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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-26
He's Not the Only One.
cleveland Leader)

'Your husband Is one Of the men who
we're so anxious for war before hostiiities
we're declared. wasn't hep
Eyes, IL he could have had his way HAD
ana would have been bombarded the day
after the Maine was blown up-
.'Weli, why is II he isn't fghtingY see
that he's still here"
''Why should he be away fightingf He's
operating a flag factory. and is clearing
$50 a day out OF this thing. / guess John
knows his business"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-26

Harper. scribner, Cosmopolitan. Ladies
Home Journal, Puritan. Designer, Black
cat Metropolitan, for July, can be found
AZ the Bell Book and Stationery COM
nenvs rs east Main street, Richmond
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The "Nafne e"

thing TO do is to regulate your Liver ana
KIdneys by using Montgomery's Great
BIood purifier, and see If the Spanish
don't feel MAINE" ~
MONTGOMERY MEDICINE CO,
Richmond, Va
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-26

two hours. The case was then given 10
the Jury. which, after being out unfil
late In the evening. was unable 10 hand
Monday.
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FOURTH OF JULY
At the seashore-Grand Display OF
Fireworks.

The Chesapeake and Ohio will run one
o. their popular 81 trains TO Old Point
Ocean View, and Norfolk on July Nh:
Rate 10 either point 81 round trip. Special
fast train. Leave Richmond, Monday.
July 4th, at $50 A. NJ; returning, leave
Norfolk at 915 p. NJ, Ocean View at $780,
Old Point at 1890 giving ample time to
see the grand display of fireworks. This
will be the cheapest and most inviting
outing that will be offered our Richmond
penp1a
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er,phophone and Records.

Immense stock OF Talking-Maehines
from $40 upward, and all the RECORDS anu
supplies contained on me ca.stios 49, 49,
WALTER ID. MOSES q CO'' l''" nA~'''
street.
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rai.nn,. Latest Records.

We have Just received a large Supply
~ Fdison's latest records. These RECORDS
are superior TO all others. ,,,
RICHMOND MUSIC COMPANi'
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Wanted,

every family to keep Montgomery 3
Cholera Mixture in the house, ana save
calling in a doctor. ,-r, r,o
MONTGOMERY MEDICINE W.
Richmond, Va
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po,r,ot,o song-BooIs o Cents,

containing words and music OF hye ma
tionai songs Mail orders cents Speoi "a
price on quantity orders. WAbIhEt H.
NOSES g. CO., 1905 Main street
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-26

Richmond, Va, June % 1898.
Quotations.: Wheat-LOngberry. 81 TO
soc; mixed 81 to Soc; shortbarry, 80 to
Soc; No. 2 red, 81 to S5c. Corn-White
Virginia, bag lots, 80 to DOC; No. white,
39c.; No white, CSC; No. mixed. Ssc.;
No. mixed, sc. Oats-No. 2 mixed, &c;
No. 3 mixed, CSC. Rye-No. 2, nominal.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-26
FIlSs' Moonlight.

See Sol. Wells Sextette.
The Fat Mans Quartette,
and
The Lean, Lark. and Hungry ouartette.
DO hear them sing
on the
Tlks' Moonlight.
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ClIY OF MANChLsrEH BOND CALI.

CITY OF MANCHESTER BOND CALL.
Notice IS hereby given 10 the holders
that the city OF Manchester, Va, calls
for payment the following bonds, Is
sued by said city, ali being 1914 year 0
per cent. bonds-namely: IS coupon bonds
OF $3.50 each, Nos. A2. 2l3, and Nos. 2SI TO
2Gl, both inclusive. dated January 1. 1888.
and callable January L 1898 and one reg
istered bond for $500, dated and c3liabie
as above, issued IN lieu OF II coupon
bonds of that date. Also. Is coupon
bonds of 500 each, Nos 262 70 2S5. both
Inclusive, and dated July 1. 1881 and cah-
able July l. 1895.
Inc holders of said bonds arc required
10 present the same for paymene at tina
CITY Treasurers office. in this city, on
JULY l. 1873 at which ums all interest
thereon will cease.
For retiring the above bonds now 1Q-3i-
year per cent coupon bonds or the city
Will be placed with Messrs Inoma8
Branch & Co, of Richmond, Va, for sale
or exchange for the old bonds. Price on
application. -
Urea surer City Of Manchester. Va
&c l. W, t'ozSutJu in
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Orders for printing sent TO the Dis
patch Company will be given prompt at
tention, and the style OF work and prices
viii be- sure 70 please YOU
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-26

Three Special Piano B"sssain''
WALTER ID. MOSES &c CO., 1905 Main
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RICHARD w. MACRf,
banker and Broker,
10s EAST MAIN STREET.

Government, State. Municipal Railroad
Ronds and Stocks. VIrginia-C Carolina
Chemical and Bank Stocks bought ana
sold. Loans negotiated. Investment se-
curities a speciality.
Foreign Exchange. Letters OF Credit.
40 q-1'h gu&Tulm
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RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.

RrcHxoS /. June %. 1873
sA1Es-Rlchmond city So, due lsO4-S'ooo
ct 1924. ~ ..s..
GovERSHEST ScURTrIEs nu'
,-s.. c..,os A.. IoO7 .. 1lO
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-26

taking time, a season when pusi
ness ia practically suspended, az Lens.
locally. Jobbers have been rusnls,s
through special deals 20 clean ous
stocks, and next week VIII pc 9eso ss ,,os.
getting rid OF odds and ends. as far as pos
sible. There are no expressions OF ex.
ceedlng satisfaction with the season Jese
closed among jobbers, although tne Ie-
sults have not been so bad as was e,S-
pectetl. owing to the well-sustaineu &c
mand for flags and patriouc hoveiO ~.
The tone Of the market Is nrm Al t"e
weeks close.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, June 2S.-F1eur-Duii anu
unchanged - Oh. month.
7s l. To-. Julv. ran 1-4c.; August, ~ ~ ~
7S i-Sc.: southern wheat, by sample ''W
Corn-Easy; spot and the month, 81 l s4.
2lJ~9c. J,ilv' "a 1-2ll34 3-4c.; Septemoer,
a s-4e' bid; southern white corn, 20 l-zV
36c. q, oe,9,o
Rye-Dull and lower; no. 49, n We
AGO norninal,y: No. western, As l-zc-
Grain Freights-Dull and uncnangcA
Sugar-Strong and unchanged.
Rntter and Fggs-Firm and uncnanSeo'
C,heese-Steady and unchanged.
I,ettuce-Per basket, N.259N.A
Whlskey-Unchanged
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. June 25.--Lack OF speculativs
trade to-day created a heavy teehng ltl
the wheat pit. July closed l-tc. o S
ana Seutember left of 1-2c. lower. Corn
lost 5-SIf3-4c.. and oats declined csc. Potb
advanced "a. and lard 1-245c. Ribs are
unchanged. ..,,.,
The leading futures ranged as follows:
orao,ro a,rhszt ossss Closing.
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Cash quotations were as follows, No;
yellow corn, 32Q32 l-sc. Flour dull. NO.
2 spring wheat, 69G7lc.; No; sprlns
gI1i81 7-Sc' No. 2 oats &c; No. 3 white,
CSC; No. 3 white, 25c. No. rye, nc. No;
3 barley. SOq35c No. flaxseed, I;Oog
S1.O51-2. Prime timothy seed. $3.50. Mess
pork, per barrel, $9.55as9.60, Lard, per lVe
pounds s562 1-2fi%5. 81 IL. Short-rid sides
1ooseC s.. 25GS5.50 Dry-sahed shoulders
tboxen 3-405c. Short clear sides box
ed. &.65QS5.S5. Sugar, cut loaf, sou
graduated, S52 Butter firm; creamery
iltl6c.; dairy, IL 1908 10. Eggs steady
fresh, 100. Cheese active; creamery "a
Z 40
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MISCELLANEOUS.
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.

Quotations are for bonds maturing In nc
leEs than ton years
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NEW YORK. June 25.-The dry-goods
r. on the verge Of inventory
The Press., 1898-08-11
MarcnrY and Yenua.

Astronomers generally now admit that the more recent studies of the planets Mercury and Venus tend to con- firm Sckiapareli's opinion, advanced some years ago, that both of them turn on their axes once while revolving about the sun. This, however, is a very difficult point to settle with certainty, the reason given for this being, and very plausibly, that the evidence rests upon observation of the exceedingly faint markings upon the disks of the planets, the fact being that very few as- tronomers have ever seen them at all with distinctness, and only those who have made a most persistent study of them and are favored with vision espe- cially sensitive to such details are com potent to express an opinion as to their correct interpretation.
 It is argued that if, as held by some, the rotation and revolution periods are the same be correct opinion, then the climatic conditions of the two planets must be most remarkable. Furthermore, our moon always shows the same face to the earth and no knowledge exists of the hidden part, nor have the supposed inhabitants of that concealed hemi- sphere ever seen the earth. This, how ever, is of no importance to them. as the earth is not the source of light, heat and life on the moon. All parts of the moon arc brought under the sun s influence just as all parts of the earth, though the day and night are IA times as long as on the earth. But how it must be on a planet which has one side only exposed to the sun, astronomers can give no answer.-Exchange.
The Press., 1898-08-11
me Needl. .pd the spl,pt.r.

In discoursing to woman's club re- cently a physician. dwelling upon how to treat children's bruises, told of . simple method to sterilize needle that was to be used to pick out splinter or other foreign substance often jabbed into small boys hands or knees through their reckless falling. If the needle is passed through an alcohol flame or boil ing water and used without touching the point with the fingers, it is safe. The average mother thinks if she uses a needle instead of pin she has con- ceded all that is required of her, but the surgeon, keen to the dangers of germ contamination, knows that a step fur ther is necessary.
 The lecturer also spoke of the value in the mothers medicine chest of lit tie gutta percha tissue such as every one who has had tooth filled will recog- nize. This will be found to be of great service in covering any moist dressing of wounds, as it protects the clothing from the wet and also retains the mois- ture which it is needed to preserve in the dressing. New York Post.
The Press., 1898-08-11
Friendship For Friends

The dogs of Constantinople are the scavengers of the city. For this reason, as we'll as from innate humanity, the Turks are tolerant of them, although visitors to the city find them unamia. ble As a proof of their intelligence and recognition of friends Major Johnson relates this experience of his own:
 One evening was walking with an English officer, when a dog came up and licked his hand. He told me to notice that she would follow us to the bound. ary of her district, as he had once petted her and she had never forgotten it. Ex. actly as he had said, she followed us g little way and stopped short in the mid dle of the street. She wagged her tai and looked wistfully after us. but did not stir when we called her.
 A few nights afterward, returning alone to my hotel, I passed the same spot, when I suddenly felt a cold nose put into my hand and tongue licking my palm. I looked down and saw tho same dog. She had recognized me a. having been with her friend, the officer and as before, she followed me to ths boundary of her district.
The Press., 1898-08-11
The Perils Of . Critic.

Robert Southey was saved from the danger into which his vocation as a critic thre' him only by his anonymity. At one time he found it necessary in re- viewing a book written by a native of the Emerald Isle to treat it with un- wonted severity. In conversing of this book and the incompetence of its writer with a literary friend one day the au. thor, a gigantic Irishman, entered the room in a great rage, vowing vengeance against the remorseless critic. Standing very near the critic, he raised his huge fist and exclaimed, And if knew wEo it was I'd bate him." MT. Southey ob- served profound silence and quietly retired, reserving his laugh for less hazardous occasion.
The Press., 1898-08-11
NEW ORLEANS POLITENESS.
Eight Men Help . Stranger to Find
 House at Night.

Eight Men Help . Stranger to Find .
 House at Night.
 "Iwas given good example of south ern politeness the other night, said 8 gentleman from the north. "I had gone to the Comas ball and had agreed to es- cort a lady home. She was also 8 stran- ger in the city and was stopping with some friends on Bourbon street, about three blocks the other side of the opera house. As it was only a short distance we decided to walk was of course totally unacquainted with the street and when we left the lights of the opera house I felt very much at sea- The houses were dark and I could not see the numbers, and it was only by the number that the lady could identify her boarding place, as she had only been there once.
 "Ahead of me was a small man. l asked him if he knew where the num- Der was. He answered very politely that he did not, but was going that way and would help me hunt. He told an- other man in front of him about it, and that man told some of his friends. In 8 few minutes the gentlemen had formed an advance guard in our interest We walked calmly behind while they went in front, on either side of the street, striking matches and looking for the number. There were eight of them, and their matches would go of one after the other. It was a regular fambeau parade. I was overcome Here it is,' shouted an advance scout.
 "We approached the house rapidly and found the eight gentlemen standing before it. It was almost with emotion that raised my hat and thanked them for their efforts Nothing at all, they said politely, and the entire eight raised their hats and walked into the dark ness. "-New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Press., 1898-08-11
Military Courm@e.

The question of the comparative pro- portion of really brave men in any army will probably never be determined Great officers on the continent keep their knowledge on that subject rigor- ously as a professional secret and as- sume as certainty that all soldiers are brave. They know very we'll, however, that they are not, and when oonfiden- tial will admit, as Marshal von Moltke once did in public, that with great number it takes discipline, and severe discipline, too, to induce them to face shells unshrinkingly. American officers have been known to acknowledge that of their men, who are as brave as any in the world, 90 per cent would run away if they could, and in every army, even ours, which a man enters only of free will. there is 8 certain proportion who literally cannot overcome their fears. They are stricken with a sort of paralysis The proportion is probably not high in any army, the majority, if in health, being able to do their duty and having intense motives to do it, but neither is the proportion high of those who literally feel no fear.-London GpoctatOr
The Press., 1898-08-11
An old View of the spaniard.

Let us see what that acute observer and profound thinker Francois de Ia Mothe le Vayer said about the Span iards of the eighteenth century: "They are melancholy, treacherous. inhospita- ble, miserly, superstitious, importunate in their courtesy, but constant, deter mined, taciturn, admirable foot sol diers, enduring hunger, thirst, all the fatigues of war, accomplishing by the head rather than the hand and gaining more by ruses and stratagems than by open force * The Spaniard is cour. teous at the start, contenting himself with remarking quietly all that which is of value in a place, but his leave talk. ing is terrible, because it is then that he strikes, pillaging and laying waste without mercy. ."-Boston Journal.
The Press., 1898-08-11
TIE lNDULeENT FATHER.
An Account of One That Colonel CAilips
 Knew Tn storkviIle Center, Vt.

An Account of One That Colonel CAilipef
 Knew In storkviIle Center. VI.
 "Speaking of indulgent fathers, said Colonel Calliper, reminds me of an old friend of mine named Silas Zing tock, who formerly lived in Storkville Centre, Vt. Once when his little son Rufus wanted very much to fly Q kite at a time when he was not well enough to be permitted to go out MT. Zingtock rigged up a contrivance whereby the youngster's desire could be gratified in the house. He set up a blower in the back parlor, belted it to an engine in the cellar below, and when everything was all ready he started the fan and produced 6 current of air that was ample to float a kite
 "It was great fun for young Rufus to sit in the back parlor and fly his kite in the front, and for 8 time everything went all right, but on an unfortunate day Rufy, not satisfied with the amount of wind the fan was blowing, undertook to make it blow harder, which is some thing that MT. Zingtock had expressly forbidden. It seeme that the blower and the boiler and machinery were all much | breeze sufficient to float kite here, but MT. Zingtock, who, though rich. was also thrifty. had had a chance to buy this plant second hand cheaper than a new plant of smaller size would have cost, and so he took it and had it set up, and every morning he used to adjust it SO that it would not go above a cer- tain speed, and several times he had cautioned his son never to touch it. | About one minute after Rufus did touch it on this morning when he want ed it to blow harder the big fan was go, ing at a gait that set up hurricane in the parlors It blew the kite against one of the windows and broke that the first thing, and within a minute the pictures were off the walls and their glasses smashed, tables were upset, bric-a- brae was knocked into flinders, and the whole parlor was a wreck, with the big blower going at top speed and churnine everything there into fragments and blowing the debris out of the windows.
 "That ended the father s indulgence. ' I-New York Sun
The Press., 1898-08-11
The Middle Aged Man.

"I wonder," said the middle aged man, "why we take life so hard. At the very best we have only 70 or 100 years of it, and yet we fume and fuss and worry all through it. think of it sometimes. Here am--well, say, 50, with maybe 20 years ahead. The cold chances are against my getting SO many, but take a hopeful view and say I've got 20. But that's mighty short time, heh? But just thiul: of frittering away that time in worry!
 "When tAink of these things, ] make up my mind that, by cracky, will not worry any more, and, oh. ] think take things more philosophical ly than I used toI But let some little thing come upl I don't fly all to pieces over it maybe, but it drags and grinds. And only 90 years to livel
 "What a waste of timel What poor, miserable critters we areI''-New York Sun
The Press., 1898-08-11
Tent Pins.

Tent pins are mostly made of white oak. They must be of tough wood to stand the hard knocks to which they are subjected. They are made in lengths of 16 and 24 inches. Made of hard wood as they are they are yet liable to be broken. and they are also lost Even in peace the consumption of tent pins is considerable. A manufacturer of tents might carry in stock 5000 or 10. 900 tent pins. In war times the demand is of course far greater. Like many other manufactured articles of wood, tent pins are made in the west, in factories in proximity to the forests whence the supplies of wood are drawn.-New York Sun.
The Press., 1898-08-11
The Famous Damascus Sword.

It is but seldom that a real good specimen of the Damascus sword can be obtained, for the art of working and engraving this kind of steel is dead These swords are made of alternate lay CTS of iron and steel, so finely tempered that the blade would bend to the hilt without breaking. The weapons had edges so keen that no coat of mail could resist them and surfaces so highly pol ished that when a Moslem wished to rearrange his turban he used his sword for 6 looking glass.
The Press., 1898-08-11

Rockville Sunday letter in Springfield Republican: The fall political campaign promises to be a lively one, and interest Is already reviving in local politics. The republican leaders are confident of big maIOritles, and assume no fear of any democratic opposition. The most im- portant local Issue in Holland county will be the election of sheriff for four years Sheriff A. Palmer Dickinson of Rockville will be a candidate for the republican nomination, and there seems now to be little doubt but what he will secure the nomination in the convention. Stafford will probably claim the office this year again on the ground that Rockville has all of the 'plums," and Harry Abel Is mentioned as the Stafford candidate. It Is probable that Dickinson will secure the delegates of all but three or four towns, of which Stafford, Union and Mansfield are the doubtful ones. Nothing is heard about the probable democratic nominee In 1890 Ribbe, democrat, was elected by about 24 plurality, and in 1894 Dickin- sons plurality was 6S5. The republican politicians are certain that the delegation from the town of Vernon to the state convention will be solid for Lounsbury for governor. Congressman E. Stevens Henry of Rockville Is now assured of a renOminatlon for congress from the 1st district. His work during the past ses- sion for the interests of his district will assure his reelection by large majority. If any of the present state officers are re- nominated this fall 1t Is probable that Charles Phelps will be retained on the ticket for secretary of state.
The Press., 1898-08-11

The Spanish forces In Manila made an attack July S1, in the night, on the Amer ioans entrenohed between Cavlte and Ma nlla. After three hours the Spanlards were Tepulsed with heavy loss. The American losses were il killed and A wounded. The Spanish loss Is estimated at 36O killed and 900 wounded.
The Press., 1898-08-11
Luxury.

Luxury would not be desired by any of us if we saw clearly the suffering which accompanies it in the world Luxury is indeed possible in the future innocent and exquisite; luxury for all and by the help of all, but luxury at present can only be enjoyed by the ignorant The cruelest man living could not sit at his feast did he not sit blind fold.-John Ruskin.
The Press., 1898-08-11
A Plant Sacred.

The plant known as vervain, which is not distinguished for it's beauty and which grows nowadays utterly disre- garded, was so sacred to the Druids that they only gathered it for their divinations when the great dog star arose, in order that neither sun nor moon should sec the deed
The Press., 1898-08-11
Central Vermont Railroad (N. L. N.
shaaEe Into Your shoes

Aliens Foot Ease. powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smarting feet, and instantly takes the sting out Of corns and DunionS. It's tho greategt comfort discovery Of the age. AL lon'B Foot-RAao makes tight-ntting or new shoes teei eaay. It iB certain cure for sweating, cal- loun, and hot, tired, aching feet. Try it tO-ddp. Sold by nil druggists and shoe stores By mall Tor DC in stamps. Trial package FREE Ad- oEeam Alien \. olmstod, To Roy, N. Y. l64
The Press., 1898-08-11

Three men were killed and a number Of mall clerks were severely injured by an accident at Canton, Mass., on the New York, New Haven & Hartford, Monday morning, caused by Q misplaced switch.
The Press., 1898-08-11
Ara Court of Probate holden at Staf- A ford within and for the District Of Stafford.

on the 27th day of July, A. D., 1898.
 Present. MARCUS B. FISK, Judge.
 On motion Of William E. Ferry, executor on the testate estate Of Susan E. Ferry, late o1 Stafford, within said district, deceased
 This court doth decree that six months be al- lowed and limited for the creditors Of said estate to exhibit their claims against the same to the executor, and directs that public notice be given of this order, by advertising the same once Tn some newspaper having circulation in said public sfgn-post in said town of Stafford, nearest the place where the deceased last dwelt Cert- fled from record, MARCUS B. FISK, Judge.