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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-10

unlikely. The claws ars sharp ana m
pleasant to the feed when . ceutipede
walks over the bare skin, but they have
no venom.
There are two distinct types q cent?
pedes. One Of them may DO termed the
true centipede type. with q fiat body and
only one pair Of legs on each segment.
Tho largest forms are all poisonous.
Whether the smaller ones are so 10 un-
detcra.ined. The jaws Of this kind Of
centipede are perforated by channels
which convey the poison into the wound
made by the bite. The action Is some
what the same as In the case OF . veno-
nous serpent
The other type Of the centipede Is built
on the thousand-leg plan. and attains q
length OF 10 inches The biggest in this
part Of the world will not exceed inches.
1t has four legs to each segment, and
sometimes as many as sixty-five seq
ments. It IL easy to count up how many
legs that makes. Though not "a many
as 1000. they are sufficient This style of
centipede is never poisonous. Centipedes
feed on rotten wood and other decaying
vegetable material. They live In the
ground and among rotten leaves and
wood.
In some parts OF the world centipedes
are regarded with superstitious venera-
ton. A friend Of the writer once visited
Buenos Ayres. and engaged a room at a
clearinghouse He found eight large
centipedes In his quarters before he went
down to dinner Having killed them. he
informed the landlady of the circum>
stance. She expressed the utmost grief.
and declared that the destruction of tho
creatures would take away all good luck
from her establishment for eight years
to come-one year for each centpede.
Centipedes. as we'll as great spiders,
are sometimes brought to this country
from the tropics with fruit. They are
often found hidden In punches of bananas.
Scorpions make the voyage in the same
way. A naval officer told the Star writer
that in warm ATTITUDES big scorpions are
apt to get on board ship and conceal
themselves In shoes or other garments. 1t
Is not pleasant to put ones arm In the
sleeve of a coat and find an unlocked
for scorpion there. The arachnid. II a
fresh intruder. is likely TO be very much
more poisonous and its bite correspond
ingly more severe, than after IL has been
on the vessel for a while.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-10
A Juvenile Impression.

tWHshlnttON oIdT.I
och. Gearr sighed a little girl OF this
city I'm so tired OF lessons. / know
what III do when j grow up"
what"
IN be teacher"
"But teachers have 70 study. too"
II know that. But II 81 so much easier
TO learn the questions than II is to learn
the answers"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-10
Natural History.
washington Starr

"She has become quite a butterfly Of
fashion," said one girl.
positively dazzling" replied the other.
'And yet her father started as small
corner grocer"
.'Yes; you know we learned at school
that It takes the grub " make the but
tariff"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-10
(Judge.)

tJNubtJ
Kid: Say. mister. this cannon you sold
me Is no good.
Dealer: How's that?
Kid, loaded II up TO the muzzle, and 1t
never burst.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-10
Other Artists Have Vcntured

into the remotes corners Of the earth to perpetuate in
mperishable art every detail Of human fe in fact and
fancy and every aspect of nature Their works show
us the HOMES of peasants and the palaces of Kings
the BATTLES and other tragedies Of men and nations
the Humorous situations of life in every degrees the
SENTIMENTAL aspects of human society the HsroRIcAL
events that make up the record of the world; the
LANDSCAPE features of the lands we live in; every
nbase of ANIMATED NATURE and innumerable glimpses
of contemporaneous LIFE AND MANNERS in all nations
The publishers Of
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-10
An Actresses Confession.

"My new part fits me like a glove,
Though really I've not read line;
But then. 'twixt you and me, my love,
My costumes simply are divine!'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-10
ALL WERE NOT AGAINST HIM.
National League Games

At Baltimore: H. H. II.
Pittsburg ........ 10s201oo0-10 II 0
Baltimore .... 5000 3 ia "a ?
Batteries Killen. Coloolough. and Mack;
Brown. Inks. and Clarke.
At Cleveland: X. ii. l..
Washington ...... O05620o2 Job 10 Z
Cleveland ....... 1012450 20-16 Is /
batteries. Sullivan. Esper, Maui. and
Dugdale; Cuppy, Clarkson, and thinner.
At Loulsville: X. II. L.
prookIyn .... s00000212-S 10
Louisville ....... 20620154' 20 II 4
Batteries: Kennedy and DALEY; Wads-
worth and Grim.
At Chicago: X. Ii. IL.
Boston ......... sO2O231 00-11 II 2
Chicago ....... 1900 $500 -i3 II 1
Batteries: Lovett. Staley, and Camel;
Stratton and Kittredge.
At ST. Louis: X. ii. 70.
Philadelphia Gee. 203O0033 Oil IA I
st. Louis ........ 211410O 10 II Z
Batteries Carsey, Callahan. weighing,
and Buckley: Hawley and Miller.
At Cincinnati: x. III. H.
New York. .......1Oi 1921 2 0-l3 16
Cincinnati .........0 1000 20 q IL
Batteries: Rusie and Farrell; Dwyer'
Parrot, Vaughn. and Murphy.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-10
Married Now.
Detroit Free Press.)

I can't afford a carriage.
Nor a bicycle built for two.
But here's a nickel for street-car fare
And that's good enough for you.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-10
The Discovery.

UNIV 1VFh IitEstiII
She saw q FOOTPRINT ~ tie sand;
1t made her smile In glee.
And, turning 10 the other girls
.It - = DaAnP, nEiAd aha>
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-10

money refunded
Houston, 4lnu.
DR.. r. v. PIrRcs: Dspw MI scYld tel
Of number OF ceses whsfe Dr. Riesess Family
Ms%: as: :So sG a,.d Up yse i sssss
les; now be says that Pleasant Pellets have
helped him moro than any or III the medicines
that be has ever taken.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-01-26

A New York clergyman who was preach.
ing In a neighboring village astonished the
congregation by saying, II wish to return
to New York by the first train, as have
wife and five children there and have never
seen one of them" This declaration ex-
cited the most painful curiosity among the
people, which was allayed, however, when
II became known that the "one" which
the clergyman had never seen was one that
had been born since he left home the day
before.-Argonaut.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-01-26
THE HAWAIIAN
Safe Deposit 5 Investment
COMPANY.

Has superior facilities for hu,iug and
sell ng stOci. and BoHGn aid Is IN
a position to handle large blocks Of
stocks, paying cash for same; or will
sell upon Commission.
Ewa S'iun alton stock can be
disposed Of 10y us in large OF small lets
at fair prices.
safe Deposit Boxes of various
sizes for the safe keeping cf all sorts of
valuables. rented at reasonable rates.
silver Nynrc and Valuable
Articles taken on storage for long
or short period.
Apply fur,paliculars to
THE HAWAIIAN SAFE DEPOSIT
AND INVESTMENT 20.
40S FORT STREET, Honolulu.
1Si-tf
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-01-26

The man had scheme on foot in which
there was going to be big money to him,
and he had tried to get backing, but with
out success.
nyW suggested friend.
Cant" he said. II can get the compa-
ny, but where in thunder can / get the
trustr-Detroit Free Press
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-01-26

eV-For Freight and Passage apply to
H. HACKFELD 6 CO.,
64-tf Agents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-19

attack upon him the Journal has no means
OF knowing. Considering the crowd with
which he had TO deal. the assumption Is in
his favor. After he was attacked by hall
a dozen men. his mace taken away and he
had been. thrown Town and struck in the
face, he was warranted in using his re-
volver in self-defense. If the half-drunk
toughs who assailed him had not killed him
then and there they undoubtedly would
have disabled him for life. When ii comes to
such a pass, any man has a right TO pro-
tect life or even limb by any means in his
power. Human life parts with its sacred
ness the moment the owner of it attacks
another with a purpose to destroy 1t. 1T
is possible that the police have at times
been too ready with the revolver. but in
no recent instance has a man been shot
who was not a lawless character and was
fleeing from the crime which he practically
confessed by attempt at escape, and of
which it appeared by testimony he was
guilty. Immunity TO professional law
breakers would be followed by aggressive
acts all along the line. SO that soon neither
property nor life would be even measurably
secure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-19

big income during their lives only, and
which reyerts 10 others upon their death.
This is regarded as an insurable interest.
with such an income should provide for
her husband and family so as TO enable
I ITEM I. sbo Seep sb bp 5 snei ars sec" Tbsrs ar s'y man Ut
such women who carry very large lines or
insurance, and only the other day a local
COMPANY chnTpIsy ISSUED q policy y,s es n n m TO Mfs;
clothing merchant OF Providence. r.. l.. in
favor of her children. This is the largest
.One reason why women were not in-
sured TO any extent several years ago was
for the reason that they had no insurable
recognized breadwinners. and / see no rea-
son why. as such. they are not as much
entitled 10 insurance as men.
'"They are engaged in all sorts OF pur-
suits. and in many cases are the chief
br eadwlnners of the family. II is a mistak-
insure their lives. 1t Is principally the well
TO do. / don't mean the rich, either. Most
of them insure for their children and very
upon her husbands life she reinvests IL In
a policy on her own in favor OF her chill
dren- Not many wives insure for their
and they often insure for the benefit or
each other.
and they all solicited 1t themselves: we
never solicit them. The law says that a
wife has an insurable interest In her hus-
band, but denies the husband a similar in
terest in his wife.
Here he continued, picking up a pol
icy, Il have just told you that we seldom
insure a woman for her husband. but IL
happens queerly enough that only to-day
we issued a policy TO a woman for 5000
for her husbands benefit. That might not
happen again for months. We took ten
days to Investigate the case. though. L
should say that not 3 per cent. OF our
risks are on women. Talking Of that pref
udice Of a man killing his wife reminds me
of a recent case. A man out West blew
his wife's brains out with a rife. 1t was q
clear case. He was tried ard acquitted on
a technicality. That woman was insured
in our company in favor OF the husband,
and We had TO pay the policy"
Mrs. j. Sloat Fassett is an example OF
the big insurabIe interests referred 10.
She has a very large interest in the Cali
fornia Croker estate and is insured for
100000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-19
ONE MINER.

Those demagogues who always count
upon the ignorance and prejudice Of the
workingman to lead him will be the vic
Tins of their own trickery this year. They
will find. when the votes shall have been
counted in November that they. rather. than
the men they would dupe, are the victims.
AS the average man works or remains idle,
he will do a great deal of practical think
ing. This is indicated in an article written
by a miner and published in a local paper
in the Ohio coal region. "Why." this man
asks. lis not the Mckinley tariff on coal
a good thing TO have going around just
now? Last year we imported a million
tons of coal with a duty Of 10 cents a ton.
and il we had had the Wilson bill, making
coal free. or the Senate bill. with 40 cents
duty. a great deal more coal would have
been imported. We are now on strike to
raise the price of coal and wages, and here
is this bill in Congress which opens the
market to cheaper foreign coal mined by
cheaper foreign labor Here is a man who
sees that a duty on coal that keeps cheaper
labor coal out of New England and New
York gives the American miner a wider
market. consequently more constant en-
ployment, and probably better wages. Then
he goes on to say:
If a protective duty is good for those who
work In coal IL is good for those who work
in iron, wood. cotton. tin. wool or any
American industry. For when wages are
high all of us have plenty to eat, and all of
US wear good clothes. and all who are pru-
tell us that tariff is a tax. but we we'll can
afford to pay the tax when a protective
tariff puts more money into our pockets
than the tax" amounts to.
There are many thousands of practical
and hard-headed workers like this miner
who know that fooling with the tariff Is the
cause of their woes. The campaign speaker
will do his part to set him against mo-
nopolies and to switch him off to the silver
or some other issue. but he will waste his
eloquence this year. These thousands of
men see that the pulling down of protec-
ton gives their home markets to foreign
competitors who work for lower wages. He
cannot be diverted by the callow disciple of
the free-trade theorist, who tells him that
he can dig so much more coal, make so
much more glass and do so much more
work than the European that he can main
tain his wages. His attention will not be
drawn from his own interests by a coinage
proposition which cannot benefit him be-
cause he has no silver bullion. He sees
| that tariff reduction means lower wages be-
cause it puts him nearer the plane of the
European competitor who receives half the
wages to which he has been accustomed.
That is a practical fact which he has
grasped. He may not say much about it.
but in the voting booth. on Tuesday. Nov.
6. he will stamp the eagle of protection
| on his ballot.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-19
THE STANFORD ESTATE SUIT.
Its Effect VIII BE To Close the Great
University Indefinitely.

The purpose of Senator HoaT the other
day when he introduced his resolution con-
corning the suit brought 10y the govern
merit against the Stanford estate was not
TO release that estate from any liability
for che debts OF the Central Pacific rail-
road under the. law. but to authorize the
Judiciary committee to make an inquiry
TO determine the responsibility of the ex-
ecutors of the late Senator stanford. in
order that they might know just how far
they are authorized TO carry out the pro-
visions of his will concerning the universe
~. As 1t is understood here, the suit
brought by Encouragement Olney practic-
ally closes the university for an indefinite
time. because the executors cannot furnish
money to upp0rt IL without rendering
themselves liable under their bond, and
$l5.O0c.000 will be tied up until the litigation
between the government and the Central
Pacific railroad is settled. This is. of
course, regarded as very unfortunate for
the cause of education at large and for the
State of California in particular. Senator
Stanford placed his entire fortune at the
disposal of a board of trustees for the ben
eft OF the young men and women of the
United States, thus erecting what he con-
sidered the best monument that could be
raised to perpetuate the memory of his
son, who died when he was sixteen years
old. Tine Encouragement, by bringing
this suit, utilities the purpose OF this great
benefactfon, although there IL no expecra-
ton on his part nor in the mind Of any
one else that the government can ever col
lect a dollar of the money, and II may be
half a century before the case is decided.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-19
THE RAILROAD POOLING BILL.

Years ago one of the reasons urged for
the passage of the interstate-commerce law
was that railroad pooling should be pro-
hibited. The law was enacted and now
members of the Interstate-commerce Com
mission who have viewed the results from
a judicial position are favoring the bill be-
ing considered by a House committee to
permit common carriers TO divide their tom
mage or their earnings in such proportion
as they may agree. which is pooling. Com
tie to do with the enactment of the inter-
state law. are practically unanimous in
favor OF the bill. for the reason that II has
been found that competition causes such
wide fluctuations of rates of transporta-
ton that they derange business. A MEM
Der OF the interstate commission recently
gave an illustration OF the evil by naming
points on several roads the transportation
to which fluctuated from $1.H to "A cents
a hundred. One of the merchants knew that
the rates would be dropped. and waited.
WHIT OOhiIttiAOiS AAA(0 thNtA u CiAO0oCo
at the higher cost of transportation. Such
a huctuating element in business as COM
petition has brought is more objec-
tionable than a higher rate which shall
be uniform and made for given seasons.
AT times, for several years. railroads have
been carrying goods at prices which have
left no surplus over the bare cost of hand
ling. Any transportation which leaves no
margin to help pay fixed charges is an in
jury to the railroad. and sooner or later
will be to rhe public. At the present time
the schedules of American railroads are
lower than those of any other country,
even where governments are managing
them. The monopoly OF railroads is one
Of the creatures OF the defective or dis
But even If the railroads are not to be
| considered in the competition which causes
them to carry goods at seasons at a loss,
the interests of shippers should lead to
legislation which will insure such stability
of rates as will afford all of them the same
opportunities.
The pending bill authorizes railroad COM
panies TO enter into pooling agreements
which shall be subject TO the approval OF
the Commission. and
that the courts shall have power 10 en-
force them as any other legal contracts.
Pooling under such conditions must be an
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-19
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The Duke of Parma, father of the Prin-
cess of Bulgaria. has ten daughters and
five sons.
DR.. oliver Wendell Holmes has gone 10
his summer home at Beverly farms, Mass,
under injunction of his physician to keep
quiet and beware of casual visitors.
In a ton of Dead sea water there are
mean, IS; Atlantic. 81; English channel, ~;
Baltic, As; Black sea, &c, and Caspian sea, IL.
Elliott Stock recently published a new
edition of Thomas a Kempis." A favorite
review was cut out by a newscutting
agency and addressed to Thomas a KEN
pis," ESQ.,, care of his publisher, intimating
that on receipt of a guinea he could be
supplied with all references to his writings.
Gen. r. A. Colston. who commanded
Stonewall Jackson's brigade at Cedar
Mountain. was recently removed from a
subordinate position in the Surgeon-generars
office at Washington, after suffering from a
stroke OF paralysis. and he is now living
in a destitute condition in that city. At a
Veterans Association IL was decided TO rem
der the old soldier all the aid in the asso-
cations power.
Clark Russell. the brilliant writer of sea
stories. is in a very delicate state of health.
Very few people would imagine that much
of the picturesque and magnificent work Of
this famous author has been done while he
was racked by physical pain. Such. how
ever, IS the fact. For years Mr.. Russell
has been such a martyr to rheumatism
that he can hardly hold a pen, and has had
to dictate his novels to his son. Herbert
Russell, who is said TO have. while thus
acting as his fathers amanuensis, caught
some OF his parents power.
A correspondent of a London newspaper
calls attention TO the recent death in Eng
land of the woman who sent Florence
Nightingale to the Crimea. She was Lady
Forester. youngest daughter of the Earl
of Roden. who found herself in 1852 the
childless widow of Major Charles Forester,
of the Twelfth Lancers. In the winter of
1876, while her brother was serving
before Sebastopol, she got stirred up about
the condition of the wounded, determined
to have something done, and was directed
TO Miss Nightingale as the fittest person
to do IL. She went 20 see her. with the
result that Miss Nightingale went 10 the
began.
old John Kelly's ghost; .
John COTS a-roundin' up the boys" said
Copper-on-the-Post.
But why does Croker run away%" said old
John Kelly's ghost:
"He didn't know where Ii would STOP"
said
For the gang Is goin' to pieces, an his
pull has petered out;
The tigers now a%-runnin' fast, it's lookin'
likt a rout.
They're a-greetin' his death struggle with
a loud victorious whoop.
An Croker he got frightened. an so he
flew the COOP
New York World.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-19
Incidents Showing the Bond Between
EnglishDen and Americans.

Poultney Bigelow. in Harper's Weekly.
Once upon a time. while guest on board
a big English battle ship. some officers OF
the Wardroom sought to tease me in re-
gard TO relative merit OF American and En-
glisn sailors in certain naval engagements
Of which ! had a sadly hazy idea, was
slowly gathering steam for a patriotic ex-
piosion, when one of my British sailor
friends turned the tables in my favor by
this jerky little speech:
That may all be true, but / was at the
bombardment of Alexandria, and we were
in a bad fix, and all the war ships of other
countries drew off and left US TO fry in
our own fat, and then the Americans came
and helped us. They landed their men,
they kept order in Alexandra; they acted
contrary to orders; but then they said that
blood is Kicker than water"
At this the whole wardroom burst into a
cneer, and nothing more was heard of Ches-
apeake and Shannon yarns.
Then another weather-beaten marine bar
nacle Told his little story. Il shall never
say another bard word against Yankees"
when that hurricane struck Samoa our
snip Just managed 10 steam out of the
haroor and escape total wreck. As wa
the bowling wind and binding sea we could
make out the Americans I'm the rigging of
the Trentor-and they were all In The pres
ence of death. But they didn't think of
that. They gave US three cheers. and it
made the hearts Of our men jump up and
choke them when they heard those cheers.
And IL made me feel at last that blood Is
thicker than water"
30, on the night or May 70 Americans
and Englishmen sat down to a feast in
tended TO once more emphasize the fact
that the great English-speaking family has
We are of one parent stock; that when we
quarreled IL was because we did not know
how 10 appreciate one another's good quail
tiles, and that in future war between Eng
land and America is out OF the question so
long as Englishmen and Americans speak
the same language.
The keynote to the banquet given by
Englishmen to the officers and men of the
Chicago was furnished by one after an
other of the entertainers. They once more
told OF how the British men-of-war lay of
the mouth of the Psi-Ho river. near the
ugly mud fats which stretch out before
the Taku forts which bar the approach TO
Tien-Tsir and Pekin. / have been up into
over again from eyewftnesses. The English
Yankees overruled their written orders, TO
obey the great unwritten law, blood is
thicker than water" Admiral Erben, OF
the Chicago, and the venerable English adj
miral of the fleet, Phipps HornSy, both
dwelt upon the assistance given by Amer
lean bluejackets to those of old England
far away in Chinese waters.
This dinner was a remarkable one for
the hearty and spontaneous manner in
which 1t was conceived and carried out:
for the enthusiasm with which the English
men of every profession crowded for the
right to be present and do honor to the
Americans amongst them. For the past
week the main fashionable question has
been. Are you going to the Chicago BAN
quet? or. Have you met Captain Mahan?