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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-17
MUCH wREcKAGE COMING ASHORE
Fishing Schooner and All on Board
Probably Lost.

HALIFAX, n. s., November 16-Much
wreckage is washing ashore at Louisnurg'
c. b., and it is believed that two vessels
were lost during last weeks violent gales.
all on board being drowned No names
have been found on the wreckage which
consists Of bulwarks, matches, topmasts,
etc.
The schooner Mlkado. Captain Hickman,
which left the Grand Banks month ago
for this port, with a cargo OF fish, has
not been heard OF since sailing, and no
doubt foundered during the severe wea-
Their OF October, all on board being lost,
Beside Captain Hickman, the Mikado car
ried four men, all OF whom leave large
families.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-17
TOBACCO Company Absorption.

DETROIT, MICH, November le.-Ar-
rangements for the absorption OF the
American Eagle Tobacco Company by
the Tobacco Trust are practically COM
pleted. Officers of the trust are in De-
troit, taking an inventory. but the price
to be paid is not given out.
The business of the company will be
gradually worked into the various plants
OF the American Tobacco Company
throughout the country.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-17
JOINT TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION.
Passenger and Freight Rates East
and West-Other Matters.

OF Control Of the Joint Traffic Association
was in session here to-days Among the
subjects discussed was that OF passenger
and freight rates east and west-bound.
which have been in a chaotic condition
for some time.
other subjects considered were the re-
,lations of the Grand Trunk and Canadian
pacific railr Dads 10 the Joint Traffic as
ISOLATION. and the matter OF excess fares
charged on fast trains between the Sea-
hoard and Mississippi Valley cities.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-17

conspicuous figure in the Affairs
OF the Polish Church, to-day re-
ceived cable message from Anton
Kozlowski, dated wiesbaden. Germany.
as follows: II was consecrated as Bishop
for the Polish Independent Catholics OF
North America last Sunday. I leave for
America at once"
THAT means that ut last the Poles OF
this country will have bishop OF their
own" said Mr.. Karwowski.
Rome would not give us one before
we left that church. and now we IN
dependents will have one"
Bishop Kozlowski has had a SUCCESSFUL
parish IN Chicago for some time
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-17
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Chicago the Place of Their Next
Meeting-Reports.

LOUISVILLE, KY. November 1.-THE
General Assembly Of Knights Of Labor
to-day selected Chicago as the next place,
and the first Tuesday in November, 1898.
as the time. for their next meeting.
Reports from several minor committees
were heard, but nothing OF Importance
was taken up. Grand Master w orkman
Hicks said that the assembly would not
complete it's business before Saturday.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-17
The wilmington MayoraIty Case.

RALEIGH. N. c., November i6.--tSpe-
cial. 1.-The Supreme Court has decided
the wilmington mayoralty case In favor
OF 5. p. Wright Hepublicar), the In
cumbent, and his Board Of Aldermen.
and says that the recent act OF tho
Legislature, giving the Governor power
10 appoint aldermen. Is entirely constitu-
tional
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-17
Rocky Mount On. CO Notes.

ROCKY MOUNT. N. c.. November Ia
Special. MIR. John N. Taylor, promi-
nent farmer and successful fruit-growers
died at his homo near here last night.
after a long Illness.
Tobacco sales at all four OF the houses
are heavier than ever before.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-17
prote.tant school I'm Peru.

LIMA. via GALVESTON. TEN, NO
veu,ber 16.--Mrs. Jarrett, an American
protestant missionary, has successfully
passed an examination at Cuseco, CAPITA
of the southern province OF thst hani.
snd former capital of the Incas. with
q view 10 establishing q school there. Her
intention has greatly excited the Catholic
no rfy
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-17

CINCINNATI, O.. November is.--Lind-
sey NeIghbert. who shot Mrs. John
Henry. of Clifton. wounding her severely
IN an attempt TO murder her on Novem-
her Sd. and who himself was shot. either
by his pursuers or py himself jumped
fyor, tine window of the hospital after II
O'clock last night. and was killed by the
fall
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-17
Girard College Forbids Football.

PHILADELPHIA, November lS-The
president OF Girard College has issued al,
edict against football, and hencet ,u vi
the students of the institution must keep
OFF the gridiron. The ban on football vas
the result of boys having his leg broken
last Saturday during a practice game
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-17
Two Persons harmed to Death.

PLATTsBURG. N. X, November 10
Mrs. Terriman and her nephew Edward
Mason, were burned to death on farm
a few miles from Peru. this county, last
night. Mrs. Terriman was 70 years old
and her nephew 10.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-17

as then. healing Is the result Of His
power, put forth In answer TO the faith
OF HIS people"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-17

WASHINGTON. d. c., November H.
william p. Ledbetter has been appointed
postmaster II Beverly. N. c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-17

fCh!cago Times-HeraldD
An African traveller asserts that "the
most effecEive weapon In wardsng OF q
tiger Is an umbrella" Isn't II toe bad that
this information comes too late 10 help
seth Low?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-17

II is an unsettled question whether
bleaching the hair leads 10 softentns OF
the brain. or softeninx OF the brain leads
to bleaching the hair.--ch'cago News
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-17

philadelphia Record1
She: He's fast. L understand.
'sYou evidently don't know how he
.Ah. but I know how he pays his
lof.sa
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-17
Cyclamens from Seed.

While the raising of cyclamens
from seed requires special attention
and care, we have seen some exquis-
itely fine plants raised in the window
garden. Seed of the best quality is
the first requisite and this should be
sown in February or March in fiat
boxes or pots, in soil composed of
clean sharp sand and loan well mix
ed together, covering the seed but
very lightly. A very high tempera-
ture is not necessary. After the first
leaf has developed, the young seed
lings have to be pricked off into
small pots. A frequent cause of fail
ure with these plants is that the
corms are planted too deep, while
they should rest merely on the sur
face Of the soil, pressing them in
lightly. When the young plants have
filled the pots with roots, they have
to be shifted again into larger pots,
which operation may have to be re-
peated once or twice through the
summer. They require good drainage
at all times and should never get
thoroughly dry. Under such treat
ment the plants should bloom the fol-
lowing winter. American Agriculture
list.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-17
Plotting Plants.

This is an operation which every
beginner considers himself skilled in,
but which is, nevertheless, often bad
ly performed even by practical gar
deners, says the Journal of Horticul-
ture The first point to be noticed
is properly draining the pots. When
a suitable outlet for the superfuous
water is not made it is hopeless to
expect success, for no plant can
thrive in sour soil. In draining the
smallest-sfzed pots one crock apiece
of broken pot over the hole in the
bottom, with the concave side down
ward, covered with the toughest Of
the soil, is generally enough. Indeed,
a little rough soil in the case of
strong growing, strong roofing
plants is often enough. For plants in
six-inch pots, one large crock cover
ed with rough, lumpy soil may be
enough for balsams, or even fuchsias,
when growing rapidly. For heaths
and plants of similar nature, small
crooks carefully arranged to the
depth of fully an inch should cover
the central one, and over the small
crooks a little moss or the fibre from
the peat or loan 10 necessary to pre-
vent the soil stopping the drainage.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-17
A Floral Detective of Long Ago.

In early times the Dutch farmers
of the up river farms of New York
had an ingenious way Of recovering
pocket knives that might have been
dropped or mislaid while blowing or
gardening was going on. Cutlery
was not as cheap then and abundant
as in these days; so the farmers took
the thrifty precaution of keeping
two or three sunfower seeds in their
knife handles. Then if the knives
fell upon broken ground and could
not be readily found, the owners
would wait until the seeds sprouted,
and an isolated sunfower stalk or
blossom lin field or patch would sig
,nalize the possibility of a missing ar
ticle's being at it's root. True, the
owner did not always realize the re-
suit of the scheme, because a passing
bow who understood the token often
got there" before the planter.-New
York Tribune.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-17

occupied; and reporting" is turning
plants out of their pots, reducing
their balls, and placing them in the
same or similar pots. When plants
are potted- enough room should be
left in the pots as will hold as much
clear water as will thoroughly satu-
rate the soil contained in them. A
quarter of an inch is enough to leave
in a three-inch pot, half an inch in a
4H-inch pot, one inch in a siX-inch
pot, two inches in a 10-inch pot, and
SO on.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-17
Dangerous Orchids.
SO on

interest I'M the fact that fashions rad
for the present again makes the Or
child the popular flower of the season
it is vastly interesting TO study these
curious growths, and to correspond
with flower growers who make their
culture a speciality; and one of these
floral correspondents writes of a
class of Orchids that are protected
by their deadly odor.
Charles FOrterman, an enthusiastic
Orchid collector, died in San Diego
ently. The great ambition of his
life was to have a complete collection
of Orchids. He had very valuable
collection but not all that he craved
for he used to tell remarkable
story of one which he did not get
though he knew of its existence, and
vouched for the truth of his asser-
tions.
He said he landed once on the coast
of Brazil, a few degrees south of the
equator, where he met a native chief
who told him of a ''village of the
Further questioning convinced him
that the demon flowers were Or
chids of the rarest and most wonder
full kind, so he determined to fine
this village" at any cost.
He had Travelled through forests
Oh nd CT XuAnlyc. nnI 90 pII1a ti M
that in about fortnight more he
would be in the neigh bOrhOod of the
village of the demon flowers" when
one afternoon, three of his formal
guards threw UP their arms, and
with cry fell senseless to the
ground He had noticed a peculiar
sickening odor pervading the heavy
heated atmosphere, and quickly gave
the order or the other men to ad-
vance with caution and drag back
the fallen ones from the spot where
they lay. They did so, and return
ing reported that they had seen
through the dense forest little fur
Their on, the vast ''village of the de-
mon flowers"
Accompanied only by a Portuguese
interpreter, the Orchid-seelers start
ed forward, their mouths and noses
muffled as safe guard against the
awful odor They managed to reach
the spot where the three men had
been stricken down, but could go no
further. They could see, a hundred
yards ahead of them, a great mass Of
orchids. Trees, underground and
everything were loaded down with
them. They were of hues more brill
liant than he had ever seen or dream
ed of seeing, but, like, a barrier, the
wall of awful, sickening, overpower-
ing odor rose between.
The mass of brilliant Orchids
might have been mirage painted on
the clouds so far as reaching them
was concerned. The Village" was
perhaps an acre in extent, and the
two made complete circuit of it
but everywhere rose the awful odor
and they could not get nearer to the
plants from any direction. The odol
was simply the perfume of this vast
mass of Orchids.-Mayfower.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-17
FREIGHT PAID
$40 Collection Of Fruit Trees for the Home

garden: Freight free to you. 5orange. Sat-
suma; 10 peach, 2 varieties; pear, 2 varieties;
persimmons. 8 varieties. Tree S. etc. the usu Al
size. Or in place of that collection. 125 early
market peach trees or 1875 early market pear
or $50 Niagara grape vines. ". III. Haskell.
DeLand. fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-17

Having drained the pots, the next
thing is placing in the soil. When
the smallest pots are used for potting
cuttings or seedlings enough soil
should be placed in the pots, and
pressed firmly down, that when the
roots of the plant to be ported rest
lightly on it, the part of the stem
which was at the surface of the soil
being quarter of an inch below the
rim of the pot. This space is for
holding water. When the plants are
to be taken out of cutting boxes each
should be lifted out carefully with a
good ball of earth, and only as much
being carefully removed without
bruising the roots as will reduce the
ball SO that it may be easily intro
duced into the pot intended for it.
When plants are to be shifted the
same rule should be observed. Plants
do not need shifting unless the soil
in the pots is we'll occupied with
lOOUSs dIlNl IL ID COllSIOCICNl OCoii bOIS
or necessary to increase the size of
the plants. When the plants are turn
ed out of the roots the drainage
should be removed and any unoccu-
pied soil carefully picked off. 1t
should then be placed on the soil
(Which has been put in the spot and
well frmed down previously, and
fresh soil packed, either with the
fingers or blunt piece of wood,
rather firmly. Loose soil holds too
much water, and when plants which
are potted loosely are turned out
there is a danger of the ball break
ing, and so destroying the roots.
When a plant is potted the new soil
should always be put in as firm as
the old ball is, or when the water is
applied it will run through the loose
soil and leave the tirmer portion,
where the roots are, to dry.
In potting large plants, soil as full
of fibre as possible should be chosen
and rammed into the pots or tubs
rather firmly. The reason for choos>
ing turfy material for soil is that it
lasts a long time without becoming
sour. When quantities of soil, in
which there is neither fiber nor roots,
are packed into large pots or tubs, to
remain there for years maybe, it is
sure to become sour, sodden and I'M
healthy, in which state no plant can
grow well in it.
Reporting generally takes place in
the spring, when plants that have
rested through the winter have been
pruned and started into growth re-
quire a partial shaking out and Ie-
potting in the same or similar pots.
Fuchsias should be thus dealt with
in spring, and so should any scarlet
or other pelargoniums which may
have been brought over the winter,
and which may be intended for grow
ing on. Fancy pelargoniums require
this treatment in autumn, when they
have made fresh growth after having
been ripened and pruned. Plants
which have thus been treated do not
need larger pots until some growth
has been made, but the partial re-
moval of the impoverished soil and
supplying fresh soil is always accom-
panied with good results. In such
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-17
FLORAL DEPARTMENT.

Address all con ,licstio s to Floral Dep tr
n1ent AGRtCULTURIsT Del4and. Fla
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-21
~, c1ADsToNE,s PAMPHLET.

Despite the fact that he is nearly 90
years of age, Mr.. Gladstone has lost none
of his power as a pamphleteer. Truly, he
is EneCand's Old Man Eloquent, as well
as her Grand Old Man. His recent de-
Iiverance on the Cretan question. which
is at once an arraignment of the Sails
bury government and an appeal TO
Christendom is magnificent effort. 1t
voices the sentiment of the masses Of all
vigorously In dealing with either Great
Britain or the other Powers touching the
concert to curb Greeces ambition and
prevent the emancipation Of thousands
of Christians from the yoke Of the "un-
speakable Turk" and the writer stands
upon justice and truth.
And yet the document comes with ques-
tionabe grace from Mr.. Gladstone, UNI
less we are prepared to concede that he
should be held exempt from criticism for
inconsistency. we have only to go bacS
eleven years to find that Mr.. Gladstone's
animadversions upon Salisbury for
uniting in coerclve measures against
Greece apply to his own record. He
arraigns the Salisbury government for
doing what Liberal government, OF
which he was the head. did, under very
similar conditions, in 1885, That year
opened with Salisbury in power. Greece
and Crete had both suffered great
grievances; the pan-Hellenic feeling was
at feyer-heat. and warlike preparations
were in progress In Greece shat threat
ened the peace Of Europe. The Greek
army was modified, and then. as In
1897 the Powers, Great Britain included,
united in sending notes to Athens de-
handing that the little kingdom abandon
its hostile attitude towards Turkey.
Early In February. 1885. while this de-
mand was still pending, the Conservative
ministry went out. and was succeeded
by n Liberal ministry. with MIR. CLAD
stone as Premier This change of gov-
eminent inspired bright hopes among the
Helenes They fully believed that they
would receive moro sympathetic treat
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-21

effects OF few doses Of the medicine
seemed almost magical. The depressed
feeling left me, and when one bottle had
been taken, had regained an appetite
and strength was coming back. After
finishing the third bottle / was able 10
go about my commercial duties. con-
tinued to improve, and to satisfy my mind
that I had fully regained health, sub.
mitted myselftoa doctor for examination.
He pronounced me Sound az a dollar
Three months later, passed a rigid ex.
animation for insurance. / have since
been In the best OF health, notwithstand.
ing my travels, and | give
All the Credit 10 Hoods
Sarsaparille, as each season since hsvs
taken several bottles. 1t keeps my blood
in good circulation, gives me keen an.
petite and leaves no room for that tired
feeling which naturally finds easy prey
among those Of my calling in the summer
months after an early spring hustle.
consider Hoods Sarsaparills the means
OF saving my life, and l gladly speak ID
its favor" A. j. LETTcH, home address,
Cass House, Saginaw, Michigan.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-21
THE RICHMOND DISPATCH.
Iy THE DISPATCH COMPANY

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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-21

Oand of Sunshine.)

0and of Sunshine)
Wet winds that flap the sodden leaves!
Wet leaves that drop and fall'
Irnbanpv. leafless trees the wine be
reayes;
Poor trees and small!
All of a color solemn in your green!
All of a color, sombre in your brown.
All of a color. dripping gray between,
When leaves are doWn!
q for the bronze-green eucalyptus spires.
Far flashing up against the changeless
shifting and glancing in the steady fires
OF sun, and moonlight. too,
Deep orange grovesl pomegranate hedges
And Vanished fringes OF the pepper
trees
And an, that wind Of sunshinel Wind Of
light
CHARLOTTE PERKINS sTETSON.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-21

&C. l. Hood s. Co., Lowell, Mass:
"Gentlemen: For IL years have been
q commercial traveller, and owing to the
harcships Of ny life, long railroad jumps,
all kinds otexposuge, and sudden changes
OF climate, ETC., my health gave way.
Physicians did not lelp me and was
givss up 10 die. Ny illness developed q
Complication Of Diseases.
I wa, without ambition or appetite. All
strength had left me. One doctor said l
had heart disease, another torpid liver,
a third seid it was lung trouble and
another consumption, and so on. have
no doubt, symptoms OF all these COM
p.sints aud even that OF rheumatism,
Judging from tho stiffness and pains in
M Joints and legs at times, were mani
fest. | was unable to attend to business,
was confined to my room and frequently
Law in a comatose state for hours. | was so
feeble, and so little encouragement was
offered, that began to wonder
Where I Would be Buried.
Finally, as a last effort to help myself, 1
decided to try Hoods Sarssparilla. The
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-21
GET the Fest.

You cannot trifie with your health. IL
YOU are weak and nervous, broken down.
YOUR blood disordered, II you have COM
mltted excuses. overtaxed your energies,
or in any way injured your health. you
should have the treatment OF DIR. Greene.
No. IS west Fourteenth street. New York
city. the distinguished specialist, whose
wonderful cures have made his name
famous. You can consult DIR. Greene
personally or by letter free. He has
developed the most perfect and success
ful system OF cure through correspond
ence. Write him about your case. and q
euro Is assured.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-21

A Culpeper correspondent of the Fred
ericksburg Free Lance writer's that paper
that in 1872 and 1913 under the Van
Buren, Administration nearly everything
the farmer had for sale was lower than
at present-horses sold for from SIS to
$50 and it took an extra good one to bring
the latter price, colts from S. to SO. ac-
cording TO age; cows, fresh, from S. to SS;
dry cows, 81 to &C. and calves, for 70
cents to 81 each; sheep at 60 to 90 cents;
lambs, so to 70 cents; hogs, 81 to So; bacon,
cents per pound; turkeys, 10 cents
each, and chickens for the asking; eggs,
4 TO cents per dozen; corn, 25 to 80 cents
per bushel; -four $3.50 TO 50 per barrel for
the best; mill offal, % to 80 cents per 100.
or . to cents per bushel; hay. at any
price they could get. and everything else
in proportion. Money, he says, was
scarcer than ever known before or since,
even the United States Treasury being
well nigh empty. The late Hon. 4. III. II.
Stuart, of Staunton, told the correspon-
dent a few years before his death that
lie was in Congress about that time and
there were only few thousand dollars
I'm the Treasury and the government Off
cials had to go upon the streets of Wash
ington and borrow money to pay the
officers salaries.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-21

Ex-senator Brice is said to be about
to build hundred-thousand-doll resi-
dence at Lima, o., which fact, We sup
pose, may be regarded as due notice to
the Ohio Legislature, in particular, and
the country at large. in general. a
Lima special says: "Brice again has de-
signs on the Senate. and if successful, he
hopes four years hence TO be the Demo-
cratic nominee for President. With all
these ambitions in view he sees he will
have to more closely connect himself
with Lima and the State of Ohio. Should
the next Legislature be Democratic,
Brce will be a candidate against any
free silver man. Brice's agents are al
ready manufacturing sentiment for him
in all the Democratic strongholds, and
with a observation-disclosures resi-
dence in Lima there could be no charge
that he is not resident of Ohio"