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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-16
MARRIAGES IN PROSPECT.

Cards have been issued to the marriage.
November 22d, at the Memorial church,
at Prince George Courthouse, of Miss
Mary Anderson Temple, daughter of NJ.
". ID. Temple, to Mr.. Robert II.
Meacham.
In Richmond, on Wednesday evening,
at the residence, No. 110i west Clay street
Miss Mamie Lee Clayton will be married
to Mr.. Walter l.. Spain, "a popular young
pharmacist of this city.
General James c. Hill, Railroad COM
missioner, to-day went on tour of IN
spection over the Richmond, Petersburg
and Carolina railroad.
Mr.. Charles X. Bradbury who went to
Cuba from this city as hospital steward
in the First Regiment. District of Column
bia, is here on visit. During the SER
vice in Cuba he was made chief steward
OF the provisional division hospital. Of
three hospital stewards who went out
with Mr. Bradbury he is the only ore
who returns alive. He had yellow-fever,
but recovered.
II now seems probable that the Metho
dist conference, at Portsmouth, will make
one or more changes in the pulpits here.
HORSE-CARS TO BE USED.
The recent frequent failures on the part
of the electric equipment of our street
car line has caused Inconvenience TO
the public, and annoyance TO the gentle
men composing the Virginia Traction
Company. who recently purchased the
road. Last night, a meeting of the Off
GERS of the company and the local dlrec-
tors was held to devise means by which
the public could be afforded a uniform
service during the interval required for
the construction oe the new system. IL
was decided that while the preparations
are being made for the construction OF
the new lines the only practical thing TO
be done in the way Of properly serving
the public is to place n sufficient number
Of horse-cars on the present line to 30
cure uniform service, and this will be
done.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-16

Resolutions OF respect to deceased
members passed by societies, corpora
tons, associations. or other organiza-
items will be charged for as advertising
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-16
NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON.
vessels Assembling I'm Hampton
ROads-NOrfOllS Police News.

NORFOLK, VA, November l5.-(Spe-
cial)-Commodore Philip paid an official
visit to Fort Monroe to-day, and was re-
ceived with honors, a salute being fired
from the water battery.
1t Is expected that vessels to complete
the full strength of the North Atlantic
squadron will join the flagship New York
now in Hampton Roads. by the end OF
next week, to render the fleet Immediately
available for either offensive operations
or squadron evoutions.
1t is given out that the fleet that is
being hurriedly assembled at this rem
devious is to make a practice cruise only.
but the fact remains that the vessels are
being gotten in readiness with more haste
than usually attends heet-drin prepara-
tions.
CHARGED WITH BIGAMY.
The reconciliation which is thought to
have taken place between Bruce Mcqueen
Bull and his wife. whom he recently had
arrested two weeks after their marriage.
on sensational charges, will not prevent
the probable prosecution of the husband
for alleged bigamy, it is said. The wife
was discharged this morning her husband
not appearing against her.
Inc foIlce department is now at work
on evidence tending to show that Bull
has another living wife.
NOT TO KISS THE BOOK.
Police-Justice Tomlin created a small
sensation this morning when he declared
that he would not hereafter require wit
nesses to kiss the Bible, but only to raise
the right hand in being sworn. Fear Of
smallpox is the cause OF this remarkable
statement.
Mary Turner was charged in court this
morning with disfiguring for life George
Brown, in whose face she threw pan
OF hot grease. She was discharged after
proving that Brown had drawn a pistol
on her husband, threatening at the same
time TO kill him. The Court held that
the woman was justified in defending her
husband.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-16

Croker is in Chicago-for his health,
some papers say but he himself says: II
am not sick at all. l have come West for
a rest, shall remain in Chicago two or
three days, and then go to West Baden,
in Indiana, for week or so. / may go
South Ito Kentucky to look at some
horses before l go back to New York. l
came here to get rid of politics" 1t will
be generally agreed that the TamIaany
chieftan is entitled to rest after the
exertions he made recently in Greater
New York. That those exertions were
not crowned with success is a misfortune
to Democracy, as well as to the orsaniza-
ton he especially represents.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-16

Hanna, it seems, is not only for no re-
duction of the war taxes, but is for higher
taxation in general. The tariff law, he
is quoted as saying, must be revised, with
a view to bringing in more revenue.
protection" for the Infant industries"
he represents-infants still in pap-con-
Stunning properties, though they have been
battening at the expense OF the public
purse a quarter of century or more.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-16
MIR. KEYEs cRIrrCALLY ILL.
Very Little Hope Of His Recovery
Hnppenlugs I'm Peferahurg.

PETERSBURG. VA, November 1j.-
tspecial)-Mr. Robert A. KeSes, the
young drug clerk. who tried to commit
suicide last night at the store OF Mr.. C.
Il. wright, where he was employed. Il
In very critical condition to-day, and *
Is feared there Is slender hope OF his
recovery. Two shots, from a small pistol
penetrated his left breast, both in the
vicinity OF the heart, but neither touching
that organ. The physicians In atten-
dance on the young man this morning.
after careful examination and consulta-
tion, decided not at present to probe for
the balls. 1t is not. therefore, known
what course the bullets took or what
internal injury they may have caused,
but II Is evident the case Is a very despe-
rate one. The cause of the act Is said
10 be dependency and Ill health. tie
said ne was tired Of life and had nothing
10 live for. Some time elapsed between
the firing of the first and second shots,
and the act appears to have been very
deliberate.
INTERESTING TRIAL.
The trial of Detectives Baldwin and
Feltz. of the Norfolk and Western
Agency, for the killing of Henry Hawkes.,
at wilson's Depot, some weeks ago, mas
been set for next Tuesday, at Dinwiddia
Courthouse. 1t is understood that, unless
for reasons not now known the trial will
certainly take place. Baldwin is indicted
as principal and F'etz as accessory.
Mr. James Caughlan,. well-known
oyster dealer of this city. went over to
Richmond yesterday on business. On mis-
return he met gentleman on the train
who inquired the names of the several
stations where the train stopped AM
otherwise manifested interest in this Sec
ton. The two gentlemen separated az
strangers at the depot there. and took
different routes. Last night they met
again, when the mutual discovery was
made that they were brothers, who had
not seen each other for twenty-four
years. The stranger was Mr.. Pierce
Caughlan, who returns to Petersburg after
an absence of twenty-four years,
twenty-three years and six months Of
which he has served in the United States
army. He saw service in Cuba and Porto
Rico.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-16

Hoods Pills sis ~ e r.: s:::ss s:s
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10
The King Came,

At the Brussels exposition a few,
days ago King Leopold of Belgium,
wishing to examine more closely q GER
tain American machine, left his suite.
and stepped into the booth where the
machine was installed. He requested.
the man in charge to explain it's mech
anism to him. Not noticing the royal
escort a few yards away, the attend
ant took his Majesty for some high Of
tcial. He explained in detail the
working Of his machine, and dwelt
upon it's points of excellence. "And.
SIR he added, 'the King himself is.
coming to see it before long" With
out betraying his identity, King Leo
pold smilingly thanked the American.
and withdrew. He seemed much anus
ed. when relating the incident to those
who accompanied him, at the idea of
an exhibitor who was expecting the.
King at the very moment when the.
King was leaving him.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10
Short Sermons.

Take Away the Pain.-Let us take
away the pain from the heart of God
by removing it from the souls and bod
les of men. Let us remember tha; "ro
lift the burden of humanity is to lift
the burden of Godfrey. C. w. VIII.
Jams, Baptist, Denver, Colo.
The Truth of Christ-Christ is tbo
living truth, not string of formulas
intellectually perfect, however venera
bic. He is embodied truth, the knowi-
edge of whom is better than the dis
cipline of sacred metaphysics.-Rey.
DR.. Barrowe, Presbyterian, Chicago.
ILL.,
A Vast Problem.-Eyery generation
of the worlds history is confronted by
some important problem to the solution
of which the best minds and the tr1Iest
hearts must lend their every energy.
Our time has a vast problem.-Rav.
Father Ducey, Roman Catholic, New
York City.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

A writer in the Arena makes the ven
cradle Lafayette say in 1925, from the
balcony of an old house, still standing
at the corner Of Park and Beacon
streets, in Boston, "Where are your
poor? Where are your poor? In this
assembly l see them not. Why have
they not come also" Then some one
in the crowd replied, eve are all here
rich and poor together" But with true
French gallantry the venerable French
man responded: mo; the poor are not
here. They are not anywhere in Amer
lea. They are in Europe" Upon the
basis of this little scene the writer re-
marks: "And that makes the difference
between an assembly Of free men in
1925 and an assembly Of inchoate pau
perS in 1897" In a native tribe of bar
barians there are no poor and no rich.
In the tribal stage of civilization mem
bers of the tribe all share alike-hence
there is no poverty. But it does not
quite follow that this is the most desir-
able condition of existence There are
very few men living who can remember
how an average crowd on the streets Of
Boston looked in 1925. That they Loot
ed better fed, better dressed, or carried
more change in their pockets, few be-
ieve. That there was more equality
is due partly to the more elementary
character Of trade Snd industry. 1t is
always so, from the original tribe I'D
to the most complex civilization. But
it is these complex conditions that call
out the displays of philanthropy that
we see on Thanksgiving day and in the
holiday season. In saying that there
were no poor in Boston in 1928 Gf he
said it,, Lafayette was bound to be
polite, but we all know better. Inc
quality increases as society advances
from the elementary to the complex.
And so does philanthropy. But be-
cause Of this are we prepared to return
to the original tribal condition? Hard
ly. 1t is in the effort to remove ine-
quality and ameliorate its effects that
should engage every good citizen, that
the whole moral nature of the COM
munity is advanced with the increase
of its material wealth.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

those who took up the problem where
Lukin left it was one Henry Great
head, boatbuilder of South Shields,
who worked continuously at the sub
ject, and an order for the construction
of what is practically the first specially
constructed lifeboat was given to
Greathead in 1905.
The first lifeboat was Sc feet long,
and possessed beam Of 10 feet. 1t
was rowed by 10 oars, double-b banked,
and it was the first vessel built ID.
which the main features of all life
boats were found. Thus, the stem and,
stern were alike, it had a curved keel,
End it bulged greatly amidships.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10
No Gymnastics in Norway.

Walking, climbing and ski-runn 'ns
they have in Christiania, the capital Of
Norway, with skating and coastirg.
but gymnasium athletics are practical
ly noneXistent. There are probably
not more than half-dozen pairs of
boxing gloves in Christiania. There
are no running matches, no jumping,
few crews, no wrestling, no cricket.
football or tennis, no teaching of the
manly art of self-defense." The boys
fight like little demons. and one would
think they would aspire to do so scien-
tifically. At one Of the large boys
school it is part of the unwritteu law
(of the pupils that the classes first out
Of the building shall al time congregata
in one corner of the great brick walled
courtyard, whence it shall be the duty
and pleasure Of the remainder of the
school to whack them forth with siren
uous application of fists and heads.
The best possible resistance is made.
a great many eyes are blackened and
some few teeth dislodged, but all cas-
ualties are received amicably (after-
ward and all prowess duly accredited.
Private quarrels are promptly settled,
not in the school precincts, but in the
receSseS of the palace park. where a
ring is formed, seconds chosen and all
proceedings conducted in proper order.
Boston Globe.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

AS a general observation it may be
said gentleman lounges and lOafer
loafs, shade Of distinction, however,
not always observable, as there IS usu-
ally a noticeable tendency on the part
of the lounger to become mere loafer
Hence the need of discrimination on
the part of those who engage in either
of these pleasing but improbable avo-
cations, especially in the case of those
whose characteristics are in process Of
formation. The rector of the Universe
ty of Vienna, at least, seems to be duly
impressed with the Importance OF regu-
lating even lounging, as shown in the
following edict recently published for
the benefit Of the students in the Aus
trian capital: "For the university year
OF 1878 the bummel, or lounging. will
be sanctioned under the following con-
ditions: 1t must be practiced on Sat
urdayS only and between the hours of
IL and II a. m., in the Arcadenhof. For
changing the hour or prolonging the
period of the aforesaid lounging a spe-
Dc ODUdlupu lGOlll
the rector. Students not attached to
the university are not allowed to par
ticipate in it. This permission is grant
ed on the understanding that all cor
porations Of students taking part in the
same shall avoid any action tending to
create a disturbance or cause annoy
ance in public places" To suppose that
the lounger, whether student or other
wise, would engage in actions tending
to disturbance Or annoyance in public
places would be to do violence to the
time-honored traditions of lounging.
The students. however, may be sup
posed to be only amateurs in this ele-
CANT art and the rector Of the Univer-
Sity Of Vienna is wise, therefore, in
guarding against the first approaches
toward loafing. But to lounge by rule
and on one specified hour of the week
that must be peculiarly Austrian no.
ton.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10
RECKLESS TRICK RIDER.
William Shields the Best Acrobatic
Wheelman in This Country.

wheeIman in This Country.
A man who prefers to ride on the
handle bars of his bicycle rather than
in the saddle and who is happier when
suspended over the front wheel Of his
machine than when properly balanced
over the pedals is something of de-
generate among wheelmen, but q de-
generate whose example is not likely tG
be followed too extensively. This ec-
centric rider is William Shields, better
known as "Rube." He is profession
al cyclist and a trick rider, but he
doesn't confine his performances to in
door audiences.
Shields is doubtless the best acrobat
wheelman in this country. March 81
1897, he rode down the steps of the
west front of the capitol building at
Washington, d. G. Dozens have rid
den down the east steps, but Shields is
the only wheelman who has success
fully made the descent Of the west
flight. which has seventy-four steps
and three landings. He made the de.
scent in fifteen seconds and did not
touch one of the last sixteen steps. In
Cincinnati last July he electrified O.
crowd of spectators by riding out of a.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

A few persons have done a profitable
business in tree planting in this coun-
try, but this occupation will probably
not be followed by individuals, as the
time required for trees to mature is too
long. Governments do not die like in
dividuals, and for this reason certain
economic industries are more suitable
for governments to control than for in
dividuals to undertake. Tree planting
is one of the businesses which we be-
lieye the government can prosecute
more successfully than can any private
individual or corporation.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

What it means to a man to come home
at night to cheerful wife no one bat
he who has had to fight in the hard
battle Of life knows. If he is prosper
Gus, it is an added joy; but it is in mis-
fortune that it shines like a star in the
darkness. A complaining wife can kill
the last bit of hope and courage in
sorely troubled heart, while cheerful
one gives new courage to begin the
fight over again.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

All. if more Americans could learn
how to fool-to fool wisely-that is, hi
lariously. Then fewer of them would
need to get drunk and smash plate
glass windows. A lively caper in the
home is an electric wire that carries off
no end Of care. depression or ill temper.
For. depend upon it, every nature will
have its fling, and must have it. The
only question is of what kind of a
ding. There is the fling into bitterness
of speech, into dependency, into sui
eide, and there is the fling into merri-
ment and emancipation from the strait
Jacket of Mrs. Grundy and all her
works.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

The war "reminiscences of the late
Charles A Dana establish a fact that
every person to whom profanity is an
offence will be glad to hear. Mr.. Dana
saw much of General Grant during the
most perpleXing period Of the civil war,
and he now asserts that he never heard
the great Union leader utter profane
word. Mr.. Dana himself was for many
years tireless worker in a field in
which profanity is common. Every
pan wao enjoyed the privileges OF
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10
THE FIRST IlFEBOAT.
Very Different from the Complicated,
Vessel of To-Day.

Vessel of To-Day.
The story of the lifeboat remains to
be written. To do so now would be
premature, inasmuch as, notwithstand-
ing the large amount of ingenuity
which has been lavished. on the de-
signing of a vessel which shall prove
satisfactory, the thing desired yet re-
mains to be achieved The first life
boat was, curiously enough, devised by
a landsman, one Lionel Lukin, a coach
builder of Dunmow, in Essex. En-
gland. This man had lost some rela-
tives in the foundering Of a vessel at
sea, and he set about designing a yes
sci which should be unsinkable. Among
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

A special dispatch from Tennessee
says that young man who Drained his
father with an ak the other day can
not be made to take a serious view Of
the affair" Oh, yes, he can; Durrant
had that same trouble for two years.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

An attache of Barnum's circus writes
feed an elephant in England. 1t prob
ably costs more than that to see one in
London, however.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

The New York customs inspectors ob-
ject to kissing by relatives and lovers
on the piers before the baggage Of in
coming passengers is examined, on the
ing ought to.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

Over 1,600 policemen in Chicago, in
reply to civil service questions, swore
that they never touched liquor. One in
nocent bluecoat declared, as to his
health, that he had once had the
measles, but didn't know how many of
them there were. Seeing that 1.-The good
die young" it is a marvel how these
innocent fellows manage to keep so
we'll preserved.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

1t is humiliating to the national pride
to learn that for every United States
ship that passed through the Suez Ca
nal during the first six months of 1897
there were eighteen japanese and two
Chinese ships. The numbers were:
Japan eighteen. China two, and the
United States one.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

There is nothing more disagreeabIe
IL young person than an attempt to
put on airs" to order other people
about, to speak with half hidden i'm
pudence to older people-to show no
Difference, no respect. Such behavior
springs either from selfishness or van
ity, and it would be ridiculous if it were
not sad to see a young person behaving
in so foolish a manner.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

England and the United States once
differed gravely as to the right Of
search" The gift of vessel by an
Englishman for use in Mr.. Peary's ex-
petition shows that perfect harmony
now exists respecting the right, if the
object of search is the north pole.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

The fact that Il Swiss surgeon has
successfully removed. the stomach Of
one of his patients should not unduly
encourage others to try this expert
ment. If some scheme could be devised
to lay aside the stomach for few days
at a time. however, no one would Sc
riouSly object to it.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

The recent marriage of a titled Eli
gnshwoman to an Indian prince should
prove a notice to American heiresses
that there are new worlds for them to
conquer-or, perhaps it would be more
correct to say, old world titles for them
fn win
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

The West and Northwest, says the
Louisville Courier-J ournal, are now
leading every other part of the United
States in real prosperity, and there is.
no one to grudge them their good for
tune.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10
RaroainS

Did you hear what Whimpton.s lit
lie boy said when they showed him the.
twins?'
NO; what was it,"
He said: There. Mammals heen
gettn' bargains again. - Golfers.
Weekly.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

working near him will testify that Ia
the midst Of the eXacting requirements
of his duties Mr.. Dana was guiltless Of
the sin and vulgarity Of profanity.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

The stomach may not be a vital Or
gan, as certain ambitious carvers de-
clare, but you must take good care Of it
If you expect to live long and be happy.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

Japan, with its hat one side and It's
eye cooked as natural as life, is doing
all it can TO give Russia a hint that it's
loaded for bear
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

Whichever of the powers may par
ticularly advance in the East, there IS
more than a chance in any case Of
China losing ground.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

And now they say tnat 10aIocnou IS
only one word. Well, it isn't anything
TO be sneeZed at, anyhow.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-10

Depend on the bargain instinct WORK
ing out in the sex. A society leader
has marked down New York's 400 to
150