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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-24
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. "A, 1897
THIS REVENUE DISTRICT.

we are glad TO see that our Chamber nj
Commerce is moving energeticaIly in tn,
matter OF trying to prevent the removal
from Richmond to Petersburg of The
headquarters of Collector of Internal
revenue for this district. Notwithstand-
Ing Colonel Brady's declaration that Sec
rotary Gage has decided to permit the
removal, we hope that the Chamber will
continue TO press its protest, seeing that
mat body's presentation of the case is
such as would not only justify, but ought
10 command. prompt revocation of The
Secretary's decision.
Inc question is in no sense a political
but is purely a business one. The head
quarters or chief office of the Collector
should be located where 1t would prove of
the greatest convenience to the greatest
number of persons having transactions
with 1t. The facts and figures embodied
IN the Chambers protest demonstrate he
yond successful challenge that Richmond
is the place that far and away would
meet this requirement more fully than
any, Their city in the district.
We have no quarrel with Petersburg
over tlis issue. We do not blame that
city 70; urging the removal. The efforts
of our Petersburg friends to compass If
AFFORD an evidence of their energy ANA
enterprise, for which they should &e
given credit. But the fact remainX that
were the question u. location Of fhe head
quarters one between Petersbgfg and Nor
folk, the former could, and, we doubt not
would, adduce the same unanswerable
business argument in favor of PETERSBURG Z
that our Chamber has adduced in favor
OF Richmond
We repeat that the question is purely q I
business one. unless, indeed, the depart- ]
ment considers that the office of Collector !
OF internal Revenue Is a personal office
nrst' and public and business office o
next. III this is the view of the depart L
nent' of course Colonel Brady has a
light to remove his headquarters to anv
'oint In the district. regardless of the Z
Convenience and the legitimate demands g
II the greatest number. If this is not 7
he view of the department; il the de- ca
artment considers that the office If IN
collector of Internal Revenue is first a No
ublic and a business office, Secretary ar
age would stultify himself In permitting ha
he removal. co
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-24
To Nirth.
(ChicagO Record.

Chicago Record)
reach me- o, Mirth, the language Of Thy
mood,
That may keep forever In my heart
Sufhcient store of all thy lessons good
Against the keen and ready-feathere
OF that sarcastic wit who plays his part
So nimbly we became obedlent mutes
| 10 grief, forgetful of thy merry art
And grow at last to hate thy mellow
flutes,
Like some imprisoned soul among a thou
sand lutes.
Let me Of countless smiles and merriment
| Make citadel wherein to rest secure
That when old Sorrows gloomy hosts are
| sent
Against me his long siege may endure
Laugh at his shafts and feel my gates
are sure;
Feast at my board and know that sweet
doth spring
Within my walls a fountain bright and
So shall l hear with joy my minstrel sing
And match my lot above or potentate or
king.
o, Sunny God of Laughter and of Song.
w nose cheeks are rose, whose eyes are |
tWinkling stars;
Whose voice is music have loved thee |
long;
And l have thought with wonder on
grim wars
OF those who passed thee by in whrling
cars
To triumphs proud, to thrones that
troubled be-
When they, forbearing, might have
missed their scars;
And with thee danced beneath the green
wood tree,
Linked arm in arm with love, without an
enemy.
Vain gods there are who tempt us from
our own,
Strange dreams that haunt us with de-
luding show;
We wake and follow. trusting the I'm
known
And waste the gladstone blossoms as we
go.
So find. too late. the path is one of woe
Through whose broad portals is no gay
return, ,
Since they do swing but to the regions {
If pillareG darkness and the sculptured =,
urn, j
Where Mirth Is Knocked and teered by I
hopes that madly spurn. I
Keep thou, o, Mirth, thy kingdom in our a
hearts, :
And in our eyes maintain their happy n
light, FF' rC
nd on our lips, until the soul denarts
Keep thou the smile Of thy contented q
might. p
Yea, sing thy golden measures through
the night; -
nclouded keep thy stars, and let the ~
moon ''0 al
Look calmly down from her enchanted
height ha
nd we will sleep. not jealous of our moon 90
II IKE the young Endymion, lapt in 70
blissful swoon. " ~
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-24
Richmond. Va. November %. 1897.

10 the Editor OF the Dispatch:
IN your editorial OF the 2lst instant
emitted Father and Son." you speak
81 John Minor Bolts as having left
Hiehmond In consequence Of his stand
as tnionist This. to a certain extent,
may DC true Mr.. Bolts left Rich
niIna shortly after his defeat as n cam
uiuate FOR the convention. the Wing
uchet having been Bolts, mcfarland.
ana johnson Mr.. Bolts was defeated
by Mr.. Randolph. It was then that one
Oh MS admirers secured. or gave. him
the farm In Culpeper. This gentleman
was a great political admirer and per-
sonar friend OF Botts's, and named one
OF his sons for him.
MI Bolts was the idol OF the old
wings CT Richmond He and my father
were strong personal and political
trends Often have | heard Mr.. Bolts
discuss Whigry al my fathers house.
IN iact, the first political lesson | ever
received was from John Minor Bolts.
ne ana dinered as 10 the war; /, as
YOUTH taking the inspiration from |
my countrymen. sustained and stood bv |
the confederate side. All, or nearly an |
OF the Union men and bows stood bv |
virginia when she went, or ATTEMPTED |
10 go. out OF the Union. Mr.. Bolts
GAINED TO occupy a position OF neutral
ny. lie at least was honest In his
'eneI' ana stood solid and alone by his
'pihloh' 10 say the least, Bolts was Il
great man In his day-a statesman
ln'ohs statesmen-and although no |
marble SLAB marks his last resting Mace
ne name Will live with the history of
,lrginia's great men of ante-bellum
ines. "
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-24
oRDwAY AND MONROE PARK.

The name of General Albert Ordwav
he was always called Colonel here) will
e best remembered in Richmond on ac-
cunt OF his connection with the estab-
shment of Monroe Park, which was the
rst great step in the DEVELOPMENT of
ur West End.
We have not searched the CITY Councils
ecords to see precisely what they show
ith respect 10 the promoters Of that en-
frprise, but our community has long
Pnceded to Colonel Ordway the fore
ost place in the movement which erded
Richaond's Transforming what was
en- vegetable garden into a park. or
Nurse the Colonel had able and useful
sociates and helpers. but common re-
TT has always accorded to him credit
"energizing" the project.
Colonel Ordway bought the lot at Tho
uthwest corner of Franklin and Laurel
eets. and built the handsome frame
use that stii stands there. His |
end. General w. c. Newberry. built the
OK house at the northwest corner Of
wv Suoet ana fafk avenue
ian century ago the present site Of
nroe Park was. in limited sense.
Puphc resort. 1t was frequented of
miners afternoons by young men. and
eireshment stand was kept there by
OLD woman. Later il became the
unds OF the State Agricultural Society.
society also leased the land between ,
hkiin street and Broad street. and mn, ,
race course there. But a few years
're the war the society. haying the
ortunity to do so. bought the Hermit 7
farm and removed thither. And so 4
old Fair-Grounds" came In "handv" .
USED as the camp for the first troons /!
IN csrolinians) arriving here from
south at the beginning of the war
N that time on tn the evacuation ~ q
imond Confederate camp WAS there e
upon their entering the city The a
efais also established camp ana a
'ary hospital there. Later. having
abandoned for all other uses, the N.
"us were Rented by city gentleman q,
.o'usated the soil In corn, potatoes. :,
@s s'e' Tbs lot sbetween Main OF
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-24
on THE APPOMATTOx
Approaching Observation-Disclosures
tng-Day Progrnmme-Rricf.

harringe-ThanlSsgi
'hS-Dny Progro mme-Briefs.
PETERSBURG, VA. November D
'speciaL)-On the night Of Tuesday No.
Vember Goth. in Trinity church. ar Dis.
putanta. Miss Susie Bland Gee daueh.
Ter OF ex-senator Gee. of Prince George
county VIII be married to Mr.. John Ar.
INSTEAD INSTEAD Williams. a prominent Young
et1i-Sh OF the county. The occasion viii
Oh course, attract a large asscmhIo,,o - .
the friends OF the couple.
Appropriate services will be hold ~,
lhahKsBiVinG-Day at the Catholic ana
episcopal churches. and probably in
o.ner churches. In the afternoon there
WIZ De parade and target-practice nv
the white military companies OF the or.
MT charles Han Davis. a welI-knour
young lawyer, is confined to his bo,,a
by sickness i''ie
me second german OF the season win
pe given az Library Hall on Friday eve
ming OF this week. we
MISSES May Robertson and jamie Dav,s
" portsmouth, and MISS Alice James
It,, SI'y rolnt' are guests OF Mrs. p. /.
WILCOX, on Jefferson street.
son OF Captain A. r uohhs
,rince George county. Representative
'ieet to the House OF DELEGATES ~,
'een very Ill for some time
MT William Wells, a popular vo,,,r
onductor on the Norfolk and Wester,,
aniSdu' Is rapidly recovering from a
aihiui operation recently performed o.
I'm az the Home for the Sick.
n coiored youth was given n e. hill 10 |
. changed at house on Tabb stroe.
us morning. Neither he nor the monsv
ave oeen heard from at this writins
no the police are endeavoring 10 anS
IL what the matter is. iAo
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-24
The school Question,
D the Editor OF the Dispatch:

10 the Editor OF the Dispatch:
| Your editorial OF the 10Th instant in
regard to the public schools of Rich
| mond Is timely. 1t should at least stir
every friend of public education 10 sue-
| gest some means so that the children
may not lose a single day in the hey-
day OF schoo! days. 1t may appear
trivial to say lose only ten days"
Dut we must remember ten days means
great Zeal from a session. We who
about arrived at manhood in the DAYS
OF 1851 know and feel the great loss
occasioned 10 the youth OF Virginia
from the period OF the war.
Now. Mr. Editor, as friend OF the
schools, let me propose that the parents
OF children who attend each school come
together and raise funds to pay the
teachers. The writer has one child at
the High School. and would suggest
that the parents and guardians meet
IN the assembly-room of the High
Schooi' or In some other hall, to devise
means 10 pay the teachers
understand this will cost about 81 coo
ana there are a large number OF
scholars attending this school so that
the cost for each pupil will be nominal |
rms seems to me to be an equitable |
way or overcoming the difficulty. we |
ought not to expect the teachers 10 do |
III and give their time for our benefit.
L Is their living. and Il Is orr chill
iren's education that is at stake. III
hese Views meet with favor. will Won
indy assist In securing a meeting of
'arents and guardians OF the school chill
rem? Yours respectfully, w. IL H.
Barton Heights. Va.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-24
= COTTSNILLE.
Killing Their HOgs-A Marriage
senator Martin

SCOTTSYILLE, VA, November 23.-
(Special.)-We are having a lovely spell
OF Indian summer now. During the late
cold spell good many persons killed
their hogs. as the porkers were fat and
the farmers wanted to stop feeding away
their corn to them.
BY the way, the corn crop Is turning
out much shorter than was anticipated.
and 1t is thought the price will 20 I'M
about Christmas. Heath's fouring-mill
at this place is still receiving large quan-
Titles of wheat to grind. They turn out
beautiful flour. and wheat is brought
here from radius of twenty miles or
over.
Mr. +. {. Morgan, an Englishman, living
at Warren, has just received notice OF
MS being appointed TO an important posi-
ton at Cairo, Egypt. The position was
obtained through his brother. who is an
officer under the English Government.
Mr.. Morgan leaves in a few DAYS with
his family for England.
Senator T. ). Martin and wife were in
town yesterday. The Senator is resting
at nome short time preparatory to re- |
turning to Washington before the opening |
of Congress.
NV J' a. dearborn, or Richmond. |
preached two able discourses i'm the Dis
ciples' church here to large audiences
on Sunday. Although comparatively adj
Vanced In years. he has lost little of his
Vira and eloquence of former DAYS. Our
perIdS are greatly pleased with him
"A beautiful marriage took place a few
lays ago near Vallena. when Miss Per-
Nlns' daughter Of Captain r. NJ. Perkins
was united in wedlock to a young man
rom West Virginia
tremendous droves of cattle number
ng 600 or 700 in ali, have been driven
hrough here during the past week on
heir way to Upshur county. W. Va.
MT w. r. Pitts, who has been absent
month or more attending to some BUSH
esS Tor the Chesapeake and Ohio rail- !
'ad, returned to his home here YESTERDAY
MISS Mary Bull. of Richmond f. {
uest OF her relatives here-Mrs. d. p.
overs and family.
MT Andrew j. Epps. OF buckingham
ourthouse, is here the guest Of his
mt Mrs. DR.. Osborne and family.
MT j. w. Parry of near Warren d
wing sold out his farm and househoId
ods' intends, it is said. to start for his I,
rmer home-England-in short time n
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-24

Examine your pile of $40 bills carefully.
The Secret Service announces that rev
counterfeit $40 silver certificate of the
series of 1891, Tillman register, Morgan
treasurer, is in circulation. The note
is produced by the Photographic process.
and has pink-tinted seal. The mum
bering has been traced with blue ink aid
is well done. 1t has no silk threat or
Imitation of it, and the back Is brown,
instead of green.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-24
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Settle.
Washington Post. 22d)

Hon. Thomas Settle, the welI-known
ex-congressman from North Carolina is
al the Shoreham with a fair young bride,
Formerly Miss Potter, of Wilmington.
whom he led to the altar last week. Mr..
ana Mrs. Settle have been receiving many
congratulations since their arrival. The
former has concluded TO renounce politics
Tor the present, and has located in
Greensboro, where he will give strict at
tention to the practice of law. When he
hrst entered Congress- Mr.. Settle was the
youngest member OF the House, and du-
ring his tenure made an enviable record
as a legislator.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-24

Dr' Thomas Powell, of Los Angeles.
Cal, has the utmost contempt for tho
germ theory Of disease He regards the
germs as the results, and not the
causes of disease. The Doctor has taken
INTO his system all sorts of germs while
ne has been making these experiments
| and has never suffered the slightest
Marin from them. His statements are
corroDorated by number of his brother
physicians. who were witnesses of bis
experiments.
In statement that DR.. Powell has
given to the press. he tells of number
OF his tests, and then goes on to say:
Then l made the greatest trial of all
In the presence of twenty-five pbvsi
clahs took, first. the bacilli of typhoid
mt" the stomach. enclosed in gelatine
capsules; and second the bacilli of dfnb-
iberia by both the vaccination method
ana subcutaneous incubation.
examinations were afterward made
Dy the physicians referred to of the
pulse the temperature, and of the re- |
SEPARATION. and 1t was unanimously do |
cared that these NEGOTIATIONS produced |
no greater effect upon me than micbt |
nave been expected from a like quantity |
I'm order that there should be no NOS
slbility OF doubling Thomases declaring
That the experiments were successfuI
only In my case, and that | had in some
way been made contagion-proof by ma
.ure, l singled out from my patients
wo who appeared to be fit subjects for
similar experimentation. and, with their
consent, put them through the same
curse as l had undergone. with less
lruient diseases. The outcome proved
hat my calculations were well founded
20 evil resulting in their cases more Z
han In mine"
Dr. Powell may be germ-proof. but
hen his professional brethren get TO
issecting him and his theory. he Will :
oubtiess, feel pains which will be be- 0
ond the reach Of anaesthetics. And. by L
lie way, Powell is not the first 10 ex- 7
'riment in this line-certain German In u
'stigators having some years ago led II
3 way in that direction. S
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-24

The New York Herald joins I'm the
fight against the present pension mi
guilty. Among other facts presented by
the Herald are these:
THE fees for examining surgeons and
expenses Of dispensing the moneys have
amounted to S2,cCOC00. and the pensions
distributed realh the astounding total
Of more Tran 50 1O7. 10000. As we get
further away from the period Of the
war, ne pension list, instead OF dwin-
dllrs, Is increased in a geometrical
rstio. The sl5,0c000G of 1866 has grown to
l4cCOJ,OW in 1895, and is still swelling"
How long are the taxpayers of the
North and West going to stand this sort
OF thing?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-24

The Dispatch acknowledges the receipt
OF copy of Owens & Minors Virginia
and North Carolina Almanac for the year
1888, calculated in Richmond. standard
time for 81 degrees. 80 minutes north lati-
tude by w. a. Gathright. nephew of r.
X. Bowles of Louisa county, Va" The
price of this almanac is five cents.
We have also a copy of MitcheHs
Farmers Almanack. 1898, published by
the Mitchell Company, of Petersburg, Va.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-24
WE DRAW THE LINE.

We had thought that the limit OF nine
q teenth century iconociasm and dlslllu-
sonizng. and the highest development
I OF materialistlc cult had been reached
when we saw that a mission had been
I organized to convert. or pervert, from
, the error OF their way the back numbers
who stlll condone the heresy OF per-
, uniting the little ones to believe in
Santa Claus. But We were mistaken
The New England papers have taken up
the story Of the Man In the Iron
Mask" and with ghoulish glee and the
refinement OF cold-blooded cynicism and
cruelty are attempting 10 demolish
IL. The Hartford Courant Is one OF the
leaders in this outrageous performance.
| and in a late issue dec'2res that there |
never was a man in the iron mask |
and that there was not even an iron |
mask for a nan to he in"
During the last few years, we have
sacrificed many OF our cherished convic-
tons on the altar of fin dc steele
utilitarianism and practically" We
have even been tempted 10 join the
crusade against children's reading fairy
tales We have almost become convinced
that no one ought to peruse Jack the
Giant Killer" or Mother Goose's Melo-
dies" or study McGuffey's first spelling
book until he had attained an age and
developed an intellectual acumen that
would enable him to appreciate the
occult symbolism in these productions .
that the authors thereof did not know h
.
dawn on US that perhaps it was our duty 6
to our little ones, considered with re- Il
ference both to their happiness and their !,
mental culture, TO confine their reading Y
o such simple and easily comprehended Il
authors as Burton, of Anatomy Of
fame: Horne Tooke, Adam
smith, Browning, Emerson, Ibsen, etc.
'or is that all. We were gradually
our heart to take part in the eA
massacre Of Santa Claus, and preparing al
o sit down at a Barmecide feast at AZ
hitch his mythical reindeer would be :"
erved up and 1t would be proved by 80
ndree or some other Arctic explorer 70,
lat there was no toyshop at the North fol
ole Or
But we draw the line on the attempt ter
wipe out the Man in the Iron Mask" frs
hat is carrying the thing too far. The yo'
prisoner of the Bastile is lid
out the only thing of that character DO
I us from the wreck wrought by
ter-day investigation and fadism. II
ere never was man in the iron .r
isK ana never an IRON mask Tor hat
IN to be in, there ought to have been, beir
we are going TO believe in both. ~
rthermore, we recant as to our weak MS
IS touching fairy tales and Santa
Jus. and beg pardon Of the little ones.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-24
TIE INSANE.

Dr' Robert J. Preston. the Superintend
ent OF the Southwestern State Hospital
says in his annual report that he find,
there are under treatment in the three
virginia hospitals for whites at the close
OF this fiscal year, September 30. 1897
LOO insane patients. There have been
during this last fiscal year 4s9 admissions
into these three hospitals. 2S6 discbdrees
ana loz deaths. There are aboutiOO white
insane still outside the hospitals In the
state a few Of these arr on bond In
charge of friends; but al, sooner or later
VIII be applying for admission unless re-
HeYed by death. ne urges that an emf.
ieptic colony Je established; also that
tne southwestern Asylum be enlarged.
Dr. Preston further says:
IL maybe interesting to note at This
, the ciose Of the first decade of the ex
4S'encs OF this hospital. the statistics OF
th5 insane during this period From the
aSylum reports 1t will be seen that there
were september 80 1887. in the State hos
pltals QoI whites) LII insane. Septem- |
Der 30, 1897, there were in these three hos
pltals l,155 insane. This is an increase in
the last ten years of 5S4, or over 40 ner
cent. P''
Inc population Of Virginia in 1880 was
l''IZ4'4; in 1890 it was 1865 $3.50. an in
crease during this decade of 1855. or
trout Sl2 per cent. This shows marked
rauo OF increase of insanity over and
Dove the increase of population.
WIN the colored insane this increase is
nuch more remarkable. September 30
o'' theTe We're In the Central Asylum 43i
nGHn0s hr, |
he Central Hospital 49, This is an in
rease in the colored asylum population
40 or about IS per cent. in the last
en- years.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-24

done by the apostles. The proposition
was met by a. warm response, The nrst
10 shed his blood for the Cross was the
brave and Jealous Stephen, who vas put
at the head Of this commission. and he
was the first Christian to enter Heaven.
"nat a noble and sanctihed work! Let
US follow his Jealous spirit. =.