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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-15
ORR STATE WEATHER
Relations Of the Virginia Bureau With
The NatiOlal Service.
,,.ronr or OBSERVER EVANS.
plan 90 Have signals Displayed
~, Railroad Trains aud steam
,.o,ts for the benefits Of tho Plant
crs Of Virginia.

re ttc report recently submitted to the
.....rnor of Virginia by the Commissioner
... Aeauimro there is a statement made
.. ne observer OF the Virginia weather
...cc which should Doe especially In
.....rng Go The planters and growers OF
... old Dominion. Mr. Edward a. Evans
..., is in charge OF the weather Office
..e has made a careful study of the
inheritance cf such an institution TO the
...uural industries Of the state, and
lbs written 90 Colonel Thomas White
he Commissioner OF Agriculture
..n. mns the soils and climatic condi-
.s of The old Dominion as follows:
I. Che history Of tho inception and
...oth % state weather services. IL VIII
.r necessary first TO briefly review the
work of tho National Bureau as pre-
.nuaiy 90 he gradual formation Of those
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-15
Child Falls Into n Crate.

The child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley
Chaddick. who live at Seven Pines was
fearfuny burned on Friday through fall
ir-- into an open CRATE The little on
who is just about is months Old lost
it's balance while playing near the fire
Mace. The head and neck Of the child
we're seriously SCARED. but hopes are en-
tertained that II viii recover.
The baby was rescued from the flames
bv its mother.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-15
ANNIVERSARY SERMON.
NEWPORT NEWS.
The Proposed Charter-A Residence
Burned-lBriefs.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA, December
4.-,SpeciaL)-Th Business-Men's Asso-
cation held a lengthy session last night.
number OF amendments were made to
the proposed city charter which latter,
after a complete revision, was adopted
as a whole Ii was ordered that the
document be delivered TO our representa-
tive in the Legislature by a committee
OF three.
News reached here to-day Of the burn
ing Of the home Of Dir. 5. 4. Sayre. on
the Hickman farm three miles from
Hampton The fire occurred this MORN
ing al O'Clock. IL is understood that
Mr.. sayre and his family narrowly es-
capped being burned 20 death. The dwell
ing which was owned by Mr.. George a.
Schmelz. of this city, was valued at
81 800 and was partly insured.
a negro cOal-dumper, named Edward
Terrell. was caught between two cars
on Pier to-day and severely but not
seriously mashed.
THE PLANT STEAMSHIP.
The fine. Plant steamship now In course
OF construction here IS 10 b. equipped
with TWO of the New Orleans Internation-
al Llfe-Saviug Company's nfeboats in
addition TO her other boats and emergency
outfit.
AN ELECTRIC DISPLAY.
An electric-lght wire and an electric
car wire came in contact with each other
Yesterday afternoon and caused the en-
tire electric-light circuit In the First Ma
tional Bank building TO be burned out
Fire flashed from the LIGHTS. and one Of
the globes was broken.
Mrs. Mary Dunn, Of Elizabethport
y. j., who claims that Alexander Dunn,
who married a woman named Jennie
TAYLOR in this city last month. is her
husband, IS expected to arrive here to-
morrow.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-15
Dnnouet nj Tord's Hotel.

A banquet is to be given at Ford's Hotel
tomorrow night by Stonewall Club No.
s. J.. L. A. in honor Of Mr.. w. W.
Turner. the president, who leaves Rich
nond shortly. Mr.. Mcdowell. OF the
MANAGEMENT Of Ford's, has the details
az the entertainment in hand and 1t Is
an assured success. Mr. Turner IS the
nopular assistant secretary Of the Young
Mems Christian Association here.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-15
,<rrcHAM BLACKLIsTING CASE.
Jury Unable to Agree and Are Dis
charged.

CHICAGO. December 14.-After being
ont nineteen hours, the jury in the case
~ Ketcham against the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway Company for dam
ogos ON account Of having been black
- Gov participation In the big Ameri-
n~n railway Union strike, tod Judge
R s, at the opening Of court this morn lo1
,,s. that there was no possibility OF their
,e'reemeut and they were discharged.
,rhis is the first case 10 come uD Tor
trial under the common law against con
snlracv. where the plaintiff alleges black
listing for going out on strike and was
REGARDED as In the nature OF test
Nine ballots were taken. ana the hIs.
was evenly divided az to the quit Of the
company The last ballot was ~ 10 IN
favor OF the railroad.
H. is apparent from the talk OF the
iurors outside Of the courtroom. that a
majority OF those who stood out Tor the
defendant believed that ketchsm had
been blacklsted. but that the testimony
ana not prove that which they were
morally certain Of
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-15
scmrIet-Feyer In Woodstock.

WOODSTOCK, VA. December H-(Spe-
clal)-A case OF scarlet-fever was dis
covered In the old Welsh Hotel here to-
day. The building Is occupied by num-
her OF families, and considerable anxiety
is felt bv them. This is the first case In
Woodstock for a number OF years.
The thermometer registered zero this
morning at s o'clock.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-15
PENNsYLvANIA AND ATLANTA.
STATE building ~ lie Presented 10
the Piedmont Club.

uARRISONBCRG. PA, December a.
The Atlanta Fair Commission OF PENN
svlvania reports that the settling up
Of It's affairs AT the close of the ex-
nositlon. a fortnight hence. Will cost but
I,ttle The Pennsylvania State building
viii be presented intact to the Pledmoht
Driving club, which is now being reor-
ganlzed. and on the grounds OF which
The club exhibition is being held
The Pennsylvania commission VIII close
It's affairs in excellent hhahciai eohu'-
ton.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-15
CHARGED with safe-Robbtns.

ROANOKE. VA, December li.-tSpe-
clal)-W. Il. Dodd was arrested this af-
ternoon on the charge of stealing $3.50
from Catogni Brothers The firms safe
was robbed OF that amount few days
since.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-15

LONDON. December IA correspond
en- OF the Central News in Rome says
General Baratieri. commanding the I'si-
ian forces In Abyssinia. Is TO be recalled.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-15
Upfyersffy building Fund.

The following additional contributions
IN This fund have been received:
" 7. Yarbrough & Sons .......... $40 %
Everett Waddey Company ........... 10 90
churchill Gibson Chamberlayne $50" 50
rev. Pike Powers ..................'. . "
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-15

.uus which from time 10 time arose,
.-. which finally resulted in the cstao-
r..uert 20 state services.
IrI.r the act Of Congress ol February
r~a. an organization was created which
r.s Nown as the OMITTED states Signal
-..a" The duties Of which were TO
. f.revarning of approaching storms
Oh. benefit of commerce and agricul-
.. Stations were established IN Vari-
.. portions of the country for the OBJ
..r.tton ana report OF storms. and the
...Iatau OF such meteorological ana
...-.+. data AS were considered desira-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05

Nine-tenths of the handicapped
tables and so on-what ] might cllI
furniture marble-seen in this country,
are made of artificial marble, said {
man in the trade.
Thousands of tons OF this mock
marble are made annually, and even
men in the trade can scarcely tell the
difference between the real and the
false article, for the markings, or
markings, go wholly through the
block, and are not merely superficial.
The basis of the whole is combina
ton of limestone and chalk, which,
chemically treated, can be made OF
any shade desired. The artificial
marble in the rough is placed in q
water bath, and upon this is sprinkled
sort of varnish, consisting of SEES
quioXide of iron, gum, and turpentine,
and all manner OF marbled designs are
produced when the turpentine is broken
up by the addition OF water.
Any pattern of marbling can be pro-
duced to order. Once such pattern
appears, the uir is expelled from the
block, and the colors are fixed by the
immersion Of the stone in sul plate
and warm water baths, and then an
other bath of sulphate and zinc 50
closes up the pores and hardens the
stone that it acquires the density OF
the natural article, and can be cut and
polished in the same manner, ATTAIN
tn Constitution.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05
Regulated by a Hair.

One solitary human hair seems a
verp small thing, but it is the most
important part of an important
machine in the Capitol at Washington.
This machine warns and ventiIates
the House, the Senate and the various
committee rooms and runs several
electric dynamos. Its most curious
feature is the appliance for telling the
proper temperature of the air in the
building. A dial arranged like a
clock marks different degrees from 0
to 100. 0 means perfectly dry air, 100
saturated air, i. g., air carrying all the
moisture it will hold.
Human hair absorbs moisture like
a rope, becoming shorter when it il
wet, in the same way. The hair here
is six inches long. The difference in
length between it when wet and
when dry stands for the 100 degrees of
moisture on the dial, and as the
moisture of the hair varies the pointer
on the dial moves. According to the
necessity, more steam is thrown in or
steam is allowed to escape, the atmos-
phere being in this way regulated and
kept at healthy point.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05
She Was Released.


Mrs. q. =, Morrill,, whose home Is in Cam.
bridgeport, at 81 fremont street, has SUI
iered NJ many women have suffered, and has
been cured as many would like to be cured.
When interviewed In the interest OF her suf-
ferng sisters she willingly gave her expert
ence.
"Three years ago." she said, II suffered
from form Of nervousness for which II
seemed | could get no relief. would have
terrible nervous headaches and pains and
lameness in my back. This state Of things
lasted for about year and was constantly
growing worse.
at became impossible for me to do my
homework, and at last | was 50 Frustrated
that l could hardly walk across the floor.
Nothing helped me until began to take DR..
Williams Pink Pills, and then the efec, wa
marvellous. They cured me entirely. |
think | had taken about eight boxes before
was convinced that | was well, AM since
then l have had perfect health. II is per-
fectly easy for me to do my work. The loa
Of suffering has been lifted and naturally
am very happy.
"My husband says that Pink Pills are the
only kind Of medicine | need, for he knows
as we'll as | what they have done for me.
believe that they are the best remedy Tor
nervousness, and especially for the sort that
attacks the feminine part Of the world"
DIR. williams Pink Pills contain, in Il con-
densed form, all the elements necessary TO
give new life and richness to the blpJl Aui
restore shattered nerves They are also Il
specific for troubles peculiar to females, -ucu
rs suppressions; Irregularities and all forms
Of weakness. They build up the bloc |, and
restore the glow Of health to pale and sal.
low cheeks. In men they effect radical
cure in all cases arising from mental worry.
Overwork or excesses OF whatever nature.
Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose
bulk at 80 cents box, or six boxes for
&2.50, and may be had OF all druggists, or di-
reot by mail from Or. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, n. Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05
Highest Of all in Leavenng PoweLatest u s. Govt Report
R9$!aa!!! R RsxasSE
ABSOLUTELY PURE


In paper recently presented to the
Philosophical Society of Glasgow,
Lord Kelvin showed, by the aid OF
special apparatus. that the passage OF
a drop of water through the air has
the effect of slightly electrifying the
latter. The electric action is much
more intense il the drop Of water
meets with a solid body or liquid
surface. He has also found that if n
drop of fresh water strikes a surface
of salt water or solid body, the air
is negatively electrified, while if salt
water is used, the air is positively
electrified.
The clash of waves against each
other likewise gives rise to positive
electriticutiOn OF the air, and in n
much larger measure than the mega
tive electritication due to the fall OF
rain. Scientific American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05

The Middleburg IN. " News is entl-
tied to the credit of having given to the
public the champion story of the sea-
sob, though mOdestly crediting it TO
"au exchange" 1t says Il man in the
western part of the State recently I'M
dertook to mix up nice mash for his
COW, doing 1t in the dark. He mistook
lot of saw dust for bran. The COW
mcekly accepted the substitute, posi-
bly, thinking that hard times were the
cause of the economy. The next morn
Ing the man MIXED the COW. obtaining
from her half a gallon Of turpentin, a
quart of shoe pegs aud bundlr OF
lath
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05

The Bombay Governments analyst
has been investigating the various
poisOns that are used in India, and in
the course of his report he disposes OF
the old notion that pounded glass is
the most deadly kind Of substance you
can mix with the food of any one
against whom you entertain particu-
lar grudgc, "Pounded glass" he
says, sis most useful poison He
does not, Of course, mean by this that
1t assists digestion, or can safely be
recommended as II pick-me-up after a
hard days work, but that it is "use-
fur i'll the sense Of not doing very
much harm to the person whose life is
aimed at and leading very easily to the
detection of the would-be murderer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05
Twelve Years Old and Weighs $40.

There is a girl in Webster, Mass
only twelve years of age, who weighs
80 pounds. Her name is Elsie Bates,
the only daughter OF Abel and SOral
Bates. Her father is farmer and
her mother works on the farm. They
are both above the average in size, the
mother the larger of the two. Elsie
walks to school and back, the distance
to the school house being mile and
half. But few men can handle
pair of oars as easily and gracefully
AZ she can. Boston Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05
NEW YORK LETTER.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. |

A chappie said to me recently that
Dunraven quit because he knew that
he had no more chance to beat the
Defender than "a. partridge has at
shooting time in Great Britain" When
| asked him what he meant by that,
he told me that he had been noticing
the reports of certain English shoot
ing parties recently, and that he had
made the following notes:
On the moors of the Duke of Dew
onshire, in Wharfedale, 1900 brace
of grouse had been bagged in fifteen
days. In a drive over II IVAN and Mil.
lonhill moors 1lG brace We're bagged in
one day. The Duke of Buccleuch's
shooting party on the Warbla moors,
seven guns in all, killed 5l5 brace
Of grouse in two days. Another shoot
ing party led by the Duke of Athol
and by Lord B,lfour of Burleigh on
visit to The Macintosh, killed in
three days SO2 brace of grouse. And
50 it goes on ad nauseam. When one
thinks of the skill it requires to bag n
dozen wild partridge in this country,
this shooting that the Englishmen call
sport is more like going into barn
yard and popping over chickens than
anything else that one can think of.
No wonder the Englishman said that
Dunrayen had no more chance to beat
the Defender than "partidge has at
shooting time in Great Britain"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05

Battle-ships may yet be racing across
the ocean as are the liners of the differ
ent steamship companies. At present
the new United States steel cruiser,
the Columbia, holds the record for
speed in trip from the Needles to
Sandy Hook light, making the voyage
In eleven minutes less than 4 week.
The element of speed is rn important
less so than solid sides of steel. In
genuity in modern naval affairs Is di-
rected to the construction of gun OF
such enormous power that nothing
can stand against it. and then in the
designing of ship that this gun will
have no more effect upon than buck
shot. The race between the demolisl-
Ing gun and the impenetrable ship is
SO close that to save both gun and ship
the vesselmust have Unnecessary speed
to run away If required. This has
given our navy the Columbia, which
Is believed to be the fastest naval cruis-
cr atloat. 1t made an average speed
of nearly eighteen and one-half knots
an hour at the expense of nearly 1000
tons of coal in the seven days on her
last trip. The Columbia was launched
In November 1893, and on her trial
trip averaged twenty-five knots an
hour. She is built of steel and carries
one eight-nch and two six-inch breech-
loading rifles eight four-nch rapidfire
guns, twelve six-pounders, and eight
one-pOunder quick-tire guns. The
cruiser is one of the best vessels of our
navy, and is, from stem to stern, the
product of American yards and foun-
dries. Her guns are Of American
make, as are her engines. II we can
turn out such splendid vessels there is
no reason why our merchant marine
should not be the largest of any na.
ton on the globe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05
A Costly Autograph.

When Adelina Patti favors anyone
nowadays with her autograph, she
writes it at the extreme top of a sheet
of paper. Her reason for this is that
once when she signed it in the middle
of the sheet, it was subsequently
coupled by the recipient with the sig.
nificant sentence, 81 promise to pay
at sight the sum e1O00," and pre-
scented at her bankers, New York
Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05

The condition of our railroads is an
excellent barometer of the general
condition of the country. If we want
to be quite sure what has happened
since the democratic party came into
power aud led us into the dlsmal
swamp of tariff reduction and bust
ness blues we have only to turn to
Poor's Railroad Manual for 1895, re.
Gently published. In the seven years
from 1886 to 1892, closing with Presi-
dent Harrison's Administration, the
total railroad mileage of the country
was increased by over 1900 miles.
In the same years of high tariffs and
flush times the aggregate capital stock
Of American railroads was increased by
round one thousand million dollars.
With the comingin Of the Cleveland
Administration in 1893 railroad
building came to II Standstill and in
that year less than 1900 miles of new
road were built. In 1894 less than
1900 miles were built-the smallest
years work in railroad building in the
United States in twenty years. In the
ten years between 1880 and 1890
years Of republican pro ection and
bimetnlIic coinagc-the total earnings
AMI income of American railroads
were increased by $50, 900, 900 n year.
using round figures. In the single year
1894, under democratic lower tariff
and gold monometalIism, the earnings
of our railroads decreased over $l42,
900. 900.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05

An association for the Improvement
of speech has been formed in New
York, with a view to correcting tn 9
oddities that have become part o.
the American language. 1t will
have the blessing of purists in many
other parts of the country, but espe-
cially in Boston, where good English
is dying n slow death, thanks to the
illiteracy in quarters that should be
exempt from such crime. One of
the best schools for correct and ele-
gnnt speech has passed away in the
stress of theatrical amusement. 1t
was the stage, where tradition was
indeed u master to educate the ears if
not the tastes of the people. With the
passing of the stock companies and
the coming of the slangy variety farce
combinations, lower order of intelli-
g.nce took possession, and the droll
ignorance of the street was burlesqued
and mimicked on the stage, until even
the leading Legitimate star companies
have been guilty of the grossest mis-
pronunciation of the finest and noblest
language IN the universe. In private
life among the wall educated the
same faults are often noticeable
but the penalty il in the heads OF
those who alter them while it is the play
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05

Salem, Mass, the Puritan paradise
of one hundred and fifty years ago,
sends through its Mayor the expires
sion of its sympathy with the metrop-
oils in the proposition to interpret
and enforce the Excise laws, SO as to
make it illegal for New Yorker to
give wine, beer or liquor to his friends
or his family in his own home. There
is grim humor in this Salem sym.
pathy. The gentlemen who sends it
it descended from ancestors who were
experts in the business of improving
mems minds and morals by act of the
General Court. Many of the laws
they made are still on the statute
books, but he pays no attention to
them, and frankly says that if he were
called on to execute the Puritanical
relics of legislative barbarism in the
volume of our laws, he would not do
it. His commiseration of the metrop-
oils as the modern Salem of century
and half ago is little rough on our
boosted progress and enlightenment,
but we accept it in the spirit of kind
ness in which it is offered. Meantime
in our own homes We shall entertain
our friends and our families as we
please, and snap our fingers at the
fools who think they can interfere
with u.s.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05
SYMPATHY.
ing Of dew in the night,

A falling OF dew in the night,
Which nature can never once miss;
And flower that's yielding to blight
Gloweth brighter because Of Its kiss.
A tear shed for some breast in pain,
Which cannot impoverish one;
And heart may take courage again,
And hope on till victorys won.
Will II. Hale,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05

The reader Of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
Cure is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being constitu-
tional disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the pa
tent strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its Work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars
FOR any case that ii fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials Address
FL. CHENEY g. Co. Toledo, O.
EE- Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05

The largest flower in the world
grows in Sumatra. 1t is called the
Ruttiesia Arnold, and some of the
specimens are each thirty-nine inches
in diameter. The central cup will
hold six quarts OF water Los Ange-
les Express.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05

BY actual experiments it has been
ascertained that the explosive power
OF sphere of water only one inch in
diameter is sufficient to burst brass
Tessel having resisting power of ~,
900 pounds.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05

Jones-This chicken is IA years
old.
Smith-How can you tell the age of
a chicken?
Jones-By the teeth.
Smith-By the teethl Chickens
don't have any teeth.
Jones' But | have.