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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-15
In Self-Defeuce.

I.EESBURG, VA. February n-!Spe-
ciaI.)--In the County Court OF Loudoun,
Judge Tebbs presiding. to-day. William
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-15

PORT OF RICHMOND. FEB. IA. 1896.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Newbern, Rhodes. Norfolk: Old
Dominion Steamship Company.
SAILED.
Steamer Newbern, Rhodes. Norfolk; Old
Dominion Steamship Company.
Steamer Pocahontas. Graves. Norfolk:
Virginia Navigation Company. .
PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS. FEB. II.
(By telegraph)
ARRIVED
British steamship Lismore, Norfolk.
British steamship Miami, New York.
Schooner Mary Curtis, Richmond. Cap
tain Major
Barge Kondout, New York.
Barge Quinnebaug. New Haven. Cap
tain Anderson.
SAILED
British steamship Falls OF Bracklyns
American steamship Saturn. Boston.e
British steamship Betty, Genoa.
Barge Belle OF Oregon. Providence
Barge Knickerbocker, Boston.
Barge Marion, Providence.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-15
Mothers, This is the
Boys Biggest Chance--

We have completely sur
rendered all profit, yielding
big slices Of the cost. Every
winter garment in the Boys
Department has been re-
duced.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-15
Be Sure
You Read
This

It's only fair to tell you
that TO-DAY is the last day
of the loss-selling. But until
the last light is out tonight
all the Winter Suits, Over
coats, listers, Refers, and
separate Pants both mems
and boys'--go 1.-THE paralyzed
prices.
They've done their work
already---but we want every
body to have warning. The
like of this can't happen
again.
Decided cuts.
ST for Mems so. sl25O. and $3.50 Suits.
s. for Mems so. $3.50 and $3.50 Oyercoats.
Sis for Mems $3.50 and 500 Pants.
Sl5 for Mems 500 and 500 Pants.
sl15 for Mems 500 and 500 Pants.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-09
NEW CHOLERA CURE.
How a West Virginia Physician Cured
Lot of Chickens.

How a West Virginia Physician Cured n
Lot of Chickens.
Several subscribers have asked us for
a cholera cure, and we suspect the dis
ease is quite prevalent. We take
plea sure in giving the following letter
from a valued correspondent in West
clan, country doctor, with two acres
of land and several hobbies, one of them
chickens. Four years ago cholera
broke out among my flock, and tried
every remedy could think of. Finally,
l took some antiseptio tablets, consist
ing of Z $40 grains corrosive sublimate
and As grains of citric acid in each
and dissolved one in one gallon of boil
ing hot water and gave as drink
Cholera-stricken fowls will drink il
they do not eat. From that on l lost
but one or two that were too far gone to
drink, and in another instance, where
l found it present, / repeated the treat
ment with equal success. Since then
usually give IL once month as pre-
ventive, continuing it for three days.
If occasion offers, would like you to
try the remedy, and if it is a success ia
your hands it could be incorporated in
a future edition of the Bicycle Poultry
Book. The tablets are deadly poison
used, as of course you know, as ex-
ternal applications in solution in surgi-
cal cases. The good, if / am correct
in their doing this good, lies in the anti
septic action of the corrosive sublimate
the citric acid merely favoring the
solubility of the tablet; the tablets 1
advise because of the dosage being
certain Farm Journal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-09

Just as well as though ~ cost lots of
money. You can raise the drill high
or use short strokes as you like by
letting loose sooner.
The horse power will be the hardest
to get, but old ones are generally
cheap. If you can fix it to run slow
enough a master wheel and pinion is
all that is needed. Now as to drill rod
and casing, most any hardware man
can furnish them or you can get them
in Chicago. Your one and one-quarter
iron for drill rod will cost about seven
cents per foot. Your castings will of
course be two and one-half or three
inches. If you want galvanized
(Which is best) it will cost is or 20
cents, according to size. You will
want one large casing to start your
well with-large enough so your cas-
ing for the well will slip inside of 1t.
This you must start perfectly straight
in order to have your well straight;
then work inside of this until you are
through. To drive this you will want
a heavy block of wood with a rod four
or Eve feet long stuck through it with a
ring on the opposite side to tie your rope
in. Then let the rod work inside of the
casing and run this with your drill
rope by raising and letting fall.
You can have your hardware man
get drills. In clay you will want one
expansion rill; for rock use straight
one. When drilling in clay you will
need to use water from the top until
you strike some water in the bottom.
1t will likely pay you TO get some one
that has had some experience to as
sist in starting the work, after which
you will likely get along all right
L. NJ. Robson, in Breeders Gazette.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-09
WON ON A SUNBEAM.
How a Dead Broke Gambler Exhausted
the Roll of a Faro Bank.

the Roll of a Faro Bank.
THAT piece in your paper bout the
guy THAI cleaned up the faro bank out
in Seattle" unused Bettam High, the
gambler. as he told the waiter to ''bring
on three for half, ""ain't in il with my
personal experience. This was out ia
Cripple Creek when the boom was way
up an good rlay agin' right bank,
see. was with more to the banker than
& split in the best claim you could git
Il they broke even. Do you know Eat
en- Up got hold of a piece of moley in
Chicago he win out a roll off'n short
money, see, an he goes off to Cripple
Greek an starts to dealin'. DE layout
was in q little frame, pine board joint,
bouts big's dry goods box. Jake
gets a good play, you know-took u
minute To settle after every turn, see?
But didn't tell you bout the knothole.
You see, there's knothole in board
right back of the dealer. Jake he's in
the lookout chair, see? Jake don't
have no clock there, see, so nobody
minds the daylight, only it makes the
dealer little sleepy, an Jake, he's
kinda dopy.
"Well, there's tinhorn from over 1T
another joint-a plugger in the stud
game, see? He blows in and buys two
red checks, waits for cases, fergits to
copper one play an gets whipsawe1,
see-loses both bets. Then he buys
half stack of whites an keeps the
seat, playing mostly cases. He keeps
his checks in his hands, an Jake don't
cases on him. Well. he goes broke, but
Jake doesn't know il.
'.The jacks case, see, an the sun
lights coming through the knotholc
over the dealers shoulder hits the
Jack right in the center, an it looks like
white check on the jack. The jacL
wins. Dealer pays white check on
the jack. Tinhorn pushes the sleeper
over between The queen an king, am
II wins again. see? An. IN the level. the
g.y win an win, an nothing can stop
him. Five deals afterward he has the
check rack out. an Jack says:
81 can't real fer yer no more Me
roll is gone
"Nex. day stake Jake in the
Joker game an tells him how il hap
pened. an he says:
"Wen. watyethink of that? Would
mt tina. skin yer? I've heerd of guys
winnin out the bank roll off'n ca,
,roney, but 1 never heard of wiunin'
"a. on a shadCer' "-Elmira ~. ~
Telegram.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-09
The Golden Opportunity.

Now is the time to visit the South and in
vestigate for yourself its vast resources and
its glorious climate. There Is no doubt but
what the tide has turned Southwark. The
Mobile and Ohio Railroad always in the van
to encourage a good movement, will give
YOU special Land and Home Seekers Elk
cursions TO points in Kentucky, Tennessee,
Mississippi and Alabama on April It'll and
2lst, aud May 5th, 1896, tickets being one
fare for the round trip good for 80 days
from date of sale. Stop-overs allowed on
going trip free. On payment of LOO at des-
tination additional stop-overs will be al
lowed on return trip.
Excursion trains leave st. Louis Union
Station both morning and evening on the
dates mentioned on arrival OF trains OF
other roads
Low one way rate for actual settlers and
their household goods and stock are gwen
For information concerning land address
the Alabama Land Development Company,
Henry Fonde, President, Mobile. Ala.
Ticket Agents of connecting lines In the
North, East and West sell round trip
tickets over the Mobile and Ohio road, so
call on your nearest ticket agent for par
ticulars, or address G.. RUDoLPH, ID. L. A,
800 Marquette Big, Chicago, Ill, or T.. T..
PosEY. G. p A., Mobile, Ala.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-09

ator Conkling would have probably
thrown him down the stairs, because
he was in a very angry mood that morn
ing and was particularly annoyed be-
cause the bellboy had kept rapping on
his door until he was exasperated.
Senator Conkling never liked to be
disturbed by any noises about the ho-
tel. The German minister had house
adjoining the hotel, and KEEP. very
large rooster which annoyed the SEN
ator by Growing early in the morning
Senator Conkling never said enything
about it to anybody until upon one
occasion, just after he had taken his
breakfast and was walking to the cap
itol, he met the German minister who
wished him good morning and hoped
he was well. Senator Conkling replied:
I am feeling very well, thank you, con-
sidering the fact that was kept from
sleeping by that miserable game cock
you keep under my window The Ger
man minister apologized, and that aft
ernoon killed his rooster.
81 have seen the senator often when
he came down to breakfast besieged by
callers who wanted to tell him some-
thing before he went into the dining.
room. He always pointed to the par
lor with one hand, saying: You go in
there and then, pointing with the
other hand to the dining-room, he
would say: 4 am going In there He
would not waste any time with them,
but went right On in to his breakfast.
have heard men swearing at him, when
he left them in that way: and then,
when he would come out and go to
the parlor to see them, they would
greet him with bows and smiles, as
though they were coming into the pres
ence of king.
Senator Blaine used to stop occa-
sionally at worinley's, and maybe you
don't know how those men hated each
other. Sometimes they would meet
in the halls, in the parlor, on the stairs
or on the elevator; but they never no.
ticed each other. think that Senator
Blaine used to like to go out of his way
to meet Senator Conkling in the pres
ence of other prominent people. Mr..
Blaine was always smiling and talking
to people. Mr.. Conkling would always
wear severely dignified look, and
would not speak to Mr.. Blaine, or to any
of the people with Mr.. Blaine. Then,
after Mr.. Conkling had gone away, Mr..
Elaine would smile and say: 1T is q
pity Conl1ling is so rude and ungentle-
manly and the people would agree
with Mr.. Blaine. In that way, by pur-
posely meeting Mr.. Conkling. and max
ing him appear to be rude. think that
Mr.. Blaine managed to increase the
number of Mr.. Conkling's enemies.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-09
RUINED BY A CONTRACT.
An Iron Founder Undertakes somethin
OufsiS> Of Hia Linz.

An Iron Founder Undertakes Something
OutsiSs Of His Line.
The founder of the Vendome column
in Paris met with financial ruin in his
contract Tho French government,
when it decided TO erect the notable
column, entered into q contract with an
iron founder, says the Philadelphia
Record. He knew nothing whatever of
modelling or casting in bronze. The
government agreed to supply HIM with
cannon captured from the Russians
and Austrians during the campaign Of
1905, In quantities sufficient to found
the monument The contractor. know
ing nothing of the phenomena which
the fusion of bronze offers, found when
two-thirds of the column was COM
pleted that he had used up all his metal.
Sufficient bronze had been given him to
complete the monument, and he was
responsible for the entire amount
Finding himself face to face with bank
ruptcy he melted up his scoriae and
mixed the metal with cheap refuse
which he purchased. and SO completed
the founding. The castings. however,
were found to be so full of flaws that
the work was stopped. and the founder
ruined. The holdings of the different
parts of the bas-relief were 90 badly
executed that the chiselers who repaired
the defects removed no less than 20
tons of bronze. They received for their
labor G $4,000. TO which was added the
10 tons of bronze, which became their
perquisites. The whole transaction was
very, very French.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-09

cream or milk with his coffee, but sim
ply put in very small lump of sugar
lie was very fond of butter, and would
not only spread the butter thick upon
his bread which he was eating, but
would very frequently call for an extra
piece, which he would mix in with his
Goldfish, toasted bread and poached egg.
Senator Conkling never would tell
any story about whether he was in the
hotel or not. | used to take cards to
him, and if he was willing to see any
one he would answer very promptly,
but if he was not there would be no
response at all. He left an order with
me TO shove cards under his door and
never to knock. Ii the cards were from
persons whom he felt obliged to see.
he would open the door and say: Tell
the gentleman to come up here II
he did not want to see anybody, ne
would simply pay no attention to the
cards, and would go back to the hotel
Office and say that The senator was ev-
identity not in, as he did not respond to
my knock; but that i had left the card
under his door SO that he would get il
when he came in. In this way q great
many people were kept away from the
senator, and he was not obliged to tell
any stories or prevaricate.
Senator Conkling had standing
order that none of the bellhoys were
to knock at his door at any time. He
would not respond to any knocks and
did not want TO be annoyed. One morn
ing there was a new bellboy who took
card up, and before he went there
l told him simply to shove the card
under the door and not to knock and
annoy the senator. He merely laughed
at me and said that he would present
the card in his own way. He did SO
and knocked several times until the
senator opened the door and asked him
TO come in and sit down. He gave
the boy chair and required him 10
wait there fully 20 minutes until the
senator had dressed himself and was
ready to come downstairs. He Their
took the bellboy by the ear. led him
down 70 the hotel office and told the
chief clerk that he did no. want to be
annoyed by that bellboy any more. He
also told what he would do with him
it ne ever came TO his room and knocked
on the door again. He was very large
and q very strong man, and IL the
bellboy had offered any resistance SEN
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-09

and gave an order, telling the cook that
twas for Senator Conkling, great deal
of care and attention was paid to the
order. OF course you know that in ho-
tel kitchens generally the cook and the
assistant cooks are very busy and some
times attend to their work In careless
manner. treating everybody alike as
nearly as possible; but when man of
high standing like Senator Conkling is
a guest of hotel they take great care
In preparing things in a manner salts
factory 10 him.
Senator Coniling was plain sort of
an eater. and he was not very hard TO
wait upon. In the morning, sometimes
before he was dressed, he would call
bcllboy and send written order down
TO me. He was very fond of shredded
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-09

said Lord Bacon. 'smsketh q full man" That
is, 9 man of knowledge. knowledge is
power. Do you want to be powerfuls
Textbooks in school furnish knowledge,
but they can give only the skeleton. The
flesh must be put on by the teacher for by
reading1, in the way Of Illustration. 70 get
this additional Information one must read
many special books, which are not TO be
found outside of big librs,ies- Each month
containing articles of thirty &c forty lines.
compact, reliable and interesting, on geo
graphical, scientific and historical subjects.
II you send your name and address 10 W.
J. c. Kenyon. G. F. ana p. A, ST. Paul.
MINI, one of these sheets will be sent TO
you every month during 1895.
N.B.-rhe Burlington Route is the best
line from ST. Paul and Minneapolis TO Chi
csgo or St. Louis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-09
rhs nss, Ration for Horses.

Bulletin 20, of North Dakota station,
details experiments with various win
ter rations for horses. These trials
prove that chopped wheat is a good
ingredient of n mixed ration, but not
a good ration TO feed alone. Also,
,he bran and shorts mixed in equal
weights are nearly equal to oats.
Also, that low grade and even rejected
wheat makes better horse feed than
the best grades, because richer in nitro
gen. With oats at is cents per bushel,
bran and shorts are worth ten dollars
per ton: with oats at 25 cents, bran
and shorts are worth SIS per ton. for
horse feed
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-09
A FLORAL LOVE STORY.

Fair NIarfgold a maiden was. Sweet VIII
liam was her lover:
Their path was twined with Bittersveet.
II did not run through Glover.
The Ladies' Tresses raven were, her
cheeks a lovely Rose.
She wore fine Lady's Slippers TO warm her
small Pink toes.
Her Poppy was an Elder who had Mint
Of gold.
An awful old snapdragon. TO make ones
blood run coldi
His temper was like Sour Grass. his daugh-
ter's heart he wrung
With words both fierce and bitter-he had
an Adder's Tongue,
The lovers hair was like the Flax. Of pure
Germanic type:
lie wore a Dutchman's Brooches. he
smoked a Dutchman's Pipe
He sent Marshmallovs by the pound. and
choicest wintergreen:
She painted him Forget-me-nots. the bluest
ever seen!
He couldn't serenade her within the Night
shade dark.
For every Thyme he tried It her fathers
DoRwOod bark,
And he set a certain day to meet at -Four
O'clock
Her face was pale as snowdrops. cen
whittier than her frock.
The lover vowed he'd Pine and die II she
should say him no.
And then ne up and kissed her beneath the
Mistletoe.
My love win Live Forever. my sweet. will
you be true2
Give me a little Heartsease, say only Il
love YeWr'
She faltered that for him alone she'd
Orange Blossoms wear.
Then swayed like supple Willow. and tore
her MaidenhaiTi
For. Nader than a hornet. before them
stood her Pop.
VINO swore he'd cane the fellow until he
made him Hop
Oh. quickly up Rosemary! She cried:
You'll Rue the day.
Most cruel father. Haste. my dear, and
Lettuce fee away"
But that inhuman parent so piled his Birch
rod there
tie settled all fiirtations between the hap
less Pear.
The youth a monastery sought. and donnefl
a black MonkshoOdi
The maid ate Poison Ivy. and died witt In
wood
Philadelphia Bulletin.
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-
Provoked n Speech.

A good story is told of the way in
which New England senator was
once aroused to make astirring speech.
At the outset of his political career he
had been known as a remarkably clever
"orator of the stump" and later on, in
the lower house of the legislature, he
made brilliant name for himself. But
when he became a senator he ceased
talking. much 20 the regret of his
friends and admirers. Finally the
liquor law came up for discussion. and
the wife OF friend of the senator,
who was much interested in its passage,
was greatly disappointed to see that
the brilliant man had no apparent in
tention of joining in the discussion.
She sat down and wrote few words
on O sheet of paper, which she inclosed
in an envelope and sent by messenger
to the senator. do speakl Even Ba-
laam's ass spoke oncei" This brought
the senator to his feet and elected one
Of the best speeches he ever made.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-09

We are pleased to learn that some
of our readers are keeping book ac-
count of just what their fowls are do
ing. The success of the poultry raiser
is very much more certain where this
is the case than if he merely goes
ahead blindly, guessing that things are
going $3.50" 1t would be an interest
ing thing to hear from the poultry rails
ers often as to their results and their
methods. We hope the time is com
ing when every reader that keeps chick
ems will be able to tell TO cent, an egg
and pound of flesh just what he 10 ac-
complishing.-Farm Review.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-09
MICROBES ON Stamps.
The Philstelist's Collection as ) Source
of Danger.

of Danger.
Having successfully disclosed the n.y.
gienic dangers adherent to the kiss,
the telephone receiver and the towel,
medical science has now turned its at
tention to the perils that beset the
philatelist's art. According to DIR.
Unna. says the Science News. patient
was recently attacked by peculiar
parasitic growth in the beard. On max
ing a minute examination of some of
the hairs, the doctor recognized the dis
ease as "picdrn." which is chiefly met
with in British Columbia. The doc
tors friend had never been in Columbia,
but he frequently received letters from
correspondents there. and, being a coll
lector of postage stamps, he was in the
habit of removing them from the let
ters. In DIR. Unna's opinion the gum
on the postage stamp is an excellent
material for retaining any disease
germs that it may receive from the ap-
plication of the tongue, and in remov-
ing stamps-even when moistening Is
done with the sponge-there is always
q danger that the collectors fingers
may receive and communicate the con-
tamination.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-09
MARQUIS DI RUDINI. ITALY's PRIME MINISTER

Goldfish on toast with a poached egg on
n separate plate. He would take the
shredded Goldfish and toast, place them
upon his large plate, and cut them into
very fine pieces. Then placing the egg
on top of the hash which he had made,
he would break the egg and mix it all
together. i remember one morning,
when Lie seemed to be particularly
pleased with mis- breakfast, he said to
me: Jim, there is nothing better for
the nerves than goldfish; and an egg is
very ,rengtheninE to u man who
works as l do. I learned to make this
breakfast for myself when l was lit
tie boy. My mother used to fix it for
me, and have always enjoyed it
Senator Conkling usually had a cup
of coffee with his breakfast, but he
very seldom drank more than half a
cup at a time. He did not use any
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-09
FARM AND GARDEN.
DRILLING DEEP WELLS.
How the Work Can BE Done Economically
and Satisfactorily.

How the Work Can BE Done Economically
and Satisfactorily.
In reply TO inquiry as TO drilling deep
wells at as little cost as possible sub
NIT diagram and few figures as to
what can be done. / have seen some
very expensive machinery in use, also
some that is very cheap.
He will want a derrick something
like the accompanying diagram. The
lumber should be four 2x6s. "a feet
long and few boards to form the
ladder and brace il. This will cost not
over three dollars. The roller at the
base should be ten inches in diameter.
This can be made mostly of wood, orr any
old machine roller that is strong enough
and fixed so as TO couple the rod on
from the horse power. The rope to
he wrapped around this roller raises
the drill, and then when you slack it
the drill will fall. One man must
stand and hold the rope to keep the
drill going, and it will do the work