Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-01

indebtedness Of our great country 10 t"e
Old Dominion. The Liberty BEL oc'
cupies the position OF honor In the buii1-
ing. II viii soon start on its toIrney 10
Atlanta. The city fathers were at hrst
rot inclined to let the ancient rene y"
South. but common sense prevailed. VII
giria claims George Washington. but she
lets the whole country share in hsr glory
The voice OF the bell will speak as eio-
quently In Atlanta as In Philadelphia anu
the junk-shops there are probably not
more numerous.
vIADUCTS.
Some fine epecImens OF viaducts can be
seen I'm PHILADELPHIA, notably the walnut
street one. which Is the newest, having
boen begun I'm 1859. during the reign OF
Mayor Filter IL is finished, ana Is vast
Improvement. II you could not see over
tho sides. YOU would not know but that
vou were still on the solid street. 1t Is
nayel lust the same as the streets. III
Richmond could have one Ike ii over
the Valley / should be glad, but ! sup
nose II would cost a lot Of money. No
wood and iron affair should be allowed.
How would 1t do to stretch wires from
Church Hill to ShOckoe and take the
people over and back In baskets? We
would thus get fine aerial rides at small
cost. and tho vexcd viaductilc question
would be solved. for the present, at
least
had a slight experience with the Ida
Wells leaven Of les. Some small business
transactions for few days made me
think myself well enough acquainted TO
come little confidential. and i dis
closed the fact that ! was from the south.
still hanging 'em up down there!
asked my confident.
Hanging what up?' 1 inquired.
"Niggers."
That was the extent OF the converse
ton.
MISSED a FIGHT.
II Is said that fortune knocks at every
mans door at least once. Though
very peacefully-dsposed individual, l have
always had Il great respect for prize
fighters, as | have for any other sort OF
men who can DO unto me what ! cannot
do unto them. one Of my greatest de-
sires has been 10 see a great priZe-hght.
but II has never yet been gratiiled. The
nearest | have come 10 Il was q friendly
series Of scraps" in Harry HIS old
IIouston-street place 4 good many years
ago. / haven't forgotten that one OF the
set tos' was between women. and
funny exhibition 1t was. AIRY was ard
case. and don't you forget it. and / be-
The proudest moment of my life was,
think. when l shook Paddy Ryan's fist
In his place" on Broadway opposite the
Ctty-Hall Park. Paddy had been beaten,
but there was not much disgrace at
tached TO that fact. So far as was known
there was only one man who was capable
Of the feat. But | digress What
started out to say was that | missed by
only brief half hour seeing both Corbett
and Fltzsimmons In their preliminary
advertising act for the grand perform
ance TO come off, G.. V. Governor willing)
at Dallas in October. | had returned
TO the hotel and gone up to bed just about
thirty minutes before the interesting
event took place. Was there ever worse
luck?
JEFFERSON.
An interesting spot is the corner OF
Seventh and Market streets. Here stood
the house in which Thomas jefferson
wrote the first draft OF the immortal
Declaration. The Penn National Bank
now occupies the site. presume that
sight-drafts are still honored there.
Philadelphia IS a very large town. but
II somehow fails TO give one a netropoil-
tan impression. 1t has a lelsurely air,
which suggests contented. unambltious
people. Ii has much wealth, but is no,
bNtH " vulgar display. 4 VIII not say
that II Is SLOW" or asleep" but IT is
the only large city know OF where you
can comfortably read the papers while
walking its principal streets.
] noticed on ingenious wrinkle" on the
Nillow-Grove route. IT was a trolley
street-sprlnkler-a tank mounted on a
car-body. with long arm projecting
from one side. from which the water
iiowed. Run up one side OF the road and
down the other 1t kept the Intervening
space well sprnkled. and dust was IN
known. How would this idea work IN
Richmond?
From Philadelphia I went 10 Atlantic
City, but as it is a safe rule when you
can say nothing good 10 say nothing at
all, l forbear SHOCKOE.