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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26
WAKE TT REPRESENTATIVE

The proposition to refer TO the judiciary
committees OF the two houses the mat
ter Of nquifing aud reporting what
amendments should be made TO the VIZ
ginia Constitution commits the whoie
subject 90 a body Of lawyers.
While thu Dispatch has no pfe)uolce
against the noble profession OF the law
and would not Ike 20 see any amend
ment submitted 10 the people That had
not first been criticised and passed upon
by experts ~ the law. We must be per-
miitsd 10 believe that in deciding what
amendments may b9 desirable some OF
the laymen OF the Legislature would
make very scryiceable committeeman.
For instance, we think that there ought
10 he an amendment to the Constitution
putting IL into the power Of the Leslsia-
ture to authorize cities and towns 10
make concessions that they are not no"
authorized 10 make for the purpose OF
encouraging Industries. Upon such SUD-
feet rs this the counsel and help OF
Businessman might be valuable to the
COMMITTEES. This. We think. viii hardly
be questioned. Nor VIII II do 10 argue
that business can just as well appear
before tho committee and submit. their
view, 40. that is rot sufficient an
swer: the place Of influence Is place on
the committee. So we should prefer TO
see the mstter OF constitutional amend
ments considered by a special committee
composed OF lawyers. farmers, and other
businessmen.
The greatest question before the people
OF Virginia to-day is that Of revising ana
amending the state Constitution. so as
10 quiet elections agitation. and give VIZ
gnia cheaper county governments ana
more economical administration OF criml-
nal Justice In the opinion of many TINS
purpose car only be accomplished by
assembling constitutional convention.
The Dispatch inclines to this opinion but
we would not discourage any proper ei-
fort that might be made 10 effect me
purpose In view by les. costly method.
So we say II the Legislature can frame
the amendments that the people WISH we
would not discourage it In so doing.
But above all things. the Legislature
should start right. We must be permit
ted 10 doubt If IL would be a good start
10 commit the preparation of the consti-
tutional amendments 10 committee COM
posed solely OF lawyers. The opponents
OF such amendments as might be framed
would use this fact az an argument
against their adoption. IL would be
formidable weapon I'm the hands OF dema-
goguee. Better commit the subJect 10
special committee having IN iis member
shin lawyers and laymen both.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26

This vagabond. with the gift OF perfect
song" says recent critic, was pu%-
zllng combination OF NIllon and Thomas
a Kempis-of grovelling sensuslity, ana
the ecstacies Of the ascefc. His place
I'm French letters ls assured for all time
by a score OF masterpieces In when
thought. sound, and form have been we'd
ed into one fiawless whole His favorlte
resort Is said to have been the care on
Soleil where ne could generally be found
an hour or two before dinner. seated at
little table. with a glass Of absinthe
within easy reach. engaged in smoking
"a pipe reading the newspapers, and jot-
ting down memoranda or bits or verse.
He was usually ill-clad. dirty and un-
kempt. and could seldom find his way to
his wretched lodging for night with
out the help Of the other habitues OF the
place. who respected him. In spite Of his
degradation. FOR his genius and HIS ever
widening fame. The cafe. the hospital.
the jail-thesc were his three homes. IL
IL said. He was classed by Nordau as
degenerate.
lola is again an aspirant for election
to the French Academy, this time for the
vacancy caused by the death Of Dumas.
and IL is said that there is some prospect
OF his being successful. II persistency
will win he viii get there" as we say
on this side or the water.
William Evarts Benjamin. 10 west
Twenty street. New York. issues
Catalogue Of Fine. Rare and Curious
Books which includes Americana,
Shakespeariana. Drama, Travel. Memoirs,
Sporting Books etc, etc, among them
being the original edition Of Captain
John Smiths Virginia"
The price Of the Bookman has been ad-
vanced to 20 cents number, or 81 year.
II IS well worth IL.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26
To Our European Cousins.

II amt a written law. OF course, but
then. Ia have you know,
I've quite absorbed that sentiment OF
sturdy Jim Monroe.
And would my cousins notify. with
clvilest sala'm,
That they can't now eradicate II from
their Uncle Sam.
/ like you boys and girls that boss the
business over thar.
An mebbe'll like you better II you stay
just where you are.
For relatives don't hitch. somehow, when
they together cram,
And that is why your squattin' here
seems wrong to Uncle Sam.
Besides. you've got hemisphere to man
age Of your own.
So skinny on your own side" friends
and let our farm alone.
Don't yearn to stamp the hull wide earth
with your old monogram.
But leave this half 10 supervision or
your Uncle Sam.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26
prRoUIsITE ATTACKED.

II looks as II the special leglSia'Ns
Committee on the Reduction Of Criminal
Expenses were really in earnest. They
have reported a bill abolishine the pres
ept method Of bringing prisoners 10 'he
penitentiary. They propose that mere
after the Superintendent Of the Penn
Tertiary shall send his own men 10 'he
various counties and cities TO bring the
p,isoners to Richmond And this the
superintcndent believes be viii be able
TO 20 at halls the cost now imposed upon
the State.
often and over such bill az this
has been propose. bot 1t has always
been defeated, it is said, through the
efforts of the sherins and sergeanis Oh
the State. from whom it proposes TO take
p time .honored and desirable rerqu'sIte.
If. now, the Legislature changes the ia"
On this subject, 1t will prove itself 10
be-in this particular, at least-more IN
earnest in the matter of reducing crimi-
nal expenses than any other Legisla-
ture has ever been.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26

For some time past an effort has been
pending to secure for the Louisiana State
Leper Hospital, in Iberville. the minstra-
ton Of the Sisters of Charity.
The Picayune SAYS that If ever there
was a class Of sufferers who seemed al
most deserted by man. If not by God. IT
was the lepeIs. while they were at the
pest-house in New Orleans. They were
sick and IN bondage Of loathsone dis
ease, and nobody but a few newspaper
reporters visited them. and nobody min
istered 10 them Now it adds. that
the State has provided a place where
they can be maintained in comparative
comfort under the care of an efficient
board of management. It has become pos
sible as it never was before. to have
them i'm the care OF the benevolent and
devoted Sisters of Charity, provided the
management can make arrangements for
them
The announcement has come from the
authorities. who are empowered to speak
for the Sisters, that four Of these faithful
the purpose viii be allowed to reside at
the hospital IL their maintenance and
support be provided for, and they shall
be permitted to have charge Of the house
keeping OF the institution. 1t is not
doubted that the four volunteers will be
secured, and that the State will comply
with the conditions named.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26
FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.


To the Editor OF the Dispatch
Is it possible that the merchants doing
business on Broad street are going to
sit idle and DO nothing to prevent the
laying OF four tracks by the competing
railway companies? Are they willing 10
see the street torn Up and filled with
Debris TO the detriment OF their business;
so obstructed that a vehicle cannot come
near their store-front. especially in this
Indictment season?
Then. why don't they move and make
some effort TO make known their wishes?
They will have an opportunity 10 do 80
by sending a committee TO represent
them before the Committee on Streets
next Tuesday evening. \ petition Is al
ready before said committee, signed by
over 200 merchants. protesting against
the outrage, and all that is wanted is
some ore 10 call r. up. and see IL they
have any voice in the matter. The city
Railway Company is about to commence
tearing up the street hardly yet dry from
the effects OF the new track just laid by
the traction company. and work has been
begun near Fourth street west 10 First.
The Dispatch. in an able editorial, stated
that the remedy was for the Council to
compel both companies TO use the same
tracks. Most large northern cities have
adopted that plan. In Baltimore. for in
stance, Il is said that five use the same
tracks on Baltimore street. Here both
companies should be compelled 10 use the
same set Of tracks. and thus save beautl
full Broad street from unsghtllness, not
10 mention the danger of having four
tracks.
Let the merchants move AT once. and
have a representative committee on hand
to protect their interests.
MERCHANT.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26

A correspondent OF the New York Sun
writes to that paper. saying that the
Davis resolution enunciatins the Monroe
doctrine is very crudely drawn and
should be put into better English. The
sun, which is high authority in such
matters. while applauding the sentiments
Of the resolution. seems 10 agree that 1t
needs polishing up. II this be the case,
a substitute should be prepared for the
resolution 1t may be that II would be
we'll 10 stick 10 the language of Monroe,
which is clear, concise, and free from
any such objection. At any rate it will
not do for the Senate to 80 upon record
in a matter Of such great consequence as
this. with a paper which Is open to the
objections stated In the Sun.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26

The birthday Of General Robert f. Lee
was celebrated on Monday as a holiday
I'm Virginia. North Carolina, and Georgia.
It is a harmless sentiment that prompts
this celebration, and with the passing
Of tho years it is likely TO fade away al
together Philadelphia Telegraph
We don't believe that It will soon fade
away. The failure OF our Legislature 10
adjourn on Monday last-which has pos
sibly given occasion for the remark OF
the Telegraph-has been most pontedly
dlsapproved by our people. In the iudg-
ment OF the Virginia public. since ii was
the Legislature that very properly or
dained the day as a holiday. the Legisla-
ture should have led in observing 1t.
True. one legislative day would have been
lost by the adjournment. but by sitting
twenty or thirty minutes longer than
usual each day for one week the two
house. might have made up for that
lost time.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26
500 Reward 800.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased
to learn that there Is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able 20
cure in al its stages, and that is Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure IS the only positive
cure known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being a constitutional disease, re-
quires a constitutional treatment Halls
Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature In doing
lis work The propretOrs have so much
faith IN its curative powers that they
offer sl00 for any case that II fails to
cure Send for list Of testimonials Adj
dress f. J. CHENEY & CO,
Toledo. O.
Sold by druggists. zoe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26
Four Tracks on broad street.

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
Again. why should Broad street be OBJ
structed by four tracks for street rail-
WAYS? This street is the pride OF every
citizen. and to see IL SO marred Is a
dreadful hurt TO every one interested in
its welfare / understand that PROPOSE
tions have been made TO permit the
mutual use Of the tracks on Broad street
by both companies; that offers Of trans
fers between the two companies on fair
and equitable terms have been proposed,
and that only the fears OF exactons OF
one OF the corporations stand in the way
o. an agreement. Are our councilman
representing the interests OF the city,
If they now fail TO compel the arrange
ment to be made at once?
CITIZEN.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26
Grover to Salisbury.

I've a secret for you Sally,
which l hope that you will tally
on your sporting vade-mecum in big,
strong hand
And in matters Of the angle
Not another can untangle
Observations ore advisable TO under
stand.
When you're angling. you but shackle
All your prospects II your tackle
Doth in any single portion to a flaw in
cline;
So / say-no evil wishing
You'll get nothing for your fishing
In the Venezuelan country with that
Schomburgk-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26

According TO the Philadelphia Times
the cocktail was the invention Of Colonel
Carter. Of Culpeper Courthouse. Va
The Illness story runs as follows:
Many years ago in that locality there
was wayslde inn. named THE COCK
and Bottle" the semDlance OF an oid
English tavern, and which bore upon
its swinging sign cock ana pot'ie'
meaning thereby that draught ana DOT
tied ale could be had within-the
cock" i'm old vernacular. meaning the
tap. He. therefore. who got the last
and muddy portion of the tap was sald
TO have received the cocktail
Vpon ore occasion. when Colonel Car
ter was subjected to the indignity OF
having this muddy beverage put before
him. he threw il angrily upon the floor,
and exclaimed Hereafter | viii drink
cocktails Of my own brewing" and then
and there. inspired evidently by the
spirit OF Ganymede. he dashed together
bitters. sugar, the oil Of lemon-peei' and
some old Holland gin. ana thus and then
and there was the original cocktail con-
cocted.
Whether this story be true or not. We
do not know. The Century Dictionary
says that the origin Of the term IS OBJ
scure. It. however quotes sentences
from Thackeray End Hawthorne, showing
that both OF those WORTHLESS had at least
a literary acquaintance with this erti-
cling compound. The Standard. which Is
a later dictionary than the Century. tells
no more than the Century does.
If any one OF our Culpeper readers
knows aught Of Colonel Carter and his
invention. he would DO well to commu-
ncate with US. so that we may place
the facts within easy reach OF the lexi-
cOgraphers.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26
WHY He Was Surprised.

Clipper: / was surprised 10 see Skimper
smoking a cigar just now.
Upper: I don't see why you should be;
he Is an lnveteTate patron Of the weed.
Clipper: Yes; but in this instance he
was smoking a cigar he had paid for
himself.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26

straightman: / had good news this
morning. | called at the bank. and the
teller tod me my account was short.
Flush: You call that good news, do
you?
s,raightman: Certainly, for il was no
news TO me. and It's a matter OF record
that mo news is good news
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26

and consequent lack OF exercise; but.
whatever the cause. I have come to you
TO see II you cannot advise something
that Will reduce my weight.
Doctor: What il your business?
Patient: ] am a coal merchant
Doctor: All, Then I would advise you
TO weigh yourself on your own scales.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26
A Home Thruat.

Patient: Doctor, as you can see Tor
yourself, ! am growing entirely too stout
for personal comfort | have sometimes
thought that my increase was due 10 my
paying too close attention TO business,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26

Norfolk is TO have an Artesian well
200 feet deep. more OF less. Just about
this time we would like to be able to
draw upon a clear water reserve our
self. The James river article is very
substantial. but not very beautiful to
behold
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26
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Reading notices in reading matter W.
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26

Now when the Allan and the Lamb
lie down together, and little child shall
lead them. IL may be safely assumed that
the Republican nomination for the presi-
dency has been made.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26

In the lexicon OF courtship. a flame"
becomes an extinguished fame when
under the impetus Of parental persuasion
he flights OUT
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26

\ man wild DE- grip am boun' ter sneeze
sometime. an agreeable ter dat pro-
gance. ef A man got sin in i'm, de worl'
boun' ter year rom It.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26

Hit am money frowed erway ter try
ter grow larnln' in de brain OBJ er dude
Niger: so kyan shuck ostridge aigs
fo'm sparrars mes.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26

They say Russia's coup with respect
TO Turkey should be spclt coop. and
that there is room In the coop for the
French rooster. also.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26

A politician does not always see his
palm" lest days when he is lin the hands
Of his friends"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26

II is probable that the belligerency
OF the Cubans IS duly recognized by
Spain. az least.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26

All letters and kilograms must oe > az
dressed 10 THE DISPATCH COMPANf'
Rejected communications VIII not DC re-
turned
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26

The Davis-Monroe doctrine may obtain
in the Senate, 1t appears. but the House
seems less favorable.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26

When cue-experts engage in a battle
they rarely come off without scratch.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26

UPTOWN OFFICE. fcs EAST BROAD
STREET 49,, ,~.r,
WEST END OFFICE. PNIsk-PLNCh
PHARMACY. Belvidere and Main streets
MANCHESTER OFFICE. 1905 HULL
srfEET
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26
Financial Logic.

The new Richmond water-power idea
is good thing; push IL along
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26

The man who procrasiinates should
never expect 10 get anything "on time
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26
Low Prices.


Are what most people look for
nowadays. knowing this, a GER
tain class Of merchants are daily
advertising all sorts Of goods at all
sorts of prices. trying to induce peo-
pie to believe they are getting some
thing extra. If you want GOOD
value come to us and get 1t.
lockwood Chocolate, 3Jc. pound.
X. and G. Flour, lO-pound bags, SOC
bag.
Cry's Fruit Gelatine. l0c. package.
Prepared Table Jelly. l0c. package.
Shredded Wheat BIZ clits, Toe. pack
age.
, pounds Cartoon Delicious Prunes,
zoe. package.
Barley Crystals, 40c. tin.
Rhorer's Bread Powders, large size,
l2lc. package.
Stuffed Peppers, SOC. jar.
Stuffed Mangoes, SOC. jar.
Quart Jars Imported Pitted Cherries,
SOC. jar.
Cream Horse kadish, 15c. jar
Maple Sugar, l5c. pound.
California Peaches, 3-pound can, loo.
can.
Hygenic Graham Flour, 5-pound
package, 25c. package.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-29


rates maintained. We alluded to some
of the reasons for this complacency,
and from the Iron Age and other sourc-
es we gather more. AS iron and steel,
directly or indirectly, touch every other
interest in the country, it may not be
waste of time to consider them again
in this light of what lawyers call new
ly discovered evidence" when they
move for a new trial.
1t has local interest. too, in the
fact that the cause finds source in our
own Mesaba range, where the Rookie
Teller and Carnegie interests have re-
Gently made an alliance or treaty of
amity. The Iron Age says, speaking
of the effects on iron and steel produc-
ton and prices Of this arrangement:
with royalty of % cents a ton. an
open rail route TO shipping docks of so
cents ton, lake rate which employs
the new Rockefeller boats, and a rail
rate from Conneaut to Pittsburg under
so cents a ton, it will be readily under
stood how low the cost of production
can be carried" The cost of mining
on the range, including car loading, is
estimated at 10 cents a ton This
means an ability to lay down the ore
at Pittsburg for about $245 a ton. The
value of sufficient ore G 300 pounds) to
make ton of pig iron is $4OS, to which
$40 must be added for the coke and
81 for labor, making a total cost of
$74S. Eighty-twQ cents is allowed for
incidentals of cost, interest, manage
ment, ETC., giving a net of $3.50 a ton.
Recently there came from Pittsburg
the statement that a large force of
men had been laid off in the Carnegie
converters, in which this pig iron is
changed into steel, because the com
pany had installed a new process for
direct conversion, which operated auto
matically This eliminates practically
all the additional cost Of converting
raw pig into raw steel, the material Of
rails and structural steel With the
rupture of the steel trust the other day
the market price for rails dropped
from 1913 ton, where it has been held
for over year, to $23. The cost of
the material, it appears, is $3.50. After
making all reasonable allowance for
the cost of making the rail, there is a
very handsome margin of profit left
even at the reduction, temporarily con-
ceded until the Bellaire works can be
brought into line.
The latest monthly treasury report
of trade, quoting English prices from
| the London Economist, gives pig iron at
$11.6S and rails at $216O Assuming that
che same ratio of cost of material to
product exists here as in England-and
there is evidence aside from the Pitts
burg dispatch noted that it is less
1t is evident that steel rails can be
produced here and sold proftably at
$18 ton. The rumored sale to Japan
csc companies at $3.50 indicates that
this computation is not out of the way
1t is now comprehensive why, from the
purely utilitarian point of view of a.
rail maker, the present tariff Of 81 a.
ton on rails and proportionate rates
on material is Every satisfactory and
will not be changed.