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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-12

(San Francisco Wave)
A foreigner, who has not been long ir
this country, and Is learning our Ian
guage, thus liberates his puzzled soul In
verse:
II lot of little mouses
Are a lot of little mice,
Why are not lot of houses
Called a lot OF little hice?.
II lot of little gooses
Are lot OF little geese,
Why are not a lot OF mooses
Called lot Of little meese?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-12

They say that in the cigarette war the
smoke Of battle rises less from tobacco
than from paper.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-12
CLAInVOYANT.

TO WEALTHY. INTELIECTuAI.
Sick, Buninese, and Financial Person!;
Madame SEE, Noted Clairyoyknt, Bnsl-
ga asd x snf SiSs sssinss dsiiy 4 DIV;
Hogs bfAs eSE;A Is5vsash ''s:s ,.lDe 1
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-12

In i.s search for new subjects for
taxation thu Legislature forgot 70 lay
tax Of q per head on each dog h this
Commonwealth. oddl
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Uptown OFFICE. 4ss EAST BhoAD
STREET r pARK-PLACE
,wvtpMACY, Belvidere ana Main s Tres
MaNCHEsTER OFFICE. l"S ~
STREET
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-12

Cardinal Gibbons is one Of the MEM
bers and contributors to the Edgar Allan
Poe Memorial Association Of Baltimore.
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rIITTpsDAy MARCH II, 1896.

w1IIs PAPER RECEIVES THE COM
BINED TELEGRAPAlc-NEws 81
VICE OF THE SOUTHERN AssoCI l-1
TED PRESS AND THE oNiiNO
press.
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CARRIAGES, WAGONS. BUGGIEs.

HEADS OF FAMILIES CANNOT
take their families drive In the coun-
try to breathe the pure air on bicycle;
so a buggy or carriage Is necessary, and
we would advise buyers to see the large
variety at tho RICHMOND AGRICuLTU-
RAJ IMPLEMENT COMPANIES, 1876
east Main street, Richmond, Va NH u
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-12
TRUNKS,
TRUNKS,
TRUNKS.
SPEN


THIS WEEK WE OFFER
IS LADIES SHOES at $3.50.
IA SHOES at 81.
ALL SHOES at half price.
Largest stock OF TRUNKS AND sATcH-
ELS in the city.
A. few more pairs Of the 81 SHOES on
hand. n. II. SPENCE,
Wrong Side Broad and Eighth streets.
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An letters and kilograms m nunsssP pa
' Rejected communications VIII not Os
turned
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-12

vance f25 words or less) ...'..., 80, or ad-
shcvs rstes are for everyday OF
xs mu running eonsscu,i S,,sr type.
rss r Ines or less 81; in nonpareii' ie''ue1'
Eve lines or less. rs cents. t,rn,shed
card Of rates for more space
IN appiication.
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<ApvERTIGNG RATES.
uAr.r INCH OR LESS.

time ....................-. -............"..,i@
times .s......s'.''''''' $50
3 times .........ss... 30
8 times ............'s.'''''''' 20
u tines .............'.'''''' 10 90
month ..........'.-. 1880 rs 90
months ......' ..s'''''' 81
Hustness wants .......... 3D.
<yr- -sss sstuation payable III ~ ,s
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-02
THE OLB, 0LD IEAR.
Mrs. W. p. Graham.

Time, like stern, relentless tide,
Flows ever swiftly ON.
And soon another year will be
Numbered with days thats gone;
The old, old year is dying,
Her race is nearly run,
Yet it has been so short time
Since first her life begun.
But would we call her back again?
Could she her history tell
Methinks that we would bow our heads
And say that it is well
That she should pass away from earth,
BE buried in the past,
Glad that her many sorrows
Cannot forever last.
For many groan and sob and sigh,
From hearts bowed down with grief,
Have waited DER the last years life,
Though it has been so brief;
And many loved ones took their flight
To realms beyond the sky.
And cherished hopes have fallen low,
Long in the dust to lie.
But still we would not chide her,
The dear old dying year,
For in her day there has been much
The weary heart to cheer;
And many treasures been laid up
Within the home on high.
And JOY and peace have mingled
With every sob and sigh.
God only knows how many hearts
Have bowed before His throne,
And tested there the cleansing power
OF Jesus blood alone
How many in the year that's past
Have learned to love Him more;
Closer about Him have entwined
\, Than in the days of yore.
II is with sad. sincere regret
We watch the old year die,
Knowing. that buried in the past,
She must forever lie.
For it will be last farewell,
We meier snail meet again;
But long within our memory
The old year snail remain.
Milford, December 3lst. 1895.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-02
An Organization Honeycpmbed with Cor


ruption.
Corruption in politics can not be con.
fined to the miserable wretches who sell
their votes for cash in hand on elec.
ton day. It spreads and guaws its way
and kills like gangrene in the living
flesh. Its deyastations in the Republi-
can organization in Sussex are mani
fest in every line OF the following
editorial in the Sussex Republican:
We understand that one of Mr.. Ad-
dicks lieutenants ON the other side OF
the county, in speaking of our edi-
torial OF December Tth, said "the -
------ - did not get his price. =" Arc
we to understand from this gentleman
W who poses as one Of Mr.. AddiclSs'
mouth pieces in this county and who
pretends " to stand as close to Addicksh
as any man in it that it is necessary
to have a price and to receive it from
Mr.. Addicks, If you advocate him.
does no mean to insinuate that every
man who. advocates Mr.. Addicks, has
demanded and received it? Did the
gentleman in question, have price and
receive 1T! ls he measuring our corn
by his half bushels" We do not be-
lieve every man who advocates Mr.. Ad-
dicks has received price, but we do
pelleve that there are men in this
county who have been we'll paid to
work for Mr.. Addicks, and that there
are others who have, perhaps thought
lessly placed themselves under obliga-
lions to him and feel bound to support
MIN; and this we do believe, that Mr..
Addicks believes that money can buy
men and don't hesitate to do so when
the opportunity offers and in fact, tries
IL on some that cannot be bought. He
may not do 1t directly, but seeks to
place them under obligation by what
is apparently his liberality.
SO common has this become in the
Addlcks' campaign that even followers
OF his believe others in their own camp
have been paid their price. Is it not
soY What are we coming to? Is it not
fact that so lavish has he become
with his money, so necessary and power
ful, is it claimed TO be in politics. that
any man, who advocates him, no mat
ter how honorable or how honest he
may be in his conclusion. lays himself
liable to be thought purchasahle.
Evidently corruption has eaton it's
deadly way from the men who are on
the party's list Of purchasable voters,
to the very heart Of the Republican or
gani2ation in Sussex. The organization
is honeycombed with the holes through
which corruption money has passed
and in which it has stuck. Are there
not honorable men in the party in
Sussex who will be forced by their self
respect and love of decency to turn
their backs upon it at the next election?
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-02
I'm E srnArnXrria sarE.


Taken IN Tow by the steamer Mowers, but
the Towing Hawsers Parted and Now il
Is Fonred tho Miowern is Lost--Detnits of
Remarkable Voyage.
Port Townsend, Wash, Dec. 26 =
me : steamship Strathnevis, which
sailed from Tacoma, October 18th, for
the Orient, and which was given up
Tor lost, arrived in port about mid
night IN tow OF tho steamer Mineola
Iho officers report remarkable voy-
age, filled with dangers and priyations,
on Monday afternoon last all hopo of
saving the vessel was abandoned and
boats we're manned preparatory TO leav-
ing the vessel, as she was in imminent
danger of drifting ashore on Destruc
tion Island.
Grave fears are entertained for the
safety of the Australian steamship
Miowera, which bad the Strathnevis
10 tow for five days. Ten miles off
Cape Flattery, last Friday afternoon.
during a violent gale, the two steel
hawsers parted suddenly and the
Miowera disappeared in the storm. The
Miowera had exhausted the larger por-
tion Of her fuel.
The Strathnevis left Victoria Octo-
ber 18th, with 165 passengers and 46
officers and crew. October goth at
TAO o'clock in the morning the ship
experienced terrific shock, the crash
sounding like an explosion of cannon.
The. shaft had snapped short off close
to the propeller, which dropped clear
of the vessel and went to the bottom.
A strong northern gale was coming
ON and all sails were crowded on
the two small masts without yards,
schooner-riggcd. Tho accident occur
rcd about $50 miles south of UnaIaska.
Slowly the gale carried tho vessel to
the south west, and it was two days
later before she could make any pro.
gress toward the east. From that time
on under zig-zag course, she sailed
slowly in toward Cape Flattery.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-02
1896 PLAIDS

Made beforehand, like fruit
cake and calendars. Thesd
designs were chosen and or
dered produced for delivery in|
February next, but you took
SO nearly all the plaid stuffs
we had that it was necessary
to hurry them along. Third lot
is here-and will likely go as
quicklyas the other shipments.
1t is a special feast for plaid
lovers.
ss inch Taffeta Plaids, overplaided
with silk, s5c.
A inch silk-and-wool Plaids at 81. .2s.
The same quality that has been 81 80.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-02
Recnrrences In nlstorr.

just thirty-foLr years ago, the ship
OF peace was scraping on ragged reefs
between England and us; the plot
whose hand was on the helm in that
watch being Wilkes; to-day it is Olney !
On December 4th, 1861, Englands
greatest commoner'' of that day,
speaking to his home folks in Roch-
dale on the Trent affair." and its
possible effect on the relations between
England and tho United States, closed
as follows:
AS for me, | have but this to say
am but one in this audience, and but
one in the citizenship of this nation {;
but il all other tongues be silent, mine
shall speak for that policy which
tends to generous thoughts,
and generous words, and generous
deeds, between the two great nations
that speak the English language, and
from their common origin are alike
entitled to the English namer'
a few months ago a distinguished
American asked Lord Peel, for years
the Speaker Of the House of Commons,
what was the most eloquent speech he
over heard, to which he replied, "John
Bright's quotation OF these lines:
And Poland sees her gallant sons,
Her best, her bravest, dearest ones
On the cold ground all CORY lie
For Poland breathe prayer, and die p
Said Lord Peel, who had heard for
years the pick of all the eioquence of
Britain and Ireland, "It ran down my
back bone like iced water y
1t seems hardly necessary to make
any verbal connection of the two quota.
tions; for the prayer Of every patriot,
American or English, is that common
sense, and common right, and COM
mon interests of all Of both nations,
shall make themselves heard and rule
in tho settlement of the present dis
turbed condition, and not feverish
iingoism or imagined selfish partisan
advantage.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-02

Republican Congressman Favor Greonbacks
The Republicans in Congress are
willing enough to vote for any sort of a
tariff which would increase taxes. so
they put through Dingley's bill with a
rush, but when it comes to measure
for the relief Of the currency situation
they are recalcitrant. The Bond bill
which Dingley's ways and means COM
mittee had prepared was bad enough,
but II was far too good to be acceptable
to the Republicans on the floor of the
House. A committee representing so
Republican Congressman called on
Mr.. Dingley and notified him that
after conference they had decided to
vote against his Bond bill unless his
committee amended it by distinctly de-
claring that nothing therein contained
should be construed to interfere with
the reissue of greenbacks, as provided
in the act Of 1878. This goes to the very
heart of the matter. The retirement
OF the greenbacks is the essential de-
mand of sound money. They constitute
the endless chain which draws gold
from the Treasury. They mako our
government great bank of issue,
without an ordinary banks facilities
for protecting its reserve fund. The
line between those who want to retire
the greenbacks from circulation and
those who insist on keeping them aaoat,
is the line which divides sound
money men from the wild-eyed heretics
who believe in fiat money and hope for
imitation. Nevertheless the committee
representing the Republican green :,
hackers was able to coerce Dingley's
ways and means committee. The Bond
bill was reported in an amended form
declaring in favor of continuance Of
the reissue Of greenbaclIs The huge
Republican majority in the House dis
closes itself as in favor OF greenbacks.
The Philadelphia Ledger is forced to
the following despondent admission:
The Republican majority in the
House seems 10 be Ms little inclined to
put tho finances Of the country on
sound basis as band OF Populists
would be. Alarmed by the opposition
in their own party TO project for tho
definite retirement of the mischievous
greenbacks, the majority of the com
mitteo on ways and means adopted an
amendment especially providing that
the greenbacks should not be retired,
but that the cause of the depletion of
the gold reserve should be kept active.
II the Republican majority in the
House dare not vote for sound money
there is little hope of getting relief
from any source until few more disas-
troua experiments with tho currency
have been tried.
The Republican party leaders have
been trying to ride both horses, and now
the greenback horse is running away
with them. They may yet live to
regret that they did not initiate in their
own party the prompt and fearless fight
which SOUND money Democrats made in
the Democratic ranks.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-02

The lower house Of Congress has
demonstrated that it is incapable of
preparing and sending to the Senate
such legislation as is needed to cure
the defects in our currency system, On
top of this, tho Republicans have reor.
ganized the Senate committees and
have given the tree silver Senators a
majority Of the finance committee,
through whose hands all such legisla.
tion must pass. The best that can be
expected from the House is such a
Bond bill as it passed last week. This
will go into the hands of free silver
finance committee in the Senate. The
chances are that when it comes back to
the Senate it will have some sort of
silver Legislation fastened to il. Pos.
sihly it will be turned into an out and
out free coinage bill, for tho free silver
Senators believe that their pct measure
is panacea for all tho ills to which
the Treasury Department is subject,
1t is well for sound money men of all
parties to understand that the Repub.
lican Senators surrendered to the de-
mands of the Popul'sts and deliberately
arranged to give the free silver forces
control of the finance committee of
tho Senate. In doing this they closed
the door in the face of all hope that
this Congress might do something for
the cause of sound money. The credit
of the country must be maintained by
the Democratic administration. 1t is
vain to look to this Republican Con
gress for relief.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-02
ELANNELETTE WRAPPERS

Ihink OF getting fairly well
made Flannelette Wrappers,
with lined waist, for 85cl They
are made with round yoke
front and back; rufAe over
shoulder; vatican back.
Others at 81 and $I.so-
just as cheapf
Think how foolish and
wasteful home sewing is when
suchvalues as these come your
way.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-02

Congress is in the hands of the Re-
publicans in both branches. Although
they have less than a majority in the
Senate, they have been able to roach an
understanding with the Populists, who
hold the balance of power, and to re-
organize the Senate committees so as
to control Legislation. There is no
escape from the logic with which the
New York World fastens upon the Re.
publicans complete responsibility for
what the Senate may do. 1t says:
The Republicans yesterday reorganiz-
cd the Senate. They are now in con-
troll of both houses and are responsible
for legislation, Bond bill and all. If
they have power to control for epoils
they have power TO control for legisla-
tion, and the country will properly hold
them responsible for all that is done
and all that is left undone.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-02

President Cleveland is indeed getting
into bad company when Mr.. Washingto ton
Hastings approves of his course. Mr..
Hastings attempts TO belittle the losses
already inflicted upon many people by
the decline, in stock values consequent
upon the Presidents ill-advsed and
ill-toncd message upon the Venezuelan
question. 1t is all stock gambling, ac-
cording to MIR. Hastings, and yet the
market reports show that the greatest
fall was in solid investment stocks, like
New York Central, which in many cases
arc the main source Of subsistence to
those holding them, including widows
and orphans. There was no stock gam
bling in tho losses such people sus-
tanned.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-02
was Nol prunl.. put wa. Mnrderch.

Philadelphia, Dec. o. H. Welsh
of Westville, N. j., was found lying in
q stupefied condition in that village
last night and although he asserted
that he had been struck on the head
by some men with whom he had been
drinking, he was pronounced drunk
and allowed to lie out doors all night.
This morning he was dead and cor
oner'a jury which inquired into the
circumstances later in tho dav, decided
that a murder had been committed by
unknown persons The authorities Of
Gloucester county are making an in
vestigation.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-02

Thursday the Wool and Cotton Re.
porter of New York said Of the wear
now closing, that in the wool busi.
ness 1898 has been "signally oyontful )"
having broken all previous records in
the volume Of sales As comnared
with 1884, the increase Of foreign and
domestic wool sold has been sG0oo IN
pounds Tho year has also bean
memorable" adds the Reporter ror
IAN unprecedented Development II III
worsted industry, and for soma
tardy recovery in values Of tbe s,anlo
from the depression of two years apo,t
mckinney tariff times. IL ouotos
the prices Of several lines of domcs,ie
wool to show thn advance ssarod nnJar
free wool And yot, in 'ho f..o ~ sncb
facts the Republican Houn u Rcnre.
sentatiyes Yesterday passed d ljill nro.
'lding for high tariff taz upon ,voaI r,J
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-02

Neither high title nor great wealth
can guarantee happiness and prosperity.
A cable dispatch from London states
that the young Duchess of Marlborough
(nee Consuelo Vandcrbilt) is very i'll
in Rome with typhoid fever contracted
while she was travelling in Spain. The
humblest American girl who faces the
new year with perfect health and a
cheerful and contented mind has no
cause to envy any woman in tho world
Everybody will be sorry to hear of the
illness and consequent suffering of the
young Duchess, about whose gay we'd
ding we recently heard bit too much.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-02
husband AcouIttea of 1 Grnye oharre.

Perth Amboy, n. j., Dec 3l.-In-
vestigation of the cause Of the burning
TO death of Mrs. Elizabeth Martin,
Sunday night in this city, shows that
it was accidental. The husband is ac-
quilted by the police of the charge of
throwing lighted lamp at the unfor,
tunate woman.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-02
An old NIan,s Warming.

A bearded old man, who said be
came from Baltimore, entered Harry
Gray's grocery store ut Seventh and
Bennett streets Monday aud made the
startling statement that his mission
was to warn the people of that neigh
borhood that the place would be do.
stroyed by fire. He said Old Swedes
Church would be burned with the rest.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-02
Firemen Hurt in AN Explos,op.

Vicksburg, Miss, Dec. 3O-The
hardware store of Wright Bros, on
Washington street, burned late last
night. Loss on building and contents
fully SEQ, 600; insurance, $36 600. Two
explosions of powder occurred during
the fire, by which five firemen were
painfully but not dangerously injured,
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-02

and near. 1t has become a
sheer waste Of time to drudge
at home over the making Of
muslin and cambria garments.
for machines driven by cleo
tricity and guided by experts
produce garments more lux
uriously finished than home
work at prices no greater than
the cost Of materials to indi-
vidual buyers.
Then January brings unus-
ual values to those who need
Carpets, Upholstery Goods
and other things of home use
and adornment.
Dress Stuffs also Join the
forcedmarch and though prices
during the past season have
been marvelously low, sweep
ing reductions are made for
good business reasons. Al
ready new stufs for the un-
born Spring are coming in
ahead Of the usual time Simply
because Our Public demands
them.
This great, helpful store
made by you and us-grows
constantly more helpful
through the added power you
give us to handle goods to best
possible advantage and with
least cost and waste in the
gathering.
Buyers have already been
started on their EuropetA
trips--more will follow as TIN
weeks go by. More than
twenty are scheduled for this
service-many OF them making
two voyages a year. Take
for instance, the head of this
Linen business. Half Of each
year he spends among the
loom folks of Ireland, Scotland
and Germany--our Handker-
chief orders in Belfast making
us the largest buyers of pure
linen goods for retail in the
world.
Most of the details of these
mid-Wilter sales must neces-
sarily be found in the daily
papers, each day bringing de-
velopments that are told of in
our columns of store news.
We insure the ful6llment Of
our wish of
n Ha14y NeaO Year
to the friends of the old store
by perfecting plans that must
add to the prosperity of all
who share in the results. VI
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-02
win Not Arbitrate for Trinidad.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 81. BE.
fore Congress adjourned yesterday the
Minister for Foreign Affairs explained
the impossibiity of accepting the arbi.
tration proposed by Great Britain re-.
garding the disputed ownership of the
Island Of Trinidad.