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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-03
A Bill For Finding Water.

A large landowner living not much m6re
than a mile from Doylestown decided not
long ago that there was not enough water
on his premises, and be proceeded TO sink u
well. After much labor and expense a
depth Of 125 feet was reached, but still the
wished for water did not put in its appear
ance until he unhappy man was nearly
driven to despair.
But n friend gave him new hope by tell
Ing him of an individual in Doylestown
who, by exercising the black art and with
the aid Of a divining rod, could c~onjure up
the water, even In desert, and the services
of tho mighty man were sought. The wa
terless man did not like Il say he believed
in magic, but no thought there might 90
something in it.
The wizard proceeded to the farm, and
surveying the land with his eye he bal
anced the divininz rod on his finger and
let Ii fall TO the earth and told the farmer
to dig there.
They dug there, and sure enough, OF a
depth Of 20 feet, n spring Of water was
tapped that filled the we'll for 70 feet. The
delighted owner was taken by the fine flow
OF water and tho magic and called for the
bill.
Hero the magician was caught in q OK,
because be did not want 10 dispel the iliu.
sion. He Is something Of an engineer, and
he found the place where water was to he
struck Simply by the ordinary and sys-
tematic common sense methods and his
loag experiences, but upon consulting his
lawyer II was decided that supernatural
services were worth kasoa sngupecsatiaps
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-03

I Among doctors Of this country who will
attend win DO ORA A. M. Owen OF Evans
Vile, Ind; Henry ID. Holten OF Brattle-
boru, VT, chairman Of tho executive com-
mittca: in. bovo OF 80. Louis; A. Van der
veer OF Albany; V. G. Vaughan Of Ann
Arbor, Mich; Alfred /. LOOMS, Now York;
John b. Hamilton, Chicago; Giles s.. Mitch
ell, Cincinnati; William Warren Potter,
Buffalo: ii. A. Hare. Philadelphia; John
b. Roberts, Philadelphia; Isaac OFT, Easton,
Pa; John NJ. Heating, Colorado Springs;
John Gulteras, Philadelphia; Julian J.
Chisolm, Baltimore; c. VI. Hobby, Iowa
City, Ia; Il. +. Ingals, Chicago; A. II. Oh
mann-Dumesnil, st. Louis; a. NJ. Vance,
Louisville; c. II. Hughes. st. Louis; ]. G.
Warren, Boston: Alonzo Garcelon, Lewis
ton, Ne, and G. w. Il. Brock, Richmond.
Mr.. Ernest Hart, the distinguished ed
itor Of The British Medical journal, and
DIR. Hunter Mcclure, president Of the
American Medical association, will be
guests of honor.
Among the foreigners expected arc Drs.
Samuel Cache, Buenos Ayres; Napoleon
Rama, Bolivia; Baptistad dc Lacerda, Brazil;
Manuel Berries Borgono, Chill; Jose Ller-
ena, Guatemala; Jesus Bendana, Honduras:
John McGrew, Hawaii; Francisco Mates
Lacayo, Nicaragua; Leonardo Villar, Peru;
Francisco Zayas, Cuba; S. l.. Crane and j.
Z. Phillips, West Indies.
BASKs RICHARDSON.
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The Friendly Catfish.

There Is a species OF fish that never looks
at the clothes Of the man who throws in the
bait, n fish that takes whatever Is thrown
to it, and when once hold OF the hook new
err tries to shake a friend, but submits to
the inevitable, crosses his legs and says,
Now | lay me'' and comes out Oh the bank
and seems to enjoy being taken. 1t is a
fish that is a friend Of the poor, and one
that will sacrifice itself in the interest Of
humanity. That is the fish that the state
should adopt as its trade mark and culti-
vate friendly relations with and stand by.
We allude to the bullhead. The bullhead
never went back on a friend.
To catch the bullhead 1t is not necessary
to tempt his appetite with a porterhouse
steak or to display an expensive lot of fish
ing tackle. A pin hook, a piece Of liver and
a cistern pole are all the capital required to
catch a bullhead. he lies upon the bottom
of q stream or pond IN the mud thinking.
There is no fish that does more thinking or
has a better head for graspipg great ques-
lions or chunks Of liver than the bullhead.
The bullhead has q iine india rubber skin
that is as far ahead OF fiddle string mate
rial for strength and durability as possible.
American Angler.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-03
General spinoia's Poker Hand.

General Spinola, like all great poker
players, used always to squeeze his hand
that is, arrange them 80 that only the indi-
Gators Mt the corners were visible. But one
day at Saratoga the general was cured Of
the habit forever. A straight was dealt to
him pat. 1t consisted of the seven Of
hearts, and the four, five, six and eight Of
spades. When the call for cards was made,
two other players stood pat. The general,
realizing that his hand as IL stood was well
nigh hopeless, threw away his seven Of
hearts and drew one card. He mixed his
cards and glanced over the indicators. At
the corner of tho card he had drawn was q
figure seven and just below it a spade. He
had exchanged a simple straight for \
straight flush. The betting raj high. All
but the general and another player were
driven out. Finally the other called.
-Four trays" be said.
1--WE got you beat" said the general.
spreading his hand out on the table.
The other reached forward and looked
the generals hand over carefully. Hold
on!' he exclaimed excitedly, that hand
doesn't win. a straight doesn't beat fours,
not by a jugful."
The general o u look at the cards as
they were spread out, and there, instead OF
the seven of spades, he found the seven OF
clubs, although the indicator told him it
was the seven Of spades. How the mistake
could have happened was never explained.
Cards are printed on ,tone-a whole sheet
Of them at O time. General Spinola al
ways carried this card around with him,
and many remember TO have seen him ex-
hibit it after telling this story.-New York
Recorder
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A report conesfsom SydAey that 30
named Crorge v1Dch has3ast come -
consldersble amount Of prpcrW u
what reunarAsble usaGneg We IS
following the occupation Of = Do'c
some time, and itapgrara be r-aeH.9
the liberty Of kiSstng 0ne Of his
a good looking girl who deit AZ b.,
She resented The affront anf a
prosecuted for Assault 10 wa' %"
lily by the local magistrate, AM ~
tracted much atteatien from tls pre-
The publcity given ~ the pFoo"
happened 10 arrest the stoeoosVH OF
OF solicitors IA Sydney who had q"
pointed trustees OF certain propFiT'
had been LEFT to Winch by cisI'-'
tive some 10 years age, and che IN,
were unable to nnf any traeo o. 10, ..
Winch was communicated nHA -
firm, and he has now hfrCishsd inS ai.o.
OF his antec-lsnts and sstabiusbed AS -,
tity beyond a doub;.-sew f0rA Ho'
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reiier mas the experiences On q nr1gnoor .,
q friend of mine out in Nebrasky with mat
trick it'll be q cold day for him and his
fcrin. weepin family. This here feller, he
tried foolin snakes that way oncet too OFTEN
fer his own good.
''This Teller fixed up them clancy eggs
fer the snakes, and the very first mornin
be went out to his henhouse he founda big
blacksnake Z foot 8 inches long with one
of the eggs down his neck about 8 inches.
You ought to heard that feller laugh at
the Joke he had on the snake. He didn't
laugh long, fer rs soon as the snake figured
out how he had been deceived he raises
hisself on his tail and fetches the mar
such a swipe alongside tho head that 1t jist
laid him ont cold. You see the serpint
'peared to realize that he was fist az good
q liyin' blackjack or billy as could be got
up. He knowed that there egg was too
heavy TO be the real thing, and he knowed
he had material for strikin q powerful
blow. which he done il then and there"
Did the Teller get welli" asked the gro
Ger.
eyes, he got well-sorter-but he didn't
never seem to have good sense afterwird;
was sorter mooney"
''Sayl" said the grocer.
"Well?"
"Air you the fellery" .
The man from Potato creek laughed loud
and long. "Sayy" said he, Il guessthot treats
is on you"
81 guess they air" admitted the man
with the ginger beard. "Jist come over to
the pump. and I'll work the handle till
you've had all the water you kin hold
indianapolis Journal.
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Registration Of Temperature.

or the many applications of electricity to
the registration of temperature, one Of the
most ingenious is that proposed for use in
hospitals, whereby the temperature Of the
patient can be constantly brought TO the
cognizance OF the attendant or physician.
1t is well known that in certain diseases,
especially in rheumatic fever, the discovery
of a sudden increase of temperature is Of
the utmost Importance. To record this it
is only necessary to fix a bulb under the
arm Of the patient, and the sudden increase
in the body heat will be announced at once
by the ringing of a beh.
If this application be further developed,
it seems probable that every patient in the
ward will wear the apparatus fastened I'M
der the armpts, each bulb being connected
with the number indicated 10 the house
surgeon room, 80 that the dresser or house
physician viii only have TO lift up his eyes
and reed on the indicator that No. 3 or 4 In
such and such a ward has developed an
alarming degree Of temperature. New
York Telegram.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-03
Where Lace Is Made.

Lace IS made all over Europe, and Of all
the lace markets in the world Nottingham,
England, is perhaps the greatest, and next
TO that Calais, France. TO Nottingham is
where we 20 to get the great bulk of our
machine made lace, and today the ma
chimes are turning out such perfect imita-
tions of the handmade article that only an
expert can tell the difference. Handmade
laces, particularly torchon, are made all
over Belgium, in lie Puy, France, and all
over Saxony. 1t is given to little girls,
who work the first pattern, and for this are
paid as low or as high. which ever way they
look at it, as 5 confines per yard. Machine
made torchons are mad in Baumen, Prus-
STA, about an hours ride from Cologne.
The machine made valenciennes is made in
Calais, Roubaix and Nottingham, while
the handmade is made in Brussels and
Condray.
The machine made laces are excellent i'm
i~tations, and so we'll made chat they have
TO a large extent taken the place of the
handmade article. Another noted lace
market Is ST. Gall, Switzerland, and so i
Plaumen, Saxony. Europe is filled with
lacemakers, and every country and almost
everybody, l was going to say, IL engaged
In making it. They are all breaking their
necks TO get into the American market.
They cater to us-do their utmost to meet
our tastes and court our trade. Americans
buy more lace by half than Europeans.
There the people value iaoes a. heirlooms,
desiring not 30 much the product Of today
as the manufacture Of 100 or 200 years ago.
Americanssvants their laces TO wear. The
Russians make some lace, but not much.
The heavy so called Russian lace Is now
made In Nottingham. Venetian lace is
made In Brussels, Spanish lace IN Lyons
and Irish laccs In Observation-Disclosures
In Clerk and Salesman.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-03
A Mink.

Two gentlemen were fishing on one OF
The rivers Of Maine. The fish were quite
plenty, and az fast as one was caught 1t
WAS thrown behind on the grass. After
tome time one Of the gentleman thought
Le would take "a rest and ut the same time
Examine his capture. But he could not
find a single fish. He charged his friend
with having played him a trick. but the
friend was as surprised as was he. They
now determined TO watch their next fish,
and their establishment was u|nbounded
when thes saw a mink run out from a hole
rear by, snatch up the fish and carry 1t off
20 the hole, whers they afterward found
heir entire capture cunningly hidden un-
ler some dead leaves.
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Society mas Little Time For mourning.

This is a busy age, an age in which men
are Obliged to quicken their pace in order
to keep abreast of the hurrying, rushing
crowd. The days of so called elegant leisure
and deliberate ease are past, aud even those
who are not Obliged TO work for their living
work for their pleasure. That Is TO say,
they hurry somuch in takingtheir pleasure
that it ceases u remain a pleasure and be-
comes instead thereof a toll. In fact, 50
rapid has the pace become in Europe that
people no longer even allow proper time for
the most sacred OF all human sentiments
namely, grief for those who have passed
over TO the majority, and the length OF the
period as well as the extent Of the outward
manifestations of mourning are now re-
duced to n minimum.
This has been particularly noticeable
during the past few months, and the old
conventional rules and regulations OF so
Getty on the subject are becoming obsolete.
1.-THE classes" in Europe are to a certain
extent encouraged in this course by the ex-
ample set by the reigning and princely
families, who. in proportion as their con-
stitutional power d~iminishes, endeavor to
counterbalance its loss by increasing their
social influence. Court mourning never
extends over a few weeks. The obsequies
of the dead potentate are scarcely conclud-
ed before the festivities In CONNECTION with
his successors accession commence, and
more than ever is it a case of lie roi est
mort. Vive lie roil'-New York Tribune.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-03
Teed to Noise,

They were in a quiet neighhorhoOd and
on a suburban car, but the conversation
was being carried ON in a high key that
kept the horses turning their heads all the
time to see what was the matter.
They live down town on the Il road"
remarked the driver as he kicked tho
brake.
"You know who she is, them"
"Oh, no.. l said | knew where she lived"
"And may | ask how yos know that!"
because they talk SO loud. People who
live in very noisy places get in the habit Of
not only talking loud but OF pitching their
voices in a peculiar key, Didn't you ever
notice THAR Well, it's so. The habit be-
comes so fixed they don't know it them
selyes.n-New York Herald.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-03

In the forestsef Esrreors,a'nree Rs-once
struck. I've pieces we're rent frona its
trunk The sfiaiietSwas soased TO q dis
lance Of 80 feet, and che larger, which Is
men could not move, toa distance OF % feet
or so In an opposite-taek. IN 1888 the top
gallant mast of ii. II. S. Rodney was hit by
sfiash and literally cut up into chips, the sea
being strswn with the fragments rs II tho
carpenters had been swearing their shaw
ings overheard. Shortly before the top
masts OF II. NJ. S. Hyacinthe had suffered
In a similar manner, and when the Thetis
underwent q like visitation in Rio harbor
Captain Fitzroy described the foretop mast
as "a mere collection Of long splinters al
most like reeds. "-Chambers' Journal.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-03

The Huntington mausOleum stands on
the crest Of n sloping hillside and is sur
rounded by heavy foliaged magnolias. Ar
chitectually the structure is a modification
Of a Greek temple built Of rough Quincy
granite upon a platform Of thred steps that
rises sbout 6 feet above the foundation.
The platform is nearly 30 feet long by 30
feet wide. and the temple itself measures
about 80 by 20 feet and is IS or 20 feet high.
At each Of the four cornersa square, taper
ing column of highly polished granite sup
ports the roof. At the front and at the rear
are two round polished columns, and upon
each side are six more similar columns.
None Of these columns is detached ron the
outside wall Of the building, and there Is
no ~colonnade around it, a. in the eXact
Greek temple. of which the jay Gould
mausOleum is an example.
A window space, with polished granite
frame between the two round columns on
the rear wall, will be filled in with hand
some stained glass. The facade is broken
with the door frame of polished granite,
the sides slautina upward so that the top
is less wide than the bottom, a suggestion
of the Etruscan order Of architecture. On
n panel over the door is the name Hunt
%ington" in raised letters, and ut each cor
ner Of the entrance platform is a sort OF
truncatcd buttress with c~onVOluted design.
A carved bronze door will finish the front.
Within, the mausoleum has been fin
ished ia plain brick faced with white tiled
brick. There are Nght catacombs Oh each
side lined with slabs Of slate. The interior
walls and the fronts of the cataccmbs will
be further finished in marble, with bronze
trimmings. A tiled floor will be laid, and
there will be some simple decorations.
a feature of the structure is its mon
olithic character. Each of the pediments
is "A solid block of granite, the 20 columns
are monolitbs, the corDioe on each side is
in two pieces only, the steps of the plat
form are mostly in single blocks, and the
pitch roof will consist Of only two blocks,
each one Of which will weigh several tons.
1t has not been easy TO procure these great
blocks of granite in right condition to Use,
for the difficulties attending the qnarrying
have been enormous For that reason 1t
may be six months or a year more before
the mausoieum il completed.
At the present time the four walls are up
and the interior is roughly finished. Large
granite posts with polished faces stand at
the corners OF the lot, and these will be COLI
nected by a low granite curbing. AT the
entrance TO the plot are two other posts
with the name "Collis p. Huntington"
carved on each. From this entrance a broad
flint of granite steps will extend up the
side of the hill 10 the platform OF the mau-
solemn. L. II. WEEKS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-03
EAasnrra,ln. InIr,.

Speaking Of names, | have had one-the
name OF a play-staring me in the face for
some time, and this shows the amount Of
ingenuity which playwrights sometimes
display. remember being haunted at one
time by the name of a play, 'She Couldn't
Marry Three" which is a statement which
no one, unless he be an inveterate polyga-
mist, will venture to deny. l suppose peo-
pie went to see why she couldn't, but Istaid
away because knew.
The one that is bothering me now is ex-
tensively displayed in the dramatic papers
and is Guilty Without Crime" and shall
not rest easy until l find that some one
has written a companion piece such as
Wealthy Without Being Rich" III
Without Being Sick" or Busted With
out Being Broke" The latter ought to
draw particularly we'll, and il Is not copy
righted.-Boston Home Journal.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-03
Tho Snake Go. His Revenge.

81 see" said the man with the ginger
beard. ''that a Teller down In Texas has
been foolin the snakes that was stealth his
hen eggs by 6hin 'em mp on these here
porcelain nest eggs that Is got up TO make
a hen wear herself out forthe good o'tyrant
man."
YES" said the grocer. II read about 1t.
It appears TO work pretty well too"
1T may work down IN Texas" said the
wau With ths9GJRTzr board. .yhqt Il that
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-03
Was Anxious.

Mrs. Bingo-I caught Bobbie with a box
of cigarestes in his pocket today.
Bngo-You did, eh, So chat boy has
been smoking cisarettes. / feared it. lex
pecsed that this would be the next thing On
his calendar Of criNna. Anything but thisi
Anything but tofeel that q boy OF mine in
secret is undermining his constitution,
learning to deceive his parents and placing
himself in the grasp OF this awful habit
You took the box away from him, OF course.
Mira Bingo-Oh, yes.
Bingo (snxousiy1-W We're there any lefts
Truth
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-03
rna vs., .slpor oasment.

The waistcoat bss always bsen a ii
OF minor consideration. IL aRpearVN
disappeared aesosahg to the re1sl.n,>
Of the varying uostanes IN eAs'~ -
and ist haadonSsial rsosniSs'" u.s. No. DIS
reign Of Charles III. n was M l S@
Peppys makes messtion Of the = ma,
his diary, "rbn dag the kiss eSSah~
on hrs vesk. aud l aussee seserAi pSosa
he hox,sss e haaersnA cospusgs No. 4.
- sssI.ssse'
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A MlLLloNAIRE's MAUsoLEUM.
The Tomb That Mr.. Coils 7. Huntington,
the Railroad Magpate, Is Building.

IUU hUTIIWHN HHbHHtNf
Especial Correspondence
New YORK, Aug. &9.-The mausoleum
that for the past year or more has been
building in Woodlawn cemetery, near New
York city, for Mr.. Coils j. Huntington,
will be one of the handsomest and most
costly structures OF its kind in that m
tcry Of New York millionaires. Mr.. Hunt
ington has distinguished company in his
family burial place, for Woodlawn contains
the mausoleums and burial plots Of such
well known people as jay Gould, cX-Secre-
tary of the Navy William c. Whitney,
Henry NJ. Flagler, Sidney Dillon, Austin
Corbin, Joseph II. Choate, Cornelius Van
derbilt, DR.. Leopold Damrosch, Admiral
Farragut, William +. Dodge, Henry Clews
and Others Of equal renown.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-03
Changes I'm kamex.

The variations which time works IN fam
lily names were well illustrated at the Scotch
family gathering at Chicago. Various mem
bers OF the clan spell their names Mclean
MacLsan, McLain. Mexican and McLane
The chiefs name h spelled Maoleap.-Phu-
pds3GhaL edgar.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-03
The Deadly Friction match.

While people are wearing bin dresses
and matches are dropped on bare floors it
seems next to impossible to prevent a sud
den blazingup from the match trodden on
10 the clothes, such As happened 10 a sena-
tors wife the other day. Fortunately there
were water jugs and rugs close at hand.
which quickly e~xtinguished the blaze, but
if none Of these articles had been nearer
than an upper story Mrs. Porter might nave
been burned to death while they were being
fetched to her aid. The boy in the renOya-
tor shop, too, who had not examined the
contents of the coat he was securing with
naptha or b~enzine, supplied just the fric-
ton that forgotten match was waiting for
and Immediately an enyeloping fire. Surely
it is easy TO use only safety matches about
the house In summer that strike only on
the box and may be trodden On with i'm.
muuity.
The mors convenient friction matches,
striking anywhere, can be reserved for use
when people are all wearing wooden clothes.
There are many summer houses where a
friction match is never allowed, because
polished floors and summer draperles Of
thin stutfs give these p%erilous little eXplO-
sives their chance to do the work Of n dyna-
mite bomb. You would not have dynamite
kept in the house, even as n curiosity. Why,
then, have a tiny household appliance that
may be just as dangerous TO life If not 10
property1-Philadelphia Ledger.
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How False and Yet How Fair.

A Portland nabob who purchased a pair
OF horses a little while ago understands
that appearances can be deceptive. He es-
pecially admired Pegasus and Bucephaius
on account OF their long and flowing tails.
But after the animals had been in his sta
BILE a few days, on q sudden the hostler
rushed into his presence with a tail in each
hand and q tale OF woe in his mouth. The
horses had been beautifully doetored by the
jockeys who had sold them, and the doc
tored tails bad been 30 admirably patched
out that only the currycomb had revealed
the secret.--Lewiston Journal.
eiany yacaanx soNns are saaptations OF
the Russian blouse costume. They have
threc-quarter full skirted coats. fitting
neatly At the waist, usually adorned with
large lapss aud cellar 1t black sattn "
petsA
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-03

and a bill was forwarued 20 tne now well
watered man with the item, TO NEGRO.
maucing engineering, sis5."-Doylestown
Intelligencer.