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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-15

Vanity Fair" Is a new magazine 'oi
facts and fancies' published In Chicago
1t Is modelled upon the London weeklies.
Literature. social gossip. and femlnin,
fashions afford topics for clever writers
In its wide pages"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-15

1t is pretty well understood that Mayor
Strong. Of New York. believes Superin-
tendent Byrnes to be the right man IN
the right place. Byrncs Is q Republican.
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Office OF Leigh =. Pag,

NO. z SNaItFS Building,
Corner Tenth and Main streets,
Richmond. Va. January !, 1895.
To All Parties IN Interest:
Take notice. that | shall on the It'll
DAY OF FEBRUARY. 1896. at the houI
of 10 o'clock A. NJ, at my office afore-
when and where you may attend. II you
think proper 10 do 80.
Very respectfully, LEIGH r. PAGE.
{al-TutW Special C~omnissloasrs
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A description of Rhoda Broughton Is
given in an oxford letter, In which the
writer speaks Of the novelist as tine
snippy lady with the girlish figure VINO
was drinking tea upstairs
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-15

never does things by halves. s.c
what candor marks the SaIe-nc.
thing out of the ordinary for the
Peoples Store, whose everyday
motto is Candor and Full Value
but an extra exemplification OF it
a candor that marks THE LEAD
Err" Only the strongly right can
be candid. Every article in this
great clearance sale bears the prize
reductions.
Positively no goods taken back
or exchanged during the sale.
Just a peep here and there a to
price hints.
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RICHMOND RAILWAY
ELECTRIC COMPANY

Main Office ard Light Department,
foot Of Seventh street. Telephone tJ'
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streets. Telephone oli.
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and z streets. Telephone 656.
Manchester Office, Semmes ayeaua
Telephone 232l.
Arc and IncandeScent Lights ani
Electric Power at reasonable rates.
Electric Light Wiringa specIAlty'
Parties desiring Electric Lights OF
Power by notifying the main oilce "
mail or telephone, will DO waited upon
By . representative Of the company
lmh a0-tu
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The cars used for transportation OF the
United States malls will hereafter be
lighted BY electricity.
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UPTOWN OFFICE. 4s EAST BROAD
STREET.
wEsT-END OFFICE. PARK-PLACE
PHARMACY. Belvidere and Main streets.
MANCHESTER OFFICE. 1903 HULL
STREET.
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KITCHEN CROCkERY.

Blu and White Bowls. each 90. g.
lo1inch Yellow Pie-Plates. &C.,
Round yellow Bowls, s1ch J. " tai So
Yellow oval Bakers. each 81. b, ana
yellow Tipped Mixing Bowls ei- -
Yellow Cus.ard-Bowls. each 3 ana r..
600 Decorated French-Chin1
Lunch-P Plates, deiicately tinted fof-
ders and worth s. the dozen l"'i
sold, Ioc. each.
Memberships, q. a foot.
qoO feet Rubber Waather-Strll best
quality. can he attached -l} N.t..'
for .. A foot.
400 Two.StrIng Sewed MA>e,
BroomS. selected quality, unit. >).I
&c. each. Early and bright buyers
will secure a big bargain.
SMALLWARE DEPARTMENT..
i6-pin F5liins Hat AMI C3atracaf "-i'
Liguid American polish. unequal
cleaning and poiishirS. PEI
Silexo Securing soap, as sool "'
Ito. for large caFc ac.
NUken's Parlor-PriIe Stoye-Po'a.' %,
a bottle.
i5c. Scruhbing-Brushcs for we.
All-I}rlstle Clothes-Bru-hcs. ousht "
be Dc, FOR lOc.
Partitioned Knife-Boxes. loc'
SPOONS, Ic. 1900 dozen bt'-
tannia Kitchen Spoons, ten or Je'-
sert size, worth $50. the dozen, uH'
Ill sold Il. each.
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MI dFIIdrC To-
cent. on CHAIRS.

Ladies Rattan Rockers. Nts'0tl conc
tury finish. Ornat- back aai ARMS
were 81 each. Tor 800
Ladies' Ra.tan Rockers. fancy back
strongly made, ~sheAacSel, ".i. 90
each. for ST..
Ladies' Rattan Rockers. flrc" s''
back, sixteenth century finish. w.i"
1892, for SIS.
Ladies Rattan Rockers. ,4A i',
fancy bottom. were So, fr
Ladies o. Gentlemol's Reed =
fancy high back. VOL Nu.si arl
wer. 81 gs each. for $500
ladies' or Geruanen's lt1't11 b
ers. high fancy back. sh.liaDl.+ SOB.
s. each. for &.,.
Ladies' or Gcnu,men's l.ltt "
crs. high fancy back. byron BOT.
nifc,ntly finished. and were SD tf
g. ~ 81.
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WRAPS.

% Wraps. ladies' and misses, that sofa
last season from 8 10 SIS, choice ot
any 81.
Il Misses Wraps. satin lined and .m-
ported Melton cl0tn, sold from ST.
to Sl9. $50 now.
All the Ladies' Wraps Of this seasons
styles hat sold from 80 % So 4ie
$.N uoW.
80 and s. Wrans Tor $40.
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advertisements running consecutiveiy'
p.oa,rc notices in reading-matter type.
crn lines or less. 81, in nonpareil leaded'
iSc. ,
Card Of rates for more space furnished
on application.
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S.-Extra.Helyy All.
Wool, Io-4 Nirginia-Made White
Blankets for ST. 50 instead Of S.
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EMBROIDERY AND LACE.

Every piece in the house has
been taken out and reticketel lt
Special Clearance-Sale Prizes.
Bargains tor you from &c. a yard
to SOC.
JEWELRY DEPARTMENT hae me'll
Photo. Frames with pretty pi.ilt,.
for BE-.
The herald., 1895-04-09
MILIT TARISM

One of the features of education IN
many of the schools of the country is the
military drill. 1t is taking the place of
athletic sports, and is intended to be a
branch of physical training. So far as it
develops health and strength it is useful
1. also tends to promote selfrespect, man
illness and pride.
There is feeling on the part of some
that it means development of militar-
ism that is unnec ssary and unnatural
in a republic. The mill arism in all the
continental nations OF Europe is egarded
as perpetual menace to popular liberty.
The great armies of Russia, Germany,
Austria and Italy are held in hand to re j..
press any attempts to secure larger
liberty OH the part OF the people. and in
France there is apprehension that the
army may be used for purposes beyond
maintaining territorial integrity and the
suppression of violence and outbreaks
Famiiarization with military proceed
ings begets warlike spirit whlca is not
in accord with the peaceful methods of a
government by the people. The fathers
were opposed to large standing army,
believing that our best dependence in
times of war is upon citizen soldiery
The correctness OF their idea has been
demonstrated in every war in which the
country has been engaged.
The old militia organizations were of
very tile use as the nucleus for an army
In every case the young men responded
to the call of the country, and though un-
acqua nted with tactics and drill they
soon learned and in the brl efeSt ( me- thew
become an army OF the greatest qualities.
1t is thought by many rejecting men
that the small gular army we now nave
and the National Guaro are sufficient
nucl us around VIII cl to form any army
in time OF war that we may need, that we
are not contiguous to any power that can
give us serious trouble before we would
be able to raise a force nee ssary for de-
feDsve or offensive opera ions 1t is feared
by large number of people that
instruction OF boys in military maneuvers
will divert their attention to warlike
rather than to tine pursuits OF peace. War
is hateful to intelligent and humane peo-
pie and they deprecate everything that
tends to beget the spirit OF war.
The motto, I'm time of peac, prepare
for war, is ancient and belongs to tines
when militarism was the controlling idea
among men- when conquest and plunder
were the al iis of nations. That idea pre-
walls in all European countries, and more
especially in the dominating powers be-
cause when var was more extensively the
occupation of nations they had to be pre-
pared for emergencies that Nigh. arise at
The herald., 1895-04-09

if Profess Search had received his resig-
nation and whether they had presiL ent
or not. Amid general laughing. in which
the major joined. he moved that the city
attorney be called in to decide the ques-
tion.
Librarian Tessa Kelso then informally
read her monthly report of the circula-
tion of books during March. The num-
Der circulated was 4S, 504 active member
ship of the library at present time, .o36;
numbe of books in the library, 40, 7l6.
Demands amounting to $l27. Is that had
been approved by the auditing board
and ordered paid were read. Director
O'Melveny then began telling Assistant
Librarian Adelaide Hasse about some fish
he had caught in the mountains and the
assistant hastily disappeared.
There was good deal of comment on
the action of the board in reducing the
salaries one of the employees saying she
did not think the ladies were fairly
treated after working for six years eacn
to build up the library to be now accorded
such poor wages. 1t was limited that they
could do better elsewhere and no one will
be surprised if the next meeting of the
board finds the library really without
librarian.
The herald., 1895-04-09
icanism, lift up its voice and wall as fol-

icanism, lift up its voice and wall as fol-
lows:
Let us not deceive ourselves The
popular uprising in New YORK is, up to
date, without results The Mayors hands
are tied by threats OF all sorts of compli-
cations and u5arrassments unless he
ylel S to Mr.. Platt's dictations or sue
cumbs his Establishments. Undeceive
yourselves if you think you have accom-
plishel anything i'll the way of reform, "
ETC., etc.
This is very discouraging talk to come
from the very center of the camp of the
reiormers. 1t begins to look as though
the expected political millennium had
failed to come off. Perhaps there was
weight after all in Mr.. HIS suggestion
that as most of the commission govern
ing the affairs OF New York City we're BIZ
partizan and many of them ha been ap-
pointed by Republican legislature, it
might be we'll to lay the responsib bility
for the evil exactly where it belongs.
The next crusade m New York City
had better be after Mr.. Platt's scalp.
Reform will hardly begin until that is
ecureu.
The herald., 1895-04-09
A FOREIGN P0 ICY INDEED

The dispatches inform us that Senator
Frye of Maine. at a Republican banquet
speaking in contemplation OF his party s
return to power. said: I'VE will show the
people a foreign policy that is Amer
lean in every fiber d hoist the Ameri-
can flag on whatever island we think best
and 10 man shall ever pull it down.
1t is to be hoped that the fact that
these sentiments wire uttered at BAN
quet accounts for their character. Perhaps
The com bination of inc old WINS kindled
the fires + jnsoism in the senator's COM
bustibe brain.
Such policy would be un-American in
every fiber. 1t would hnd no preceuent
in the history of this country and no
ju tification in the declarations of any
American political party or the course of
any representative statesman of the
United States.
From the beginning OF the government
we ave hel to directly opposite pol
icy. We have not listed the American
flag wherever I'VE think est, but only
where we had a moral and legal right t..
We have acquired no territory except on
terms honorable to US and just and sat>fac-
tory to the people who parted with it. The
foreign policy he proposes is very ''for-
eign'' to us, indeed. 1t is the policy
that has characterized he nations on tle
othe side of the Atlantic, and that the
public and press OF the country have
unanimously condemned in these
nations.
The American flag should only float as
a symbol OF government that exists
'by and with the consent of the gov
erned."
Ii the senator expressed those piratical
views in sober earnst. it must be tnat he
is inea and loyal descen liant of the
Puritans, who, it is said, gathered in
the cabin of the vessel bringing them to
the new world and solemnly adopted the
following: BE it resolved, That the
earth snd the fulln SIS thereof belongs to
the saints. Be it further resolved, that we
are the saints.
The marauding brood OF sta esmen
typified by Senator Frye are of recent or
igin in this country, and let US pray of in
significant number.
The herald., 1895-04-09
THE INSURANCE WAR

Very little has been said of late in the
newspapers, but the people and the in
surance AGENTS are well aware of its exist
ence. 1t was q war waved with activity,
q slaughterlng of rates to an extent most
pleasing to those who wish to obtain in
surance on their insurable property.
Nothing has been better known than that
there has been an insurance union, and
that it comprises all the companies doing
business on the Pacific coast. This union
agreed upon rates. but some of the COM
panies, it is claimed, broke them by re-
bates to the assured, or otherwise.
The fact is that in the protected cities
OF California. that is, cities which have
paid fire departments the losses for a
series of years have been but 40 per cent
of the prem uns received by the insur-
ance companies and consequently business
in those cities is very d sirable. The
Home of New York and the Phoenix of
Hart ord have urged the reduction of
rates, but, being members of the insur-
ance union, they could not reduce them.
Finding that, through rebate and in
other ways. t ere was cuttin ng of rates,
the mpanies withdrew from the union
and proceeded to do business untram-
meled by any combnati on or agreement
with other companies. These COM
panes having reduced rates, the present
contest was precip,tated, and for several
weeks it has been kept up with unrelent-
ing energy.
Rates are cut to almost nothing, and
the spirit aroused indicates that the war
may be one of determination. How
long it will last is matter OF conjecture.
Should many fires occur, the companies
will suffer serious losses. As the iact is
not disguised that 40 per cent of the pre-
miums for the past few years fave GOV
cred losses, it is apparent that rates can
be very much reduced and a reasonable
profit assured to the companies. Ii these
rates were reduced 40 per cent there
would remain a profit OF 20 per cent,
which is all that should be asked. The
rate-cutting war is proof that thecompa-
nies can do a successful business very
much below the premiums heretofore en-
acted The war is conferring a great
benefit upon the public.
The herald., 1895-04-09
IS NEW YORK REPORTED?

Some months ago little before cleo
tion time, there was great uproar in
New York City about reform and the
overthrowing of Tammany. The Lexow
investig igation showed pretty clearly that
reform of some sort was decidedly neces-
sary, and as the Democrats held ma ior-
ity Of the elective local offices and were
generally out of favor because of the hard
times, everybody hastened to lay the
blame Oh them ana to exhort one another
to vote the Republican ticket at the sue
ceeding election
The result was that the Republicans got
out their full vote, great many thousand
Democrats joining with them in the in
terest of reform. Tammany was COM
plctely submerged. as the Democrats were
knocked out all along the line.
The new powers have been in office
now three months, and it is most acutely
disappointing, at this sta &c of the pro-
ceedings, to hear the New York Tribune.
the staunch organ OF oid-iine Repub-
The herald., 1895-04-09
THE SPANISH NEWSPAPERS

Recent press dispatches from Spain de-
clare that the newspapers do not venture
to give their readers the truth about the
state of affairs in tn, army and navy
with regard to the condition and quantity
of their supplies. 1t appears that whole
sale EN- Jezzement OF arms and ammuni-
ton and military supplies of all kinds
has been the vogue for some time in
Spain. and now that the country is in
volved in a serious difficulty in the island
of Cuba, the rottenness can no longer be
concealed.
Under the circumstances it was to be
expected that the newspa pers would in
form the people as to the true state of
affairs and lay the blame where it be-
longs.
AS Il matter OF 'act, that is just what
the newspapers of Spain started out to do
several weeks ago. before the trouble in
Cuba had assumed such a serious phase;
but it appears that the people refused to al
low the truth to be told to them. In Madrid
a mob of rutfians led by officers of the
army and navy, the latter doubtless par
ticipants in the thevery attacked the
newspaper o ices, wrecked several of
them and were with difficulty beaten off.
In the Sptnisa Congress such fierce abu Sc
and such fiery threats were leveled at the
papers as to cause the reporters to leave
In body. The papers were roundly de-
nounced on all sides for their lack OF pa
triotism-in telling the truth.
The Spanish people preferred to play
the ostrich game of shutting their eyes to
the facts, and must now suffer the con-
SenurnceS
The herald., 1895-04-09

any moment through the ambition or
caprice OF monarchs.
True Ameri, anism in government is
unlike anything else in the world our
institutions and methods are highe. and
better. We are the foremost nation in the
advocacy of settlement of Internal Ional
disputes by arbitration and not by war.
The military spirit is discouraged and it
is to be hoped that military instruction
in the schools will not beget in the minds
of the generation advancing towards man
hood. that which will check the tendency
to settle all differences in peaceful Ways.
1t is true that with the growth OF pop
lation and the disposition to conce nitrate
IN cities there is an increasing tendency
TO disturbances, yet a well organized
police and wiling corporation on the
part OF the posse comitatus ought to
be sufficient to preserve the peace and
protect life and property. They are
physical forces controllaole by the civil
power, subordinatIon to which is essen
tial to the preservation of our free in
stltutions.
There are those who are opposed to an
increase of the naval iorce as well as to
an increase of the army or the military
power in whatever form. The cases are
different. We are in juXtaposition to no
formidable country, but on the sea we are
contiguous To every nation of great naval
strength. Our ships, though compare
tlveiy few, 60 to every country and port.
Our commerce is exposed TO the assaults
OF all nations, and its only protection in
foreign seas is our navy. Should we be
come involved in war with any
great European nation the fighting
would manly be upon the water
To prepare for emery, ncies by the en-
couragement of the navy is wise. A navy
OF strength is a warning to keep hands
off, should no honorab way be found to
adjust differences. Without an adequate
naval force our commerce would be at
the mercy of the sma Ter powers. In
building up navy there is not that
danger of developing the spirit Of milItar-
ism that there is in creating a great army.
The herald., 1895-04-09
OUT=OF= =THE=WAY FACTS

An educational qualification will here
after be required OF men seeking enlist
ment in the United States army.
Berlin has mysterious new malady
which Professor Nirchow attributes to the
use of milk from diseased cows.
In the year 1917 the land upon which
Philadelphia was subsequently built was
owned by man named Peter Rambo.
Cotton seed meal is fast gaining favor
with Missouri cattle feeders as a cheap
fat proudcer. 1t is Missouri production.
Bicyclists must first learn to ride fairly
we'll before hey are allowed to us their
wheels in the public streets of Russian
cities
There are five casters" in the sultan S
kitchen at Constantinople. They taste
every dish before it is placed before their
royal master.
Strange bed-warmers are used by Chi
lean women. In cold weather. when in
bed, they keep their feet warm by placing
them on dog.
1t is said that moths will not attack
green fabrics. Arsenic is used in dyeing
green, and tn moths are wise enough
to shun that deadly drug.
On of the lay delegates to the colored
NJ f. conference at Fayette, Mass, took
with him to the place oi meeting crate
with three chickens in it.
The Sultan OF Turkey is sending out
Mahommedan missionaries to Africa,
at his own expense, to ch eek the Christian
advance i'll that continent
Since 1899 Turkey has bought 700, 900
improved rifles and 200. 000 900 cartridges
made of smokeless powder are stored IN
different parts of the country.
Th inch was formerly divided into
three "barleycorns,' these divisions be-
ing originally the length ora well-dried
grain or corn" of the barley.
r general staff of the Russian army
is occupied in making prep rati ms to re-
inf,rce the troops in the provinces OF the
Amour.
Sir seph Lister has been chosen 10
preside at the annull meeting + tie Brit
ish association to be held at Liverpool
next year.
A Transylvnia railroad only few miles
IN length is called the Szasr-hen-G -Gyrrgo-
SEE t-Gyorgy line.
deep sea mission to fishermen has
been started in France in the interest of
II, 900 men empl, ,yed in vari US places.
One boat has so far been equipped.
According to the official reports lust
issuel Lincoln is tn heathi st and
driest city in the United KlngdJm. Last
year the birth rate was 2S.1 and the death
rate 151 per thousand.
The est te of Teddington in Glouces.
tershire, England, presents com bination
of the number seven. 1t hos been 700
years in the family, consists 1000 acres
and has 700 acres Of fruit land.
monument to the memory of Mar
shal Canrobert is to be erected at Saint
Ger his native place Great interest is
being taken by trenchmen in tn plan.
details OF which have been left to Cen
eral de Colonel.