Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-15
CHIPS FROM ALTON.
yoME OBSERVATIONS TOUCHING
THE CASTING or HOROSCOPES.
The Fourteenth of March-Biowing
Great Guns The Ground-Hog
Again-Shall Woman soi'e Tue
Problem s-IBriefs.
cnnnsnondence OF the pIspateh)

Correspondence or inc DiSfNNS"(
ALTON. VA. March h.-There are
many ways OF casting horoscopes for Or
binary people. mainly dependent on the
,,cii,ties within their reach. In the
o,,ntry. for instance. coftee-grounds are
t,st the thing, especially for human
,.,os and dark tragedies. Tea-leaves are
yseful: mllder. but lachrymose. II the
fates are against you. Running water
ia good. II not too deep, and a roost-
eys Growing is fateful, either way
comes he riding or walking.
no course. in cities there are the
cradles Of cards by experts; the me
,,.,,os" whose divinations some
,.r,,. border on a sixth sense; the palm
.s and still ascending In a social
s.aia The astrologists OF the rare "4yJ'
of New York.
These last-having the earth-are bound
IN l9ok 10 the stars. II they wish for
ANYTHING else.
V.ben the horoscope Of a nation Is cast
,,a are as level as death. and all our
fortunes are told alike, under the rule
formulated by Ptolemy-the final authori-
IL on astTology. 1t IS cast for the
moment Of time Of the conjunction OF
the sun and moon next preceding the
ycrnal equinox. and for the capital OF
the nation. To-day, March 18th, at $50
a NJ. when the "Neomenia" or new
moon. occurs I'm the zodiacal sign Pisces,
q degrees, - minutes. our fortunes were
cast for this year. The festival OF
his annual new moon was celebrated by
the pagans and Israelites with great
ceremonies. The text for to-day IS
Samuel Xxx, 9Th verse: "And David said
unto jonathan. Behold tomorrow is
The new-mOOn.'
A brief summary Of the nativity OF
the year has been given, but that IS
much too long. as II gets Worse-ahd
more Of it-as the year lengthens, ana
almost winds up with a final collapse.
Two saving clauses line the cloud with
silver: Financial affairs Will improve,
and pleasures OF all kinds VIII flourish
and. Never was n man with soul so
dead" that Il cid not quicken for either
BLOWING GREAT GUNS.
When rural society turned drowsily on
its pillow yesterday morning, after
calm evening given 10 a musicale down
Nelson avenue. II was too startled for
aiother yawn. The wind was blowing
great guns right from Humpback and
rad Knob. and the snow whirling in
binding sheets over moor and mountain.
The last vertcbrae OF the lOng-drawn-out
winter was subjected to a compound
f,tcture and all its misery back upon us.
! wonder what affinity exists between
wolai-hog and human nature. OF
co.rsa we know all about the other
ruTcle species. and what a slam II was
on tie POOR monkey when Darwin evolu-
tai Dis theory, collectively. But this lit
O.. iuone1siyc rodent-piaying hide-and-
seek ln his sandy barometer-that he
should serve MS such a trick. was mon
str1us, We have trusted him. as we
d. lis prototype, through fair weather
and foul. He is endeared by lifelong
memories and many innocent Jokes-to
b. sure at his expense-ard his promises
{, pay. like thirty-days' cash, were clear
and open. Instead. the beastly cad has |
shifted around 10 three weeks Of colder |
Weather than last years bowling record, |
and--the joke Is all on his side now. |
HARD TINES.
Two winters ago the times were very |
hard. 4 big English actor took $4,000
from the pockets Of the American people
ID ship TO England and the rich paid but /
% small percentage OF this sum. A great
pima donna carried back 10 England
from her last farewell tour half a
million Of dollars the same year.
This winter the times may have been
little easier. but they were hard
enough to hurt, as much more money has
been doubtless shipped back TO the gold
en- Isle.
Nine million dollars have been d.
vertci from their proper source and paid
% The lazy tramps Of the country who
need 10 be put upon one OF Uncle Sans
big territories and made to work II, in
one great reservation farm. True, wealth
IS filling the land and producing some
thing out of nothing. Added 10 this Is
hn fg oil !
ana whskey 10 drown what little sense
might have been utilized. II left as the
Creator had given II. This essay is the
result Of reading some high-nown chap
ters on political economy, upon which /
have been RECALLING myself in lieu Of
Nsht observation-disclosures as penance.
Ana ] honestly believe. though | have
been fighting against the new woman"
suffrage, equal rights poliucSlY. and
the rest Of 10. that the riddle OF all this
VIII YET have 20 be solved by-a woman
hd you ever watch the master mind of
p woman grasp the chaotic confusion Of
hol,,ho.d-say after six weeks OF stern
er rU.e-and quietly set everything 70
rights What if--but forbeari The
comet i7 due here some time to-day. but
'he millennium Is yet. l fear-like warmer
"eather-afar of!
W.. Wilie Bragg. OF Big Stone. is home
Ms. Heilfrlch who returned from
ina. i'ttesyille with her mother Mrs.
Dood'oe. Is better, after a severe Illness.
W. Francis Baber. Of Huntingdon, Is
N.ing his parents near Alton.
morse driven by Mr.. Tom Baber TO a
,,oln.e team broke his leg over the en-
",.Nment az Gully Gulch" Friday.
Ni.s Ecttie Maury. Of Sherando, IS the
guest = Mrs. John Cook.
.fe - much sickness reported. Seve-
,N clses due 20 the sudden changes IN
weather. are being attended by Drs.
=, e ana w. J.. Williams.
Samuel Garwood Is in Bluefeld
Win her son. who Is in
\ Plea TO the Noon.
Written for the Dispatch)
yere Is maid who gazes long
y" .h sa lncss a. the moon,