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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26
rnApING STAMPS.

meet,nr OF merchants and others VIII
be held In the hall OF the Chamber OF
Commerce on Tuesday night to CONSIDER
the matter of trading stamps our IN
formation is that the wish Of the mer-
chants "a that bill shah be passed by
the Legislature prohibiting their use IN
this state.
There is an act OF Congress Tor 'he
Government of the District OF Columbia
which has effectively disposed OF tho
business in washington. and IL IL uhder-
stood that the bill offered in our House
by Mr.. Murphy, Of Richmond, has some
what similar features. This bill Is now
pending in the Committee on Commerce
and Banks. and will be considered early
after the LIST OF January.
We think our people wish that the Dill
shall be aimed as directly as possible AZ
ths trading-stamp system. OF course, In
n sense. II must be made general, but
care should be taken not to encumoer II
with provisions foreign to the purpose IN
view.
The Dispatch hopes that the meeting IN
question will be well attended, and that
there will be a full and free discussion
OF the subject. We cannot out pehe'e
that the overwhelming sentiment VIII
favor legislation hostile to the scheme'
We fancy that the only question VIII be
as to the phraseology to be adopted.
we append Mr.. Murphy's bill;
House Bill No. 48-A BIZ TO frohioi'
and punish Trading-Stamp or ANY
Other Gift Enterprise.
/ Re II enacted by the General Assem-
bIy of Virginia, That no person shaii seii'
or offer for sale, any article or merchah-
disc of any description whatever win
the promise. express or implied, 10 give
or deliver. or in any manner hold out the
nrop,ise of gift or delivery of any ticket,
check. metal or paper stamp, OF other
written or printed promise or assurance
EXPRESS or implied that the SAID ticket
check. metal or paper stamp or written
or prjnted promise or assurance, may De
used in payment or purchase or, or ex-
change for any other articles of merchan-
disc from any other person or corpora
tiSn.
No person shall in any manner en-
gage In any gift enterprise business IN
the State.
3. ANY person violating the provisions
of this act shall be guilty OF INSIDE
meanor. and shall be punished by me
of not more than 1900. or be imprisoned
in iail not exceeding six months, or poth'
in the discretion OF the court
4 This act shall be in force from its
MASSAGE
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26

Mr.. Samuel Sloan. president OF the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western rail-
road, was in position to eat his Christ
mas turkey from a gold service that
cost $4,000 If he was in mind to do so.
He was presented with such a service
last Thursday by officials and employees
of his road, in commemoration of his
eightieth birthday, and his thirtieth year
as president of the railway company. It
is said Mr.. Sloan was disposed to decline
the gift Thursday morning, but after
luncheon concluded to change his mind.
One Is always more complaisant after
luncheon than before. particularly II the
meal be elaborate. as 1t probably was In
this case.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26
CORNER FIRST.
Latest North Carolina Sensation.

washington Post.)
1.-THE Governor Of North Carolina
thought for a few minutes last Thursday
that he had triumphed in very i'm
portant case, but his gratulatory feelings
soon received rude shock" said Mr.. Nj.
A. Hickson, at the Raleigh.
For some months the Governor has
been trying to Dust two of the state Rail-
read Commissioners, Messrs. j. w. VIII
son and Ohio Wilson, who are not kins-
men, though of the same surname. He
had appointed L. G. Caldwell and j. II.
Pearson in the place Of the wilson's, who
stubbornly refused to give up their OFF,
ces, and the matter was taken to the
courts. In the State Supreme Court
Thursday an opinion was rendered by
four of the justices-the Chief Justice
alone dissenting-to the effect that Messrs.
Caldwell and Pearson were entitled 10 ex-
ercise the duties OF State Railroad Com
missloners, and that the Governor was
within his authority in appointing them.
In this view Chief-Justice Faircloth did
not concur, but filed an opinion. which, in
substance, denied the right Of the Cover
nor to remove the two Wilson's.
1.-THE Governor and his appointee were
jubilant when they got the news OF the
decision. and planned to Immediately eject
the obnoxious Wilson's. IL necessary they
would be thrown out bodily, so a writ or
execution was Immediately obtained to
put Caldwell and Pearson in the Office
they long had yearned for. Alasl human
hopes are born but to be b!ighted. Before
this writ could be executed counsel TOR
the Wilson's got the Chief Justice, who
alone could issue it. to grant a writ OF
error and supersedeas. which acts as
stay and carries the case to the United
States Supreme Court. Caldwell and
Pearson are out in the cold; the Wilson's
hold the fort; the Governor is sore and
full of wrath, for he knows that twelve
long months may elapse ere the tribunal
at Washington may decide whether he has
power to remove one set of commission
ers and put another in. This is the mo
mentous subject that has stirred the good
city of Raleigh nightly or late, but,
candidly, don't believe the average Tar
heel cares a continental whether the Gov
ernor shall eventually down the Wilson's
or get fioored himself"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26

The idea of establishing kissing
line" on New York piers to keep enthu-
siastic incoming passengers and their
equally demonstrative friends from meet
ing for prolonged embraces before the
baggage has been disposed Of is being
discussed by customs officials. They have
complained for some time that their
work, slow enough in the best OF cir
cumstances, is greatly hampered by the
hundreds Of kissing couples. whose greet
ings seem never to end. To remedy this
they suggest that line be established
on the piers, which shall hem in ar
irving passengers until their baggage has
beel passed, and which shall keep their
friends out.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26
The Night Before Christmas.
CThe Boston Version)

(The Boston Version)
Twas just anterior to the day that ushers
Christmas in,
Qulescent was the domicile, cen rodents
hushed had been,
From carven ingle-top the pendent hozen
did appear,
Prophetic of the advent of st. Nicholas,
so dear.
Adjusted was each offspring to the 1T
nocturnal berth.
While visions saccharine did alternate
the seasons mirth;
The mater and Sir Ego, capped with pro-
per cranial wear,
Disposed were the benefits Of somnolence
to share,
When from the realms exterior such dis
1 straightway did uncodch myself the rea-
son to disclose;
To crystal apertures 1 held with expedi-
tious speed,
And backward threw the barriers that
did my sight impede
Fair Dian on the Counterpart that
Terra's breast did spread
An argentine effulgence did most lumin-
ously shed.
And as this glare irradiant lit the west
ern hemisphere
A sleigh and eight Laplandic quadrupeds
did quick appear,
With reinsman so immaculate, so prim,
so CONNIE IL fault"
That he st. Nicholas was / did indubita-
bly, know;
With rare acceleration sped his coursers
on their way.
AS with piccolo effect, his labials did
say:
ssN-oo, D,aobar napoar Drannar Vivian
Comet Cupid, on!
Ho, Donder true, and Blixen, too, with
emphasis BECOME!
To attitudes of portico and towering
heights of brick,
Haste, haste, and prove yourselves the
Christmas couriers of St. Nickv'
AS ripe autumnal LEAKAGE, having caught
the hint to die,
Doth, meeting with a barrier. to heights
celestial HE.
So unto homestead pinnacles with freight
age of good cheer,
These coursers Of st. Nicholas did with
their rider rear,
And thereupon my residential roof did
quickly breed
The brisk staccato rat-a-tat Of many an
antlerd steed,
Whereat / quick withdrew my head and
window-opening sealed,
When 10! the tabled Ingle-god was to my
sight revealed;
In seal adornments capable In hearth
stone nook he stood,
Revealing taints fuliginous his garments
had accrued;
A mammoth omnium-gatherum sack upon
his spine did rest
A rare impersonation OF a huckster ]
confessed
His optics coruscated, his lips did mrth
reflect,
His either facial side did wear a JAG
queminot effect
His vocal port in quaint, bow-like simili-
tude was shaped,
had escaped;
A pipe abbreviated in his dental grasp
he held,
While vaporous convolutions from It's
cavity upswelled;
His countenance expansive was, his
paunch's overplus
Did, when he cachinnated, quake with
throes gelatinous,
And contemplating then this god Of I'M
known pedigree,
Did willy-nilly instigate my visibility;
A visual Meditation. fitful cranial bend,
Impaired me assurance 1 had naught to
apprehend.
No utterance he deigned, but with a dill
gence devout,
He brimmed the pendent hozen, then
with agile turn about
He placed an index digital his nasal or
gan to,
And hastily through mammoth ingle-
aperture withdrew;
Attained his steel-shod vehicle, his
coursers plped TO speed,
And like the wind-blown thistle-down
from sight he did recede;
But ere his disappearance came this az
fable devoir-
ITO 'omnes merry Christmastide and
heartiest bon SORT"
WADE WHIPPLE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26

It would seem, that unless Congress
shall come. by new legislation, to the
relief Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, 1t would be just as well to wipe
the commission out. a Washington
special says that II is commonly realized
and conceded in legal circles that the
recent decisions OF the United States
Supreme Court, supplementing prior
opinions of United States tribunals. have
in effect totally destroyed all the powers
Of the commission to regulate or restrict
the action of railroad corporations.
This, adds the special. is practically ac-
knowledged in the comments of the COM
mission itself in its last annual report.
The special further states, in simplifying
its explanation OF the present status of
the commission, that while 1t can inves-
tigate allegations of wrong which have
been committed, pronounce charges which
may be made we'll sustained, and de-
nounce as unlawful and improper what
has been done, the Supreme Court
has so emasculated It's prerogatives that
1t is impotent to redress any wrong or
violation which 1t may discover. 1t is,
therefore, Il is held. virtually defunct
body, so far as It's usefulness is con-
cerned, and must remain so unless Con-
gress vitalizes II.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26

1t now appears that the pyriform cavity
situated In the epigastric and left hypo-
chondriac regions between the esophagus
and Observation-Disclosures called the
stomach-is as useless as the htth
wheel to a wagon. This discovery was
made in Switzerland, but If 1t holds good
there II will hold good the world over.
and we should not wonder If operations
for the removal of the stomach did not
become as common as they now are for
the removal of the appendix. The doc
tors are treating man upon the same
principle that the manufacturers are
treating the bicycle with the object Of
discovering how little running gear he
can get along with.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26
chscago-New York Electric Road.

continental Railway Company, which
contemplates the construction of an ele-
waited electric railroad from Chicago to
New York, in a recent interview said:
Our road is practically an accom-
plished fact. We have already secured
the greater part of our right Of way,
have our arrangements for terminal ia
cilities in both New York and Chicago
fairly under way, and are now negotiat-
ing contracts for property and materials.
From present indications, the road will
be in operation in about two years."
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26

The poet wrote some classic verse
or lofty thought and feeling;
His language was both clear and terse-
Poetic power revealing.
He sent IL to a magazine
For pay and publication;
Alas. the disappointment keen
II met with declination!
He sent II here, he sent II there.
But soon II was returning.
While the poor poet. In despair,
For recompense was yearning
The editors refused to heed
The beauties OF his verses.
And seemingly they'd all agreed
To open not their purses.
The bard at last conceived a plan,
And In 1t did not falter:
The verses he began to scan,
The final one TO alter
And in the rhymes. with that last hop,
Which often moves some scholars,
He introduced a brand OF soap
And made his $50!
JOHN s. GREY.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26
DAVENPORT, MORRIS & Co..
SEVENTEENTH AND DOCK STREETS,
RII HMOND, VA.
offer to the trade
OF Their Own Importation

QUEEN CHOP Oolong Tea, with Green
Tea flavor. The finest Tea imported.
j. & +. MARTELL-Cognac Brandies,
Pale and London color, In. wood ana
glass. Various vintages' IN bona OF
ART Tif RG GUINNESS SON & co.-stout
BASS & co:-Pale Ale, r,,u A.. ons
ROYAL AND G. AND C.-tilnger Ale ana
Cos SsaP Fo1 G&oRDoN & Co.-Rlch Old
Brown and Pale Bual Madeira, vintage
d. c. GoRDON-Fine Sherry Wines, v.
p, S. o. p, V. ). o. r., and ANON
tillado.
CARL ACKER-Wiesbaden, Rhine Wines,
Iaubenheimer, Nierteiner-H ochheimer-
Johannisberger, Claus-Schloss, Jo~
CRUISE AND Fills FREREs-Clarets
and Sauterns, Ponet Canet Grand Vim
Chateau Leoville. Grand Vim Chateau
Larose and Margaux, Sauterns, Haul
Sauterns, Grand Vim Chateau Yquem.
JULES REGNIER & CO.-Burgundies.
Macon. Pommard. ChanbeItin CLOS
Vougeot. La Tache Romance.
Very old London Dock Jamaica Rum.
Holland and Old Tom Gin. Ramsays,
Port Ellen Islay, and King william w,
o. SeStchb Tsnds Of H cSam 2Tsr
Mumm's Ex-Dry. Moet & Chandon White
Seal. Brut Imperial Pommery & Greno
Sec and Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, Sec.
GiSson's Spring and Fall 1891 1892. 1898
Rye Whiskey. Pepper 1889 Sour Mash.
Old Crow. Hermitage and James f. Pep
per. in glass. Jacob Growers and G. +.
Wyf s% baTr ryate of S'Gik ays
Quality. and Distillation 1892, Virginia
Mountain Whiskey. This Whiskey is
fully matured, and in our Judgment Is
DAVENPORT, MORRIS & co.
de 19-tJa1
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26

Pompous Party: Oh. yes; / got into
the show all right, but. Of course. nad
to pay $40 for seat.
Citizen: Ten dollars? Isn't that rather
steep to pay for single seat?
Pompous Party: steep? Young man.
guess YOU don't know that I'm a mem
Der of the United States Senate.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26

Mr.. Van Wyck, Mayor-elect OF the
Greater New York, has again shown his
practical wisdom by choosing news
paper-man for his private secretary, as
he is reported to have done. The APP
pointee in question is Mr.. Albert NJ
Downes, who has for some time been
a member of the New York Times stan.
The Buffalo Times says: HE Is hnely
equipped for the duties OF the posi-
ton. He is member OF the bar
and a diplomat. Though en-
gagged heretofore on newspaper hostile
TO the Democratic organization In New
York city. his newspaper work mas al
ways been characterized by honorable
treatment of the party"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26

and structures. 10000 in maintaining
equipment, and s7Aoco In conducting trans
portation In round numbers. the pay
rolls OF these amount 70 Nes,oce.ooo an
nually. It is also stated that trafiic and
earnings have been greater this year
than for several years past
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26
ESTABLISHED 1S43.
OSCAR CRAM & CO.,
IA GOVERNOR ST.
Richmond, Var
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS -,
FINE WINES, LIQUORS, And CIGARS,

beg leave to call attention to their
large stock of the above mentioned
goods, most Of which are OF their own
importation.
FRENCH BRANDIES, OLD LONDON
DOCK JAMAICA RUM, ST CROIx
RUM, ARRACK. sCOTCH WHISKEYs.
GLENLIvET, KING WILLIAM ",
RAMSAY, AND BURKE'S OLD IRISH
WHISKEY, OLD TOM, PLYMOUTH,
AND -MEDER SWAN GINS-all OF the
very finest quality.
All the leading brands OF CHAM
PAGNE-PREMIERE SERRE-our own
importation from one OF the finest vine
sHERRfEs, MADEIRAs. and PORT.
or FRENCH and GERMAN WINES a
nous brands Of CHATEAU YQuEM,
LATTE, MARCOBRUNNER, STEIN
BERGER. and ScHI.OSS JOHANNES
'GeiIIiBsoNs PURE RYE. STRAIGHT
OLD CABINET. CLEMMER, OLD
CROW, MELLWOOD, CANADIAN
CLUB. and other WHISKEYS.
The CANADIAN CLUB. for which we
are the agents here, only In bottles; also
the JAMES E. PEPPER wHIsKEY. in
bottles.
CREME DE MENTHE, CHARTREUsE.
and great many other fine CORDIAIIS-
none but imported.
HAVANA CIGARS-their own impor-
tation: also. a fuIl supply OF the Eel.
PRINCIPE DE GALES CIGARS con-
stantly on hand. de 1-tJa
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26

Hon. Adlai e. Stevenson. of Illinois,
ex-Vice-President OF the United States,
has been invited. and has accepted the
invitation. TO make the principal address
at the unveiling. on the Goth OF next May.
OF the monument at Charlotte, N. c.. to
the signers of the Mecklenburg Declara-
ton OF Independence. Mr.. Stevenson is
of North Carolina lineage.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26
An Airy Equestrian.

Young Man Ito companion. as he dis
mounts,: Despite your apprehensions.
old fellow, 1 managed to get through ali
right You see. i know more about
riding than you imagined.
Companions: There is one point, how
ever, that It is well enough to remind
you Of
Young Man: What is that?
Companion: The saddle Is intended 10
sit down ON.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26
Comforting.

Adelbert: I cawn't say that I'm feeiing
nachuwa1 this eve; I've got beastly
cold In my head, don'tyerknow?
Geraldine: Never mind Addy. Don't
grumble. Even II it is only cold, It's
something.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26
Native to His Calling.

Upper: They tell me that Piliman, the
druggist, is quite a humorist.
Clipper: Naturally enough: to a certain
extent it's part of his stock in trade.
Upper: How Is that?
Clipper: Why. he deals In gags,
doesn't he?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26
He Waa a Stayer.

Bertha referring to her sutton: You
needn't worry about Henry on that ac-
count. ma; longevity runs in his family.
Pa: The part of It that he inherited
doesn't run, Bertha; 1t just sits down
and sticks.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26
Two OF n Kind.

Nov that the Christmas time is past,
He said with look annoyed.
"a pail is on existence cast;
Life seems an empty void"
His friend. a man of family cares,
Replied with troubled look:
Life therein a resemblance bears
Unto my pocket-book."
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26
In Kentucky.
New York Journal.)

(New York Journal)
Eyes, sah," said the Colonel, after he
returned from the interview with the
man who had maligned him, II made him
take water"
Colonel" said the Major, solemnly
81 didn't think you could be so cruel"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26

1t was cold enough for Christmas
just cold enough; not too cold. We were
highly favored. as we generally are. In
deed. in the matter Of weather. in this
c1ordous latitude.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26

The Luetgert Jurors spent their Christ
mas in the sausage-factory, where Mrs.
Luetgert is said to have been murdered.
They wanted to 60 to a theatre. but the
Judge said nay They now know vat Is
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26
In Case It's Uncontested.
Boston Globe.)

"Of course" observed Xerxes, the King,
my will is law"
Doubtless" answered the wise man of
the court after consulting a few authori-
ties, that is to say, IL your Majesty
doesn't leave too large an estate"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26
Household Diplomacy.

Detroit Free Press.)
eyes, I always give Dickie magic
lantern every Christmas"
"Why do you do that?"
1T keeps my husband at home for
several nights trying to make IL work.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26
Our Anti-Flirting Bill.

Cincinnati Commercial-Tr
II the anti-flirting act contemplated by
the Virginia Legislature applies to the
members OF that body, its doom Is fore
ordained-a pigeon-hole in the most Sc
cluded corner of the Assembly archives.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26

minutes ago that I whipped you for eat
Ing ali tho jelly up.
Tommy: That's what you said you
whipped me for. ma, but when remem-
bered that hadn't eaten II all ! had TO
go back and get the rest SO as to square
the account.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26
Very Likely.

II Socrates were here to read
Our stanza, could he this commend:
Far better than friend in need
Is ne'er 10 really need a friend.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26

A youth may be welded to his calling
be welded to the party on whom he calls.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26

The State of Virginia is now paying on
an average about $4,000 per annum for
the support of the insane. Here Is an
expense that might easily be taxed upon
the counties. Richmond Dispatch.
The city press seems 10 be bent on
saddling obligations upon the counties.
With their propositions TO tax us with
criminal expenses. school expenses, and
support OF the insane, they have gotten
beside themselves. There is no retrench-
ment in any Of these propositions. Take
another tack" Suppose we Top on
some Of those appropriations at the big
schools and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the
rich. and occasionally poor boy-and
let the masses of Door children have
these dollars in common-school education
That would do the greatest good to the
greatest number-The Irvington Citizen.
Our friend does not seem to know that
the great bulk of the revenue of Virginia
is raised not in the counties, but in the
towns and cities of the Commonwealth.
And SO it will probably continue to be
to the end of time.
We have little hope that the support Of
the lunatics win be taxed upon the cities
and counties, but it would be fair
thing to do. or course, In tnat event
the State tax would be lowered ratably.
The saving would come in this wise: If
the cities and counties had to bear this
expense directly, hundreds Of idiots and
harmless lunatics who are now sent TO
the asylums would then be cared for in
private families or in poorhouses. Hence
the State would not be called upon every
two years to build additions to its asy-
lums. Nor do we think that the per
capita cost of those persons sent to the
almshouses would be, or should be, as
large as II they were maintained In asy-
lums.
AS to cutting down the appropriations
to collegiate institutions, that is a matter
where each separate case should be con-
sidered and decided upon its own merits.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26

Although the tongue is universally ac-
cepted as the greatest vehicle of thought,
1t nevertheless requires coaching once in
awhile.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26

The dethroned bicycler generally knows
when he's we'll eff.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26
What He Put Up

brooklyn l.lfe.)
Cheeky: Did you hang up your stock
ing on Christmas Eve?
Harduppe: No, not quite as bad as that;
but hung up my overcoat and watch.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-26

Now let's all become industrialiy cleo
trified along with the James, and make
this city hum.