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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-23
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
REPORTS FROM ALL GREAT BUSINESS
CENTRES or The WORLD
Prices Of Money. bonds. Stocks 0rAins
Tobacco. Cotton, &r.. and the
Wes thar Indications


- WASHINGTON. d. c.. January %. =
| rlIp Forecast for Virginia: Fair wea-
w Their, though probably cloudy |;
winds shifting To north aud colder.
North Carolina: Fair weather: east
winds, becoming variable.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-23

RiehsnoHd Arrivals ~ New York Hotsis-
NEW YORK, January 2i.--tspecial. b-Cs
Barham. Brunswick; ). u. Lightfoot, 8.
OenlA Z. - y.
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ST. LOUIS.

ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS. MO. January 2.-tlour
quiet and unchanged; patent, 2.sS05.lO.
Wheat-IOwer; January. Ssc; May
Ccrn"Lower; January. ssc.; February.
oats-Weak and lower: May. 3oI1c.
Professionalism mess selling at 1870
on orders, Nic0
Lard-Prime steam nominal at nc.
Dry sailed meats-Shoulders, 30. longs
and clear ribs, IS -: shorts, pi%.
Bacon-Boxed shoulders. Tie: longs.
ne; clear sides. 7Ac.: shorts 7sg7.se.
High wines-Slow at N.l5.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL January 2.--Noon--Cot-
ton quiet: free supply offering; American
middiinR. sled Sales. ECO bales
American. 1850 bales: speculation and
export. 1000 bales, Receipts. n.ooo baiss
mand moderate: American middiing, low
mIddling clause, Std; February end
March. I s-s4d.; March and April i2-s!d..
also 4 il-6id: April and May. ! g-eti I;
May and June. : l5-s4d siso ! ASA. |;
gust gust I iseid.. also / E-sad.; August ADD
September. is-ssd. Tenders at to-days
y. M.-American mlddiins, "a, fair =
i,e'a good %,ddiin5 s ssad % ordinapy
~ ordinary, 8 iSisd. January. 7-s!t.
sellers: January and February. $50.
sellers: TsSruary and March. : hsti |;
March and April. 4 SID. also I 1881. +;
April and Nay. ll,std. buyers; NAY IAN, ann
Z u.S46Is fs-6sd. sellers: July and AuHuse
is-cffI4 lied. August and september:
iS-Sid.. seiIefs. Futures closed easy o.
the decline.
NEW YORK, January q. lection quiet;
miidline uplandA Use: middIing Gull,
sc. 8alssI - bales fansse e,4n S.
nrS;,s 49, NJ: is.scS. iIiSi Al I'm;
nv III: juae. mn; july ~; Aneus''
NEW oRr.HANs La. Jsaelsy = CO.:
, e. SsssiE ,i y - ~ az
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CoLD-wEATHER WINNERS.

EAST ST. LOUIS. Ills. January p
Favorites and outsiders divided the hon
ors to-day. The atmosphere was bitterly
cold The biggest upset came In the hfth
race. when Muckahi and frankie D., the
heavily-played choices. were easily dis
posed Of by Hansach. an s-to-l chance.
Summaries:
First race-lve eighths OF q mile, sell
lng-Gorela won. Sea King second,
Woodsman third Time. los l-2.
Second race-eleven sixteenths OF a mile.
selling Golden Crown won, DR.. Cosby So
cond. Miss l.. third. Time. ZIG.
Third race-thrpe quarters OF mile.
selling-Piquante won, Black Beauty Sc
cond. ST. Andrew third Time. ! % IL.
Fourth receive e'ghths OF mile. sell
ing-Iifeboat won. Sarah G.. second. Mol
lie Gray third Time. lO7 -.
Fifth race-thlrteen sixteenths Of mile,
selling-Bansach won, NIukahi second.
frankie ID. third Time. rs "a.
Sixth race-three quarters OF mile. sell
lng-Khaftan won. Nellie -. second. Lib
erty Bell third. Time. y.
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ALL FAvoRlTeS BEATEN.
The Books Have the Best of the Crescent
City Betting.

NEW ORLEANS. Ia, January -
Weather fine track and atten1ance fair.
All five favorites were beaten. ard the
books had all the best Of the days bet
ting. Summarize:
First race-puise $40 selling. i've fur
longs-Servia won easily by Il length ~
"A half Beverly seconl, Bllly blncai
third. Time. ~ ~.
Second race-purse 500. selling. o..c mlc
and seventy yeards-Mary Sue won. noe
Frank second. Virden third. Tine
1:49 81
Third racc-purse $50 selling. six fur'
Iongs-Bryan won. Miss Mamie second
pousse Cafe third. Time, LIS IL.
Fourth race-purse 500. handicap. one
mile and seventy yards-I3iiur won. JOSH
g. second TippecanOe third. Time
III 81.
Fifth race-purse go selling. six fur
Iongs-Cyrus won. Jerome second. Carmen
third. Time, ! :l6 -.
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Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Wall ~
private sales to-day indicate more gene
raj bushes. than an, nsn4sys ts.oins ven.
sy presents more sasv sof teS ~ ss
are vet quiet focte Psce)ats taye I'm
Sssyx svsryv hHss A v!sls faa Nos s
ii1eco here ts-moyrovs With gpod saiss
!. q - 80 80 - - ~ - saalI
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
HIGH TIDE.
PORT OF RICHMOND.
ARRIVED.

PORT OF RICHMOND. JAN. - ~"
ARRIVED.
Steamship Old Dominion. couen. 81
York. merchandise and passehse''
w. Allen & Co. agents.
SAILED.
Steamship Pocahontss Deyo' ,v.t,..
messengers and general cafsV' :"
ger. superintendent,
PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS, JIM
ARRIVED.
British steamship Acme. GaIyesi"n'
British steamship AspauA shpl,
british steamship Camden, NstAns'y .,s
Schooner Il. g.. Alien, True ~"
schooner Trundy New fors
oohoonsr y. Sherman. Pfoy1fnN
schooner J. II. Jackson. Jr' b'''''
SAILED.
British steaSnship RappahanhoeN' '
PR british steamship Acme, Galyes .,,o,
prs,.sn steamshi, Camden. LyeFr',so,.., .
british steamship cssuen0"'
burg. :. $3.50, " Dosion.
PORT OF WEST POINT JAN. = 'S@
ARRIVED.
s,eamshlp Dsnyills. Murphy, bsi''"'''''
nm ssengerx and general eafgo Raid.
pStsamshIp Dorchester. psrssr
,aose. uaSssngers and general ssfsV' yo,.
S,eaurshlp Richmond. Dole, Nc"
psssengers and general cargo
SAILED.
steamship Dorchester. psrk .,,,e,ei ear
VIA Norfolk: passengers ana h'
y steamship Richmond. DOLE. New ssns.
VA Newport News; passengers ~"
s,ssmshlp panviils. Murphy bt'"""''
- sssussrs and general ears1
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nook AND JOB PAINTING NExC-
~ X Z! !, Sx yHs!r AZ TAN DzsfArca
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RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.
RICHMOND. VA. January :2.-No auc
private saies--Fillers -; smokers.
Wrappers. 8: darkr. 3; scrap. ~: Tugs
IL. Total. rs hossheads.
Revenue OBJECTIONS:
Cigars and cigarettes ..-........, a.l0 s
Tobacco .........'........ss...s.. ASh
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27
a TALU-HOG STORY.
Had 20 Garry n Ladder to Look Over Eariy
English swine

\ CORRESPONDENT writes to a live
stock Journal printed in London:
lit j., rather a did'cult matter to
trace out the truth of anything pub
li>hcd in Is. but mv object in writ
in4 this l. to try and dc so through
your columns. In Martins Book OF
the Hog We are tod that in The
Picturesque Promenade ound EOrk-
ing published in s.. we are j."
formed that at the Whit heat
neat puhlc house in that town t..
mount. Il skin Of an immense hog may
he seen. The animal, which broke
one of its legs toy accident, was killed
in an un atted condition Its SKIN
was dressed with the hair on, and is
preserved. stuffed, standing in lul
proportion.
1T exceeded in size the famous
Northumberland hog Of l1,:.:
ii weiGhci l0+ stone. its length l.
feet. grti : feet he ght l. hands.
1t is computed that if the animal
hal ueen iattened proportional ely it
WON d have w gAed nearly zoo st ne.
80 tar says ou. authority, but W. cX
lect The kin. as i often the case. t.
havc been greatly str t:hed in cur
ing.
"On HrSt reading this, adds oul
correspondent. II thought hog was q
mis- sprint for horse. the fact OF .
hog hands hi..h six teet) bein.
rather 100 tall TO swallow, but wtlcr
it goes on TO state that il WIS large
than the Great orthumOer!anl h {
o - -. | was to think that the
writer really believed that the stufiot
aniiua he had Seen was a pir. sure
he could not have mistaken the heaC.
neck, and boots of a horse for tho e
OF 4 pig Moreover. there is the talk
Of its only halt tat. and what it wou.G
have weighed if il had been fully fat
tened, ana | don't know why any ono
would try TO tattcn a horse for the
sake OF killing it.
Are any or your readers old
enough 10 remember this wonderful
animal: 1t and the Whiteshea1
might still have existed during some
part Of the boyhood.
Galley mentions a very large
Cheshire hog, killed in l7.4, weigh.
ing 10 stone Of eight p unds, but
this animal was only 8 feet : inches
| ~ and / feet ) inches high. Wha,
was the great Northumberland hog
OF 1913, mentioned above?:"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27
Tho horse.cars ratified past her

Ion. The horse.cars ratified past her
door every ten minutes, and a. ed u
one rounded the corner out ran little
Jim Riley with a a of hot cof!ee.
Those poor drivers, she said. must
have something hot in such Singing
weather, else they'd slip into the
rumholes.' l said not a word. Some.
how my statistiya paper didn't seem
so all important. went home and
it shriyeled into a b ack cinder in the
CRATE fire"
"Oh. Aunt Jane, I'm so glad you
did something silly. ! only wish {.
could wipe out my mistakes so easily.
But | must do something to straight
en- this crooked world, or Simply
lOath Marie C~lendennin."
keep at it. child. Keep at it TIL
thee dies, and after, if the Lord so
wills. But don't peer at thy work
through a telescope, and don'tsp cad
thyself out too thin. Clouds OF steam
pu ding from the locomotive look very
pretty. but the work is done down
below with the pressure on II point.
And. dearie, don't thee worry thy dear
head about the masses. They are
Gods masses after all, and He'll do
His part. Thy part is to shake thy
b t of the mass asunder into atoms,
and put myself, thy whole self. INTO
the atoms where they touch thee.
That work begun. never stops.
Loosen the red tape a bit whe'e it
ties thee down. and take up for a
motto the brave old English words
80 the next thynge.' Pve been
working on it every day these fifty
yea past, and there's always been
a next. and there always vii be,
thank Oh. ~. y. | ost.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27
NE AND MARY,

There's = lot o JOY in Twin, an a lot O fun in
When u Teller has a sweetheart an is thinkin'
o. wife.
An that kinder now reminds me that l lived
on honey comb
When Mary did the milkin' an l drove the cat
tie houe.
I wa. kinder shy an bashful, an what folks
would say WAS green
An the writin' in the Bible put down Mary
seventeen"
Id been thinkin' Of the city-bein' much in
But l wondered, if left her, who would drive
the cattle home?
But there wasn't so much in farmin', or in
It kent me down to cotton Jeans an Mary fur
FROM silk;
An 50. though l was up to go for leavin' OF the
loan,
As l saii before, l wondered. who would drive
the cattle home?
You see, they kinder knowed me-been a-driv-
in OF en- So
An Mary hod TO milk 'em ut a certain time
you know!
Would they c.me up in the twilight. would
they know the time o stars?
An who. like me, could coax EN-, an let doNn
for EN- the bars?
/ remember, it was springtime -'bolt the set
tin o the sun; no.,
An | Grove the cows to Mary, an the milkin'
't o.
An / said: I'm sorry, Mary, that the two OF
us must p !rt.' ,,
An l kept a-whistlin'. careless, lik1 twould
break ~nobody's heart.
But she looked across the meadows, with her
blue an beamin' eyes,
Which WAS like q dream O heaven, an jest look
IN all the skies!
An then-an' then can tell how i couldn't
think or see
'Do you like the city liyin', or the cattle, more
than me?'
Wara't no milk in that ere farmhouse that
cyenin'- not Il drop!
The cows got in the cornfieli an Jest eat up
half the crop;
But the dish that | was feedin' from was sweet
with honcy-conb ,
From the res. sweet lips O. Mary, as l kris d
her yoin' home!
/ los. sieht O. the city life, whatever 1t might
be;
One are in the country was enough, an more
frme!
An I've made my mind up certain, an J. amt
inclined TO roam,
While Mary does the mi kin an l drive the
cattle no ne!
Prank l.. Stanton.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27

bundles OF malleablc cartilage, Il
it bchooves mothers to see that
this cartilage is not trained in the
way it should n t go.
About the ear,-Many men and
women to day have to thank the bon
not strings of infant years Tor oval
appendages which establish a resen-
blance between them and donkeys.
Mothers should avoid tying anything
behind the raby's ears. a good plan.
when the baby is asleep. is to lay IT
Dn its side, so the little head will
press the a fiat. So common has
become this Disagreement that skel-
etOn caps are made to press the ears
close to the head. A silk handker-
chief. however. drawn over the top
of the head. down over the ears and
tied securely under the chin, answers
the same purpose. Children with
ears that project should sleep with
this arrangement over the ears.
Many children inherit ''bald" eyes,
or eyes without lasheS, and only a
shadow where the brOwS should be.
This is especially the case where one
or both parents ale blondes. Pure
vaseliue rubbed on the brOws several
times daily and put at the lasheS at
night will promote immediate
growth. Nor does this apply only to
children, but is equally efficient with
adults. Nothing too strong al he
SAID against permitting children to
suck their thumbs. Charming and
heart-de.ighting as this commO oc-
cupation Of the baby is to the aver
age mother, nothing Will mole surely
ruin the shape of the hands. 1t is
the cause Of broad. fiat thumbs in
after life. There are preparations to
put upon the babv's thumbs which
will render these rosy digitS
less palatable. and after one or two
attempts baby will soon forget the
injurious habit,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27
Promising Pupil.

The Life Of General Sir Hone
Grant contains an amusing account
OF the teaching carried on, perhaps
u!ty years ago. III the dame school a.
an English village.
= little fellow was brought for
ward as a show pupil when some Ia
dies were visiting the school, and re-
sponded thus to questioning:
What's the tirst letter Of the al
~phabet:" asked the dame.
All don't know
I'VE must give him A commence.
ment, ma'am," said the teacher,
aside. "A is the first letter. What's
the >ecOnd:"
"Ah don't KNOW"
What is it that buzzcs about the
gardcn:"
''Flies."
Thou art a stupid boy. Bees nuz.
zes about the garden. B'> the second
letter. what's the thi d.
'Ah don't know"
What do l do when l look at
thee:'
'lnOu SQulnteSt
"Oh, thou stupid boy. Do / no,
see thee? c is the thi d letter. Now
what do two and two make"
This time the boy answered with
triumphant readiness: Five"
see. ma'am." said the old dame.
exultingly, snow nigh he is to it,"
THE people don't get many holi.
DAYS. but they get a great many mora
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27
A WAY OUT.

"Peace and happiness. truth and
Justice, religion and plety" - the
words from the church service came
to mind unbidden when one looked
at her. She was a plain little
woman on the shady side of sixty,
sitting in a streak of wintry sun
shine seeding r~aisins, an seed ny
them so earnestly she failed to no.
tice the opening Of the door.
1t opened. swinging back to the
wal, and Maria C%lendennin entered
with a quick step, her face flushed,
and unrest written plainly in her
dark eyes.
Life is an awful middle" she
said, and she seized the poker and
stabbed ierteIy at the soft-coal fire
"'Tis enough to drive a woman crazy
just to be alive nowadays. And
there you sit, Aunt Jane, with a face
3ike - well. you always make me
think OF the Hallelujah Chorus in
the Messiah and | lelieve Handel
would say so him>e.f if he could see
you
Aunt Jane was a little deaf.
"What's the child talking about"
she said, Iglanc ng over her spectac.e>.
The ewes were dark and bright as
though a spark glinted through them.
The halleluJah WAS in the face, but
1t was written there not 10y the
touch Of an angel; it was the vi tory
IN battle. and the place was the rest
after warfare.
Marie had come TO t e border OF
her BATTLEFIELD now to tie conhnes Of
tho broad plain miStlly bounded by
the other world. where each earnest
woman. looking out on the every
days, the playground OF youth out
grown. begins TO realize that ones
living soul, an everlasting lite, is an
awful thing TO have in ones keeping.
II believe she said slowly. Eyes,
i vetily lelieve Iii take to paper
roses and lamp shades, an bon-bons
and matinces. I'll put on my old
r~ose-co.Ored glasses and walk only on
Fitch avenue, and then I'll forget
there IS any Five Points, and I'll be
happy"
'Dh, no. my dear. thee won't.
The C~lendenn!ns aren't made for
tissue paper and cream.dropa. Thy
grandfather was burned out of house
and home for daring to say that a
black man had rights. but he contin-
ued TO say 1t, louder and louder. and
the rights came before the Lord,
called him 20 his rest"
'I}ut, Aunt Jane, the world is to
fierce now. People used TO live their
little lives. and quietly go to their
little graves: but now society is bub-
bling and boiling and seethine over
questions nobody al answer. though
everybody is trying to-
THE building and boiling began
IN a little town III Palestine nineteen
hundred years ago, and tits spreading
that's all, my dear" was the re-
ply.
Well, l wish I'd lived before the
spreading began, when julius Caesar
did, for instance. How delightful to
sit on the best seat in the circus.
and, Just for the wnim OF the mo-
ment, make or mar a life by a turn
of ones thumb-no cOnsciences then
to bother anybody. Eve tried skim
ming over life till | felt | was dane
ing on graves, and Fye tried diving
into 1t till my hair is grey at %. over
other peoples woes. This very after
noon I've been erched for two hours
on a hard wooden settee, to hear
Mrs. Lydia Mary Potts tell us all the
horrors of underpaid buttonholes and
6verpaid landlords, Of damp, shiyery
and sitting, stulfy garrets, of
ID many people to so many square
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27
are evidently BEING roro,

are evidently being Repeated ~
lar writer's, inspired from nv ~ poppl
OF ''the disappearance of tho We lesl
the dorsal nerves. in eighty roots
Of DR.. Charpy's patients. AM yer Cent
women possessing the extra ". ABOUT
also read that wasp waists w ,iu wd
men and women assume th make
and character of wasps. T rhe lo'n|
surdities need no refutatioa nese abb
lac ng no doubt exists to light
tent in this country and prod vu'ne ext
results. 1t existed just as mu BAD
more thirty. sixty. ana ,n much' %
ago. Nevertheless, our eyes m,r seala
vince US that the IA e has not DID, den oonI
Grated. Indeed. English wnmo uegenI
to bc growing finer and talIo, steld
ever though their mothers ,ua1
widely addicted to tight lacio, "eld
the richer classes golf. lawn !
and the abandonment of ..ano 'enal1
ISM of the bad old type accom-, laaFi
the superior development Of cnn,. y
poraneors womanhood. The eru.a
ence OF hospital doctors also tende
show that the women of the noa,
bigger and healthier than Then u
ers. AS for the male youth Of c.,a
Britain, their mothers yani,r 10y
done them little, if any, harm
British Medical Journal.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27

1t is a great thing, Or so c,D.,,
cred, for a woman to obtain , caa|
eminent clerkship at Washino,O'' l
The most pallid, the most eyban,"Sa
the most unhappy set of women !
have ever seen were the depatm.,l
clerks in Washington at ) o'clocE "!
very hot day. Rent for room, J
Washington is very high, the ce,J
mostly eat at cheap restaurants anl
two meals is said to be the order !
the day with mosJ of them. The nj
man on the farm who has plenty i
milk and butter and bread wand
stare at the small modicum dpemsl
sufficient to feed a Governmental
She would declare that the "intere,1
ing pallor" was an undressing y,l
vation," and there is much truth !
the idea. -Womankind.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27

If women goSsips are d~cSpicabie.
men gOs>ips are absolutely abOmina-
bic. The real manly man here III
terrupts ny saying that there are no
men gossip>. There shouldn't be, we
know but there are. for VIZ know
Just as well that there are. Mean,
5 a~ndal-l0ving, MISUNDERSTANDING
Oh. e t. WHO pose as being men. hut
wl.o are not W rthy the name. 1t
wouldn't be 80 rad if these masculine
gOssips would c0nline their cUAvcr>a-
tion TO the Substantial or iulag nary
peccldil oe> i their WI SEX, but
there due>n't appear TO lie enough
spice III that tame sort Of hack.b.t-
ing. therefore the buSy-bOdv OF the
masculine gender hits upon some
poJr woman tor his prey, and he goes
aiout iron. one t. the other of his
aoQuaintanccS whispering his inlen-
does and inSinuatiOn>, doing ten
times more harm than if hc came out
ana t id in so many words what he
had see or heard.
1t is Il fact to ie recorded with d
long straight white mark that the
masculine gossip is o largely en-
coIraged am1ng the members of mis-
sex who bear any pretensinnS to real
maniineSS. The women whom such
men select as their victims are gen.
orally widows who have no hi stands
to crush the lie these tiendS circulate
or else rome who are struggling
hard for a live ihoo and whose on
slant and necessary contact with the
world makes them more liable to in
wife comment and unkind criticism
than the wife or daughter whose life
is sheltered by the protecting love
and care OF men who work for them.
The masculine gossip doesn't touch
them-oh, dear, no. He Is afraid Of
thelr protectors: but where he has
nothing g. fear he lets his tongue run
riot, do lr ali in his power to injure
and anuty. 1t is well that some
chlvalryt'ill exists among mankind
and that II %defenseless woman who
cannot retaliate either through her
self, her husband, or her brother,
finds staunch defenders in the ranks
OF those in whom the gossiper expects
to lind enthusiastic and CredulOus
listeners. Philadelphia Times.
The Race Improving Physically.
Gloomy prophecies of the future of
the human race, owing to tight LAG
TO- 49, =.