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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-24
THE TRADE SITUATION.
Improvement Slow, But the Signs OF 1t
Moro Definite.

NEW YORK. November 2S.-R c. Dun
& Co.'S weekly review of trade tomorrow
will say: There are some changes for tho
better. The gain is slow, and. In some
directions. not very distinct, but the
signs OF II are little more definite than
last week. The most important OF them
IS larger employment of labor answering
a better demand on the whole for manu-
factured products. Much OF this - due
10 the unnatural delay OF orders for the
winter, which resulted from long-pro-
longed uncertainty. but II means actual
increase IN the earnings and purchasing
power of the millions. and 50 gives
promise OF a larger demand In the future.
Prices of farm products In the aggre-
gate 10 not improve, but the prevailing
hopefulness is felt in somewhat larger
transa ctions.
Textile industries have added n few
factories to the working list, against only
one or two withdrawn, and there has
been Improvement In the demand for
woollens. More supplementary orders for
spring have been received. and colder
weather has increased the demand for
heavy goods. Yet, on the whole. the mar
ket IL not active, and the manufacture
Is much below the capacity of the works.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-24
sny- GROVE-AVENUE BAP

CHUkCH--(corner Grove svsbue and Beech
s.reets,-Rev. ]. G. HfDES. d. D.. Passor.--
Preaching sUsDAY Dy the Pastor ct IL A. ".
aud 4 y. N. anI WEDNESDAY, Gt 3 L. " SeAtz
free and the punic Invited. -
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-24

l.. Wright, OF Lelgh-street church. ne
FIRST asked those In the audience who haa
daily system OF reading Gods Wo.u
TO hold up their hands, and only ABOUT
.one fifth responded. Dr. Wright made a
most forceful talk and, dissecting his SUD
feet thoroughly. argued IL from every side;
and in n convincing manner. He Tecite9
several pathetic Incidents In emphasis OF
the principal points In his discourse, ana,
In conclusion. eyhorted his auditors 10
study the Bible. TO read II carefully, 10
love the Word, and daily feed upon tnat
Word. which ~ the life OF our souls.
which prayer was offered. and the reports
Of the various committees were received.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-24

The afternoon Session was opoHeI ."
a praise-service. conducted by DR.. George
Il. Bagby, OF Danv.lle.
Upon the conclusion OF the praise-ser-
vice Judge Barksdale read a careiu.iy-
prepared paper on '"rhe Christian Cui,
ture Courses Class-Its Ideals anu
Methods; Join U.s." Mr.. Merritt folioWea
with an address on the same supJeet,
and. after a brief talk, concluded py
urging upon all to consecrate themselves
TO the service OF God.
After the singing of hymn, Dr. +; c.
Mcconnell, OF Lynchbure, deliyered a
missionary address on, Go. Let 90; ifeIp
Co" The address dealt with the Work
OF the missions from common-sehse
sfandpolnt: stripped II OF all romance
and. getting down to facts. made a most
impressive talk The idea. he said. tnat
the heather were holding up emaciated
hands and crying for the Gospel, was
an exploded one. They didn't want u. but
he ar,rued that that fact should De an
incentiye TO the true Christian 10 see that
he got IL. DIR. Mcconnell closed with
stirring appeal to all to help In the great
mission work.
FEED ON HIS WORD DAILY.
"Dai,y Feeding On God-s Word was
the subject OF an address by Rev. Dr' W.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-20
PROMPT REPLY.
The Check Given to Farmer Jones and
 His Matrimonial Intents.

The Check Given to Farmer Jones and
 His Matrimonial Intents.
 Some business is best done quickly and with few words. Other business, of a more delicate nature, is commonly entered upon in a more leisurely man. ner. Now and then, however, man is found who makes no such distinc- tion.
 Farmer Jones sought an interview with Widow Brown. He had long prided himself upon his short horn cat tie; she was in her way as proud of her poultry and pigs.
 "Wldow Drown," said he, ''I am a man of few words, but much feeling. I possess, as you know, between three and four hundred head of cattle. 1 have saved up eight hundred dollars or so, and I've a tidy and comfortable home. l want you to become my wife. Now, quick's the word with me; glve you five minutes to decide!'
 Farmer Jones'" said Widow Brown, ''I am a woman of few words-I'll say nothing of my feelings. possess, as you know, between three and four hundred head of poultry, and about ten score Of pigs. I have nigh twelve hundred dollars well invested-my late husbands savings and my own earn ings. 1 tell you wouldn't marry you if it were a choice between that and going to the scaffold. Sharp's my word, and I give you three minutes to clear off my premiSes!'
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-20
COST OF 4 BILLIARD BALL.
About Ten Dollars in Cash and Usually .
 Large Amount OT Human Blood.

Large Amount or Human Blood.
 The globe of ivory which is knocked about table in a game of billiards costs, if of good quality, at least ten dollars, says the Million. This repre- sents it's cost in money. There is, however, a far more important and formida ble element in the price which has been paid for it. The billiard ball of pure ivory represents, as it lies white and glistening upon the cloth, an expenditure of human life blood as we'll as of money. Elephants tusks are brought down to the African coast by caravans, generally in charge of Arabs, which have been trading in the ! interior. Very often they have picked up slaves as well as ivory. But this phase of the matter may be left out of the account. It is estimated that every large caravan bringing ivory to the coast has cost more than one hun dred and sixty human lives through fights and murders in the course of the expeditions. Thirty more men are likely to have Succumbed to levers or other diseases and the fatigues of the march. The hunting of the elephants and the capture of the ivory are very likely to have caused the death of ten men altogether. Such casualties are the rule in elephant hunting rather than the exception. An average tusk does not furnish more than enough ma- terial for two good billiard balls. Of course the remainder of the ivory in each tusk is made use of in other ways; a perfect cut billiard ball requires spe- cial quality, or so-called nerve" which is found only in one part of the tusl The chances are that billiard ball of the first quality has cost at least one human life: and there is not one such ball which may not be truly said to be stained with mems blood. They can hardly be considered, there fore, a cheerful accompaniment to sensitive persons diversion.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-20
TENANTED BY WILD HOGS.
A Large Alabama Tract Where No Hu-
 man Being Dwells.

A Large Alabama Tract Where No Hu-
 man Being DweIls.
 In the northern part of Limestone county, Ala, is tract of land con- sisting of more than one thousand acres, which is not on the map of the state, nor can it be found in the reg ister's office of that county. No one claims it and no taxes have ever been paid on it. It is a vast wilderness, in- habited by snakes, deer and razorback hogs. It is free hunting ground, and thousands of these hogs are killed every year, more for sport than for anything else. The hogs are wild and cannot be domesticated. Their yield is said to be enormous. Tom Booth, of Pulaski, Tenn. secured male and fe- male and did all in his power to tame them, but failed. He kept them year, and at the end of that time they were as wild as at first. The more he fed them the thinner they became. Within the year they consumed four hundred bushels of corn and were as lean as church mice. During that time the SOW had five filters of pigs, num- bering two hundred and ten. MT. Booth could not tame any of these nor get them fat enough to make even soap grease. Finally he gave them to negro, who now considers himself under no obligations to Mir. Booth.
 The flesh of these hogs resembles horsefesh. It is as tough as coon skin, and a large-sized hog of this species rendered would not make grease enough to fry skillet of batter cakes. They go through garden like shovel blow, and no vegetable es- capes them. They can crowd through a crack that would hardly admit mouse, and their sharp noses act as levers foI garden gates. The Tennes- scans make great fun of Alabama's razorback hogs.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-20
REFUSED A THRONE.
The Heir Presumptlve of Austria Thrown
 Over for a Young Lieutenant.

The Heir PresumptIve of Austria Thrown
 Over for Young Lieutenant
 Some time ago, says Vienna Letter in the London News, it was believed that the heir presumptive to the Aus trian thr one, Archduke Francis Ferdi- nand, would marry his Bavarian cous- iris daughter, Princess Elizabeth. It is now heard that the idea existed, and was much favored by the emperor, but the young princess frustrated these plans.
 More than a year ago she began to look approvingly upon handsome young lieutenant, Baron S--. The young officer began by riding past her windows couple of times day, then he obtained a room with windows facing Prince Leopold's palace. In the winter, at court balls, the lieutenant danced oftener than any other with the princess, and in the spring lawn tennis brought them more together still.
 All at once the young officer was transferred to a regiment stationed in Alsace; and this seemed the tame end of romantic story. But in the sum- mer, when Princess Elizabeth staid with her emperor grandpa at Ischl, she is supposed to have used her time so we'll that the emperor promised to make the baron a prince, to give him some landed property, and to allow the happy couple to marry if their love was proof against time.
 The princess is nineteen, pretty, per fectly natural, and very sweet-tem- pered. That she should have preferred union with the man she loves to the certainty of an imperial throne will not alienate the sympathies of those who know her and love her for her natural grace.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-20
A New Cereal.

A traveller in the Himalayan noun tain region has discovered that the na- tives of that country cultivate a grain hitherto unknown in civilized agricul- tural operations, which has something the look of wheat but has very much longer ears, and which has peculiar inward curve. The shiny, brown grain, unlike wheat, is, on the other hand, much smaller than wheat grains should be for so large an ear. But the inter est is that cereal of this character should yield such heavy crops in so high an altitude, where the seasons are necessarily short and the temperature low. The natives call the grain kow-
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-20
A REASONABLE OBJECTION.
An English Clergyman Who Protested
 Against 8 Remarkable Name.


 Sometimes in English country par ishes, where the clergyman has been accustomed to have his own way, he protests vigorously if the name pro- posed for child about to be christened does not suit him. Occasionally, how ever, he does so upon false premises. James Payne writes in the Indepen- dent:
 The late Dean Burgon, when curate in Berkshire, was requested by a village couple to christen their boy ''Venus," or, as they called it, "Vanus." Are you aware" he said, that you are asking something ridiculous as well as exceedingly wicked? Do you suppose am going to give Christian child, boy, the name of a woman in heather mythology? How did such a monstrous notion get into your heads?'
 ''Please, sir," said the father, Eve want him called after his grandfather" And do you say his grandfather was named Venus?'
 ''Yes, sir; there he is, sir.''
 A poor old man, looking very unlike Venus, hobbled out of the crowd Do you dare to say you were chris tened Venus?" asked the indignant clergyman.
 'Well, no, sir," was the respectful answer, ''I was christened Sylvanus, but they always called ufe Vanus."
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-20
Russ,an Realty Regulations.

Princess Hohenlohe, the wife of the governor general of AlSaceLorraine, inherited from her uncle, Russian general, estates in Russia worth 3O,- O00,O0O or 10000. .OOO rubles. Under the Russian law foreign non-residents can not hold property, and the princess was compelled to sell her estates at once. She asked the czar to grant her a little time, as the financial strin- gency, which prevails in Russia as well as in this country, has made real estate hard to dispose of. The czar, how ever, for political reasons, refused to grant the extension and the poor wom- an was able to realize only beggarly pittance of 15, ,OO0, 900 or 20, coo, ,OOO rubles from her heritage.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-20
In the Bronx Valley.

French suburbans ia the Bronx val ley delight in holding old world fash ions, and the peasant blue is still seen among them, while doubtless there are sabots in every house, called into use on wash day and at other low barometer seasons. It is a pretty habit of these simple aliens to keep English rabbits, and a family of French people at Woodlawn travel over all the country round digging greens for these creatures. The rab- bits, by the way, are kept not as pets. but for food.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-20
HORRORS OF SHAVING.
Whether You Do It Yourself or Go to
 Barber, There Are Dangers.

Barber, There Are hangers.
 There is a story told of a French no bleman who, when he had been shaved in the morning, always heard the man mutter: ''ThanL heaven!' on leaving the room. He inquired thecause. 'It is the money, my lord, you always leave on your table over night (for he was a gambler). Every morning l say to myself: I must cut his throat, and am truly thankful to have escaped the temptation" After which confession the nobleman shaved himself. It is quite extraordinary how many people and even poor people-employ barbers to shave them, partly from conscious ness of their own clumsiness C'What do you give the man who slaves you?" inquired some one of Macaulay 'Sev- eral cuts on the face," was his reply), but chiefly from their inability to strop the razors. If there is an industry that makes use of old strops (with cuts) 1 shall be happy to supply them at whole sale prices, says a writer in the Lon don Illustrated News. That there is no machine for stropping razors speaks NO4ulucS 1cA IitS IIOHc SLllu AAICA1lSCAOO of the BarberS' company.
 Nevertheless, for a man who has al- ways shaved himself the employment of another person to do it for him seems for the first time, apart from the humiliation of being taken by the nose, rather a serious business. One wishes to make great friends with him to start with, but the usual meth ods are closed to us; genial converse tion is out of the question-a the soap is on his side-and we daren't offer him liquor. It is the greatest confi- dence trick known to man. The per former may be an expert or he may not; but it is certain that at one time or another these gentlemen must have been new to their trade With whom did they begin? With whom, indeed! Dead men tell no tales. I ventured to ask the question the other day of professional. He replied, with some confusion: ''We begin with one an other" and it was only the day before that he had observed, with an air of pretended indifference: We are rather short-handed at the shop just now"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-20
The Light of the Far North.

The wonders of the aurora borealis in the British possession just over the line of Alaska cannot be told. The heavens all winter long are lit up with a golden glow. Indeed the colors- the sparkles and fashes-are so many, constant and varied that no one can de- scribe them. There is practically no day during the year. For two or three months up to December 15, from nine to twelve o'clock, there is sort of dawn, but the rest of the time it is night. It is so clear that you can go put and read a newspaper anywhere.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-20
FAIR WAS A DRAIN.
Other Cities Grudge the Millions Spent
 in Going to Chicago.


 The close of the worlds fair must have an important effect upon the business condition of the country, says the New York Post. For six months there has been a steady drain of money from all parts of the nation into Chicago-money which but for the exposition would have been ex- pended in thousands of cities and towns. Millions of people went to Chi cago between the 1st of May and the 1st of November, and spent on the average a large sum for the round trip. The St. Paul Pioneer Press esti- mates that there must have been at least 100, ,000 visitors from Minnesota, and that it cost them on an average $2O apiece for the journey and $50 ex- penses in Chicago. This would make S5,000, 900 that was taken out of Mime sota by the exposition. We believe that this not an over-estimate. We observed the other day a statement in an Iowa paper that no fewer than 450 people had gone to Chicago during the season from one county seat in that state, and although large proportion of them went on cheap excursions, their average expenditures were esti- mated at $S5 apiece. While there was a great number of visitors from the city and vicinity who paid but little, the expense was heavy for people from a distance, and there was a constant stream to Chicago from the remoter parts of the country.
 If it be estimated that the 1,500, 900 admissions represented no more than 4,OO0, 900 separate individuals, and that the average expenditures were as little as S25, this would mean the diversion of S100, ,000, ,000 from the ordinary chan nels of trade into the treasury of the fair, the receipts of transportation companies, the pockets of Chicago ho- tel and clearinghouse keepers, and the other classes who levied toll upon the travellers. It must be remembered, too, that the large part of this money came not from the wealthy, but from people who were forced to save in order to raise the necessary amount, and who consequently refrained from expenditures at home which they would otherwise have made. In this way the fair has aggravated the nor nal effect of the financial depression in almost every community. Its close will arrest the streams of money which from thousands of points for half a year have been flowing toward Chica- 20, and will thus have very percepti. ble influence in improving the business situation
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-20
~ NEED OF THE POET. ~~
The Laws of the Mind Make Him sn I'm
 portant Factor.


 It is impossible for men to live in the world without poetry of some sort or other. If they cannot get the best they will get some substitute for it, and thus seem to verify Saint Angus tines slur that it is wine of devils, says James Russell Lowell in Century. The mind bound down too closely to what is practical either becomes inert, or revenges itself by rushing into the savage wilderness of ''isms." The in- sincerity of our civilization has dis guSted some persons so much that they have sought refuge in Indian wigwams and found refreshment in taking a scalp now and then. Nature insists above all things upon balance. She contrives to maintain harmony be- tween the material and spiritual, nor allows the cerebrum an expansion at the cost of the cerebellum. If the character, for example, run on one side into religious enthusiasm, it is not un- likely to develop on the other coun- terpoise of worldly prudence. Thus the Shaker and the Moravian are noted AOA Oh1AAOs ohNA oC4OS elA AOO the worst managers. Through all changes of condition and experience man continues to be a citizen of the world of idea as we'll as the world of fact, and the tax gatherers of both are punetual.
 There is as much poetry as ever in the world if we only knew how to find it out, and as much imagination, per haps, only that it takes more prosaic direction. Every man who meets with misfortune, who is stripped of material prosperity, finds that he has little outlying mountain farm of imagina- tion, which did not appear in the schedule of his effects, on which his spirit is able to keep itself alive, though he never thought of it while he was fortunate. Job turns out to be a great poet as soon as his floclks and herds are taken away from him.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-20
DEATH OF A NOTED GIANT.
The Chlnaman Chang, Who Was Not Less
 Than Nine Feet In Height.


 The famous Chinese giant. Chang, died at Bournemouth, England, No rember 5. Chang had been seen several times in America, says the New York Herald. Because of a prevailing super stition among the Chinese people his height was never measured, as they believed that death would imme- diately follow the measurement. But there are none who have observed him or who have stood up beside him who estimated his stature at less than nine feet. His physical proportions were very symmetrical and his strength was herculean. Having travelled and exhib- ited throughout the civilized globe he acquired and spoke with huency five different nguages-English, Ger man, French, Italian and Spanish. He was a very companionable man and delighted to meet and converse with intelligent men and women.
 Chang was born in 1s47 at Waang- Hue, near Pekin, China. His parents, who are still living, are large tea and silk growers, and are independent. There is nothing in their constitution nor that of their progenitors to indi- cate the possibility of transmitting gigantic proportions to their extraor- dinary son. On the contrary, Chang's parents are about the average size of Chinese people, who are well known to be rather under the ordinary size. At his birth there was nothing to in- dicate that he was to grow to his pres ent stature, and up to the age of nearly six years his height did not exceed most children of his age. After short illness he began to assume such glgan- tic proportions that his parents were much alarmed at the growth of their huge son. At the age of twelve he was equal to the height of his father and the generality of the neighboring people. The phenomenon of his being as tall as man, and yet showing all the habits and actions of a child, caused him to become the wonder and astonishment of the neighborhood. At the same time he suffered great per sonal discomfort, for the men would not associate with him and the chil- dren would not play with him. At the hibit himself in public.
 Chang was here in 1880, in 1883, and in 1886. After his last visit here he re- turned to his native land to marry Chinese beauty. It was his intention at that time to come back to America and to settle down in the west. He used to wear a watch given him by Queen Victoria which weighed two pounds and a half, and had a chain nine feet long, which barely reached around his neck and down to his vest pocket. He had large stock of gloves and jewelry presented to him by royal and other distinguished personages.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-20
OLD ELIMINATES.
A Pleasing Story of a Celebrated French
 Sportsman.

SpOCCSHan'
 The author of Modern Hunting," in La Nouvelle Revue, tells a pleasing story of one of the oldest and most eel ebrated sportsmen of France, Prince de Joinville. The prince is perhaps the 'senior member" of hunting soci- ety in this country. He was hunting in the Chantilly forest, as the guest of Due d'Aumale.
 His party met another party which was following deer in the same for est, and some disorder resulted. The prince lost track of the animal that he was following, but he took the disap- pointment philosophically, and set out to find the deer again.
 On the way he was stopped by an old white-haired peasant, who told him that the deer he was following had passed by there recently. The son of Louis Philippe asked some simple question, but as the old peasant replied he looked at him keenly, seeming to pay more attention to him than to his words. Suddenly he stopped him.
 Wait! it seems to me that I know you, friend!" he exclaimed
 'Yes. sir" replied the peasant, in his old, cracked voice, which shook with emotion. 'Oh, yes, we have often eaten cakes at 'Auntie Adelaide's'"
 It was sixty years since they had been children together, but the varied experiences of that time had not made the prince forget his old playmate and servitor, and he delayed his quest for the lost deer to renew the acquaint-