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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-02
STEAMERS.
MAINE COAST NAVIGATION co
For Bath, Booihbay Harbor and
WiScaesett.
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STEP M Err sALAclA.

COMMENCING MONDAY. Oct. 18th, until
Y further notice, will leave Franklin Wharf,
Portland, TUESDAYS. Thursdays and Satur-
DAYS at 4 30 a. m. Popham Beach $40 a. m.
Bath II If a. m. Boothbay Harbor 1.3O p. m.
Arriving at Wiscasset about p. m.
Returning, leave Wiscasset on Mondays,
bay Harbor $50 IN Bath 10. 81 a. m. Pop
hahn Beach 1l.3O u m. Arriving at Portland
abou. p. III.
Q. G OF IVER, President.
CHAS. r. LEWIS, Treasurer. oct8dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-02

Easnon, lubau. Calais SLjaaa E.3, HaItNa.S.
and all parts Of New Brunswick, Nova SEQ.
ON. Tbs favorita route to Canpoballo and
st. Andrews. N. =.
Winter Advancement.
On and after Monday, Dec. 7th. steamer
will leave Portland on Mondays at 5 p. m.
Returning leave st. John and PASSPORT Thurs
days.
Through tickets issued and baggage checked
to destination Freightrc received NJ to 400
p. m.
Pine Tree Ticket ONCE, Monument Square
or for other information at Company's ONCE.
Railroad Wharf foot Of State street
J. B.COYLE. Gen. Man.
iAe5drf II. &C. HERSEY. Agent.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
In your issue OF Sunday last there APP
peared a clipping from the Baltimore sun
under the caption OF "Rabies-Proof
Dogs" Now, as it Is misleading and en-
tirely erroneous, 1t might be well to let
the public know this. The practice OF
worming dogs originated way back with
the Greeks, who supposed that by re-
moving the praenum linguae. which is a
ligament resembling the animals tongue,
the Jaws could not be closed in order to
bite should the dog be affected with
rabies. The praenum linguae Tor supposed
worm) has nothing unique. about 1t, nor
as II exists here, Is it more than a type
of many other intigumental folds intended
az a bride TO further extension or 10 the
displacement OF the parts, purposely thus
folded to strengthen the adherence or
such parts as are particularly liable to be
put on the stretch. When this ligament
is removed it does not prevent the dog
having rabies, but in no wise can the
animal close it's mouth to bite In case
Of real hydrophobia %, as the mouth,
pharyLx, stomach, etc, are all too much
infamed 10 allow the jaws TO shut. In
conclusion, then, worming Is no safe
guard whatever. and the practice OF 1t IS
not creditable to the present enlightened
age. bAb.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17
The Gray and the Blue.

There was a remarkable meeting yes
terday in the Speakers room at the Capt.
toll. Colonel Fred. ID. Grant, Of New
York, son of the great Union General,
and Lieutenant General S. ID. Lee, OF
Mississippi, one of the Confederate lead
ers, met for a common purpose. Grant
and Lee are here, both advocating the
perpetuation OF the battlefield on when
Grant won his greatest laurels as
strategist and a fighting soldisr. Colonel
Grant represented the Army or Ten
nessee. and General Lee represented the
Confederate Veterans Association. They
are the leaders of commission having
for it's object the purchase of the country
surrounding Vicksburg TO be held by the
Federal Government in perpetuity, so
that future generations may see how the
great Federal general manoeuvred 10
capture the Gibraltar OF the Confederacy.
The Park Commission, represented by
Grant and Lee, appeared before the Cons
mittee on Rules, consisting of Speaker
Reed and Messrs. Henderson and Dalzell,
TO plead that a day may be set aside for
the consideration of their bill. making an
appropriation for the preliminary work
of surveying and marking the lines OF
battle. AS the bill carries an appropria-
ton, Speaker Reed would not make a
positive answer, saying that the matter
could not be considered alone on its
sentimental side.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17

the assets of each city Nor would a
mere bald statement OF assets furnish
the information needed There are as
sets and assets. There are some that
are productive. some that are non-pro-
ductive and some that are actual bur-
dcns upon the public treasury. All of
these may or may not be salable assets.
The streets Of a city are among It's as
sets, but not among It's salable assets.
Yet II a city has streets so well built
and so well kept UP as to make 1T un-
likely that II Will soon be called upon to
make largo expenditures in that direc-
ton. that is an important fact TO be
noted. The parks of city are among
Its assets; but it depends upon circum-
stances whether they may be classed as
salable assets. In some cases city could
not sell it's parks without injuring the
value Of the adjacent property, and re-
ducing the assessed value thereof.
City halls are assets. but we should
hardly care to class them as salable as
sets; yet they represent values. More
over q city hall that has hall large
enough aud elegant enough to meet all
of its wants for a hundred years to come
Is in possession OF property whose value
cannot be entirely ignored, when one
comes to calculate what IT possesses and
what it owes.
Gas-works and water-works are clear
~ salable assets. Some cities own neither
their gas-works nor their water-works.
Others own only their water-works. BY
the sale of her gas-works and water
works properties alone Richmond could
reduce her debt one half, we suppose.
The only large, non-productive expendi-
ture that we have made here was In
the building Of our City Hall. which cost
us about $l,SOO,OOO. We are very well
satisfied, indeed, with the beauty and
convenience of the hall; but, II we had
our time to go over again, doubtless. we
should build one of less cost-one, too,
which would cost less "to run" than
the present one does. But, having In
dulged ourselves in the luxury of mag
nifcent city hall, Richmond now finds
il necessary TO retrench her annual ex-
penses. So it is agreed here that our
city ought to sell no more bonds TO pay
current expenses. 1t is further agreed
that our tax-rate Of s140 on the 500
should not be increased. Hence. the
City Council is now engaged in reducing
expenses.
. Returning to the statistics Of our re-
spected New Orleans and Augusta con-
temporaries. we repeat that they are not
to be confidently relied upon as guides
to investors, unless accompanied with a
trustworthy exhibit of the assets Of each
CITY
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17
A Surprising Cook.

We recently hired cook. who was
classed
By her recommendations to be unsur.
passed;
And who, her profession allowed, would
contrast
With the best in the land for utility;
Besides all the dishes that ever were
known,
She could cook few novelties. wholly
her own;
And in "arts de cuisine" she averreda
'twould be shown.
She'd a rather surprising facility.
Delmonican chefs she could give cards
and spades.
And best them; they all were number
OF grades
Beneath her. In short, Of all cooks, men
or maids,
She was "facile princeps," ct cetera;
"Ofm a JANUS; to arts of the business
bred;
A cook from the sowls Of me feet to me
head;
An for little surprises in cookin'," she
said,
"OPll show ye there isn't none bet
therer."
She was duly installed of our kitchen
the queen:
Next morn She began her prospective
routine,
BY starting the fire with crude kerosene
The brightest Of modern expedients--
Whereat her surprises in cooking she
struck,
She cooked all the furniture. clothing
and truck;
Our castle, and, but for a streak Of good
luck,
She'd cooked all the vital ingredients.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17

pacIty was only 22s. Many of the students
70 whom admission had TO DO refused
came from distant parts OF Europe. not
few from Eastern Siberia. Two new
chairs were founded during the year
zoology and pedagogy-and lo5.9s5 rubles
were expended. al52 rubles on the edu-
cational spart OF the movement. and BID
on the support OF the students. who i've
in the houses maintained by the courses,
and In which all students who cannot re-
side with their parents or with relatives
are compelled to live. The library Oh
the courses contains 14.75S volumes under
6,2G2 heads. An observatory to facilitate
the study of astronomy. suggested some
time ago by the guardians. has been
nearly completed and valuable nucleus
for a fine art museum has been acquired.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17
Met His COnqueror.

He was a college graduate. who'd won
a hundred prizes;
He'd tossed the heavy hammer quite
beyond the campus-grounds;
He'd won the wrestling championship
from rivals Of all sizes,
And knocked out all the sparring profs,
no matter what their pounds;
At tug-of-war he'd single handed won
from any four Of them,
And proved to would-be Shadows that,
with him, they were not in it;
He'd pulled against the VARSITY" and
worsted bout score of them;
And yet the old snow-shovel knocked
him out in just minute.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17
PULASKI.
The Grip Epidemic Causes Court to
Adjourn-Driefs.

PULASKI, VA, January 16.-(Spe-
eiaL)-La grippe is epidemic all over
the county. County superintendent of
Schools William NJ. Perkins says that
up to Christmas the enrolment and ave-
rage attendance Of scholars in the
public schools was unprecedented here or
elsewhere in his knowledge. in some
cases the schoOl-houses hardly furnish
ing room enough. But with the advent
of the new year is the advent OF Ia
grippe, and presto, change! and now
1t is difficult for teachers TO make the
legal averages in many cases.
Judge Selden Longley, OF Pulaski
County Court had 10 adjourn his court
on account of this epidemic. Among
the victims are Justice S. II. Stone,
Mrs. b. f. Garrett; Winnie Brown. the
young daughter Of Judge r. NJ. Brown;
Stewart Cullop, Of the Norfolk and
Western railway; Jesse Bosangi Deputy
Clerk; J. NJ. Perkins, and others, also
the whole family of Mrs $. b. Steger.
Frank Wysor of the Pulaski Bar, is
still IN Washington, in the employment
Of the government, but expects to return
home some time next month.
The Board of Supervisors OF Pulaski
county meets Monday TO consider some
courthouse matters. The magnificent
new courthouse offers them warm in
vitation.
II. T. Wolbert has sold out his coal
business to his rival, n. A. Sayers.
on the 9th instant, Charles V. Hol-
comb. OF Bertha, Va, and Miss Il. c.
Jennings, of Pulaski, Va. were married
by the Rev. DR.. Alfred Jones.
Frank Wysor writes from Washington
to the s-Review an able article in
favor of better roads While there is
still room for Improvement in the Pu-
laskl roads, their improvement in the
last five or six years has been very
great and with il Improvement in saddle
and pleasure vehicle horses. The Norman
steed Is rapidly giving way to the saddle
horse and roadster.
Pulaski Lodge, No. 81, 1. o. o. F.,
elected the following officers for the
next year: j. ID. James, noble grand;
w. W. Chanin, vice-grand; j. w. Jack
son, treasurer; j. A. Carson, secretary;
w. b. Haveley, chaplain; w. Il. Tildon.
sitting past grand; III. T. Osborn, out
side guard.
The annual meeting Of the stockhod-
ers OF the Pulaski National Bank
was held at the banks Office Tuesday.
The following officers were reelected:
President, w. II. Bramblitt; Vice-Presi-
dent, NJ. w. Eckman; Directors u.
Laughon, X. l.. Gardner, J. b. Caddall.
w. G. Van Doren, George NJ. Holstein,
and S. s. Simmerman.
DR.. william III. Brambltt and wife
left Pulaski yesterday on a trip 10
New York. DR.. Bramblitt is taking u
much-needed recreation.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17
Granny's Message TO Jack.

Jean Blewett in Toronto Globe.)
You're writing out TO Jack to-day
Because his birthdays come,
And | must send to him. you say,
A message straight from home.
Dear boyl II l could just sit down
And take his hand in mine,
Instead of putting all my love
In one poor little line.
But write out clear and let 1t read
ITO Jack, away from home,
Granny says get ready
For the kingdom come"
You're smiling, daughter, as you write,
But Jack won't smile that way,
His mind will just go fitting back
To thoughts Of yesterday,
Before he got so great and tall,
And oh, so very wise,
When he was granny's white-haired boy,
Adreaming of the skies.
SO write out clear, and let II read
ITO Jack, away from home,
Granny says get ready
For the kingdom come"
Somehow the letters that we get
Don't seem 10 come from him,
And often, when I've read them through
Ny Door old eyes are dim.
He talks too much of worldly things
our Jack was never proud
OF men Of wealth. of power, and fame,
ana going WIN tne crown.
SO write out clear. and let il read
ITO Jack, away from home,
Granny says get ready
For the kingdom come
You think his birthday calls for more
Than such a simple line:
Nay, there are those who love him less
To make him wishes fine.
NY words go from faithful heart;
They're tender true, and warm,
With loving wisdom in them, too,
To keep my boy from harm.
SO write out clear, and let IL read
ITO Jack, away from home,
Granny says get ready
For the kingdom come"
I'd like to see him as he reads.
His bright eyes trimming Ger,
And good thoughts rising white and
strong,
To be forgot no more.
Heaven will be nearer TO his heart
Than It has been for years,
For he will read in that one line
Ny love, my hopes, my prayers.
SO write out clear, and let ii read
ITO Jack away from home,
Granny says get ready
For the kingdom come"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17
WITH SEVERAL GRAINS OF SALT.

II has been often noted that common
proverbs are at most only terse State
ments Of half truths. Nevertheless per-
sons continually forget this limitation
quoting and accepting them at their full
face value and applying them without
let or hindrance to every situation.
That this is often misleading and mis-
chievous may be readily seen. Birds OF
a feather flock together" This we'll
known fact in ornithology IS used 10
allege. accentuate, and illustrate siml-
lar fact about people. But it Is true OF
people only with many limitations. AS
a matter Of fact, precisely the opposite is
often true. One is apt to admire ana
welcome in others the qualities he feels
10 be lacking in himself. Hence a dark
haired husband and a fair-haired wife, q
large husband and a small wife, or a
small husband and a large wife. Hence,
also, we shall frequently find union or
the tacturn and the laxative, or
the grave and the gay, the stolid
and the vivacious. Such unions re-
mind US of tho principle in cleo
tricity: Likes repel. unlikes attract.
But we did not mean to be led 80 far
afield. Enough has been said 10 show
that human birds do not always flock
with those Of the same feather If there
were time and space. it might be easily
shown that the limitation of this princi-
pie is distinctly beneficent. Take another
proverbs: Misrepresentation is the first
law Of nature" Yes, and no. This pro-
verb is usually employed TO Justify sell
fishness of a more or less aggravated
sort. But in the meaning often assigned
to it II is a distinct libel on nature.
Every lioness fighting for her whelps,
every bird feeding her young, silently
protests against 1t. The law OF vicarious
work and suffering is just as much
in nature-nature must, of course, be
understood to include human nature-as
the law of self-serving. This adage must
surely be taken with several grains Of
salt.
Take third adage. OF which we are
apt to hear much at this particular
season. "A bad beginning makes a good
ending" This is distinctly untrue.
bad beginning never, in all the world,
made a good ending. There never was
good ending which did not have a good
beginning somewhere. The proverb. with
suitable limitations. suggests a truth full
OF value. 1t Is a most encouraging cir
cumstance to all who wish the moral
well-being of their fellows that man
who has begun badly need not continue
his destructive course. He can begin
over again. And it is precisely this which
his friends exhort him TO do. When.
however, he stops and begins course OF
well-doing. II Is utterly illogical and mis-
leading TO say that his bad beginning
led him to make a good ending. The
logical result of a bad beginning is a
bad ending Good endings follow good
beginnings.
II, therefore, you affect proverbs. we
should advise you to use them with seye-
raj grains of salt.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17
A Judicial Verdict.

Judge Knox was a gentleman of quick
perceptions, and rather uncommon
share of wit. He had an intimate friend.
named Crowley, who was remarkable for
his extreme thinness. One day neigh
Dor came running in to the Judge. with
the exclamation:
Great heavens. Judge! Crowley has
just shot himself. What do you think Of
that?
Think instantly returned the Judge;
81 think II is the most wonderful feat
OF craftsmanship 1 ever heard OFF,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17

In commenting upon Colonel Buford's
resolutions, introduced in the State
to the assembling during the ensuing
spring OF q convention OF representative
farmers of Virginia, or of the several
States OF the Union. the Norfolk Vir-
ginian says:
'The Virginian thinks this il a move in
the right direction. 1t can see no rea-
son why the farmers OF the State and
country should not hold their conventions
as well az any other set of people. The
farming interest Is a great one. and
everything which tends TO promote 1t
should be undertaken and encouraged"
Well put.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17

The fast tourist train to be put on by
the Chesapeake and Ohio February SIN
will only make one stop between Wash
ington and Old Point. and that Will be
at Richmond.
The schedule will be: Leave Old
Point at $3.50 A. NJ, arrive in Richmond
at l1:50 A. M: leave Richmond at IL IS
A. NJ: arrive in Washington at $3.50 p. NJ.
connecting with the Pennsylvania Con-
gressonal Limited for Baltimore. Phila-
delphia. and New York. Returning. this
train viii pass 1ucflmond about 730
Il. NJ.
The train will be composed OF parlor-
cars, observation-cars, and dining cars.
and will be unsurpassed in elegance by
any train in the United States.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17


Reports made at the recent annual pub
lie celebration of the Higher Courses for
women connected with the University Of
st. Petersburg show that In Russia. as
In most other European countries, mark
ed and continuous progress is being made
In higher female education. AT the begin
ming of the year there were eS regular
ami outside students. divided as follows;
In the Observation-Disclosures department,
500 students. and 5s outside attendants;
In the hysico-mathematicai department.
l22 students and II outsiders. The appli-
cations for entrance the current year,
which were made in August and septem-
Der. far exceeded the available vacancies.
as had been the case for several years.
10 having applied. while the receiving ca
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17
More Sudden Than He Expected.

An old darby, who had just been en-
ployed on a mining railroad, was en-
Toying his initial day OF service, when
the train, suddenly lurching around a
curve, threw him, unceremoniously, into
a bramble-patch along the roadway The
spill was discovered in a short time. and
absentee. He was discovered cleaning
himself from the briars, and shocking out
the following soliloquy: "Dey done tell
me, befo l TUX de job. dat de comp'ny
had a mighty mean cus'm er layin' off
DER 'plyees w'enebber dey done take de
notion. But, J. clar ter goodness, 1
nebber 'spect dey gwine be so bowdashus
suddint erbout itr'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17
THE RICHMOND DISPATCH.
By THE DISPATCH COMPANY

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subscribers at FIFTEEN CENTS per
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The SUNDAY DISPATCH AT sl'o' pes
annvm, or 20 cents for six months
Subscriptions in all cases payable VI
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post-ofilce money order check. or regis.
tered letter. Currency sent by mail WIN
be a. the risk OF the sender. Subscribers
wishing their post-ofiice changed must
xlve their old as well as their new post
Office. Sample copies free
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17

The Charlotte az. CO Daily Observer.
OF Friday. says:
'Mr. and Mrs. l.. II. Jackson left last
night for Richmond. where MIR. Jack
son has business engagement Char
lotte regrets to part with these good
people. Mr.. Jackson founded the Char
lotte Commercial College. and both
himself and Mrs. Jackson made many
friends during their stay In Charlotte"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17
The Herald announces that at Groton,

The Herald announces thar at Groton.
N. Y, the other night. William Dubois
"tbrashed the devil" 1t is to be hoped
that Dubois beat him good. and did not
content himself with whipping the old
fellow around the stump, a process to
which the devil IS used, and which hurts
morally the many who resort to it moro
than 1t does the devil physically.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17
The Underwater Democrat does not

The Tidewater Democrat does not
favor Congressman Otey's suggestion as
10 holding a national Democratic conven-
ton this year. II thinks we would bet
ter await the development of the policy
OF tire Republican party; and it adds:
In the mean time, the Chicago plat
form, which polled over six millions OF
votes at the last election. will be a suf-
ficient exponent of Democratic principles
and policy until we are called upon to
ventiate the villainous record that the
Republican party, controlled by Mark
Hanna and his associates, will be sure
to make.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17

House-Afre Foraker on being told that
Sherman had accepted the portfolio OF
Secretary Of State. said that no agree
ment had been made about Sherman's
successor in the Senate. But what says
Mark Hanna?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17
In the New York Aquarium.

First Seal: l had thought OF giving a
dinner TO our fellow-inmates here. but.
on second consideration. have conelud-
ed that II wouldn't 90.
Second Seal: And. why not, pray?
First Seal: Because It might be re-
ported as seal-y affair. and we would
be raided by the police.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17

The Raleigh Tribune, the new Repub-
lican daily at the North Carolina capi-
tai, is very neat geographically. and so
far, conservative in tone and clever in
expression. We hope 1t will remain al
ways as nice toward Democracy as 1t is
neat.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17

II will be seen that about 10 per cent.
OF the assessment OF a city Is considered
the limit TO which the municipal indebt-
edness can be safely stretched. New
Orleans. says the rime@Democret. Ia
now within that limit. whereas a few
years ago its debt was double what the
city could safely stand. Moreover, both
the debt and interest charges have been
steadily reduced here. whereas the ten
depcy in other cities. as In nations, has
been 10 borrow recklessly and extraya-
gantly.
On this basis OF comparison, Augusta
can compare notes favorably with New
Orleans. but there are others In the list
that make a stIll better showing Tran
We can.
Such statements as the foregoing
though. OF course. not intended to be
20 are deceptive in the highest degree.
|pssmuch Is they DC net show what are
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17
The Janitor's Lament.

(New York Journal)
The man who lives I'm the seventh Hat
Is the meanest man in town:
Whenever he calls the janitor up,
He's sure to call him down.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17

All sorts Of money in this country
sound money, fiat money, and fernando
De Soto Money, Of Mississippi.