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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-20


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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-20
visit LEVY & DAvrss Holiday Department.

LEVY & DAvIs's IS The place to buy your Hsli-
day Goods.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-20
stuffed Animals at LEVY s. DAVIES.

Good Candy and Chocolates at LEVY & DA-
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-20

Old papers for sale at sc a hundred at
DISPATCH once.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-20
iInnf Mnke Room

for new stock January lst; Pianos and
Organs very cheap. X. r. LIE.
sos Main.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-20

clear as the sunlight. an intellect az keen
ana bright as flashing sabre a courage
that none dare question, honest IN
thought and decd. he will. when better
known to them. become the idol OF the
people. Virginia has given TO this
country. the world, and humanity. some
or the brightest names OF history: she
holds In her bosom the ashes Of some OF
the n0blest and greatest men that ever
Illustrated the glories OF any country
she has met with fortItude and dis
tmcuon every duty imposed upon her;
she looks forward to-day TO a future Of
hope, prosperity and greatness. For her
senator az the associate OF the glorious
DANIEL we want a man whose life char
acter. and ability cmbodies all the
achievements Of the past and the pros
poets OF the future Such a man IS
Thomas Staples Martin.
Lay the mantle OF your approval on
MS shoulders and the people of this state
VIII soon learn to love and honor as those
who now know him by heart love and
honor him. and when they know him
they VIII rest content that Virginia 3
honor and fame and interest viii be
protected as long as he is one Of her
representatives. in the national Congress
Npplal se)
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-20

Special Oner TO January Let, 1904.
Pianos and organs at greatly reduced
urlc.. II. B. LEE.
SIS Main street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-20

lahd or victory ever more worthily be-
slowed than is th,a senatorial honor upon
General Hunton. In the best and purcst
"aNs OF Rome, when her voice was the
voice OF the civilized world. never ana
Ihe senatorial toga descend more worthily
man II does this day by the choice Of
tho Virginia people upon the shoulders
OF General Eppa iiunton. (Applause,
SECONDED BY GIBSON.
Mr.. Gibson seconded the Nomination ~
senator Hunton I'm an appropriate adj
u''sS IN winch ne referred 70 his an
ccSNry and showercd many eulopistic yo-
marks about him General Hunton "
said he. IS an old Virginia pentlernn
ana an old Virginia statesman. and a
man who has shown himself equal 10 any
emergency and willing and able 10 cope
WIN any question which may arise in
thc Congress ~ this great nation"
ne fopuhsts pittcd Major Mann Page
against General liunton. Ills name was
presented in the Senate 10y Mr.. Jackson
ana Ia the House by Mr.. Gregory.
After thc Speaker had declared the
nominations closed and Colonel Bigger
was on the point az calling the roll. Mir.
saunders. of Franklin. again moved that
tho election be postponed .nul to.Cny.
or until after the Investigating Com
mlttco had made its report. This motion
was declared out OF order. The roll.call
was about to proceed when MIR Downlne,
stated that the actual work Of the In
VtStigating Committee had been accom-
plshcd. and had 10 not been for some
personal matters not touching the sena-
toriM contest which arose before the
committee. the report OF the committee
would have been submitted before tho
time set for the election. The vote was
ou strict party lines
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-20
sECONDING SPEECHES.

The secondinR speeches in the Senate
were short and in excellent taste
Mr.. IoYcnstcin. who was a warm friend
OF General Lee. whom he believed TO be
the choice Of a large majority Of the
voters OF Richmond, said he accepted the
result of the caucus In perfectly good
faith. and was prepared 10 give Mr. Mar
TN. OF whom he spoke very highly, his most
hearty support. lie regarded the nominee
as a man Of fire character. Of ability and
qualified 10 make worthy and useiu!
senator.
Nj Morris, Of Charlottesville, said he
only spoke that his people might feel that
they were properly represented. RE pic
turcd Mt Martin as model son, brother,
lawyer. and man, measuring up 10 every
requirement The nominee was already
cnshrincd IN the hearts Of the AlbcmaI'
people. as he would soon become in the
affections Of the people Of Virginia.
MR.. DOWNING'S KIND WORDS
Mr. Downngs speech in the House
nominatiug Mr. Martin was beautiful
effort. He said:
Mr. Spcaker-In taking a retrospective
view Of the history Of this Commonwealth
the heart of any true Nirginian must swell
with pardonable pride when he recalls
the fact that the dear old Mother has al
ways raised UP some son who has cquallct
any emergency. whatever IL may have
been. and among such sons IN every crisis
OF our common veal we find names
linked with our most cherished memo
rics and so cngraven upon our hearts
that they shall never be forgotten 50 long
as liberly-oving people exist; aye
Nc Speaker. names which were unknown
until occasion called them forth, but
which now furnish examples OF moral
worth and intellectual greatness. and
att
admiration Of the civilized world. 'Tis
idle on this occasion. MI. Speaker. 10
speculate as TO what causes shall be ac-
credited with such results.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-20
Bugey-Robes q; LEVY q DAWES.

Art-Llnen st LEVY & DiyIs's.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-23
MAsHoNA COLD pIaaERs' HUT.

pnd conducted the negotiations, and to him moro than any other belongs the credit of the British occupation of the new province, which has been named Rhodesia in his honor. In consideration of a subsidy of $500 month and sundry presents King Lobengula graciously granted his permission to mine gold in In the territory of the despised Mashonas, but firmly denied admission to his own domain for the same purpose.
 The great trek of the pioneer corps from Kimberley to Mashonaland in 1890 deserves to rank in history with the overland pilgrimages of the forty miners 70 California. MT. r. (. Selous. noted elephant hunter and trader, was the pathfinder of this expedition, and to his tkill and discretion is largely due the luCcessful issue of the perilous undertak- ing.
 Theexpedition started from Kimberley ?n April 19, 1890. with upward of 60 heavily laden wagons, each drawn by q 'span" of Is oxen. Progress was pain fully slow and difficult. It was neces- Fary not only to hew road through the bush, but to ford the numerous rivers, Fomo of them broad and swift. and to -arefully guard against night attacks 1 from wild beasts or hostile natives. The company pursued course l50 miles cast of Buluwayo. the kings kraal, thus avoiding n collision with the warlike 1 Matabeles. Not uatil Sept. 12 did the expedition reach its destination at Fort l Salisbury, having been five months trek king" distance of l 900 miles.
 The chartered company, us it Is called, s now firmly intrenched in Forts Tui, ] Victoria, Charter and Salisbury. The .olony is fairly prosperous, but the prices charged for the luxuries of civilization are extravagantly high. Owing to the greed of the company the inducements extended to miners are not particularly Rlluring, but to capitalists the natural l resources of Mashonaland will eventual 1 ly offer rich attractions.
 The country lies between l2 and 22 de- Erees south latitude, is situated on a plateau from 1000 to 5000 feet above sea level and is continually famed by refreshing southeast breczes. The soil IS well watercd and richly fertile, and the climate is saluhrious and delightful.
 If the English can provoke Lobengula into a quarrel and then give him n sound thrashing. or dcport him from the coun- try, as was done with Cetewayo, the greatest impediment to the settlement and civilization of Mashonaland will have been removed. If that is to be the issue of the present difficulty, let us hope that it may be accomplished with ns little bloodshed as may be.
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-23
The rhsorr of Perlod,oitx.

It is within range of probability that scientists of the next generation will be able to arrive at definite conclusions in regard to the recurrence at stated pc riods of not only natural phenomena, but also of sociologic and economic con ditions. The next step after that may be to connect those recurring economic and sociologic conditions with the peri odically returning natural phenomena, such as perhaps violent and frequent sunstoTms. Magnetic disturbances on the earth are already known to occur at the time of maximum sun spots.
 Interesting indeed it will be for the Herbert Spencer of the twentieth century to discover that within a stated number of years given moral and physical con- ditions return upon the human race gen orally. He will find, for instance, that the years 1899 and 1893 were a time of terror in many parts of the earth. Now in 1898 cholera rages in Asia and to a less degree in Europe. In Great Britain 8 horrible mania for suicide seems to have taken possession of the people, a
 
 America as well.
 Labor disturbances and great strikes are trying the resources of the people to the utmost on both sides of the water. In America we have financial stringency such as has not been known in 20 years or more. The financial disturbances be gan with the collapse of Argentine and later of Australian credit two years ago and spread like circles in the water till they reached America.
 The terrible grip that ravaged the earth two years ago has not ceased its work. Europe nre almost unprecedented in his tory. Our own country in the past two years has been swept by storms of al- most unparalleled fury. Such cyclones have not been known in quarter of a century as those that occurred along the Atlantic coast this summer. Train rob bery, highway robbery and burglary arc so frequent as to have given rise to the remark that they are epidemic. Fires | have devastated equally with storm. i Murder, riot and deeds of violence make the reading of the daily newspaper a l thing to be dreaded. If these horrors recur in regular cycles, let us hope that | the present one is nearly ended and that moro cheerful events arc immediately before us. Till their coming, meantime the best anybody can do is to keep his head level, his conscience clear, and wait
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-23

. buffalo and two pigs. and the people lived so well they made a conspiracy to 20 no farther and concealed their knowledge of reefs farther on. How ever, can find them for myself when want them"
 It is interesting to learn the primitive manner in which the Mashonas mined the gold, as described by Baines. h. cited, no doubt, by the inquiries he had made, they resumed their ancient indus try and commenced picking out quartz, laying it in piles with dry branches al- ternately and firing it; then, when suf- ficiently burned, crushing it on stone with a round pebble, as tho Hottentots grind coffee or a painter does colors, and afterward washing the grains of gold out.
 Mir. Baines observes that the Mata- beles who escorted him went on to combine business with pleasure by doing little marauding among the Mashonas farther north, where, believe, they killed 70 men and women and took a few cattle" This ancient propensity to harry their pusillanimous neighbors is now likely to embroil the Matabeles with the British, who have taken the Mashonas under their protection. The Mashonas are a docile. industrious race, who are very useful to the English, Rs they will work faithfully for n very in significant compensation.
 On the concession to Thomas Baines and some similar grants is founded the charter of the British South Africa com pany. Sir Cecil Rhodes, premier of the Cape Colony, headed the organization
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-23
NEW PROPOSITIONS.
Fashion Declares For More CushIons, and
 This Tells How to Make Them.

Fashion Declares For More CushIons, and
 This Tells How to Make Them.
 At first thought pincushion is pro saio thing. It is q highly necessary ob- ject, a receptacle for an essential ele- ment of the toilet-mayhap a conyen- fence which we should none of us like to be without. \ search among the assOrt- ment of today will reveal some fresh and interesting facts and will show that the cushion has developed out of the prosaic into something genuinely fresh, genuine ly dainty and genuinely attractive apart from its obvious use.
 There are almost as many varieties of cushions as there are pins. and the well equipped woman has many sizes and many sorts. She not only has her dress ing table well supplied and her hRtpins, her scarfpins. her stickpins and her plain everyday pins provided with fit ting reccptacles, but she has also her pocket cushions, which she carries in her shopping or handkerchief bag.
 The very latest decree of fashion de- clares lacc and ribbons essential Ia true elegance and prefers that the dressing table cushions should be round IL as serts that pocket cushions are to be the vogue, and II makes suggestions for both my lady's bOudoir and for less aSthetic mans own room, as well as for his pocket cushion, which is really what its name implies. The round cushions Of cmbroid- cred linen and lace are nearly as dainty as dainty can be, and tho long, narrow, rectangular ones made from tine same Ur similar materials are charming aplr; from their usefulness. which Is cf course the first point to bc borne in mind.
 \ pretty model for a lajy's use i. made of fine white Japanese linen. ori ental lace and yellow satin ribbon. A describc,l by tho New York Herald, II l. large. measuring nine or ten inches il diameter. IL is well stuffed, as all clsh ions. not especially round cushions should always bJ. and II has an undel side uf cowslip yellow silk. On the liner are embroidered buttcrcuTs here ant there. and as it is thin and sheer the tim
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-23
The Worlds Wheat

The wheat statiStiCians arc promis- ing the farmers higher prices for their grain next spring. That Is poor con solation, however, when the farmer has between him and then the cold season with all its rigorous demands in the way of purchases. He will have to sell most of his grain now, and the promise of high prices next spring is rather hollow sounding to him.
 The Hungarian minister of agricul- turo finds that the worlds wheat cropis deficient by million bushels compared with tho average for the past 10 years. The total crop will be about 2.219, ,000.- GOO bushels. Tho countries that import wheat will need above their home sup ply 379, GOO 900 bushels. To meet this requirement. the wheat selling countries have not enough by 336 GOO bushels, ac- cording to the Hungarian ministers fig uring. The deficit must be made up by Indian corn, rye and barley.
 Russia has most wheat to spare, her surplus being not quite 9S,000, 900 bush els. Next comes the United States with 69, ,5lS, 900 bushels to spare, while Hun gary is third. with 45,4O0, ,00O. The fourth wheat exporting country is In dia, with 42. .562 ,000 bushels to sell.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-23
WANT RICHARDSON eAoLXH
Hanks Said to He Heavy Losers by the Bos-
 ton Leather neaicr

ton Leather Dealer.
 BosToS, Sept. 2a-Thoma< 0. Riehard- son of the leather firm of Richardson x Donnie, 20s Congress street, and for years prominent Iesmber of the First church, on Marlborough street. cannot bc found by the police, who want him on a warrant charging him with securing by false pre- lenses from one firm alone Sl55,0O This announcement, according 10 the state ments of many business men with whom Richardson had dealings, but mildly tells the story of n colossal swindling scheme.
 During recent years Richardson has been associated through his church connections with such wealthy men Rs the late Frcdgr- ick l.. Amcs and <. Endieott Peabody, president of the American Loan and Trust company, both of whom are, it is said, suf ferers. The charge of securing wrongfully the Sl75,ooO, according to many leading men on the street, does not begin to cover his misappropriations and, if necessary, warrants could be obtained against him for obtaining several hundred thousand dollars more. {.
 J. .. Morgan x Co, the London bankers, represented in Boston by Jacob (. Rogers as attorney, are the complainauts.
 This firm is the heaviest loser by the crookedness of Richardson, but Kidder, Peabody tS Go, the Atlas National bank the Central National bank, the City Ma tional of Lynn. the International Trust company, the Lincoln National. MauufaC- tuners National. the National Bank oG Re demptlon, the National Hide and Leather, Ahe National Rcverc the National Park uf New York, the National Rockland of RuN- bury. the National Naumkeag of Salem, the Shoe and Leather, the Suffolk Nation al, the State National and the Ihirl Ma uonal arc also ssiid tn bc lvsars,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-23

ward from the Limpopo river. If King Lobengula shall persist in his invasion of Mashonaland, the whites can scarcely refrain from interfering, and such inter ference will precipitate the bloodiest struggle the dark continent has known since the conquest of Zululand.
 White settlers have had innumerable conflicts with the native tribes of South Africa, but only once have they met foe men worthy of their steel-or, rather, of their civilized methods of warfare. Cote wayo gave them pause and inflicted the most disastrous defeat recorded in the annals of the British army and was only overpowered by the resistless force of numbers.
 LobengUla is a second Cetewayo, and although he may meet the same fate as that unhappy monarch it Is certain that he cannot be subdued without the ex- penditure of much blood and treasure. He is the most powerful king in Africa, with the possible exception of Gungun- hama. paramount chief of GaZaland. The Matabeles are q nation of warriors, who know no more familiar sound than the rattle of the assegai haft and have no higher ambition than to die fight ing: Of powerful physique and superb strength, they know no fear. are innured to hardship and bred to warfare. They never stoopto manual labor, are served by slaves and live by pillaging the Ma shonaS and other weaker neighbors. As Lobengula has a standing army of h ,0OO men, which may be increased to 5o.000 in an emergency. the Matabeles may certainly be regarded as formidable foes. especially so when it is considered that although strongly fortified and fairly we'll armed the whites number only a few hundred men, that they are hundreds of miles from the Cape Colony, and that rc-enforcements and supplies can be for warded to them only with great diff culty.
 Lobengula's capital is Buluwayo. near the center of his dominions. the largest and most pretentious kraal in South Al rica. The kings wagon stands i'll the cen 1 ter of the kraal. and roundit cluster his wives huts, all circular, built of mud bricks and roofed with reeds. Outside these huts is an open space 400 yards wide. and round this space are the habi- tations of the warriors, said to number 1000, and their families. Beyond these again is the stockade, which is several miles in length. The king spends much of his time surrounded by his six indu- mas. or head men, dispensing justice. Gases arc brought from nll parts of the country and are discussed and decided
 with great formahty.
 Lobengula is about 60 years old and of a dignified appearance and demeanor.
 He is an absolute ruler. stern and saga
 cious, and while he prctends to be friendly
 to the whites he views their subtle but
 steady encroachments with jealousy and
 alarm.
 The gold deposits of NIatabeleland and
 of Mashonaland, immediately adjoining
 It on the north, have long been vaguely
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-23
F. c. sE1ors, THE PATHFINDER.


 regarded as the richest in the world, and recent investigations have confirmed the most sanguine reports of the early ex- plorers. Traces of gold workings are found which are variously attributed to the PhHnecians and other ancient races and ruins alleged to be those of the queen of Sheba's palace and city have been discovered.
 Naturally enough this Eldorado has excited the cupidity of countless adven- tuners, and many attempts have been made to gain access to it, but the ex- ample of European encroachments on the native kingdoms south of him were got lost upon Lobengula, and he for a long time resisted the hlandishments of would be conceSsionaries. When was in South Africa only few years ago, it was given out that white men who ven iured into Matabeleland without the ex- press permission of the king did so at their peril, and the threat was not an empty one. Like most savages and some Christians, however, Lobengula is sus- ceptible to bribery, and 9 years ago he granted to Thomas Baines the privilege of mining gold in his dominions. But Baines only lived long enough to spy out the promised land. and the concession lapsed.
 It is amusing to note how Baines' at tention was divided between looking for gold and hunting the wild beasts that abound in that region. Indeed the lat ter pursuit seemed to absorb most of his time. For instance: "We went out again on the spoor of elephants and came across the edge of shades and slates. But cannot say much about gold quartz, for we came in sight of a herd of about 150 elephant COWS and calves and another of about 40 bulls. It had been agreed that the whole herd should be driven until it was weary and then the hunters should kill all they could. But the rule was soon broken. It was a magnificent sight. had the pleasure of being in at the death of seven gut of eight that were killed and of be- tng chased by one. Mir. Hartley's Mashona took me to some rich reefs rand workings down the Bembesi and Sebaqui rivers, but I shot rhinoceros,