Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-12-06

''as ono man" but "as one woman" for
the women were the chief leaders and In
/ stigaiors a new and happy era was In
! troduced, and vast political changes made.
/ The Commissioner from Mars was Tccelv-
! ed, entertained, and Informed By female
/ President. The number Of the states had
been greatly reduced by consultations.
/ and a similar result had taken place in re-
/ gard 10 the different nations, 80 that
/ there were only eight natonalities then
1 on all our globe and they had an interna-
/ tional congress
/ The h!ghly-gifted lady whom the Lord
/ Commissioner won for his bride was the
| intimate friend OF the President, and In
/ his report about the scientific and political
matters OF that day he goes into an
ecstatic glorfcaton OF love. Loveometers
had been invented.
The future, as he has here described II.
highly lauds and honors Jesus Christ but
has largely eliminated and eXpurgated our
present version Of the Holy Scriptures.
The Church had been omancipated from
its dogmas. and the grand truths taught
by the Saviour spread Ike a confiagra-
ton"
We are now exulting and wondering
over the great Yerkes telescope. with its
/ obiect-Ciass Of 80 inches diameter, but
then the Golden Gate University had one
! Of &c inches There were mterplanetary
4 signal stations; photographs could be
| taken on Mars Of persons and things on
earth. and telephoning was easy all
| around our globe; and whole aquarium
/ cities were formed OF anchored houses.
/ They could even photograph the soul.
| which proved its Immortality. "a beau
! tiful girl died. and a. she few away to-
wards Heaven a hundred photographs Of
! her soul were taken. They show her
smiling and waving a happy good-by to
| her friends.
Many other wonderful things are pro
phetically rcborted.
THE MARCH TO THE SEA. A Poem,
by Major :. H. NJ. Bycrs. Boston:
Arena Publishing Company. 1896. Price,
soc
In these IA well-printed pages Of varied
versification there is some truth. but lit
| tie or no poetry. There is no epicrng
| i'm them all. Like Statistician Atkin-
/ son I'm his sneech before the Southern
Associated Press. this autho' lugs I'm that
| murderOus old rebel. John Brown,
| though at the end Of his alleged poem
he sticks On a few fair words for tho
/ reviving South.
lie saws that he was taken prisoner
! and twice escaped. and that he served
! for awhile on General Sherman's STAFF
! He gives Sherman only 69,OoJ men. Bat
that was pretty good raiding and
| foraging party. 10 olive upon the coun-
try" our author. both in his text and
| in a note. describes their forasins. He
/ saws: "The foragers were great band or
| mounted men. one twentieth Of the army,
whose duty 10 was TO scour the enemy =
/ country and bring corn, meat, cattle,
horses. etc. etc. into the Gang They
| pressed the planters negroes. carriages
| cattle, mules, and wagons into use. load
| ing them all down with suppl es. II was
| no unusual sight to see fine carriages
laden with sweet potatoes. and the
forager driver rugged ont in the cylinder
hat and swallow-teil coat Of some fleeing
! pIanter." How they gloated over thus
| dcspoiing the erich slavocrats.' as they
so fraternally styled them.
The volume Is adorned with a good por-
| trait Of Sherman. q view or Lookout
| mountain. and other cuts.
THE ROMANCE OF COMMERCE. BY
j. Macdonald OXiey. Ii. H.. 3. 4.
Pages IS New York and Boston:
Thomas y. Crowell & Co For sale by
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| There has been a romance OF cohlhtlc''
! no less than a romance Of war. Men
! have shown equal enterprise and daring
I'm enlareing incomes IS in extending the
hounds OF empire. and gold has run close
rivalry with glory I'm adding brilliant
PAGES TO the worlds history The present
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! ticulariv 10 young people, contains
/ tbirtec, brief hut engrossing narratives
! az great financial enterprises ana as
| aefers The volume IS particularly nonce-
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/ The frontispicce Is a spirited reproiuc-
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/ after the collapse OF the Mississippi
| Bubble"
SENTIMENTAL TOMMY. The story OF
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/ Tor ir ccmcs 70 the reader 'helt .'.-'
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