raising the duties on wheat. corn and most other farm products, under the pretense that such duties would help them to realize better prices. He be- Titled the farmers foreign market and tried to make 1t appear that the best thing for our farmers would be to with draw from their foreign market
 At least such is the only possible meaning of tho following words, which Mckinley put into his report accompany ing the tariff bill:
 "The worlds market 10 which the advocates of tariff for revenue only in- vite the farmers of this country, is to- day crowded which the products of the cheapest human labor the earth affords All over the old world there is a rush of their surplus to that market, and 1t is to such a contest as this that free trade would allure American agriculture. '"
 But American agriculture is and has | becn for years "allured to such contest as this" and even now the foreign de- mand for our agricultural products is causing prices 10 rise in the home mar ket in way to rejoice the American farmers heart. This same American farmer is dreaded force fin all the farming districts of Europe The fol- lowing item has just been going the rounds Of our agricultural papers,
 The Austrian grain growers, through the official report of the Vienna Agri- 1 cultural Congress, declare and complain l that the grain exporting capacity of i Russia and extra European countries is 1 the source of a calamity affecting the | who of Central Europe"
 l America is the only one among the "eXtra European countries which cuts any great figure in Europe grain mar ket, and it is the American farmers to which tho Austrian grain growers re- ferred as their competitors
 Are not Mckinley duties on farm products the greatest humbug that any body has ever attempted to palm oti upon the farmer?
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-03
Simple Paris Green.

Paris most popular bunko game is played thus; A well-dressed stranger with handbag hurries into hotel restaurant near railway station. eats a fine dinner and engages the landlord in conversation. Hepraises the cooking and. after paying his bill, promises to make tho hotel his headquarters dur ing his frequent visits to the city. As he opens the door to leave he calls back for the landlords name, When the landlord gives it the stranger re- marks Curious, that is my name too" asks tho landlord to care for letters or packages to his address and leaves. Letters como for the stranger and are called for by ''his valet. Finally package comes and is also carried of. The trick is up. and the tradesman who sent around the pack age may settle the loss as best they can,
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-03
The First Post-Diluvian Family.

An English divine has prepared a startling table of the figures, perusal of whichwill make one thankful that hc k living in the latter part of the nine- teenth century instead of in the days immediately following the landing of the ark. He shows that if one of Noah's boys had lived to be 300 years old. having his first child at 30 and his last at 470. and allowing for but one addition to his family every three years, and supposing them all to live to the ripe old age of 45o he could gather around him at least l47 sons and daughters.
 With reasonable degree of prolific bearing his grandchildren would num- Der between 10. 900 and l2. GOO; the great and the great great grandchil- dren taken with the others enumerated above would swell the figures to som D. thing like 50, 900; this, too if monog- amy alone were practiced. If poly yg- amy were the rule as it probably w,s at that time, the figures would be st,ll more startling.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-03
OUT or THE ORDINARY.

Tho frs, submarine cable of French manufacture is now being finished at Calais.
 \ chewing gum concern in Brooklyn has become a stock company with a capital of Sl, ,0o0, o00
 Mrs Grundy There is altogether too much nonsense published about people who intend 10 be married.
 Two attorneys at St. Joseph, Mo, who have associated in business, have been re- tained in suits against their fathers.
 A. F. Bertolet, of Parkers' Ford, Pa, is said to have ring dove which is twenty one years old, and has been in one cage all its life
 The statue of the late s. s. Cox. for the erection of which the postmen have con tributed SIC GOO, Is to be remodeled and improved by Sculptor French, of Boston.
 Judge Gresham not infrequently rides on the front platform of q Chicago street car; and at least ono driver has admitted that the justice knows vastly more about horses than he does
 Henry Hart. one of New York's railway and steamship magnates, is over so, a bachelor of small stature rugged build, and is as active as man of 30. He is said to be worth over $50, 900 900. Among the recent inventions is a cal. endar that will register for the next 200 years, besides telling any date figure with in that period. A gum moistening appara. tus for postage stamps is also an inyen- ton.
 A year ago the fastest train hetweeu London and Aberdeen. 54a milos, ran in fourteen hours. Last fall it was reduced to twelve hours and fifty minutes This year it will cover the 54a miles in twelve hours.
 Swiss soldiers are hereafter to be pro. vided with a pocket knife with four blades, which, besides rendering ordinary service, Is to do occasional duty as a ramrod to the new rifle and as an opener to timed pro I visions
 Between January and April of thi' ! year, l,1sS bodies have heen cremated iI 1 seventeen cities. Eighteen Berliners have been eremated this year and the Berlin so 1 ciety for cremation has increased its mem bership to 1, 100.
 The champion wrestler with the Englisl 1 language is employed newspaper cor respondent at Franklin, Pa. In writing an account of the work of an incendiary he says: This 3-o'clock- in- the emorninl fire has given superstitious peoSb- here | l cold cl M
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-03

ne trust and certain 'Rsiublissa psli- tlcianA backed up by leading htsh-teri& journAls with profuse and pietur- esque abuse of men who had yetAd for free twine, part of the duty was saved. The old duty on manila twinc was 21S cents . pound, and on s:sal twine 3lS cents. The trust succeeded in saving 7-10 of cent from the wicked Democrats and Northwestern Republican Senators This duty was less than one-t third of the duty which tho trust had said would close up it's works
 Now, what is the result? Tho farmers are buying t4,eir twine this year at much lower prices than last year; and is tho trust meanwhile shutting up It's mills? On the contrary, it has just been an- nounced by high tariff organ that the trust has bought the eight cordage works of Canada for S4, 900, GOO.
 Moral: When a tariff-protected in- dustry threatens to die if you cut down it's protection, 1t is very likely lying.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-03
MONEY IN HIS BRAINS
AND HE COINED IT BY PERSIST
 ENT ADVERTISING. N
Barnum First of All FulIy Recognized the Value of Printers' Ink-Attracted People to Him and Made
 Them Satisfied.

The late r. T. Barnum was unaues- tionably the greatest advertiser that the world has yet produced. Some of his methods were more or less objec- tional, in spite of their pronounced success. but, as a general thing, they were the result of much practical ex- perience. and represented excellent business skill and judgment. It may be said that he reduced advertising to q science. He made close study of all It's features and invested his money for such purposes with a distinct and well- ll-disciplined conception of the bene- fits to be derived therefrom. It was not his habit to let others tell him how to manage that part of his business. He did not have any dealings with ad- vertising solicitors, says the Globe Democrat. They were politely in- formed whom they approached him that he preferred to order what he wanted in that line without their ad- vice or cooperation. just as he ordered everything else in the way of promot- ing the prosperity of his ''greatest show on earth" They had nothing to tell him that he did not already know; and their importunities were a burden and bore to him. He be- lieve d in the newspapers, but so far as he needed or desired their assistance, he sought it in a direct and systematic way, without tho intervention of third parties
 There is a lesson in this for all business men who patronize news paper. This sort of advertising that yields the best returns is that which is done with a full understanding of the value of different mediums, and with a clear sense of the best way to arrest the public attention and gain the public confidence. It is no longer sufficient to spend a given amount of money in a loose and miscellaneous way. Advertising has become an in- dispensable factor in the problem of business welfare. No trader can suc- ceed without it; and no trader can suc- ceea with it unless he applies it with proper sense and method. The time has gone by for selling goods through advertising ot an awkward and ineon- siderate description. It is to the merchants interest, above everything else, to know how and where he can realize the most profit from money en- ployed to interest the buying public in his wares and prices. He can better afford to neglect any other branch of his affairs than this one for it is the one which involves most chances of gain or loss. Mir. Barnum compre- hended the matter thoroughly, and made it pay to a remarkable extent. He may have been a humbug in some respects but as an advertiser he did not deserve to be thus stigmatized. His practices for the most part in that i'm portant relation were sound, consistent and advantageous; and the business world owes him a debt of gratitude for his services in the development of an art that has come to be so useful and so wonderful.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-03
A MkINLEY TRU ST.
THE WHIP MAKERS TO ENJOY
 M'klNLEYISM
Organized for TariH Spells and Whips Are Higher than Ever-Closing Dat Petty Isivais-A Monopoly of Materinls-What VIII Labor Get?-Tarinh and Trusts Akin.

Organized for TariK Spells and Whips Are Higher than Ever-Clo sing Dat Petty
 Rivais-A Monopoly of MAterials What Will Labor Get9-Tarins and Trusts Akin. Another Mckinley trust has come to light It is whip trust Last year the McKinleyites raised the duty on whips, and now the whip manufacturers have combined to take possession of what was so freely given them.
 The whip makers do not understand what protection means if it does not mean higher prices; they know of no other way to realize what Maj. Mckinley calls the "benefciencies" of protection, than through higher prices. Hence it is announced that whips are already higher now than ever before, and one of the monopoliSts adds, "with chance of 2 rise in price as the stock grows scarce
 This enterprisiny infant trust has provided, moreover, that stocks shall run scarce. The trust got control of the rattan market and shut of the smaller whip concerns from their supply of this indispensable material. With out rattan whips cannot be made; and with the smaller whip factor es closed up and their workm out of employ ment, where does labor come for it's portion of the blessings which were to follow Mckinley's increased duties on whips? Labor simply gets left once more, and as usual grasping monopoly pockets the tariff plums.
 The whip trust is Mckinley trust Under the old tariff whips covered with leather were taxed in general "bssket clause" aS 30 per cent but this "basket clause' of the leather schedule was pushed up by Mckinley to 35 per cent
 Most whips, howev r, arc covered with fax, and here Mckinley got in more of his "basket clause" work, by which whips of this kind were made dutiabe at 50 per cent, in place of the old duty of 40 per cent.
 The Mckinlcyites have no right to condemn the whip trust This trust, like all the tariff trusts, is simply 2 means by which to harvest the tariff ulums. The purpose of protective tariH is to enab c protected interests to charge higher prices for their goods, since this is the only possible way in which pro- tecton can protect But trust seeks to br ng about precisely the same result
 The trusts themselves understand per- fectly that they are working to accom- plish, by continuation, exactly the same thinE tn2t pToteetlon alinS Ut uy so- called legal methods
 President Havemeyer, of the sugar trust blurted out this kiuship between protection and trusts last year when certain high-tariff organs were assailing that great monopoly. Hero are the frank and honest words of the sugar king:
 The great cry Of one of the great parties is for protection; that is, they cry for it loudly during campaigns. But when we proceed to give ourselves some protection howl is raised. They de- mand protection for the industries When an industry protects itself it Is said that 1t is Illegal"
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-03
Platinum ani Tobacco Smoke.

IL is not generally known that plati- mum at white heat will consume any quantity of tobacco smoke and keep the atmosphere perfectly clear Lamps with q little ring of platinum over tho flame arc used for this purpose in the East but piece of platinum wire suspended over a gasjet is much cheaper, and really does its work bet ter, No one knows exactly the pro cess whereby the air is cleared. as it invariably Is, but an easier way to avoid annoyance to ladies or non. smokers could hardly be imagined. Heated platinum. however, only clears the air. and does not purify it. and hence it will not enable the sensitive man 10 breathe freely in tho vicinity of cigarette smokers.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-03
A ComnenaatInr Duty.

Have you ever heard of a "compensat- Ing duty?" A compensating duty is tn &: Woolen goods, for example, bear two duties, so much per cent. ad valorem and so much per pound additional. The reason given for this is that the ad val prem duty is protection against foreign goods of the same kind, and that tho duty by the pound is to make good to the manufacturer the duty he had paid on raw wool. It is compensation" to him for that outlay: the manufacturer him. self regards it as such, and always in- sists on having the "compcnsating duty" maintained.
 Now, if the foreigner pays the tax, why do the prote tionists vote "com- pensating duty" to the manu ufacturer? Ought they not in justice to vote it back to tho foreigner if it is to "compens ate " anybody at all?
 Ii is clear that the McKinleyites them selves do not believe in their time worn assertion, "the foreigner pays the tax"
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-03
STEALING OF roNK,N WOMEN
Slave Dealers Who Sell Mothers and Chil-
 dren Like Cattle.

uren Liko Cattie.
 While in most parts of the world. except Africa, slave catching is becom- ing thing of the past the practice is still carried on to some extent in Ton kin, in spite of the efforts of the French to put an end to it, says an exchange. The slaves who are wanted are only women and children. The slave deal CTS find them in the forests. away from the villages drag them into the moun- tains, and sell them to Chinese mer- chants who carry them into the west err provinces of China and sell them to rich families.
 This odious traffic began about twen- ty-five years ago. Formerly Tonkinese women were almost unknown in China. The practice of exporting them as slaves came about in this way:
 In 1885 the Chinese soldiers who invaded Tonkin, which was in revolt against China. found themselves in- cumbered by prisoners, but at last de- cided to ship them to China and see if they could not sell them. It was at this time that emigration agencies were recruiting in China thousands of workmen to toll on the Guano Islands of Chilli. The hundreds of male pris- oners were easily disposed of to these emigration agents, and the women and children who were among tho unfor- tunates were sold to well-to-do Chinese.
 This opened a new trade. although at first it was not easy to sell the wom- en, because wealthy families did not wish to have servants with black teeth. caused by their practice of chewing the betel-nut So small price was asked for them, however, that all the women were finally sold.
 To-day these women arc in much de- mand in some parts of western China. As servants they are gentle, obedient and laborious. and are so highly es- teemed that they command u good price
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-03
The Cumulative story.

Notes and Queries tells the folloy- ing from the Persian. A hunter fin.As some money in the Assure of roox, fills jar with l. and takes it to a grocer. While it is being weighed n drop falls to the ground. and is swal- lowed up by the grocer's weasel. Thereupon the huntsman' dog rushes upon the weasel and kills it. Ire grocer throws a stone at the dog a. d kills him. Th6 huntsman draws hts sword and cuts of the grocer's ar,l, after which ho is cut down by the h. furiated mob of the bazar. The gov ernor of the town informed of tho fact sent messengers to arrest the murdo-- CTS. When the crowd resisted troops were sent to the scene of contlL,t whereupon the townspeople mix ad themselves up in the riot which laat- ed three days and three nights. with the result that 70, 0oe men were slain. All this through drop of honey.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-03
Easy to Find.

Oklahoma is undoubtedly rich in minerals, said tourist to a prorain- ent citizen of one of the numerous pros pective capitals of the territory. Il feel sure that lead can be found in this vicinity, and shall begin prospecting tomorrow.
 Needn't go to all that trouble. '" said the prominent citizen. Jest stand on the corner thar an announce vo- ciferously that some other town will ho made the permanent capital nv Oklahomy. \ little later. the coroner will come on the run an tell yer heirs where the lead Is. n
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-03
Lion vs. Tiger.

It is popularly supposed that the lion Is tho most courageous and powerful of the carnivora, or at least Of the feIid9; but on tho few recorded occasions of a battle-royal between the Bengal tiger.
 the lion has come of second best. One such combat occurred recently at the Calcutta Zoo between an African iioness and tigress- They were exhibited in adjoining compartments of the sama cage, and the door having been care
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-03
Tho Twfne Trust Still Prospers.

When it was proposed last year to make a slight reduction in the binder twine duty, the twne men signed a paper and sent it in hot haste to Washington, saying thatif the proposed duty should be adopted they would be compelled to shut down their mills Their alarm was still greater when fifteen Northwestern Republican Senators united with the Democrats and voted to put twine on the free list.
 After great amount of lobbying by
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-03
She Was the Umpire.

Tommy Mamma, the boys all say that if handle the stick in the ball game this afternoon we'll beat the Leather Rangers four to one" Tom- my's mamma--''Thats all right my son. but you are going to stay at homo this afternoon and handle the stick for me. and we'll beat tho carpet worso than that. Chicago Tribune.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-03
PARROTS ARE SHY.
The Most Garruious Birds on Earth -
 Shy Before Purchasers.

People expect to come into bird store and open up conversation with a parrot off hand. They fail, and then make up their minds that the parrot is worthless. This will apply to the majority of people. They do not give the bird credit for the intelligence it actually possesses. There are parrots in St. Louis valued at from $50 to $50 that will not be coaxed into conversa- tion with a stranger, aud yet they are among the best takers extant-
 The birds often refuse .o perform" when there are purchasers looking on. but once the store is cleared of people they will chatter away as though their very life depended on their being heard The majority of parrots will take to a girl or woman much quicker than to one of the sterner Sex.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-03
Home. for ,,,e Poor.

Everybody has his or her idea of re- form. Miss Octavia Hill buys up n lot of London shanties every year. im- proves and cleanses them. and lets them to picked tenants. This is her ideal of practical reform. She thinks this Is better than indiscriminate giv- ing. Who knows whether she is right or wrongp
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-03
Autu Gloves,

Mrs. Desporte Qooking up from her newspaper)- really think they will finally do away with prize fighting altogether Mir. D.--'.What makes you think so. my dear?" Well. I think the movement is in the direction of reform. Ijust read of fight whero they discarded those cruel, ugly, clum- sy big gloves, and fought with kid gloves. "--Iiarvard Lampoon.