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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-04
TRINITY COLLEGE.
Another Liberal Endowment Offer
Durham Tobacco Market.


DURHAM, n. c.. May 3.-lspeciaD-
The trustees Of Trinity College finished
their work last night, and most Of them
returned home. The report Of Professor
Kilgo. president was very satisfactory.
and showed that the college had improved
in all lines. and was in splendid condition
for work the coming session. ii was de-
cided that the degree of a. IL. should
constitute the only one to be conferred
In future. Mr.. Washington Duke comes
forward with another liberal offer to
wards the endowment fund. He sub
scrlbes $4,000 on condition that the Me-
thodists of the State will raise $4,000
more. The trustees were highly pleased
with the work of the college under Pres
ident Kilgo, and are very much encour-
aged
Colonel ]. s. Carr. who was a private
In Company X, Third North Carolina
Cavalry has made a very patriotic call
to the Confederate veterans to attend the
unwilling of the monument Of the Con-
fcderate dead at Raleigh on the 10Th Of
May. and he informs them in this call
that special arrangements will be made
for cheap transportation. and that free
transportation will be furnished those
who are unable to pay. a very large
number will doubtless attend.
A large quantity of tobacco Is being
brought to market during this damp spell
of weather, and prices are maintained
remarkably well. our warehouses have
all been full. and farmers are well salts
fed. They report, however, great damage
in the country to plants. and ii is be-
lieved that the acreage in tobacco viii
be very much reduced and the crop will
be late. owing to their inability 10 pre-
pare the land for early planting.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-04

most desirable means of exit from the
present and entrance into the future?
The ideal death is undoubtedly that OF
old age If we had perfect bodies, I'M
hampered by inherited weaknesses, we
should not die in youth or middle lie.
but should retain our faculties TO the
last, and take our leave as the sun does
when he sinks behind the hills. III the
laws of nature were triumphant. II our
ancestors had not left their diseases as
well as their property TO us as heirs
we might be hale and strong until the
machinery gave way. That is the KIND
of life and death indicated by the plan
Of God, but that plan has been sadly
interfered with. Such a life, rich ana
healthy to the last, and such DEATH
simply falling asleep through WEAKNESS
and waking up in Heaven, are rarely
seen. Many people bewail the sudden de-
parture of loved ones, and regard 1t as an
addition to the bereavement. but this is
a mistake We must think of ourselves
less and of them more. If one Is TO
take a Journey and the preparation for IT
is painful. then the quicker the prepare
ton Is made the better for US all. When
we must say good-by a handshake is
better than a prolonged farewell. III one
Is called away by voice which cannot
be disobeyed. why should we selishly
hold him In lingering embrace when
lingering means suffering for him."
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-04

tough, upright strips. and to bend them
IN proper shape to split out the Milling.
and deity weave II In. The black oak -
fortunately so put together by nature
that when a split stick Of II is skilfully
hammered across a large nat stone the
different layers made by each years
growth will separate and lie all ready
for the basket-makers to use. White oak.
black oak. pin oak. hickory. white wal
nut, pignut, white ash. and black ASH
all enter into basket-making more or
less. but white oak Is the standard wood.
The basket-makers who prepare their
own material look with contempt on the
baskets made In factories, where the
splInts are cut out by machinery. The
machine necessarily often cuts across the
grain of the wood, causing a weak place
in the basket. The factory baskets are
much cheaper of course. one can buy
busheI basket OF this kind for 80 cents.
when a handmade basket, strengthened
and bound with hoop-iron, may cost y;
vet one OF the latter may outwear ten
OF the former; the one may weigh nve
pounds, the other ten TO twelve. Some
times an order will come for big WOOL
basket, to hold twelve to twenty-five
bushels. or a dealer may want few
hundred of the conical bushel baskets
used By the market-gardeners OF Long
Island and New Jersey. The favorite
basket for picking apples Is the round
half-bushel. with hickory bale, as IL nus
I'm nicely between the rungs OF ladder.
1t Is an exciting day In the basket VII
lage when one OF the big rick wagons
is loaded I'D with baskets to go to steam
boat-landlng or railroad station. There
NAV be consignments in II from halt
a dozen families to half a dozen dealers.
And there follows an interesting suspense
as the wagon rolls out OF sight tilI the
check comes back from the New YORK
merchant through the mail. Meanwhile
the big wagon makes 1t way down 10
the shipping point, discharges IT'S LOAD,
and the driver sets about to lay In sup
plies of dry-goods and groceries Tor the
return trip There ~ n saying In the
village that a load of baskets Is sign OF
rain The reason may be that the basket
people pick out as fine day as possible
in starting n wagon. and these especially
fine days are proverbialy weather
breeders"
IL the basket-makers could always have
steady work they could accumulate snug
little fortunes but as the trade IL preca-
rious one, and its followers usually make
only bare living. However. one will find
the people hospitable and kindly. Although
hands may become callous in wrestling
with hickory and hoop-iron, the work.
mems hearts are as open as any. There
Is no more cheerful blaze than that made
in a shop-stove out of hickory shavings,
and your hosts are not only generally
glad TO welcome visitor. warm him, and
chat with him, but will. If he likes. give
him a big armful of shavings to start his
own fire.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-04

This is the truth in a nutshell re-
garding the cures by Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. 1t tells the story of how this
medicine effects its wonderful cures.
The most tenacious cases, which
other remedies utterly fail to reach,
are cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla, be-
cause 1t is the great blood purifier.
Such testimonial as we give
below, few medicines can produce.
1t IL only one Of many possessed by
Hoods Sarsaparilla, and proves the
merit of this medicine.
Reliable, honest, industrious, is
what all say OF Mr.. Bennett. He has
been engaged as gas-fitter in Boston
for 50 years, with Tarbell, III Wash
ington street, and Mckinney, Wash
ington street, opp. Boylston.
"I am only doing what is just when l
tell voluntarily what Hoods Sarsaparills
has done for me. know 1t
Saved My Life.
l caught q severe cold, after which
chronic eczema appeared on the calf OF
ny left leg, and spread from knee to
mike, and the itching and burning was
something awful. Added to this was a
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-04
THE SNAKES DINNER.
How He Kills His Prey by the Pro-
cess of Construction.

CThe Sketch)
OF the whole number-about 100
species-of serpents which exist on the
earth, probably one fourth kill their prey
by construction. The snake here described
is a typical example of this class-a baby
specimen of the harlequin-boa, n reptile
of marvellously beautiful coloration. &C.
curing throughout tropical America. Al
though the title "boa" Is anonymous
with all that Is Brobdingnagian in snake
flesh, according TO popular misconception,
the species attains TO but insignificant
Dimensions compared to the pythons and
anaconda. rarely exceeding ten or twelve
feet in length. The subject OF this sketch
is 9 months old. and measures nearly TOUR
feet. The white rat is seized and crushed.
an act inconceivably rapid. and impos-
sible to be analyZed by the eye-a sud
den fash, and the snake ana prey lie
rolled together. motioniess, the latter
dead, with its bones smashed as though
gripped by powerful machinery. Mr.. Ed
son may do good service 10 science win
his kaleidoscope here; his forty consecu-
tive photos per second rendered in cor
rect sequence but slowly, might present
the mechanism OF the process as vislDly
and intelligently as Lord Rayleighs re-
cent portraiture of the breaking up OF
a soap-bubble. The victim is swallowed
whole, and head foremost. since. fur halr'
and feathers lie smoothly backward In
that direction The swallowed meal may
be noted by the distension of the middle
of the body, in which a dead rat, OF
similar size TO the one just eaten, Is
placed near the boa's head TO illustrate
the enormous disproportion between the
diameter of the neck and that of the OBJ
ject which passes through 1t undivided.
IL the snakes head were chopped or
the section would present, not the orifce
of a pipe occupying its area, but the d.
yided backbone and spinal-cord, masses
of muscle. the severed windpipe, blood
vessels, and a number of other structures
among which the cut end of the outlet
would be picked out with some little difti-
Guilty. of little larger calibre than
darning- needle. Yet so distensibie Is this
tube that 1t will afford passage 10
body considerably larger than rata
s,,,fpco-pip for instance.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-04
DETECTIVE SAGACITY.
The Sleuth Had to Think Twice.
Hut He Hit Ii the Second Time.
Nebraska State-JournalD

(NeDrdSkd
When Hiram Noodlehead went TO sleep
on the night Of March 10th. he had $50
worth Of gold in his teeth. When he
awoke on the following morning, when
was Monday, there was no gold In ms
teeth. 1t was the most peculiar rob-
berry on record. Mr.. Noodlehead occu-
pied a room in leading Lincoln hotel
and before retiring had bolted the door
securely. and had seen that the window
and transom were fastened. In the
morning everything was apparently as
he had left IT, but the gold was gone from
the teeth, and there were aching yolds
where II had been.
Mr. Noodlehead didn't worry 50 much
over the loss OF the gold, but he Is man
who detests mysteries, and he knew that
he could not sleep until he knew who had
robbed him and how he had been robbed
Consequently he sent for Old Swayback,
the great Lincoln detective. who happen
ed TO be with me when he was telephoned
Tor. Together we went 10 Mr.. Noodle
heads room. where the circumstances
were explained 10 us Old Swayback ex-
amined the room carefully, and / saw by
the knitting of his brows that he was
puzzled. When he had concluded his ex-
animation he threw himself In chair
and studied. while Mr.. Noodlehead and 1
stood In corner aunlrlng nun, anu tnink-
ing what wonderful man he was. Sud-
denly he raised his head and said:
"Mr. Noodlehead, are you somnambu-
list?"
mo; never walked in my sleep in my
life"
THAT destroys one theory; / thought
perhaps you had got UP in your sleep
and removed the gold from your teeth
yourself. Nobody entered this room while
you slept: that I'd swear to. Aha.'
The great detective uttered this excla-
nation as his eyes fell upon a medicine
bottle upon the wash-stand. He seized
the bottle eagerly. applied il to his nos
tr!is, and smiled in a way that told US
the mystery WAS solved
"You are afflicted with that tired feel
ing Mr.. Noodlehead?"
Eyes, and have been taking medicine
for 1t. took a dose before / went TO
sleep last night"
Old Swayback poured few drops of the
medicine on link of his gold watch
chain. and the link Immediately dissolved.
This medicine" said the great detective.
viii dissolve any mineral. and ruin the
human stomach. yet men are fools enough
70 take II. even when 1t melts the gold In
their teeth. Now, aside from my profess
sion as detective, l am agent for DIR.
Swinkum's Elixir OF Goose Eggs. vnich
will relieve that tired feeling. br a up
the system, remove distress after eating;
II Is purely vegetable, and has thirteen
ingredients"
Mr.. Noodleshead at once purchased loo
bottles.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-04
TRUSTEES SALE dE
NINE SMALL FRAME DWELLINGS
AND
ONE BRICK DWELLING AND SEyE-
RAJ VACANT LOTS
IN THE EAST-END.

In execution Of trust-deed to Va. dated
January %, 1880. OF record I'm Hanrc)
County Court Clerks office, In deadlock
12y. A, page s3. default having bet n made
In the payment OF the bond therein Sc
cured. and being required SO 20 do BY the
holder of said bond. we viii. on
WEDNESDAY. MAY STH.
at 40 O'Clock l.. NJ. on the premises.
sell at public auction. F. the highest
bidder,
|. ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR
PARCEL OF LAND. with the nine small
frame tenemcnts and the brick dwelling
thereon. lying between Darlington. 1wen-
ty-second, q. and Pink streets. with the
exception OF sS feet on q. at its south
east intersection with Twcnty-second
street. and extending back from said
front about l65 feet. along Twenty-secoud
street. 10 an alley. az viii be shown by
a map at the sale.
>. The TRIANGULAR LOT. fronting
2il feet on Q street. between Pink and
Darlington streets. li5 feet on Pink stree,
between Darlington and O. and 800 on
Darlington between Pink and . streets.
TERMS: one fourth cash. and the resi-
due In four equal payments IN one. two
three, and four years. with Interest added
from day Of sale. evidenced by negotiable
notes. and secured by trust-deed on the
property. T.. \. CATLlN.
HARVEY WILSON.
ap q Trustees.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-04
PUBLIC SALE
OF
WOODWORKING FACTORY
AND REAL ESTATE IN THE TOWN
OF WEST POINT, VA.
THURSDAY. MAY lG, is,5.

BY virtue OF n deed Of trust. the under
signed trustees. named IN said deed. de-
fault having been made In the payments
as stipulated In said deed and being RI
quired so 10 do. Will sell al public aud
ton, In front Of the Masonic Hall. ~
West Point. Va. a. y O'Clock noon, on
THURSDAY. MAY H. 1895.
all that certain LOT. TRACT. OR Pan
Gel OF LAND. lying and being IN m
town Of West Point. King Willlaf
county. Va. fronting the Mattaponi rive
designated on map, plot. or survey
said town as lot No. three hundred an
ninety-eight $3.50. together with all 81 u
buildings and improvements thereon,
This is very desirable and yalua
property with good waterfront ami
wharf. having "A factory with a ts-horNf
power engine. running machinery thtI
viii manufacture boxes, barrels. crate
and frult-baskets: also, saw mill an
at West Point. and shipping rates can b.
procured at very low figures The pro-
perty viii be shown to bidders by any
one OF the trustees, or by Messrs. l..
Wilkinson. II. |. Lewis, or 4. Robinson.
TERMS: The sum OF 5000, being boil
ance due the West Point Building A.
ISOLATION, Will be required In cash, or
arrangements can be made with the assl-
citation TO pay the sum OF 81, $3.50 cash.
and balance In monthly instruments ~
small amounts: as 10 balance over AMI
above the said sum Of 5000 due % Tn
association. a credit OF twelve months VII
be given; the purchaser to execute hii
note, with security for the deferred paN-
ments. payable TO the West Point Invest
ment Company. -. w. SPENCER,
j. NJ. DAVIS
Trustees.
Isaac Diggs. Attorney. Richmond, Va.
ap N-Sa3t
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-04
AMONG THE BASKET-MAKERs.
They Form Communities Among
the Rocks of Connecticut.

tNtW 10TH lrlDuHS.j
In the stony valleys among the hills OF
Connecticut, where the powders lie too
thickly for the plougnman ever to disturb
he SOIL one will occasionally run across
a little hamlet where the basket-makers
spend their quiet but useful lives. II
would seem that II must be a poor and
barren part Of New England that cannot
be turned to some account. In these little
communities the craft of matchmaking
has passed from father TO son for many
generations, and doubtless will for many
more; for in spite of modern invention.
the good white-oak basket promises to be
as much In demand in the twentieth CEN
fury as now. Sheet-lron or aluminium,
paper or tropical fibre. may do some part
In solving the basket problem OF the fu-
ture, but alongside Of those modern make
shifts will be found the tough products OF
the almost irreclaimable stony forests OF
the mountain regions
Quaint people. easy going, shrewd, ana
philosophical may be found in these little
basket boroughs. and queer names cling
TO the localities themselves. as one Will
find In driving through the country. Now
ne has 10 jurney through "DeviFs Den,
and now he picks a toisome way between
Hard Scrabble" and "Dantown, or
plunges down to 'Woodchuck Hollow
TO emerge few miles further on the top
of Shaving Ridge"
Sometimes there will be n large. rude
shop. surrounded by one-story gray cot
tages of the basket-makers. In the shop
they will carry on work In common. saw
ing expense for fuel In winter. Other
families will have a shop by themselves.
Outside the door one will see frequently
a pair OF oxen hitched to heavy wood
sled, with load Of basket-timber. logs
cut about nine feet In length. On the
walls inside one sees an assortment Of
drawing knives. some OF them polished.
worn. and ground down to narrow
strip OF steel. ready TO break after many
years OF use. There are wooden bench
yises, where the men sit 10 shave on the
splInts, and overhead one will See rows
OF bent white hickory handles. looking
like rows Of horseshoes In black
smiths shop. Nc little skill Is re-
qulred 20 split UP the wood so as TO
waste scarcely any. to shave out the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-04
Hoods Made My Blood Pure

severe pain, seemingly in the bone. AT
last 10 became 90 that had to give up
work and was una BILE to walk. had to
have my leg bandaged ell the time, and
frequent changes Of cloths. For nine
months sat will my leg resting In chair.
Oh, Il Was Dreadful!
Friends said could not live long. In all
had seven different physicians, all to no
purpose whatever. KNEW the merit OF
Hoods Sarsaparilla, as / had some years
before taken it with benefit, and decided
to try it for my apparently hopeless case.
in two or three days after began, my
appetite was better, and my courage re-,
vived. To make long story short, the
eruption entirely disappeared, and the
the flesh on my leg resumed perfectly
healthy appearance. Twas soon able to
walk about. / cannot tell how amazed
my neighbors and friends were. / can
now walk without any lameness, as well
as ever. Have not the slightest eruption,
or itchingor burning, or any sort OF trou-
BILE whatever with my leg. The gratitude
owe Hoods Sarsaparilla is simply I'M
speakable." THos. BENNETT, 163 Syca-
more Street, Roslindale, Boston.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-04
PROPOSALS..
OFFICE OF THE TREASURER OF
THE CITY OF PETERSBURG,

OFFICE OF THE TREASURER OF
THE CITY OF PETERSBURG,
PETERSBURG, VA, April ~, 1895.
Proposals will be received at this office
up to II o'clock noon on WEDNESDAY
the 18th day. OF May, 1850, for tn pur
chase OF $l9i,5oo REGISTERED COUPON
BONDS OF the city OF PErERSBURG
bearing interest al the rate OF per cent
payable half-yearly. on the LIST day =,
April and LIST day OF. October. and ma.
turing IN forty years from the LIST day Of
April. 1875.
These bonds are issued by and undel
authority of section l.. chapter I. OF th
charter OF the city OF PETERSBURG
which was passed and approved BY th'
Legislature OF Virginia on the llth diy
OF March. 1916 and are entitled. south.
side Railroad Renewal Bonds issued %
refund city loan maturing on The j..
day OF August. 1876. for a similar amount;
Each proposition must De- sealed AMI
directed to the Treasurer OF the i'ity ~
Petersburg, Petersburg, VIRGINIA.
and marked. Proposal for Loan
and the right Is reserved 10 -.
ject any and all bids, shOuD
II be deemed necessary 10 do so 10 pro-
tect the interests OF the city Of PErEkS-
BURG &. a. SLAUGHTER.
ap N-l5t Treasur r.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-04

Cards, Bill-Hexds. Statements. Letter.
Heads. Note-Itssds. Circulars. HandbillS
Dodgers. &C.. printed by the Dispatch
Company at low prices. Win give you
good work at same prices you pay for
Inferior WORK. Send No your orders and
We will guarantee satisfaction IL every
particular.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-04

This is about the time that Spring
Suits jump into the clothing arena.
Lord Tennyson says that III the spring
young mans fancy lightly turns to
thoughts of love. Tennyson is right !;
but that isn't the only direction in which
the young mans fancy turns.
With the change of season come
thoughts OF change OF raiment.
We are not in the habit of hailing the
arrival of new Spring Suits and Furnish
ings with any great flourish Of trumpets,
but they are Just as welcome as though
their coming was announced by park
of artillery.
This year the styles are such as repre-
sent the highest development in design,
taste. and finish. and the prices are mar
vellously mOderate-wOrthy of special
attention. Look
A &1j Black or Blue Serge Suit
for $40.
AlI-WOOl Pants, Neat Pattern,
$3.50.
Blue Uniform Suits, All Wool,
Fast COlOrs, for $40.
Children's Washable ) al Tor
Suit, from Toe. to = 20.
BRILLIANT ARRAY Of FURNISHINGS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-04

PROPOSALS FOR FURNISHING EN-.
VELOPES FOR THE SEVERAL ENE
CUTIVE DEPARTMENTS IN WASH
INGTON. DURING THE YEAR END
ING JUNE %, 1896.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-04
A GREENTREE,
PALACE CLOTHING HALL,
829 east Broad street, corner Ninth.
lmy 4.Sa,Su&Wl
CITY TAXES.
VIII TAAESs
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CITY TAXES.

VII IAAEo.
OFFICE COLLECTOR OF DEIIN-
QuENT TAXES. CITY HALL.
RICHMOND, VA. April /, 1880.
BY an ordinance of the city, II 10
required that notice shall be given in all
the daily newspapers. under the direc-
ton of the Committee on Finance, that
the LIST OF DELINQUENT TAXEs ON
REAL ESTATE for the preceding year
will be published In one or more OF the
daily papers. and also the time and place
Of sale OF said delinquent real estate.
In accordance with the above, notice
- hereby given that said list will be pub
lished In the State on. SATURDAY, the
the 9Th day Of May. 1885. The sale will
take place in front OF the City Hall, on
vepih streets, between the hours Il "a
o'clock n; and O'clock r a.. on Mon
day, the 9Th day Of May, 1886.
All who do not wish to have their pro.
perty advertised must pay on or before
the 18th Instant. JOHN a, MEANLEY
~ a-tNys
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-04
BUSINESS WANTS.

WANTED. THREE UNFINISHED
ROOMS FOR LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING
Must be modern house, desirable locality;
suburbs preferred State price. Address
B. c., care Dispatch. my 4-2t
WANTED, TO SELL STOCK AND
FIXTURES OF A WELL-LOCATED
RETAIL GROCERY STORE. The bust
ness is a good and paying one. Reasons
for selling out swill be given TO any per-
son desiring TO purchase. Address b.,
care daily Dispatch. my 3-lw
WANTED, SUMMER BOARDERS.
Good rooms: all accommodations. Place
noted for healtlfulness. Terms moderate.
For reference address Mrs. Il. J. WATTS,
Greenvlle, Augusta county, Va.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-04

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