Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-06

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| that NJ pradley was good deal OF q
| negrophllisi and made no distinction ne
| tween Cuffee and Caucasian. l expected
| 10 see the former largely in evidence, put
| either because IL was a bad day Tor theh
or they had for some reason hidden the"
! selves. saw not more than hali uvH'l
altogether. and they were not making
themselves .nduly prominent Bathing az
! the park on Sunday Is prohibited, eNcep'
| for a shor, while in the morning, De,
| Ileve. aud this fact may have accounted
| for Cuffees invlsiblity. / was especlahy
curious to see how the Asbury farklah'
managed this affair OF bathing. Inc park
| is a beautiful place, and has as good q
beach as can be found anywhere. Al
| though I'm New York. only two hours ans
| tant by boat. II was very warm, here IL
was delIghtfuIIy pleasant a fine breeze
| was blowing, and the surf was magniii-
cent MIR. Bradley was not responsible
| for that. though. His sway ends where
Neptune's begins, though his peculiar po-
sltion may cause him 10 think otherwise
or appear to do so.
DEAD HORSES IN THE STREET.
Speaking OF the hot weather, the papers
| have told OF the mortality which ac-
! companicd II among men and animals,
| hut q very digasrceable feature has not
! been much commented upon. SO many
| horses died In the public streets that
| the contractor could not remove them
| fast enough, and. rs a consequence, the
| dead bodies remained where they fell,
| in some cases as long ne three days. anu
| the stencil was dreadful. As many rs
nine carcasses were counted on one
| SQUARE. ! PASSED dozens OF them. while
| riding on the street-cars. / hardly think
| that this matter shines out as n sample
| OF New York enterprise. Il Is fatr 10
| conclude from Il that the bodies are
| there yet. II the contractor has not been
| able TO get around 10 them. The NOR
! tally among the people was. think. be-
| between five and six hundred, but II
| wasn't the fault OF the papers that the
! number was not much larger Some Of
| them every morning had scare head
| Ike this; "The Awful Plague still
RACES" There are lots OF people who
| don't know what is the matter with
/ them until somebody tells them. II must
/ have been an attache OF one OF these
| papers Tint sent the following dispatch
under date Of August 18th. TO the Lon
! don Daily Mail: "Still the heat con-
| tlnues, and the odor Of the charnel-housc
reigns over the city. From hundreds OF
| decomposing human bodies and from the
| rotting carcasos OF horses there eXhales
| a stencil that Is positively slckening
Added TO this horror Is an epidemic OF
| rabies. Mad-iogs are running about the
| streets and already more than score
| Of children have been bitten" And yet
| one wonders NJ the ignorance constantly
| displayed by the English concerning
| American affairs.
| DOWN IN POVERTY ROW"
( Hot IS II was. I took a long walk
| through some OF the streets OF the East
/ Side ! wish / had the Imagination Of
| the Daily Mails correspondent 70 de-
/ scribe what I saw. There were no de
| composing human bodies" but Of death
| IN life" there was n plenty. The squalor
! and stencil Of this district IS something
| unimaglnabe 10 one who has no knowl-
| edge OF H. Not that the house' are
poor and wretched: many OF them are
| quite pretentious; but the people-mostly
poor Hebrews and other foreigners-are
| so packed In them that cleanliness and
decency are impossible. They are chiefly
! apartment houses. sO-called. and each
| floor has as n rule, n small iron veranda
| I'm front. This and the roof are the
breathing places In hot weather. Al
| though 10 was midday. many Of these
| verandas were filed with perfectly naked
children. dirty and sallow. and more
| resembling. in surroundings. Gagged ami
| mails. than living. immortal. human be-
|
| cosmopolitan dregs OF humanity and
reeked OF vegetable and other rotten
| ness that would have made a Whit from
| n guanO-factOry a blessing. And yet
! you may set IL down as a fact that some
| Of the dcnizens OF this district VIII end
| their days on Fifth avenue, and possibly
| marry their daughters TO a title. pur-
| chased from their native land: Il has
been done already, If I mistake not.
LADIES STANDING IN CARS.
II IS hard for a Nirgnlan 10 get uset
10 the New York custom OF all0wins
the women 10 stand In public convey
ances, while the men remain seated
This practice seems more pronounced
than ever. / attribute II 10 the rapid
inroads the women are making into tbs
mems domain OF business. rather thar
to lack Of gallantry and respect on tht
part Of the latter. though II is probable
that the large foreign element In the pop
ulatlon should be taken into account.
the women are going 10 be businessmen
| / suppose they will have 20 take tbs
consequences. Coming south from Jer
sey City two ladies-mOther and daugh
ter. | tudged-bOarded the train at one o
the stations. ana, as all the seats were
occupied. some with travelling bags only
and no one offered them q seat. thel
were compelled to stand. Two men oc
cupied the seat by which they stood
This state Of affairs endured for fey
minutes. when one OF the passengers con
cluded that he could not stand. or rather
sit. IT, any longer. and. consequently. h
had TO stand up nearly all the way Z
| Philadelphia. But he felt much NOR
comfortable standing than he had Eel
sitting and he wondered why the con
ductor did not collect fare for those ira
yelling bags.
| IL HUNG TAKEN UP BY cops"
Ii Hung Chang had not arrived 4
New York when / left. consequently h
could not have the pleasure OF meetin
me. and is. OF course. mrh grove
thereat. though ! doubt not he manage
TO conceal his emotion. \ gentlema
who travels around with his coffin ha
2 opportunities for privacy not general
enjoyed. LIS visit 10 General Grant
! tomb was attended with much more cert
/, mony than was mine. but ! think | hay
the advantage over the senior guardia
OF the heir apparent I'm that was nc
J taken up by the cops, ana ne wa
] IL took four of them 10 do the job, though
g which fact helps 10 prove that Ii Is
great man. The new tomb stands alonc
side OF the old one, and Is magniiicer
creation. II is rapidly nearing compit
ton, and will soon be finished. The wOr
OF identifying the surroundings has 4
. ready been begun. They need IN. Tn
I place is called a park. but at present
. IL only an old hillside overlooking N
\ Hudson II can. however, easily be mad
? very handsome, and doubt not II will b.
: Not far away are the great buildings {
: Columbia College. The neighborhood
as vet spIrsely settled, but II VIII nC
? remain SO long. The great soldier has
' tomb that Is said TO have no equal an.
= where This distinction will probabl
n always be true in this country. AT leas
\ bus southerners should see 10 II that nc
= / TOO many years shall pass before anOth'