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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-24
COLONEL c. C. hASKlNS'S FUNERAL.
Laid To Rest In the Old Family Ground In
Lunenburg County.

BOTDTON. VA. April 23.-(Speciall--
The funeral services ovsr the remains OF
Colonel G. G. Haskins were held in the
Methodist church. OF which he was de-
voted member The exercises were con-
Quoted by his pastor, Rev r. o. Edwards,
assisted by Revs. ". r. Haislp and +.
H. Baptist. Of the BAPTIST church: y. II
Boyden. OF the Protestant Episcopal
church. AMI !. W. Mccain Of the Method
ist Episcopal church. The sacred Cdlfce
was crowded with the many friends of
the dcceas 4. and q very large procession
followed the remains TO the railway sta
,.on. The body Was laid to rest in the
old family cemetery IN Lunenburg county.
no which place there was a very large
gathering Of the relatives and friends OF
former popular countyman Colonel Has
kiu- was the pr0geritOr Of near sixty
children, grandchildren, and grcat-grand-
chiiJren.
The County Court was in session last
week, Judge w. y. Homes presiding. The
only case Of interest was that Of the
Commonwealth against r. T. Daniel for
assault upOn ~. ID. GIN, Jr The de-
fcndant was acquitted
The usual carload Of horses was
brought here by Mr.. T.. ". Lockhart and
sold at fair prices.
PERSONAL
Mr. George =. Finch and Miss Willie
Garland have returned from visit to
the capital city.
Mr. and Mrs. $. p Couch, Of oxford, y.
g. and Mrs. Sallic Hite. OF Lunenbur6
county. are the guests Of relatives in
town.
Mrs. Mary Harriss and Miss A. G. Har-
Kiss have come back after a pleasant and
protract"d sojOurn in the beautiful Shen-
andoah Valley. They have visiting them
AR. :. g. Harriss ana his charming bride.
NJ. ~. II. Taylor. general passenger
agent Of the Atlantic and Danville rail-
road; Mr. Ira FOnshill of Baltimore; Mr..
and Mrs. Fielding Williams. ana Miss NJ.
l.. Williams. Of Bristol, T.. l.. spent l.
few days here this week. The repre-
sentatiyes Of the little State were hunting
up the old family connections and records
Of the BOYD family.
Dls q. II. Carter and IT, l.. Atkins
distinguished last-year graduates of the
Richmond Medical College, have offered
their services 10 their friends and the
public generally. Notwithstanding the
iealthfuln,ss of this place and vicinity
sc now have seven resident physicians.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-24
MARKET QUOTATIONS
REPORTS From ALL GREAT BUSINESS
CENTRES OF THE WORLD
Prices OF Money. Bonds. Stocks. Grain
Tobacco. Cotton. &c. and tho
Weather Indications

- WASHINGTON. D. c.. April 3d.
ICl0IN Forecast for Virginia: Clear. fol-
lowed by cloudy weather; winds
shifting to northeasterly.
For North Carolina and South Carolina:
Fair weather; easterly winds; local
showers Tuesday night.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-24

Cash quotations: Flour dull and easy
though prices were unch a1,fSsas. Wheat rsr
ssitS3sc. Oats. sessc.. Pork, yl2s21lAl2.sS.
ders. s5ooQ6.& Sides. &.a1sg7l2H. Whis-
&C CHICAGO LIVESTOCK MARKET.
UNION STOCK-YARDS, ILL, April
3.-CattIe-Receipts, 2o,eo head; market
weak; common to extra steers. 8S4A7o;
bulls. 81 GQ3eO; caIyes. 1.565oc.
Hogs-Rsceipts. .0o head: market
n OedS. 90: common TO choice. mixed, 400
1850; choice assorted. S.DUaI; light,
s5.cos5O pigs. yLeoQ6;N
Sheep Receipts, 1850 head: markse
ST. LOUIS MO-. April Aleu- lover:
patent 9 $500 49,; ss AS =; 8 ~ Iu,y.
-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-24
RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.

RICHMOND. Va April 23.-No auction
sales to-day. a.
wrappers, g. Total. q hogsheads.
rettes. N.gss5; 8bacco, s3,2O6.B. Total,
si,lsJ.0s. 81 CO..,
Company. Middletown, o.. is In the city.
1t Is reported that the Duniop .ae a,,e,.al
In Petersburg will close down Ior se'erai
months In the near future.
Sales to-day were light. Good DreaAS
of brights are promised for Tuesday.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-24
IN FAVOR or THE RAcE-TRACK.
Judge Keith Decides That Jones Can
Erect Buildings and Go Ahead.

ALEXANDRIA. VA. April 2.-(Spe-
cial)-Judge Keith to-day decided the
Jackson-City race-track case by affirming
the right Of Jones Brothers to complete
the buildings, etc. there; but authorized
Braxton Smith to proceed at law to estab.
Iish his claim on the land upon which ths
tract, Il established. This is regarded "a
a victory Of Grange Camp over driving
nnrN.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-24
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.

KCHN0Np. Apr1f I'd, I0V7s
OFFERINGS. Wheat, 1886 bushels. Corn
White 100 bushels. Oats, I40 bushels
SALgS-Wheat, 1,j46 Bushels nite'
700 bushels Oats, 140 bushels.
QUOTATIONS. Wheat-Lcnsberry. ozsootSc:
mixed. jiaG3Lsc.: shortberry. 60n63c.; NO. 2.
red. 62kc Corn White virginia bag lots)
4sc. No. white. 4sc. No. mixed 4oa41c'
Osts-Nn mixed. 37lxa3sc.; No. . mixea'
36137c. Rye, 53a55c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-24
SUFFOLK'S cRETNA GREEN.
An Eioping Couple We'd at Gatesville, n
C-Mrs Humrar,iner's Singing

SUFFOLK. VA, April 2S.-(Special)-At
an early hour yesterday Sunday morn
ing Mr.. Willie Brinkley. accompanied by
a gentleman ard lady friend. drove to the
residence Of Mr. l.. Junius Carr, on Sara
toga street where Miss Lizzie i. Carr
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-24
cRlsrIELo REPORTS FALSE.
There Have Not Been ANY Battles In Tan
rier Sound Recently.


gicr Sound Recently.
ONaNCOCK. VA, April 2'.-(Special.)-
sheriff John II. Wise OF Accomac, ar
rived here to-day from Tangier Island
wbere he has been for the past four days
attending to official. business. He says
that the reports OF battles between
tho Virginia oyster police and the Mary
land pirates sent from Crisfieid are utterly
false one of these kilograms gave an
account of a battle last Tuesday night
between the Virginia oyster steamer
Chesaneake and the Maryland dredgers,
ard another published in the papers OF
saturday tells Of a battle Thursday night
between the dredgers and the police
scbooner Tangier. Sheriff Wise says that
the Chesapeake has not been In Tangier
sound this week. and that he saw captain
Read of the Tangier on Friday and ne
was not aware that any battle had taken
Mace within the last three or four weeks.
The pirate dredgers are, however, at work
every night stealing oysters from Oio
Woman's Marsh and Hurloy's Rock.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-24
RAITTMoRE STOCK MARKET.

BALTIMORE.sMD.. April 2s.-vIrgtnia
SIS, new, IA. bid: Virginia century, MS;
Baltimore and Ohio. Is asked; Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern firsfs. i06d1V;
Consolidated Gas bonds. li50il5N.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-24
WITH INTENT TO DECEIVE.

The statement in one Of the lying tele-
grams sent from Crisfield that the
dredgers were attacked in Maryland
waters. Is in keeping with the claim OF
the State OF Maryland that the schooners
captured by Captain Hudsins of the
Chesapeake last February were in Mary
land waters when taken. The fact Is the
dredging season has been over in Mary
land for more than a month. and yet the
Crisiield telegram says the pirates were
dredging when the Tangier opened IRE on
them II is believed here mat these ials'
reports are sent from Crisfield with the
intention TO deceive the Virginia authori-
ties and thus give the Maryland pirates
a further opportunity TO steal the oysters
Of Virginia. The oyster schooner Tangier
is too slow and too poorly equipped to
cope with these organized and desperate
marauders.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-24

PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS, APRIL 20. 1894
ARRIVED.
r,ritlsn steamship North Flint, Fernandua,
lIaIge Independent. Boston.
! barge Knickerbocker. Boston.
SAILED.
| british steamship North Flint, Gothenburs
! and stockholm.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-24
= PORT OF RICHMOND. APRIL %, 1894.
ARRIVED.

steamship Old Dominion, Couch, New YORK,
me rchandiso and passengers; George w. Alien
10 Co., agents.
SAILED.
steamer pocahontas, Doyo. Norfolk. merchsn-
disc and passengers: irwin WesIger, superb
tendent
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-24
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

~; a rl,;1lE ALMANAC. APRIL "a, 1904.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-06-13
-AnOinted Stones.

The custom of amounting stones with
oil (see Genesis xviii, IS, 19l, and
leaving them as memorial jpillars,or OBJ
jects Of worship was one that was very
common among the andents. The
stones first worshiped were probably of
meteoric origin, which, having been
seen to fall from heaven, were easily
associated with some deity In Roman
mythology Abadires was the name Civ
an to "a stone which was worshiped be-
cause it was the general belief that it
had once been swallowed by Saturn
The standing images referred to
as being prohibited in Leviticns ixxyii,
y are thought to have been these same
amounted stones In the light which
modern investigation has thrown upon
the curious customs Of the early east, the
act Of Jacob which is recorded at the
first Scriptnrai reference mentioned in
this note is Of special interest as
showing the mood Of his mind and
heart after nights entertainment Of
such a gracious and blessed vision. To
this day the Amounted stones Of the
orient are called Bactylia, which Boz
chart suggests may be derived from
Bethel, where Jacob first anointed 8.
pillar as q sacred memorial st Lonis
Republic. (
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-06-13
] NY | SHIP

Alloy. my mariners Just ashorel
Say, have you seen in whatever seA ssa5
AsvesseI loaded with gold store,
WithsdiAmonds and laces and wealth galore,
Bound for its home and me2
For she started many year ago
From q faroff port where the fairies be,
And it's oh, that the winds may kindly blow,
! And it's oh, that the tides may softly flow, e
And hasten her home to me!
There's q sweet young girl given me her
hand,
Who some day my little wife will be,
And every day on the wave kissed strand
| Together with eyes a-sea we stand,
Scanning the sun kissed sea. s5s3
We're going to wed when my ship Gomez
home,
Home to its port and home to me.
know in my soul it is sure to Gomez.
Wherever abroad it may chance TO roam,
In whatever bay or sea.
Ribbons and laces my love shall wear,
And flashing: jewels and satin che,
With diadems decking her golden hair.
All, never a queen will be half so fair
When my ship comes over the sea!
So, no, my mariners just ashore!
Say, have you seen in whatever sea
A vessel loaded with golden store,
With diamonds and laces and wealth galore,
Bound for its port and me?
Boston Traveller.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-06-13
At the Theater.

a youth who had been paid by the
enemies of the poet Lamotte to hiss a
tragedy OF the latter which was being
performed for the first time was So deep.
" affected by pathetic scene that,
bursting into tears, he turned to a
friend who was sitting by and said &c
him:
DO me the favor Of kissing instead
OF me, haven't either the courage or
the strength to do it. ''-Odi Giotto.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-06-13
Circumstantial evidence :.

Even the clearest and most perfect
circumstantial evidence is likely Is be
at fault, after all, and therefore ought
TO be received with great caution. Take
the case Of any pencil, sharpened by
any Woman. # you have witnesses,
you will find she did it with a knife.
but + you take simply the aspect Of the
pencil you will say she did it5with her
teeth - Mark Twain in Century.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-06-13
scATTEREb ROSES.

a little maiden strayed one day
Where roses bloomed along tho hedges,
Where dancing daisies ,decked the way,
And ferns peeped out from messy sedges
She heaped her little wooden cart
With the bright blooms to overlooking,
Then turned to go, her little heart
Unconscious where her feet were going.
A hillside lay along before.
With every step the child ascended,
She spilled her roses more and more
Till all were gone, and day was ended.
And when the maiden came not back
Came anxious loved ones out to find her
And traced her by the rosy track
OF all the flowers she left behind her.
Our little maiden grows in grace,
Her path along life's highway leading.
Her still ascending feet we trace
BY flowers she droppeth, still unheeding
Detroit Free Press.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-06-13
COTTONWOOD 95lills

Custom grinding solicited. Will grind
wheat for ! Zone eigth) or exchange "a
lbs. flour, 5 lbs shorts and lbs. bran
for one. bushel of wheat. Floui and feed
sold ut low prices and delivered at New
Uln frss Of ssfense.
John BeniZin.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-30
Patriotism in Philadelphia.

The class In geography was r~eciting
and there were several visitors. The
subject for the day was the State OF
Pennsylvania. "Now, children" said
the teacher, ''who can bO1nd Pennsyl
.#LiaY'
Half n dozen hands went MP and
waved wildly i'm the air aud a little
girl gave the boundaries of .ha state
correctly.
What is the largest city in PenDsyl-
vania Z" asked the teacher.
philadelphia" shouted the little boy
with the jersey suit.
Now" continued the teacher, who
can tell me what building there Is In
Philadelphia about which no true Am
erican should think without n glow of
love and patriotism? What pudding
Is there which we should all revere
and which Is the pride and hope OF
every loyal son of the United StatesF'
This was a poser and no one an
ewered for a time. Finally a boy who
sat ON the front row raised his hand.
We'll" said the teacher, You may tell,
Sammy Einstein."
der mint!' shouted Sammy, trium.
phantly.-Exchange.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-30
Another Amperian Rule.

Many rules have been lately pub
lished for fixing in the mind the rela-
tive directions of the electric current
and the lines of forces or whirls sur
rounding it, and the author of the
most recent method, Carl Herring,
thinks 1t is nor simple and easily re-
membered than the others. He says
that to remember the direction of the
magnetic whirls around a current 1t is
only necessary to bear In mind that IL
the current flows like the ink from a
pen that is, out at the point, then the
direction OF the whirls viii be similar
to that OF a close spiral encircling the
pen, and begun as IL one started to
write the small letter I'M fmagnetsc
lines). III, however. the whirls be
drawn counter clockwise, as though
writing the letter &C. the current rem
resented by the flow of ink down the
pen win be the one induced by the zen.
Grafton Of these lines, as In transform.
ers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-30
nEusilaasnr FTorx

The United States Veterinary Medical
association, at its thirty-ftst annual
meeting, held IN Philadelphia, adopted
. resolution oondemning the docking
of horses tails and calling attention ia
the fact that nature surely Intended the
tail as the animals defense against the
assaults Of insects. There Is nothing
new in the announcement that the tail
is Q useful appendage, but those perDons
who are I'VE" vigilant to avert cruelty
90 animals will be delighted to have the
duly recorded support of such an an
thority as the Veterinary association.
The practice of docking horses tails
Is wholly i~ndefensible. Some people try
to justify IL ON the ground that IL i'm
proves the horses appearance. II does
not. II simply spoils the good looks of
any horse 80 operated upon.-Washing-
ton Star.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-30
PROBLEMS in ANIMAL LIFE.

some OF the UnaccOuntabIe Things
Done by Birds, Fowls, Beasts ana
insects.
The greyhound runs by sight only,
says the Philadelphia Times. This
Is a fact. The carrier pigeon flies his
hundreds of miles homeward by eye
sight, noting from point to point OBJ
jects that he has marked. This is only
~ccDjecture. The dragon fly, with H.
700 lenses In the eye, darts from angle
to angle with the rapidity of a fash
ing sword, and as rapidly darts back,
not turning in the air, but with a clash
reversing the action Of his four wings
and instantaneously calculating the
distance of the objects, or he would
dash himself to pieces. But in what
conformation of the eye does this pow
er consist? No I'M a answer
Ten thousand mosquitoes dance I'D
and down the sun, with the minutest
interval between them, yet no one
knocks another headlong on the grass
or breaks a leg or a wing, long and
delicate "A they r Suddenly a De-
culiar, high-shouldered, vicious rrea-
ture with long and pendant nose, darts
out OF the rising and falling cloud and,
settling on your cheek, inserts q pois-
o sting. What possessed the little
wretch to do this? Did he smell your
blood while he was dancing? No one
knows.
A carriage comes suddenly upon
some geese In q narrow road and
drives straight through the flock. A
goose was never yet fairly run over,
nor a duck. They are under the very
wheels and hoofs, nnd yet they CON
trive to flap and wlddle safely Uff.
Habltually stupid, heavy and INDECENT,
they are, nevertheless. equal to any
emergency.
Why loes the lonely woodpccker.
when he descends from his tree aud
goes to drink, stop several times on
his way and listen and look around
before he takes his draiight? No me
knows How is 1t that the species Of
ant which is taken i'm battle by other
ants to be made slaves should be the
black or negro ant? No one knows. o.
The power Of judging Of actual dan
ger and the free and easy boldGeSs
that results from IL are by no means
uncommon. Many birds saem to have
a correct notion Of ~ guns ranSe. and
are scrupulously careful to keep be
soId 1t. The most obvious resource
would be to fly right away out Of sight
and hearing. but this they do cot
choose to do.
A naturalist Of nrazil gives an &C
count OF an expedition that he made
to one of the Islands OF the Amazon to
shoot spoonbills. ibises and other lag
nificent birds which are abundant
there. TITS design was compl etely baf-
fled. however, by u wretch I'd little
sand piper. which preceded him, con-
tlnually uttcring his tell-tale cry,
which: at once aroused .ll the birds
within hearing. Throughout the day
dill this individual bird continue. its
sell, imposed dury OK sehtinel to others,
rfccctually preventing 'Ee approach If
the hunter Il, The game and yet nlan-
aged 10 keep out OF the range If his
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-30

Origin of Spiral Wires.

More than one observing person not
familiar with electric apparatus has
had his curiosity aroused by noticing
that in a great many pieces of appar-
tus when installed the wire immedi-
ateiy next to the appliance has been
twisted In a neat coil, not unlike that
of a spring. This curious feature liz
seen in the wire leading to telephones,
push buttons, call bells and the like,
while it may also be observed some
times In the heavier wires, which are
attached to the ''hanger-bOards" Of arc
lamps. AS a matter of fact, these coils
are not an essential element in any
mechanism, though many believe them
to be so; but are simply a symmetrical
way Of disposing of the slack wire
that had been allowed in measuring the
distance. So easily do we become fixed
in our habits that this traditional ar
Fangement may now be noticed In a
great many places where there is not
h slightest necessity for II, and the
most striking example is that furnished
by a large electric lighting plant in
England, where the huge copper rods
leading from the dynamos to the
switchboard have actually been tor.
tured into corkscrew spirals i'm order
TO give them some kind of vague re.
semblance to the inyolutions attached
to the smaller and cruder devices OF
bygone years. This is another instance
OF English conservatism, which liz still
manifested, as Herbert Spencer has
noted, in the retention of the lines to
tho old stage coach In their modern
railway cars.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-30
Golf.

ITO be q good golfer, " says q femf-
nine authority, ''you must commence
early in life, and it is noticeable that
most people leave off very late. Ihave
seen a very pretty matron, the mother
Of ten, keep her hungry fold waiting for
dinner while she played ont her four
some. Another muscular mother, who,
in accompanying her husband to India,
was therefore obliged to leave her small
boys and girls i'll England, found great
comfort at the time of her parting from
them in the news that there were SPLEEN
did golf links at the military station IN
India to which her husband and she
were going. English women, however,
are not, as q rule, SO hopelessly daft over
the game as the great majority of Eng
lishmen. Like love, this game worketh
like madness in mems brains. A nom
goling bride to be, whose groom TO be
dreams, talks and labors only upon the
links, threatens to add to the marriage
service, II take this man for better or
worse. but not for golf New York
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-30
THE M { r


A $1,000 Ante In q Senatorial Game Was
Too Rich For His Blood.
A group of millioraires were playing
what was probably the stiffesS game OF
poker ever played i'm the United States.
It was ut Chamberlin's, in Washing.
ton, in the winter of 1889 and 1890.
The exact list of the players will never
be known, but Senator Wolcott of Col,
orado and Ex-Governor Hsuser of Mon.
tana were in il, and Senator Farwell Of
Chicago was in the room.
About midnight q swell drummer for
q Chicago dry goods firm sent mp his card
to Senator Farwell. The senator went
down to see him and brought him MP &c
the room where the game was going or
He introduced him to the other players.
Have You any objection to my play
ing?'' asked the drummer.
"Well, " said Senator Wolcott, 81
have no digestion, but-er-well, you
see, the game is pretty steep"
"Ha, ha"' laughed the drummer.
''That is the kind Of q game I like"
Ex-Governor Hauser remarked that
IL he could stand it the rest of the
crowd had no objection. With a wink
at Senator Farwell, the drummer sal
down. pulled out a s'wad, " peeled off
q 81, 900 bill and said to Governor Han.
ser, who vas dealing:
"Give me some chips!''
Then he looked around the table, as
much as to say:
mo flies ON me, chr"
Give the gentleman one white
chip. said Senator Wolcott. Govern.
Or Hauser passed over the chip without
q smile and remarked:
Jack pot for $5, 600. Put NJ you,
money"
The drummer sat aghast for an in.
slant; then be picked mp his money and
said:
TOO rich for my blood"
It Is currently reported that one mar
won over 500, 900 that night
Times. ..