Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-07-17

spires man 20 resent alo ptoso-
cute to the fullest extent o. tho, re-
The law Al accusation which cannot fail 70
bring unpleasant notoricty when once MS
Indignant protest il voiced to bis fellow
men. The number Of "shYsfer" lawyers
who will lend themselves 10 such scne'ues
IL deplorably large 10 comparison with the
numbcr OF men a. morally weak or de-
pravcd in other professions, There are,
too. ia existence In New York CITY Q
score or two az q moderate estimatc OF
weekly publications calling insmsel.es
{" iournslsn and newspapers" which
anpsai 10 no constituency and are inspired
by no motive creditabIe to their owners OF
their editors, There beng no special rea-
son for their existence, they drag out
band. to-mouth struggio by the aid OF the
victims they are enabled from week 70
week 10 strike into subjection TO their
demands. These journals deal largely IN
personalities, and their gratitude Tor past
fayors and still livelier sense OF fayors 10
como inspires every paragraph OF praise
while condemnation and inuendo are
tho lot meted out to those who fail
10 comply with their demands. A friend
was asked 10 subscribe 70 certain publ
cation OF this kind for ten years and pay in
advance; on bis refusal TO do so unplea-
SAINT paragraphs began 10 appear in Its COL
umns about him. But the favorite game
OF these human harpies is TO demand an
advertisement of reputable business
man or commercial establi shment. aud on
failing to secure IL. 20 begin series of in
sidIous sneers and low-fiung hints. man
aging as far rs legal cunning will compass
it TO keep within the limit OF the law OF
libel.
AFAMous RACING AUTHORITY.
NY old friend. Henry q. Crickmore.
whose Nom do plane of % Kirk " numbers its
respectful admirers and friends by the
hundred wherever honest sport and the
unaduiterated love of racing on the merits
of the horse are known, has. see. been
arrested by the Law and Order Society OF
Monmouth county. n. j., for daring to APP
pear at the newly-opened Monmouth Park
Associations track in discharge OF his
duties az secretary Of that association.
With the merits of the controversy
between the authorities of New der
| sey and the Racing Association. of which
| the late ID. ID. WIthers was the guiding
spirit. I have nothing 10 do, hut it must
| be an event in the life of so Interesting
semi-pub,ic character as Kirk" TO ind
himself hauled up by the "bobbies" along
with horde of common book-makers and
track followers. There Is no moro de-
lightful. lovable, and entertaining, gentle
| iron-gray beud, thoughtful eyes and mas
siye figure, in the dark pepper-and-sali
suits he has affected for years are as
| familiar among their associates and friends
| as those of the Witherses. tho Lorillards.
/ the Scots, the Beimonts, andthe Cassatts.
Kirk q one of the :" men OF mystery y
| 10 whom / have occasionally referred as
| losing no opportunity To suppress all pub
| licity in regard TO their lives, personalities
Il IL. L.
| ton into which duties of necessity call
| these men offer reasonable ground for
| public curiosity about them. Yet large
| part of their time, it sometimes seems,
must be occupied in thwarting that curl
| osity. Few biographical collections
| contain any material of value. much
| less accurate sketches of the lives OF these
| men Of mystery. Kirk is one OF them.
| Mr.. Crickmore came to New York some
| fifteen years ago from New Orleans.
| The late Captain Billy Conner used 10
claim with pride that he first induced
| the sterling fellow TO take up turf-writing.
| He attached himself to the World IN
| the days when but little attention
| was paid by the press to racing, and
1 by his fidelity. accuracy, and earnestness
| he made his turf department famous
among horsemen and turf patrons. 1t Wa
about the most valuable asset that tho
| World possessed when Pulitzer purchased
| IT. His annual, known as Kinks Guide,
became standard authority. but it could
| not DO made to yield O profit, because
"Krick" would never permit paid adyer
| tisement to soil its pages. de held thai
| no could not do unbiased work as 9
newspaper reporter II he once permitted
| himself 10 accept favors at the hands OF
advertisers. And so the Guide came to al
end. Mr.. Crickmore is bachelor. he has
| lived in the Gilsey House and Ia the same
room ever since he came TO New York
| He is fond of the theatre. and no man II
| the country IS better posted on dramatic
| affairs. He is q close student Of Shake
| speare and bis private library Is enriched
| by many rare volumes of the bard.
| TO PREVENT sEAsIcKNEss.
| Tho statement is made by a steamship
| Official that when the cad of this year shall
| have come at least 100000 Americans vii
| have sailed across the Atlantic. No man
| who has ever endured the psugs of sea.
| sickness for one hour. much ess f0r twelve
| DAYS, as I have, can fail of the conclusion
| that each one of that 10J, 900 would gladly
contribute 81. If not ten times as much
| TO the exchequer of any inventor
who can offer the simplest proven
| tive of NAL de mtr. / hear that 6
| scientific man of this city has reached
| the conclusion that seasickness is largely
| the result of an affection OF the optic
nerves, and that in this opinion no has tho
support of very distinguished member
| of the Vienna faculty. The idea of this
eminent saUant is that if the voyager can
succeed in keeping his eyes fixed upon
some distant object so far from the oscil
lating deck upon which he is that
the angles of the ships axis as il
rolls in the water will be imperceptiblt
| TO the gaze. maj de mer will not follow
| Or, better still, the same result can be oh
tanned by remaining blindtold below
| decks for several days after embarking
| But this remedy seems TO me almost a:
bad as the disease, as far as it contem
| plates the confinement OF the traveller IL
| his seething and illy-ventilated state-room
| An eminent member of the bomeo
| pathic faculty has advanced the opinion
| that incubation with the germ o.
nicotine poisoning prevents mai de me-
| because, as he has discovered. he thinks
| the two atfections--viz seasickness ant
nicotine poisoning are so much alike as u
| offer similar symptoms for diagnosis. IL
| this am again constrained to object tina
| the remedy is worse than the disease, a
| all will agree who remember now they tel
when they annexed their first cigar.