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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-17
LIVERPOOL MARKEra

LIVERPOOL, March l5-Soon.-Cotton FREQ
sellers az previous closing raioss American
middlins, 3 0-ldd.; sales. 10000 bales: Ame'
ricsn, 9,l00 bales; speculation AMI expor''
500 bales receipts, $4,000 bales American,
24,5O0 bales. Futures easy March AMI
3 3O-64d, also 3l-04d. May and June,
3 34-04d., also 3 35-0fd.. also = 34-6ad.i June
ana July. 3 37-64d., also :; 3s-'i4d. July aoi
August. 3 4O-0id., also 3 4i-dtd. August ani
September, 3 i4-O4d. september ana October,
3 4O-b4d. Tenders, 100 bales new dcckes
p H.-March, 5 3O-0fd.. sellers; Mach ani
April, q 3O-Bid., sellers; April AMI nay
3 3I-64t, value; May and Dune, 8 34-Osd.,
buyers; June aud July, 3 3s-o4d.. bnyers
July and August, 3 4O-u4e3 4i-0id.; August
and September. J4i-6id., buyers September
3 47-btd., value; September and octopef'
| 3 4T-6Id., value. Futures closed nrm.
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KEEPING THE PIPES CLEAN.
The Importance of Regularly Seeing That
the Plumbing Ii Kept Sweet.

The Importance of Regularly Seeing That
the Plumbing Ii Kept Sweet.
The care of the plum bing is an inn
portant duty; yet provided there be
nothing wrong about the plumbing at
the start, and the supply Of water be
constant and generous. this duty will
not be found hard one. The house,
keeper should impress upon the younger
members OF her family the Importance
of thoroughly flushing the closets. She
should at least once a day personally
see to it that there is sufficient flushing
The best time for this is after the
morning work is done.
The laundry tubs should be thorough
ly rinsed after washing, being generous
with thea.water. that no trace of suds
shall be left in the pipes.
After the mid day work is done, and
again at night, the pipe in the kitchen
sinlSsshould be thoroughly flushed with
hot water. If possible. In case there
be no hot water. be generous with the
cold Oace week put half pint of
washing soda in an old saucepan aud
add six quarts OF hot water. Place on
the fire until tho soda Is all dissolved;
then pour the water into the pipes, re-
serving two quarts Of it for the kitchen
sink.
Have an old funnel to use in the bath
tub aud basins. that the hot soda may
not touch any Of the metal save that in
the pipes
Particles of grease sometimes lodge
in the sink pipe and cause an unpleas-
ant odor. The hot soda dissolves this
grease and carries It away.
Copperas will remove doors from
drain pipes. Put one pound OF the crys-
tails in quart bottle and fill up with
cold water: Cork tightly and label.
Write poison" on the label. Pour q
little of this into the pipes whenever
there is any odor
will say right here that II thorough
flushing and an occasional use of the
hot soda will not keep the pipes sweet
there is something wrong vita the
plum bling, and II should be attended to
at once.
Itwould seem that one need not eau
ton people in regard to throwing into
closet or basin any substance .hat might
clog the pipes, but II is because Of ig-
norance or carele ssness on the part OF
the people who use these conyeniences
that much Of thc trouble with the
pipes arises Here are SOME Of the
things That should never have chance
10 get into the pipes: HaiE lint, pieces.
Of ragS no matter how small; matches,
fruit speclings, etc Ladies' ~ slnt
journal. Z,
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THE KNIGHT.


In spcient halls;--long sincein old-time days,
Tho MINISTRIES seng their songs Of knightiy
praise
OF MORTAL deeds weli-wrought and full of sim.
OF 1srihg deeds, 70 serve someeswcct maids
will;
OF fierce encounters met with beasts 81 prey,
o. vanquishcd foes, with which they strewcd
the way,
TIL vaalted rssBss sent back the swelling SOUND.
And echoes chased the echoes round and ronndi
Whilst eourtiers brave unsheathcd their scab-
= bards steel,
and plaudits loud rang out for knghtIy seail
And now, no less, the knight earth needs today.
Must bear his arrns-fnust lead lifes battle
= fray.
For truth and for its laws, and power, and
might,
Must stay the wrong, ard crown the reign Of
right,
TIL hearts bowed down with Voc grow brare
and strong,
Andsouls set FREQ send out a glad new song,
8 Engraved fne upon It's banner cd shield,
- stamp is set in richest hues revealed
A stamp that stands for purpose, and for aim.
That ues race from sclflshness and shame
That leads Hfan mp TO truths high, holy place.
And crowns him thcre-a knight Of God-like
gracel
Fila Dare In Inter Ocean.
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How the Ice Was Broken.

Both sat on garden seat, and th .
expression on his face plainly saic
81 am done for" He first broke silence
by saying:
..Will you be miner and. tried to
draw her little closer.
She stiffened and refused to bulge.
~ mean to reform, and give up all
my bad HABITS" he urged.
The object Of his alteration was mex
orable.
"And abandon smoking"
I No response.
Sand leave off card playing"
Frigid silencs as before.
'.l'll never 60 out of doors withor .
your
She only shook her head. s,Ass,ss
"And present You with diamond
during tomorrow"
Then the sweet innocent lifted hec
downcass eyes upwards to meet his
gaze, and, resting her little head on hin
shoulder, she falteringly whispered in.
his ear:
s.Oh. how kind you are
And there they sat-dreaming, poi !.
dering, thinking; she about the dia-
mond ring, and he wondering where on
earth he should stump up the money 70
buy one. The Keystone.
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oLD-TIME HuMoR.


stories That Pleased the People Century
Ago.
The following anecdote, which APP
peared in the Salem Mass Mercury
of August IL, 1888, shows both what
kind OF stories was pleasing to our
ancestors, and how our ancestors
thought story should be tod.
A gentleman in the state OF Con-
necticnt regularly attended public
worship on the Lords day with all
his family; on the Sunday evening he
always catechised his children and SER
wants on the principles Of religion. and
what they heard the minister deliver
from the pulpit
He had negro man who never could
remember q note of the sermon, though
otherwise smart At last his master
perenptorily told him he would on
Monday morning tie him up and fog
him.
Next Sunday evening, when interro-
gated, he had forgotten all. On Mon
day morning his master executes his
threat SO far as to tie him up.
The fellow then cried ont 20,
master. spare me. for l remember
something the minister said. !"
What Is it?" said the master.
The fellow replied. s1This much may
suffice at this time"
The master was SO pleased with his
wit that he forgave him. ~ Youths
Companion.
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THE BLAINE GANG.

The Administration Is in the Hands of
Capitalists aud Adventures.
The two factors which control every
important action of the Harrison adj
ministration are Blaine and the Blaine
gang. OF these Blaine is the least i'm
portant He is as much a puppet lin
the hands of his friends" as Harrison
is when both Blaine and Blaine's
friends are bent on controlling him.
From time to time Blaine or his
friends, for purposes of their own,
give it out that he ''dissents from the
policy of the president" No doubt the
president is jealous and FESTIVE under
Blaine's control, but it is certain that
he can take no step of Importance on
which the Blaine gang puts its veto.
tire machinery Of the republican party
Is in their hands.
They consist of two elements-frst,
such capitalists as Levi p. Morton and
Andrew Carnegie, who are the princi-
pal contributors to republican cam
paign funds. These are reinforced by
such adventurers ms Stephen b. Elkins
and Pat Egan. In the hands of these
men the president is no more his own
master than II he were chi.d's doll.
Even If he wished to resist them, he
would be impotent to do SO. But he
would never dream Of allowing his
jealousy Of Blaine's influence TO carry
him far enough to- make an isaue with
them. lie knows that his chances Of
denomination depend entirely on them,
and that as long as he is sufficiently
subservient to them they will keep
him where they can use him.
Throughout the administration
Blaine. who has often been forced by
his gang TO measures he knows to be
disgraceful, has simply used Harrison
as door mat to wipe his feet on when
his gang have dragged him deeper into
the mire than he wished to 60. He
and they have used Harrison and have
then unloaded on him the odium Of
their doings. They are friendly with
the. Washington end Of the associated
press, and most Of the Washington cor
respondents detest Harrison SO cordially
that 1t was all the easier to use them
for the. purposes Of the suave AMI
smiling rascality Of these skillful man-
ipnlators
Hut there never has been any doubt
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MEN WITH TAILS.
STORIES q Humans Who Possess caud
Appendages.

worries 81 Humans Who Pos<eSs Cnuunt
Appendage1
Various stories have been told OF the
tails Of the MAN Mans Of Central
Africa, who have also been asserted 70
be cannibais Their tails haze bsen
described as smooth and as hairy, as
peculiar to the men. and rs possessed
by the men an women both. The
most interesting and circumstantial
account OF this feature Is given by Or
Hubsch, Of Constantinopie. who ex.
amined a tailed ncgress Her tail was
about two ilches long and tcrminated
in point The slave dealer who ow aei
her said that a tbs n an Nam hal
tai S, and that they were sometimes
ten inches long. pr Hubsch also saw
man Of The same race who had a tail
an inch and half long. covered with a
few hairs; and be knew at CONSTANT
nople the son Of physician who was
born with tail an inch a I'D a half long,
aud one OF who's. granifathers had a
like appendlge. TIE phelome ION hc
said, Is reg arded genera ~ in the East
as sign Of great brute force.
i The newspapers, many years ago,
had story OF boy. who was born 4
Newcastle-on-Tg ne, with a ttil alb ut
an inch and half long, which, when
sucking, he wagged as u token OF
pleasure.
Apparently well-authe1ticl tei in
stances OF human tails are that of a
Moi boy, twelve Yeas old, who was
found few years ago in Cochin-C G ina,
and had tail about foot long--sim-
ply mass of ffesh--containing no boLy
frame; and the case communicated to
the Berlin Anthrop illogical Society in
July. 1899, by the Ddtci resident at
Ternate, of two natives Of New Guinea,
who had come ON board his steamer ia
Geelvink bay, in lsso-adult male
Papuans, in goed health and spirits.
well shaped and muscular, who had
coccygeal bones projecting four CEN
timetres. or an finch and half in length.
DIR. O. w. Homes says. in the Atlantic
Monthly for June, 1890, that DIR PRIEST
ley, of London, showed him, at the
medical congress in Washington, a
photograph of boy who had "a very
respectable tail. Popular Science
Monthly
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rRuE PATRIOTISM.


New York Veterans Declare Against Es-
isting PENSION Abuses.
There was meeting ID New York
last week OF a number Of veterans oil
the last war who desire t. do some.
thing to bring pension Payments with
in reasonable limits and to vindicate
the name Of the American soldier from
the aspiration Of being mercenary.
They regard the pension legislation
Of the present day as a national nui.
sance," which calls for abatement
The members of this new association
favor strong and radical measures.
|. They wish to revise the pension laws
completely. They desire that no ex-
soldier shall be pensioncd who is aLle
to earn his own living by hands or
brain. Those who are not able to earn
Ia livelihood they desire to be supported
in comfort. IL
1t is encouraging to read expressions
Of this sort, after a surfeit of the de.
mands of soldiers of another class who
insist that patriotism has specific
market value, which must be paid by
the nation to the last farthing IN cold
cash. The gratitude of their contempt.
raries and of posterity they give to the
winds, and treat with contempt all
talk of glory. They insist that the
country is greatly in their debt and
must pay them off in money.
In contrart with talk of this sort, the
utterances of the New York veterans
are subject of pride.
1t is eminently proper that the vetcr-
ans themselves should move in this
matter, if only to let the country know
that the numerous demands" for moro
pensions are not backed by the unan-
imous assent of the ex-soldiers. The
pension grabbers, urged on by the pen
sion attorneys, have been SO vociferous,
so persistent and untiring that they
have possibly created an exaggerated
idea of their numbers, though there is
no reason to doubt either their strength
or their determination. A few words
of protest against this rapacity. from
the veterans themselves are, therefore,
extremely gratifying.
Not that there is any great prospect
that the movement will be successful.
The scaling Of the pension list in the
way iitQtIdtCu NOulu OS dtCOtu-
plished at present The soldier vote is
still too formidable specter. The of
ficias of the pension bureau, who are
pretty shrewd politicians, find their
account in continually inviting public
attention to their diligence in placing
new names upon the roll, and they
boast that they are manufacturing pen
sioners at the rate of thirty thousand a
month.
1t is conceded on all sides that the
number of fraudulent pensioners is
very large. Hardly anyone qualified to
speak upon the subject puts the num-
Der of such at less than one-fourth OF
the entire pension list. Something
might be done in the way of the re.
vision of the list with view to the de-
lection of these frauds, but in the
present state of public opinion it. is
doubtful whether much can be accom-
plished in this way. Few public men
have the courage to enter upon such
an investigation as would be needed
for the purpose. Louisville Courier.
journal
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"A LITTLE NONSENSE

--He-"Would You be offended II I
should kiss you?r She-"Your asking
is what offends me."-N. Y. Ledger.
"A Nightmare ~ nevah eat mince-
pie" said Chappie. "Why not?" asked
Hicks sit makes me dweam Of my
ancestahs and between us. they were
all twadesmen. Lilies Calendar.
Hicks "What do you think Of pun
ishment after death? Wicks-"Do
believe in 1t. All the pounding 10 the
world, for instance, won't make tough
steak tender, - Boston Transcript
-Eternally Dosing
SO fond OF medicine are some
That, told death all their ills would throttle.
They'd step right up, produce the cash,
And ask the druggist for bottle.
IN. Y. Herald.
"A pessimist walking with his wife,
and meeting large school of girls,
exclaimed suddenly: Heavens and
carth--the poor men! What q crowd
of future CONGRATULATIONS O.
Week.
They were talking about trees.
my favorite.. she said. SIS the oak.
It is so noble, so magnificent IN Its
strength. But what is your favorite?"
ssYew,p he replied. Providence Tcle-
graph.
-Father-"Well. Tommy. how do
you think you will like this little fell
low for brother" Tommy Qnspect-
ing the new infant somewhat doubt
fully -"Have We got to keep him,
papa. or is he only sample Chicago
Tribune.
Boy Tin drug store Mister,
want to get--a--nm--I want . pint Of
AL forget" Druggist's Clerk'I
say, Dick. here's boy forgot what he
came for" Boy That's Il Drug
gists Clerlr-"Whats itY' Boy
"Camphor.n
Lady Gin employment Office As
there Is only my husband and myself
in the family think you ought to b
willing to come for less than you ask.
There are only two persons to cook
for" Domestic "But mum. when
I'm wild you there nd BE- three"
A Centenarian. Mr.. Farmer Clay.
ing down his paper "Weli. well, old
man Oatsy Is dead at last and the pa
per says he was centenarian. I didn't
know that Mrs Farmer (surprised--
mo, nor !. allus thought be was I
Methodist =" Detroit Free Press.
Our Servants. Mrs Vernon Do
Court Bridget who rang just npw2''
Biddy o'Galways'Mrs Lowlofty."
Mrs. Vernon de Court ny didn't
she come in?" Biddy 0'Galway Sslre,
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CONTEMPORARY COMMENT.

There is nothing in the demo.
cratic programme looking to the I'M
taxing of foreigners while the burdens
on our own citizens are undisturbed.-
N. Y. World,
1t would seem to be about time
for Secretary Foster and Secretary
Elkins to fax around and look
out for the Harrisonian fences. What
are they there for?-Boston Herald.
The republican press should
hasten to denounce the New York vet
Grams who have declared that our pen
sion Legislation has become national
nuisance. Louisville Courier-Journal.
A Quay jury has decided that he
has been libelled by the accusation OF
completely with Bardsley. There were
eleven republicans on the jury. So
Mr.. Quay is indicated again. - ST
Louis Republic.
Tom Reed thinks Harrison and
Blaine will kill each other off and the
republican nominee will be dark
horse. Does he dream of a short fat
man from the northeast, with a thick
neck and bitter tongue, as the sable
nag in question?-St Paul Pioneer
Press.
IF he thinks of it, perhaps the
president could leave the key in the
drawer that holds the letter written by
Blaine before he went into the cabinet
pledging his support to Harrison In
1902, when a reporter is about. Any
Harrison paper would be willing to
publish it.-St. Paul Globe.
1t is among the mercantile and
manufacturing classes that urgent de-
mands will be formulated looking to
the und Ding as far as possible of
some of the ruinous provisions of the
Mckinley bill These classes are
doubtless willing to endure much rath-
err than keep prices constantly unset
tied, but some features of the existing
schedules call SO loudly for revision
that they cannot possibly be allowed
to stand. Boston Globe.
Between the supremacy of q
!. Harrison Wanamaker machine and the
continuance of the Quay machine, the
people have little to choose per SO. BY
long line of avowa1s, both as senator,
presidential candidate and president,
Mr.. Harrison more than almost any
other public man is estopped from re-
movals and appointments for the pur.
pose of controlling the choice of dele
gates. Every one Of these pledges was
violated in the philadelphia campaign
under the direction of Messrs Foster
and Wanamakes. ~ Pittsburgh Dispatch
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1t is a very interesting and pathetic
story the New York republicans are
telling of what they call the demo
cratic steal Of the state meaning
thereby the securing of majority in
the senate But it knocks the pathos
out completely to look for moment
at the facts. With a majority ranging
all the way from twenty thousand to
fifty Thousand the democracy Of New
York has been compelled for years to
see the republicans in control OF one or
both houses OF the Legislature because
Of the ignenious political rascality they
perpetrated in apportioning the state
In taking control Of the legislature the
democracy has simply taken its own.
One might rs well call it stealing for a
householder to compel the burglar who
has just robbed him 10 disgorge his
HpIunder Detroit Free Press
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Russian winters.

There is one curious thing about a
Russian winter. In the latter~part Of
October or the first OF November the
weather win be as mild as II is here in
September. Not sign can be seen Of
an approaching change, when sudden
ly, without any apparent warning, a
light haze will he seen in the northern
sky, and in twentv-four hours the Their
mometer may fall, fifty degrees. Tho
change is SO sudden and violent that
travellers are frequently frozen to death
before they can gain shelter 1t has
occurred that farmers outlooking after
their fio.ks have been caught in one OF
these billiards, aud, missing their way
home. have lost their lives, their bodies
remaining under the snow unit the
following spring. The suddeness of a
Dakota blizzard Is well known in the
northwestern part Ct our country, but
it is hardness personified when com
pared, with the rapidity with which a
Russian winter storm comes on. st
LOUIS Globe Democrat
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-The CONTINENTAL papers have lately

The continental papers have lately
been circulating an am ssing story about
. rich French -nobleman who always
pretended TO be great friend Of the
legitimist claimant to the French
throne. When Il was proposed TO raise
. funl Of 20.000.00 francs Is aid the
claimant an agent called on the wealthy
royalist who promptly replied: my
blood II always at the service of his
majesty" ss.cs rsioIped tbs agent
sbnt We are not going 70 start j sausage
factory 4
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that where Blame 4 not responsible
for the Harrison administration the
Blaine gang are. They are as despcr-
ate and as INSCRIPTIONS lot
Of plutocrats and political advcnturers
as ever cursed country, and this
country Is always In imminent danger
Is long as they control it.--St Louis
Republic
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- Rcsahcu apUn billy :. "a
with us 70 the place where ths ga.
ture had sprang upon him from the
tree He consented at last, very re.
iuctantly, and came edging after Us
I'VE shall be likely to fnd the AMI
mails tracks, H. there has really been
anything Of the sort about here re-
marked Uncle Wash.
And we did And rather larger ones
than we had been looking forl Near
the tree which Billy indicated as the
one" heavy trail began, l.ading of
into the forest. The snow sas very
deep and soft. and the beast rad gone
on with easy bounds, striking It's feet
altogether, and making huge plunges
some ten or twelve feet apart
"Whew! Must have been quite a
cat!' cried Urcle Wash Guess we
will follow Niis a little ways Looks
like big game.
On our snowshoes, we didn't mind
the depth, the main thing being to
keep out OF the brush. But, after fol.
lowing for forty or fifty rods. we came
to where the trail was crossed by a
much more recent one
.4sxs.. . -. /. - - " II
49,, as s.... .cle s.'ie .linc Quay
.,~ss.., ,, 10y
1870 III 'oiiowihs inns. ne
oaun J, ''n iar ~ one heap ono"
J ap
we struck off upon the new track, and
had gone twenty rods, perhaps, when
the trail suddenly stopped Beyond a
- p.o' "o1 .ho iaSs neaVs
p.aDse ns'u oeen lnaae in.o the snow
'h1.o were no more tracksi
n1le was = strange terminus GER
ally, anu we naieeo N considera oie
su Prise
nc.lke. ne snaking under tne
snv" erieu p'1iy' coming up An
ne = De laping out on us.
And we were laughing at Billy's by
potnesis when strange cry-a wild,
shrlii scream rang out seemingly
over our heads' our eyes followed the
SOUND, and there, on the limb OF a
great yeiiow Dirch, up full thirty feet
from the snow, crouched large, light.
gray animal. with It's ears laid back
| and Its long tail beating time on the limb
$50 s.a,na' 10y y sprihs uoMn 2 .eiioN
shaas 49, pu.a Wy qu,oA ~ snow nov,
,sa uss, ~ ~ a,smS ~ "aen 'ons
-. ;'a.' sa"s oroiu.,o ns "auu
~. -. y -. e1.,1el ~ ..e guns
/, ~ aaI p;, ~ pus sne s lung .ne.
- J 10
other screech- Both guns were fred
a In nj mo G I
anA stano w. 10y snoa,us ,. 81"
s sna . ,'.., oou,u lioin 'ne I'M
- 'Aa . ,e"ss 'n"o uo"i 'n'o 'n<
..,va IA,
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Tho spread Of Knowledge.
~ az al,

Where did Columbus land?" asked
the teacher.
The new pupil, boy from the vicin.
ity Of Clark and Polk streets. scratched
his head, looked out Of the window.
scraped his right foot up and down his
left shin, AMI hazarded the guess:
"0n the jaw. - Chicago Tribune.