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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-02

Just east Of the locks on the Upper-Ap-
pomattox canal there is deep raylne
across which the canal stretches by means
of what IS called trunk. Or watcr-ught
bridge. Last night about II o'clock some
w .nty feet Of this trunk gave way and
fell into the ravIne, dlvertlng the water
INTO the same course The canal cannot
be used until the damage Is repaired, and
in the mean time the several large mills IN
this clty will be seriously Inconvenience
10y lack of water power from that source.
rETsONAL.
Mrs. Frank Hamen. OF Los Angeles Cal,
j. visiting her brother-In-law, Sir. 4. ID.
Akers. IN tins city.
s forty.hours devotion service was COM
mcnced at ~. Joseph's Catholic church on
Sunday.
1t IS understood that the call Of Alr. W.
II. Mann, OF this clty, 10 Washington
means a good appointment il the depart
.ment service. Mr. Mann Is well remem-
bcred US tor four years past the readluS
clerk in the House Of Delegates.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-02

he heartily Joined IN the request made
hv Captain EGnes for special committee,
and the request was granted by the Coun-
cil.
Mr.. George Mason was elected City At
t0rucy III place Of Major +. X. Lassiter, It.
1r.sr..l
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-02

= Chairman Parkinson declared before the
Council that he had made no charges
against the police officers, except that
some Of them had violated the rules q tho
department by leaving the city without
PERMISSION. Whatever he had done was in
the discharge of his duty. he had made
no complaints except upon statements DO
had heard from other parties.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-02

The Council adopted an ordinance im-
posing a tax Of Sl.jO On each telegraph
pole IN the city. Failing 10 pay such tax
by July l-t the companies shall forfeit a
fine Of $40 fyr each pole and the High Con
the p1lel
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-02
EREE ENTERTAINMENT.

Il
Confederate Mass-Nleetlng In Sanger Hall,
MAY 30, at : T.. NJ. Address by Rev. JAMES p.
SMITH, formerly .haplain on General Stone wall
JacksOns staff Music by Mr.. MILLER aud
others; Confederate songs, etc This meeting
10 held Ia honor Of the Anniversary Of the Holly
wood Memorial Association, and Is peculiarly
fitting as forerunner Of MemOrial-Day. The
Confederate camps viii attend en- ndsss. and
seats win be reserved only for these bodies.
Members OF the associatou-b0th seniors and
iuniOrs-wil please wear their badges.
ENTERTAINMENT FREE.
The public are cordially invited to attend. En-
trance 70 Sanger Hail can DO had through either
tie stfeet-door or the Arm0ry. Admissioa 10 beth
hass- Meeting and Bazaar FREE on WEDNES-
DAY, May ID.
II yOa wish 10 spend pleasant evening DO
sure and come. ap $685.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-02

Chief Eanes requested a thorough iuyes-
tiration is TO the truth of these state
ments. and asked the appointment IF u
special committee IF three members of The
Council. with authority % summon wit
ua.ec+. 10 make the investigation. He
asked. however that no member of the
Police Committee be placed on the spe-
cal committee
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25
sAtNso eY ELecrRlclTY.
A New style of BoosbI.cising Introduced
In . BrookLyn khop. |

ot the plate glass window Of . modest
iooking shop, about q block up from the
bridge entrance, In Warrington street, Brook
iyn, is enameled the sign: Electric shine,
Now step up and have your khoes shined
oy electricity. .electrocuted as It were,n shouted
avigorous-looking young man who stood be-
SIDE curious box-like arrangement. says the
New York Sun, The box was four feet or 60
nigh, the same width and foot deep across
the top. Two lprge oval holes were In the
middle OF the front of the box and there were
Two Others, somewhat smaller, directly under
them. Iron levers were attached to the side
OF the structure. On the wall above the box
were Iron boxes supplied with cranks on
which was the advice: "Pull knob this
way"
No one seemed to have desire to try tho
ne~-fangled machine. Finally large red
laced man with eide whiskers pushed his way
through the curious crowd and sat in the arm
chairs placed before the apertures. '.Stick
your boots In the large holes" advised the
man in charge. With some difficulty this was
done Then the man In charge pulled the
knob, and from behind screen which reached
from the box 10 the rear OF the store came u
buzzing sound. The man pulled his feet out.
Evidently there was something strange In the
box.
That's all right; nothing'll hurt you," ex
claimed the man in charge. Put 'em back. "
Soon the man took his feet out and placed
them in the smaller holes. When he next
took them out the shoes were highly polished,
and he paid his nickel and departed amid
the cheers of the crowd
Took Just minute aud half. Any one
eise'" said the operator. Sun reporter
tried to push his shoes into the large holes.
Something pushed them back. The reporters
feet were not heavy enough TO Withstand the
shock which they received. "Put lem in the
hole again and grasp that handle" said the
operator, ''and I'll regulate the speed bit"
The reporter braced himself and felt some
thing swishing around his shoes.
This something was an oval brush. Inside
OF It Was a revo.ying wheel The brush first
cleans the shoes. Then from tin box within
the structure liquid backing drops down upon
the shoes The brush again comes into SER
vice and polishcs the shoes Only the sides
OF the shoes are polished, however. Sticking
the shoes into the lower and smaller holes, the
toes are cleaned and polished
Before the reporter left the store the ma
chine was doing a rushing business.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25
Lass oed a wildcat.

Among the visitors at the office of the Board
Of Supervisors yesterday was John Brice, .
nfteen-year old boy. who is herding cattle
few miles below the city. Master Brice's
purpose In calling was to claim the bounty on
q wildcat scalp which he had brought with
him, and, to show the scalp was genuine, he
also brought along the skin from which the
scalp was detached.
Day before yesterday, while riding across
the range, he discovered the cat lying In the
shade of tree, asleep. He rode up to it
without waking 1t and struck 1t a stunning
blow on the head with the butt OF heavy
whip. The blow served only to inauglrate .
fight, and the boy was compelled to give the
cat wider berth. He was unarmed, and so
depended on his lariat. He made several
throws, which the cat evaded, all the time
approaching the horseman, who Was more
than once disposed to give up the fight o.
casionally the cat would seize the lasso and
tear 1t viciously. At last successful throw
fastened 1t, and the feroclous animal was
dragged to death. 1t was a magnificent
specimen and weighed fifty pounds.-Pheniz
ReDublicdt.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25
All naxat tho pe.k.

Even In the strongest constitutions the stock OF
vitality is not inexhaustble. All day at the desk,
without due modicum OF out Of door exercise, is
calculated to pump the inherent vigor out of a
healthy man woman with as much certainty as
water is pumped ont Of ships hold by donkey
engine. Application to business is praiseworthy
OF course, but this may be overdone. Expand
your lungs, stretch your limbs with vigorous ex-
ercise occasionally, and above all, II you find that
overwork has made inroads upon health, try a
course OF Hcstetters Stomach Bitters, which
stimulates digestion and regulates the bowels.
liver and system generally. II is the king Of ton
les and possesses qualities which, say physicians,
commend IL to the of invalids in general.
Beneficial In malarial, rheumatic, kidney and ner-
yous complaints.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25
Rui.d By Scotland.

The British Empire at the present moment
may be said TO be- practically ruled by Scot
land, aud Lord Roseberry's remark to the ef-
feet that wherever, the world over, there was
4 good thing there would be n ..Seoichman
sitting by it,' il borne out By the appoint
ment OF Scotch peer to be Viceroy of India.
the most lucrative office In the gift Of the
crown. There are no less than SIX Scotch
men In The cabinet. and every one of the Aus
traiasian colonies are at the present moment
under the rule OF u Scottish governor, among
the most conspicuous being the Earl of Hope
town and Sir Robert DUFF. while the Governor
General OF Canada, the Earl Of Aberdeen, Is
likewise 4 Scot
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25
uNEARTHED 4 CRY.
A village OF the stoa. Are Unsarshsd /.
GunNemxia.


GuAtemAia.
A buried city has Just been discovered in
Guatamaia upon the estate Of Don Manuel j.
Alvarado, at the foot Of the Volcano de Aqua.
about mile and half to the eastward Of tho
present village Of Santiago de los Caballeroe.
On several occasions, says the New York Tel
gram, the proprietor has noticed articles hav-
Ing strong resemblance to the domestic
utensils of the North American Indians at
the period Of the discovery Of the new world.
He finally decided on an excavation, and, at
depth Of from two to five meters, he un-
earthed number Of interesting articles, such
as domestic utensils, faience vessels, engraved
and fancy painted glasses, vases and kitchen
pots, all in good preservation. Also onyx
heads; in fact, the whole series Of weapons In
use in the pre-C Columbian times was fully rep
resented.
Along with these were great number Of
painted clay idols, fine pearls, turQuoises and
other precious stones. Among the latter was
one Of magnificent green color. called BY
the natives chaicuivti, worn only BY princes.
One of the glasses was ornamented with col
ors. The statues carved In black basalt, dis
played great artistic skill, and are the more
remarkable from the fact that their sculptora
had only stone implements So far, at least,
no trace Of metal has been found in the eIca-
vation, SO II is probable that the buried city
pertained to the stone age.
At depth of only one and half metres
the workmen came on the walls OF the houses
of the buried city. At the level Of the floor
OF those they discovered a confused mass OF
human skeletons-some in sitting postures,
some on their backs, some on their faces,
some OF the skeletons showing the inhaoi-
tants TO have been giants. The positions OF
the skeletons, and 10 fact the whole condi
ton Of the ruins point to the conclusion that
the city was suddenly swallowed by an earth
quake,
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25

The ROCKY MoCSrArs NEWS, published at
Denver Colo, Is the only dslly Populist paper
in the nation. Its cartoon. apropos to the
,imes With every Issue "a worth the subscrip-
tlon, and IL is fail. fair and strong for the
cause of reform. Daily. so cents per month !;
weekly, 81 year In advance Send DC for a
sample copy.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25
Something New.

The Santa Fc Route has inaugurated a
through daily free reclining chair car service
between Denver, Colorado Springs and 0g-
den in both directions.
Holders OF second-class tickets to or from
Utah or Pacific coast points reading via this
line will be permitted TO occupy these cars
without extra charge
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25

A little girl was trying to tell her mothel
how beautifully certain lady could trill in
singing, and said: 'oh, mamma, you oughl
to hear her gargle, She does 1t SO sweetly.'
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25

As mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when euter4n. IL through the mucous
surfaces Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as tie damage they will do is ten fold
10 the good you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catnrrh Cure, manufactured by T. J.
Cheney & Co. Toledo, o., contains no mer-
eury, and is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. In buying Hairs Catarrh Cure be
sure you get the genuine. 1t Is taken inter
nally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by +. J.
Cheney & Co Testimonials free.
rs-Sold by Dru-rists price 75c. per bottle.
"snobbins Is the best talker ever heard on
one subject" What's thatp Himself"
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25

For BRONCHIAL, AsTHMATIc AND PULMoN-
AIRY COMPLAINTS, 'Brotrn's bronchial
Troches'' have remarkable curative properties.
Sold onlu IN bo1es.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25

Mrs Muggs-That horrid Mrs. Frills told
Mrs. Next Door that was a regular old cat.
What do you think Of thati Mr.. Muggs-l
think she never saw you in the same room
With a ruOuse
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25

"a train behind time" remarked Jinks
seeing an elderly maiden trieked out in full
flowing robes.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25

A certain popular Chicago gentleman, who
recently married widow with grown-up
family found himself within three weeks a
bachelor, husband and a grandfather. He
Is wondering what will happen to him next.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25

"Dig him outl Dig him outl" said tn
wife Of the man who got buried by Gavin
well; "hc's got at least six dollars in hi
pocketgr ~
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25

SICK HEADACHE, chills loss of appetite, and
all nervous trembling sensations quickly cured
by Beecham's Pills, 25 cents box
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25

The flower mission among the tenement
poor Of New York Is a splendid charity. A
flour mission, however, would give more COM
fort to guawing stomachs.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25

"Quill driversl" Humph! A quill may
be driven, but pencil must be lead.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25

The fact that all the occupants of the smok-
ing car escaped uninjured in late smashup
is q tough nut for the anti-tobacconists to
crack.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25

'Hanson's Magic Corn Salve."
Warranted to cure, monsy retun ted- As
yorr druggist for H. Price Is cents.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25

shiIoh's Consumption Cure
l. ~otd n guarantee. II cures Incipient Consump
tson. II the best Cough Cure 5cts-. 50cts Sio
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25

II the BABY Is Cutting Teeth.
Be sure and use that old and wel-tred remedy, hHa
wusIov's soorurSG srRus for Children Testhins-
The Lamar register., 1893-11-25

beware of OIatna-nss Tor ,atarrh That
Contain Mercury.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-08

be expended in succeeding fiscal year
is unwlse; for it may fall into the hands
of an entirely new board, which will
naturally feel no responsibility on &C
count of its existence, and be likely to
spend it eXtravagantly.
The new law makes the governor, at
torney general and secretary Of state a
general supervising board which the
people can hold responsible for the
financial management of the institu-
tions. These officials having no inter-
est in one Institution above another, and
reason to have fully as much interest in
the welfare of the taxpayers as the in
situations, are in position to hold the
boards down to reasonable economy.
In fact, they are likely to have pretty
strong incentive to do so, for appropria-
tions naturally look large to the eyes Of
taxpayers.
The boards are reported to be in fear
that the governor, attorney general and
secretary of state will not extend the
time on their accumulations, and the
people will hope that the officials will
not unless the money is absolutely
need ed,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-08
CHOLERA PREVENTION.
Results OF the European Obser-
Vations OF DIR. Kempster.

Results OF the European Obser-
vations OF DIR. Kempster.
WAsHINGToN, July DIR. Walter
hempster, who for six months post has
been travelling about as the accredited
agent OF the United States government
Tor the study of cholera and its pre-
Ventson, is approaching the completion
of his vOlumlnouS and Important report.
His mission was mainly to study the
means of preventing the disease, the
investigation of its medical aspect was
only secondary point Speaking gen
orally OF the results of his inVestiga-
ton, DR.. Kempster said:
The prevention of cholera is not an
absolute scientific certainty. To as
certain what the European DOW
ers are doing was one of NV
purposes. My most important OBJ
Ject was tolnvestigate the commerce by
which cholera germs might be imported
to this country. to find so far as possible
whence and how they might be brought
and what precautions would be neces-
sary to prevent their coming. Many sea-
port towns were visited for this pur-
pose. l travelled over a large part of
Europe, went into Egypt and Turkey,
and visited the lonian Islands. The
superior system of the European powers
for dealing with the matter is apparent.
Appropriations which would be con
Sidered here very liberal are made to
the schools and scientists who are best
qualified to carry on the work. The
home of the cholera, as everybody
knows, is in India. Every seventh
year, when the Mohammedans indulge
Ill their pilgrimage to Mecca. a wave of
cholera Is started abroad which reaches
over an important part of the world
No doubt their religious piigrimages
are worthy from their moral point of
view, but it is rather hard that the rest
of the world, even as far off as America.
should be made to suffer the effects of
them. Great Britain holds the KEY to
the situation. If she would restrain the
pilgrims from coming across the SueZ
canal to Mecca, there would be CON-
paratlVely little danger of cholera III
Vasion of Europe. But her interests
oppose such a solution of the problem.
Her supremacy in IndIa is assured only
so long as she humOrs the religious Gus
toms of the natives"
DR.. Kempster holds that it is DOS
sible to keep the cholera from city
when the surrounding towns are
tainted, or TO keep it from any house in
all infected city. In illustration of this
he told of house in Hamburg which was
barred from the outside world during
the plague. All provisions were takenin
on hooked pole, and the wrappings
burned. All the inmates of the house
escaped safely, although men were
dropping down and dying in the streets
outside. By proper precautions every
physician who worked in the hospitals
escaped the disease.
Cholera must be eaten,'' remarked
the doctor, putting it systematically
lit cannot be absorbed or breathed.
The germs must be taken into the
stomach. If people realize this and
govern themselves accordingly, they can
escape. in case the germs shoufd reach
this country"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-08
UNwITTINGLY ADMITTED.

The confidence the American people
have in GROVER CLEVELAND is strik-
ingly illustrated by the anxiety ex-
pressed concerning his health.
1t is trne this anxiety has its basis in
self-intereSt, but it is nevertheless a
tribute to au able and honest man.
Even those who are so partisan as to
attribute the financial distress of the
country to Democratic success last No
vembeT, instead of the true cause.-the
Republican legacy handed down to the
present administration are forced
to admit that the people everywhere
have confidence in the honesty and wis
dom OF the president.
They know Furthermore that no other
man can so forcibly cope with the ad-
vocates of financial nostrums, and so
well aid the country in restoring pros
perity.
The Republicans are thus confessing
that the mistake from which we are suf-
fering antedates the last election.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-08
THE PARIS RIOTS

1t seems that the students riot in
Paris Is not so serious a matter as the
first dispatches indicated. But it has
had the effect to develop an alarming
outlook from the labor element. The
labor people of Paris seem to be an
archists. Their whole sense seems to
be i'll the direction of destruction, with
out thought Of what is to take the
place of the things destroyed. They
have some vague idea of socialism, and
profess to be socialists; but they seem
to be utterly thoughtless as to how
they ale to bring about the ends of
socialism. They have no leader who
has the ability to crystalline thought
and shape it to purpose. They are
wrangling mass of ignorant humanity
engaged in chaotic howl.
1t seems that the trouble between the
police and students arose over the stu
dents ball, which the officials sought to
break up on account of some lewd per-
formances. Tue students are now paci-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-08
WHOSE OILS GORED9

Four years ago, on the 4th day of
March, Republican president was
inaugurated. He was elected on plat
form which contained plank rebuking
the Democratic administration for al
legged violations of the spirit and letter
of the civil service law, and pledged the
country that its administration would
observe both.
-Four years ago Democrat, WALTER
BUTLER. was superintendent of Che
Tenth division of the railway mail serv-
ice. with headquarters at st. Paul. The
division had not been created long, and
BUTLER was promoted to the superin-
tendency from clerkship. His eff
cheney was unQuestioned.
The 18th day of March, 1889, just
twenty-four days after President HAIR
RIsoN was inaugurated, without warn
ing. without charges of misconduct
without cause, MIR. BUTLER was CURLY
Informed that he was dismissed from
the service. A subordinate, who had
exerted himself after the election of
HARRISON was assured to have his
chief removed and himself appointed,
was put III his place.
This office was outside the operation
of the civil service law. President
CLEVELAND had made an order extend
ing that law to this and other offices of
the railway mail service, to take effect
March Is, 1889. One of President HAIR
RIsoN'S first acts was 10 extend the date
OF the taking effect of the order to May
81. The interval was diligently i'm
proved by Mr.. BELL, chief of the rail-
way mail service, in removing Demo
Gratis and installing Republicans in
their places. They fell like the leaves Of
the forest after the first frost. Mr..
PERKINS took Mr.. BUTLER's place.
We have looked over the files OF the
Pioneer Press of that time to find in
them what its recent editorial on the re-
moval of Supt PERKINS naturally leads
one to expect to find-a severe rebuke
of President HARRISON for his rec
reancy to the party pledge and his own
i'll thus pandering to the spoilsmen. If
one removal is wrong, the other is; if
one deserves scoring SO does the other
That which is criminal for one presi-
dent is equally so for another. If the
ouStirg of PERKINS deserved censure,
so does that of BUTLER. Any journal
which cared to have its criticism have
value would administer it impartially.
We have looked in vain among the ed
-itorials of the Pioneer Press of those
days to find the counterpart of its re-
cent editorial censure of President
CLEVELAND for the removal of PER
KINs. 1t may have been an oversight.
1t may be that the removal of Demo-
crat is trifling matter, unworthy of ed
itOrial criticism, and that only the re-
moval of Republicans affects the wei
fare and safety of the nation. 1t may
be, too, that hypocrisy is not yet an ex-
tinct vice.