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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05
RICHMOND RAILWAY
ELECTRIC COMPANY.

Main Office aud Light Department,
foot OF Seventh street. Telephone 6J7.
City Division, Office Nam aud Vine
streets. Telephone Sl+
Union Division. office Twenty-ninth
and p streets. Telephone $50.
Manchester Office, Semmes avenue.
Telephone 1921.
Arc and Incsndescent Lights and
Electric Power at reasonable ratea
Electric-lighs Wiring speciality.
Parties desiring Electric Lights or
Power by notifying tho main Office by
mail or telephone will he waited upon
by representative Of the company.
lmh 20-tn
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05
The
New
Year.

Folks who prefer giving
New Year gifts instead OF
Christmas gifts will find
that we have a stock here,
bought in anticipation of New
Year buyers. There is some
advantages in the prices, too,
and goods that before Christ
mas cost ID per cent. more in
other stores can be bought
here for that much less. The
prices will bear comparison
with other storcs-the quail
ty, too. Can we say morel
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05

II Henry county does not build monu-
ment to the memory OF her CoHfederate
soldiers, II will not be the flult OF the
Henry Bulletin and the lad.7s OF the
comfy.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05

The Rev DIR. Talmage fails to find
work enough to do I'm Washington.
Preaching once a Sunday doesn't begin
TO satisfy his intellectual energy. Pro-
baby he will soon have abundant occu-
patton, though. Work has a way OF
seeking out men who really want II.
particularly good work. which Is the
sort DR.. Talmage does.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05

Cincinnati made to herself a New-Year's
present Of several of her suburbs. ana
so rendered herself larger and more mn
portant and more beautiful. Richmond
should follow her example.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05

combination Of nearly all the large
ice companies in New York has been
formed. II Is a cool proceeding, but it
will not seem 50 next summer.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05

The Rappahannock Times. formerly the
Tidcwater Index, published at Tappa-
hammock. by J. j. Warner a. Co, viii
hereafter be six column semi-weekly.
Instead OF an eight column weekly.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05

Richard Mansfield is to give up play
acting and go upon the lecture plat
form. Does he consider that mans
field. rather than the stage?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05

UPTOWN OFFICE. 4Ss EAST BROAD
gTREET. ,,pryprAcE
puAEMACY. Belvidere and Main street e,,
MANcHEsTER OFFICE. 1875 HULL
QTREFT.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05

Possibly the name OF the street-car
manager in Philadelphia was too much
for the would-be strikers. It is Beetem.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05
His Creed.

TIL. Journalist who would attain
His creed's ambitious height,
Believes that writing for the press
Is pressing for the right.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05

II may be said OF the performance of
the trapezlst that it is absolutely floor
less.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05
ADVERTISING RATES.
HALE INCH OR LESS.

wanted Situation. payao'e :" c5
vance (25 words or less, ..'. ,a,., or adj
Above rates are for 'eVcis '',iye,v.
vesuss s,ne rot,ces in Teading-matter type
os ,.r.s or less, 81: in nonpereil, ieadeo'
Ave lines or more, IS cents. .rr,shed
card of rates for more space IL"
on application.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05

Getting gun free OF charge doesn't
mean that you don't have 10 pay for it,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05

Niisfortunes rarely come sngly--sick-
ness generally brings the doctor.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05

Cut-ratcs are often an outcome OF sheer
necessity.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05
MUNYON'S
WONDERFUL SUCCESS.
HUNDREDS DECLARE THEY
HAVE BEEN CURED
By His Improved Homeopathic Rene
dies Where The Highest Medical
Skill has Failed.
DOCTOR YOU RISE If.

III You Are AiIing in Any Way. No
Matter What the Disease IL or
How Many Doctors Have Failed to
Cure You, Ask Your Druggist for
Munyon's Guide TO Health, Fur-
chase Ills Remedies and Cure
Yourself.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05

During the tin-horn interval every child
is its own tooter.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05

The New York World offers to start
the list for a public loan OF per cent.
bonds. or 4 per cents. on , per cent.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05

An letters and kilograms mus. oe
nrs.sea 70 THE DISPATCH CoMpAN L.
Rejected communications VIII not DC 'e
knrned.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05

GENTLEMEN'S SHOES, from
Si.24 to 5000.
LADIES SHOES, from
zoe. To 5000.
MISSES SHOES, from
Goc. 10 $500.
CHILDREN's SHOES, from
:SJc. To $500.
SATIN SLIPPERS,
Si.3J.
WHITE KID SLIPPERS,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05

beg leave TO call attention 20 their large
stock OF the aforementioned goods, mo..
OF which are OF their own importation,
FRENCH BRANDiES. yintages fron
ISIS TO rex; OLD LONDON DOCK JA-
MAICA RUN, ST. ckOIN Rum, Ak-
RAG. SCOTCH AND IRISH WHISkENS.
All OF the very nnest quality.
SHERRIES, MADEIRAS. AND PORT.
and a very large assortment OF FRENCH
IND GERMAN WINES. including such
famous brands az Chambcrtin. Romano.
cios NoUgeOt, Chateau la Rose, Chateau
Narxaux, Chateau G'Yquem. IlfhfrIu-
mich. Marcobrunner. Schloss Johannis-
berger. etc, etc.
Ail the leading brands OF CHAM
pAGNE constantly I'm sock They refer
particularly TO their Premiere Serre from
one OF the very flncsg VINEYARDS in Franc.
GIBSON'S PURE RYE. NIRGlNlA
MOUNTAIN. BOURBON, AND OriEit
WHiSkEYS. APPLE AND PEACH
BRANDtES. 81 ~ the very best quslfiL.
CREME DE MESTHE. ciiARTREUSE.
and a great many other nne ecrdisls. none
but imported.
HAVANA CIGARS o. their own impor-
tation. Also a fun supply OF the Eh
PRINCIPE DE GALES CIGARS con-
stant.y on hand. de i-eod-m
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05
HoW's This.

We offer ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
REWARD for any case OF catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO., Proprietors.
Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned, have known f. j.
Cheney for the last fifteen years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all busi-
ness transactions, and financially able to
carry out any obligations made by their
firm. WEST * IHO An,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN a MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cuous surfaces OF the system. Price. 75c.
per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testi-
monials free.
Halls Family pills are the best.
The morning times., 1896-03-23

Every local labor organization entitled to
representation in the WorkiDgman's Library
Association and Bureau OF Labor was repre-
sented by full quote OF delegates at the
meeting held yesterday tthe Times Build
ing.
The chief matter of interest and con-
sderation just now in Ia bor circles is the
success OF the concert and hop TO be give N
for the benefit of the Library 4 ssociatiOn on
the 10th OF April at Masonic Temple. The
committee or arrangements reported that
the various locals were taking great in
terest in the success OF the enterprise, and
are working to that end.
All the locals visited have promised TO
take number or tickets equal to the
membership, and the Columbia Lodge or
Mechanics have seen this and gone it some
better, promising TO increase this number
by fifty.
NO LACK OF TALENT.
Some OF the best and most popular OF
local talent has volunteered, and the mem
bers OF professional company have agreed
TO give farce as a curta in raiser.
After the conclusion OF The musical and
literarypartOfth the gram the dancing VIII
begin.
A special committee was appointed to
wait on Rev. Alexander Kent. pastor OF
open the entertainment with short adj
dress.
TO SOLICIT ADVERTISEMENTS
MI Miles NJ Bo wen, master workman OF
the Structural Iron Workers, has been APP
pointed TO solicit advertisements from the
city merchants. Mr.. Bowen viii be fur
nished with the necessary authority and the
merchants are requested 10 deal only s'ith
such persons as can show credentials is
sued by the Library Association.
The CHIEF of the Land Office donated TO
the library an excellent map of the United
States which shows all the land now oc-
cupied and also the land owned by the
government.
Mr.. Jackson Of Painters Assembly CON
tributed eighty volumes to the library.
a vote of thanks was rendered to these
gentlemen.
The executive committee was authorized
TO contract with and fix dates with the
steamboat companies for summer ex-
Cursions.
The morning times., 1896-03-23

you know not how much may depend Oh
| your wOrkm anShip
| AGAIN, notice unreCognized aud unrecord-
/ ed services. Who spun that rope? Who tied
| tito the basket? Whosteaded the iustrious
| preacher as he stepped into il? Who re-
| laXed not muscle of the arm or dis
| missed an anxious look from his face until
| the basket touched the ground, and dis
| charged its magnificent cargo Not one OF
| their names has come to us, but there was
no work that day in Damascus, or in all
the earth, compared with the Importance
| OF their work
There are said TO be about seventy-five
| ndministersofreligion in thiscouutry.
| About fifty thousand. Il warrant came from
| early homes which had TO struggle for the
| necessarles of life The sons OF rich bank
| trs and merchants generally become ban kers
| and merchants. The most of those who
| become ministers are the sons of those who
| had terrific struggle to get their everyday
| bread.
The collegiate and theological education
OF that son took every luxury from the
parental table for eight years. The other
children were more scantily appareled.
The son at college every little while got
a bundle from home. In it were the socks
that mother had knit, sitting up late at
night, her sight not as good as once it was.
And there also were some delicaces from
the sisters hand for the yoracious appetite
OF hungry student.
IhefatherSwung theheav cradle through
the wheat, the sweat rolling from his
chin bedewing every step OF the way, and
then sitting down under the cherry tree
at noon, thinking to himself: II am fear
fully tired, but it will pay if / can once
see that boy through college, and if can
know tina I he will be preaching the Gospel
after ] am dead
HE BECAME A COMFORTER.
The younger children want TO know
why they can't have this and that as
others do, and the mother says: BE
patient, my children, until your brother
graduates, and then YOU shall have more
luXuries. but we must see that tboy.through.''
The years go by, and the son has been
ordained and Is preaching the glorious
Gospel, and great revival comes, and
souls by scores ana hundreds accept the
Gospel from the lips of that young prea cher,
and father and mother, quite old now,
are visiting the son at the village par
sonage, and at the close of a Sabbath
or mighty blessing. father and mother
retire TO their room, the son lighting the
way and asking them if he can do any,
thing 10 make them more comfortable.
saying If they want anything in the night
just TO knock on the wall. !
And then all alone father and mother
talk over the gracious influences Of the
day, and say: well, it was worth all
we went through TO educate that boy.
1t was hard pull, but we held on till
the work was done. The world may not
know it, but, mother, we held the rope,
didn't we?" And the voice tremuIous
with joyful emotion, responds: - Yes,
father, we held the rope. feel my work
Is DONE
The morning times., 1896-03-23
RUNAWAY Lad Returned.

John Berry, fourteen-years-Old, who ran
away from his home tn Southeast Washing
ton 10 Baltimore, was captured by thepolice
in that city yesterday and returned to
Washington last night.
The morning times., 1896-03-23
SAINT PAUL IN / BASKET
DR.. TaImage Draws Lessons
From the Bible Incident.
IMPORTANCE OF THE ROPE

Discourse Showed That There Are
No Insignlftcances in Mems Lives.
Other Incidents In Illustration of
the Great Truth-Efforts May BE
Unrecognized, But Are Important.
The morning times., 1896-03-23
Barred From Bennine Handicap.

barred FROM Benning Handicap.
Mr.. II. u. Crickmore, clerk of the course
OF the Washington Jockey Club. announces
that the Blemton Stables have declared
Henry of Navarro and Dorian out OF the
race for the Washirg gton Handicap.
The morning times., 1896-03-23

Charged With Grand Larceny.
Eliza Blake. colored, was arrested yester-
day by Detectives Lacy and Helan on the
charge Of grand larceny.
The morning times., 1896-03-23
THE BENEFIT
That for the Workingmen's Ii
brary an Assured Success.
is NO LACK OF TALENT

Well-Known Professionals and AM
. ateurs Have volunteered and April
20 Has Been Fixed as the Date
DR.. Kent to Make the Opening
Address.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14

1t is not often That rats are permitted in
n barber shop conducted under union sane
ton Yet there is such shop ON State
street The rats are white rats, and they
are put to Il most fanciful use by the enter
prsnE tonsorial artist who conducts the
establishment.
cone white rat given away with every
child's hair cut, is the cnticing sign
swung where it can be easily read. Not
only is the sign literally true, but the bar
Der gives pair of white rats to every
youngster who brings him seven custom
ers
II give only one rat in each family, "
the barber explained, and | have to keep
books SOS they won't double up on me. "
"Aou don't often give away pairs, do
YOU was asked. you promised that
youngStcr a couple awhile ago. "
Sometimes l give away pair, but not
often, as they seldom send me seven Gus
toners.
l suggested that if he gave away many
pairs the ncighborhood would soon be
overstocked. and that his white rats would
cease to be a drawing card. The barber
smiled sentcntiously.
perhaps SO, - he replied, "but you see
used to play poker, and l still remember
that two of n kind make a pair. ''-Chica-
go Times-lIcrald
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14

Two centuries ago the Dutch destroy
ed every nutmeg tree i'll the Moluccas
in order to enjoy monopoly of the
business, having planted the trees in
their own possessions.
In spite of their most earnest efforts,
however, the islands We're being con-
stantly rcstockod. For long time the
thing was Il mystery, but at length it
was solved.
The doves of that quarter of the world
are of large size and readily swallow
the seed Of the nutmeg, with the fruit
of which they traverse wide stretches Of
sea and land in few hours and deposit
the seeds of the nutmeg not only unin-
jured, but better fitted for termination
by the heat and moisture Of the bird S
system.
BY a similar process thousands of acres
of land have been covered with trees Of
different kinds, the birds acting as ma
lures agents i'll the dissemination of
plants,
But in quito another manner do they
transport seeds from place to place
Darwin found in six grains Of earth adj
herring to the feet Of a plover three diff
fercnt kinds Of seeds, and in mud stick
ing to the feet Of ducks and geese shot
in England he found the seeds Of plants
peculiar to the Victoria Nyanza, in
central Africa, thus proving not only
the extent Of migration, but also the
possibility Of plants appearing in strange
localities through the agency of these
birds.
In the mud sticking to the feet of a
Texas steer the seeds of five different
kinds Of weeds and grasses common in
Texas were found by microscopic
after the arrival Of the animal in New
York. st. Louis Globe-Democrat
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14

"Lean, after You have learned to
speak, to listen and to listen intelli-
gently" writes Ruth Ashmore on "How
to Be Social Success" in Ladies'
Home Journal. Express your interest
through your eyes, and when it is needed
say the encouraging word that, like hot
water on the tea, brings out the strength.
If speaker mentions IA wrong date do
not correct her. The world cares for the
interesting talk, not for whether the
affair described happened on Thursday
or Friday, nor whether the bOnmot
was born ut or l o'clock. The effect
on the speaker is belittling, and you
have no right to undeTrate any one.
Chatter about anything you will but
personalities But do not feel that you
must raise the tone of society by ringing
III, when everybody is laughing at some
funny little story about child or all
are smiling at an amusing description
of how the orange blossoms grow down
south, your opinion Of some heavy his
tory that has lately been published. So
ciety is not a school; it is pleasure
ground. +"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14
e.. .---s..l, = . -sssSsssasyvzsss
kLEPTOMANlACS ARE LISTED.
Big Stores Collect the Names of Those
who Should lie Watched.

1t will doubtless be astonishing to
those who have not studied the question
to learn that kloptomania has grown so
much during the last few years that
dry goods merchants have, so to speak,
formed n cooperative union of self pro-
lection against the evil. Shoplifters are
easily dealt with and disposed of, as
they are generally of the class who can
be punished to the full extent of the
law but the kleptomaniac is usually a
woman of refinement, good family and
possessed of ample means, which per-
NIT of the qualification of her most ex-
travagant needs.
Strange as the assertion may seem, it
is so true and has assumed such proper
tions that in the majority of the stores
there is book kept in the private office
of the firm in which are written the
names of the women who are known to
be thus afflicted, and when they are
caught in tho act bill for the goods
stolen is sent to tho husband, father or
the person who has made himself re-
spOnsible for the things taken. 1t was
found necessary to do this after two or
three arrests had been made and the
culprit found, upon investigation, to be-
long to some well known family twas
not only necessary for the protection Of
the merchants against loss by the theft,
but it was also more imperative from
the fact that these exposures endangered
his business. After such an arrest and
the consequent publicity the family of
the accused were very loath to trade at
that particular store, and the with
drawal of such patronage meant loss of
thousands of dollars to the proprietor.
This explanation was given me by the
superintendent of one Of the largest de-
partment stores, where, after a thorough
canvassing Of the principal retail stores
i'll the city, | found that it was no mere
gossip as to the existence Of this book,
and the fact that nine out of ten en-
ploycd women detectives, not only for
the conviction Cf shoplifters and pick
pockets, but to watch the more wealthy
offenders who were afflicted with what
is called nervous disease in the mcdi-
cal books-kleptolnania. These women
are obliged to be very clever, bright and
intelligent, as they must learn to know
these klcptomaniacs by sight and to dis
criminate between the professional and
the afflicted if they detect a stranger in
the act Of purloining the firms goods.
New York Herald
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14
The Christian Era.

The "Christian era" was suggested
or devised by Dionysius EXiguus, Ro-
man monk, who, in 527, began its use
and proposed that all public and private
documents should be dated in the year
of our Lord. " 1t did not como into gem
eral use in France until the eighth CEN
fury, nor in England until July, SIG;
in Spain it was not adopted until the
eleventh century in Portugal was made
legal in 14l5 in the empire Of the east
it was established by royal cdict in
1455, few weeks before the fall of
Constantinople.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14
A NOVEL EXPERIMENT.
The Startling Result of Firing a Cannon
Buried Under Water.

The most curious experiment ever
made with a piece of ordnance was at
Portsmouth, England. A stage was
erected i'll the harbor within the tide
mark; on this an armstrong gun of the
40 pound pattern was mounted. The
gun was then loaded and carefully aimed
at target-all this, of course, during
the time of low tide. a few hours later,
when the gun and the target were both
covered with water to depth of six
feet. the gun was fired by means of cleo
tricity. We said "aimcd at target, "
but the facts are that there were two
targets, but only one was erected for
this special experiment, the other being
the hull of an old vessel the Griper,
which lay directly behind the target and
in range of the ball. The target itself
was placed only 20 feet from the muzzle
of the gun. 1t was composed Of oak
beams and planks, and was Fl inches
thick.
In order to make the old Griper in
vulnerable, sheet Of boiler plates 3
inches thick was riveted to the water
logged hull, in direct range with the
course the ball was expected to take if
not DETECTED by the water. On all of
these-the oaken target, the boiler
plates and the old vessel Aull-the effect
Of the shot from the submerged gun
was really startling. The wooden target
was pierced through and through, the
boiler iron target was broken into pieces
and driven into its backing" the ball
passing right on through both sides of
the vessel making huge hole through
which the water poured in torrents
Taken altogether the experiment was
an entire success, demonstrating, as it
did, the feasibility Of placing submerged
guns in harbors in time Of war and do
ing great damage to the vessels which
an enemy might dispatch tosuch points
for the purpose of Smelling cities. In
YentiOn.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14

DR. Eaton, president Of Madison univer-
sity 10 years ago, was beloved by the stu
dents and his good opinion courted above
all things. One commencement day the
student who had delivered the valedictory
approached the doctor and timidly asked
him what he thought Of the effort. The
doctor looked at him moment and then
said slowly, Edward, if you would pluck
a few of the feathers from the wings of
your Imagination and stick them in the
tail of your judgment, you would make
better speeches -
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14
RELEASE OF A GYPSY MOTH.
A Careless Frenchman's Experiments Have
Led to Trouble.

Led to Trouble.
On a certain i'll omened day in 1869
a gentle breeze rippled through the
streets of a quiet town in eastern Massa-
chusetts. 1t left chimneys unframed
and hardly rippled a tree, yet if it had
been cyclone it could hardly have done
more damage, for in bare little frame
tenement house on a side street stood
Pandora's box full of troubles waiting
to be spread broadcast over the land,
and the breeze furnished the needed
key. Presently the owner of the house
and of Pandora's box, Frenchman,
known to his neighbors for his curious
experiments in silk raising and for his
absorption in the study of strange in
scots, was seen searching anxiously in
the grass outside his window. People
who saw him said that he seemed much
disturbed at the failure of his quest.
Well might he be, for he had Just let
loose one of the plaques of Egypt upon
a fair and fertile land. He had lost Gle
zigsag," and the new world has gained
the gypsy moth.
Mr.. Trouyelot the silk grower Of
Medford, can hardly expect to have his
name pleasantly rcn smtcrcd among
his quondam townsmon and country
men, but he should be- rivcn credit both
for intelligence to iorcsce the conse-
quences of his negligence and for the
candor Immediately 40 give notice Of
the danger to which the public was OK
posed. But his warning fell on dcaf
ears No enc realized That tbo Doet