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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-08
SCOTLAND NECK.
The Military Company inspec'e"N
Harbecuc-Crops.

SCOTLAND NECK, y. c., August L.
(s,ociaIl-Colonel y. S. Register. Inspee-
tor-GeneraI Of the North Caroiina '''''
,-oon, was here this week TO inspect
tho Scotland Neck Rlhemen. He tolo
Mr. Claude Kitchin, captain OF the CON-
nanv that he was pleased with the COM
nsnv IN every way. The company was
orcanIzed last December. has hfty-three
.,,e.,bors fortv-nine of whom were pre-
- Cor inspection. Colonel hoys'e'
,atI como restrictions on the company
Tbov will now have TO drll twice. %
often as heretofore. and 10 per cent %
H. membership will be required 10 DC
present at every drill. .-...,.,,
Tho scotland Neck Gun Club yesterday
80 fine barbecue and Brunswick
-. % colonel A. L. Smiths iarh.
~" . Ito,rol,e river There was good
nro,,d nresent. and all had pleasant
49,, Tho Climb shot by sides in the fore
roor fen rounds each. and the same IN
the afternoon. EX-Congressman w ~.
Kitchin was among the Enthusiastic
snortsmen. but he could not get as many
"rieeons" as some Of the boys.
Miss Lena Dickens was this week mar
rled 10 Mr.. John c.. Boyette both OF ms
Mace Rev. G. j. Woodson, or GatesVlhe'
performing the ceremony.
Tho tobacco crop in the county Is be-
,ro cured and the tobacco-men on the
reu, market at Enfield say they nope
~ handle twice as much this season as
they did last. II IS getting dry and crops
are losing a little.
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- ,0- tho comfort and pleasure of his

ring for the comfort and pleasure VI
on Sunday service was held In the u",
-, he Mr. WILTON short, rector
., Peters church y Louis, the c III
vas led by Miss Winn, assisted pS card-
Juntinrton and Miss Myers, Mrs'
well. and air. sizer. . GOTTEN
nrocressive-euchre party was %
Nm for Monday night Mrs. i'ai,l. tya
baltimore. carried off the htst Scr
silver blotter. Miss Rose Cooke % -,,sb.
folk. second prize, silver az, centle-
Mr. Marshall Of Alexandra nISt case.
mans prize, travellins slass' nr,ze n
W. stabl of Norfolk, second prl1o'
&C.,, ~. leather blotter. and the conso-
lation prize, a silver spoon was
Mrs r.. b. Cooke. Of Noriok. .ory
Tbe Misses Boylin entertained re"
90 ,boIr friends AZ their cottage i'uD,'
nos niaved. Miss Rose Cooke WINNIE
the prize. ,,or NJ the
TUESDAY night the first german ol ~
soason was danced. Twenty-Five COUP
tool; part Mr.. Taylor, OF Wliiiil ll, III,
~ q led with Miss Leigh, or NOi 80
rbo chonerons were Mesdames DoD'e
walton Cooke. Waller, Huntihs . .oi
E,alfle C1llton. Graham, Boykln' Lien ~
sttne stanton. Naset. Among the "a
GERS we're the Misses Walton 49,
Tucker. Boykin, Huntington, c,ori,o
Moliahan. Graham, Old, Marsha,i' 49, 80.
Parker. Meredith, LEROY. and others, others
Messrs. old. jenkins, walton Ia got
White. Dobie. Irwin, BerilnshaIln 49,. 49,
ing Smith. Skerret. Hughes, b IoIHe
trough el ]. White, Williams, strinsieilo"'
Ellis. Berlingham. and others. ez...
On Wednesday morning the Oiu 1880, S"et
team challenged the Sweet CnaiS D 49,
IN "a a game of ten-pins, twelve on sac.
The Ola sweets won the medal by SKY ky
pins. On next Saturday another G matcn
game will be played at the sweet ShdIy
heatc and we hope to win back lost
hOnors. - a.
wednesday night the guests were ae y
uehtfuny entertained by an lmproIlp1u
nonceTt THOSE who participated were
Mrs. Coldenay. Of Kentucky; Mrs. Chil-
ton Of Charleston. w. Va; Mr.. jenkins
of Virginia; Mr.. Richter, Of sweet CndiS
beate; Mr.. Byers, Mr.. Mclver' OF DeI%-
ware. After the concert the young people
had an old Virginia reel.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-08
MEHER RIS.
An Informal, But Pleasant, Re-
ccutIon-ChiIdren's


MEHERRIN, VA, August 7.-(Special)
An informal reception was given TO MISS
Leta Wall, OF whites Mills, by Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. p. Parkinson at their beauuiui
home on last evening. Melons, cream
and other delicacies were served in a
very dainty manner. Among those pres
ent were Mesdames II. w. Wall, V. y. r.
wall. l.. b. Parkinson, and G. c. wall;
Misses Gertrude Ewing, Mary Crew.
Irene Price. Leila V. Price, Josie wall
Maude wall. Jennie Haskins, Mary Hunt
and Leta Wall; Messrs. Il. W. wall H.
b. Parkinson, b. o. Scott, 7. l.. Lash'
r. c. Haskinson, J. W. Ffgg. r.. W.
Dickinson. j. 5. Shackleton, o. \. ArYin'
and Richard Russell.
Children's-Day exercises at the Meier
rim Presbyterian church yesterday were
highly interesting and entertaining Ihe
singing was directed by Mr.. william H.
Vaughan. OF Texas, who also gave very
instructive talk TO the children.
Mrs. l.. r. Thornhill and daughter, OF
Manchester. returned home to-day after
a very pleasant visit to Mrs. II. +. New
bill. .,.,.o,.
professor hlbin O. Bauer left this week
for Washington on a business trip.
Miss Lulie watkins and brother, X. II.
Watkins, Of "Milbank." are visiting rela-
lives I'm Granville county, y. c.
Miss Mary Grove. OF Richmond. IS a
guest at Cherry Hill." the beautitul
home of County-Treasurcr W. II. Ewing
Mr.. ]. II. Wall and family. Of white
Mills spent several days visiting relatives
here this week
Mrs. r. A. Iacfarland, Of Richmond, Is
visiting her aunt. Mrs. S. J. Baker.
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rourth-CIass POsimnsters.

WASHINGTON. August The follow
ing fourth-class postmasters were ap-
Vj'iIr-glnia-Blake's. r. r. Brooks; ClaIks-
vile W. y. Alfred; Relief. W. y. Mccoy
Sterling. George Johnson. ~,
North Carolina-Absaer's, ". D. WOOD WOOD
ruff Alfordsviile, a. l. BILoGk' ,5nn .lC,..
q + Summer: Bismarck, IA y. BaFDeI
Blowing Rock, W. p. Laws; Blaine. :.
+ Russell, Caglesmill, W J.. SoI,ns,i,l-
son. California creek. \. i. spriinAis
Cleveland j. J.. BarrlnBcr' B a,oi,s sorE
S a SbS' A. N. Foster; Gladstone, A; X.
miller: Harper's Crossroads; Samuel Cox t2S
Huntsville a. a. Ewing; LEX. y; a Me MT,
0al1s \. q. Gunter; Old DOCK, u -
Vile Sin c. A. smith; Peru Alma Ter, Ts1dl an q
Rosedale. J. T: Jones' sa RRendre sc0 wade 16
,,sIie Y. III. Hurley; Yorkley. V. W.
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NOTABLE IMPROVEMENT.
The Kaufmnnn Annex on fonrth
strce.-A Huadsomc Building.

One OF the most notable Of Richmond
recent busincfs improvements - w
r{aufnann annex. the large three-story
and basement building that has just been
sr.cted on Fourth strcot, in rear or
x,uf,nann & Co.'S big Fourth-and- Broad
a...blishrent The new building Is con-
rect.e with the mother house by bridge
across the alley, and its erection has been
rendered necessary BY the rapidly IN
creas,n- wholesale millinery trade or
Iyoufmann & Co. The house embarked
only a few short years ago in the whole
s,le trade OF their line, and by attention
10 business. straightforward and upright
dealing. and supplying the best classes OF
Goods has made a most enviable repu-
tation as a supply depot for a large
southern territory A bis corps OF travel
ling salesmen is now kept on the road,
arS through these statesmen Richmond Is
haconing advertised far and wide. The
,rorense fioor space in the new building
is devoted entirely TO display OF IAN
millinery for the jobbing trade and the
stock is complete In every respect hauI-
mann & Co. are determined TO make
their wholesale department a card for
Richmond, and an institution OF the State.
v,vsrvthinx to be found in a millinery
stock In any market can be found In
their stock. and that. too, OF the highest
Grade The enterprise OF the house
sneaks well. not only for the firm. but for
the cIty. What with their two big build
,nos the firm is prepared TO meet every
demand upon IT, both in the wholesale
and the retail line.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-08
u.G-FAcTonY STRIKE SETTLED.
President EIsas Agrees to Discharge
Nero Employees.

ATLANTA, GA, August THE strike
which has been on for the past four days
between the operatives Of the Fulton BAG
and Cotton Mills was satisfactorily ao-
msted to-day, and it is announced that
tbe operatives will return 20 work MOI
dav morning Fourteen hundteu en-
,,ic,,ons vent ont on the strike. which II
Mas thought was settled Yesterday -l ogl
lqst night trouble was renewed. II.al-
-, tIsas agreed 20 restore the status
as it existed at the tine OF th9 ,I S''' ne
1t-il,ers afterwards insisted that an
negro hands in the factory el.ah, 5n9ss
~ mis- President Elsas refused 10 ac-
cede. A basis Of settlement was .l relGAG ,d
today. by which the strikers a6Ieel 10
ro,,,ry 10 work. provided the status, as
and 10 this President Elsas agreed.
president Elsas said to-day mat m on
gaging the negro women, not single
Sbite employee had been discharged, ana
ia only reason for engaging the negro
helm was the comDany's inability 20 So.
cure as many white operatives as II
,,..frT
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THE aLLEGHtNY.
The Attractions of the Past Week
WcIl-Iknown People There.

The Attractions of the Past Week
WcII-lEnown People There.
Especial Correspondence Of the DisDatch)
AIL.EGHANY SPRINGS, VA, Au-
gust Cit is a subject for wonder and
consideration that with all the progress
the world has made in two centuries,
there has been so little change in amuse-
ments. Science and art have changed
everything else. but the average man or
woman has seen no need for change in
devices for his or her lighter moods.
The books relating 10 social life in
England two or three centuries back,
such as Sheridans School for Scandal,
Thackeray's Nirginians, etc, give US
pictures Of life at the watering-places-
Bath. Cheltenham, Brighton. etc.-and
it is interesting TO note how little human
nature and taste have changed since
then. Those writer's chronicle just the
same events as do correspondents at
such places now; the same gossip. the
same old story of card-playing, coach
ing. racing and dancing. The same
flirting ana loye-making. The summer
girl is not q modern creation, by any
means. but was the same fascinating
study in those days as now.
Mineral waters were just as much n
sovereign panacea for all ills then as
now. and one argued ones self just as
much unknown who did not spend a.
least part OF the season at those re-
sorts OF fashion and idleness.
To be sure there were no germans
then. but the balls with stately minuets
and cotlNons were as much necessity
and dissipation. and although the bicy-
Gle may now be considered as necessary
TO the happiness OF every young per-
son, IL only takes tho place OF the sedan
chair In which my lady then took hel
airing. and where in appearance, al
least. she had the advantage OF hel
modern sisters.
We are outwardly a better behaved
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perimentnI Notes.

Companies A and c Of the rdr r,oe Ses 81
m ma, View the past week, VIII return
noun Gno,osn y will hold It's annual target
..ice AZ Chimborazo Park next Satur-
day anv " IA making great prepare
fsnr their carnival. which takes
,,onS al the end OF this month"; ana tor
pa,r annual target-practice, which taxes
Lace about the same time.
The Hospital Corps Is oeihs fseru,'1 81,
the time Or. Kuyk returns from Europe
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-08
Fatal Railway Accident.

INDIANAPOLIS. IND, August In
n collision early this morning between
tho Pennsylvania railroads Chicago ex-
press and a Monon switch-engine, at
city Crossing. Engineer Martin OF
Monon, was killed. both engines were
wrecked. and heavy property damage
was sustained.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-08
THE ROCK ALUM.
"A brilliant German-A Fruit Lunch
eou-PersenaI.

ROCKBRrDGE ALUM SPRINGS. Au-
gust e.-Each german now danced proves
TO be a more brilliant success than the
preceding one. The one OF last Tuesday
was certainly beautiful affair. Mr. Ben
Huger. who has led all of the germans
here thus far. again showed that he was
fully capable OF conducting any OF these
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-08
THE SWEET CHALYBEATE.
A Nice Company-Sunday Service
Entertai tents.

SWEET CHALYBEATE. VA. August
5.-(Special) 1.-THE dear little Sweet Chaly-
beate has never been more attractive
than this season, such charming people.
and a manager who does every and any
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-08
rorl,mcn ON schoeI-Hoases to Strike

CHICAGO. August Tho union work
men on forty-seyen public-schooi build
ings being built hero, VIII be ordered OUT
on strike Monday morning Two thou-
SAND workmen are involved.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-08
Summer Goods.
zoo Rolls Japan and China
MattiIsS Very Cheap.

The chances are that these goods
VIII not be as low as they are now
FOR years 10 come. The tariff bl
PASSED by Congress nearly doubles
tho prices on them.
80 rolls OF Fine japanese Cotton
Warn Seamless Mattings. that ara
worth DC. yard. must be sold at
l5c. yard. or s. q roll Of % yards
lot OF Extra Heavy China Mat
tings. all select patterns. Tor Ice A
ward worth l5c. yard.
Extra Heavy Seamless China Mat
tings. Reversible. that always sold
az 2jc "a yard. are now he. a yard.
2i-inch Best Canvas Telescopes 40
81 oach-worth $3.50 each.
Full line OF Gladstone Club Rags
and Dress-Suit Cases at very small
prices.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-08
Basement Clearance.

3-auart Best Granite Preserving
Kettles. always sold at 1870. now
Zoe each.
Best Copper stove-Lifts for lc.
each.
Best Tamplco Kitchen Scrubs. that
sell at Joe each. must 20 az lie. eaoh.
Fine Finish Clothesracks. 3 hooks,
the Csc. kind. at loc. each.
2 dozen Genuine Briste busters.
that were sold al &c. each. are now
15c each.
Heavy Dove-Tail Zinc Wash
Boards at l5c each--worth &c. each.
Largest Size Cedar Tubs, that arc
sold everywhere at CSC; our price,
69c. each.
Best F1int-Glass Tumblers, with
rich engravings. sold az ESQ. dozen.
nc this sale Sc. each.
AstOnishingly low prices this week
on Frmt-Jars md Jelly Glasses
The National tribune., 1897-09-30
Special to Subscribers!

We inclose subscriponblank this week. Please TN
derstand this notice of expiration of subscription or
bill 1t simply for the convenience of cubraisers and
hope that every person receiving will it and return
to with the and addresses of subscribers See 9Th
page for premium offers and information how to get
a club easily
We take occasion to notify c1ubraisers that they
have ercl eH We have notified all regular subscrlp
ton agencies that shall in future accept subscriptions
from them We have taken this step in face of the fact that
they thousands of subscribers each year, simply to
give people the preference and all compe
ttion in every locality. We believe this will be ap-
preciated.
There nothing dsagreeabe about getting up club
for THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE 1t not canvassng" In the
usual of that word In truth usually affords pleas
both the subscriber and the club raiser the
subscriber is delighted with such Royal Gift is
offered the Sh page of this ISSUE and the clubraser
Joys extending this favor him well as earning the
gratitude, which will not easily be forgotten, Of the
Publishers of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, Washington D. c.
The National tribune., 1897-09-30

The British Government officially
recognizes that American tin-plate is a
success, though our Mugwumps Will not.
The British Foreign Office finds that
before the passage Of the Mckinley
Law the whole Of the tin-plate used in
the Unised States was supplied from
Wales. To-day the Welsh are supply
ing only portion of that used on the
Atlantic, the Gulf, and the Pacific
Coasts. The Interior is supplied by
home manufacturers. These can fur
nish tin TO the Atlantic Coast at %
cents a box less than the cost Of Welsh
plate, and so this trade must pass into
their hands. To consumers in the In
terror the American plate viii cost 80
cents less than the Welsh, but Wales
can send tin TO the Pacific Coast for 221
cents less than the American. New
Orleans can get tin from Indiana at 16
cents less than from Wales. Therefore.
The National tribune., 1897-09-30

THE Weather Bureau is engaged in
an effort to disabuse the popular mind
of the idea Of equinoctiaI storms oc-
curing on or close to the 2lst OF March
and September. OF course, it is absurd
to think of perturbation in the atmos-
phere all over the world because the
sun happens that day to cross an imagi-
nary geographical line. The Weather
Bureau thinks this is relic of the old
superstitions about the influence Of the
moon and stars upon the weather, the
planting and growing of vegetables, the
building Of fences, putting on roofs,
killing meat, the price of pork, etc. But,
all the same, there is something actual
about equinoctial storms, in the same
sense that we have christmas weather."
Easter weather." etc. That is, equi-
noctials are generated by the changing
conditions following the progress of the
sun north or south. For example, the
September storms develop on the east
coast Of Africa in the readjustment of
the equilibrium ofthe trade winds and the
ocean currents from the extreme north
ing of the sun. These start there week
before they reach the West Indies, and
then sweep down upon US. They may
reach us the early part Of September, or
they may be delayed until October.
They might be more properly called
"tropical storms" for their origin is
closer in relation to the time the sun
turns at the tropics than when he crosses
the equator. But "equinoctial storms
has obtained the hold, and will remain
the designation Of the perturbations
which accompany the change of the
weather from that Of Winter to Sum
mer, and from Summer to Winter
again.
The National tribune., 1897-09-30
TRIBUnETS.
HUMBLE. prsp1srp. YET VALUABLE.

HUMBLE, DtSFIoEB. ti NhlthbLEE
Everybody knows the crayfsh, or crawfsh.
he is more generally called in the interior
of the country. Nobody cares anything for
him, except possibly fisherman in search OF
bait and along the Mississippi River he IS
positively hated, ~ the cause Of weakness OF
levees, from his burrowing habits. The older
inhabitants of Chicago remember without any
difficulty the time when crawfsh chimneys'
were the most ambitious and numerous cree
tions over very large part of what is now
n great and busy city. A story is told of an
Eastern man who year or two after the war,
sent pretty considerable amount of money to
al enterprising real estate dealer in Chicago to
invest for him in outlying property. The
dealer blew the whole sum in. and wrote to his
principal of the great bargain he had secured.
little later the principal went to Chicago to
see hi, property. The real estate man handed
him his title deeds. and they went out to view
"the block of land" IL was damp and
drsary waste, covered with crawfish chimneys.
The Eastern man became more and more dis
gustsd the farther they went. and the craw-
fishes scurryng to their holes excited his
warm wrath. Finally, he pulled his deeds out
and rammed them down one of the holes, say
ing:
"There, - you, you have possession. take
the title"
That piece of ground now is worth untold
millions.
But that isn't what started to talk about.
The Europeans cannot understand our neglect
of The crayish. With them he is highly
priced dainty, and their main trouble is to get
enough of him. The rivers of Germany are
fshed almost to determination aud many Ger
mans are making a handsome thing raising
erayfish srtifcially. Great numbers are also
brought in from Russia and elsewhere. The Ger
mans complain bitterly that the starch factories
killing the crayfsh. The crayfsh is a
small lobster, with sweeter more delicate flesh
than the Holsters, and turns a prettier red
when boiled. For this reason he is in great
demand to deck out fancy dishes at banquets.
He is also eaten. instead of the oyster, IN those
months which have no in them. All Of
which demonstrates that the little backsliding
fellow is worth great deal more attention in
this country than he receives.
The Critic points out the Importance of
punctuation in the conclusion of the letter of
introduction presented by our Minister to
Madrid. 1t runs: God preserve your Majesty.
From your Majesty's good friend, VIM. Mckin-
ley" The Critic thinks that if the period had
been omitted from the end OF the first SEN
tence, it would have pretty clearly defined the
situation.
So
1t is not often that ofice-holders give up
their positions because they are not capable of
filling them. But one honest felio" wrote the
Postmasser-Generai the other day and in
misspeiled letter informed that official that he
had made trial as you asked for and have
shown to you and the world far as they
know of the affair that l cannot follow the
business. l would be trouble often and worse
and worse" He asked for an honorable dis
charge from the mail service and got it.
The National tribune., 1897-09-30

The report of certificates issued for the week
ending Sept. % shows
Army invalid Original. f21; increase and
additional 257; reissue, 81; restoration and
renewal, 80; duplicate, g. accrued, g. total.
5S7.
Army invalid (act June q. 1900: Original,
73I; increase DOG; additional. LOG; reissue. IS;
restoration. 40 renewal, o. snpplomentals, z;
duplicate, s accrued, 63; total, 1179.
Army widow, etc: Original, 100; increase
and additional, 1 reissue, 2; duplicate, L sc-
crued. total. ia.
Army widow, etc. (act June 81. 1890: Origi-
nal. sos; increase and additional, !; reissue, /;
renewal. 2; suPplenenlas, 4; duplicate. A;
total 3l5.
Navy invalid Original, L. increase and adj
ditional, l. reissue. L; restoration and re-
newal. l (; accrued 4 (; total II.
Navy invalid (act June p. 1900: Original,
90; increase aud additional, 8 reissue, L res
toratiou and renewal. /; accrued, ? total, SO.
Navy widow (act june p, 1890: Original, 8 !;
accrued, l; total, ?.
Indian Wars Accrued, I.
Indian Wars-Widows: Original, l.
Mexican War SURVIVORS: Increase and adj
ditional, ?; accrued. 8; total, Z. Mexican
War widows: Original. s.
Totals: Original. I.303; increase and addi-
tional 6l0; reissue. 90: restoration and renew
al, 10; sup2lemeutals. II duplicate. ID 40
erued. 139. Grand total, 2.20O