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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-16
EcEed Both Ways


Harvard Lampoon.)
The sock and buskin he would dom
His own ambition egged him on.
The sock and buskin he did doff-
The rlbald public egged him off.
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How will "Fitzhugh Lee" do for a new
name for one OF the cruisers bought from
Brazil?
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All letters and kilograms must be ad-
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Rejected communications will not be
returned.
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Good morning; did your friends rally
to the extent desired. and in the right
direction?
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The indications are, It is reported, that
the O'Higgins will ultimately be added
to the navy Of this country. So mote 1t
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Resolutions OF respect TO deceased
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UPTOWN OFFICE. BRoAD-sTREET
PHARMACY, 519 EAST BROAD
STREET
MANCHESTER OFFICE. 1903 HULL
STREET
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The dun thud now being heard Is attri-
buted to the drop In Spanish securities.
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Personal.

WILL WILLIAM 5. MCFARLAND
send his address TO p. o. Box 7si. New
York city? NH l5-2t
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ADJUSTMENTS.
ACADEMY or Music.
SILVER TEA,

MARCH nth, BETWEEN
the hours of s and II p. NJ, az the resi-
dence OF Colonel John ;. HarwOod no.
1903 Floyd avenue, for the benefit of the
Ladies' Missionary Society OF First Bap-
.ist church. siusic--Refreshment
mn l6-yt
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-02-05

thought that when our numbers swe,led
to eight hundred. judging by tbs enihu.
siasm of the now fifty members. We
might hope {, vie with an perhaps
eclipse our Denver sisters. until then We
will eoioy and congratulate them on
their prosperity and the splendid work
they are doing.
Mrs. Atwooi's paper on the Old and
New South was fine production and
showed careful research and study OF
the subject. Mrs. Harold's on the "Rt-
sources AMI Advantages" and Mrs. Sny-
der's on the Negro Question" were al
subjects OF great ints rest and the read
ing was listened t, M st attentivcly.
The topics for tie evening were New
Orleans, Educ.tio1. Jettiss. yellow Jack,
Birmingham and the Gulf Stream.
Thos, were introduced by Miss Porter,
Mesdames Cole, Newell, Snyder. Rawls.
and Wescott aud the discussion following
each topic, participated in by other men-
lers OF the club was spirited and showed
come preparation AID much enthusiasm.
Child Study" viii be tn subject next
Friday evening Ten minute papers
will lie read by Mrs. Root and Mrs.
Richey, followed by Mrs. Shipman
and Mrs. Wise on the tor ics, Imagination
and Companion ship Of children. Mrs.
Heller Of Omaha, is expected 70 be the
main attraction Of the evening, her visiie.
her tslss. always being looked for with
pie asant anticipations. Mrs. McMurphy
Will be with us in the GEAR future and
give ore Of her characteristic parlor lee
lures on household economics witt prac-
tical demonstrations.
Anna ID. Crimson OF Schuyler re-
ports: The Schuyler Woman Club met
at the residence Ct Mrs. ID. c. Piattee,
January 10. with Mrs Mary w. Burketf
president, in the chiir. 1hs roll call
was responded t. with quotation from
Emersens Compensation, tn essay
being the subject Of the days Lesson.
under the leadership OF Mrs. Platte,
whose Interpretation OF Emerson's phil
ts1phy WIS very acceptable. She is al
ways prepared with a question and
doub'y prepared with an answsr. A
short time was devoted to current events.
Tcpc: 1.-The Annexation OF rawIii."
The subject seemed to / e compre ended
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-02-05


but proved one OF the most interestin,
and profitable We have ever enjoyed [,
gether.
This winter the work has been mad
up Of reviews OF noted writer's aud th,
works that hare made th, I'm famous
The program thus far has been tn,
National Epic o. Finland. "Kalevala;
the Persian poem, "Rubaiyat' Of Oma
khayyam; George Elioi's Middle
march, Oliver Goldsmith's Vicar o
Wakefield and the Sinscrit poem
"Shakuntals," by kaIadisi and trans
lated by Prof. A. Ii. Edgren. Of our Stat,
University. The subjects we have in
prospect promise to be equally interest
log. In this Little sketch We can onl,
give the brieisst notice Of the woll
really accomplished by this cub, but il
would be incomplete If we did not adj
that Ms. Mcdonnell is acknowledged by
all as its special founder and Ieade-.
The club has led very quiet consarv
alive life, always ready to quire rather
than display any knowledge or informa
ton they may have gained and have
been persuaded to give this brief outline
as statistics TO be used in making the
club history Of our city complete.
The Wives OF tbs Railway Postal
Clerks club was organized October 10,
1855. To Mrs. John NJ Butler, wife OF
the CHEZ clerk, belongs the credit Of
this ginz i,i2n, which was planned
for one year, but it has proven 60 sue
cetsful that it has been continued ir
d.iinitelr. Tnis clab meets ut the home
OF the me nbers on alternate weeks.
They have taken up no regular course
OF study Tut have a progiam committee
which selects the subjects for the meet
in: 8 of tn, year, aiming TO keep step
with tn, times. The subjects so far this
year have been as follows:
"Homenaking as q Social Art LIE
OF Queen Victoria" Important Events
OF tee Past Month City improvement"
Famous Artists aud Their Paintings"
"Reyisw OF the Past Year." and Life Of
General Grant
Questions are given out on the subject
ana handed to each member, to lie an
swe-ed at the next meeting, thus each
memb-r is expected to take an active
part, two or three times during the club
year. Receptions are rendered the hus-
bands of the members which are greatly
enjoyed by all.
This club numbers twenty-five men,
bers. its officers being Mrs. A. NJ.
Phelps, president; Mrs. /. M. Heck
Ter. secretary; Mrs. c. W. Rush, treas
urcr.
Mrs. Wise reports that the par.
lors OF the Plattsmouth Womans
club were we'll filed last even
ing by members AMI guests Of the club.
The Travel Course" always calling out
a large proportion of the members. Be-
fore the leader. Mrs. Rowland, who PRE-
sided in the place IF Mrs. Parmalre. de-
tain I'd by illness, took charge, the usual
routine business was transacted and
Mrs. Wise read as a sort of .nspirat;o on
aud encouragement to the club. the very
letter from the Denver cor
in las. weeks COURIER.
Some Of tie m.mbe,s expressed the
Evening star., 1898-09-03

thing about golf is the exercise, amt It?
OF course 1t is said he. Well, says l.
here's all that lot Of different styles of hoe
There's long handles an short handles, an
wide blades an narrer ones. I've modelled
em after your golf clubs as near as
could. This here's a putter an here's a
cleik an mashie an a niblick an so on.
Well go over in the SIDE lot an when
either of us comes to a potato hill, We'll
go at it like 1t was a tee and give it baff
thatl do our systems good"
How was you to keep scorer inquired
Mrs. CorntosseL
That's what he wanted to know, and
was tickled most to death to see him so
interested. l explained to him that one
potato would count one point and when
ever you got more than ten out of hill
that counted fifty points And the first man
who got thousand points won the game;
only he was in politeness bound TO turn in
and give the other feller his revenge.
wanted to make it seem sociable and
reg lar like"
Didn't he take kindly to it?"
"He did at first But the ARRANGEMENT
fell through like so many other dreams
that 1 have fandly cherished. He went SO
far as to get his suit on SOS to play. But
we had to give it up. Help is SO scarce
around here just now that we couldn't hire
any of the neighhor boys to go along an
be his caddie."
Evening star., 1898-09-03
HE OUGHT TO APOLOGIZE

He was rumuiag1ng among the trunks
boxes and old dressers in the upstairs bacl
store room on Sunday afternoon last. He
was hunting for something, or some things
Presently he appeared at the head of the
stairs. bawlink Hswas in his shirt sleeves
which were matted with eobwebs- HIS hail
was all tou9isd up.~ His face was red. He
looked mad. r,
mrs. Jotapn," he shouted down the
| stairs. you will oblige me by dropping thai
Sunday pipe-dream literature for few mo-
ments and bg coming up here. l desire te
hold personally conducted talk of some
duration with you.H
why, Jamss,'' said Mrs. Jobson. as she
started to ASCEND the stairs, what in the
wide world can be-
Madam" said he, as she got aft to the
store room with him-and the store room
surely was a sight-''you are perfectly well
aware that am particular with reference
to the preservation of my clothing. l might
say that l am a crank-I freely acknowl-
edge tt-wtth reference to my clothes.
don't say that possess much in the way of
clothes-I haven't possessed much of any
thing since abandoned hachelorhood, Mrs.
Jobson-but the few dinky little articles of
apparel that do manage to scrape together
l like to have and to hold for awhile, you
know. Mrs. Jobson, what's becoms of that
box top coat I've been wearing for the past
couple OF autumns, and that l intended to
wear again this autumn? Likewise. Mrs.
JobSon. beg to inquire what's become OF
that dark brown medium-weight suit of
clothes 1 wors last fall and that intended
to have fixed over for wearing this fall?
Ha! Mrs. Jobson, perceive that you've dis
posed"
why. James, had no idea that you
would need"
Had no idea that I'd ever need those
garments again, eh? Thought that when
this fall rolled around I'd be earning about
sSt3 minute. L suppose, and would be able
to send my measurements to London for a
fsw shiploads of suits and top coats? So
when the old clothes man came around, and
you wanted to get a couple of pieces of
JUNK Tor that chatelaine of yours you just
let him have these clothes of mine for So
cents? Mrs. Jebson, I want to tell you
that"
How was I to know that you would
ned
Mrs. Jobson, how were you to know that
you were alive, and not petrified mummy
in an Aztec cave. until l came along like a
jay few years ago and taught you differ
entity? SO you couldn't let those poor. Or
merry, no-account, thirty-cent duds of min
alone through the dog-days, eh? Mrs. job
son, do ever deny you any well-considered
articles of junk for that chatelaine? Don't
You get all that's coming to you in the
way Of"
Il had no means of knowing" put in
Mrs. Jobson, firmly. that you'd care to
wear heavy suit and top coat when the
temperature issstiu bordering upon 81 de-
grees in the shade. However, whenever
you need that brown suit, here it is l had
1t cleaned after you had worn it for the
final time last spring. and it's been folded
away in this cedar chest, in moth balls,
ready for airing and wearing, ever since
Also here is your top coat. I've had it re-
lined and rebound and cleaned, and it is now
In hrSt-rate condition for"
But he had sneaked down stairs to the
sink to wash his hands
Evening star., 1898-09-03
An EARLY Autumn IdyI.

A great wave Of perspiration had swept
up from the briny depths of the sea OF hu-
ms nifty. and on it's vbite-capped top the
month of August had taken passage to the
shore1ess realms of eternity.
Ttp-tilted on the petals Of the blooming
melancholy days Of poesy and song. Sep
tember in her golden glory stood. and from
ker harvest finger erds threw ripening
kisses to the world.
There was no sadness in her eyes, and in
her voice was only the music of rich, ripe
fruit falling to the ground.
AS she swept along on the crimson tide
OF her leafy glory, simple Oyster crossed
her path.
In his face was the shadow Of Fate.
His requfem was sounding in the key of
r. NJ " -
September saw him, but she wot not what
he was to her, nor she to him. She nodded
ar him smiIiagly.
Good morrow Master Lowly - she sane,
Look upon me, prithee. Am 1 not indeed
in IT." ~
The Oyster was amazed.
beg your pardon" he answered
though he knew full well what she had
said. -''-N
Dearie me. Master Lowly," she chirrup
ed. do but look at me. Am not I'm it?'
DO you mean the sorp?' lugubriously in
quired the Oyster.
mo. indaed. Why should II" laupbea
the warm September. Il mean the Ar
tpmn OF course. stupid"
Then the Oyster sighed as If his sbeJ,
Wculc break, ard he wondered why ono
could be SO heartless as to Jest upon such
serious subject.
Evening star., 1898-09-03
y
Almost q Success,

at was a grand idea," said Farmer
Corntossel, and it came mighty near
workin', too. Just little bit o. keerless-
nes spilled the whole thing"
did Josiar help you dig the potatoes?"
inquired his wife.
No But he purity near did / thought
we'd make it interestin' fur the boy and
git a good deal of sport out of it. I went
to some expense, too, havin' lot o. hoes
cut different shapes an sizes. SOS he could
work in a variety of strokes an not tire
the same muscles too much. You know
how he has always been talkin' golf ever
sence he's been home. Well, suppose /
hao discovered a scheme by which could
show him a good time and likewise get
him to help out on the farm. Star
says, things Is kind of dull fur you around
here and I've been trying to think up some
diversion fur you. OF course, the main
Evening star., 1898-09-03
THE NAME ON THE TRUNK.
Played an Important Part In the Life
of n Boy.


The two men were passing along 7th
street where a trunk store had debouched
upon the sidewalk, so to speak, and on
one of the trunks sitting conspicuously
front was a name written in good black
letters
II never see a trunk marked that way
and set out in front of a store that 1 am
not reminded of an experience that once
came under my notice., said the elder man.
When 1 was lad of fifteen 1 had a cou-
sin about my own age, who was the apple
Of his fathers eye. and a very fine chap
he was, too. He was an only son and a
lad of spirit, and before he knew the world
at all he had fallen into evil company. He
got no better up to the time he was seven
teen, when he disappeared suddenly and
mysteriously, and his broken-hearted faith
er had every reason to believe that a gang
or gamblers and thieves had got him into
their clutches and were going to use him
Tor their own purposes. My uncle imme-
dlately set out for st. Louis-he lived in
the western part of Missouri-as it was be-
1eved cne of the gang had come from there,
though the headquarters were in New
! ork- A clew was picked up in st. Louis
put was lost two days later and my uncle
had given up hope and was on his way to
the depot to take the train home again
wnen ne passed trunk store, as we have
MS sons name on it. He nearly tainted
When he saw 1t, but managed to get into
the place and ask a question or two and
tnen he sat down and waited, as they told
MIN the owner had said he would call for
IL But he did not come, and my uncle
stayed till the store was locked up, and
ne was there again in the morning at day.
hght waiting for it to open again. At 0
O'Clock his son came in, and when the
young fellow saw his father the better part
OF him asserted itself. and before he knew
what he was about he had flung himself
into MS arms and was crying like a baby
1 ou see. the boy was all right, and the bad
IN MIN lost Its grip for an instant under
the sudden assertion of nature. The father
nau talk with him right there and show
ca MN the true character of his new
friends, and the boy showed how green he
vas when he had had his own name written
on MS new trunk and never thought to tell
the dealer not TO put it out where it might
give him away. Well the end of the
whole matter was the boy went home with
MS rather, and his narrow escape from be-
coming criminal taught him lesson
Whlch made a man of him, and he has
oeen the governor of southern state and
Will one day be United States senator,
1or he is worth half million and is in a
fair way TO double it,
Evening star., 1898-09-03
They Never Do.

Some women do not want to be widows
under any circumstances.
Two were talking on a train headed for
Alexandria four or five days ago.
THAT husband of yours is the worst /
ever saw said the elder, with a voice
and manner indicating some degree of rela-
tionship which bestowed peculiar privileges
upon her.
There is no news in that statement"
responded the other, with bitterness, yet
not sucn bitterness that there was no
sweet in it.
What 1 have been wondering for the
last ten years is why did you ever marry
him? You were young and pretty, and
didn't have to marry for home, and he
didn't have money enough to justify your
family in making your home so disagree
able that you would have to marry in self
defense
There wasn't anything like that in aEy
Of it. I suppose 1 might have had any
one of a dozen men more eligible than he
sidered eligible by any one except myself"
Then. what under the heavens did you
ever marry him for?"
i had such a perfect horror of becoming
widow, that's why i did it,
The elder woman was rendered quite
helpless by this strange admission
Goodness graciousi What's that got to
do with it?' she exclaimed.
Everything. Don't you know as well as
anything that as good-for- nothing a fell
low as he is never will die?'
Evening star., 1898-09-03
SHE KNEW JIM, D
Ihere Were Good Reasons Why He
Would Never Enlist

Just ABOUT the time the war with Spain
broke OUT remarked the veteran drum
her' Il started on a trip through the
mountain towns of West Virginia and Ken
tucky. Great enthusiasm was manifested
everywhere IN that land where there is so
little Oh the eventful and what struck me
peculiarly was the nervous anxiety of the
women They We're enthusiastic, of course.
in a way, but they wanted other gomen's
men folks to go to the war, not their own.
One of the mountain girls 1 had known
since my trip of last season, and when I
sot pacK expected to find her married to
The young fellow who had been sparkling
her Tor long time. When / met her at
her mothers where 1 took dinner 1 thought
L would jolly her a bit on her sweetheart.
BY the way. Susan I said Il heard
down In Shutdown as l came through this
morning that Jim had enlisted and was
going to the front with the first companies
sent away.
is that SOP she replied in that pecul-
larry Indifferent way common among rus
tics.
Yes, and there's a chance you won't
see MIN again as the company is ordered to
leave immediately
{" is that SOP and she never STONED her
swinging of a peachtree branch that she
was using as fiy-brush-.'
Don't you want to see him before he
goes?' l asked with much dramatic effect.
thinking l might move her that way
She laughed low saw-mill buzz kind
of a laugh"
Law MIR. Barton" she said, ''you don't
think I'm a-believin what you air sayin
about Jim Short, do ye? Well, | amt Do
you reckon I'd be green enough to think
that feller that would spark gal fer
four year and was too cowardly to even
try to hug her on a summer night in the
full OF the moon, had sand enough in his
craw to jine the army? No stree, Jim amt
1ined yit, and he amt a-goin' to, till his
feelin's has underwent a considerable
change. er I'm mo jedge NV a ducks nest
Have another slivver NV the pie?
II took another SILVER"
Evening star., 1898-09-03
Wonderful KNIVES,
e Chicago News.

from the Cnlcego news.
King Humbert of Italy possesses a hunt
ing knife, the handle of which is solid
ivory, beautifully carved. and surmounted
with the royal crown. Its sheath is Of
pigskin, mounted in massive silver chased
to match the knife. with the royal arms az
Italy in bold relief. The price of the knife
was s10o. and the case cost another s75.
At Windsor Castle among the royal plate
is a knife which was presented by the cut
lers OF Sheffield 70 George ". 1t IL re-
markable as having more than g hundred
blades Perhaps the most exquisite and
valuable specimens Of knives are IN the
possession Of the cutters OF Sheffield. One.
which is very remarkable, Is not longer
than q thumb nail. and yet contains twenty
blades. Another. which Is but an inoh
long when closed, has seventy blades beau
t.fully made. and Illustrating nearly all
the forms ever given to knife blades. An
other specimen has Q2o blades, ali etched
with portraits. lauoscapes or other artistic
designs. Another Of these wonderful
knives has Ls4o blades. all havinr hingeE
and springs. and closing into the Same
handle. The handlea Of come OF these
knives are Of ivory and tortoise shsi. ar,c
they are valued at from 400 TO $500.
Evening star., 1898-09-03
Making. II Worth While.
From Current Literatur4

From Current Literatur4
An Irishman 7walsang over a plank side
walk. in counting sJhe money accidentally
dropped a nickel, which rolled down a crack
between two Of the boards. The Irishman
was much pua out by the loss. trifing
though it wasgs and continued on his way
swearing audibly. ,-s,,-,
Early the next day friend, while walking
by the spot, discovered the Irishman in the
act of deliberately dropping dollar down
the same crack through which he had lost
his nickel. The friend was. of course. much
astonished at what he saw, and, desiring
to learn why Pat should deliberately. to all
appearances throw away money, INQUIRED
his reasons. and was fairly taken of his
feet by the following lucid ~ explanation
1T was this way, said Pat TITS yes
terday I was for pHssin' this way when
lost a nickel down that hole. Now, I reas-
oned that it wasn't. worth me while to pul)
up that sidewalk for a nickel. but last nigh
a scheme struck me, and am droppinc
down the dollar to make It worth ms
while" s
Evening star., 1898-09-03
A Sunburnt Cynic.

Mr. Blykins had just returned from the
seashore and was not disposed to be at all
genial and conversational Inquiries as to
whether or not he had had good time
were met by a quick glance and an invol-
untary clutch Of his chair arm, which in
dcated intense emotion. Every now end
then he would leave his desk, and going
to where his coat hung, get out q bottle of
cold cream and battle his nose. cheekbones
and neck.
There's great deal Of foolishness In
the worldf' he exclaimed after a long ST.
lence.
Yes" replied his neighbor, who Is some
thing Of philosopher. But we've got to
stay here. Being born into this LIFE isn't
like renting a house. You can't pick up
and move ont simply because you don't
happen to be satisfied
mo. But you can complain Of your
neighbors II you feel like It. Yesterday
Evening star., 1898-09-03

AFTERNOON my little girl came home singing
song, which lady had taught her: a
song winch said Scatter Sunshine Day by
DAY, or words to that effect and here's
an article In this paper which tells all about
.he sun. I've been having experience with
mat member OF the solar system and I
tnought I'd read It. When a man has had
the outer covering lifted OF him as II he
were yam he has a natural and excusa BILE
curiosity about what did it."
is 1t interesting?'
Ii shallow, careless and incomplete II
says that the spectrum of the sun shows
traces OF IRON, titanium, calcium, manga
nese nickel, cobalt. potassium and a lot
OF other things. But IL leaves out the main
ingredients. Why don't they send a man
10 ask me what's In the sun before they go
ahead and write their articles? have stood
alrectiy under the leakage of its rays and
know. It's full of hartshorn, CAYENNE
Eepper, carbolic acid and tabasco sauce.
7" nat they want to teach the children is
some solid, sensible ditty about scattering
paim-leaf fans and parasols