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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-26

The Hotel Brunswick.
This Hotel. at Waynesboro', Va. offers
special rates for June.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-26

Ladies' Black silk Mitts at II IL cents
a pair. BREEDEN, TALLEY az co.
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SCORE BY INNINGS.
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ROANOKEs.
SCORE BY INNINGS.

Totals .......... ss s 8 q Il
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HAKTlNsVILLE, VA. May &.-tSIg-
DaiJ The triangular night for Mayor and
llnclimen Yesterday resulted Ia the cleo
ran OF samuel Morgan Oemoerao Tor
hayOr and four Republicans ana Tour
Drmocfats for councilmen. The election
vas very quiet and orderly.
Increased Democratic Vote.
WINCHESTER, VA, May D.--lspecial
After stubborn contest for many OK
Tie ofiees nlied at yesterdays election
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RAIN PRODUCES ERRORS.
STOLEN BASES-TIMELY HITS.

PHILADELPHIA. May 25.-The Phila-
delphia-Baltimore game postponed. Rain.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26

ways, but in regard TO the vileness Of
the smells emanating from street in
Tangier or any other oity In Morocco,
there Is practical unity. The wonder
Is that plague. cholera, yellow fever.
smallpox and o few other vile diseases
are not epidemic all tho year around,
and probably the only reason they are
not Is due to the fact that the Moroc-
can constitution Is strong and the Mo-
roccan nose has no conscience. Anato-
mists have not as yet discovered any
important difference between the nose
of Morocco and the nose of any other
country, but some difference must exist,
for it Gems impossible that any human
nose, properly fitted out with smelling
apparatus, should be able to endure the
smells of Morocco street.
But somehow or other the nose OF
Morocco bears the strain, and the peo-
pie are as healthy as dirty savages
ever are. More than that, they are
goo1-looking, and many of the women
are beauties. In the north they are
yelled In compliance with the law as
laid down in the Koran. but in the
southern parts OF the empire they are
much less particular, and the tourists
often speak of their beauty. 1t Is not
civilized beauty, but the loveliness
OF the desert; u beauty adorned with
strings of silver coins; beauty best
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26
Matter Indestructible.

An essential property OF matter,
but which does not commend itself
to superficial observation, like those
of extension and resistance, Is indie
structibility. So far as experience
and observation can discover, matter
can neither be created nor destroyed.
On the surface facts seem to contra
dict this assertion, for any particular
portion Of matter may be decomposed
and resolved into its constituent
parts, so that 1t seems to have dis
appeared, because the form under
which we knew it is no longer
present. Z
In reality, however, no diminution
in the quantity Of existing matter
has taken place. One proof OF this
is easily Afforded by combustion. II
we allow a piece of wood or coal, or
any combustible solid body, to burn
away" there will, as we all know, be
ashes remaining. IL, while the COM
bustion is going on, we take means
to preserve not only the ashes, but
also every part Of the body which
would ordinarily be dissipated as
smoke and steam, and then weigh all
the different substances, solid, liquid,
or gaseous, that we have obtained,
we shall find the combined weights
equal to the original weight of the
body itself. Good Words.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26
Twas Not a Cabbage.

Before the eccentric George G.
Min became a tragedian he was a
circuit clergyman In Iowa, and was
the pet Of the women Of his circuit
When he appeared as star over the
same circuit his feminine admirers
wed with each other as to which
could present him with the largest
and handsomest bouquet, writes
Marie Adair, In the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
In Iowa City he appeared as Rich
ard III. A lady sat In a box with the
most monstrous bouquet the florist
could furnish. Frank Tannehill. ST.. i,
assumed the parts of Buckingham
and the dead king. Instead of using
super, as is customary, to lie upon
the bier, Mr.. Min insisted that Mr..
Tannehill should lie there in his robes.
AS the funeral pageant crossed the
stage, this lady, not being great
frequenter Of the theater, regarded
this as the most fitting time to pre-
sent the bouquet.
As the cortege reached the center
of the stage, the well-meaning wom-
an arose from her seat in the box,
and with all her strength hurled a
bouquet to the stage, 1t struck Mr..
Tannehill In the face with such force
that he decided It was a cabbage,
and regarded the situation as too
hazardous to permit his longer pos
ing on the bier. He sprang to the
stage and quickly made his exit.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26

- generally supposed. Abundant wa
ter may be had by digging in the nu-
merCus water courses or wadis, as they
are GALE d, which cut the country in
every direction.
The soil Of the plains and river val
leys Is exceptionally fertile, but owing
20 the organized robbery practiced by
the government and all its officials
from the Snltan down, very little Of
the land that is available for cultiva-
tion In titled at all, and mono of it as it
shOuld be-
This fact is, no doubt, in some de-
gree duo to the natural Incidence of
awellers In tropical chimes, and partic-
uiarly Of those in Oriental countries.
An Oriental never walks when he can
stand still, never stands when he can
sit, aud rarely sits when he can lie
down, 30 the persistent toll and patient
tnjustry which become habitual to
aueliers in temperate regions are en-
tirely foreign both to his nature and
- his inclination. But even in the
hottest countries it has been found
that, where proper incentives to in
dustry have been furnished and proper
security guaranteed, the LATEST of men
will work No such incentives OF pro-
beetlOn arc nelu out In MOROCCO. says
the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat, for If
the system OF government had been
olaborately contrived so rs to take
from the people all inducement to work
it could not have better answered it's
purpose. The raising of the beautiful
Barbary horses is discouraged, for the
Sultan has the right at any time to
take the best Of these for the use of
his army. No remuneration is paid the
dsfranded owner, nor has he any notice
81 tho intended robbery. and the first
he knows OF the intention to rob him
fs tho appearance OF party of sol
dfers, who take the horse, with as
scAnt show Of ceremony as ever was
practiced bv q band Of guerrillas, and
thst il the last he ever sees OF his stolen
property. Agriculture is discouraged
In the same way. A farmer goes to
work and raises GRIP for tho use OF
himself and family. and, in all proba-
bitity, as soon as 1t is harvested q band
Of the Snltan's cavalry comes along
and apprOpriates the whole under the
pame Of taxes. A pitiable case of this
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26
A Surgeons Terrible Mistake.

"A few years ago." said Charles j.
Patterson, OF Philadelphia, Il learned
the secret of the life of a man who
had passed more than a quarter Of a
century with scarcely a smile. He
had been a physician and surgeon.
and on one occasion had to remove
an injured eye in order to save the
other eye, and prevent total blind.
ness. The night before the opera
tion he had been drinking heavily
with some friends, and, although the
following morning he was sober, his
hand was unsteady and his nerves
unstrung.
After administering chloroform he
made a fatal and horrible blunder,
removing the well eye by mistake,
and thus consigning his patient to
perpetual blindness. The moment
he discovered his error he turned the
man over to competent surgeon,
decided everything he possessed to
him, and hurried from the neghbo.-
hood like a convicted thief. The re-
mainder of his life was one constant
round OF remorse, and he rapidly
developed into confirmed misan-
thrope The secret Of his life was
known to a number of people, but
when it was finally revealed to me ii
explained mystery, and made me
respect the man, for however grave
was his original blunder, which In
some respects was, of course, worse
than a crime, his repentance was OF
the most genuine character. New
York Recorder.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26

ssion. ana Che sheik OF the nearest vii
lage appropriated 10. This left the poor
farmer with but thirty OF the original
100 bushels. A few days after the last
robber had paid his visit to the granary
Q party of horsemen passed by and
loaded ten bushels into their bags
without 90 much as saying thank you.
The unfortunate man lost no time in
concealing the paltry remainder OF
his store, and q few days later was
mercilessiy bastinadoed by the orders
of the commander of q foot regiment
because he would not tell where he
had hidden It. Commerce Is taxed
with almostsas much severity. Every
transaction must pay a tax OF y per
cent, usually borne by the buyer.
Day by day the .Sultan's men make the
rounds of the Shops in Tangier, Moroc-
co, Fee and tpther towns, investigate
the business OF the day and demand the
taxes. Every rhandicraftsman must
pay q tax for the privilege OF
entering on his calling, what
soever it may be, besides an
nual fees for license to carry it on.
And over and above these forms Of
taxation, OF every subjec Is demanded
yearly sum In the form OF poll tax,
for the privilege Of being allowed to
exist. According to governmental
ideas in Morocco, the only excuse a
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26

rne Man Who Holds the Highest Positio
IN the United States Army.


rne Man who Holds the Highest Position
In the United States Army.
The calling OF the regular army.
trooH to the scene of the recent rail-
road strike draws special attention to
Mai Gen. Schofeld. who holds the
highest position In the army, having
an authority second only to that OF
President.
John McAllister Schofield was born
In Chautauqua County, N. Y, In
1881. He was graduated from the
United States Military Academy In
1853 and was assigned to duty in
South Carolina and Florida He also
held positions as teacher In i'm
portant educational institutions. At
the opening OF the civil war he en-
tered the volunteer service as Major
OF the First Missouri Volunteers and
was appointed chief Of staff to Gen.
Nathaniel Lyon. He held one i'm
portant military position after an;
other, and in 1854 was assigned to
the command OF the Army Of tho
Ohio. With Gen. Sherman he en-
gagged in the Atlanta campaign in
Georgia, and when the latter started
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26
co; there was an enormous trade In
leather. the manufacture of which was

co; there was an enormous trade in
leather, the manufacture of which was
unknown outside of this corner OF
Africa; there was an immense business
done In ivory and furs and gums and
slaves with the vast and, until lately,
unknown interior south OF the Sahara.
Twice year caravans with thousands
OF camels threaded their way through
the painless sand to the south, carry
ing to the Soudan what Morocco had
to sell, and bringing back what Moroc-
co wished to buy. Caravans of equal
size crossed the Sahara toward Egypt,
starting eight or nine months before
the great festival at Mecca, and trad
ing their way slowly to the Red Sea
and Mecca. These business expedi-
tions, on the former scale Of greatness,
are now unknown, for, although the
caravans still move, they are merely
shadows OF the hosts that formerly
went through the Sahara like con-
quering armies.
The change Is due solely to depotism
and arbitrary taxation, and thus IL Is
that the cities of Morocco are merely
crumbling aggregations OF houses, the
streets filthy lanes which serve alike
q, passageways for the people and
sewers for all manner OF refuse from
the houses. The tales OF travellers who
return from Morocco disagree in many
particulars as to the people and their
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26
svpERsrIrIovs TRAvELERa


Veteran Passenger Ooa1Useur Talks ~
the Whims - Tourista.
No one but the experienced pas
senger conductor knows just how
whimsical and cranky the travelling
public really Is, says the Pittsburg
Post. A traveller may have some
peculiar fad or notion when he Is on
the road, but he never dreams that
there are thousands of others Just like
him, or perhaps worse. In years OF
experience the conductor rubs elbows
with all sorts of people, and in spite
Of himself becomes q mind and face
seader, who takes back seat from
no one except the professional.
Eyes, travellers are superstitious
and cranky" said q veteran knight
OF the punch yesterday In response to
query. Il think the average pas
senger conductor deals with more
oddities daily than the curio cOllec-
tor of freak show. As to supersti-
tion, l think there is more OF it crops
out on trains than anywhere else.
Last week, just as the train was
ready to pull out for Chicago, a we'll
dressed man came out of the coach
on the platform and in an agitated
manner asked me what day 1t was.
Il told him 1t was Friday, and
without ano her word he re-entered
the coach, and in moment returned
with his luggage, and by way OF ex.
PLANTATION stated that he never began
journey Friday and would wait un-
til the next morning. That Is only
sample. The much-mOoted un-
lucky thirteen is perhaps the cause
of more worry and inconveniece tn
tourists than any other sign which
they deem Of Ill omen. have known
passengers to begin at the head OF
the train to see IL they could find No.
13 anywhere.
@If the engine happened to be
thirteen they would resignedly wait
for the next train, and IL they sue
ceeded in finding number thirteen on
any Of the coaches they would hold
up their hands in holy horror. i
have seen pas sengers refuse to ride
in a coach that held thirteen passen-
gers, and il you will ask any ticket
man he will tell you that of all Sec
tions in a sleeper thirteen is the most
difficult to dispose of.
"Then aside from the superstition
which prevails among the travelling
public there are countless passengers
who are cranky, and IL they lose a
chance to kick are in bad humor for
a week afterward. They kick for a
seat in the center of the coach; kick
because the train goes too slow or toe
fast; kick because they are in a
draught or because it is too hot. And
the worst of it all is that when they
kick / am the individual who is
called up TO hear them, as IL / were
responsible for the whole business.
About the only time when some
fellows don't kick is when they are
or their honeymoon. Everything
goes on as smoothly as il it had been
ordered so, but let the same men ride
on the same train five years later
and the chances are they'll kick
themselves into exhaustion"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26
HUIKYHASSAN'SLAND
susnETysWsc ABOUT MOROCCO
AND MS PEOPLE.
- Cs..ksU ~ which England, France
90 ar~s> Are Now ceatending-Igno-
s..ss - Bassssss ~ tho Popuiation-
\. E.Asv.sssy Nod Government


WawUe<~rs Natural Advantages.
M eyss Of the European powers are
furnsd ~ that small strip OF country
IN tho uorsh western coast OF Africa,
until rccantly ruled over by the late
InnsnAsd Knley Hassan-Morocco.
Since the Sultan saw fit, some time
pinco, 20 quit this land OF the living,
nqkfars hsvo become very complicated
m the lnzA II the Moors and several
q thu European countries stand ready
% mako . grab for it. England would
lIlre 10 gsk hold Of Tangier, the prin-
cipnl city, N il lies directly opposite
GihraAtnr and would give her CON-
HKDd 81 abe straits between Europe
and Africa Spain wants 1T for naval
station, Italy wants 1t because Spain
docs. Whilo France will leave no stone
1nfnrnsd 10 got possession OF 1t, as 1t
would giyo that country chance to
mite NH tho French African colonies
I'm . compact body. There the matter
stands, each country waiting for the
other % make move.
Should any Of the European powers
come into possession of Morocco it will
certainly reap rich harvest, for OF
MI tho North African Countries this Is
1he mst favored by nature. Small
and insignificant though it be on the
map. ii ncyertheless represents an
area Of NOD less than 100000 square
miles, or almost as large territory as
that Of Texas Morocco has $50 miles
Of cOast limo on the Mediterranean and
NOT less than $50 miles on the Atlantic
Rh0re Far from being desert and
nat ~ the prairie lands of the West,
which eceMB TO be the general impress
sion, Morocco is just the opposite.
Thorn AFRO great stretches Of sandy
plains, bus the general character Of
the country n wildly mountainous, re-
sembiing New Mexico perhaps mere
than any other State. The mountains
are In Dost parts destitute of any veg
citation ana present scene OF desolation
and bArrennoss rather than of pictur-
csoue grandeur. The climate inland is
fully in keep with the frowning scenery.
Cyclones and cloudbursts are not in
froquens and are fully as destructive
- the American product. These sud-
Aon STORMS make the rivers alternately
foods and dry channels. Still the
eoantry - not 80 destitute OF water as
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26

man mas Tor living Is Jnat ne may con-
tribute to the Sultan's exchequer, and
whatever else he does or does not do,
he attends to this with reasonable
promptitude, for he knows that ex-
cuses are of no avail: failure to pay
certainly means the bastinado, applied
at once; possibly Imprisonment for an
uncertain length OF time; in some cases
having his head cut off by the expert
enced executioner OF the court, who
never gets out of practice through
lack of work.
Thus it is that the people of Morocco
are lazy, shiftless and improvident.
They have been made so by their gov
eminent. They have no incentive to
labor, for labor seems to be useless.
they do not care to be put to the
trouble of providing for the future only
to see the means they collect unscru-
pulously appropriated BY a savage
soldiery. So they pass their time as
pleasantly as they can, do as little
work as may be necessary to satisfy
hunger and the ever-greedy taxgath-
erer, and employ themselves in listen
ing to the street story-tellers, in watch
ing the snake-charmers, in smoking, in
sleeping, in anything, in short, but
work. Under proper conditions they
would would work cheerfully, and
when Morocco is placed under civ
ilized government, as some day 1T will 4,
its people will become as industrious
as Orientals are capable of being, and
Morocco will again, as it once was, be
an important productive country.
That, however, was long before the
days of Mohammed and Islam. When
the iron rule of Rome governed the
whole Of the then known world, Mo-
rocco, under the name of Mauritania,
was great province. 1t must have
had dense population, for here and
there, at frequent intervals, even in
what are now sandy deserts, are found
groups Of ruins, the remains of the
cities and temples and shrines built by
the conquerors of the world. and there
stretch across many of its plains long
lines of columns, built when the Ca-
sars ruled, marking the line OF some
ancient aqueduct which brought water
to the cities that have now crumbled
into dust. From the ports of Morocco,
now filed with sand, went forth
cargc es of wheat, which kept Quiet
the turbulent populace of Rome. From
Morocco came the best horses used on
the European post routes and in the
cavalry. which hung on the wings Of
the legion. Morocco was then no doubt
rich and prosperous, which is
more than it or its people have ever
been since. For time, during the
Saracenic period, Morocco was sea,
of learning and industry. There were
Moslem universities at Fee and Moroc
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26
A ROMAN PALACE IN THE SAHARA

set off by the soft colors which predomi-
nate in Oriental fabrics beauty which
has nothing of the intellectual about
it, but is purely sensuous. They are
the earthly prototypes of the hours,
which every true believer expects to
have as his personal attendants when
the gates of paradise have closed be-
bird him. They do not seem hit COM
panions for the fierc choking, warlike
men, but the latter. 10 speak the truth,
reality, and though armed with flint
locks seven feet long and half a dozen
pistols, which cannot hit anything,
they will rarely attack civilized trav-
elers, save in overwhelming numbers,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26
Ethan Aliens sword.

The sword of Ethan Allen, pre-
served in the National Museum at
Washington, is an old-fashioned blade
about twenty-seven inches in length
and slightly curved. The handle is
made of horn or bone, and is some
seven inches long. The mounting is
of silver, marked with gold, but the
latter isepartially worn off. A dogs
head OF silver forms the end of the
handle, and from this to the guard
runs silver chain. On enc Of the
silver bands of the venerable leath-
ern scabbard is the name ETHAN AL
len" engYossed in large letters; on
another band, az. Brasher, maker,
N. York;" while on third band ap-
pears the name Martin Vosburg,
1775."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26

CINE, as it was the coolest place on
the train. We started late in the
evening, and nothing unusual oc-
cured until the fireman started to
fill up the furnace. Logs were used
for fuel instead Of coal. While he
was engaged in throwing logs into
the fire, cobra, which had been
secretcd somewhere among them,
dropped from one Of the,logs,l land
ing on the footplate where we were
standing. There were four of us
human beings on that footplate and
this new passenger made things
somewhat crowded. There was no
stick or club handy, or we could have
made short work of the intruder My
companions lost no time in getting
out of the way, the engineer crawl.
ing out on the footboard and the
others clambering back on the pile OF
logs at the rear, calling on me to fol-
low them. /, however, seemed to be
rooted to the spot. The reptile ap-
peared to enjoy the heat which came
from the furnace, and made no hos
tile movement until / very foolishly
made kick at it, hoping to brighten
it away. The creature was not
frightened, but seemed to accept it
as challenge and advanced upon me.
My nerves were completely paralyzed.
l knew that its bite meant certain
death, but l could not move step
to save my life. Just as the cobra
raised itself to give me the deadly
stroke the fireman sprang from the
pile of logs behing, and, grasping the
snake by the tail, hurled it into the
furnace. The brave fellow, by his
quickness and presence OF mind,
saved me from a horrible death.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26

for the sea Schofleld was In Tennes-
see. Here and In other places Scho-
field showed himself gallant soldier
and won the admiration OF all.
He was present at the surrender Of
Johnston's army in 1865, and was
charged with the duty OF carrying
out certain details Of the capitula-
tion. Schofield succeeded Edwin III.
Stanton as Secretary Of War in 1868,
and held that lice for a year, when
he was appointed major general in
the United States army. He Is Mt
present senior major general, and
will be retired next year, as he will
at that time reach the aye limit.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26

Hans Won Bulow, the famous leader
and composer, who died a short time
ago, was an eccentric member of a
profession in which eccentricity is
common. While walking the streets
of Vienna one day he came across a
regimental band on its way to the
castle.
Won Bulow ran to the middle OF
the street and Joined the small boys
about the drummer. Following the
band, he kept bowling to the surprised
drummer, applauding him at almost
every beat. $3.50
"Thatis rhythmI EXCELLENT That's
the way / like to hear It, he
sonti.ued to calculate. to the sur