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Geld. This makes not alone an excellent
nelding nine, but very good batting com
bination. and this Is an element .nat mas
been taken more into account this year
than ever before.
LAST YEARS CRACKS
OF the old men. winsiow. at third has
shown the greatest Improvement over his
last years form. He has played hts po-
sition masnIficently In all the practice
games. and has shown himself soou
batter. The Harvard team has always
been lacking In the FIRST great principle
~ succeasful base ball. and that In 1.-THE
Altogether" Highlands would sulk. IS
did his brother before him, wins'ow
would play all by himself, errors and all
and others again would look TOT inds-
vidual records. All this seema TO have
been done away with. Highlands has
bsen taught his most important lesson.
obedience 70 orders, and the other mem
bsrs Of the team play together hke clock
work. For this reason. more then any
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-12
THE VETERIssRiES.
They VIII Meet In Annual Session
Mt EIacksburE.


BLACKSBCRG, VA, May l1.-(Special)
Mr. j. W. Collins, engineer in chief Of the
Revenue Service, has paid the college quite
handsome and deserved compliment.
Mr. Collins is seeking 20 improve the per
sonnet OF the mechanical branch of the
service. With this idea IN view he Is
causing TO be prepared competitive exami-
nations for all who may seek 10 enter
IL. He expresses himself as particularly
DESTROYS that graduates from The Virginia
Agricultural and Mechanical College snail
take these examinations. The course I'm
mechanical engineering given in this coli
lege has been vastly improved during the
past few years.
/ The State Veterinary Medical Associa-
ton will hold Its next stated meeting
here. This viii occur during commence
rlent week. possibly on Wednesday. DR..
W. H. Harbaush. of Richmond, the presi-
dent of the association. will be present.
and foil attendance Is desired and ex-
pected. The last stated meeting was held
during the winter at Charlottesville On
this occasion DR. F. Il. Niles, the col
lege veterinarian, read an interesting and
valuable paper. and he tells us that mat
,ers OF much interest will be discussed
in June.
Governor O'Ferralrs prompt action in
sending troops 10 the scene OF trouble at
Pocahontas before and not after violence
is highly commended on all sides
Professor ". b. Atwood has returned
from Baltimore. where he has been with
his wife. who is under treatment at the
Johns Hopkins Hospital. Her many
friends were delighted 10 know from him
that Mrs. Atwood Is getting along as well
possible. and that the operation has
been apparently entirely a successful one.
PERSONAL.
Miss Sue Peyton Kent, the charming
daughter of the late Colonel Joseph Il.
Kent, Of Wytheville. and a niece OF Lieu
t'nant-Governor Robert c. Kent. Is visit
ing the county as a guest OF Miss Tyler.
The Hon. A. a. Phlegar. with his daugh-
ter. has returned home. Mr.. Phlegar has
been in Edenton and Beaufort. y. C..
seeking Improvement In his health, and
comes back much improved.
Mr.. Charles S. Wade. cashier OF the
Bank OF Christiansburg. has returned
from Philadelphia. whittier he had been
10 consult an oculist.
Professor and Mrs. ID. o. Nourse have
as their guest Miss Williams. a friend OF
Mrs. Nourses. from Summit. y. j..
PLEASED WITH VIRGINIA.
Mr. +. w. Simpson. OF Glasgow, Scot
land. is one Of the best students who have
ever attended college here. and will
graduate with the highest honors In June.
lie came here directly from Glasgow. and
Is so pleased with his stay In Virginia
that he Will make II his future home.
II is more than probable. too. that Mr..
Simpsons father. who Is a man OF culti-
walton and means. will close his business
IN Glasgow within the next twelve
months and join his SON and make his
future home In our State.
Captain c. A. Colhoun. the proprietor
of the Allegheny Springs. who was re-
Gently severely hurt by the overturning
OF q vehicle has about recovered from
his injuries.
1t has recently been reported that the
Montgomery White Sulphur Springs will
be opened.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-12
FROM PITT TO ITO.
THE FAMOUS PEACE CONFERENCE
OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
The Work of a Century's Peace
makers Marked by Notable Adj
vances Toward Continued Arbitra-
Correspondence of the DIspatch.)

NEW YORK. May 1i.-With the peace
OF Shimonoseki another spot on earth
becomes historic and takes its place be-
side the noted localities In which the
great wars OF the world were declared
ended. In all likelihood the record OF
the nineteenth centurys peace congresses
Is now closed, and the work Of Its peace
makers can be gathered into one great
whole what an array Of statesmen
confronts the gaze Of him who looks
down the long aisle OF this iron age!
What haliowed spots that have made the
century memorable are marked for ell
time on civilizations map.
The great record begins with Amiehs
and ends with Shimonoseki; 1t begins
with the fall OF Pitt. the greatest OF En-
glish statesmen. and ends with Count
Ito. the precursor OF new era 'or the
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s,h gold to meet the numerous
,larges flung at him.
Richard Croker IS not a poor man by
ny means. but IN a letter 10 New
York friend he says the strain on ms
plcket-book OF maintaining stable IN
england ~ something terrific. lie gives
some very interesting items Of The eN-
prrses at the Newmarket track, where
as horses won their ngst races
The Newmarket track is about forty
Siv miles from London and three miles
IN the Cambridge road from the town
whose name II bears. There are train
Inc grounds apart from the track proper
which are only used FOR the actual racing.
These training grounds are very me-
helm cited with a walking ring and
1anLarS galloping-track. besides speed
sre course Every horse using me
rrogads must nay an annual tax of
s1ineas, and every yearlinG suineas::
tullAe tie American tracks, stabiins anu
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-12

Of his sister putting her tender lps TO
his wound. If sHe arrives but rev
seconds after the snake has struck. she
knows there are good chances OF draw
ing the poisoned blood INTO her mouth
where II can do 10 harm. The sharp
teeth having made only very smah
puncture, she sucks out all the pioo" s'e
can washes the injured hand or foot IN
warm water to Increase the Dieeuihs,
gives the boy a stiff dose of whiskey, anu
Ties a string tightly an inch or two ABOVE
and below the wound against the doctor
arrival with superior treatment
II the bite is more severe. by a very
noisonous snake, and a number or pre-
cIous minutes elapse before she can reach
him she takes blood from the
wound as fast as she can draw II
and eject II from her mouth. Promptly
frightened strings cut on circulation oil
the pojsoned fluid, and If the poor victim,
after the first two or three big doses or
whiskey. still shows n tendency TO FAINT
ing and drowsincss. she empties her
flask down his throat ana calls FOR more
and more TO adminst,r until the doctor
appears. The action or the hear, must
be stimulated TO counleract the poson's
heavy grip, and so long as the patient
raves and plunges In fevcrish intoxica-
ton the spark of life burns.
SOOTHING SEVERE BURNS.
But. If. on the other hand, one OF the
Children tumbles into Fourth-of-July
bonfire, or the cook or laundress are
badly burned about their stoves. she
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-12
TREATING SYNCOPE.

The notebook and steady little brain
of the first aid graduate are sure 10 be
well filled with infirmation on the treat
ment of syncope. That when the tomboy
Mildred IL brought In white and limp
from a terrible fall from pilferlng In
cherry-tree. che orders her laid fiat on
a bed or lounge. her head little below
the level Of her body. When any posi-
BILE structure OF her garments is relieved
to allow of free circulation she wipes
her face with a wet cloth. and does not
force anything down her throat All
nrst-aid girls know better than to at
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-12

and A native Of Franklin county. va sns
lived In the family Of John I. graves
son OF Ma Tor Graves. u seems the fami-
" had had many alarms from eurs'Ars'
and Mr. Graves had warned all the house.
hold not TO move about the house ~ n,sns
without giving warning. as De was Pr w,.
pared to shoot on hearing any noise. ~
child had left the house. and was re'us ,,s
ing when she made a slight no's VIZ
the door. Mr.. Graves sprang up snu "."s
20 the door which the girl heia rssh 80
ired. killing the child instantly, tns ', ~.
lily are overwhelmed with gre. -.
child was treated - q daasn'es " Wv
house.
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Orient. Pitt fell because he had deter
mined to keep promise made to the
Irish Catholics. and it was left TO Al
dlngton 10 close peace with Napoleos
which demonstrated to the world that
England had but one statesman ht 10
cope with Talleyrand. Each OF these
great peace conferences was made MEM
orable In many ways. That OF Shimono-
seSi has the attempted assassination OF
Ii Hung Chang TO mark II as peculiar
in more respects than its epoch-making
political ends.
In 1901 that of Amiens was memorable
in the advent Of Joseph Bonaparte. who
conducted the negotiations for France,
Talleyrand being always within con-
fultlng distance. 1t was the first
great peace of the century, and
the first and only time when Napo-
Icon found himself without war on MS
hands. Engiand's conquests were All
given up TO France and her allies. Malta
was turned over to the knights or Malta,
and the greatest nation OF to-day stood
bowed in deepest humiliation before the
concueror
In 1896 came the famous treaty OF
Schoenbrunn. In which Prussia gained
Hanover and secured peace with dis
honor" Prissa's statesman was Count
Hanewitz. a man Of vacillatlng mind,
and one whom Napoleon used as he saw
IT. Austerlltz had been fought. and the
star OF Austria had set. IL was Then
that Hangwitz rushed to SchoenbrInn,
secured Hanover. and allied his country
10 France.
II was at Schoenbrunn that Napoleon
casually remarked: la dynastie de Ma
pies a cesser de regner" fThe dynasty or
Naples has ceased TO reign)
NAPOLEON AS A PEACEMAKER.
But the peace congresses In which Napo-
leon played shuttlecock with the map or
Europe were Simply brief breathing spells
in those years OF carnage. The peace OF
PreSsbarc Was followed quickly by that or
'rilsit. where Napoleon and Alexander or
Russia met on a raft to discuss the spolia-
ton of Prussia and the humiliation or the
rarest Queen in history. Louise OF Ger
many. :.
In 1909. after the murderous battle or
Wacram. came the second pelce OF
schoerhrunn. Fox, Grenville, Castlereigh
were rising into eminence in England,
Metternich was learning diplomacy from
Talleyrand and Napoleon's destiny was
being enmeshed in the tolls OF the shrewd-
eat statecraft he had yet encountered.
The second peace Of Paris practically
ended the career OF Napoleon, and the
Congress OF Vienna IL perhaps the most
important OF the peace gatherings OF this
century. Austria had its Me,ternich In at
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-12
BEDFORD CITY.
The Woods Arc Full Of Them-A sad
Tragedy.

BEDFORD CITY. May ii.-.tspecial)-
One hundred and two candidates for ONCE
have reported to the Clerk OF tho Court.
Mr.. +. l.. Saunders. who is extremely III,
has Withdrawn his name as candidate
for the position OF Commonwealth At
torney
John u. Good, Esq. has been appoin,ei
by the government 10 attend 10 some iega'
business which will take him TO Mon'ahA'
and leaves at once.
An old colorsd man named "iiiam
payue was attacked not far from his
home on the suburbs Thursday night by
some one unknown. and knocked In ne
head and seriously injured
A very tragic story comes from Iesss
20 Major w. +. Graves concerning the
killing OF "A little girl named Fptsn."
Atkinson. who was about y years o'''
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-12
eetss. Harvard vii, make 4 srsae 49,.
LAG IN the nnai games.


PRrNcEToNs CHANCES.
At the outset II was ssid that prince.
ton would compare favorabIy with Yale
and Harvard. This IL 10 only on late
form. Early In the scason Il looked -
though Princeton would send our TIE
weakest team II has had in years. There
has been much indifference both I'm tho
college and on the team, but ali tbls hae
now been done away with. and the hume
rous changes In the persoanel OF ths nine
seem to have developed a very fine team.
Bradley Is doing superb pitching. ard
will probably do all the work In the
championship games. Williams win catch
him. although Titus and Trencha I'd
would make excellent Substitutes. Altman
IL substitute pitcher. and hss shown
good form In practice. Otto will NAV IT
first, Ward at second. and Captain BROOKE
at short.
For the outfield there ia a good .ssre-
CATION OF talent and the cont,st for places
In the championship games Will soon be
decided. Princeton Is by no means a we,k
sister this year. and she may show her
heels 10 the best OF them. The constant
practice now In progress Is bound To
prove effective. II stiil lacks effectiveness
In teamwork. but this, too NAV b,
remedied IN the next few weeks IA for
substitutes. no college nine will be bet.
ter equipped In case Of accidents than
Princeton. HARRY ARvELING.
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here.
Miss Bsllagh, OF Japan, is the guest Of
Mrs. W. &. stuart.
Mrs. Margaret Eutsminger died at her
home, on Golfers creek. few days ago.
She was the widow OF Captain Lewis c.
Eutsminger, and was aged ~ years. Shs
leaves large family. among whom are
Mrs. James Reynolds, OF Goshen: Mrs.
j. s. Armstrong. OF Colierstown; Mrs.
s. s. Foster and David +. Eutsminger. OF
Clifton Forge, and Lewis NJ. Eutsminger
OF Poca. w. Va.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-12

The New York Herald says: in the
test Of the Massachusetts side armor
at Indian Head last Saturday Pinch
gun was used against a plate is inches
thick. Although the shells struck in
the manner most favorable to the gnn-a
result almost unattalnable in actual war
fare-and although the blows were de-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-12

,frnin 4 drawing l.,
os majority Of them try the staying
"ers q The competing thorouRhbyeds.
.te accomanying chart shows the plan
y 'h" Newmarket track. and also the
.,n courses Each Of these courses Is
'.l'fl' -od into a number OF smaller
,surscs
TIME no CRITERION.
Is difficult matter TO get line
morse on the English course by
's lime as n criterion. For instance.
~ me stake races at Newmarket Is
'A me Ancas'ef Mile In reality IL
,"tniy-iwo yards more than mile.
- we howiey Mile. another stake
- eleven yards over the mile.
i, Abingdon Ale and Dunbury Mile.
sla's events. are each even miles
a., are eign, meetings held mt New
-. zach year. some OF them only
Sss Ia duration. Another thing
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,iveyed within few inches Of each other-
a coincidence that would almost never oc-
cur I'm a naval battle-neither OF the snehs
passed through the plate. This resui,
II one OF the most powerful arguments
VET made in favor Of putting 15-inch
guns In the main turrets OF our new pat
tle.ships. rather than l2-inch. III inc
latter al point-bank range can STRIKE
.one plate perpendicnlarly twice without
penetrating into an enemy's INTERIOR
II is eviden. that heavier blow is needed.
shells I'm battle will almost always strike
a, some angie from the perpendicular.
ara their penetrative effect viii be les.
sened In proportion 10 the amount OF the
angle. In this part of the battery OF the
new battIe-ships q Will be well TO dupii-
cate the guns OF the Indiana class
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-12

n the nasy IL Csssiss TsesAA
b cure ana ~ mat old ana vse ssn.
remedy, Nrs. winslov's oeo.ns. ~,
Tor chIi1rea ssethins. u seesas s.s.
softsns The gums. allaye AZ ps.s
wtu6-eoltc. ana y ~ 49, Ssss,c
iissyhesa. Tvsnty-nvs cents eosu~
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LEXINGTON.
Bank stockholders Me~t-Persoaan
Mention.

Mention.
LEXINGTON. VA. May ii-(speciai.)-
A meeting OF the stockholders OF the
Bank OF Rockbridse was held few days
ago at the ONCE OF the bank. and the FOL.
lowing Board OF Directors was chosen:
James X. Edmondson. William S. Hop
kins. s. Houston Letcher, Edward /.
Graham. William T. Shields John A.
Graham. William A. Glasgow, and Samuel
o. Campbell. The three last-named are
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-12
The Dinner-Bell

.ounds but q mockery TO the dyspeptic.
lie hears II, Of course, but his stomach
dnes not respond 20 the call. He goes
through the motions ana suffers after
wards for the small amount OF victuals
he nartakes Of. Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tsrs Alters his condition into one OF ability
TO eat plentifuiiy digest heartily. and
sssimiIate thoroughly Malaria. rheuma-
tam. constipation. and biliousness are
conquered by this world-famsd medicine.
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Orders for printing sent to the Dis
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tention, and the style Of work and prices
viii be sure 70 please you.
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Harvard has shown up wonderfully
we'll In practice. and will give its opponents
in the big games the rarest kind Of a
fight. Too much cannot be said OF the
coaching OF Winslow. who has certainly
developed the team play TO a point Of
perfection never before seen at Harvard.
Highlands will. OF course, be the oppo-
nent to Carter. The men have met be-
fore but this year may find new COM
parison necessary. as both pitchers seem
To have developed more strength AMI
more nerve than last year Paine will
probably also pitch In one OF the games,
and can puzzle batters amazingly. In
some respects he must be classed above
Highlands.
THE SUB-PITCHERS.
Lamprey and Ames. substitutes. have
been doing some excellent pitching. and
will be In fine trim 20 take the place Of
either Highlands or Paine. Scannell will
catch both Highlands and Paine. and Is
very painstaking backstop. His work
Is never brilliant, but shows extreme
steadiness, and at the best he Is good
waiter and splendid hitter. IL the ball
happens to come his way
Buchanan makes good substitute
catcher Stevenson will probably play at
first, Dean or Wrenn at second. Winslow
at third Captain Whittemore at short,
and Hayes. Beale. and Rand. in the out
field Then In case Of need. Garrison will
make a splendid substitute In the out
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PETTY CHARGES.

rgareI. for the trainers. Jockeys. stable
b,f etc.. must be paid for. and at
hs4 price.
MANY PETTY CHARGES.
Nr croker has 10 pay five shillings for
Na.s i.eistmtion OF a horse and sover-
c.l 90 permit Jockey Simms TO ride
an. Ten shnl.nes FOR each of the stable
Buys In colDrs had @ be registered at
g. cost az Gvc shnEngs, and every time
az ca.rr ls made the clerk must be PAID
tao shIinrs and siNpence. When the
.cs.y we.ens In for a race he must pay
The same Zee. There arc "a score more OF
lie charges.
There are twenty-n.ne different courses
O. tAe Newmarket track, ranging In dis
lance ali the way from the Beacon course
a. four miles one furiong and III yards
% TIE Chesterfield course OF FIVE furiongs.
lrom MS 10 can he seen that there are
comparatively few sprint races, and that
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HARvARD's GOOD SHOWING.

In which the New HavenS came so near
dragging the New York flag in the dust.
and again in the decisive game with
Brown.
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ternich had 20 accurately predicted. In
1851 the echleswIg- Holstein wars against
Denmark were ended by the truce OF
Berlin. and In 1855 the peace OF Paris
concluded the great Crimean war. ana
marked With sucesss the policy Of Louis
Napoleon. OF Lord Pslmsrston. and lord
Stratford. Aside from the sessions OF
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-12

which American horscmen will be as
lonisned az In tho English races In the
nara handling given the two-year-olds.
IN THIS country II Is a rare thing 10 send
the youngsters more than ak furlongs
until well along In the fall. when they
arc almost as good a. three-ycar-oids.
Then they may be asked 20 so a mile.
ono of tho Dig stake events 20 be run
NJ Newmarket In the fall is the Feather
Plate. over course OF two and quar-
ter miles. One would think TINT only
the toughest kind OF sessonad cam
paignlr would be sent this distance. but
all the crack English 2-year-ods are en-
tered Nor the stake. and Its history
shows that youngstsr has won osener
than an older horse. Last year the vim
rer was a 2-year-old and the next four
horses TO cross the wire we're all 2-year.
olas In the matter Of distance and
stamina II IS pretty certain the English
e-year-old far outclasses his American
brother. but u IL a question whether the
hard usage does not tell against him in
his g. and f-year-old forms.
WHERE THE DERBY is RUN.
on the 2oth Of this month the English
Derby will be run on Epson Downs. the
most historic race ana the most hstof,c
raco-track in all lands and o,imes. II
will be the ii6th race for the stake. the
1rst having been run ia ITO. In those
DAYS II attracted no attention whatever.
In fact. when the mrs, Derby was ron, as
an extra lnducement TO the pubic to
come and witness II the programme In
ciudcd "a cnck-hlht between the gentle
men Of Mlddlesex and Surrey and the
renilemen OF Wiltshire" Neither was
there any rcd-tape about the conditions
OF the race In those days. The conditions
Of the FIRST Derby were simply as fol-
lows.
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[ HIS HORSE.
1AcKEY THROW

JAcKEY THRo" u HIS HORSE.
s...srs 20 the rescue with her cream
.rd rapidly lays coating Of It over the
IN N. remembered the doctor said not TO
,n,,ch such . hurt with water. Exclude
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air from the skin with any good unsaited
grease and a lightly folded linen bandage.
In cases where tho cream In not at hand
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Spent the Night in JAN.

SAN Francisco, July 30.-The mem
bers of the theatrical company who were
arrested last night for producing ''The
Crime of a Century" at local theater
in defiance of Judge Murphy's order,
failed to get bail and spent the night in
Jail. An attempt was made to obtain
bonds late last night. 1t is stated the
prisoners will be released today.