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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16
WILL BUY THE SECURITIES.
A New Yorker Wishes to Purchase
the Newport News Bonds.

NEWPORT NEWS. VA. February 10
(Special.)-Mr. L. S. Barnum. represent
ing r. ID. Shepherd 4 Co, bankers, OF
New York. was In the city to-day, with
a view OF purchasing the bonds which the
city proposes TO Issue In the near future.
Mr. Barnum said the purchase OF the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16

The De LONE letter rumpus seems 10
have been a great occasion for the get
ting away Of Cuban expeditions--a sort OF
let-her-go opportunity, as It were.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16
FRANK BAPTIST.
CLYDE w. SAUNDERS.

Referring 10 the above, | desire to re-
turn heartfelt thanks TO my friends and
the public for their generous patronage
in the past, and TO earnestly request
them 10 continue their favOrs TO Mr.
CLYDE w. SAUNDERS. l have ac-
cepted a position with Mr. Saunders. and
Will be glad at all times to greet and
serve my friends. The facilities OF this
office for doing thorough. frst-class work
promptly are second 10 none.
Respectfully,
fe l6-2t FRANK BAPTIST.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

GROCERY. BAR, AND BOARDING
HOUSE for sale. Owner wants to sell on
account of going into other business.
Good stand. and doing a good trade. APP
ply at S21 Brook avenue, city fe l6-lt
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16
& coPARTNERsHIrs.


Richmond. Va. February Is. 1898.
THE COMPREHENSIVE HERETO
fore existing between the undersigned,
under the firm name of Baptist & Saun-
ders, has been this day dissolved by mu-
tual consent. Mr.. CLYDE w. SAUN-
DERS has bought the interest of Mr..
Frank Baptist in the said business. and
assumed all liabilities OF the said copart-
nership. All debts due the copartnership
should be paid to him.
FRANK BAPTIST,
CLYDE w. SAUNDERS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16
MEETINGS.

Office Virginia Fire and
Marine Insurance Company,
Richmond, Va, February T. 1898.
THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING
of the stockholders Of this company will
be held at the company's Office on TUES
DAY, 22d instant, at II o'clock NJ.
VIM. III. MCCARTHY
fe S-t22i Secretary
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16
Appropriately.
(Boston Bulletln.D

(BOstOn Bulletln)
The checker players are to have cele-
bration on Washingtons Birthday, and
everything will be done on the square, as
BELTS the day and the game
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16

II is quite a coincidence that the
Louisiana constitutional convention has
assembled at New Orleans just In time
for Mardi Gras.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16
ADVERTISING RATES.
rxAIE INCH OR LESS.

Wanted situation. payable III o.
vance C25 words or less)-..'..''.'''
Above rates are for every DAY u ."
vertisements running consecutlVeS'
Reading notices in reading-mat'e' W
I'VE lines or less. 81: In nonpariel, ieaoeo'
five lines or less. IS cents
Card OF rates for more space FURNISHES
on application.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16
ADJUSTMENTS.
GRAPHOPHONE AND MUSICAL EN-
TERTAINMENT

AT LEADER HALL. on THURSDAY.
February H. 1898, at o'clock =. NJ. for
the benefit of the Catholic School Ad-
mission: Adults, Sc. children. half price.
70
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16
ORPHANS ENTERTAINMENT

for the benefit OF
ST. JOSEPH'S ASYLUM
AT CATHEDRAL HALL
MONDAY, FEBRUARY q, 1885,
at o'clock +. H.
Tickets ...............l...,..... % cents.
LOUIS w. PIZZlNI. Director.
(fe 6-eodtFe 20 IND
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16

All letters and kilograms must be ao-
dressed to THE DISPATCH COMPANY
Rejected communications viii not De
returned.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16

that General Fitz. Lee had resigned the
position of consul-GeneraI at Habana.
F'itz. is not built for resigning under fire.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16

The authorities at Washington need not
have taken the trouble to deny the report
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16

All letters recommending canoioa'eS
for once must be paid for to insure their
publication. This is a long standing RUE
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16

II is the pen against the sword again
IN the Zola trial, and it remains TO be
seen how either Will come out OF the
scrntch.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16
PAINTS.

LEWISS PURE LEAD
LEwIs's PURE LINsEED-oii.
and all material for paiating. only 'ns
best quality kept in stock. Write 10
quotations. PURCELL LADD & Co.
apa Wholesale Druggists
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16

Bernabe will probably not be so ready q
letter-writer.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16

And now February, with its windy
weather, has stolen a March on us.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16

Resolutions of respect TO deceased
members passed by societies. corpora
tions. associations. or otner organiza-
lions will be charged for as advertising
matter
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16

UPTOWN OFFICE, BRoAD-sTREEF
PHARMACY. SO EAST BROAD
STREET.
MANCHESTER OFFICE. 1905 HULL
STREET.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16
Hoods ss es1i';s
Is the best-in fact the Ore True Blood Purifier.

Hood'c DsIlc are purely vegetable, care
AiVOu . ITO fully prepared. IS eents.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-08-12

In thirsty seasons fruit sirups are
most refreshing beverages. Broadly
speaking these sirups are mixtures of
water and sugar with a havOring of
fruit juice, and they may be made by
two cold processes or one hot one. For
No. l dissolve powdered white sugar in
water, about double the weightof sugar
to that of water and then add the fruit
juices or crushed fruits. Pass through
a fine Sieve and bottle. No. way is to
pass a layer of sugar in stOneware
vessel, then layer of crushed fruit or
flowers, more sugar, more flowers and
so On, taking care that both bottom and
ton layers are sugar. Add just a little
water. In two days you have a thick
strip, which must be strained and bot
tied. The only drawback to these cold
processes is that the strip will not
keep quite fresh for many weeks. The
third process of cooking gives a larger
measure of permanency. For this mix
sugar and water and bring slowly to a
boil. To test if done place a spoon in
it and let the liquor drop on a plate.
Should it run freely it requires little
more cooking. If the drops fall slowly
and thickly withdraw from the fire and
at once add the fruit Juice. Strain when
cooking and bottle Properly done,
such sirups may last even years if
stored with care. These three varieties
of sirups are usually diluted with a
large quantity of pure or aerated wa
tiers and form most refreshing drinks.
A curious concoction is coffee strip.
Roast some fine Mocha berries a pale
brown and pound IN a mortar. Place
in a stoneware jar, cover with boiling
water, close up with parchment and
place in a slow oven for twelve hours
Quitting it in the oven before going to
bed is a good way). Strain through
muslin twice and add the decoction to
boiling strip; bottle while still warm.
Very tempting sirups are also made
with orange-floWer water rose water
decoction of violets and with the juice
or unripe grapes.
Red currant strip is made by pulping
three parts of red currants with one OF
cherries. Allow the juice to ferment
for a week; then add to your boiling
strip, skim, allow to cool and bottle
Another favorite is "sirop de CONNIE, D
which is prepared by adding dissolved
gum arabic to the usual sirupy basis
Peaches, mulberries, pompegranatas
Strawberries and raspberries are treat
ed in the same manner.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-08-12

A little muskrat caused more trouble
in Buffalo the other night than is ever
known to have been caused by one Of
the animals. This particular muskrat
succeeded in cutting off the electric
light supply of nearly the entire city.
and it was an hour before the cause
of the trouble was located and re-
moved. With the exception of an iso-
lated district here and there the en-
tire town was wrapped in total dark
ness. Main street was one long avenue
of gloom, broken only by lights in
windows by private plants. Everything
had been running smoothly at the pow
er station of the Buffalo General Flee
trio company when the startling dis
covery was made that the water in the
boilers and cOndensers was rapidly
going down. An examination of the
valve that let's the water in through
the big feed pipe that runs out into
Buffalo river was made, but the valve
was open as it should be. The valves
on the boilers and condensers were ex-
amined, and they were found to be all
right, too. The water in the boilers
dropped lower and lower, until finally.
in order to avoid an explosion, it was
found necessary to bank the fires and
shut OFF the draughts. This done, the
dynamos no longer supplied current
for the lamps, and the lights went out.
The trouble man was called to the sta
ton. He quickly located the trouble
in the feed pipe. 1t was cut, and after
some fishing around he dragged a
muskrat out of the pipe and dropped
it on the floor.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-08-12

To mix a little cOnsomme with clam
broth adds considerably to the flavor Of
the latter.
To replace the heavy rug and Bagdad
couch covers light ones of chintz and
cretonne are made. These are about
the length and width of a Bagdad cur
tain and are trimmed around the en-
tire edge with a light fringe which
matches the colors of the cretonne.
These covers, with window curtains of
the new scrim, which is like the popu-
lar fish net in effect, look delightfully."-
springlike and inviting after the heavy
draperies of the winter.
Occasional cleaning with whiting
will keep nickel bright.
For burns the most important point
in their treatment is to at once exclude
the air. Sweet oil and cotton are stan
dard remedies, or flour and oil. Do
not remove the dressing until the in
fammation subsidies.
In putting out lamp or oil stove,
turn the wick down until it shows only
blue flame. This will flicker for a
short time and then go out, avoiding
the unpleasant odor which accom-
panies the blowing out Of lamp.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-08-12
EoUIPPINe THE ARMY MULE,
Packing Is Science and the Man who Is
Expert Can Make Money.


Most of the army mules in Cuba were
fitted with the Mexican apareio, which
is to be preferred to the saddle with
tree and sawbuck."
1t consists first Of two or more thick
felt blankets, folded large enough to
nearly cover the mule from shoulder
to rump. over this is placed a huge
pair of leather bags united by a broad
band of the same material, the cavi-
ties stuffed with soft hay.
This is girthed to the mule by
cinch nearly a foot in width, which is
drawn as tightly as possible by a
strong man, pulling with both hands,
and with a foot against the animals
ribs to give him a greater purchase.
On each side of the spine the articles
to be carried are placed and dashed by
a rope about fifty feet in length, which
has at one end a broad webbing belt
to pass under the belly as was done
with the others. another Squeezing"
is given and the rope is crossed in diff
ferent directions over the load, tight
ened at every crossing, and finally fas-
tened in a knot loosed by one pull.
Packing" is science, and as such
commands good wages. l have known
a chief packer" to be paid a salary Of
$3.50 per month on the frontier, and his
services were worth the money paid.
The duty is taught to cavalrymen as
part Of their drill, and many of the
soldiers become very expert at it. At a
pack drill of the Ninth Cavalry a few
days before it left Montana one com
pany packed its mule in l minute and
"a seconds, and others were but little
slower.
Thirty mules generally constitute a
train" and are managed by three
men. They are trained to follow bell,
worn by a horse, white preferred as
being more readily seen. They are not
confined in any way except when first
put into the train; then, any straying
from it is punished very severely and
Mr.. Mule soon learns his place and that
it is best to keep it,
Each man with the train carries a
| diamOul-shaped leather blind with
leather cords attached to the ends and
| knotted together. If a pack becomes
disarranged two of the men lead the
mule out of the trail, blindfold him
with this blind, rearrange his load, re.
move the leather and allow him to re-
join his fellows He is never struck
when started, and pack mules are never
misused by good packers.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-08-12
CIenr Grit in the Nnrv.

II there is any one thing that the
Cuban war has proved up to the handle
it is that our navy is clear fighting grit
all the way through. Never once has
it failed under any test. Not an officer
or a man has flinched from any danger,
but many have wept because others
were sent to face death without them.
Dewey daring the torpedoes at Manila.
Bageley dead in the attempt to do u
battleship's work with a little egg
shell of torpedo boat at Cardenas,
and Hobson throwing his life like an
old coat into the channel at Santiago
were merely types of our whole naval
service. Every man in the fleet wanted
to go with Hobson.-New York Jour-
nal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-08-12

The American Eagle voiced his SEN
timents on the 4th of July, 1776, in the
great and only Declaration of indie
pendence, but he did not take shape for
several weeks after that day. Immedi-
ately after the declaration had been
read to the Continental Congress,
meeting in Philadelphia at that time, a
resolution was passed creating Benja-
min Franklin, John Adams and Thorn
as Jefferson, all well-knOwn gentle
men, to be a committee to prepare a
seal of the United States. On the 10th
day of August they reported, bringing
in combination consisting principally
of a Goddess of Liberty a Goddess of
Justice and an Eye of Providence with
a very small and insignificant eagle in
one corner of the device. Incidentally
also on the device was the legend, e
Pluribus Unum." Although the eagle
at this time was not much of bird, it
still seemed to the Colonial Congress
men that something was wrong with
the report of the committee, and the
seal had such bad effect that the re-
port was laid on the table, where it
stayed until 1919. In March of that
year it took a fresh start with a new
committee, but nothing was done until
1881, when among several designs sub
mitted was one from William Barton
of Philadelphia, who made the eagle
prominent, and described the bird as
emblematic of sovereignty. Another
design was furnished by Charles Tom
son, secretary of Congress, and the last
design, and the one finally adopted,
was endorsed Mr.. Bartons improve
ments on the secretary's device,
which made some changes in Mr..
Tomson designs, and this was adopt
ed June 20, 1852, at which time the
great American E-gle made its first
and gen inc appearance II the history
OF the great republic ne is under a per-
petual eLg cement to scream for.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-08-12
TELEGRAPHING IN SPAIN
1t is Generally Attended with Much;
Difficulty and Uncertainty.


Difficulty and Uncertainty.
The Spanish ceremonies which ac-
company the handling of a telegram
would be amusing were they not so
irksome and time-killing. You ap.
proach little window in the one Office
in the city, and, when your turn comes,
hand in your message. The clerk
counts the words a couple of times
over, adds up the result of each page,
refers to the written tariff, and finds
out what the cost is in francs. Then
he takes another slip of paper, finds
out what the rate of exchange is at
the moment, and reduces the francs to
Spanish pesetas. Finally, he reads out
the result-say, 597 pesetas, 80 GEN.
times. You engraye these figures in
your memory, and leaving the hall, go
out to another widow in a passage
outside, and there await your turn, re-
peating always the number 597 ,35 till
the clerk asks you what you want.
Then you explain that you are come
to purchase Spanish stamps for the
sum of 597 pesetas and 80 confines,
and then you take out a note for 1000
pesetas. The passage is dark on the
brightest day, and you accept the
stamps and your change in spirit Of
true religious faith, for you see not
even darkly as in a glass. When you
return to the inner sanctuary and help
to make a queue, awaiting your turn
again, the chances are that you find
yourself short of stamps, in cOnse-
quence of a mistake on the part Of
clerk outside. This happened twice to
me, but | am bound to say the indi-
vidual discovered and rectified his err
ror, so that my only loss was of about
'hirty-five minutes more.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-08-12

Bright lrs, that is TO say, unpaint-
ed spars Of NoOo, ale fast disappear
ing from the d-ep-w-te. ships OF the
world, for the reason Jllt such ships
are no longer built o. wood, but of
steel, as are also their lower masts,
and often their top mast and, it may
be, their yards, too, mp TO and .4ciud.ng
their topgallant yards, and these are al
ways painted. There is tour-masted
British ship now lying at a South street
wharf whose only bright spars are her
topgallant masts and jisger topmost.
Excepting her royal yards all the rest
Of her spars, bowsprit. lower masts,
topmasts on the three forward masts,
and all her yards below her royals are
Of iron and all painted. Her royal
yards are of wood. but these are paint
ed, too
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-08-12
FIBROID TUMOR
Expelled by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Mrs p. a. LOMBARD. Box II, West
dale. Mass, writes: 81 have reason to
think that l would not be here now if
it had not been for Lydia Z. Pinkham'
Vegetable Compound. 1t cured me of
a fibroid tumor in my womb
Doctors could douothingf orme, and
they could not cure me at the hospital
will tell you about it;
I had been in my usual health, but
had worked quite hard. When my
monthly period came on, flowed very
badly. The doctor gave me medicine,
but it did me no good. He said the
flow must be stopped if possible, and
he must find the cause of my trouble.
Upon examination, he found there
was tibroid tumor in my womb, and
gave me treatment any benefit
whatever. About that time lady
called on me, and recommended Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound;
said she owed her life to it. l said
would try it, and did. Soon after the
flow became more natural and regular.
l still continued taking the Compound
for some time. Then the doctor made an
examination again, and found every
thing all right The tumor had passed
away, and that dull ache was gone"
1t can be truthfully stated that
such a result can be accomplished by no
other remedy upon the market, and
forcibly proves the peculiar virtue of
the Vegetable Compound
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-08-12

A knitted table padding is being Of
fered for use under tablecloths. II is
especially recommended because 1t
does not grow hard after washing, as
does the ordinary table-pad. For a
polished table, too. It's protection is
claimed to be more perfect.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-08-12

Put a small, circular table in the
center of the room, and, after draping
it with silken American cOlOrs, make
an "Uncle Sam" hat out of pasteboard
our country's colors. The band around
the hat should be of blue, and the stars
on it should contain miniatures of our
latter-day heroes. This sketch shows
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-08-12

Short sight is very prevalent in cit
les and countries where education is
more highly developed; in rural dis
tricts and villages it is rarely met
with and among uneducated people
and savages it is practically unknown.
The inhabitants of towns and cities
have their vision limited by their sur
roundings, and seldom exercise their
sight at long distances. They are also
much more given to reading and visit
ing. so that their children are there
fore more liable to acquire that defect,
and the grown-up people transmit the
tendency to it. Apart from other rea-
sons for its requirement there will al
ways be found among children 4 great
er percentage of short sight, and worse
degrees of the defect in those schools
where the desks are low and uusuita-
Bile, and the light bad, thus necessitat-
ing much more STOPPING than in those
where these things are arranged in ac-
cordduce with common sense The
percentage of short sight in village
schools is small, in higher educational
establishments 1t is great, and in the
universities and colleges is very great
In some parts of Germany, where the
writer has lived and spent his youthful
years in college, there are so per cent
of the population troubled with short
sight, so that it seems that in a few
generations the whole country will be-
come short sighted if the presen. rate
of increase of the defect be maintained
Fortunately for the human race, sci.
ence generally finds a remedy wher
the necessity for it arises, and as The
defect increased of late years, so alsC
has the knowledge of how to combat
it. There never need be a case of sholt
sight if parents and teachers shoulc
apply to children before the defect i.
acquired those regulations that have t
be observed afterwards.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-08-12
THE SULTANA WRECK
BONES OF THE VICTIMS RECENTLY EX-
POSED BY THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

In April. 1865 Her Boilers Burst and 1,5OO
Union Soldiers We're Killed or Drowned
River Has Now Undermined the Grave
yard Where Recovered Bodies Laid.
The boat lay in this port for several
hours discharging a cargo of molasses,
and started up the river early on the
morning of the 9th. She had pro-
ceeded about six miles, being opposite
Hen and Chicken Island, when, with
out any warning whatever, her boilers
burst, her hog chains parted and the
shattered wreck caught fire. As many
as 1,500 soldiers were killed or drowned
as a result of the accident, and for
four days dozens of floaters were cap
tured every hour or so.
Many bodies were recovered near
the scene Of the wreck, and these we're
buried at Mound City At that time
the people in this vicinity cared prec-
ious little for Yankee soldiers, though
they gave them a decent burial. No
tombstones were erected, however, and
the graves were not kept green.
When the Sultanas victims we're
buried at Mound City the impromptu
graveyard in which their last sleep
was to be slept was far from the rivers
bank, but the Mississippi, seemingly
with a fiendish desire to claim the
bones Of these victims for her waters
to ripple over, as they have rippled
over for years the bones Of other vic
tins of the same catastrophe, has
gradually worn away the ground until
now she sweeps by the graveyard with
a steady, sullen murmur, and bones
and CHASTITY skulls look down on the
water from where they lie, few feet
away.
The wreck of the steamer Sultana,
which occurred on April p, 1865, and
which sent a shudder over the entire
length and breadth of this land, has
been recalled by the action of the Mis-
sissippi river, on whose broad bosom
the catastrophe took place, and in
whose cold embrace hundreds of SOL
diers went down to rise no more.
The Sultana was a very large Missis-
sippi River packet, which was engaged
by the United States Government as
soon as the Civil War was ended, to
convey Federal troops from the far
South to their homes. The steamer
took on a large number Of troops at
Vicksburg, and took on several other
smaller attachments on the way up.
When she arrived here, on April 26
she had 1900 Federal soldiers aboard.