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Emancipation Celebration.
A Rousing rIeeting.
MAGNIFICENT ADDRESSES OFF.
GERS ELECTED.

awoke,
And we were borne
= From slavery's rude and calling yoke
To ne'er return.
Long had the years
with still increasing sorrows rolled |
away
Mid signs and tears.
The gloom Of inky night gave forth no
ray
To light our fears.
The calling chain
l OF slav'ry's fierce and fiery sway
1 Still left stai1,
The oft shed tears ne'er washed away
: Our weary main.
Che years still fed :,
md still our fervent prayers unanswered
rose,
ar tears still shed;
bit hope was rife through ell our care
and woe,
u God was not dead.
In his own time
His mighty arms cut loose and freemen
sang
In notes sublime
Jehovah triumphs still the arches rang
With tuneful rhyme.
We built the roads
And made the land to bloom and bios
som fair;
The hardest loads
Our fathers In their weakness had to
besr
Mid signs and groans-
We're ever true,
In war or peace, in plenty or in pain
We dared to do
Our humble part without one hope Of
gain
And pleasures lew.
We have a place,
In this our eDuntry's battle for the right
Though black our face
For Attucks was the first to fell in fight
he wes our race.
No more the chain
. OF servile duty fetter us to-day
No more the pains
! We once endured can touch us now 70
dom reigns.
"a prejudice, from sin and ruin an
woe.
Can Sou not see
That after all We are our own wors
foes
To liberty
Can VIC believe
That honest hearts can dwell in elr
hues2
Do we deceive
Ourselves and do we ourselves abuse,
Nor will relieve
allow oft we think
That woody heads no honest thought
can givei
And often ahrink
From duty plain, and by these acts "
live
On ruins brink.
We yet are slaves
To jealousy and draw the color-line
Ne arrant knaves
xt man and man, to our best inter
stin are slaves.
"a We can not trust
Quffellow Negro when we see him rise
Our own hands must
With meanest jealousy draw him fror
n the skies
Back to the dust.
Old elav'rys sting,
The jealousy, the meaness and distrust
Still has its wings,
But stamp and kill it out we must
And love must spring.
rhe night seems drear
But darkest night is just before I'll
dawn,
Hethinks hear.
The martins song that wakes the earl
morn
The dawn Is near.
We're not alone
And truth and justice lives and will |
heard
" hearts in tone
catch the silv'ry strains to us so de-
pm Heavens throne.
thousand just
bowed the knee to Baal, If we jul
knew
we must trust,
riends are legion though we thir
win we must.
hail the morn
Ehich our blessed freedom fir
awoke
we we're born
slaV'ryEs rude and CALLING yoke
Ter return.
popular Mr.. W. Q. Moon sang
=. Milos B. Jones then intr
snt w. w. Browne. ]
a|ly greeted as
90, "Mr. Cha
x affords I
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In each month; business-meetings,
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choir practice every Friday evening
at 8 O'Clock. Christian Endeavor
meeting, Tuesday, at $50 p. m,
and Wednesday at $50 p m.
]. 81. HOLMES, B. P. VANDERvALL
Pastor; Clerk
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have decided to rspublish "Dover Sc
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meetings, (many of Or. Watts old prais
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take orders for the same. Price will be
TOO Churches, members and preachers
are requested to send In orders at once
No money needed vet.
w. q. ANDERSON, publisher.
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TESTIMONIALS.

TESTIMONIALS.
DIR. Lewis-Dear Sir: hrve been using
the Great African Wonder for some time.
l cannot say bow long time; it stopped
my hair from falling out when / began
to use this Wonder and it has since
grown four inches longer.
Respectfully:
Henrietta Birb, 254 Linden Square.
DIR. Lewis-Dear Sir: took one of the
small bottles of the Great African Won
der sometime ago. I found that it stop
ped my hair from falling out, and the
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it has cured my head, and was in a bad
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-12
AN ELECTRIC PLANT.

We print elsewhere a most interesting
article taken from the New York Journal
of Commerce. upon what seems to be the
opening of an entirely new view OF the
uses and capabilities OF electricity.
Scientific men no longer regard II as q
question whether we will not telegraph
across the ocean without the use'of ca
bles, and a hope. II we may not call II
an expectation, already exists that we
shall be able to set the electro-static
charge OF the earth In motion so as TO
constitute IL the great reservoir OF the
worlds power. What this would mean to
mankind no dreamer could predgurc. nor
are we so much concerned with that as
we are In the question what would II
mean to Richmond? Even II We are to
have an extension of the paternal form
of government, so that Richmond shall
at any time have an electric plant (Which
God forbid, how foolish 1t would be Tor
us to erect II now, when the science is
so plainly at its threshold, and when the
most astounding developments in 1t are
looked for at any time.
We. therefore. Hmplore our paternal
government advocates TO suspend their
efforts until we see what is going to hap
pen in few years. They may build a
plant at great cost which may be totally
suspended and become entirely obsolete
before 1t Is finished.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-12

Mr.. Henry Watterson says that MS
Cour,er-Journal IL supporting Mr.. Car
,,sle,s currency bill. as it has supported
all the administrations measures anu
no then continues with the following:
.ueanwhile the acknowledged official
bosd of the party our leader In spite Oh
ourselves. Mr.. Cleveland, has conducted
us into the middle OF a morass and lett
me- 10 founder out as best we may
Tb,s Is the veriest twaddle and non
sense. Mr.. Watterson knows perfectly
well that our troubles are of two KINDS
and due to two causes, with which MI.
Cleveland has no more to do than ne mas
with the Armenian massacres. One trou-
bic Is the Governments deficient reve-
nues. When Mr. Cleveland left The white
House at the end of his first administra-
ton the Government had a large surplus
of revenue on hand, and Its current reVe-
nues were more than enough for Its
needs. He was Immediately succeeded by
Mr. Harrison and the Reed Congress,
which sauandered the money on hand ana
cut the revenues down $O.OD.oW year.
while they increased the expenses OF the
Government $l00,000.000 year the Gov
ernment's embarrassment is due to that,
and Mr.. Cleveland had no more 10 DO
with causing 1t than the Mkado OF Japan
had.
The second and the prolific source OF
trouble is the agitation to force this
country fron~a gold basis. on which every
msn knows exactly how he stands at all
tines, to a silver basis, when wouid re-
sult In the ruin of millions OF men and
the enormous injury of all who have'any-
thing TO lose That is the real founda-
ton of all our troubles, which will never
end so long as the movement remains
possessed of any vitality. To say that Mr..
Cleveland is to any extent responsible for
the damage which this pernicious move
ment has caused this country would be
as reasonable as to hold him responsible
for the recent gold-brick swindie in Rich
mond. Mr. Cleveland has been the only
effective agency in curbing the injurious
capabilities of this movement. Whatever
has been efficiently done to restrain it
and rouse a public sentiment to stamp
it out has proceeded more entirely from
Mr. Cleveland than from any other one
source.
We ask nothing of Mr.. Cleveland but
that he will hold on stubbornly to the
position which he has always occupied
in respect to this matter, and If we
ba eS'' arI,
day 1t will be because of what Mr.. Cleve-
land has done, If he maintains the posi-
ton he has so far held.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-12
AN ACCOM- OFFICER.

The publications we have made from
day TO day in regard to the gold-brick
swinde are certainly most entertaining TO
the public at large, though Mr.. Withers
may possibly find them less agreeable
reading than the average reader does. But
yesterdays very full and comprehensive
account by The Times of developments up
TO that time contained one item which,
we think. is entitled ''to take the cake"
A famous detective of Springfield. ILL.,,
telegraphed our Chief Of Police as follows:
Emery is a gentleman. Norris is a
blackmailer and thief. Any evidence
you want, let me know; / can furnish
you" Now here is a public functionery
who is worth something, sure enough.
He can supply evidence to prove anything.
and the man who can do that is one OF
the handiest men to have around that
can be conceived of.
This reminds of that distinguished
character who fiourished in the plush
Times Of ssissppi"-Colonel Simon
Suggs.
When the Colonel had forsaaen quarter
races and short cards for the legal pro-
fession. he informed a friend, who had
expressed admiration for his phenomenal
success, that while other lawyers thought
it proper TO study the law he had de-
voted himself to "the preparation of
facts"
We are not prepared to join in the
Springfield detectives enconiums of
Emery, or in his COMBINATIONS Of Norris
though we are much more strongly in
clined to share in his opinion OF Norris
than in his opinion of Emery. and we
feel perfectly sure that with the fund OF
evidence he seems TO have available, this
Illinois detective could, if required so TO
do. prove Emery TO be a gentleman ana
Norris TO be a thief, or, If the converse
were preferred. Norris TO be gentleman
and Emery to be the thief. The whole
question with this gentleman is, what do
Won want proved His offer reminds us
of an incident that occurred in famous
murder trial In the Valley of Virginia.
During the progress of the trial the father
of the accused sat by his counsel. 1t be-
came necessary to show the distance be-
tween a house and peach tree. Leaning
over. the lawyer asked the old man In
whjsper: How far is it?' and received
for answer: How far do you want II TO
be-"
That's the case with our Illinois detec-
tive He merely wants TO know what you
want proved, and he will prove IT,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-12

with rheumatism come weak kidneys,
- rc,.ves moor blood. Weak kidneys
mean death. because they lead 10 serious
Kidney diseases, which always XIII 80
svmntoms are weak back, pam III tn9
Rack bloating. muddy water. urea anu
isn,p,i,id Telling. gas in the stomach loss
az appetite. coated tongue. BAD tastt III
the mouth headache, dlmheSs OF Ni''ol'
Jryness of skin, and nervousness
lust so surely as you have these symp,
toms your kiqneyS are out Vi VI -, :" :.
Won need the one sure cure, Dr; NIes re .
NervuIa blood ana nerve IenitviE' s,.,,,n,
a hottie and see how quickly those SEinp-
toms will vanish. 1t cures rheumdtlsih
= most dangerous complaint, TOT ~ ledIS
10 fatal heart disease: NJ. Ndtii"it ~
Batchelder, of Hardwick,, T.; writes.
- wear ago ! was badly bloated, anu
{, ~, ~ said was going TO die with the
dronsy, | commenced taking Or. Greene
NervIIra blood and nerve remedy. n.
mat time | was a sight to behold. My
usual weight was 1;iJ pounds, but theI
weighed Is pounds from bloating
also had rheumatism so that conlu
hent over badly. NY stomach was 50
had that I could not digest my focd;
and il pained me a gooG deal IL mad
been out for eight winters untl tHlS
before | began to take Dr. Grcenes medl-
cine but since taking II l can eat as
hearty meal as anybody. | nave not
been out for eighteen winters untll ms
winter. but this winter | nave beon our
constantly, and took care OF my morse
and driven frequently. After | got OFT
many of my friends did not Know me,
/ was so changed and looked 50 wei
bread i'm one day. and drank one or TWO
cups of tea. which was an Goud eat
and sometimes suffered from that.
Il was about as bad used up ian
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-12
NO WHIPPING POST FOR NEW YORK

According to the New York World. a
certain class OF people of that great
metropolis are said to favor establishing
the whipping-post as an instrument for
the punishment Of certain crimes. The
idea is that the lash would only be used
upon persons guilty OF wife beating and
other infamous infractions of the law.
These classes, it is argued. are already
too degraded to be Inundated by the in
Fiction of corporal punishment.
1t is remarkable that there should be
found in New York prominent persons
ready TO champion the restoration of a
mode of punishment which has been dis
carded by almost every civilized country
in the world Delaware was, we believe,
the last State in the Union TO abandon
its whipping-post. 1T seems passing
strange TO hear well-informed New York
people advocating the establishment in
their State of this relic of past age. The
proposition Is never likely TO be seriously
thought of in the great State of New
York.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-12

Really, / feel sorry enough for the
poor woman, but | can't exactly see why
We should all be m1urnful because, she 5
a widow. | never saw her husband, and
can't be expected to look doletul when |
shake hands with her. She received my
well-peaning smile with such a re-
proachful doleful look that IL changed
my sympathy into resentment"
But this species of widow Is fast be-
coming extinct II is no longer good
form TO Obtrude ones griefs upon the
enduring public, by a show. ono soon
drops the heavy, cumbersome veil. often
Immediately after the last words have
been spoken over the departed. Grape
has proved so heavy and uncomfortable
that the wise and independent woman
has largely discarded it and uses IL only
for trimmings on many Of the gowns
that are made for the first period OF
mourning.
The black cloth gown that IS pictured
is one Of such. Its material has a me
Grape stripe running throuIh n, "hicu
makes il perfectly proper. and the pIodh
sashes i'm the skirt SHOW Grape pallels-
This is strictly q street gown, and there-
fore the short Jacket Is edged WIN crape,
and has its seam covered with inc
mourning material. The sleeves arc an
OF crane Ii is upon them that tho eyes
rest first of ali. and therefore they
must be beyond reproach. Grlef. per-
hans. may not hang heavily upon her
Shoulders: but those sleeves may well
usurp its place. They are big enough ana
fuil, enough to impart "a worn and weary
Iook 10 the most blithesome OF young
widows And somehow. after the first
six months OF woe. widows are always
accredited with lightness and frivolity
I wonder WHY
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-12
NORTH CAROLINA FUsIONIsTs.

The reports of the organization by the
Fusionists of the North Carolina Legis-
lature remind us very much OF scenes
witnessed in our own Capitol when Ma
hone dominated the Readjuster party I'm
1882.
The Carolina Fusionists divided all of
the offices of the Senate and the House
between the representatives of the two
allied forces. Should the combination
hold together until such plan can be
carried out, the programme provides for
a similar apportionment of all of the
other patronage in the State controlled by
the Legislature. II Is, however, some
what doubtful whether the alliance can
stand the crucial test of dividing up these
little places.
As our special from Raleigh yesterday
informed the readers Of The Times, bills
have already been introduced into the
Assembly for the repeal OF the present
election laws, county government system
and making per cent. the limit rate Of
interest As the Fusionists arc in control
of both branches of the Legislature, they
have the power to pass all Of these and
any other partisan measures they may
see fit.
In his message TO the newly-organized
legislative body, Governor Carr utters a
timely warning against the enactment Of
unwise laws. In North Carolina the Gov
ernor has no veto power. and, therefore,
the present Democratic Executive cannot
interpose between legislative imprudence
and the good of the people.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-12

nc ever lived for long time, and !
a2nected 20 die any time; but thahks
10 Or Greenes wonderful rledlclne' !
am greatly improved -, ..,,
Now ali my bloat is gone, anG I'M
nc we'll of that as ever My rheIaia-
tism is practically gone, and nv stom'cn
il sound and digestS my FOOD pfiect
and | sleep soundly. The doctor Nito
treated me did me no good, aud ne S'ld
/ would not live six months. | was IN
was the most remarkable ctSe they al
ever known. TO have me come mp the way
| aid. NV case is widely kno%n.
Il can recommend DR.. Gree le's NsiNtra
blood and nerve remedy as the best ro5 81,
cine ! ever saw or heard OF, an WI
cheerfuly answer any inquiries about my
case. but for seven years ! c9uii not
write my name. | was so tremDN.
Mr. H. r. kimball, druggist Di Hard
wick, says: II knew of Mr.. Nathan g.
Batchelder's remarkable case, and the
statement Is true"
1t cures quickly and permanently. rheL-
matism. neuralgia, kidney and liver ais
ease. and makes good blood and strong
nerves Everybody. both physicians aud
the people eVerywhere acknowledge Or.
dy to be the greatest known cu:e for
disease. People who take L get VII
Why waste time in trying unccr ain
and untried remedies ~hea hcre l. a
physicians prescription, a discovery
made by the creates living specialist in
DR. Greene, Of 81 west Fourteenth street,
New York city. If you t@Ke this modi-
cine you can consider VoITsolf under
Or. Greene's direct profession n care, and
you can consult him %r write to him
charge. This is guara ltee that this
remedy will cure, possessed by 10 other
medicine i'm the world.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-12
A PAPER RUN ONE DAY BY LADIES

The issue of the San Francisco Exam
liner of December 18th, the day after
Christmas, was edited, managed and is
sued exclusively by ladies. Mrs. Frank
Pixley acted as managing editor. and Mrs.
Louis Schloss the business manager. In
every other, except the mechanical de-
partments of the paper, the ladies held
full sway for that day. They wrote the
political and all other editorials, filled all
of the various places on the reportorial
staff, and edited the telegraphic matter
The ladies' edition contained forty pages
of well prepared and interesting reading
The makeup" OF the Christmas paper
shows wonderfully good taste and news
paper tact. One of the display articles
on the first page related to the war upon
Tammany in New York.
Judging by this effort, the ladies of
San Francisco must have a keen apprecla-
ton Of what goes TO make a good news
paper.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-12
A RAILROAD fOK NORTHERN NECK

The Times correspondent at Fredericks-
burg yesterday Informed our readers of
the organization there of company for
the construction of a railroad from that
city to Lancaster and other counties OF
the Northern Neck For many years past
this matter of building a line TO that
productive section of our State has been
discussed. For one reason or another,
however, the project was never carried
out.
According to the reports sent out, the
people of Northern Neck now seem TO
have the assurance that this iong-desired
object will soon be accomplished. The
capital for building this line has, 1t is
said, been guaranteed, and the work OF
surveying the route will begin.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-12
.rx.1oR nILL AND FILIBUsIERING

sour SPECIAL Washington correspondent
writes sThfsTtqfs that Senator Hill will
do everything in his power TO delay or
defeat the passage of the bill providing
revenue 90 pay the expenses Of collect
ing the income tax, and that he will resort
TO all the resources of fillibusterng to
accomplish his end,
We have already pointed out TO Mr..
H;ll the way just men who are as much
opposed to the income tax as he Is Will
regard this conduct on his part. He has
time and again declared himself as OPP
posed to the rules of the Senate which
permit this sort of tactics to defeat the
will OF a majority Of the Senate. and he
has spoken and worked most intelligently
10 secure a change of the rules that will
enable the majority to force a vote upon
any question when useful debate has end
ed. Just men will, therefore. feel inclined
10 suspect his sincerity In all things II
they see him pursuing course OF this
sort. so antagonistic to the theory of the
case which he has put before them as the
true one. 1t is no unnatural or unreason-
able rule OF men to Judge men by their
works, rather than by their words. II
Mr.. Hill had held on tenaciously to the
admirable statements Of Democrats faith
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-12

The Union League, one OF the most
prominent clubs in New York has Just
disciplined one of its members for giving
out certain news to the Tribune. OF that
city. The disciplined member is Mr.
Francis II. Trowbridge. of the business de-
partment OF that paper. Mr.. Trowbridge
was suspended without hearing or being
allowed to defend himself. He proposes
against the club.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-12
Populzr Eyerywl,ers

Beginning with a small local sale in
retail drug store, the business OF Hood
Sarsaparilla has steadily increased until
there is scarcely village or hamlet IN
the United States where IL Is unknown.
To-day Hoods Sarsaparilla stands at
the head I'm the medicine world admired
in prosperity and envied in merit BY
thousands OF would-be competitors. II
has a larger scale than any other medi-
cine before the American public. and
probably greater than all other sarsa-
parillas and blood purifiers combined.
Such success proves merit.
II you are sick, Is II not the medicine
for you to Uy2 Hoods SarsapaTilla
cures.