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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-25
Gifted Journalist and Preacher.
Wilmington On. CO Messenger.l

TT
rev. Dr. j. j. Lafferty, the very gifted
editor of the Richmond Christian Advo-
cate - TO lecture in New Orleans. He
VIII also edit the Daily Advocate at the
Methodist General Conference. reporting
with his staff Of stenographers the pro-
ceedings in full He is very competent
as editor reporter. lecturer. and preacher
The Richmond Dispatch says:
mo man In Virginia can say more than
he can In sentence. and he is both
wise and witty. Besides he was war
time soldier himself. and at Lexington
enjoyed the personal friendship OF Lee
The American Tract Society Is anxious
TO publish 5000 copies Of his splendid SER
mon on THE Centurion" one OF the most
artistic, beautiful. and striking sermons
we ever read.
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Easier

0hrpor's Young cpt'
When Easter comes th' Y' -
THEIR shyly-hOOiad face. f.sr
Where late the frozen s'iiN
Heaped hish the wood. nee
When Easter comes the st.
on green leaves all t-Ru't' t.-...
And grasses rally, spear a-
BY ripping brook ana t'.'
When Easter comes me VII
What time the bells ar iA tttfh.
To bring their perfumes, p-.
From haliOWed censets p" .DIy
Shine dim church alA9s ph
Renetth their ssrried W." .',r
And haDDv children knerl t-' i
Amin the hlied brlshthe'''
When Easter comes \ ~ Bind.
Ths robin. wren ami siAl.i.-i
With song and wing ar n.'
And many another dAlil,''
The bluebird and the or
'rn.s martin and the snN ,rl Glie.
=. u, - thsy chant. with snss5 ...lr,.. y
Here's spring. and SUNNI
When Easter comes wht'
Ths vVinter's apall - Over t,..,rs
Ere long welt hsaI tae 4, c.a,.r.
Where bees are deep W ma
A ,,er We catch the sNayins '''
~ winds among the di.r ..nt
And sse the rOsecups sweet
Among the gard'n mas
when Easter comes. ah- ....
"a >n.s climh IN The tltA .h"''N
while angels bend 10 ~ ,toh
g., tovs and life and 10Y vH''N'
Are In the aSe-lons story ~, so,l.
That smells itself on hsrps ,y.
And thrills with saaiss'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-25

the United States. The race. however
was won by Diablo owned by james
Campbell. In two minutes and nine Sc
conds Fred. Taral. the famous Jockey
won the race by skilful horsemanship.
Nearly half a million dollars was lost on
Lampllghter. Pierre Lorillard. his owner
1t Is said. lost $1,000. Diablo was Ike
Castaway H.. a fifty-to-one shot. and his
owner won over $4,000.
1t seems strange. but, nevertheless IL
Is turf history, that no horse mas Twice
won the Brooklyn handicap, and no
Jockey has piloted two winners. Inc
Brooklyn handicap Is now worth YOU"
to the winner and in future the race
as II increases In popularity, VIII be worm
probably az much as the American DERBY
which Is worth $1,000 to the winning
hnran
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-25
TnE EAsTER NILIINERY.

EXtrayagant success for the black hat.
10 gives touch of character 60 the lght
eay-tiuted costume that nothing else can.
n should complete the red gown and the
pale yellow ono described above. For
th, NOUS, color prescribe "a rough straw
cc,u toque wish pale green roses set on
at The back between black wings that
ray out on each side a twist of black
velvet around tine front
A meaium-sizpl hat with fat crown
and droouiur lr,m growing narrower be-
hind. is Of rough black chip with q STAN
of red showing through the braids. il
LAS "a h.d of magenta roses over IN" hrlin
I'm front. AN kept as low as the crown,
ana is built up h.lh behind with black
a rough burnt straw. with the brim
drDrriug slightly from Crtas" through
Ill. middle has tho front covered Vith 4
bow or lou- ribbon loops 't assorted
tint. of rose. an the loops lying ial \
lara, rose r1sette is on each side oi lAc
back
a hat Of black eupura wired I'm sailor
form. has 81 band of black velvet dia"h
round iu folds aui bunch OF black Ups
placed ON each side and risnE hltn' q
tin on one side rising above Oh" "'utF
aud each bunch ciasp,d on WITH
buckle.
Nothing IS more chic than "a black tip
"a tl, side or The l4ck. rising straight
up ana curliug over only at its ends.
a new tolue that is somewhat sucges-
tive of umlourin', is made with
flat crown mere top. mounted upon
and projecting oyer band some inch
and "a half high ana o." band is set
tnisk. like a wreath, with roses on
+ ,. a.. t,t,.-.... f~- ,.-,11
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Real Comfort at Last.

House-Hunter: Don't you think the rent
OF this nat rather high?
Agent: Comfort must be paid for. sir.
II presume so, but
Use your eyes. sir. No signs OF steam
heat here. sir. no. indeed. sir, no fur
mage. either! Every room has stove
pipe hole leading into a chimney. You
furnish your own stoves. sir. and have
the inestimable privilege Of regulating
them 70 silt yourself"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-25
THE BROOKLYN HANDICAP.
First Zig Race of the Turf Campaign of 81.
Councillors for the Rich Prize.

Correspondence Of the Dispatch)
NEW YORK, March 8.-The first great
race Of the turf campaign of 1891 VIII be
the Brooklyn Handicap. which has al
ready become famous in racing annals.
1t will be a race over a mile and a quar-
ter's distance, I'm which most Of the noted
horses in America will compete for a
rich prize. The race annually attracts ma
tional interest. and is witnessed by from
$500 TO 5000 spectators. Talk Of the
English Derby and the Ascot Gold Cup,
run annually in England. they are a poor
second to the famous American event
Not only are the followers Of the turt
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-25

shaped out ONO tha hand 20 that they
very nearly cover the palm. over the
top of the sleeve falls a festoon drapery.
caught mp through the centre with
grenadine strap that issues from the ro-
settle on the shoulder
one more. OF an en;inely summer genre,
OF Rrcnadne in palest yellow tinged with
green. 1t is made up over mauve silk.
and trimmed with thin white muslin en-.
broidcry Tho embroidery is on the edge
OF the skirt. not as a ruflie. but IS sewed
plain onto the selveigc the skirt being
50 fun as 10 be itself regarded as
founce. IL falls loose from tho SILK skirt.
There Is nothing more beautiful than this
combination OF color
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-25

While in Lexington. Va. some months
ago | heard a story | have never seen IN
print which General Lee told on himself,
and which always amused him when II
was recalled. Soon after he went TO Lex
ington he was riding on horseback 10
Goshen. when he passed biachsmlth-
shop. the smith came out. looked at hli,
intently, and asked In surprise: Am
that General Lee?' Yes said the pehe,
raj. as he refined in Traveller me olu
soldier stepped forward, grasped the ex-
tended hand, and gave II a grip which
made the General vince. Then, standing
back a step, he cried out: General 1 am
hound 10 hollerw "Oh. no." said the
General, IL wouldn't do that Yes SIR
I'm bound to hollerr' And with that ne
swung his hat around his head, ana gave
three hearty cheers, while the "ehera
galloped of, conyulsed with laughter
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-25

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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-25

The success Of heavy laces is one OF
the characteristics Of the season.
Cream guipure collars and red gowns,
these form the keynote. There is n va
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-25

Nothing which Is not a real crime WIN
make a man appear so contemptipie III
the eyes of the world as inconsistency
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-25

l rYsctte on each shoulder
1 front OF the sleeves, ~
ile roaette on the bust, ana
H long scarf 10 the foot
I. The back OF the bodice Is
gathered under the rosette
lpul3cr and gathered again
centre az the belt. 30 as 10
lines and produce an effect or
large rosette ~ In the
Poe back. ana from II hang long
"f ne fTenadine. All the ro-
OF srenadine and all the sash
' "e a-,ieg 70 end In point.
80 S'reyo5 are very long. and are
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-25

as human form. which. casting aside
woollen garments. clothes Itself In robes
OF clluging seersucker. The soul. too. is
purer, and loves to commune In solitude
with gentle Nature.
In sylvan groves. fringed and tasseled
with budding leaflets, the young man
steals aside, and, forgetful OF the busy
world-its "maddening strife" and re-
morseless energy-busIes himself with the
perusal OF the notwithstanding re-
ports. In dainty boudoirs. kissed by
wanton gunbeams and caressed by gentle
zephyrs. sweet maidens read OF "Wiilie
and his love" while down below in the
basement. near the yet smouldering
embers OF a winters fire. the 'old folks
are scanning the journals. and bitterly
Indignant at the "liberty OF the press"
are reading every line describing the
career Of the "silver-tongued orator."
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-25
D1rLE STUDENT.

Smoking Of General Early. the guests
sh41 miss him at the yellow sulphur TINS
summer where ne was always ready Tor
"a chat with his friends. one summer !
fouud him sitting. as usual under the
Ion, porch OF the old hotel Always cor
liaI 10 old friends. he was ready to dis
,rss uolltics or religion. and on both he
,,as we'll posted. for he was a daily reader
and a thorough student Of the Bible.
Thinking u crafty and beneht him. J
said 10 him: General / have book ]
y,ant YOU 10 read, and wish ! had brought
IL over with me-" what Is it,? he asked.
"Ncllit is a Kind Of religious romance.
remarkably well written, and exceedingly
entertaining and instructive ana, strange
10 say. written by one Of your oid friends
a Yankee general 1t Is called Ben
Hur'" "Ah. yes" he said with mat
peculiar voice and twinkle Of the eye
so characteristic of him. wen, sir; you
needn't trouble yourself ! have read one
romance by that same author, where he
pretended 10 give "a true account OF our
fight AT Monocacy. and II there is no more
truth In Ben Hur' than there is IN the
other l shall read no more religious ro-
mances by Lew Wallace.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-25

r.cty az these heavy laccs in cotton. known
as EIcheheu gu'pure. Colbert gnipure'
etc.. iu 20 decidcly cream tint that har-
mnuiz,s with AN colors
THE wool Insertions spoken Of above
are sort Of opcn-WOrk ealoon made very
wide. ana having plain woven band along
each clg They may have a color laid
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-25

Thanks 10 the Introduction OF Salvation
Oh. young bicy yclers need not fear "'i
u cents.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-25

And the babics-the precious little
babies-wbat are they doing? Why. the
dear little tootsy-wootsies have gotten
their building blocks and like sweet. good
children. are learning their alphabets.
Tiny Baby Johnny, precious 2-y.ar-old
youngster, has just thrown away Il
straight-cut cigarette, ana with MS
chubby fingers IS arranging the letters
10 smell Madeline. while cute little Mary.
a bud OF one summer has cast aside an
invitation 10 post-Lenten german, and
is fixing the blocks so they will read
Rhodes. Spring larks are taking a vaca-
ton. for they are no longer needed TO
herald the approach Of morn. The popu-
lace now rises at Aurora's opening blush
TO catch the first edition OF the news
papers. and Washington. ID. c., Is re-
spected as the fountaln-head Of all that
is interesting IN the way of information.
THE IDLE REPORTER.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-25
FRED TARAL

jockey that piloted Judge Morrow to vic
tory.
In 1885, az IN 1880, the race was won by
a rank outsider. Pierre Lorrillard's Lamp
lighter. for which he paid the large sum
OF so, 900. was the favorite. and he had
been backed heavily IN every city IN
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-25
THE HORSES.

In the race 10 be run at the Brooklyn
Jockey Club In May. the following are
the horses with ages and weight Of mount:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-25
HOW 1T CAME ABOUT.
The Queer Origin Of The BliSSful, Kiss
full Art" Discussed.
A HISTORY OF OSCILLATION.
IL First Begun In Greece But Now Prevails
Everywherc-Thc Idler Sings of
GcDIe Spring.

Missing is the cranberry-sauce that ADDS
flavor TO the turkey Of social life. II is
the sine qua non OF love; the pivotal point
Of romance, and the goal Of all affection.
The baby. on the Threshold Of existence,
is greeted with kisses: the child is pes
tered with similar attentions the maiden
has her share horrible dlctW; the bride
Is smOthered with osculatory caresse5,
the mother receives scarcely less, and,
last, but not least. earth returns TO
earth" with the warm touch Of living
lips yet lingering on its brow. We need
not try 10 frown il down. Kissing has
come TO stay. II is an institution free
10 all and likewise enjoyed by ali. Peo-
pie Try to ridicule It; TO laugh it down,
and to abuse It. Everybody is shocked
at the mere mention OF it, aud everybody
goes on induiging in IT, Even as the
white meat OF the turkey Is crimsoned
by the cranberry sauce, 50 pale faces
were made with rosy lips, and rosy lips
were made to kiss and be kissed. The
verb 10 kiss is both active ana passive,
TO be well performed it necessarily re-
quires plural subject, though "the sin-
sular number that sometimes results
from such a combination reaches up to
hundreds in one evening. There Is no
verb ia the English language that is 50
subject TO MOODS" as this same verb,
"to kiss" though it exists in all lenses,
being especially pleasant in the present
and mighty nice tu look forward To IN the
future. Its past, however, IS very much
like a broken ap-bubbie-bcaut!iLl To re
call, but very poor as collateral security.
The advocate., 1894-12-05


whom the committee was specially referred
oy the secretary for infoEmStion on all
points connected with the operations Of the
depaEtment-thGt ths different bureaus or
divisions Of the treasury, at the end Of each
month, quarter, and year, compare books
with each other, and If there are errors they
are looked into and corrected. This, the
committee are assured, has been the
monthly, quarterly and annual practice Of
the offices Of the secretary, comptroller,
and register, from the organization Of the
government; and not only this, but the
treaSureP'S cash has always been counted
quarterly and the warrants checked. Not
WithStanding all this, in 1870, by an order Of
the secretary TO the register, that officer, in
1871, made many changes in the public in
debtedness from 1888 TO 1870, and also
made many changes in his report Of re-
CelptS and expenditures.
What is to be said of a system of
bookkeeping of this character? The
register Of the treasury, the official
bookkesper of the government, after
observing all the precautions mem
toned above, makes his report each
year to congress, and that report be-
comes a part of the official public
records. In 1870 a secretary Of the
treasury finds that the official book
keepers statement of the public debt
is too small. II does not correspond
with the table Of a new officer not
recognized by law, and the secretary
directs the register to make it con-
form to that table. Accordingly the
register goes back and changes the
figures in the reports of previous
years as they have been submitted to
congress from 1888 to 1870 in order
to bring the total up to that Of a
table that never was official and that
had no authority but that of the indi-
vidnsl who made it. All of these
changes must, of course, be made ar
bitrarily because they could not be
based upon any errors discovered.
Concerning the amount Of increase
involved in these changes, the COM
mittee says:
The seoretsry's table, which appears IN
the finance report for the first time IN 1870,
shows q large increase in the public debt
over the statement Of the register. In 1870,
by order of che secretary, the registers
Office went back nearly forty years from
1888 TO 1870, largely increasing the amount
Of che public debt statement; for the year
1853, 20 million; for 1864, 75 million, while
for 1865, 1866, 1867 and 1868 there is total
decrease Of about 25 million, and an in
crease for 1869 of SO million dollars, and
for 1870 Of 81 million dollars or nearly 100
millions in each Of the latter years. Not
Withstanding these large differences be-
tween the statements Of the secretary and
register in the official reports Of 1870, the
financial report Of 1871, as made to con-
gress is found to contain agreeing state
menks from the secretary and the register,
by the register changing and increasing his
amounts so as to correspond with those Of
the secretary, and these changes and in
oreases still exist.
It is q fact we'll established that all ofi-
oial reports to congress made previous 20
1870, by the secretary and register, sub
stantially agree, and were many millions
less than as now reported in the finance re-
ports.
The advocate., 1894-12-05


debt Of the government is 40 reported. II
there was q return of bonds TO che treasury
to see il the amount agreed with the money
received, this would be a check upon Che
loan division, As il now is, that division
can increase the treasurer's order or origi-
mate an order on the register for the issue
Of bonds, and there is no check. Many
hundred million Of dollars in bonds have
been issued with no other check than the
integrity Of an officer in the loan division
Of the treasurer's Office page "a
But it might be supposed that
bonds fraudulently issued would be
detected when presented for redemp-
tion. Upon this subject Treasurer
Gilfllin testified as follows:
Qusston-osn you give the exact amount
Of bonds now in OirculationP
AnsweF-No, sir.
QuestiOn-Then you.might, 80 far as your
office is concerned, pay coupons Of dupli-
cato numbers, or q greater amount Of Cou-
pOnS Gn&n were OUR
Answer-If they were genuine coupons.
Q lesion-How would you know whether
they were genuine or Oounterfeit-on che
same principle that you know whether
note is OOunterfeit or mot?
AnsWeF-EXactly.
Q1estion-But you have no means Of
knowing whether bond has been fraudu
lently Or illegally or wrOngEully gotten into
circulation or notP
AnsWer-Unless in case of registered
bonds, which are ORVsated, and we might
have been notified; but we never should be
notified Of that because it is not necessary.
Commenting upon this the COM
mittee says:
This shows that the treasurer Skesps the
moneys received for bonds, principal and
interest together, and that he cannot tell
from the books how muoh was received for
principal and how much for accrued inter
est for given time; that is, accrued inter
est on bonds sold 10 not kept "a q separate
account. The treasurer pays interest on
bonds, but he cannot give the amount Of
bonds outstanding. The treasurer pays all
coupons presented, il genuine, but he does
not know whether or not duplicates are
paid by HIM or by the sub-treasuries else
where.
Il will thus be observed that nei-
ther in the system Of issuing bonds,
nor in the method of redemption is
there any way to determine to what
extent bonds have been duplicated
or how many have been frsudulently
issued. Under the system that has
been pursued there was and is moth
log to prevent the chief of the loan
division from issuing a $4,000 bond
where only a 81, 900 bond had been
ordered, and by collusion with the
party to whom the bond was issued,
sharing in the difference. There has
not been nor is there now, according
to the testimony, anything to prevent
that officer from originating orders
for bonds that have never been or
dered by the treasurer, and for
which the treasury has never re-
ceived a penny. Nor is there any
means whereby such fraud can ever
be detected, or, if known to have
been perpetratsd, is there any way
to trace it to it's author. Such is the
beautiful system with which the
The advocate., 1894-12-05
THE GOVERNMENT BOND ROBBERY.

Dll9u 10 B8GlSLy GnS drawings VI Sn0
piratical crew that has preYed upon
the industries and absorbed the
wealth Of the nation for more than a
quarter of a century, is an opportune
time for rational thinking men and
women to look sinto the methods Of
the treasury department in the issue
Of these seCrities and in the msnipu-
lation of subsequent accounts relat-
ing to them. The ADVOCATE has al
ready published in full the report Of
a United States senate investigating
committee giving 3 complete exposi-
tion Of these methods; yet it is doubt
full if any great number of people
remeber very much of the details of
that report. AT all events, such facts
as it contains cannot be kept too con-
stantly before the public; and COW,
when an opportunity is afforded for
a repetition Of the gigantic Swindles
of the people by treasury officials
that have characterized former issues
Of bonds, perhaps the infamy OF the
transaction may be more lndelibly
fixed in the mind of the reader.
The resolution for the appoint.
ment of that committee was adopted
November 10, 1877, and the senators
appointed to make the investigation
were DAVIS of West Virginia, Beck,
Allison and Ingalls,, and Cameron Of
Pennsylvania. The report of the
committee was submitted to the
senate and ordered printed by that
body April 28, 1880. All this was
before Populism was born, and the
members of the committee were all
good republicans and democrats.
Relative to the manner in which
government bonds are issued, the
chief of the warrant division testi-
fed as follows:
Qaestion-What check is there on the
loan branch Of the seoretary'S office as to
the amount Of the bond that has been or
dered by the treasurer 10 other words, If
bond for $1,000 was subscribed for and
the loan division gives an order for $4,000
bond, where is the clerk TO prevent Chat
$1,000 bond from going 30 the publioP
AnsWer-If the order TO the register for
the bond rsoites the certificate Of deposit as
s$2 900 deposit in place of $1,000, l believe
there would be nothing to prevent Ahs bond
being issued. There would have TO be COL
lusion to falsify the record.
Question-An in the same Officer
AnsWer-Yes.
Olestion--An order oomss'~ from the
treRsurer's ofi,e to the loan branch Of che
seoretary's oflos TO issue bond for $l,0O0i
the losn division directs a $4,000 bond to be
issued instead Of q $1,000 bond, which thc
treasurer directed TO be ordsred. The or
der goes 10 the register, understand. The
register issues $4,000 bond, and it comes
back TO the same office that ordered il FOR
the seal; that Ofl,s puts the seal upon II
aud the bond goes back 10 the register for
delivery?
Answer-That is the practice.
Question--Then there is no check out
side Of that particular Office % to whether
or not the bond was 600 or $4,000 bondi
Answsr-I believe not. (Page 22,)
The chief of the loan di vision