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The LEONARD HoRsE-CLIPPER Is
the finest machine In the world. aud clips
closer and better tnan any machine yet
invented. | clipped ali the cracker jacks
last wear. Best OF work guaranteed.
Horses sent for and returned. Leave or
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street or at teonards News Store. sos
east Main. -
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DEPARTURE OF STEAMERS.

,Hf8aA lhi-" YoaV '"" N""
steamers leave RI c n ~ oni
EVERY TUESDAY, WEDSES-
LAY and fIllDAI at O'CLOCK A. ~.
Manifest closed one hour before sailing
'i, Steamers leave New York from Pier ..
North river, for Richmond every MON
DAY, EDNEsDAf' and SATURDAY.
passenger accommodations unsurpassed.
Cabin fare to New YORK Qnelndips
meals and berth) VIA James ryer.
pichmond and Petersburg rail-
road. and Chesapeake and onio, %
Ro osi,SS4f tickets. good Tor thirty .,
s, Gays fare. without subsistence. 70
Tickets on sale at Richmond Transfer
Company's, Sl east Main street Chtsd-
peake and ONO. and kieh hnosGv ana da Es'
is6i east Main street, where tickets to
many popular northern wa re oS,pIasd
and summer resorts can De oDtAlnsu.
RaQRage checked through.
Epeisnt forwarded and through bills OF
lading issued for points beyond Ne"
i2 Frsigh, received daily until s. p. 81
Passengers leaving Richmond on MON
DAYS. TUEsDAYS. WEDN,E NJ: ,.
THURSDAYS. and sAIn,kDA ~ DS sns
port News) at 3 l.. ~. and by tne hien,
Inond ana Petersburg Railway c2'npa1y
(same days. at A. ~ wiii n,a s,ttn,
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nv Superlntsnd INT:
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SURETY BONDS OF EVERY KIND
American Banking & Trust Co.,
of baltimore city.

Capital ...s''''''' -,
stockhoIders' Liability '.'' ~""'"''
Authorized Capital ......'' ""o'oo'
JOHN HUBNER, President
IOeHIrA HORNER. Vice-President.
JOHN STONE. Secretary-Treas.
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traitors. Trustees. Receivers. OfflcerS OF
Ranks. Corporations, Lodges; ana So
cieties' Contractors. Clerks, MesseHser To-
Conductors. Motormen, ana ali other en-
Guarantees the fulflment OF contracts;
This company has made the required
deposit with the Treasurer OF virginia
and properly entered the state Tor pusi-
ness. 81, .,. - .
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DOCK AND JOB PRINTING NEAT.
ID LIZ EXECUTED AT The DISPATCH
YDrNTrNG-uNIJSK
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Ss65i 90

The underwriters are holden in
the sum of $4,000 each in nj
dition to the above sssets.
making an additional security .. !
TO pOlicyholders of................ 81 90 90 /
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INSURANCE STATEMENTS.
UNDERWRITERS AT INDEMNITY
EIRE lIOYnS OLE NEW YORK.

published by authority Of the Auditor Of
Public Accounts Of the State OF Nirginia-)
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ASSETS

Ealance................. $sS554 "
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LIABILITIES.

LIABILITIES.
Reserve for losses In
course of adjustment
estimated ...............&3,lO 2 %
Reserve for expenses
brokerages. and comp
missions on uncollected
premiums ...... .....'.. ',itl -
Reserved by the under
writer's for reinsu-
rance .............. 80. $50 05
Net cash surplus. ........ 1921 IS
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Ratio of losses 10 premiums. 30 $500
Ratio of expenses 10 premiums. q 24-l00
Total ratio of losses and expenses
10 premiums ............ssss.s.ss % OI-lVJ
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TO give q woman an erect and beau
uul uaur- 'herc is no surer way than
60 stand with the hands on the hips as
often as possible. with the abdomen IN,
and tho chest thrown out we'll When
ore s. az home j. is easy TO stand In this
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-17

garita ranch. brought back a rattlesnake
measuring nine feet and five inches, with
seventeen rattles. IL IS a little early for
rattlesnakes. at this season they are usu-
any sluggish. But 1Ir. BabcOcks victim
was wide awake enough 20 give pack
OF mounds lively tussle. one Of the dogs
STUCK IN the neck. died in just fifteen
minutes This instance Of the extreme
Elrulence Of the poison Of the rattlesnake
indicates that when fresh from its win
ter siumber the rattier's venom is much
stronger and quicker acting than after
a season OF wakefulness. when the venom
frequently
In this connection the statement Of a
geological authority is of interest. This
man says OF all serpenrs caught alive for
purposes Of exhibition not one in fifty sur
wives, and this waste Of ophidian life is
due not 10 disease OF captivity, for there
are almost none, nor 70 iii treatment, but
10 the singularly and ineXpltcable fact
that most snakes never feed after cap
tiv1ty, but deliberately starve themselves
70 death in the presence Of abundant
1000. This occurs even when the snake is
given what il likes. bur il often happens
because the particular article that the
snake prefers is absent.
snakes, IL appears, are extremely fas-
tidious, every species being limited to
one or two articles Of diet and preferring
10 starve rather than eat anything else,
apparently quite as tOOthsome and suit
able. Individual snakes, too, show strange
pre1udices in the matter of diet, so that
II Is necessary in every case to find out
what the snakes peculiariues are before
feeding him. Rather than lose a valua-
bic specimen by starvation, however, keep
ers IN geological gardens now often use
force, examining food down the reptiles
throat.
This need be resorted to only OCCASION
ally, as a snake Will live many weeks
by no means easy, as it shows its distaste
by squlrming about. and il is often neces-
sary to restrain the movements of the
body by inclosing it in a bag. With
large boas, pythons and anacondas, how
ever, this will not do. and the keeper can
accomplish his purpose only by d sort
of wrestling match on the floor. the with
ing folds Of the excited reptile being con-
trolled with arms and legs together.
1t Is not generally known that many
serpents produce chemical substance
OF commercial value, namely, muric acid
which is secreted in a pure solid state
by the kidneys. This is salable to the
manufacturing chemist for laboratory
purposes, bringing sometimes as much as
$3.50 per pound.
The dam builders at the LIE Mesa res
ervoir exploded large charge of powder
recently among the rocks, A large black
ball was shot high into the air The
blasters wondered what it was. When
the ball struck the earth it unravelled into
dozens of rattlesnakes, and, as the rep
tiles glided away in their effort to es-
cape, the workmen killed a score or more
with their shovels. 1t is estimated that
the ball Of alternating snakes contained
fifty or more, who were enjoying a win
ter siesta in the den destroyed by the
blast. .,a
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HAD a BIG FUNERAL.
Was Buried in style Though He
Lived n Miser.

New York Special in Chicago Times.
McSwegan's funeral will always remain
historic. Poor McSwegan himself. could
he have lived to see it. which. fortunately
he could not, would have dropped in
swoon.
Five hundred and seventy-nine dollars
for putting him under ground, when he
sooner would have died thousand deaths
than spend SO cents for any purpose what
ever.
MeSwegan was a miser. He lived like
mendicant, in a miserable tenement-house
apartment. and his niece Margaret.
sturdy woman, had her hands full to keep
the old mamie was 80 years old-from
starving himself to death He groaned
miserably every time he whitfield the color
of the food in the progress of cooking, de-
claring tearfully that Margaret was try
ing to force him TO the poorhouse. He was
a wretched, miserable man, and the only
subject on which he never tired of talking
was his poverty-his hopeless poverty. He
never gave up a penny until he had
squeezed 1t and wept over it and mourned
its going and declared over and over
again that he would yet have to become a
charge on the county.
miserly grasp as he chung to the PEN
MES. but in November, 1892. he was finally
compelled to let go of both.
There wasn't much weeping over Nc
Swegan. Only Margaret. she who had had
such a time with him in life, had a cry
when the misery old soul left the misera-
BILE body. Then despite his meanness and
/ her own poverty she prepared to have
! him decently buried. But first she went
I to the store in the mattress, whence he
\ had so often, protesting bitterly, pulled
/ out a scanty store of coin, in order that
/ she might buy enough of the cheapest
| conrest food to keep life in his body and
/ her own. She hauled out big bag. Gold
silver. greenbacks, copper she drew from
| It, until she stopped bewildered
! The miserable old man who had suffered
| such pangs every time a loaf of bread was
| bought had left $47, 900 nearly all of II in
/ cash When Margaret had recovered
\ from her amazement at the discovery Of
this mine she became indignant. For
years and years she had shaved misera blv
! for the old man, believing his tale of woeful
| poverty And here was money enough
| 10 have enabled them both to live more.
| than comfortably.
! Margaret looked reproachfully at the
/ corpse. At the sight of the shrunken. ca
| looking McSwegan lying there
/ in his miserable bedclothes, she went
again. Then she resolved that If he had
| lived meanly he should at least be buried
| in style. And he was. That is how the
story Of McSwegan's funeral became pub
! lie property.
Miss Margaret. who Is Of mature age
went TO Delaney Bros, undertakers, at 81
| Second avenue.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-17
BIG ROCKY MOUNTAIN RATTLERs.
with a Six-FOOt Snake-The Rep
tiles i'm Captivity.

Three Men Have n Fierce TusseI
with a Six-FOOt snake-The Rep
tiles in, Captivity.
San Diego Special in New York Tribune.
There was a lively fight this week be-
tween a vicious old rattle-snake and three
men out at the La Mesa Reservoir. As the
writer was descending the declivity on
the west side Of the rocky gorge in which
the, reservoir dam is being built he espied
in the shade of an .overhanging rock
huge brown coil, snugly established as If
10 enjoy a prolonged sleep. The diamond
markings indicated that it was a Rocky
mountain RATHER. the most venomous of
all rattlesnakes on the North American
continent. The writer jumped back in hor-
ror from the death-dealing reptile. He
had almost put his foot upon the snake.
Fortunately, its slumber was not dis
turbed. Assistant Engineer Hamilton
Clark hastily summoned two laborers with
long-handled shovels The men surround
ed the sleeping snake. One of the men
jabbed the sharp edge of the iron shovel
into the center of the diamond-marked
mass. Two streaks of rattle-snake shot
=
held the brown streaks from flying into
the faces Of the men, while the rattle
buzzed furiously. Well did they know the
meaning of that sound. The deadly head
Of the disturbed snake waved about vi
ciously in an effort to strike the bodies
of its human tormenters. The long handle
of the shovel was struck again and again
by the snakes deadly fangs until large
drops of the venom discolored the hard
wood. Here and there on the handle were
tiny iudentations made by the needle
pointed fangs The powerful tail was
wound round tightly about the shovel
handle for fully three feet. The man hold
ing the shovel was careless He thought
the snake too easy victim. Suddenly the
reptile gave tremendous jerk and car
ried the shovel with it. leaving the laborer
unprotected and much astonished The
second man with the shovel quickly pinned
down the snake again. but not until il
sunk its fangs into the thick boot of the
third man. Luckily, the leather protected
the flesh from the snakes teeth 1t alb
sorbed the poison, else the man wearing
the foot would soon have been a corpse.
+ The danger Of continuing the fight was
apparent. The third man procured a long
club At the proper moment he struck
the rattier's unprotected head and killed
Il. The reptile was over six feet long. the
circumference OF the body at the thickest
part being nearly nine inches. II had four
teen ratues.
+. 5. Babcock. manager Of Hotel del
Coronado, who returned a day or two ago
from a weeks hunting on the santa Mar
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-17
The WOMRN
OF FHSHION.

New York, March 16.-Women are con-
fronted by most unusual state of affairs
just at the present moment. They have
nothing to talk about. All classes are af-
fected, from the lowest to the highest,
and from the intellectual to the gossipy.
The National Women's Council has just
met and adjourned; the suffrage elections
have been settled one way or another; An
ma Gould is married and gone; Mrs. Van
derbilt has her divorce; and the opera is
thing of the past. The dearth of con-
versational subject matter is positively
alarming. The fashionable cafes, where
women gather after shopping, for a cup
of chocolate. no longer vibrate with the
sound of many voices clamoring to be
heard upon as many different subjects.
There is nothing to do but settle down to
the hundrum of domestic life until some
thing interesting happens again.
Although this is all very monotonous
and embarrassing, it must be admitted
that the calamity has befallen us at a very
convenient moment, for summer, with its
opportunities for flirting and picturesque
attire will be here before we are ready for
it. The breathing spells will be a great re-
lief to the fashionable world, and if Miss
Gould had arranged her wedding with
reference to the spiritual good of the gen
eral public, she could not have done better
than she did. What a mental strain the
suspense of waiting seven Lenten weeks
would have been upon the women who
drank in all the details with the eagerness
of politician for election news! Yet
American women boast of their demo-
cratic principles. But, as say, that is all
over, and women must resort to legitimate
home interests for amusement. Perbaps
the novelty of the occupation will be a
diversion to some; but to the broad
minded capable women who have intel
leets sufficiently strong to attend to do
nestle interests as well as public ana
social. these days will be a BLESSING
Spring, of all seasons of the year is +ba
most laborious for families where tbers
are many children, and now is the onDor
tunity to lay in the summer wardrobe TO-
the younger members of the family tn
shops are fun of ready made dresses TO-
girls from babyhOod to fifteen wears h,,t
it is much more economical to make tbasa
gowns at home.
The long Kate Greenaway costumes eor
little tots are out Of favor. They V,aya
pretty but very inconvenient. for tbev
We're constantly getting in the way Of
pattering feet and throwing the wee onee
down. II was funny sight to see the
H'lle midgets holding up their frocks just
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-17
THE HOUSE WAGoN.
Many of the Comforts and Few of the
DiscOmforts of House Boat.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Land yachting is the latest form of
pleasure travelling in California. The
house on wheels is an old story in Eu-
rope, but here in America there has been
too little Of this sort of journeying since
the procession Of prairie schooners disap-
peared from the plains. Up on the
Berkeley Hills there is or rather there
was last week, an artists camp. He is
the pioneer of land yachting in the west,
and he is only waiting for theyrains to
cease and the roads to dry to start off
on his pilgrimage.
MY wife and T. he says. were tired
of the usual form of outing tired of pay
ing high railroad fares. tired Of summer
hotels. tired of the farm that takes sum
mer boarders, and the wagon idea came
to us like an inspiration.
I'VE found that with an outlay of $500
or $500 we could have a castle at Los
Angeles. cabin in the redwoods. a chat
eau near Fresno. a Pullman to Mt. Shas-
ia and camp to the Yosemite No rail-
road fares, no doctors bills no gas. or
water, or wood, or coal to pay for; our old
clothes would do US for wears; chickens
corn, and potatoes, would. of course, be
cheap. There was not a single draw
back to the plan and within six weeks
We were on our travels in our land
yacht"
The whole outfit weighs less than a ton
The wagon is Z feet long over ALL feet 6
inches wide outside and feet 2 inches
from floor to ceiling. 1t is built elbow
fashion, so as to allow the front wheels
to frrrse dor hot 49,
of shelf about a foot high on the inside
on the shelf is a No. stove, Underneath
ii and on two sides there is a zinc and
abestos lining. To the left of the stove
there are three openings to compartments
that extend under the front seat. There
they keep provisions. Another compart-
ment for bottles and things is under the
seat. On each side Of the wall on a line
with the stove, there is a shelf containing
dishes, spices, etc. Underneath the same
are hung pots, pans and towels
On d line with the door and under the
wagon there is a box feet inches wide.
IA inches deep and about feet 6 inches
long. There they keep the bedding, which
they get at by a trap-door inside. Two
curled hair cushions, which are strapped
fiat to the wall by day, do for mattresses
Three little windows, hinged at the top,
solve the problems of light and ventila-
ton.
In the left wall is set a broad plate-glass
window, which frames some wonderful
landscape pictures as the artist and his
wife journey on. .
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-17
THE JAPs' COMMANDMENTS.
They Are Two, and the Chief Is
"Obey the MilsadO." O..
From the Forum.

rom the Drum.
The Japanese have no decalogue; their
commandments are but two: Obey the
Mikado; love and obey your parents
having done which they may follow their
own sweet Wills within the pale of the
law for nothing is wrong which does
not inhict hardship on others. Simple
as Is this rule of life, it has. in Japan, at
least, shown its ability to produce a people
happy and happy-making; fair proof
that too many laws tend to confusion.
The second commandment, including fill
ial piety is carried out in its broadcast
sense; the first is observed blindly; but
in old Japan the orders of the AIikado
trickled down to the commoner through
several months. and they We're wont to
reach him as construed by his immediate
lord. While to the European who only
sees the acknowledgement cities. old Japan
is a thing of the past. II sufiices TO go a
days ricksha journey from the tours t
track to discover that modern Japan is
confined mostly to the governing class of
the capital and to their immediate sur
roundings. Where the japanese has cut
his hair la brosse and wears a derby
and a boiled rag" he is, or is trying to
be. Europeanized: when you get to re-
gions where the paint brush queque
points at you from the top of his poll,
and he wears a lSimmo ard walks home
from his bath In puris naturalibus, there
is old Japan stll resident. And the time
honored motto Of old Japan is unquestion-
ing obedience.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-17

An English statistician has calculate.
that England now takes the first pIaSy
among the tea-drinking nations OF w.
world. The comparatively small pop - I.
ton of the island uses almost as mucn *
in year as the people of Europe, NolIa
and South America, Africa and Aus tra a.,
combined. Last year 2l4. S4l. Oh pounds, WI ~
imported. making an average OF ali i
600, 900 pounds a day The trade in the "a "a
with China has grown less, while !, 10
greatly increased with India and Ceylol,a al
One of the most fortunate deals m IN It X,
estate which has been chronieled rece -,-r.
is that by a man in Brussels lie IN IN.
chased a house on the Place Sainte-Dq9 Dr.,
crime II Is related, and in earlheh Zen
hidden away in the cellar found shame
abdication OF Charles Y. Each piece
worth 26 francs. and the whole hnd. p 70
ued at I2l0 900.
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A Prominent Minister writes.

After ten years of great suffering from
indigestion, with great nervous prosta
ton, billiousness, disordered kidneys am
constipation, 1 have been cured by DIT
Mozley's Lemon Elixir and am now wei
man.
Rev. c. C. Davis, Ed. M. z. CHI South
No. % Tatnall street, Atlanta, Ga
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-17

The story is told of the late PToL;
Blackfe that W hen he once put eall
on the door of HIS lecture room, reading
Prof. Blackie Will meet his classes a.
p. NJ some wagtsish student obliterael
the Co in classes Happening to pas
that way, the old professor saw ~
change. Stepping to- the door, he oo..
Grated the letter ~ and went grimly 9l
his way without a word.
President Faure Of France is a graf
reader and is one of the most enthu'
siastic students of the drama in Frame;
He has passion for rare editions, ana
his library is full of cUrkos that appeal 70
the bibliophile. He spends several thou
sands of francs a year adding to his c9l.
in various European countries who keep
him informed of bargains to be had
book-buying.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-17

'3iy uncle is dead" she said. and I
want you 20 take charge Of everything.
He left money. so much that I haven
finished counting IT, 1 want you 10 give
him the finest funeral you can The best
Of everything thar can be got. and never
mind The expense"
Never were there undertakers more de-
lighted than Delaney Bros Whether Nc
SweEan got the best Of everything" may
be judged from this bill, which came IN
due course o. time.
Casket black draped. extension han
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-17
Lemon HotDrons.

Cures all Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness
Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Hemorrhage an
all throat and lung diseases. Elegant, re
liable.
Is cents at druggists. Prepared only D
DR.. H. Motley, Atlanta, Ga.