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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23

Gas end Electric-ChlndeioB Aal
Globes. Now designs and low prices.
Jogs Hoars-
No. Governor ,'fesl
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23
RAILWAY PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS.
Comparative Figures for tho Years 1899
and 1893.

The following comparative statement
for 1892 and 1898 OF the value of railroad
properties in the State, and the assess
ment thereon makes good showing:
Value Of 1892. 1893
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23
A Buford Meeting.

The friends of Colonel Buford will as
semble at Odd-Fellows' Hail. corner of
Franklin and Mayo streets Tuesday night
at $3.50 o'clock tor an important conference.
Meeting OF the O'FerraIl Association.
There will be an important meeting OF
the O'Ferrall Association of this city held
in the City Circuit-Court room at $50
O'Clock Monday night.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23

at Mrs. Courtney's, ZIG east Marshall, the
occasion being the 2lst birthday of her
son, Lewis. Those present were Misses
Dolly Jacobs. Annie Drewry, Maggie Webb,
Pauline Cleverspike. GracIe Walthall,
Maggie Courtney, Lucy Bigger, Mrs. Big
ger. and Mrs. Courtney; Nessrs. Wallace
Laughton. Percy Gregory. Dong and Ray
Lacy. Eddie Birch, Charlie Walter. Will
mer Cox. Lewis and Herndon Courtney,
Malcolm Wathall.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23
THE ASSOCIATED CHARITIES.

Secretary Tyler Home Club,
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-26

fin that. protruding from the water
always gives warning of the presence
of this dread monster. have peculiar
fascination for the visitors who specu-
late on the possibilities of an encounter
with one of these creatures in their
native element.
Besides all the curious forms of fishes
from every water of the globe there
are many specimens that the visitor
will be tempted to believe belong to
tho order of land animals. so unlike all
preconccived ideas of water life are
they. There is the manatee. which,
though fish, suckles its young and is
said to be the foundation for all stories
of mermaid>. The specimen at Jack
son park is very rare and is too curious
in appearance to be adequately de-
scribed. Then there is the swordfish,
with its long weapon. hard and pol
ished as genuine sword. This fellow
is terror to the whale and the shark
as well. and many strange and truth
full stories have been told of the dam
age these fish have wrought to fisher
mems boats. From New South Wales
have been sent strange animals that
look like snakes. covered with scales
and long spine-covered tails But they
are fish with names that no one save an
Australian naturalist could remember
They are not pretty, but the crowd
seems to enjoy looking at them and
making remarks about their unpleasant
appearance. In the same case with
several specimens Of the sea cat is the
head of walrus. with the face and
eyes Of a dog and from ont the crop of
spiny whiskers droop the two long
tusks for which the animal is chiefly
hunted. The walrus. like the seal. is a
harmless looking creature. but has the
misfortune to be valuable to man and
his race is threatened with extinction.
The specimens of shelltish are inter-
esting chiefly for their size. There
are HOLSTERS there that must have been
hundreds OF years old if the story be
true that the lobster never ceases to
grow. Hideous fellows they are, with
their great claws that seem strong
enough to rend in pieces a man. The
king crabs. in their coats of mail. with
their long. tilelike tails waving about
in the water remind one of the strange
marine monsters that Jules Verne dis
covered in his Leagues Under the
Sea. Then there are the octopods
and the squids with their long. leath-
cry arms moving ceaselessly in search
of prey. Did You ever read Victor
Hugo's "Toilers of the Sea-" The ex-
hibit of octopods will remind you forci-
\
bly, of that terrifying but interesting
scene in the f'renchman's book. The
long arms covered with suckers and
the parrot-li<e beak are terrible in
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-26

glrth to have been at least 20 feet. The
huge jaw bones would encircle horse
with ease, but q glance at the bones
surrounding the nsophagus causes
one to doubt the accuracy of the story
Of Jonah and the whale This fellow
had a hand, or fiipper. if you insist
upon technicalities, that measured IA
feet in length, and any naturalist will
tell you that it had a propelling power
equal to the screw of a 5O-ton steam
launch.
Nobody ever wrote any pretty stories
about shark, and there is nothing ro-
mantle about the specimens that are
on exhibition in the Fisheries building.
Everybody knows that sharks are
as dangerous to handle as they
are homely in appearance. Fish
ermen never preserve them when
by any chance they capture even
. small specimen, and the United
States fish commissioner made no effort
to secure live specimen for the ex.
hibit for the reason that they are
short lived in confinement, be-
sides being too dangerous to handle
~AA~ NSAS Az WucIC tbtIc are crowds.
There are, however, some splendid
stuffed specimens of the man-eating
shark from southern waters and sew
eral OF the type found in the waters Of
the New England coast. These are so
mounted that their terrible teeth are
exposed to view, and it does not re-
quire very great stretch of magma
tion to believe that all the stories that
have been told Of the ferocity and de.
structiveness of these monsters ara
quite true. Just as at the circus, where
visitors stand longest before the cage
OF the king of the forests, so the
crowd fingers with morbid curiosity
before these effigies of the terror Of
the seas. The double rows OF glisten-
Ing, cruel teeth, the long sinuous body
with powerful tail and the huge dorsal
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-26
MARINE CTRIOSlTIES.
Wonderful Creatures Exhibited in
the Fisheries Building.
Jules vcrnc's Twenty Thousand Leagues
Under the sea Outdune by Chief Col
Inns and His A.>istants-Ugly
Monsters of the Deep.
Special wor.a, Fair letter.


In all the realms OF nirhtmaredom
there are no such rare and curious
creatures as are u be seen in the fish,
cries department Of the worlds fair
Alice in all the domain OF wonderland
never saw such queer-looling COB
Inns, or greedy boy after Thanksgiv-
ing dinner such hideouS objects. as the
strange creature shat Chief Collins
gloats over with satisfied air. On the
other hand, painter never put on can
vas the colors nor naturalist never de-
scribed the full beauties Of the curious
forms of animal life that represent the
mysteries of the oceans depths in the
fisheries department.
There is strange and not altogether
pleasant smell of the ship chandlery
and the fishcanning establishment
about the Fisheries building. There
are miles of ropes and nets and all
sorts of queerlooking boats; small
mountains of fish food products and
hundreds of pictures of fnny creatures,
so outlandish in form that the visitor
is tempted to believe the artist drew
upon his imagination for his subject;
specimens of marine life that never
while living saw the light of day. and
amphibous creatures that are as unfa.
miliar to the present day fisherman as
are the forms OF animal life that ex-
listed before the food to the modern
naturalist. Out Of all this conglom-
crate mass of curious exhibits the
hasty visitor may get the impression
that there is not much to be seen in the
fisheries department, and go away
chiefly impressed with the overpower-
ing assertiveness OF the briny odors:
but the patient sightseer will find
enough that is interesting to occupy at
least one day Of his time, and then
he will regret that he could not see
it all.
Suspended above the displays in the
main structure is the ghost of levi
athan Of the Pacific When living it
must have been 60 feet in length and
weighed many tons. but now its bones
alone remain to tell the story of its life
in the depth of the south Pacific. 1t was
what is known as a humpback whale.
and the skeleton measures 41i0 feet in
length and the great ribs show its
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-26

h' Th. u s+usrod', spray Of sea III
much interest among Luxe az
pie, while everybody wonder ,'N'
paddlefsh can propel b;s ,A9sY
proboscis about. The NINA
comes very near being all padcls
thousands of goldfish and s Tose'
and the great schools Of earn ,ef
terest to everybody. The ,p asea
lar forms Of fish life are placs s, !, NY
big fountain in the cop,a. ea u Y
aquaria building, and here III. o.
gather all the day long w,t ~, crow,
fish come up to cat the c,7,,as
children will throw in despi,. . "
ders of the guard to the contrs .A
The most noticeable disa,.
tween the marine and frost
specimens is in their marl,;nn ""
salt water fish is not hsndson
low ordinarily. He was made :, !
and for other commercial NV
He looks too big and coarse plp
fresh water fishes. barring the hi, !
ugly mud cats, are a Skinner =. ~
and gold. with delicate bands -.
black. Nature never created "
tier object than d mountain trou,
striped bass And they seem to,s]
~ q .j,ov- ,1r,-o l,oe,,- 81
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-26

their suggestiveness One of the most
curious specimens is a rara avis to nat
uralists themselves. 1t comes from
California, and was captured in the
ocean off the south coast of that state.
With the head of fish it has the body
of chameleon and the feet Of a frog.
1t is supposed to be amphibious, but as
no one knows its species the exhibitors
have labeled it who knows what it
is?" and the four feet of hideousness is
simply called TT"
In the aquaria are to be found some
of the most beautiful Of all known
forms OF marine life. Also some of the
ugliest The sea anemones. as if con-
scous of the admiration they evoke,
very obligingly spend most of the uime
on the front glass of the aquarium, or
fasten themselves on the rocks in full
view. 1t is difficult to realize that thew
are really animals, and that whom
taken from the water they become
masses OF clammy, dull-colored ugli-
ness. The light shines through tho
water on the delicate filaments that
wave idly about, changing in color like
the uninterrupted surface of a pausy
bed. In the same tank are the ugliest
specimens in the collection. They are
so ugly that they are almost good
looking, and they are the clowns of
the show. Chief Collins calls them tho
bur fish. In appearance they look like
grotesque bits Of Japanese work. They
are rather sluggish and settle down
on their fiat bellies In the white sand
and wag their tails Is II they knew
that people were making remarks
about their ugliness and wondering II
the sharp spines all over their bodies
were very sharp. Then there is tho
swell fish with Its enormous head, who
takes delight in putting himself up and
making great commotion among the
other occupants Of the tank while he
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-26
In periodical pair

In periodical pains, bearing down serss'j
organic displacement, ana every M
ailment,. and in all the nervous di,r1
caused by functional derangements III
ever fails to benefit or cure. you hav
money back,
It's a potent remedy for Chores y
Nitus's Dance--for Insomnia or lpabf-
Sleep and to avert threatened inssnit
regulates all the natural functions
up ami invigorateS the entire female "a
and restores health and strength.
Nothing else, though it may he better
dealer to sell, can be Just as good la
to buy.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-26
j. w. WITHERo
arb|e Yat]
Franklin Street, Between 0''
E. D. Ashby, Manas''

Calling attention to the above hoy. ioi IT'D
thank my old patrons and frlendt. \, sIsuIi
erous support In the past an o,ensYed
and the public am as Wen Paoonpunsnp
before to furnish hesdstones' ,nv Iii s
BILE coping, fencing etc, anu Ian p.2
your trade and treat yon r CIV ,bs lni~
to give prices on granite TON susY, 1iT
ers in the ct. t. ~ 49,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-10

m this that the styles Of Greece, Italy, and
even Of Byzantium have been Americanized into
something new and strange, but that the echoes
NJ tEose countries which are found in Jackson
Park are found there in subordination to tone
which ia distinctly of the New World. This pre-
vslnc tone is of an educated eclecticism, such as
n would be difficult. if not impossible. to
psrallel anywhere in Europe. 1t is this purely
aesthetic reflection which presents itself on the
threshold of the Fair, but as one proceeds there
IA added to it a consciousness of the felicity
with which aesthetic expression has been given
m idea. of the correspondence between the char
scter Of the Fair and the character of its main
buildings There are two considerations that
would seem to dsprove this. The structures convey
on impression Of permanence, while they are really
to disappear at the closing of the Fair as quickly
as they have arisen, aud their magnificent eX-
teriors are unwarranted from the point of view
Of strictly organic architecture, by the bald
interiors, which are, indeed, little more than
sheds. But the essential idea in fair such as
that at Chicago is an idea of National glory
bearing itself with dignity. A sense of mag
nitude Is inseparabe from such a manifestation
Of power and prosperity, and the correlative OF
that which has magnitude in architecture is thai
which is monumental. National pomp and prida
are more impressive when they ordered ant
reserved than when given unbounded license and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-10

frontage en- their respective sides of the court
Both die the most classic structures on the
grounds, after the Art Building. which cannot
now b. discussed and both have beer designed
with such fine scholarshp-thc Liberal Arts Build
ing By Mr.. q. g. Post and the Agricultural Build
ing by Messrs. McKim. Mead K White-that
although they are unlike each other, they balance
each other supremacy we'll. Mr.. Posts lake
front is cnce again as long rs the longest facade
of the Agricultural Building, but the greatest
front of the latter is cqualled by that shortest
front of the LIBERAL Arts Building which 1t
faces and entrance for entrance, corner for corner
the pavilions OF the two buildings give answer to
each others proportions. On the north Roman
triumphal arch with three openings rises III the
centre OF the Liberal Arts facade, and similar
arches Of but opening Zach adorI the corners
They arc composed with splendid Cornthian
columns On the south the end pavilIons of the
Agricultural Building. built up soidy with
pilastcrs, are emphasized partly by the profile
Of the projecting columns and pediment shown in
the sketch of the ives: front and partly by
sculptured attic and the group called The Horo-
scope" which stands the roof. The main en-
trance with its colossal columns and ped-
ment is made Prominent by low dome roofing
the noble rotunda through which admission is
gained to the exhibition hall, rvtunda now such
a network Of scahCldin9 that only the rough
grandeur Of its dimensions can be appreciated
The Diana by Mr.. st. tiaudens, which was
formerly poised upon the Madison Square Garden
tower, is on this dome
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-10

offces as may he required for purposes Of admin
istration. around an octaeonal hall 100 feet in
oiameter-roofed by dome 1873 feet high in
siue-whlch will be devoted purely to the con-
venience OF the pedestrian. The four members of
'he octagon. which correspond to the cardinal
points OF the compass. are treated as colossal
doorways with Victories sculptured in the span
dreis of the arches and groups IMPLYING the ele
ments mounted on pedestas on either side of each
arch. The first thing that is seen on passing
through the Western arch is tue figure OF Apollo
awarding wreaths to various vctors. In the fresco
by Mr.. Dodge, The Glorifcaton of the Arts and
Sciences which embellshcs the dome beneath
this the eastern arch gives upon vista of classic
architecture. 1t is not pure classic; it is that
kind of classic which is best expressed by tho
word academic, and its governing principles arc
most obviously enunciated in the Administration
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-10
THE REV DIR. HA1EKAy ORDAINED AS DEACON

AZ Grace Church. Broadway and feminist. yester'
day morning the Rev. Or. J. Winthrop Hagemau'
formerly OF the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
wns admitted ms deacon In the Protestant Episcopal
Church. Bishop Potter conducted the iordinauon
service lie was assisted by the Rev. Dr. Willian
r. Huntington. the Rev. DR.. Charles c. Tinany. ID,
Rev Dr. Haskins and the Rov. Dr. Wright OF Brook
lyn and Archdcacon Johnson, Of Staten 1sland Inc
Rev. Dr. huntington rector OF Grnce Church preachea
the sermon and made the address Of welcome TO
Dr. Hngeman. DR.. Tiffany presented the cnhdidnte
the Bishop.
Dr. IIageman IS the first minister from the prcs-
bvterian Church 10 be admitted TO tbs Episcopal
Church under the new canon OF the latter whioh
permits n candidate 10 become deacon without
the probation heretofore required OF members OF other
religious bodies DR.. Haeeman was required 10 pass
the examination prescribed by the Episcopal Church
for admittance As deacon.
DIR. Hageman Is welknown Presbyterian mih'
Ister lie Is a graduate OF the Union TheoloScai
seminary and is the president OF the Alumni Associa
tIon Of that institution lie was formerly pastor oi
the Frnklin Avenue Presbyterian Church In BROOK
lvn. His duties In his field OF work VIII begln
on Sunday February 10. when he VIII preach IN
Grnce Church. lie will probably serve MS year a.
a deacon as assistant In some church III ths CITY
or Brooklyn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-10
AGAINST Nm. VAN RENSsELAERS PLAN.

The recommendation OF Kilaen Van Rensselaer, ana
others for municipal lodging houses is made tho sub
tect Of a report to Mayor Groy submitted yesterday
by the Charities Commissioners through fiss'oens
H. H. Porter The report Is adverse to Mr.. Van
Rensslaer's proposition.
The report goes on to say that law was passed
in 1888 providing for such lbdGng houses In 1855
and 1859 the Charities Commissioners applied to the
Board of Estimate for $25 900 to try the experiment..
Tho project failed OF approval by the Board OF Estimate
and no money was granted. consideration OF the
subject since 1859 has led the Commissioners to COM
eide with the view Of the Board OF Estimate and they
are still of the opinion that 1t would be unwise ex-
nendure On the other hand, they believe in the en-
forcement OF the present law, which requires police
captains to arraign the lodcsrs before the police
thought necessary the OF the Commissioners OF
Charities and Correction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-10
JUDGE MARITIME RLt3UKEs EHJUDGE COHiS'

The proceedings In the trial Of Colonel W. u. hayes
for perjury, IN General Sessions were rather u'ener
Yesterday than they have been Lefore. Henry W.
Rates n LAWYER was counsel for Hayes. ana pre-
pored the papers relating to the motion to open inc
default in the suit ont OF which the alleged perjury
grew He testified to these 1acts 10
ex-Jndge George ". Curtis. counsel LOT
the defence Bates admitted that disbarmcnt pro-
ceedings hnd been begun against him. lie said' now
eyer that the General Term had decided IN DIS
favor Ex-JudCe Curtis had him identity lou OF
letters written to Hayes by Miss Loio Fuller tho
dancer Judge MARITIME remarked. "Wt don't want
Miss Fuller in this case"
Dr. james r. Macgregor testified that on November 8
and 10 1887 he attended Hayes Mt his home, NO. ll9
East Eighty .nintt-st. The prisoner hnd maze am
doyit that he was In Florida ut this time. Mary
Uussey. the next witness. had not appeared IN the
former trial She lives ut No. 235 East Fity-sN'h-
Il and testified that she n servant In the Hayes
,ousebold from the middle OF October to the day
after Thanksgiving. 1887. She lIayes there at
the time and recollected his being attended by
physician.
Assistant District Attorney Weeks and ex-Juhge
Curtis got into numcr rs wranglcs. At one point
the attorney for the defence said Either MT weeks
docs not know the rule governing this procedure, or
he pretends ignorance OF It,
Won hayc been rhnstIsng Mr.. Weeks all through
this trial, declared Judge MARITIME. lie knows The
rule and might be inclined to think that he KNOWS
moro about irving a case than you"
The ex.iudge did not follow up this line. After
onother tilt between counsel which was ended by the
Judge Mr. Curtis snd al can take care OF the
Distrct Attorney, but ! Low to you. lou are
Stronger and tougher The case Will so on to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-10

where. not all the buildings are complete as TO
their sculpture, to say nothing of the banners
which will futter from their roofs next summer !;
the dome of the Administration Building has yet
to be gded and the discolOred gray wals-walls
which will require abundant touching up before
the opening of the Fair if not entire repainting-
look down on avenues which snow and ice and
the btirg winds from the lake make bare and
unlovely. The basin which occupies the court
from the plaza before the Administration Build
ing to the peristyle which separates the court
from the lake is frozen solid. But that is, il
ANYTHING. an advantage just now, for from its
contrc n superb view is obtained of the Admin
;s,ration Building, lifting its dome to height
~ or feet above the ground, the outer measure
mcnt being nearly ninety feet greater than the
inner When the Fair is opened the elect OF
This building will be regal. Its FURNISHED crest
will float proudly above everything surrounding
IT, On the spacious plaza which 1t faces three
great fagstafs, modelled after the manner oil
Ioonardi's standards before St Marks at Venice,
will bear the Stars and Stripes, the Spanish nag
and the cxpeditionary banner of Columbus In
stead of balls or eagles as finals these STAINS
will he surmounted by models of Columbus's ships
lust beyond the row of flagstaifs, at the head
of the BASIN the colossal fountain by Mt Mac
Monies. emblematic Of the progress OF Amer-
lea. will stand III a cedScleSS tuiuuit Va """A'
Now it is in fragmentary CONDITION and Is
housed in shed.
The Administration Building is so placed in the
western part of the main court, little forward
of the latters western boundary, that line drawn
through its centre from south TO north wouio
noTnt through the centre Of the avenue dividing
the Building of Mines from that OF Electricity.
The Mines Building, therefore, is not salient
factor in the general effect Of the court, being
phced too far in the rear for more than its south
eost anue TO be visible from the head of the basin,
and that not agsressively visible This is not
unwelcome fact, for although MIR. 81 S. Beman,
the designer Of the Mines Building, has observed
the restraint and the laws OF symmetry illustrated
;n the other court buildings, his comparative &C.
clusion from them has permitted him to take sew
eral departures not noticeable elsewhere. Re,
ecting the slender, graceful Corinthian order ana
tbose adaptations of it which have been most IN
favor among the court buildings, he has made the
division, in his facades and fanked his portals
with heavy fat piers built in rusticated styH' or