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from Venezuela. Mr.. Elicit landed on
thursday last in New York. where he
mas since been in consultation with busl-
ness-men OF that city. Mr.. Elicit says
he had a most delightful trip 10 the
southern republic, and enjoyed his stay
there very much. His reception by the
authorities and commercial-me was all
that could be desired. When asked about
the result OF his mission he said polite
~. but very positively. that he declined
as counsel to discuss other peoples pri-
Vate affairs. II is evident however.
from Mr.. Elletts general and pleasant
manner that he at least was greatly
pleased with the results OF his mission
10 the Venezuelan republic. Mr. Elicit
viii leave by an early morning train
for Richmond.
THE CIVIL~SERVICE DECISION.
Judge Cox's opinion in the Wood civil
service case is not seriously considered
here. The question Of Jurisdiction was
really the only question before the court,
but the Judge delivered an elaborate
partisan dictum in condemnation OF the
civi.-service law. In this respect he has
followed the brilliant argument and the
able brief submitted by Assistant-Attor-
ney-General Boyd. and the only expla-
nation Of the matter Is the desperate
exigency in Ohio politics. The seeming
affront to President Mckinley in the
suggestion that he has violated the civil
service law in his order of August 1lth
shows that the whole thing was pre-
arranged. and Is TO be estimated at
whatever it may be worth In the i'm
pending Ohio campaign.
IL is understood that the matter was
Y "a ha
evening in a somewhat jocuar way.
Judge Cox. it is claimed, has gone little
too far, and as the matter will be taken
80 the Supreme Court for final action.
there is no apprehension on the part Of
the civil-service employees i'm the c'ass.-
fed service that the decision to-day will
affect them.
In the mean time, the cases of the
ousted officials at Richmond now in
course of preparation for judicial hear
ing, may have an important bearing on
the partisan decision rendered to-day by
Judge Cox.
PERSONAL AND POSTAL.
Hon. John S. Henderson. Of Salisbury,
n. c.. ex-member Of Congress, is in the
city. stopping at the Metropolitan.
NJ. NJ. Green. Warrmton. Va; r. b.
Stipes. Harrisonburg. Va, and Taylor
Granny, OF richmond, are also at lne
Metropolitan.
New post-ofiices have been established
as follows: At Burton. King and Queen
county, Va, with John Y. Burton as
postmaster; Duty, Dickinson county,
Va. with Joel f. Duty as postmaster,
and Vanessa, Campbell county, Va,
with Mary Humbles as postmaster.
Among the fourth-cass postmasters
commissioned to-day are the following:
Stephen A. White, Mebane, n. c.; John
c. Brown. Red Springs, n. C.-money-
order offices william j. Kennedy, Jr..
Cabin, n. c.; owen B. Cox. Catharine
Lake. n. c.. and Henry B. Jones, Sum
mer Duck, Va.-not rnoney-order offices.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-15
Teachers Elected.

WAVERLY, VA. September li.-tSpe-
cial )-The Waverly District School Board
met here yesterday 10 eject teacners Tor
the ensuing term. The following teachers
were elected: Principal of the Waverly
graded school. Mr.. J. NJ. Mciien. Jr., OF
petersburg. Va; Second Assistant in
same school, Miss Blanche Fleetwood. OF
this place; School No. 2, Miss Burton, OF
Farmville. Va; School No s. MISS Alma
West. of Sussex county. Mr.. Mullen is
a graduate OF Randolph-Macon College,
and Miss Fleeting is graduate OF the
Southern Female College. OF Petersburg,
Va. The other two young ladies come
highly recommended
Mr.. II. A. Dobie. Superintendent OF
schools for the city OF Norfolk. and Mr..
l.. II. Dopie. OF Richmond. are visiting at
the residence of their father, Mr.. X. l..
Dobie, in the county.
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wreck of the Agnes Grace.

SAVANNAH, GA, September N.-Tne
wreck of the schooner Agnes /. Grace,
which sank August 9Th with four l5-ton
guns for Tybee fortifications on board
9as located to-day twenty miles south
east OF the Tybee sea buoy by the tug
William +. McNealy, Of this port. The
wreck had moved about one and hair
miles from the position buoyed by the
limited States buoy tender Wistaria tast
Thursday. rhe stern Of the vessel Is
above water. Her nnizzen-mast Is gone.
her nainmast standing. with sail attach
ed her foremast hanging, and ner JiD-
boom turned around. The deck was sound
ed i'm search for the guns, but they were
NOT on board. They evidently rolled over
hoard when the vessel sank. The Grace
"a fast breaking up. and Is right In the
nath OF coastwise vessels, and is danger
ms 10 navigation.
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TeIcgraphic Briefs.

Pittsburg. Pa.--A large number OF
mines In the district started. and stiIl
larger number win be In working order
this morning.
Charleston, 8. C-The Sixth District
Democratic primary returns are not all
in. The votes SO TAR received give Comp
troller- General Norton small majority
over Solicitor Johnson.
Cleveland O.-The coal-mIners in the
Massilon District held delegate mass
meeting and decided to accept the new
rate for mining at the expiration OF the
ten davs limit. Four hundred men at
the Goshen mines returned 10 work.
ignoring the ten days clause. and 80
others VIII resume work ut the Midvaie
mines.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-15
WELLINGTON THROWS UP SPONGE.
He Says Maryland Republicans are
Doomed to Defeat.

BALTIMORE, September H.-United-
states-Senator wellington to-day re-
day resigned the chairmanship of the Re
publican State Central Committee, thus
relinauishing the leadership of the party
I'm this State. The action was taken at
a meeting OF the committee, ana was
the direct result of the Senator'S ceieat
at the convention in Ocean city.
The resigning chairman delivered ot-
ter speech in which he Is alleged 10 nave
asserted that the Republicans are doomed
10 certain defeat in the coming cam
paign in Maryland.
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"rruth Is Mighty and WIZ Prevail"

The statement made by The Globe In
last Sundays "ad" that they were over
stocked with "Pointed-Toe" Shoes. and
that they would close them out this
week. as Surprise Special Sale No. sly
at the low price OF $l.4S has borne good
fruit. our representative saw their
sales for Monday-62 pairs-and yester.
dav 81 pairs. They say that they stsi
have ali sizes left, end again edvasA
those who prefer "a In wear TO 81 I'm
style to take advantage of this great
81. As shoe sale
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709 EAST GRACE STREET,

100 EASI GKAtE oINEEI,
sienor Campobello late baritone OF the
prInclpal opera-houses Of Europe. refers
with pride to the following opinion oil
opinions:
lean de Reszke writes: II certify that
nv friend and theatre comrade. Signof
Campobello, is one Of the ablest teach
ers. and that he knows every secret os
the true art of singing"
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p..nab,y Fatal Nine Riot.

pTTvrcRTRG, PA, September T., ,' ne
- line on the Youghogheny river
Dair Inv ,eS nv Osborne & Saeger, Of Cleve-
,spd opedIato9u n Was " the scene OF a riot to-day,
Which ,n viii probably result in ths dea!n op pi
at least one man The udny mScnare and ln,. to.day
s'aItyu 80 dieeers. who were opposed 10
a a. n'vU mems IS working. gathered. at the PIT
d and nav gsye the workers hot reception
ana ainen sase shev came out of the mine. As the
Miners Mine, began coming out iney ral weag
stoned back into the, PIT ana sess,s. ss,er
shots were fred sn'o me l'',,nu"'" whose
nn,e .ns ,s cannot be learned. more daring
n.0 ,nan the rest. ventured into the open;
ma Una" pas en stoned numerically. He WIN
nrobably die from the enec's Oh ''e
ahuSe.
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resolution requiring the company to ac-
quire franchise. but. through failure TO
agree upon the terms of the instrument
nothing was done in pursuance OF the
order. The Select Council tonight con-
firmed the action OF the Common coun-
Gil in directing the City Attorney to take
measWes to prevent the company from
doing local business i'm the city.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-15

be sure and use that old and weli-tried
remedy Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup.
for children teetfling. II soothes tho
child. softens the gums. allays all pain.
cures wind-colic. and Is the best remedy
for diarrhoea. Twenty-Five cents bottle.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-15

CHICAGO. September 1.-THE worna naar
was,ose park to-day. and who, II Was
claimed Claimed BY the defence, was Mrs. Luca-
CERT was tonight identified as Mrs. caro- caro-
line Johnson. OF 1853 north Centre avenue;;
in This city. She is demented. ana "'n
he sopt 10 an asytnm-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-15
Fire Wood Cheap.

The Virginia and North Carolina
Wheel Company Is offering Kiln-Dried
Hickory and Oak Wood in suitable lengths
for cooking stoves and heaters. This
wood Is unsurpassed for cooking pur-
pose, and II you use it once you will use
nothing else. Drop us card. or phone
us. Old phone, All; new phone, liO6.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-15
The Parties In Giles.

PEARIsBURG. VA, September IA
csneclal 1.-THE Democratic primaries for
Giles county to-day instructed the dele
gates 10 vote for w. j. Henson for the
senate In the Wythey3lle convention.
and for J. w. Williams for the House Of
delegates in the Pulaski convention.
The Republican meeting passed reso-
Iutions refusing to cooperate with Chair
man Lamb.
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Rosemary Library Opera Festival.

Rehesrsals for the above festival VIII
he held ON every Monday. Wednesday.
and Thursday evenings at 2o3 west Grace
street. at p. NJ. under the directicn OK
Signor Csmpobello. No new singers VIII
be accepted after the 18th instant.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-15

NORFOLK, VA, September A-(Spe-
cial l.)-In the Select Council tonight ac-
tion was taken which commits the city
10 an aggressive war on the Southerv
Bell Telephone Company. For number
OF years the company has been dong
business here without franchise. Some
time ago the Common Council passed a
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-15
a motorrnan. His sickness has not been
traced to any other point.
QUARANTINE IN SPAIN.

MADRID, September 1.-THE Official
Gazette to-day announces that all ves-
se.s arriving In Spain from ports be-
tween New orleans and Ocean Springs,
Miss, will be subjected 10 quarantine.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-15

ignorant OF Colonial Water as an eraser
OF Persistent Nausea. Indigestion. Con-
stipation, and Rheumatism, Is simply 20
acknowledge that you are unknown. En-
o,,ire OF any physician. s2i Main street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-15

Miss Frances Leigh Starr, In accord-
ance with previous advertisement In
these columns, will to-day be ready ia
receive pupils in Elocution at her resi-
dence, SO2 east Clay.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-15

on and after September l5th ID. u.
Bowles will be located at his new store.
COS east Broad street. with a complete
line of Boots. Shoes, &c
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-15

take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money II 1t falls. 2sc.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-15
The Weather.

- WASHINGTON, September a.
PAIN Forecast for Wednesday:
For Threatening wea-
ther. with showers ON the coast:
cooler In the interior; east 70 northeast
winds.
North and South Carolina-Paytiy
cloudy weather; cooler In the interior;
variable winds.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-09-16
DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES DECEIVED.
Korean Minister introduced a Dancing
Girl as His Wife.

A Washington dispatch states that
Cwing to the sensational occurrences
surrounding the death and burial of
Pom Kwang Sob, a good deal of public
ity has been given to Korean affairs,
and the indications are that this gov
eminent has had a man of humble
birth, masquerading as member Of
the Korean nobility sent here in the
capacity of diplomatic representa-
tive.
The present King of Korea and his
two sons are in constant fear of
assassination. The present minister is
said to be the son of cobbler and a
man who has threatened the life Of the
Korean king. 1t Is said further that
his own wife was left behind and that
he brought to this country, not sec
ond wife, which the Korean law rec
ogniZes under certain restrictions, but
a dancing girl, who has been presented
at various diplomatic functions, at the
White House, as the wife of the Kor-
can minister The minister belongs to
the Conservative party which is seek
ing to prevent the civilization of the
country. The king is Liberal and Is
endeavoring to modernize his country
His late councillor, Pom Sob, has been
giving him able support. but the infiu-
ence of the father of the present king
has been directed toward prevention
of the laudable desire OF the ruler. 1t
is through the influence of the father
of the present king that the minister
received his appointment. but the in
suit OF the memory of Pom Sob is so
great that the king will be compelled
to recall him and put him under dis
guise.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-09-16

and all will be we'll, Grasp the
handles thus, and in an instant YOU
Will be In the arms waiting to receive
YOU"
The parachute was ready. He had
secured her against falling by fasten-
ing her to It with rope knotted
around her waist; had opened the
valve, and permitted the gas to escape
and the balloon to fall as low as pcs
| siole, without endangering the glossy
stlken folds, Then drawing her to
him he kissed the girl again and again,
told her there was no danger, and re-
a!larnE II to be her only chance,
launched her into the air, Against
| tears and entreaties, with force that
Ct uld scarcely be ca(led gentle, Il was
done, and as she shot down, he felt
that his heart went with her, and that
II anything serious happened to her II
would break,
Those below saw the coming rs Of
an immense blue bird and cage: at
first very fast; then slower With
beating pulses they reached upward.
and when Belle Chalmers came within
reach she was quickly seized upon, and
half tainting, she was carried In
triumph to her distressed parents.
Ii was n mighty shout that went up
when she was rescued and no ears
welcomed it more gladly than those OF
the aHronaut True. his own lite was
in danger, hut what OF that? HAD
death stared him in the face he would
have rciotced and, whirled madly
3s he was, the light OF happt
along as he was, the light of happi.
ness faded not from his eyes or tn,
smile from his lips
She was safe that was enough No
very far from It, With the kuowledg,
came the desire stronger than eve
before to live for her, To live witt
her and instantly he did all possihl,
to that end, II was no easy task
The balloon had not been prepared fo-
such flight, but GOODNESS, daring an,
science ut last triumphed He cam,
down uninjured though the balloon
was sadly rent Little, however. h
gave thought to that. when a few hours
later he sat by the girl Of his heart
when the trials through which the,
had passed making each n thousan,
times more dear TO tho other,
so he is safe" was the comment o
one of the bright-eyed girls who ha,
listened to the learned disQuisition o
the professor,
Safe laughed another with
splteful tossing of her long curls
Safe? | don't know about that
isn't he going to marry Belle Chain
ors9"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-09-16
SHE SAW THE POINT.

Few fresh anecdotes of the queen
have been brought into print during
the ELUSIVE jubilee season, but one
which bears the stamp Of newncss Is
related by George w. H. Russell In
II newspaper article on tho prime min
listers of the Victorian reign. II re-
latcs an instance of Lord Melbourne's
fathorly wisdom toward the young
queen, which was told by him to Lord
ShaftosburN, and hy the latter to Mr.,
Russell Victoria, when engaged to
marry Prince Albert, wished parlln-
mont to confer upon him the title of
king consort" She talked with Mel
bourne her prime minister, but he
evaded direct answer for somo time.
Finally the queen demanded direct
reply, and then Melbourne, thinking
II his duty to be perfectly frank with
her majesty, bluntly said:
For Gods sake, mum, let's hear no
more of It. If you once get the Eng
fish people into tho way OF making
kings You will get them into tho way
of unmakng them"
II was MS plain, homcly English ms
the queen ever had addressed to her,
but II was n capital illustration OF her
common sense that she saw the point
Melbourne had so neatly made, There
was no further talk about having n
king consort.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-09-16
SINGING AMONG THE GREEKS.
The Ancient Greeks Sang Blithely and
Were Carefully Instructed.

Our present system of public in
suaction Is not SO modern as some
would have us believe. Sparta had her
state superintendent, who, II distant
report Is to be trusted, was an edu-
eational despot, But, while he welded
his walking stick freely daring official
visits, and encouraged has suourdinates
TO ply the roI on all occasions, no was
as dilligent promoter OF music as any
humane and progressive educator of
our era As n result, the little Lace
daemonians sang blithely, no matter
what tormeat was going on under their
tuaaes, And all over Greece, In those
ann days, were schools, ranging from
infant grades instructed by Arcadian
hedges TO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
schemes harbored In buildings unioue-
ly termed places of leisure" The In
rants were drilled in their alphabeta-
gammas; the older boys were taught
poetry and gymnastics. with something
arithmetic, geometry and drawing;
and adults spent their leisure with
thetortcians and sophists, paying hand
somely for the privilege Rut music
was the sina qua non OF Grccian life,
In school and in sport, In battle and In
burial, The epic and elegiac chantings
at festivals, the calm speculations of
PNthargoras ms to the music Of tho
spheres, tho choral outhurst of the
great fifth century" tho material odes
Of ryracus and rtndar, all show tho
national love FOR melody OF voice IN
veil as for high and harmonious
thought, An old-time Greek set down
smid the strident, metallic voices OF
our Occidental world would feel that
tho Furies had seized either upon him
| or the continent he was visiting.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-09-16
FOR STAMp-C0LLECTORS.

On August & the United States gov
eriment destroyed all the plates used
In printing postage stamps from tS47
to 1894, by melting them In tho navy
yard furnace, Not only the regular
postage stamps, but also tho depart
mont, due, and newspaper stamps were
included. The original dies aud rolls
are still kept in Washington. but Il
ia very unlikely that any of tho
stamps will he reprinted for many
years, II ever. Tho destruction Of the
plates will tend to maintain and prob
ably to increase the values OF all I'M
used United States stamps issued be-
fore the current sot.
The English postal laws allow tho
transmission through the mails OF
"l!vo animals" The Philatelic Chron-
iole of Birmingham states that work
iEg-man took advantage OF thin regila-
ton. and rendered his three-year-old
child as an express parcel The child
lore tag with address, nine pence
VAS paid as postage. and In due course
the child was delivered to tho address
given. IIarpers Round Table,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-09-16

that the Twins" We're originally one
stone, which was probably cut for the
reason that it could not be cut advan-
tageously without Il great loss in
weight. The diamonds first became
famous when they We're the property
OF Warren Hastings at the time he was
governor general of India. Later they
We're owned by a Russian noblem@D,
who was eXiled and who subsequently
sold them. About this time oYe of
the Twins disappeared. The other
was purchased by the duke of Bruins
wick, whose agents searched the world
for the missing gem, bat We're unable
to locate it. When the duke died his
fine collection of diamonds was sold
and the lone twin came into the pos
session of Il. August Neresheimer, the
diamond dealer of NJ. 20 Maiden lane,
New York. This was about twenty
years ago Mr.. Nereshemers agents
We're instructed to search for the miss
ing stCne, brit for a long time met
with no success. Finally one of the
agents who had made practice of
studying the jewelry worn by persons
whom he met saw the long missing
Twin" worn by Western man in a
Chicago saloon. He purchased the
stone and forwarded it to MIR. Neres-
hcimer. The united stones are valued
at $125,000.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-09-16
HER . AND THERE,

Dolly Madison according to letter
in the New York Home Journal, sold
almost all OF her silver. for which tho
government gave $4,000, In order to
meet the expenses Of her oXtrayagant
son.
/ London IL not only the healthiest
capital In the world. but 10 becoming
healthier than the great towns OF Eng
land. The death rate Is slowly de-
clinng tho mortality being below tho
average for the corresponding period
OF the last ten years.
To perpetuate the memory OF Tenny-
en-, cross OF granite, 81 feet high,
as been reared at the summit OF
Freshwater Down. and will be known
as the Tennyson beacon. Raised by
Inscription, this memorial Is to be
handed over to the corporation OK
Trinity house on August next, when
the inscription on IL will be unveiled
~ Lady Tennyson.
II ia estimated that greater quanti-
ties of gold and silver have been sunk
In the sea than are now In circulation
on earth.
Tho latest In the realm OF glove
making is gloves OF frogskin. The
skin Is said TO be the finest and tough
est leather In the world The demand
for them is not great, but OF sufficient
d menslons to make II worth while
10 manufacture.
One queer result OF the search for
the murderer OF Guldensuppe in New
York. before the name OF the victim
was known, was to develop the fact
that there we're at the time ~ persons
ysteriously missing from home In
that city.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-09-16
THE LAST ANSWER.

Dying eyes, what do We seee--
| see the love that holdeth me;
The look that. lighting, leans to bless
rae little daily tenderness;
Smiles without words; the sweet, sure
sign
" hich says in silence, l am thine,
Returning feet met at the door
Alas, for those which run no more!
All me, for lips that whispered, Dear
E. nth is all heaven, for thou art here.
see figure like stone;
Tie house where one sits on alone,
o God, have pity, for see
The desolated ling me.
Dying eyes, what do ye ses?--
see the Love that taketh me.
Loud in the breakers, soft in song,
Ever the summons calleth strong.
see upon an unknown strand
The signal of distant Hand.
The leaf is light, the bud is out,
Floods OF May colors float about.
! he pulse leaps high, the heart is
young,
The sweetest chimes are yet unrung,
My braveSt deeds | never did;
And, struggling with the collin-lid,
Hopes, dreams, and joys and happy
tears,
Start. throbbing, to live down the
years.
Almighty! Listen, am dust
Yet spirit am l; so | trust
Let come what may Of life or death
| trust Thee with my sinking breath
l trust Thee, though see Thee not
In heaven or earth, or any spot.
l trust Thee till shall know why
There's one to live and one to die.
trust Thee till Thyself shall prove
thee Lord of life and death and love
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.