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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-12
ISLAND CITY NH
Clever Counterfeit S,I,3
Arc 10 Wide CircSi
LOOK GOOD. But ARE SHol3
ship brokers uneasx
turbnnce in Rates ~ 12|'|
New orlesns DO XII

Galveston, Texas, septa s,I
clever counterfeit silver dolln, 20
appearance in Galveston "a pa: |
into pretty general circulatio.
body appears to know where x
come from. but dozens Of a. X
thrown out BY the banks ey&3 3
They are supposed to Be y ~
Of 1895. and bear the marx Y H.
Orleans mint. They are psfIl
and the dies are excellent. But ~ h
en- the edges is not good and ~ ,
light weight. Neither does Nc
true ring Of the genuine articlx 20
are good enough to pass UNA, y
circumstances as Is evidenced Y r /
that stores are taking them a., s.
them thrown out at the banks Il
COLORED PEOPLES CELRnY
On Monday old folks and chinn.
for colored people will be ok.,1
Douglas park.
A parade will form at Thirtesk vi
nue. H at 4 o'clock Monday evais
Will move TO the grounds. The WE
be made I'D Of decorated bicyrl~ i
wagons. militia company, wigrius
of the West" and Major Dsyh I
Beauty" fire engine.
The children's amusements viii ~
6 o'clock with races. etc., lastIps N
hour AT 8 o'clock there will & 4
hibition drill by the militia corbns
is announced that addresses will'E
by N. w. Quincy. w. H. Smith 1
McDade. w. u. Donnell, Reys. n
w. B. Pulham. A. Barbour, M. fLl
and others. Prizes will be giyn ,
o'clock.
The marshals OF the parade ii
Major Davis. George +. King. AND,
Ter. Joe Brown and Nelson Monteous
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-18
Good for Charleston!
Savannah News.)


The annual trade review Of the News
and Courier, published Saturday, shows
that the city and port OF Charleston are
forging steadily TO the front in trade and
commerce. The total business for the
year ending August 3lst last Is estimated
at above S75000O00. showing an increase
Of nearly $4,000 over the previous year.
This IS a magnificent showing. taking
into consideration the fact that cotton
was worth some 81 bale less last year
than the year before. Half of tho in
crease in trade was from cotton; hence
1t will be seen how the port has increased
its cotton receipts There were, however
large gains in other branches. In ferti-
llzers the increase is estimated at more
than 81. % 900, and in the wholesale trade
it is estimated at 100000. Exports were
increased IS per cent. and imports 90 per
cent. In some lines OF business there
were slight decreases. but there is not
room for complaint on the part of the
city as "A whole when the grand total is
taken into consideration. An interest
ing feature OF the trade edition is the
full-page Official map Of the bar and
jetties, showing by sOundings that there
is a depth OF q II feet Of water from
the deep harbor to the deep sea. This
means much for Charleston. and Sa-
Nannah reJOlceS Win ncr upon the sue
cess OF the port and harbor improve
ments. There are many evidences going
TO show that the city OF Charleston has
entered upon a new era OF prosperity.
"A spirit of unusual activity has con-
trolcd the business community during
the past year." says our contemporary.
\ continuation of that spirit will place
Charleston I'm the high commercial posi-
lion to which she is entitled. WIT the
CharlestOnians are moving onward to
better and buster times they should never
for a moment forget that one Of the most
powerful factors in the upward movement
has been and is their able newspaper
the News and Courier.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-18
Cultivation of Punctuality.

lPhlladelphld Ledger
But punctuality can be cultivated. SLOW
coaches can be cured. Some one has said
that the only way to catch a train is 70
start in time; and in this pithy sentence
lies the gist of the only cure of the habit
Of unpunctuality. Two rules grow out Of
it. one Is. always begin in time TO get
ready" and the other is, "When there are
several things to be done. decide which Is
the mo" important and do that hrst.
PerhaI these rules are best explained by
Illustration. No. / means that if you have
an engagement FOR O'Clock. and il
takes YOU thirty minutes to get ready.
start promptly at 4:30, and let no siren
voice tempt you TO delay beginning until
4.g5. Be resolute be firm in this.
But i'm No. ?, suppose you have to dress
ia go out by a certain hour, and you have
also a note 10 write. You decide to write
first. the note lengthens into a letter, your
non rms rapidlv away with the time; you
add a postscript for a very important item,
and then YOU have barely time 10 dress
using all speed. and as you begin in haste
a hutton pops off, or you cannot find your
Gloves and after this unavoidable 90 de-
Law Won hurry TO your rendezvous 10 IND
,our friends waiting. In spite of their
s,rscfous assurance that IL makes no
matter" you know that II does. But
e,,nnose Won had thought your engagement
90 laramount importance, you would have
dressed first. mended the button calmly,
,ho,, written the note with out any length
lin of il and neither your friend nor
'.n,,r ecorrespondent would have suffered.
palieve II punctuality is a comfortable
,.,r,,,a In n FAMILY. and entirely dependent
upon vour will.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-18

~ Eases, but Hargrovc was unable ,o
80 'ne pan. He used novel means
~ 'oVn'hs Tor II. 1t was embedded in
ny e grass somewhere at his feet. and
living himself on the ground he rolled
!. : ,ouhu 80 as TO feel the impression OF
nc pan. He found It, but was too late
IN the next inning Hatfield singled. stole
steohd' and completed the tourney on
ho'mess safe drive. Richmond broke
the ice IN the second. when Chesbro
hhed the ball over Che left-feid fence for
homer. The visitors tied the score in
.he NTH inning Lever began. with
base on balls, and went to second on
RAMS single. Both men were advanced
a base on Weiss out. and scored when
Eiberfeld singled against the right-neld
fence. Elberfeld was caught at second
then, when he tried TO stretch his hit
into double, OHagan making a clever
throw TO Hatfield. The winning run was
made by Newark In the sixth inning
HATFIELD raised a high one 20 left.
Schmidt tried hard to get under the bali
and fell down In his efforts. 1t was easy
TO see that the ball got away from him.
bat the visiting players. however made
the claim that he had caught the ball.
for as ne was dewn he cleverly picked
1t up in way hard to be detected
from the in-held. The bluff did not
work. however. and Hatfield was credited
with two-bagger. He moved along TO
third base on Rothfuss's out, and scored
when Carrick singled TO right. After
Richmond had been BANKED I'm their half
Of the seventh Umpire Ketchum called
the game on account Of darkness. Score:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-18

rally opposed, the covert sheer at sup
posed Inconsistency is manifest
This Is not the criticism which tends
10 tho solution of the problems of his
tory. and the memory OF the men Trent
travesties randolph. Calhoun. Toombs.
stephens, and Davis viii not be hurt by
these passing and sensational sketches
OF his. As Of Uncle Toby and the fy.
there is plenty OF room for them and
Professor Trent Compare with Profess
sor Trents sneers Mr.. Blaine's judgment
of southern statesmen:
Those leaders constituted a remark
able body of men. Having before them
the example Of jefferson, OF Madison.
and Of George Mason, in Virginia; OF
Nathaniel Macon. in North Carolina,
and OF the Pnckneys and Rutledges, In
South Carolina, they gave deep study 10
the science OF government They were
admirably trained as dcbaters, and they
became highly skilled I'm the manage
ment of parliamentary bodies. As rule,
they were literally educated. many Of
them graduates OF northern colleges "A
still larger number taking their degrees
at Pennsylvania, in Kentucky; at Chapel
Hill I'm North Carolina, and at Mr.
Jefferson's peculiar. but admirable, In
stitution I'm Virginia. Their secluded
mode OF life on the plantation gave them
leisure for reading and reflection. They
took pride I'm their Libraries, pursued the
law so far as IL increased their equip
ment for a public career. and devoted
themselves 20 political affairs with an
absorbing ambition. Their domestic re-
lations impaired manners that wers
naughty and sometimes offensive: they
were quick to take affront, and they not
infrequently brought needless personal
dsputation into the discussion OF public
questions but they were almost without
exception, men Of high integrity. and
they were especially and jealously careful
Of tho public money. Too often ruin
ously lavish In their personal expendt-
lures. they believed IN an economical
government, and throughout the long
period OF their domination they guarded
the Treasury with rigid and unceasing
vigilance Against every attempt AT ex-
travagancS and against every form Of
corruption"
MacauIay. with all his brilliancy. has
NOT freed william III from the stain OF
Glencoe. Froude, with his powerful
writing and patient elaboration, has not
made Elizabeth a saint. To compare
small things with great. the South need
not fear that what Trent has written Will
iniure IL or obscure the memory OF It's
statesmen. Dyspeptic sneers and Jeer-
ing fiippancy do not make history. 1T
Is folly 10 attribute lasting effects 10
malignity and calumny. IL IS the grave
est OF errors 10 imagine that the view
taken OF a man by his contemporaries
can be wholly without foundation"
The South cannot be injured; we re-
neat the hope that the University Of the
South will not be injured by its professor
Of history.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-18
Sang of the Railroad Train.
nochester Post-Express.)


I<inlino by the way, in his railroad
story "0y7 - in one OF the recent maya
lines nersonifes a locomotive. and gives
the song" of the fast mail as ioio"s;
With a acknowledgements Yam
Yah. Yah!
Ein-zvei-drei-mutte Yah, Yah! Yah.
She climb upon der shteeple
Irnd she frighten all der people
Sinein' -ghignal-schtingal! Yah!
YAH
This Is not particularly easy to read,
hut after a trial or two II does slip into
the rhythm. which all have noticed, in
the movement of railroad trains. And be-
cause Kipling wrote 1t, and 10 a measure
we All Know, il is very interesting; and
vet saws the Springfield Republican, II
is mot To be compared TO the creation or
an elderly lady whose hrst experience OF
a railroad was feicitousiy combined with
the excitement of visit 10 the panorama
an Roston." As she came home with
her head full of the sights and sounds
Of the city, this is the song the rails
sang to her:
Panorama, panorama, panorama;
Panorama, panorama, panorama.
These words are easier than KipIng's:
hut we think that a yet better example of
onomatopoetic work on this line one
more generally applicable. and more
euphoniously expressive OF the idea, Is
the familiar refrain. Got your trunk /;
cot your trunk; got your trunk The
cars do seem TO sing that. although. I'M
happily. not always truthfully.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-18

tary. Mr.. Irwin, upon taking the chair
spoke hopefully Of the outlook for Democ-
racv. and in his telling speech OF nearly
an hour discussed many pertinent politir
cal matters The meeting was very en-
thusiastic and harmonious except some
little wrangling over some resolutions
which were offered, but these differences
were amicably adjusted. The Roanoke
platform was endorsed I'm one resolution
and William Jennings Bryan for the
presidency I'm 1900 I'm another.
Joseph l.. Elswick, OF Buchanan. was
placed I'm nomination for the House by
Judge George l.. Counts. Of that county.
The nomination was made unanimous.
Mr.. Elswick was not present.
"Our friends. the enemy" held their
convention also. After 'cut-and-dried
speeches had been delivered by Hobart
Miller and II. l.. Rollins, declaring that
prosperity has returned for sheep
(even Old ewes) and calves are
bringing the best prices ever
known the convention proceeded TO noml-
nate +. n. Evans, Of Grundy for the
House. He heartily endorsed the noml-
nation I'm a short speech.
Charles W. Powers, Treasurer of this
county. has resigned. There are several
applicants for the place. The appoint
ment will probably be made at this term
of court.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-18
FAUQUIER AND LOUDOUN.
Nominations Made for Senator and
EIoater.

LEEsBURG, VA. September H.-(Spe-
ciaL)-The Democratic joint convention
Of Fauquier and Loudoun counties. called
10 nominate candidates for State
Senator and foater delegate to repre-
sent the two counties. met in Middleburg
to-day. Major ID. c. Hatcher was named
for the House of Delegates. and Henry
Fairfax for the Senate.
Both nominations were made unani-
mously. and both are the incumbents
OF the positions named.
A resolution, endorsing the state plat
form as promulgated al Roanoke, was
adopted; also. one to the effect that so
far as this convention could say,
the next senator, II Fauquier should de-
mand il, should come from that county.
The present senator Is from Loudoun.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-18
VIRGINIA POLITICS,
CONVENTIONS AND MEETINGS HELD
IN THE STATE.
Suffolk Elects Delegates Solid for
Bookcr-The Elizabeth City County
TroubIe-Nomination for the
House and tie senate.

SUFFOLK. VA, September H-(Spe-
ciai.) 1.-The Democrats Of Suffolk met to-
night and selected sixteen delegates to
the county convention to nominate a
candidate for the House of Delegates
The delegation is solid for J. f. Booker
for denomination.
cypress District, Nansemond county.
choose delegates to-day to the county
convention, the thirteen delegates being
for Booker. whose nomination is prac-
ticaliy settled, as he now has twenty
nine delegates out of sixty-six composing
the county convention, and will get ff-
teen or twenty more.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-18
Premature Bnriafs.
Naltlmore AmeTlcan.D

Italy IL greatly excited over prema.
ture buriaIs. A consular report states
that the entire kingdom Is interested
in the discussion. and that at the Ma
ton Exposition. 70 be held IN Turin In
April. there IS 10 be a display OF the de-
vices for preventing people from being
buried alive. The doctors say that there
Is no infalllble test by means OF which
real death can be distinguished from
apparent death. and the whole world
will be asked 20 contribute to the meagre
knowledge on the subject. This wave
OF apprehension about premature burial
is not new. II has only been three or
four years since several Of the Euro
pean capitals were agitated upon the
subject and the question was earnestly
discussed by the press. But similar ag-
itatiOns have occurred at intervals in
all European countries, and not so many
years ago devices were employed in a
graveyard Of at least one OF the Euro
pean cities for aiding the victims Of pre-
mature burial.
Late I'm the hfties n great prize was
offered IN London for the best means
Of detecting actual death. The money
was awarded for the simple suggestion
that a string should be tied tightly around
the little finger OF the supposed corpse.
II dead there would be no dscoloration,
but IL not dead the finger would gradually
turn black. Though such a high price
was paid for the suggestion II does not
appear to have come into common use.
The doctors. as a rule. detect death to-
day i'm pretty much the same manner
as was employed fifty years ago. They
candidiy concede that no test is infallible
but the number Of premature burials is
so trifing as scarcely TO be accounted in
the vital statistics.
The trouble Is that a single authenti-
Gated case sets the minds of people ac-
lively TO work. 1t is so unutterably
horrible TO think of a victims hopeless
struggles in the narrow confines Of
coffin under ground that it causes the
imagination to play all sorts Of CHASTITY
tricks. The victims rapidly multiply,
until one thinks with a shudder ne may
be the next This dread has undoubt-
edly driven some to provide in their
wills for incineration. They conclude
that it will be safer. If alive. to be killed
quickly by fire. than 10 linger I'm the
agonies of a living tomb. But the hOr-
rors are not as depicted by the fancy
If ten men were put in the ground in an
unconscious state, nine would die with
out pain or n return TO consciousness,
and the sufferings OF the tenth would
probably be slight. If wars and fever
epidemics be eliminated, IT is doubtful
II ten persons have been buried alive
accidentally in the United States during
fifty years. OF course. 1t is proper to
provide against even a single premature
burial. and If any infallible test can be
suggested It will be welcomed, and by
none more than the physicians. But the
string test and the ordinary tests of
science will probably continue TO hold
the field, in spite OF the agitation in
ITALY
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-18
4 GAME WITHOUT WRANGLING.
Cleveland Defeats Cincinnnti-score,
II to 3.

CLEVELAND. O., September H-The
only feature of the game was the com
plete absence of any wrangling or argu-
ment Score. X. II. T..
Cleveland -. ....S45OOO1lx-li ~ z
Cincinnati 10000 00O-3 10 2
Batteries; Wilson and Criger; Rhlnes'
I Wm6ir r" Kelly. Time-1 hour ana
45 minutes.
PIRATES, c; BROWNS. ?.
PIlTsBURG. PA. September l7-Pitts-
burg took both games from the rag
enders to-day. There were no special
features.
Pittsbure -. .....2O22 oOx-6 2
St. Louis ........00 90 ? 90 q
Batteries: Killen and sugden; sudhon
"i UmpirepMr. Mcdonald Time-2 hours
and 30 minutes.
PIRATES. 10; BROWNS, 4.
Second eame-Score: X H. II.
st. Louis .........1 0 03 OO 90 % 10
Batteries: Hastings and Merritt; Hart
and Douglass.
and 80 minutes.
ORIOLES. Il; QUAKERS. 6.
BALTIMORE. September 1.-THE Cham
pions took the first game from the QUA
kers to-day with comparative ease. nut
i'm the second they were unable 10 INT
Dunkle, the visitors new pitcher. At
tendance. 34i5.
Baltimore .l4OO0O42x-I 10 D
PHILADELPHIA . II o 700 % I Ct IL 5
batteries: Hoffer and Robinson; Ortiz,
Beck and Clements.
IrmpireS-Messrs EmSlie and Carpenter.
Time-l hour and 80 minutes.
PHILLIES. 2; CHAMPIONS. !.
Second game-Score: X. ii. T..
baltimore go. IL 90 OO00O-l 1
Philadelphia =. II 0O01 10000 2
batteries: Amole and Clarke; DunKle
and Boyle.
Umpires-Messrs. Carpenter and Emslie.
Time hours.
BEANEATERS. II; GIANTS, 0.
ROSTON. September 17.-Boston defeat
"a New York to-day i'm the most one
sided game seen here this season.
Score: H. H. r..
New York 10000 100000 8 .
batteries: Nichols. Bergen. and Camel;
Sullivan and Zearfoss.
Umpire-Mr. Lynch. Time-l hour ana
80 minutes.
GROOMs. 8: SENATORS. 4.
BROOKLYN, n. Y, September H.
BROOKLYN won another game from Wash
ington to-day in the ninth inning. Swain
has only himself to blame for the loss OF
the game, for after he had fumbled
Dunn's grounder. which would have re-
tired Brooklyn with one run, enough hits
were made TO win. Attendance, l,l42.
Score: H. n r.
washington -. IL 100000 0-4 IL A
Batteries: Dunn and Burrell Swain
and Farrell.
ITmpire-Mr. Hurst. Time-1 hour ana
40 minutes.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-18
Nominations i'm Dickenson.

DWALE. VA. September l7.-Speciai.l }
The Democrats OF this legislative uls-
trct composed OF the counties OF WISE
Dickinson, and Buchanan. met I'm con
vention at Clintwood Wednesday at lV'S'
A. Nj.
The meeting was well attended, ana
was organized by electing X. Tate irVin'
OF Big Stone Cap, as permanent chair
man and w. II. Bond. OF Wise, as secre-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-18
JUDGE BAKER II. LEE.
Opposition Manifested to His Re
EIecfion-Primary TO he Held

HAMPTON, VA. September H-(Spe-
cial)-Owing to Accomac's action in re-
ferring the matter OF nominating a
foater member Of the House back to a
primary for this county there will be
another spirited contest here, with the
result i'm doubt.
The opposition TO the reelection Of
Judge Baker +. Lee is very strong, but
his many adherents are exceedingly ac-
tive.
IL is probable that the Democratic Exc
cutive Committee will. i'm a short time,
order and arrange for the primary, which
will be the first ever held in this county.
Those who oppose Judge Lee profess to
gladly welcome primary in place Of a
mass-meeting.
1t is to be regretted that AccOmac did
not settle the matter; it would have been
much better for the party.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-18

CHARLES CITY COURTHOUSE. Sep
tember I7.-tSpecial)-At a meeting OF
the Democratic party, held mere ysstet-
dav Winfred Parsons. Clayton Walker,
John X. Waddil, and Herbert Saunders
were elected delegates 20 the Williams
burg convention. to be held on the 50th
of this month 10 nominate candidate
for the House. Mr. Parsons Is the dele
gate at large.
All of the delegates are favorable 10
the nomination of Thomas Temple Powell.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-18
hind.
Uondon spectator)

IIDNuUH 1ItNIdIVIT
Blow. blow, . wind, the clouds aside
That 1 may see the starsi
In Heaven glimmers far and wide
The FURNISHED shield OF Mars,
Ard Jupiter and Venus ride
The night in glittering cars!
Blow. blow, o wind the clouds aside
That L may see the stars
Nayi God has flung His darkness wide.
And set the unyielcing bars;
And Day and Night. UNDECIDED, ride
The world I'm glitteripg cars,
WILFRfD WILSON GIBSON.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-18
Roanoke Lambites.

ROANOKE, VA, September T.-(Spe-
ciaL)-A call for a mass convention here
September 23d TO select seventeen dele
gates to the Lynchburg Republican State
Convention OF October 9Th. has been Is
sued by "A number of leading Republicans
of this city. The call is signed by Com
missioner of Revenue j. 5. Patte, ex-
Postmaster A. 5. Asberry. and others
prominent In the Republican party here.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-18
SCORE BY INNINGS.

Newark -. .........l....0O1 100 .
ltltuHlpNQ ........s... ....D v 4 y v " v l. 3
Summary: Earned runs-Newark ]:
Richmond, !. Two-base hits-Homes and
Lever. Sacrifice hit-Kain. Stolen
bases-O' Hagan CO, Cassidy. Holmes, and
Elberfeld. Left on bases-Newark 3:
Richmond, II. Struck out-By Lever. 9;
by Thornton. q by Carrick 4. Double
plays-Hathed. Delehanty, and Cassidy;
Kain TO Lever. Bases on balls-On
Thornton /; off Carrick, Bases on err
rors-Newark. .; Richmond. 2. Hit by
pitcher-Elberfeld. 3 Passed ball-Wells.
Umpire-Mr. Ketchum Time of game, /
bOur and IL minutes
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-18
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
II Was Anybody's Game for a Long
Time.

PATERSON, n. j., September n.-(Spe-
played an elegant game
against the Athletics in the field to-day
and won. 1t was anybody's game till the
eighth inning. when base on balls, two
singles, and a home run by keister net
ted the locals four runs. Score:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-18
DEATHS.

LAYTON.-Died at the residence OF
his father. No GA south Pine street.
ALLEN ST. GEORGE, infant son 81 T.
y. and Katie Is. Layton; aged months
and Z days
safe In the arms Of Jesus"
Interment In Thornrose Cemetery,
stanton. Va.
stanton and Clifton Forge papers
please copy.