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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05
HOLM ON TO THE GAs-woRKs.

There can be no lease nor sale Of the
CITY Gas-Works. unless the proposition
is first passed upon and approved by the
people at a regular municipal election
See the following
There shall be no lease nor sale Oh lne
CITY Gas or Water-Works. unless the
nrorosition shall first be submitted TO the
voters Of the city of Richmond at some
regular city election, and receive IN favor
thereof majority Of all votes cast at
such election
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05
Extract from decree entered January ?

1870
"The Court doth adjudge, order,
and decree that this cause be referred 20
one OF the commissioners Of this court.
who is directed TO make the following
injuries and state the following accounts,
and make report thereof TO this court
/. An account of all debts and demands
against the estate Of John W. Dance,
stated i'm the order OF their priority.
2 An account OF the transactions OF \
ID Landerkim as administrator Of John
W. Dance. deceased.
q An account of all the real and per
sonal estate of which the said John W.
Dance died seized and possessed
l. Who are the heirs nj law andAeXt
Of kin OF the said John W. Dance, de-
ceased.
3 ANY matter snocially stated deemed
pertincnt by himself or which may be re-
auircd by any OF the parties TO be so
&. Notice OF the time and place Of
making the above inquiries shall be pub
nshcd once week for four successive
weeks I'm some newspaper published In the
CITY OF Richmond. which publication shall
he equivalent 10 personal service OF slch
notice or the PARTIES"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05

Orders for printing sent TO the Dispatch
Company will be given prompt attention.
and the style of work and prices will %
sure to please you.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05
Planters NationaI Bank,
nlnhmond. ~. Dee.mber d. Isg3

Richmond Va, December II, 1895.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
sT6C<HOLDERS OF this bank will be
bfld on TUESDAY. January ~ 1897. II J.
n o'clock. in the bank building
de lG-td RICHARD III. SMITH. CASHIER.
THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING
or THE sTOCkHOl.Dk rs OF The
tocir Office ON TUESDAY. the 18th day
of January. 1897, at ~ o'clock VI.
n. THEODORE ELLYSON,
ac.oitd Secretary.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05
National Bank Of virginia,

Richmond. va. December T. 1875
THE REGULAR ANIMAL MEEIlN NJ.
OF THE sTOCKHOLDERS OF thls Da haIS
for The egei9yn q aa anSi0ris T 49, at %
oo,crionlr n J. W. LOCKWOOD,
d. l5-Tu&ThIt&dlW Odsnlei'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05
First National Bank,
Richmond, Va. December IL. 1896.
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLM
EKS

The regular annual meeting Of the
TiONAL BANK, Of Richmond, Va, VIII
Eauk No ilOl east Main street Rich
mond Va. on TUESDAY, January u,
1891 at y O'Clock NJ for the tr ,ar. ton
Dosition viii be submitted TO the stock
holders TO amend the third section Of the
articles OF association so as TO reduce the
number of directors from thirteen. as now
rroyidcd. to eleven or such number as
tbc efocixhOlGerS NAV detcraine.
Dc 12-td IT, G. BURNETT. cashier.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05

Russia IS said to be cndeavoring TO Sc
sure a S1NO00C0O loan from French bank
ers in order to resume specie payments
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05
ELECTION NOTICE.

* EfFCTION FOR DIRECTORS or
THE ROSNEY IRON AND LUMBER
C0lfPsNY Oimitcd) I'm accordance with
the bylaws OF said company, will be held
a. rho office OF the company AT Rosney,
puctfrgham county. Va, on MONDAY.
he Iith day of January; \. d. 1891, be
tv,aen The hours OF and o'clock =. NJ.
CHARLES r. RElFSN lDER,
10 o0-9awtd Secretary.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05
ADVERTISING RATES
"a. ,INEH OR LESS.

vance C5 words or less)...''. "a
Above rates are for every Gay -
yertisements running consecutNeiy'
Reading notices in resding-mat'er VIZ
five lines or less. 81; ,n nonpariei' ieaueu'
five lines or less. 70 cents.
Card OF rates for more space iurnisheD
on appllcation.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05

The Savings Bank of Richmond
Richmond, Va. December ., lSy6;
TUE AVNTAL MEETING or THE
OF THIS BANk VIII
6a beld AT the clearinghouse THU RS
DAY. January II, 1881, ~ o'clock I. NJ.
10 JAMES NJ. BALL,
,o,ood.d Cashier.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05

Houses were overturned and great
general damage was done 10y a storm
which swept Southern Arkansas Saturday
NIGHT
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05

All letters and telegToms must be az
dressed to THE DISPATCH CONTAIN
Rejected communications VIII not be re-
turned.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05

Uptown OFFICE. EROAD-sTREEI
PHARMACY. $40 EAST oiNO-A-
STREET.
WEST END OFFICE. PARK-PLACE
PHARMACY, BELVIDERE AND MAIN
STREETS.
MANCHESTER OFFICE. 1903 HULL
STREET.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05
NAIIE ms.
TOWELS.
MEETINGS.

Virginia Trust Company
r R &lT1ei p V a,,IlVf aDIa' MEETiNG
-, he stockholGors of the virginia
TRIrST COMPANY will be held at lhef
once ON TUESDAY, January IT. X az
u o'clock VI. JUN NJ Ge,.etarv
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05

All letters recommending candidates LOT
Office must be paid for TO insure ther
publication. This is a long standing ruie
OF ours.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05

Richmond, Va, December 2; ,l lSg5. -,
THE Reg Lax t,d an 6.Ps g 95 T T1f
GG'NI0N BANK OF RICHMOND will be
koI5 in the First National Bank Building
on THTRSDAY. JANUARY H.. 1887, az Il
Cashier.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05
TlCKElo

good between \. II. and 4 4. 49,
sale M General Oalces, corner hio"'
Shafer streets. .,r os
SOLD III any d Is
REGULAR FARE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05
SPECIAL No. 1.

2sx5 An-Linen Hemmed Huck Towels;
extra large. former price 2oc.; speCl"'
price. ]. Re MI, ,ro,vels
former price l5c.; special price, l-3c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05
The Mutual Guarantee Building Hiding and

III, Mutual I.TTUlUIITUN TITIIWIIII 0III
Loan Association,
iioii'1 Richmond. Va.
TUE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
s,aiJ ~ ittytIoi DERS OF THIS ASSOCIA-
rios win be held on WEDNESDAY,
January Is. 1891. at o'clock p. NJ at the
oi'l0' Va WILLIAM \ PRICE.
IL at-td I'm Secrelary and Ireasurer
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05
nAWAsNS.


6i-lnch Flemish Damasks. handsome
new patterns. former vafue Wc.' speeia'
price -0c. r...,,,,-i, for-
NOR value SOC: special price. t9c.
70-inch Extra Heavy Scotch; lrisn' auu
German Damasks former value 81 3pe-
cial price. e5c. Co.,. a,t Irish
D.masts value 81 %: special price, ST.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05
GEORGE |. HVEDLEY,

HEADQUARTERS FOR
FANCY GROCERIES AND FINE
LIQUORS.
52s EAST BROAD STREET
'PIIONL. 80. RICHMOND. VA.
BERNARD \. GAINES. MANAGER.
Quotations cheerfully given. and Price
List OF Wines. etc. matted on application.
ia 3-Su. IuAS ihi
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05

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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-22
Try n Text Roll.

The Evening Post tells of "a mother
who could hear in the next room every
morning her small son of nine talking
to himself as he spelled out the words
and added figures, cr0sswise. up and
down. and in every possible way, of
large calendar that hung directly in
front of his bed, who bethought her.
self of furnishing him better 0ccupa-
ton. She took down the calendar and
put up in its place a good print of the
Madonna della Seggiola.' this with no
word to him Of the change. The next
morning the little ones voice was still
ed. but a noiseless peep into the room
showed his eyes glued rapturously to
the picture, while about his lips the
hint of a smile betrayed that his alb
sorbing interest was pleased one
Since then at intervals his morning
picture is changed, not too frequently,
for child demands reiteration, until
the boy has become small connois-
seur in famous paintings, and his occa-
aonal short visits to an art gallery are
a great delight to him because of his
matin studies. The first ten minutes
of n child's day are most valuable re-
ceptive period. The young brain is re-
freshed by sleep, unexcited by any Of
the days occupations. eager for i'm
press;ons, and peculiarly responsive to
their influence"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-22
A Famous Pistol.

Capt. VIM. P. Hogarty, of Kansas
City. Kan, has in his possession an old
dueling pistol which was originally
owned by Josef Maria Graf Won naun.
who was COMMUNICATIVE chief of the
Austrian army during the Seven Years
War, and one of Austria's greatest
heroes. The pistol is In an excellent
state of preservation, although it has
been little used since it's owner in 1871
drove Frederick the Great from
Prague and forced him to evacuate Bu
hemia.
Josef had two of these pistols, and
after his death one passed to each
branch of his family. William Theodore
Maria Won Damn, a grandson, who was
banished from Austria in 1S4S, brought
one Of them to America, and before his
death at Quindaro, a few years ago.
he gave 1t to Capt. Hogarty. 1t Is in
laid with gold and silver and artistic
ally carved. Capt. Hogarty prizes It
very highly. He Is himself something
Of military hero-having been decor
ated by Congress for his distinguished
bravery in the battles of Antietam
and Fredericksburg 1t is a
pleasure to him to own a pistol which
was carried by such a great military
character as Josef Maria Graf voD
Dann.-Kansas City Star.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-22
Birds Puzzled by Kites.

Many amusing experiences have been
the lot of the scientists who have been
manipulating kites for scientific pur-
poses. Large birds are always interest
ed in the strange devices floating in the
air and cannot quite make out what
they are. Prompted by sharp curiosity.
they hover around the floating kites
and subject themselves to the danger of
becoming entangled in the silken string
and being dragged down to earth.
No bird, however, has ever alighted
on a kite or attacked one, says the Chi
cago News. While one scientist was
flying a train of five kites couple Of
years ago a large silver tipped eagle
came suddenly out of the higher air
and swooped round and round the first
kite, looking against the sunset sky
like a huge silver ball. AS the train Of
kites was pulled in the eagle followed,
visiting one kite and then another,
seeming uncertain just what to do. In
a few minutes when he seemed to have
decided that they We're not good to eat,
and he knew nothing about them any
way, he Indignantly few off and was
lost TO view.
Another experience was had with n
stork that came from the New Jersey
side of the Hudson and few straight
for the queer object in the air. He APP
parently had made up his mind to go
straight through 1t, but changed and
dived underneath 1t. He went around
and above it, and through a glass il
could be seen that he cooked his eye at
the intruder in a most comical manner.
He started away a few hundred feet,
changed his mind and came swooping
back. He finally reluctantly went away,
mystified over this queer addition to
the inhabitants of the air.
While kites were high in the air one
March focks Of geese flying In the "
wedge few over. They Invariably
stopped, broke up and lowered about
the queer object, and at last slowly re-
formed and few away. While the larg-
er birds all come from heights above
the kites, the small birds of the air will
alight on the string holding the kite
and sway to and fro.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-22

When q high wind or q heavy rain
threatens the spider may be seen tax
ing in sail with great energy-that is,
shortening the rope filaments that sus-
tain the web structure. II the storm Is
to be unusually severe or of long dura-
ton the ropes are strengthened as well
as shortened, the better to resist the on.
set of the elements. Not until pleasant
weather is again close at hand will the
rope be heightened as before. On the
contrary. when you see the spider run.
ming out the slender fiiamen.s. it Is
certain that calm, tine weather has set
in, whose duration may be measured
by their elongatioR.
Every twenty-four hours the spider
makes some alteration in its web to
suit the weather. If these changes are
made toward evening. just before sun
set, fine, clear night may be safely
counted upon. When the spider sits
quiet and dull in the middle of Its web,
rain Is not far of. II it be active, how
ever, and continues SO during shower,
then it will be of brief duration, and
sunshine will follow. These various in
dications may be witnessed and stu
died to the best advantage in the open
air. But you need not always go out
doors to watch the spider barometer.
There are few houses where the crafty
creature does not find an obscure cor
ner wherein to swing its signboard:
Files taken in and done for here"
Watch these places, and when you see
the spiders coming out on the walls
more freely than usual you may be
sure that rain is neat
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-22
The Sequence Car.

Freight car numbered 12345 Of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad passed through Darlington,
Pawtucket. one day last week on the
branch railroad. What that car con-
tanned. where 1t was from, or where it
was going Is of no consequence. The
number of the car, 12345, is all that is
Of special interest.
This number on freight cars is the
fortunate number to find. A few years
ago, and perhaps until to-day, CONNER
cial travellers and whoever else was
travelling much, or was much about the
railroad. were all the time looking for
this magic number, in the belief that
to see it was good omen. and wonder
full were the stories told Of the good
fortune which fell to those who were
so happy as to see it. 1t Is a simple
matter, and yet 1t is not often a car
with this number comes into view. 1t
Is very likely that had any other par
ticular number been chosen IL would
have been as difficult to find it.
A gentleman who saw this car last
week had been looking for it continu-
ally for more than half score of years,
and during that time had Travelled
thousands Of miles. but his eye had
never been blessed with a sight of q
until Tuesday. He Is not so supersti-
tious as to fancy that his fortune is to
change because he has seen the car
with this number. but his curiosity is
gratified after so long a search.-Provi.
dence Journal
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-22

MY husband and are to have our
portraits painted" "By a battle paint
er."-New York Times.
II am going to Venezuela. You may
never see me again." ''Then lend me
ten dollars."-New York Times.
The Bachelor-Its easier to break
things than to make them. The Engag-
ed Man (dubiously)-I don't know about
that.-Phidadelphia Record.
Teacher-What is the chief end of
man? Pupil-The barber thinks it Is
the head, but the bootblack thinks it
is the feet.-Boston Transcript.
He-Where there's SO much smoke
there must be some fire! She-But it Is
not On that end of the cigarette where
the smoker is.-Boston Transcript
Good resolutions, Charlie, are a great
thing on the first of the new year."
Yes. l know, Jack; but they get to bs
an old story on the second."oJudge.
What a remarkable head Of hair
your boy has, Mrs. Rugglesonw Eyes,
but it's all wasted. He just won't learn
to play the piano."-Chicago Tribune
Mrs. shopleigh-Is it any trouble to
you to show goods? Mr.. Cashcall-No,
ma'am. But it's a good deal of trouble
to sell them sometimes."-New Yorb
Herald
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-22
Polly's Mirrors.

Every Saturday Polly has to scour
the spoons. That is all that mamma
nskes her to do, and it does not take
much time. but Polly has always dread
ed it so long beforehand. and grumbled
20 while she rubbed them, that it seem
ed like very hard work indeed. Every
week IL was the same old story. and
you would think that the little girl was
asked to clean the family plate in some
old mansion.
But last Saturday mamma heard her
laughing all by herself in the kitchen.
and asked what she was doing.
Making mirrors, mammal shouted
Polly, gleefully.
SO mamma came to see. Polly was
grew quite bright and shiny. sure
enough, there was little mirror In the
bowl of the spoon. and such a funny
Polly reelected there. with very fat
cheeks and very small eyes, and no
hair. When she moved her head her
cheeks grew thin. and her eyes as
large and round as an owls. How
Polly did laugh!
Then she secured another spoon. and
soon there was another tiny looking
glass, and another queer little Polly. as
funny as the first.
little mirrors her work was done, and
she was surprised to find that it was
only play, after all.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-22

Fountain pens are rather older than
nest people imagine. AS long ago as
1924 they were in use, for in that year
Thomas Jefferson saw a contrivance of
this sort, tried it, and wrote to General
Bernard Peyton of Richmond, Va, ask
was of gold and the ink tube of silver
and. according to Jefferson's letter, the
maker was Richmond watch repairer,
named Cowan. The price, he under
stood, was So. The first American pat
ent for fountain pen was granted in
1880. to one Douglas Hyde, but the
earliest English patent was issued
twenty-one years before.-Scieutifi
American.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-22
THE MoNEyLEss MAN.
Hardships of an Experimenta1 ami
Amsteur Tramp.

Hardships Of an Experimental and
Amateur Tramp.
1t was nearing noon, and was very
hungry. The question of earning a
meal was no longer an interesting spec
ulation. but a pressing necessity. I
turned all my attention to that. A
large iren gateway leading into cene-
terry attracted me. Several ragged. tow
headed children were playing about the
lotge. One Of them told me that his
father was inside, and he indicated the
general direction Of the tonbstenes. l
found the digger sweating freely IN
half-finished grave, and instantly offer
ed my help as q means of earning q
dinner. The grave-digger was an Irish
man. He leaned at ease upon his spade,
and soberly looked me over, and then
declined my offer. He was petite, but
not at all a communicative man. and
he met my advances with the one re-
mark that his 'old woman" was not at
home.
A little farther on saw three women
IN pursuit of hen. I eagerly volunteer
ed my help, and asked for q dinner in
payment. They quit the chase. and
stood confronting me with serious
faces, while l eloquently pleaded my
readiness to help them. Nothing in the
situation seemed to strike them as
strange or irregular, but they touched
upon it with short, grave speech, until
l had the feeling of something momen-
tous, and accepted their refusal With
sense Of relief.
At last In the outskirts of the village
Of Westport l found a man moving
his lawn, and he was willing to give
me dinner for completing the work.
Ny final success in getting an odd job
was a splendid stimulus. l urged the
mower over the lawn with a vigor that
surprised me. and the dinner which I
ate in the dim corner of an immaculate
kitchen was a liberal return for the
labor.
All that long summer afternoon !
went from house to house, asking sub
scdptions for the magazine. The rack
would have been easier upon my feel
ings, but l was eager to discover some
ready way Of approaching people. Not
even the loafers at the station were IN
the least inclined to share their COM
pany with me- At nightfall earned, by
saving wood for an hour a supper and
the right to sleep in an unused barn.
Scribner'S
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-22

For odd appetites the goat and the
ostrich stand supreme, with the ostrich
Just a step ahead. And yet an ostrich
finds trouble in swallowing a hot po-
tato. A South African writer tells an
amusing story Of greed and how 1t was
punished. He says:
These ostriches were a source of end
less trouble to US. They grew rapidly
and developed great kicking powers.
until they became sometimes positively
dangerous. the dogs and the Katiirs
coming In for most of their attentions
Their appetite was Unsuitable. We used
to make large quantities of biltong, or
sun dried meat, and there were usually
dozens of strips of it hanging on rheims
slung from wagon to wagon. and these
were always objects of attention on the
part of the oStriches. 1t was most
amusing to see one trying to swallow a
strip yard long and two inches thick.
Just as a chicken struggles with a
worm that is little too big for it. Once
we had to drag huge strip out of one
of the birds throats to save it from
choking.
But it was the culinary department
that interested them most. They would
always attack the Kaffirs bringing the
viands from the Kitchen" to the tent,
and sometimes were so pertinacious
that the boy would get frightened and
throw the dish away and bolt, and we
would lose the best part of our dinner
They would even come into the tent
and snatch things off the table, and we
would take 1t out of them by smother
ing a dainty morsel with salt and
cayenne pepper; but after awhile they
seemed to flourish on it.
One day, however, we got the laugh
on our side. Dinner was preparing and
one Of the birds was investigating the
pots around the fire. A great pot OF
ouge potatoes took his fancy. and he In
sontinently seized and swallowed a red
rot tuber as big as large pomegran-
Ete. He danced, he jumped, he kicked,
ne twisted his neck about almost into
xnots, he tapped his wings and wag-
kled his tail, he ran amuck, knocking
things down and banging himself up
against the wagons and stone walls,
and at last tore away into the weld at
twenty miles an hour until he was out
Of sight, and did not appear again for
couple of hours.
Every morning soon after sunrise
these birds would indulge in a dance.
They would rush away into the weld
for about q mile, and then suddenly
stop and commence waltzing round and
round in the most ridiculous fashion,
often till they dropped. l never could
understand the meaning of this per-
formance. 1t might be mere gambol-r
ing, but II so it must be nearly the only
rase Of young birds playing, as SO many
young animals do.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-22
hunters Nearest Moon.

One of the queerest of the heavenly
bodies is the satellite that is nearest to
Jupiter. Though it is bigger than our
moon, its substance is less than half as
light as cork. 1t is also believed that it
is cut in two; and that instead of one
moon, it is really two, and they float
ing so close together that the inhab BIT
ants Of either hemisphere-if there be
any inhabitants-may almost talk to
each other They are. at least, so close
that it may be possible to have arrang-
ed telegraph system between the two.
Prof Barnard says if the satellite is not
in two parts, there must be light belt
around it. which is very much like that
of Jupiter itself.-Pittsburg Dispatch.