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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-07
Marriage at PampIin city.

PAMPLIN CITY, VA, May 6.-(Spe-
cial) Miss Sallie Franklin. daughter OF
John r.. Franklin, Esq. was married at
her fathers residence at 3 p NJ. to-day
10 Mr.. Cornelius Tyree Watkins, OF Rich
mond. The bridal presents were numer-
Gus and costly. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. J. r. Proctor. The happy
couple left on the afternoon train for
Old Point Comfort and other places, and
will make their future home in the
vicinity Of Richmond.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-07
4 Great Revival.

CREWE, VA, May 6.-(special) -Con-
sidering the population of our town and
vicinity. the large attendance at the re-
vival meetings being held by Evangelist
j. William Lee under his tent is almost
phenomenal Nearly 1000 people were
present tonight, at which service there
were twenty-one converts, making total
OF hfty-one since the meeting began last
Sunday. He will close next Tuesday
night. and will 90 from here 10 Chula,
An1elia county.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-07
4 ProbnbIe Fatal Fall.

PETERSBURG. VA, May 6.-(Special)
white man named Bond, a stranger
In this city. was seized with a III tonight
at his room, on Bank street, and fell a
distance Of twenty feet down a flight Of
stairs. When found he was in an I'M
conscious condition. No one In the house
knew how long he had been lying where
he was found. as he was discovered by
another tenant Of the building at HIS
O'Clock. The doctor in attendance upon
him declares that he is injured internally.
and may die at any time during the
night
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-07
The Virginia Chassis.

ROANOKE. VA. May G.-(Special)-
The Virginia Chassis OF the Reformed
Church convened here tonight. Rev. y.
H. skyles, or Woodstock, preached the
opening sermon, after which he was
elected president. The following are the
other officers: Elder W. A. Pence, Of
Timberville. vice-president; Rev J. 5.
Garrison. corresponding secretary; Rev.
/ A. Hofheim. ID. D.. stated clerk. The
Chassis will remain in session all the week.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-07

NEWPORT NEWS, VA. May 6.-(spe-
cialO-The Howard Cassard. the peculiar
Iv-shaped steamer. supposed TO have
been purchased by Cubans for the NIL
buster trade. viii leave the ship-yard to-
morrow morning on her speed trial trip.
The customs authorities viii issue the
proper papers tomorrow. The steamer
Y,ni he handled by a shlp-yard crew OF
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF RICHMOND. MAY G. 1896.
ARRIVED.

GOHI VI HlItlMONDf MAI y, 1870.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Richmond, Davis. Norfolk;
Old Dominion Steamship Company.
Schooner r. @. Irwin, Higgins, Baiti-
more, acid phosphate, Nirginid-Carolina
Chemical Company.
SAILED.
Steamship Richmond, Davis. Norfolk;
Old Dominion Steamship Company.
Steamer POcahOntas. Graves. Norfolk:
Virginia Ma vigaton ccmuany
Schooner Emma -. Endlcott Bowen,
bermuda Hundreds, 20 finish loading
hickory logs for New Haven, Conn. Cur
schooner Mamie Saunders. steelman.
Fast Newark railroad ties, Curtis & Per-
ker
PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS. MAY 9th.
OBy telegraph)
ARRIVED.
Schooner G. A. White. Providence. Cap
tain Conner.
SAILED.
Schooner y. ~ Colder, Boston.
PORT OF WEST POINT MAY 6. 1896
By telegraph.)
ARRIVED.
Steamship Baltimore Murphy, Balti.
more; passengers and general cargo.
SAILED.
steamship Baltimore, Murphy, Baiti-
more. passengers and general cargo
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-07
pacific Ocean Cable Bill.

WASHINGTON. May 6.-The Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations directed
Mr.. Frye TO report the bill directing the
Postmaster-General to contract with the
Lowest bidder for the construction Of a
telegraphic cable between the United
states and Japan by way Of Hawaii and
the Midway Islands.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-07
windsor's Municipal Election.

WINDSOR. n. c.. May 6.-(Special)-At
an election held yesterday for town OFF,
GERS c. T. Harden was elected Mayor and
J. b. Sanders, J. b. Nichols, X. G. Bage-
more, George l.. Mudse. and Blunt Pugh
(coloreO were elected commissioners.
The Populist convention has been called
10 meet on the nth Of May.
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,...a- n u. GIn.. CritIcnIIy nI.

LYNcHBURG. VA. May 6.-(SpeciaL)-
Major r. II. Glass. the veteran editor.
ls critically i'll at his home, In this city
his life is despaired or ana ne Is hardly
ii's $50 ~ live until morning.
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moths I'm the Far Southwest.

BRISTOL TENN, May 6.-Captain F.
II. Ledbetter. an ex-confederate, eminent
a. ~ service in Missouri, died here this
morning.
DIR John +. Kelly popular physician
~ Knoxyille. died suddenly OF heart
Satlure I'm this county last night.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-07
For seasickness
-, .x...gs. Acid phOsulQ q

DR. J. Fourness- Brice OF 5. s. Teutonic'
saws: Il have prescribed II In my prae-
ice among the passengers travelling 10
and from Europe In this steamer. ana 'he
result has satisfied me mat II taken ~
,ine Il will. In a great many cases. pre-
vent seasickness." .-.--..
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MARRIAGES.

WfCKHAM-O at Grace
church, Powhatan county, by Rev. {. -
Pruden. Wednesday. May g. 1886. al -.
=. NJ. WILLIAM TANNING NlCkhAn
TO ANNIE CARTER LEIGH OLD daush'
ter of Major Charles old. OF fo"llaisf
county No cards
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-07

Orders for printing sent to the Dispatch
Company will be given prompt attention.
and the style Of work and prices will be
sure TO please you
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-07

pRoFFIT. VA, MAY 6-(Special.)-Mr.
rda,,rd GILBERT was killed this evening
~, a ,restie near his home by Southern
railway No. 50, south-oound.
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DEATHS.

POTTs-Died. al o'clock p. 81. Ma.
& 1895. JACKSON. only son OF isss
Thomas n. Potts. ,.
Funeral from Park Place church TIKI
MORNING at II o'clock
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Funeral Notice.

The funeral services OF AIRS. CARRIE
y KIRK. wife OF Rev. J. o. KIRK, wib
occur at the Towards Grove bapua
church at p 81. TO-DAY.
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Irrigation by WindmiIls.

1t was found that in the Arkansas val.
ley water could be obtained by shallow
wells ranging in depth from eight to
twenty feet. This is raised by hun
dreds of windmills into hundreds of
small reservoirs constructed at the
highest point of each farm. The uni
form eastward slope of the plains is
seven feet to the mile. The indefatiga-
BILE Kansas wind keeps the mills in
active operation, and the reservoirs
are always full of water, which is drawn
off as it is required for purposes of irri-
cation. These small individual pump
ing plants have certain advantages
over the canal systems which prevail
elsewhere. The irrigator has no en-
tangling alliances with companies or
cooperative associations, and is able to
manage the water supply without de-
ferring to the convenience of others or
yielding obedience to rules and regula-
tions essential to the orderly admin
istration of systems which supply large
numbers of consumers. The original
cost of such plant, exclusive of the
farmers own labor in constructing his
reservoirs and bitches, is $500, and the
plant sutfioes for ten acres. The farm
er thus pays $50 per acre for a perpetual
guaranty of sufficient rain" to produce
bountiful crops; but to this cost must
be added two dollars per acre as the
annual price of maintaining the sys.
tem.-William L. Smythe, in Century.
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HAD TO LEAVE.
The Weather Clerk Not Appreciated in
BilIvilIe.

The Weather Clerk Not Appreciated in
BilIville.
A stranger in Billville walked into
the post office and asked to be directed
to the signal service man.
''He amt here no more," said the
postmaster.
''Isn't here?"
"No. You see, they don't stay long;
they emigrate."
"Emigrate?"
"Yes, sir. You see, it's this way.
We had one here six years ago, an every
time he'd prophesy cold it would come
SO hot you couldn't stand linen dus-
ter; an when he'd hang out the storm
flag the weather'd come as mild as NUT
ton; an when he said rain it would
come so dry you could hear the ground
crack; an he got to be looked on as
sich liar that the parson took him for
a text an said hell wuz his portion, an
it worried him SO that he took to drink,
an give it out that he'd been promoted,
an went to the Pacific slope. In fact"
continued the postmaster, 'they all
goes there, after they We failed in busi-
ness
"All of them?"
eyes, sir-exceptthem thatwelynch.
"Why, that's pretty bad!'
eyes, sir; but you see, this is a farm
in community, an when a man gifts
government salary fer maxim weather
fer you, he orter make it right. 1t
knocks the farmers out to say rain an
miss it by six weeks"
$50 the signal service bureau has a
hard time here?"
Eyes, sir, an it's a pity, too, COS some
of the fellers air real nice men; but
they soon play out, an can git credit
at the stores on account O missn' the
weather so constant, an then they al
ways say they've been promoted an
go west. They do say that they's reg
ular colony of them there!"
And then the postmaster put on his
spectacles and went forward to a GUS
toner who wanted three cents worth
of notepaper.-Atlanta Constitution.
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1.-THE sight that enchanted DR.. Talmage.l
manent record for the enlightenment Of
future generations This was his aim.
He has accomplished it, and much more
besides. He has stamped upon each page
his strong personality and frightened
every paragraph with the brilliancy Of
his imagery and artistic depletion and
warmed it with the fervor of his daunt-
less optimism.
In the pursuance Of his great purpose
he carefully studied Mohammedanism
Confucianism, Hindooism, Buddhism,
fakirism, lamaism, fetichism, cannibal-
ism, fatalism, savagery and all the diff
ferent shades of fanaticism that curse
and degrade the peoples of the heathen
world. His pilgrimage was out of the
ordinary lines of travels and his expert
ences were striking and unique, and
this fact. supported by his natural orig
inality of thought and expression. gives
his book a peculiar and delightful fresh
ness and novelty which cannot be found
in other books Of travel.
With that directness and strong ear
nestness for which he is noted, the au-
thor plunges at once into the current Of
his subject and puts into sentence or
two his tender leave taking of his fam
lily. Its very abruptness makes it ten
derer. He tells of his panied thoughts Of
the possibilities of misfortune to his
family and casualties to himself that
may transpire during the accomplish
ment of the long journey that is before
him and stops suddenly with MAY the
God who holds the winds in one fist and
the ocean in the hollow Of the other
hand protect us.
AS complex instance of graphic de-
scription, wonderful imagery and dra-
matte apostrophe, perhaps no filter cita'
tion could be made than that passage Of
the book in which DR.. Talmage describes
his sensations as he stood ON Lookout
mountain, Tennessee, and lost himself
in solemn retrospect.
81 took a carriage and wound up
Lookout mountain. Up, up, ups Stand
ing there on the tiptop rock / saw five
states of the Union. Scene stupendous
and overwhelming One almost is dis.
posed to take off his hat in the presence
of what seems to be the grandest pros
pect ON this continent There is Mis-
sionary Ridge, the beach against which
the red pillows of Federal and Confed-
srate courage surged and broke. There
hre the Blue mountains of North and
South Carolina. With strain of vision,
there is Kentucky, there is Virginia. At
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nr foot. fybattanooga and Ohickamauga,

our foot. Chattanooga and Ohickamauga,
the pronunciation of which proper names
will thrill ages to come with thoughts
of valor and desperation and agony.
Looking each way and any way from
the top Of that mountain, earthworks,
earthworks - the beautiful Tennessee
winding through the valley, curling and
coiling around, making letter S after
letter s, as if that letter stood for
shame that brothers should have gone
into massacre with each other while God
and nations looked on.
"I have stood on Mount Washington,
and on the Sierra Nevadas, and on the
Alps, but never saw so far as from the
top of Lookout mountain. l looked back
81 years, and saw rolling up the side
Of that mountain the smoke of Hooker's 8
storming party while the foundations OF
eternal rock quaked with the cannonade.
Four years of internecine strife seemed to
come back, and without any chronolog-
ical order saw the events: Norfolk navy
yard on fire, Fort Sumter on fire, Charles
ton ON fire, Chambersburg on fire, Co.
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TO COOK CORNMEAL.
Directions for Making It Digestible and

Directions for Making 1t Digestible and
Palatable.
Women have always been more or less
willing to show their skill in making
cake and fancy desserts, but it is only
recently that they have appreciated the
value of good cookery. The simple,
everyday things are usually considered
of the least Importance, and entirely
neglected. Even the cook books give
little, and some no information, about
the things everybody should know.
Among these is cornmeal. When it is
properly prepared it is a healthy ar
ticle of food. But as it is often cooked
it is indigestible and unfit for even a
strong stomach. The usual way of
making cornmeal mush, for instance,
is to stir the meal, without measuring
it, into boiling water until it is thick,
and when it has cooked five or ten
minutes it is done. BY this process it
is hard and raw, and wholly unfit to
eat. 1t is surprising how much it is
improved by little extra cooking, and
it can be made a delicacy with a very lit
tie trouble.
Take one quart of water, add one tea
spoon of salt. When it boils stir in
slowly one cup of yellow corn meal.
Let it boil for ten minutes, then set it
back on the stove, where it will cook
slowly and not burn, for one hour,
stirring occasionally. Pour into Il
mold and let stand over night. In the
morning it will be firm enough to slice
well, and when it is dipped in grated
bread crumbs and quickly fried it will
be pleasant surprise to those who have
been accustomed to eating it the old
fashioned way.
Corn bread, or Johnny cake" as it is
often called, is greatly improved by the
following directions:
Put the milk that the recipe calls for
on the stove, and when it is hot stir
in the corn meal and let it cook for ten
or fifteen minutes. An easy way to
prevent it from burning is to set the
dish on an asbestos pad. This extra
cooking removes the raw taste of the
meal, and greatly improves the flavor
of the bread, besides making it entire
ly gestible.-Chicago Tribune.
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HlB VIVIu oeCOEU VI u OhA4A0 OOuEAcJs
How an Eminent Word Painter Has De-
picted Some of the Earth's Rarest Mar-
ve1s-An Interesting Work.
Rev. DR.. Talmage would have made
capital newspaper correspondent. No
body has keener perceptions as to what
interests the public and his ability to
depict it in picturesque English cannot
be surpassed
The advance sheets of his latest and
greatest literary production have been,
through the courtesy of Mr.. Fl. s. Smith,
president Of the Historical Publishing
company of Philadelphia, furnished to
the writer. The book bears title that
is in itself characteristic Of DR.. Talmage,
80 great is it, SO comprehensive and yet
SO simple-''The Earth Girdled" AS Is
suggested by the name, it is a record Of
a trip around the world, wonderful
journey filled with all sorts Of scenes
and incidents, bizarre, beautiful pa
thetic and instructive, as well as in
tensely interesting, and sketched by the
master hand Of a word artist so deft and
exact that the readers senses are all
kept alert and the perusal is more an ex-
perience than a mere mental act.
After thoroughly digesting the 504
pages Of magnificent material one can
not avoid the conclusion that it is one Of
the most interesting and valuable books
of travel that ever came from the press.
The volume is richly garnished with
illustrations, Of which there are more
than 400. Among them are number OF
photographs in colors, produced by a
new process. These are highly artistic
and beautiful and form special feature
of this attractive volume. The letter.
press is extremely handsome and clear,
and the binding will be Of sorts to suit
purchasers; hence, you see, it is not
hard to sum up and say that the book is
in all respects charming.
Anything like detailed comment upon
the various subdivisions of the work is,
of course, beyond the purpose and the
scope of this notice To summarize, it
may be said that DR.. Talmage's travels
embraced, first, large portion Of our
own country, traversed in his passage
from Brooklyn through the southern
states and territories to San Francisco
From the Golden Gate he sailed for
Hawaii, Samoa and the Sandwich Is
lands generally. after which he visited
in turn New Zealand, Australia, Cey-
Ion, India, Egypt, portions of Ethiopia,
Syria, Palestine, Greece, Italy, Europe,
Russia, the British isles, ETC., consti-
tuting the most wonderful and stupen-
dous journey ever undertaken and ac-
complished in any age Of the world.
The object of the famous preacher in
making this remarkable circuit Of the
earth was to study the various religions
and superstitions of the different nations
and races of mankind, compare their re-
suits with Christianity and leave per-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-06-05
His Price q Difficulty.

Every man has his price," senten-
tiously announced the philosopher of
the all-night drug store, where the
street-railroad franchise was being dis
cussed.
"Well," said the wit of the establish
ment, Il wish somebody would discover
my price and offer it to me-"
my boy" solemnly remarked the
perfumery drummer, who had not spol1-
en- before that evening, there is no
smaller coin made than cent"
And for several seconds there was no
sound heard save the drip, drip of the
real mineral waters from the hydrant.
Buffalo Express.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-06-05
How to Remove a Fixed Ring,

When a ring is fixed on the finger
from the swelling of the skin or joint,
rub the finger with soap and cold
water, and it will then generally admit
CT its removal. If this fails, take q
strong thread or piece of fine twine,
and, beginning at the end of the finger,
wind it regularly around and around
it, with the coils close together, till
the ring is reached; then slip the end
through the ring from the side next to
the end of the finger, and begin to uH-
wind the string, which, as it progresses,
carries the ring with it. Sometimes,
however, when the finger is very much
swollen, and when the ring is deeply
imbedded, even this plan will not sue,
ceed, and the only resource is to cut
through the ring with a pair of cut
ting pliers, first slipping under it
thin piece of metal or cardboard 20
protect the skin from iujury.-AtlaBta
NOQSLltuVlOQs = 1---------
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"Why are all those knots tied in
your handkerchief, Stimson?"
"Oh, they represent various errands
my wife commissioned me to do.'
"And you made them on purpose to
remember?"
mo. On purpose to forget. DE
troit Free Press.
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The Pink of Politeness.

Miss Westend-Here are cards for my
cousins wedding reception; but as it
is in Chicago, of course I can't go. In
sending my card, should write "Con-
gratulations," or anything?
Chicago Aunt-Certainly my dear;
write on it: "Many happy returns."-
N. Y. Weekly. !.
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Establishing His Reputation,

Burden-Goodly must be an awful
liar.
Banting-How can you say such
thing? He has the reputation of being
the most truthful man in the country.
Nobody ever doubts his word.
Burden-That's exactly why say
SO. Truth is so much stranger than
fiction that a man must be a very clever
liar to get himself believed.-Truth-
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The Patient Fish.

First Fish-How are you getting
along?
Second Fish-No luck at all. The man
at the end of that line is O. chump, or
else he's as full as a goat.
First Fish-What's the trouble?
Second Fish, took the bait off his
hook an hour ago, and I've been watt
ing ever since for him to put some more
on-Detroit Catholic.
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PHILADELPHIA is A DEADFALL.
Travelling Men Give the City of Brotherly
Love Bad Name.

Travelling Men Give the City of Brotherly
Love a Bad Name.
"Say, I've just asked the house to
strike Philadelphia off my route" said
the travelling man. "That city is the
biggest municipal hypocrite on the map
OF the world. People always associate
1t with William Penn, Quaker meetings,
and pretty, soft-eyed girls, with their
hair laundried as smooth as a shirt
front. 1t is all rot. I want to tell
you that Philadelphia is q dcadfalI.
1t has the worst political ring that ever
picked the pockets of the bleeding tax.
payer. 1t turns out more rrize fighters
than Boston does. All its confidence
men look like preachers, and if you
show me a block there where can't
get up Irritation I'll present it to any
charitable institution you name.
There's place 1 give the cold shake.
On my last trip met some Philadelphia
boys They looked too smooth and
innocent to be out late. One of them
gave little supper, and I'll bet it stood
him $50 plate. When things got
pretty gay the host ordered his plug
hat, set champagne bottle in il, filled
it with chopped ice, called o messen.
ger boy and sent the layout to q friend
The hoy had no overcoat and the gen
erous host said to give the lad his.
When he came to break away, what do
you think? 1t was my plug hat and
my overcoat that were gone. The best
kick 1 could make only brought a laugh,
and at four a. m. sprinted to my hotel
in a lowcut vest and little dinkey
Scotch cap. 1t would take requisition
papers and a whole squad of police
to get me into Philadelphia again.
Detroit Free Press.
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"There doesn't seem to be great deal
of money in stories." remarked the
young man with literary aspirations.
"That's where you are palpably mis-
taken," replied the architect. "Just go
out and take look at that seven-story
building I have been putting up
Washington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-06-05

She stood on weighing machine; he
had dropped q penny in and the indica-
tor pointed to 225.
"Lovey," she gurgled, 'I've gained 1s
pounds in the last two weeks"
"Sweetey," he chirruped, "I never
loved you so much before" And the
machine broke down.-To Date.
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His Marvellous Power.

Photographer-Yes, sir; 1 can photo
graph the money in your pocketbook
just as you stand.
Visitor-Well, you're real genius
then; went through it just now and
couldn't find n cent!-Chicago Record.
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7 r. TAYLOR,
mc6
NOTICE

BY THE ORPHANS COURT FOR CECIL COUNTY.
January 8, 1894.
ORDERED, That all Administrators, Ex:
ecutors and Guardians that have not stated
an account within year. come forward and
do the same. or show cause to the contrary,
or they will be cited up.
Test: R. E. JAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-06-05

No matter how the searching cathode ray
May reach where fails the keenest hu-
man eye,
t still must fail to hunt the secrets out
Which lurk within the bosom of minc(
pie.
Detroit News.