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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15

The old frignte Constitution so renowned in
our naval annals, is still included among the
vessels Of the navy. She is dismantlcd, as might
be expected at her age, and is kept in that con-
difion at Portsmouth, \. Ii. She IS craft o.
1900 tons displacement, and nov carries no
battery in place OF the forty-four guns Of the
days Of her glory.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15
Has Mr.. Cleveland Received Light T?

Has Mr.. Cleveland Received Light ?.
The Washington correspondent Of the Phila-
oeiphis Pres quotes General TRACEY. OF the
house d Representatives. a. follows In regard
- MI. cLEyELAsD's modification Of bis views On
the silver question:
YES, received such . letter from ex-Presi-
Gent cleveland" said General Tracey, .bus is
was some titne ago. TWAS my impression az tho
ains thai the letter ought 70 DO published, for
u was sesy complete statement on the silver
question, and IN many RESPECTS elaborate, and
explained the b.iei letter which Mr.. Cleveland
he'd previously written. At the time l wrote 10
Mr.. Cleveland and told him that thoaeht 1
would give the letter 10 the pubic, but did NOT
DO H. IL wes very ample eatcmeni Of the en-
Presidents sisHs upon the financial Question.
He said that be vas In favor Of an internA,ionai
confefenoc; that he bad sought during his al.
Isinistrasico q ne presidency 70 arias about
ouch oonferencc.'
Hr. HAlsrSxD comments as sollowss
N shts sho1id ~ prove 70 BE- use 70 would
make ciaas fhss ~. cioyeisnd has heoa trytaS
70 ee3 behnd ~ Same foliage on tho silver cues.
Ton has coucoah the noble proportions Of EenR.
* HllL osnxFal 1raesy he nos sol The letter
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15

The letter from Sir. CLEVELAND, when we
publish this morning, indicates that the ex-
Presiden. is d" in the hands OF his friends and
that be doesn't like the way HILL is going ABOUT
his work 10 secure the nomination.
He states bis views more elegantly than we
have done here. but the substance is the same.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15
Big Blaze Mt Burkevilie.

Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispa'ch-i
coye,cs Tsp. N. Yesterday in an unused zee
house owned by George Campbell, ana peiSae
the flames could be gotten under controi .ia ~
and two barns we're destroyed, ani one emu AZ, y,
a large han. owned by Mr. Campbell, was Daily
ecnrched. Nv the united efforts OF the young
men The entire business part OF the town VS.
saved. The origin Of the Gre was as usoo,, w
vork Of a tramp, who bun, q IRE tnat suioul-
dered in The half-dry sawdust unhi' o'oAe 'N'o
names.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15

Correspondence Of the Richnonf Dispaich.l
R9PORIA, Va. March 14.-Lasi night M g. \.
Bradley. the neHly-electef pastor Vi tue Bap-
tist church. occupied tbs pulpit for the iirs;
fine There was q large congregation present.
AT the clOss Of the services the members Of the
church and many o. The congregation came ior-
ward and welcomed the reverend gentleman.
Our little weekly. the EMporiG fugihtGH, Is
meeting with success.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15

The newspapers which stated that Hon. JOHN
". DANIEL Ind gone South with Mr.. HILL must
have been in error, or else orr eloquent friend
wes personated by some one else In the Senate
Yesterday when one or more rolls we're called.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15

Il the wife of one of the best known phar'
macists IN New Haven. doing business at 14l
Dixwell Ave. and ex-presldent OF The Connec-
ticut Pharmaceutical Association lie says:
"My wife was for several years In bad
health, due 10 complication OF disorders.
Friends persuaded her to take Hoods Sarsa'
parilla; she took 9 or 8 bottles and Is GER
talnly great deal better since. In every way
Mrs. Martha Reed Of 1885 Ramsey street,
Baltimore. Nd, voluntarily says:
For over years suffered witha
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15

Professor CHisHoLH. Of Baltimore, is OF the
opinion that many Of the diseases OF the eyes
and ears come no; only from exposure bat from
insufficient and poor food supply aud from badly
ventilated and over-crowded dwellings.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15
The Two-Thirds Rule.

In 1880 Virginia instructed her delegates 70
the Democratic National Convention TO vote
against the abrogation Of the twt-thirds rule
This rule may prove TO be an ins'irmountabie
obstacle In the way o; the nomination OF both
HILL and CLEyELASD.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15
A New Woman

iwin gladly convince any lady, as l have
proved to myself. that purifying and enrich
Ing the blood. which Hoods sarsaparila does
10 perfection, Is the best Constitutional
Trca rmens, and In many cases. does away
with an LEGAL Treatment In the many dis
eases with which women are afflicted" Tryit.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15

Professor JOIN CAIRNS, principal Of the United
Presbyterian College at Edinburgh, is dead
aged "a years
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15

Virginia has 100 postmistresses. Also, about
the same number Of pasi-masie-s.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15
OIL-CLOTHS, Zoe. YARD.

90 new styles of TABLE OIL-cLoTHs, soft
snd pliabie, heavy unbleachei cotton back,
white, white marbled, white gold-yeined. straw
berry pattern, AMI many other designs, IL.
Yards wide, zoe yard.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15
LLAMA CLOTHS, l0c. YARD,

A choice line OF the celebrated LLAMA CLOTH
80 inches wide, Cashmere fnisn, light. medium
and DARK designs, warranted fast colors, l0c.
yard.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15
YARD-WIDE COTTON, SIC.

Another CAGE Of the celebrated RUTLEDGE
BLEAcHED COTTON, fun yard wide, nearly
free from dressing and undoubtedly the best
Cotton ever sold for the price. Not good enough
70 make up into fine shirts, OF course, but good
enough for thousand other things which every
one needs-oi<.. yard
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15
Emporia's New Baptist Preacher.

The Henry Bulletin announces that it viii soor
appear as an eight-paSe paper.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15

tainly cure -,
N must be done through the blood - and
the Discovery is the most potent bl0od-
cleanser. strength-restorer, and fesh-builder
that's known 10 medical science. The scrof.
ulous affection Of the lungs that's called
Consumption, and every form Of Scro.ula
and blood taints, ell yield TO il. For Weak
Lungs. Splitting of Blood. Bronchitis, Asth-
,nc. and all severe, lingering coughs, its an
uuqSulaIed remedy. It's the only one that's
osnrunfeed. II il doesn't benefit OF cure,
in every case, You have your money oacx.
Can anything else, at any price, be really
es cheaps
You pay only for value received.
Something else. TINT pays the dealer bet
Ter. may be offered as - just as good. Fer
hans It is, foI. Rim, but it can't be, for po'.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15
Colonial Cloths. China
Cloths and Cd1icOeS.

Extra quality for the money, warranted fast
colors, dark and medium shades; Navy. Black.
Garnet, Brown, aud Red grounds, with different
coIored flowers AMI figures. just the thing for q
house dress, wrapper. or sacque-re7l value, &c.
only &c. q yard.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15
DOUBLE BED-SHEETING.

One Of the best. heavy round thread, closely
woven. good stock, measures SO inches wide
vide enough for double bed-the best value
for the money IN the city-23c. a yard.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15
THE TOW Err,
Corner Second and Broad.
10. 2OI AND 2O3 EAST BROAD STREET.
BLAZER And REFER SALE.

Blue and Black Flannel Blazers, Sl.9S.
Blue and Black Refer Jackets, 1928.
Blue, Black, and Tan All-Wool
Blazers, $3.50.
Ladies' Percale Norfolk Waists. 43c.
Ladies' Blue-Ground Polka Dot Nor.
folk Waists, 75c.
Union Silk 26-inch Parasol, with Com
position Handle, warranted not to break,
only 81.
Pure Glycerine, 10c. bottle.
Pure Camphor Ice, 10c. stick.
Ladies' Black and Fancy Colored Chi
ns-Silk Shirt Waist, 81 to Sc.
Brandenburg Cloths, 2Oc. yard.
Fine French Ginghams, 40 and SOC. a
yard.
Fine German Challies. 62ic yard.
Pure Linen Huck Towels, regular
price, 12ic., now l0c.
S-4 Fringe Table-Coyers, only 81.
Satin Skirts, Sl.25.
Silk Skirts, $3.50.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15
OUR STOCK OF LINEN TABLE

OUR STOCK OF LINEN TABLE
DAMASKS, WHITE LINEN TABLE
COVERS, RED LINEN TABLE
COVERS, NAPKINS, TOWELS.
STAMPED LINEN TRAY COVERS,
STAMPED LINEN SPLASHERS, and
STAMPED LINEN BUFFET SCARFS.
all to be sold at prices greatly reduced.
We would also call your attention to
our stock of COLORED DRESS
GOODS, BLACK DRESS GOODS,
SILKS, DRESS GINGHAMS. COT
TONS. SHEETINGS. OUTIN GS,
SHIRTING CALICOES, C0TTONS.
SCRIMS, HOSIERY. RIBBONS,
NECKTIES, COLLARS. CUFFS.
SHIRTS, LACE CAPS, WINDOW
SHADES, LACE CURTAINS. CHECK
MUSLIN, WHITE LAWN, EMBROI-
DERIES, LACES, LAMBREQUIN
PLUSHES, CANTON DRAPERY
PLUSH, UNDERWEAR, and NO
TIONS Of all kinds.
Having determined to discontinue the
dry-goods business, We must sell every
article in our stock, and in order to do
this our prices are cut to accomplish our
object. We must sell. We desire you
10 buy and invite you to call
ISAAC Held,
6o0 Broad street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15
Handkerchief Extracts.

Opened TO-DAY ono gross Of the celebrated
W. 4 l. EXTRACT, trial sire, every standard
color. glass sscppers-she best In the markes-
10c each.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15

New Goods are arriving daily. We endeavor
70 mention everything, bat DO not always sue
coed. There IL always something new and
choce on display, showing the tendency OF the
DRESS FABRICS, RIBBONS, EMBR0iDERIEs,
IACFS &c. &c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15
CHENILLE TABLE-C0VERS.

One hundred CHENILLE COVERS for Tables
stands. &c, in new and desirable colors com
prssiDg Blue, Brown. olive. Ked, Sage Green
Terra Gotta, &c.-handsome, dressy, and ser
yiceable--7Jc. each.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-15

3. An letters and kilograms must be addressed to
lliE DESPATCH COMPANY.
Relecfed communications win not be returned.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-14
How Long should children s,eepq

We all know how much greater is the
need of sleep for children than for grown
persons, and how necessary for their
good it is to be able to satisfy this need;
but how great it is generally at any
particular age of the child is very hard
to define exactly. The amount varies
under different climatic conditions In
Sweden we consider sleep of eleven or
twelve hours necessary for the younger
school children, and of at least eight or
nine for the older ones. Yet the in
vestigations have shown that this re-
quirement lacks much of being met in
all the classes through the whole
school. Boys in the higher classes get
little more than seven hours in bed;
and as that is the average, it is easy to
perceive that many of them must con-
tent themselves with still less sleep. 1t
is also evident from Investigations that
the sleeping time is diminished with
the increase of the working hours from
class to class, so that the pupils of the
same age enjoy less, according as they
are higher in their classes. 1t thus ap-
pears constantly that in schools of rel
atively longer hours of work the sleep
ing time OF the pupils is corresponding
V shorter. In short. the prolongation
Of the working hours takes place at the
cost OF the time for sleep Old Home.
stead,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-14
1t Didn't Look Right.

Some years ago Col. Frobel, Of At
lanta, Ga, was called on to gauge the
water IN stream in that region, While
he was engaged in this operation an old
wool hat" came along with a cart
drawn by single OK, on which was a
small load of wood.
The old man halted his team as he
came up to the colonel, and after sur
vcying the workmen for a minute or
two, he said
"What on arth are them men dom
thar?"
WELL" replied the colonel, "they
are trying to find out how many buck
etfuls of water run down this creek in
twentyfour hours"
The man gazed at the party in mute
wonder, and then asked: Mister are
that plumb fact?"
eyes" replied the colonel, that is
just what they are doing"
WELL" remarked the man gravely,
after another earnest contemplation OF
the work going on: "Well, mister, it
may be all right, but it do appear to
me that that thar thing are onconsti-
tootional. Youths Companion.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-14
Snakes Mssto Little Time Eating.

A serpent will go for weeks, some
times even for months, without feed
ing. Then it may take three rabbits
or ducks, one after the other, mt
single meal and afterward became tor
pid while digestion proceeds. When,
after sufficient period of fasting, it
gets disposed to eat, and rabbit hap
pens to be introduced into its cage, it
may plainly be seen that the rabbits
presence is quickly noticed by it, The
snake will begin to move slowly about
till it has brought its snout opposite
the rabbits muzzle. Then in an in
slant it will seize the rabbits head in
its mouth, simultaneously coiling its
powerful body around it and crushing
it to death at once. The action is SO
instantaneous that IL is impossible for
the rabbit to suffer. Certainly it can
suffer no more than when killed by a
poulterer. The snake does not imnedi-
ately uncoil its folds. but continues for
a time to hold its victim tightly en-
braced, sometimes rocking itself gently
to aud fro. Then it slowly unYinds its
huge body and once more takes the rab-
bits head in its mouth and swallows
it.-Quarterly Review.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-14
NUMBER 2.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.


If you hate any body else IL is all
the proof God needs that you hate
Christ.
The number of certified schoolmas-
tcrs employed in England last year was
10, l90, and mistrcsses 2S,634.
"A man who desires to make up the
book of his life and determine where
the balance of happiness lies must put
down in his accounts, not the pleasures
which he has enjoyed, but the evils
which he has escaped. -Schopenhauer
The Anity Baptist church has com
menced the erection of its school-house
which will cost about $4,000, 1t is
pleasing to know that financially every
thing is clear for completing the build
ing without debt.
There are 375 Sunday-schools in
New York city. The Episcopalians
have the largest number, So; the Pres
| byterians come next with ~; the
Methodists have 6S; the Baptists, 46,
and the remaining 104 are divided
among the other denominations. The
total membership is 1913. 000 as against
| SO7, 500 in the public schools. ls.-Cumber-
land Presbyterian.
Marietta college will preserve in its
Natural History Museum the private
! ornithological collection of Robert w.
Shufeldt, third son of DR.. II. w. Shu-
fcldt of Takoma. Mr., Shufeldt recent
ly lost his life by drowning while on an
fo,- xut1 ha
"The Shufeldt Collection, in his men,
| ory. In, his death the scientific world
has lost young scientist of great
promise
i confess am much disposed to as
sert the existence of immaterial natures
in the world, and to place my own soul
in the class of these beings, 1t will
hereafter, know not where or when,
/ yet be proved that the human soul
stands ever in this life in indissoluble
| connection with all immaterial natures
in the spirit world that it reciprocally
acts upon these and receives impress
sions from m.-Imanuel Kant
The sixty-seventh annual meeting
| of the American Unitarian association
was held in fremont Temple, Boston,
| May "a. The review of the year showed
total receipts from all sources S2G2, 729,
including $50 l76 as donations for the
| general work and for Southern and In
dian work, and $27,S29 as bequests.
The expenditures included S72,09s for
work in different sections of the United
States, sl1, 4O1 for the Japan mission,
50, 500 for Southern and Indian work.
n, Y. Independent
Possibly we can learn something
about the use of a Sunday.school from
our English brethren in Yorkshire.
The Yorkshire penny bank has 020
branches, covering almost every village
in the county, and the deposits exceed
$50, 900, 900. Most of these branches,
and this is the remarkable fact, are in
| Sunday-schools, the officers of tho
branches being officers in the Sunday
schools. Most of the depositors are
adults, but last year the childrcn's de-
posits reached the sum of $780, 900.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-14
FIGHTING TEMPTATION.


How q Drummer Played the Part of q
Ministering Angel
The drummer was smiling softly to
himself in the corner of the car seat.
What is it now?" asked a friend of
his who had come on at the last sta
tion.
odd, very odd" said the drummer.
'Did you notice the man who got off
as you came on-thc tall one with the
red-lcather satchel?'
81 noticed the satchcl'
"Well, he's a brick. He came on
board about hundred miles down the
road, looking very much broke up, and
sat down across the car from me. He
hadn't been there more than half an
hour when he took black bottle out
of his valisc, looked at it moment
eagerly and put it back again, In a
few minutes he did it over again, only
holding it looser in his hands. The
third time he took it out, he pulled the
cork replaced it, and smut it up in his
valise. BY this time was especially
curious and began to watch him closely.
The fourth time he took it out of the
valise he opened it and set it in the
corner where he could gaze at It, Then
every two or three minutes he would
take it up, start it toward his lips and
put it back again. OF course by this
time knew that the man was fighting
the devil in him and was trying not to
drink the stuff in the bottle, though he
was thirsty for it and every effort at re-
sistance was torture to him, Finally,
when he had made desperate effort to
overcome the temptation, | went over
to him.
Excuse me-" said, 81 am glad to
see you trying to conquer your old
enemy, and you are deserving all en-
couragement l hope you will let me
assist you"-and reached for the bottle
-"by throwing the vile stuff out of the
window"
81 wish to thunder you would stran-
ger" he exclaimed, gratefully. "It's
water, and if l get much dryer in this
blamed hot car, I'll be tempted to take
dose of it, before l get to place
where can get something fit to drink. "
Detroit Free Press
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-14
"WlLD BEAST" STORIES.
Rumors OF Mysterious Animals In the
Rural Districts

Rural Districts.
Country people are as eager to ac-
cept any rumor of strange and dan.
gercus creature in the woods as they
arc to believe in ghost-stoly. They
want it to be tr ,e; it gives them some
thing to think about and talk about,
1t IS to their minds like strong drink to
their palates. 1t gives a new interest
to the woods as the ghoSt-story gives a
new interest to the old house
A few years ago the belief became
current in our ncighbG rhood that a
dangerous wild animal iurlied in the
woods about, now here, Low there. 1t
had been seen in the dusk. Some big
dogs had encountered ii in the night,
and one OF them was nearly
killed. Then calf and a sheep
were reported killed and partly de-
voured. Women and children became
afraid to go through the woods, and
men avoided them after sundown. One
day as | passed an Irisbman's shanty
that stood in an opening in the woods,
his wife came out with pail, and
begged leave to accompany me as far as
the spring, which lay beside the road
some distance into the woods She
was afraid to go alone for water on ac-
count of the wild baste" Then, to
cap the climax of wild rumors, horse
was killed One of my neighbors, an
intelligent man and good observer,
went up to see the horse He reported
that great cash had been eaten in the
top Of the horses neck; that it's back
was bitten and scratched, and that he
was convinced it was the work Of some
wild animal like panther, which had
landed upon the horses back and fairly
dcvoured ii alive. The horse had run up
and down the field trying to escape, and
finally, in its desperation, had plunged
hcadlong off a high stone wall by the
barn and been killed. was competed
TO accept his story, but pooh-poohcd
the conclusions 1t was impossible that
we should have panther in the midst
of us, or, if we had, that it would attack
and kill a horse. But how eagerly the
people believed 1t! 1t tasted good. 1t
tasted good to me, too, but could not
believe it. 1t soon turned out that the
horse was killed by another horse, a
vicious beast that had fits of murderous
hatred toward its kind. The sheep and
calf were probably not killed at all, and
the big dogs had had fight among
themselves. So the panther legend
faded out, and our woods became as
tame and humdrum as before. We can
not get up anything exciting that will
hold, and have to make the most OF
such small deer as coons, foxes and
woodchucks. John Burroughs, in Cen
tury.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-14
NEW YORK WAS GREAT,
But Uncle Silas Thought 1t Couldn't Beat
Plunkville and Sossamuddy.

But Uncle Silas Thought 1t Couldn't Beat
Plunkville and Sossamuddy.
"This," said the New Yorker, proud
!y, sis Brooklyn bridge, the gr-"
Reminds me-" said Uncle Silas, ''er
thet new bridge er our'n. Ever see thatP
Cost $1,000. Jimdandy, thet bridge is
over Middle Creek"
''And right along here" continued
the New Yorker, sis where Steve Brodie
jumped off,
"Brodie," meditatively; don't know
him. Got some Bfodies down our way,
too But did | tell you erbout Lem
Phillips? You know Lem. He jumped
off er our bridge. They said he darsn't.
but he done it. Gin i'm quite reputa-
ton, that did. That Lem would do any
thing"
This East River, and"
Same name" Uncle Silas interrupt
ed; but don't compare with our'n."
That's Madison Square garden off
through yonder, said to be"
"Op'ry house?"
Eyes: and"
But did you ever sec our'n? We've
got one now. Call it the Central. Had
the school commencement thar this
year. 1t certainly does git thar too.
Cost twentyfour hundred dollars, the
hull thing did, stores an all"
Uncle Silas evidently expected that
the figures he had quoted, showing the
price of the Central would be disputed.
"That's the Equita bic Life Insurance
building," said the New Yorker. wear
lily.
"Got er Office in Plunkville," ex.
claimed Uncle Silas, reluctantly con-
ceding that his home was only the
equal, and not the superior, of New
York, in this respect. But then, we
got the Providence, an the Etna, too.
Nothin' like competition, eh? s'pose
you've got the Providence, here, too,
though, aint YEP"
"Yonders the statue of Liberty"
"Like 'un Abe Moffett put over his
wife" was the critical comment; but
his'n's got er wreath an er trumpet, an
shows up better like"
Brooklyn and New York, you will
observe are really one city
Like Sassamuddy and PlunlSvlle.
"And counting in Jersey City, Hobo
ken, Long Island City"
"Foots up consider said Uncle
Silas, coolly anticipating the conclu-
sion. "But hits like | tell the folks
from Covington when they get strung
out erbout havin' more people'n we've
got-where they's so many hits bound
ter be crowded like, and you're mighty
welcome to the surplus eff you leave us
the room an the comfort. Give me
Plunkville, an let Covington folks talk
Covington cf they like tn. Y. Ad-
vertiser