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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-22
The First Official Stock Sale

q pieces OF 81 . Black Gros-OrdIn I d.
cade. In new, beautiful effects, for soc'
yard -,
400 yards of Guaranteed Allure SIX
Black Satin Duchess, Y inches Wioe'
usual $50 quality. for SSc. yard.
o1-i,,cb rlack Cros-Grain Dress SILK, rich
quality and beautiful shade Of black
Sl.35 grade. for 90c.
An-STk Louisine Taffetas, on grounds
OF black, green. red, In Illuminated
effects, $l.19 qualities, for I5c yard.
Rich Plaids and Stripes, in handsome
satin bar effects of five color combina-
tons S1.5O grades, for 81 yard
Au-Silk Satin Duchess. In cerise. light
Elue maize. purple. green, cardinal.
&c, 75c. qualities. for 44c. yard.
I1-CKY THOSE THAT BOUGHT FROM
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TWO STORY DIET ix't'1P5.B'
NO. ZIG HOLLY STREET. MN,
REL STREET. LAU.
10y virtue Of hereinafter referr,,
~ c,,,. Wv Circuit Court or the 49,. os-
OF cumberland, Va. Cuter,d s county
H. 1873, /, as special commit, .''D'embr
IN appointed for the purp0se IN taefe-
the premises. s"'9' bidder, on
oAl OEDAY, NOVEMBER ae,h
at i3O y. NJ. the REAL, Fs7, 80.
sCIiped IN said decree "as tho 49, d.
lou or land fronting 30 fees c AID
s.Ieet. IN the city Of Richmond q" a., molly
mug BACK between parellel lines ~ la-
ne mouse contains . rooms d.. '5tL
water and culvert connectior '.s cy
porch, and Will prove a po,.r., .t14a
ment or make snug home for .',s,.
moderate means ~ person %
TERMS: One-third cagh. r...,
one ana TWO years, with intorosf ~, n
rom day OF sale. evidenced by nos, ~
notes secured by deed Of trust ''"'"a
WILLIAM H. SWryu
Special C0mmIss'--
j. thompson Brown q Co.. Aur-i,-L
in the Clerks Office or the CIrcu,. %.
OF the County OF Cumbpr'arI D.l[t
-; Powell, for, &c. Plaintiff .Os
Rlchard @. Booker Adminizraf5r t
IN CHANCERY.
i, X. A. Noel. Deputy Clerk 90 o..
court, do certify that the bond rl,.''t
or the special commissioner. Wu,.'t... ''ei
smith, by the decree rendered b, "
cause on the llth day Of Noyembar ,5l
has been duly given i'A
Given under my hand as De,u... 20.
OF the said court this 18th dav ~ ,.orf
ber 1925 p ,N.lem.
no 20-tds Der,,..' ,..Ih
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By A. c. Hartman.
Real Estate Auctioneer.
TIA east Main street.

BY virtue Of a certain deed Of trust 70 N.
undersigned trustee. bearing dqts IN ,-o
Sd day of September, 1856. and recorded
In the Clerks Office OF the Rcnmo1.
Chancery Court. I'm Deadlock us B. psg,
81, default having been made in the p.I-
ment OF a portion Of the debt therein SEE
cured. and being required so 20 DO by ths
at public auction, on the premises on
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BUSINESS CHANCES
FOR SALE,

FIRST CLASS BAR AND RESI- ~
rant. Good business. Situated near sIg
yard. Whole house includiug lode 81.
can be rented very cheap. Apply ~
Main. no -4|
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Dy j. thompson Brown & GO
lll3 Main street
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FOR LENT.
OFFICE FOR RENT.

MOST DESIRABLE LOCATION n
the city for doctor or dentist. corner ~
Beech and Main streets Apply t1
no 20-Sun. Tu& Th3t j. a. MORRIS
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AUCTION SALEs-This Day.
WHEN REAL EsTATE rs SOLD THE
TAKES TOR THE CURRENT CALEN.
OAR YEAR ARE TO BE rAIp PRO
RATA BY THE VENDOR AND THE
VENDEE

BY N. w. Bowe.
Real Estate Auctioneers.
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POSTPONFsfnyr

POSTPONEMHNT
On account OF rain. the above sale IS
postponed 10 MONDAY. November 2'sl
at same hour DO -
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WANTED.

BUTLER AND CHAMBERMAID
Want Situations. Good references given.
II north Linden street, city no 22-1t'
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FOR RENT.

FOR LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING, THREE
Nice Rooms Furnished all conn POI 80
bathroom and back porch. front room
heated by register For terms app,F ms
No. go north Ninth street ro l'|l
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COMMISSIONERS SALE
TO THE

TWO srd HIGHEST BIDDER.
~ ,,c No., DWELLING. fHANa
-''' 'A' i'oL,Ln STREET. NEAp ,,..
REL STREET. '| LAU.
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WANTED,

AN EXPERIENCED AND COMPETENT
ColOred Woman as Cook and Laundress
Must have good recommendations. Apply
at No. Ills Park avenue. no 22-1ts
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
QUEER THINGS TO PUMP.
Pig Iron, Ends of Spiles, Cannon Balls
and the End of n Tail Shaft
Drought Up.

There are sometimes brought up by
centrifugal pumps which are used for
dredging, for pumping up coal from
sunken vessels, and for various other
purposes-tlrings that seem strange to
be handled even by such pumps as
these, designed to pump coal, and SO
on. An eight7inch centrifugal pump
used by a wrecling company of this
city to pump coal with has brought up
a piece of pig iron weighing So pounds
A pump with a 2S~iaeh suction used
in dredging at the Mississippi river jet
ties brought up two mushroom an
chors, one Of them weighing So pounds.
It brought up ends of spiles IL inches
in diameter and % inches long. II
pumped up sharks; a part of one
pumped up on one occasion was five feet
long.
Another eight-inch pump used for
coal pumped up pieces of board IS
inches long, and a car coupling IL
inches long.
Large pumps used In dredging in the
improvement of New York harbor
brought up cannon balls and various
ether heavy objects, including the end
of tail shaft weighing rs pounds.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
IN THE TALL BUILDITGS.
Local as Well as Through Travel Is
Afforded by the Modern
Elevator.

The man who, when he goes to a
lofty modern building to see somebody
on the tenth floor, finds an express ele-
vator, whose first stop is at the seventh
floor, ready to start, and SO reaches
the tenth floor almost before he knows
it, is sure to be impressed by the ex-
perience, even though it may not be new
to him, says the New York Sun.
Another thing that is sure to impress
a visitor is the local travel that has
sprung up in the tall buildings. While
in an elevator he will see some one get
on at one floor and get off at another.
1t may be that some concern has Offices
on one floor and rooms for draughting
or for other work on another. Or there
may be business relations between sep
arate concerns on different floors, and
going to and fro between them, just
as there would be along the street be-
tween them, if they were on the street
level. And then there are buildings
in which, on floor above floor, business
of the same nature is carried on, and
in which customers go from floor to
floor without coming down to the street
again until they have visited all the
concerns with which they may have
occasion to do business.
So that, take it altogether, to one not
overfamil with it there is still likely
to be found much of interest in the use
of the modern elevator
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
FROM CONVICT TO GUARD.
A Prisoner Who Long Made Himself
Useful Is Now Employed by
His JaiIeFs.

Henry Rerner, who spent over 20
years behind prison walls for murder
of which he always declared his inno-
cence, is now wearing the uniform Of
guard at the institution in Jefferson
vile, Ind, where he so long wore the
garb Of a convict, says the Louisville
Courier-Journal. Berner was paroled
by the board of managers of the re-
fornatory the first week in February,
but he failed to obtain employment as
required by the new parole law until
the other day, when it was announced
that he would go to his mother at Cum
minsyille, O., suburb of Cincinnati,
and there reside, having complied with
that important requirement..
During his long confinement Bern er
became almost indispensable to the in
stitution, and after his departure his
value became still more apparent. Su-
perintehdent Hert and the board of
managers determined to recall him and
place him in charge of the engine
rooms. This was done, and he has been
quietly at his duties since Monday,
when he returned from Cumminsvil {.
Berner's alleged offense was the muir
der of his employer, a barber named
Barlein, at Vincennes. After Berner's
conviction his betrothed married him in
Jail, and she was loyal to him during his
confinement. She moved to jefferson
Vile so as to be near him, and met him
at the reformatory door when he
stepped out a free man.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
AUSTRALIAN MALLEE HEN.
Lays Her Eggs In a Great Mound and
the Heat of the Sun Hatches
Them Out.

The strangest bird known, SO far as
its habits are concerned, is the malice
hen of Australia. 1t lays its eggs in a
huge mound, which is really a coopera-
tive incubator, being built by many
pairs of birds, and serving to hatch the
eggs of all the hens. Each year the
same Goeks repair to the same mounds,
some of which measure so yards at the
base and are $50 feet in circumference
The eggs are deposited about six inches
below The surface While each hen lays
her eggs in the family mound, no hen
drops her egg closer than 20 inches to
that of her neighbor. These eggs are
deposited in cavity made by them in
vertical position, carefully covered.
and the surface smoothed over by the
hen before she quits the nest, says the
philadelphia Press.
The eggs of the malice hen are out of
all proportion to her size. They are as
large as those of goose, and those of
large hens are very much larger.
The eggs thusslaidand covered in this
great sand oven in the hot districts are
never again disturbed 10y the hens. The
eggs are hatched by the heat the sun
bakes into the soil where they lay. IT
has never been known how the young
chicks are excavated from their egg
grave, for the eggs are deposited fully
six inches below the surface. and the
hardening rains do not aid their exit
very much.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
SOME DULL BOYS.
With n Bad beginning They AT
ward Became Famous

with n Bad beginning They After
ward Became Famous.
When he was a lad in school, Sir
Isaac Newton was at the bottom CT his
class more than half the time.
Henry Ward Beechcr used always to
break down when asaked-as he was
every Sunday, when boy-to recite the
catechism.
Ounce he is, and Ounce he will re-
MAN," is what Prof. Dalzell, Walter
Scott's teacher, used TO say of the boy
whose novels are still standards of Eng
lish story telling.
Charles Darwin, in his autobiography,
tells us that he had much zeal for SUBJ
jects which interested'hin;" which pos
sibly could be said of the dullest boy
that ever vexed a teachers heart. 1t
was the collective opinion of Darwin's
masters that dullcr boy had never
been within the school walls.
III. Rider Haggard, the novelist, was
pupil in Ipswich school, and is de-
scribed as tail, lank youth, with a
thick crop of unl1empt hair, sharp fea-
lures, prominent nose, and eyes which
had rather wild look about them. In
his classes ne never took high place,
and both his schoolmates and his mas
ters looked on him as a rather stupid
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
WITH A YARD STICK.
How kIcndike Freight Is Weighed
on Board Steamers.


a Klondilzer was d surprised man at
the ocean wharf about five o'clock one
afternoon recently when he asked for
rates on his outfit. His boat was
seetioEized by being divided longi-
tudinally, and then each half cut into
sections about eight feet long. Two OF
these sections were put together spoon
fashion," and securely Grated, and
when ready for shipment the boat was
about as bulky as a buggy, although
it perhaps did not weigh more than 50
pounds, says an exchange.
The accommodating freight clerk
came out with his three-foot rule and
proceeded to take the cubic dimensions
of the crate, the shipper looking on in
amazement. Never before had he seen
freight weighed with yard stick. says
the Seattle Times The freight clerk
took the length, breadth and thickness
of the crate, whipped blue pencil out
OF his pocket and proceeded to figure.
Like an expert at such calculations. he
promptly announced that the thing
weighed three and half tons.
What will the freight be? ?" asked the
miner, who by this time was almost
out of breath.
The rate is S11 per ton to Skaguay."
"Gee-whiz!" exclaimed the miner and
his partner in one breath.
Yes" said the clerk, "the freight
will BE three lis and half-$3S.50 so.
You see, freight is carried according to
displacement, and rot weight"
The Yukoners held a council over
the matter and concluded to ship their
boat in a different form
Most of the boats that the miners are
taking with them for descending the
river are not put together at all, the
lumber being so cut and fitted that it
can be readily put together after they
get over the summit.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
PERSIANS LIKE CIGARETTES.
The Sheh's Subjects Are Said to Be
Rapidly Acquiring the Smok-
ing Habit.

It appears that the smoking of <g-
arettes has of late years spread almost
as rapidly in Persia as in this country,
says the London Mail. Cigarette to-
bacco was first introduced as an ag,
ricultural product into the province of
Ghilan in 1876. The seed was imported
from Samsoun, in Turkey, and the in
PRODUCTION of the plant into the north
ern province of Persia has had the effect
of introducing the practice of cigarette
smoking throughout the country. 1t
has become so general that even the
lowest peasant now goes about with a
cigarette case and cigarette paper. Un-
til quite recent years only kalians, or
nubble-bubbles, and chibouks, or long
wooden pipes with red clay bowls, were
used-~the former generally by the high
CT classes and the latter by the peas
antry, laborers, mule drivers and other
people constantly on the move and.
therefore, requiring more portable
apparatus. The chibouk has now been
to a very large extent replaced by Gig
arettes. the tobacco for this purpose be-
ing cheaper than the Shiraz tumbekeo.
which is required for kalian and Chi
bouk.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
LIGHT YOUR PIPES, GIRLS.
LIZ You want to Be Thoroughly Eng
Iish You Must Smoke a
Dudheen.

The latest from England is that the
different railroad companies are being
tormented to death by letters from
women requesting the addition of smok-
ing cars for women on the different
railroads, says the New York Evening
World.
This naturally leads one to inquire:
Where is the British matron? Why
isn't she forming crusade and leading
it against her refractory daughters, for
the would-be smokers in public belong
to the younger class of professional
women who crave the solace of cigar.
cigarette or pipe as they ride mp to Lon
don to their studios and Offices.
I Smoking among the better class of
women in England is far more prevalent
than it is in the United States This may
be due to the fact that women's clubs
in London are more clubable than they
are here.
The London, Women's clubs DO not
stop at gavel-pounding and an annual
tea. There is daily tea, but it is spelled
s-h--e-r-r-y, or b-r-a-n-d y-a-n-d-s-o-d
or variety of ways.
Now that we have taken to copying
everything English even to their boots
we fought against the boots for years,
but we are now paying double price
for them-are we going to demand
smoking cars, too? 1t won't add much
to the attractiveness OF the fin de steele
girl to have briarwood pipe sticking
out of her hip pocket.
But if it's English, we must have it,
even at the expense of appearances.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
NEW USE FOR MESSENGERS.
A Fertile Drained Philadelphia Man
Hires a boy to Wake Elm
After n Nap.

He was a well-known man about
town, and as such has so many engage
ments that he has difficulty in securing
the amount of sleep demanded by na-
ture. A night or two ago he was due a
a swell card party out in the neighbor-
hood of Rittenhouse square. Nine
o'clock was the hour, and at 1880 he
found himself unable to keep his eyes
open. He repaired to his apartments.
but dared not lie down for fear he
would oyersleep himself and miss his
engagement, says the Philadelphia In
quirer.
In the emergency an idea struck him.
Going over to the messenger call with
which his sitting-room is equipped he
rang for boy. IL few minutes one
put in an appearance. IBID you ring.
sir?" inquired the lad. 81 did" an
swered the man about town. "See that
chair over there?" The boy nodded in
the affirmative. "Well," continued the
man about town, 81 want you to sit
down in it and never move for Just 30
minutes. Then want you to make me
get up. Understand" ?" Once more the
messenger nodded, ana in less time
than it takes to tell it the man about
town was sound asleep on a couch.
Promptly at the expiration of the half
hour the boy awoke him and the en-
gagement was kept on time. This
novel use of the messenger service has
not been patentedby its originator, ana
he says that others situated as he was
are welcome to the idea,
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY.
Something About Ets Limitations and
the Curious Uses Sometimes
Made of 1t.

AS the new congressional library at
Washington is now i'll full running or
der it is at least possible to make intel,i-
gent comment upon some Of its meth
DDS of operation. Although primarily
intended for the use of members of the
federal legislature, the congressional
library is also open to the public, and
it would seem, therefore, that cata-
logue of some kind should be availabI
to the general readers. Such is not
the case, however as congressman only
have access to the catalogue, says the
philadelphia Record.
AS the law provides that copy Of
every copyrighted book published in
the United States shall be presented to
the library, there is an enormous col
lection of books upon a great variety
of subjects, good, bad and Indifferent
but there is, on the other hand, re-
markable paucity of standard literary
works, especially of those published in
other countries. a student of Italian
literature recently presented list Of
IS classical works in that language at
the librarians desk, and was told that
none of them was in the collection. 1t
was said, in fact, that the library had
lad but one Italian book, and that had
been lost.
1t was learned On further inquiry that
the principal use made of the library
by congressman is to obtain the latest
novel for the ladies of their families
Occasionally some curious acquisitions
come from congressman in search of
knowledge, as was exemplifed in re-
cent memorandum order sent to the IL
brarian for a copy Of the "Encyclo-
pedia Botanical"
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
SHE WOULD AND WOULDN'T.
There Was Only One Thing That Kept
Her fro1;l Going Is
War Nurse,

"Well, if you GO, I'm going as a nurse,
and that's all there is about it," she said
to him the other night, when he threw it
out pretty strongly that he'd probably
be fighting for his country in Cuba in
about fortnight, says the Washington
Star.
oh" he replied; "that's out OF the
question, you know, You'd get the
fever"
Don't care"
"And even if you didn't die, you'd be
the color of an unripe orange for the
rest of your life.'
Don't mind that"
'Then you might get beri-beri. Peo-
pie that live after having beri-beri are
holy frights for the remainder of their
days"
"All right"
"And you'd never get the smell of car
bolic acid out of your nostrils."
very well. If you go, I'm going,
too"
"Of course, you'd have to have that
fine lot of hair of yours cut off, to pre-
vent Infection
'Eh-don't mind that, either
"And you'd have to wear rubber
gloves that'd make your hands look
bigger'n hams"
That's imnaterial"
Fellows that have been down there
and know, tell me that the Cuban hos
pitals are simply alive with rats and
MICE
Goodness gracious George, must
you go?"
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
FRICTION OF RAILWAY TRAINS
Large Amount of Air Is Dragged
Along by the Rapidly Nov
ing Cars.

Prof. F. E. Nipher has recently meas
ured the frictional effect of moving
trains upon the air near them, reports
the Scientific American. His appar-
atus consisted of hemispherical cup,
which he could fix at distances up to 80
inches from the window of a railway
carriage. The mouth of this collector
was turned toward the direction in
which the train was moving at the time
of observation, and the pressure due to
the motion was conveyed to pressure
guage by means of an India rubber
tube attached to the back OF the collect
ing cup. The results obtained showed
that large amount of air is dragged
along with rapidly moving train, the
motion being also communicated to air
many feet away. The air not only pos
sesses sufficient power to cause one TO
toppie over, but it also communicates a
spinning motion, tending to roll per-
son under the train if the nature of the
ground does not prevent such result.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
BAD COUNTRY FOR THIEVES.
How Cuirrit Was Merciiessiy
LRshed Down the Trail in
the Ch;Ikat Pass.

Mr.. H. d. Annable, of Montreal, ac-
cording to the New York Sun, received
u letter containing the following de-
scription of the way in which justice
is meted out in the Chilkat pass re-
gion:
This is a bad country for thief.
There were two chaps just tried here
for stealing an outfit from man on
top of the summit. They were caught
in the act and brought back to Sleeps
Head, and tried and sentenced to be
hanged. The younger of the two, by
the name of Wellington, put gun to
his head and finished himself. The
other fellow, named Hanson, was tied
10 a tree, all his clothing taken off,
and then lashed with two big ropes
fastened to stick. The man who in
flicted the punishment was supposed to
be the ablest man in the camp. was
close to the affair; so close, in fact,
that | had to hold my face back to
keep clear of the ropes while he was
swinging them. 1t was a handbook
ing sight. After they had done this,
they painted him with the words Thief.
Pass him along and then started him
down the trail.
"He had been examined by doctor
before the punishment, and they
whipped him until the doctor signalled
for them to stop. la almost every
place the ropes struck him they drew
blood. When a man is caught stealing
up here they call a miners meeting,
and whatever they agree to do they
carrv If out -
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
ANIMALS IN HISTORY.
Important Part That They Have
Played Since the Adm Incident

Played Since the Adam Incident
Ever since the serpent's entrance into
the Garden of Eden, where he became
the disturbing element, birds, beasts
and reptiles have played an important
Part in the worlds history, says Lip
pincott's.
According to the Moslem creed Ger,
tain animals besides man are admitted
into Heaven. Among them are
Balaam's ass, which reproved the dis
obedient prophet; Solomon's ant, which
rebul1ed the siuggard; Jonah's whale,
the ram of Ismael, caught by the horns
and offered in sacrifice instead of
Isaac; the dog Kratim of the Seven
Sleepers of Ephesus; the camel of
Salek, the cuckoo of Belkis, the ox of
Moses, and Al-Boral, that conveyed
Mahomet to Heaven. Sometimes the
ass on which our Saviour rode into
Jerusalem and the one on which the
Queen of Sheba appeared when she Wis
tied King Solomon are added to the list
These animals were said to be gifted
with the power of speech. Balaam' sass
spoke Hebrew to his master on one oc-
casion, the AliBorak of the prophet
Mahomet spoke Arabic and, according
to Greek mythology, Arion, tie wonder
full horse which Hercules gave to
Adrastos, spoke good Greek; Xsnthos,
one of the horses.of Achilles, announced
to that hero in Greek his approaching
death, and the black pigeons, gave the
responses in the temples of ,Ammon
and Dodona.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
Fairy Possession.

A writer in the London Spectator has
many interesting things to tell about
popular superstitions that survive in
ireland. A friend of his who lived in
Connemara states that the belief in
fairies and the mischievous ''little
people" is still very strong in that
region, and the idea of fairy possess
sion" is also common. This latter super
stition sometimes works disastrously,
as when a sick person is entirely neg
lected by his or her friends. If any
remonstrance is made, the answer is:
"Shure, it's not him (or her, as the
case may be- at all. It's only an ould
fairy" Even medicine ordered by the
doctor has not been given to the un-
fortunate sufferer, on the ground that
sit 'ud do no good; it's not thin is in
it." H