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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-16
A Cork and Lead Problem.

10 the Editor Of tho Dispatch:
Please give a solution OF the following
problem: How much lead, specific gravity,
u. with IL ounce copper. specific
gravity .. can be put on u ounces Of
cork, specific gravity IA. 50 that the three
viii just float? Q.
Perklnsville, Va.
The solution is as follows:
its VT. In. on.
The volume OF BODY -----------
in cubic feet = 1000 timesits sp. gr.
since 1000 ounces Of water - cubic
foot Of water.
In this case thc volume OF all three must
equal the volume Of tho water displaced,
and the weight OF all three must equal the
weight Of that much water.
For water 1000 W where Is ex
pressed in cubic feet and W in ounces.
let we weight of lead in ounce.
W. weight of water displaced
in ounce.
v volume of water (dIsp!accd)
in cubic feet.
Then we have:
J We 70 w
9x1OOO $4,000 tx 1000 1000
- r We + 12
---------------':'We - 314G ounces.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-16

Book and Job Printing neatly executed
at the Dispatch Printing, House.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-16
TAX NOTICE.
Office Collector City Taxes,
city Hail.
Richmond. Va, April g. 1870.
LICENSE TAX.
CITY LICENSE TAXES
FOR THE YEAR 1900

have been placed in my hands for colec-
ton. and are due now. as follows:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-16

9X1,OOO l1X1,OOO tx 1000 1000
- ! r We + 10
New-York tribune., 1899-12-24

we're so far off. he thought that their final good
would do nobody any harm. He added that he
would rather have a pound Of gold than sixteen
pounds Of silver any time.
The barkeeper. in the interests Of quiet, said
that he was as likely to have one as the other,
and tried TO hush the matter up. But 1t hap
pened that "a Democrat high In the councils OF
him aside Then he said: You'll have to drop
that kind of talk or you'll get into trouble'
now look out"
Il don't know what trouble l get into
worse than I'm in now" Mr.. Donovan an
swered: i've been out Of work for a month.
You can't take nothing away from me, you
nor the boss neither. I've nothing TO lose.
But you might have something to ge, salu
the Democrat.
what nave to get?" said Mr.. Donovan.
"WiH you stop that kind OF talk? sald the
Democrat
Am | saying anything" said Mr.. Donovan.
Come round and see me tomorrow and Ill
get you a job with the street cleaners. SAID
the Democrat.
You may also like TO know that the butcher
and the grocer both got their pay In full 80
that each Of them found his shortness OF
weights and measures TO be clear gain.
Nobody will blame you II you ask why this
story was written. In the beginning the plan
was to make an original Christmas story by
the simple means OF telling trLe one. But II
looks Ike / failure. All the time ana trouble
that were spent in going 10 the East Side ana
looking up and verifying all these facts have
been simply wasted. The story seems 10 snow.
however that truth Is stranger than nctlon.
that s TO say, less usual than fiction and 1t
seems TO teach the futility Of bothering 10 dis
cover truth when lies are so easy 10 make ana
are much better.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-24

grocer's and was again bitterly disappointed.
The grocer kindly made up what she had bought
Cf him and Of the butcher into one bundle. so
that she could carry it more easily. lie might
have lent her a basket. but he restrained him
self lest he should never get ii back again.
Katy also found credit at the decatessen shop
Poor people often buy things at the delicatessen
shops instead Of buying the materials and max
ing the things themselves. and that IS one rea-
son why they are poor. Katy now had all that
she had been sent TO buy and she went nome
without any further exciting adventures.
When this story begun IT was the inten-
tion 10 tell how the Donovan family spent
Christmas but why 20 on? 1t turned out to be
a hot day, and everything else was about as
usual You may like to know, however that
Mr.. Donovan finally got work It is pity TO
have to say that he did not get ii on Christmas
Day through the performance Of some act or
hcroism for the benefit Of the excessively rich
But ne did not. 1t was in this way About the
middle Of January he was drinking beer In a
liquor shop near his home. He had always been
a good Tammany man. but on this occasion.
through a quality in his disposition which led
him TO take sides against any one who was talk
ing he declared, i'm the course Of argument
that he did not see how II 10 hurt him II
the United States spread its institutions all over
the earth. that n licking was good for a nlgger
anyway, and that, as the niggers In question
New-York tribune., 1899-12-24
ALL SAINTS IN MANILA.
PICTURESQUE DECORATION OF THE
CEMETERIES.
STORIES ARoUT PHILIPPINE ANIMAI.s-THE

STORIES ABOUT PHILIPPINE ANIMAI.s-THE
JESUIT MUsEUM--A DIsMANTLEn CHURCH
Manila November 2 (SpeciaD.-Yest%day was All
Saints Day ard 1t proved to he highly interesting
to the American residents Of Manila. Early In the
morning those who rent inches In any or
the cemeteries set ont with such decorations as
they can afford In the way Of flowers and wreaths
and candles with these they adorn the front or
the niche on which is inscribed the name OF their
dead and watch by it more or less all day. As
night comes on the candles are lighted the crowds
Increase and the scene presented is one which Is
not soon forgotten.
Perhaps the best place from which 10 view Paco
Cemetery on All Saints Day is the top Of the large
interior circle Of inches. Here Is brick walk with
a low. crumbling parapet OF stone on either side.
reached by stone steps near the chapel The width
OF this walk is equal to the length Of the vaults
below and as you walk over it you think OF the
New-York tribune., 1899-12-24

tiers OF human dust above which you are treading
AT o'clock the dusk begins TO fall The little
chanel I'm the centre OF the cemetery. from which
radate the long walls filled with inches. Is brill
iantly iIlumlned. There two black draped biers
though upon them are no bodies. and candles are
burning everywhere. On either side OF tho larger
bier two wooden stands set. with numerous
holes and those who wish TO do so enter and place
a lighted taper here as an Offering On either side
OF the central walk which leads to the chapel
women and children squat with baskets Of these
for sale and they, with the exception OF the few
American visitors are the only ones in that great
throng who wear bit OF color. The women
Spanish Mestizas and natives alike-are all in
black or black and white. The men are the same.
THE JAM OUTSIDE
outside in the square, In front OF Paco gate are
hundreds OF carriages of every variety waiting for
the mourners inside: they range from the hand
some victoria with two lIveried natives the box
70 the shaky "carromata" whose wheels wobble
at different angles guard OF United States
soldiers and a number OF native police detailed
here 10 obviate confusion and the ''cocheras' are
made 10 line up on either side OF the The
gate "a cut I'm the centre circular wall OF inches,
and is narrow for an occasion like this. for the
crowd surges in and out. you obliged to walt
some ten or fifteen minutes before you are carried
bodily through wedged dangerously close TO all
sorts and conditions OF mankind.
The shrubs and trees with which Paco is gener-
ouslv planted. and which line all the walks. make
the sight within even more eerie. On every hand
are the twinklins lights. which shine with more
New-York tribune., 1899-12-24

latter might be used for a steeple. Bishop Morris,
who is still Bishop of Oregon built It,
The church was built in less than a week but
the steeple had been growing for over five hundred
years The stump is over seven feet in diameter
at the height Of the fence. On its top is the
church bell surmounted by little roof and cross
The belfry is reached by a curious LADDER FORMED
by stats on a board leaning from the roof TO the
trunk.
over the tree grows a beautiful English Ivy.
This ivy has found its way into the church through
a crack In the simple chapel There II grows a
beautiful decoration for the interior OF the mousse
II is green even at this season.
The bell was given by the Sunday school OF Ola
ST Peters Church Of Philadelphia, and the church
is known as St Peters Episcopal Church. MT
Cheal the rector.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-24

The club List Of NewYork for 1900 has just been
issued. 1t IS nicely gotten up volume. and con-
tains the names OF the members. officers and com
,oittees OF all the principal clubs In the Borough
NJ Manhattan Photographs OF many OF the club
houses are included and add 10 the attractiveness
~ The hook The Club List is most useful work.
being so handy in form and complete In matter.
II g. Drnted i'm type heavy gilt edge paper,
and Il bound in a plain. yet handsome. neXible
cover of black leather.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-24
FREE LIBRARIES CLOSED TO-DAY.
TRUSTEES ANSWER TO THE CoNTRoLLER's
THREAT TAKES PRACTICAL FORM

TRUSTEES ANSWER TO THE CONTROLLERS
THREAT TAKES PRACTICAL FORM.
New-Yorkers who have been in the habit Of visit
ing the various branches Of the New-Gork Free
Circulating Library will be deprived OF that pleas
IRE to-day for the Nraries will all be closed This
is the beginning OF the Sunday closing policy which
the Board Of ustees announced they would
De compelled to adopt when the Board Of Estimate
cut down the librarys allowance OF city money
from more than $4,000 to about $4,000 year When
Controller Coler heard that this course was 10 be
pursued by the trustees he said II was unneces-
sary The Board replied that It was absolutely
necessary for them to economize somewhere OWING
10 the reduction OF at least $4,000 year In thelr
income and that Sunday closing provided the most
effective way OF doing this at the cost OF the Ieas'
Inconvenience 10 the reading public. $3.50
Mr. Coler then resorted 10 threats, ana sald tlht
~ the libraries closed on Sundays the entire
REORGANIZATION would be taken away. The trustees
answer this threat is to-days closing or all their
branches
New-York tribune., 1899-12-24
TREE TRUNK FOR SPIRE.

A QUAINT CHURCH IN THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON.
Christmas bells will ring At Tacoma Wash. from
a peculiar church spire. 1t is a Douglas hr tree
stump The church small, primitive structure
was built in the midst of a rough lumber camp In
the seventies nv the side Of the tree, that the
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-12-20

tons by a rising vote in the Hotel ball
room by all the Democrats present, ex-
senator J. U. S. Blackburn, chairman Of
the committee, arose and referred to
the disgraceful scenes recently enacted
in Kentucky and said that it had made
every decent man blush with shame.
The Democratic party, he said, had
intended from the beginning to oppose
force with the law, which intention they
we're now proceeding to carry out. and
that it was only the inability OF the
Board OF Commissioners to act other
than in a ministerial capacity which
made this contest necessary. Mr.. Black
burn added that he would stand or fall
with his party regardless of his chances
for the United States senatorship. With
a few complimentary remarks to the
brave fight Goebel had made and would
continue to make, the chairman took his
seat and the meeting adjourned.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-12-20

End them to be men who are identified
with some one achievement upon which
their life was spent,
But II men would be known Is enter.
prising they must not hesitate to try
plans because they are new. If sober
judgment can discover no objection to
it, we should seize upon the novelty Of
new plans and be only the more eager to
put them 10 the test. In slower times
success might have been won by the
man who gave but a corner Of his brain
10 the work in hand but in these days Of
keen competition it demands the entire
application Of the thinking faculties
without which the best runner straluing
for the prize finds himself suddenly
tripped up and lying on his back in the
midst Of the race.
guess I have said quite a plenty.
What I haYe written has been the
amusement Of solitary hours and has
served to divert some melancholy reAec-
tions. In short it Is my opinion and it
has been said that he who dares not
form an opinion must be a coward, he
who will not must be an idler and he
who cannot must be q fool.
Very respectfully,
]. d. JOLLY.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-12-20
SURE CURE FOR GROUP.
Twenty-Five Years Constant Use
without a Failure.

The first indication Of Group is hoarse-
ness, and in a child SUBJECT to that disease
Il may be taken as a sure sign of the ap.
pEoaCh Of an actaot. Following this
hOarBsness lie a peculiar rough cough.
If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
given as soon as the child becomes
hoarse, or even after the croupy cough
appears, it will prevent the attack. It
is used in many thousands Of homes in
this broad land and it never disappOints
the anxious mothers. We have yet to
learn Of q single instance in which it has
not proved sffeOtual. No other prepare
ton can show such q record-tWenty-
Ave years constant use without a fall
uro. For sale by A. R. Fisher, Glover
port, R. A. shellman, stephenspoTt.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-12-20
BRECKENRIDGE NEWS.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1899.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-12-20

BREoKENRIDGE News, ClOverport, KY,
Friend John TT am glad TO see you
take the position you have on the late
election. Let the man be inaugurated
governor Of the grand old state Of Ken
lucky who received the most votes, be
&C Taylor or GOebsl A man who would
bo governor by deirauding the ballot
box would not de a competent governor
Of any state. Most every one in old
Breckenridge knows my political views
but am one that believes In an honest
election anda fair count be it for Repub-
lican or Democrat for they both have to
take the same oath TO become governor
It ia not q party oath when It comes to
this point, 30 lot the man that got the
most votes be the next governor Of Ken
lucky.
lam also glad to see you taking such
an interest in good roads and IN farming
for good roads are the wealth Of coun-
try. Here where the roads arc hard
and good quarter sections Of land or 100
acres are selling from nineteen hundred
to tWo-tbousand dollars. Where tio roads
are Handy-We don't have much Maud
hora-l0O acres viii bring from two TO
Eve hundred dollars. We are having
lots Of rain here but we have not had
any snow yet. Everything is doing well.
Iremain yours respectfully,
w. o. TAUL,
Waynoka, Woods county, Oklahoma
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-12-20

office in Rear Of Norman & Owens
Drug Store.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-12-20
uOodLooks

no The man or woman who passes
along the street there % no better oYi-
donco Of merchants business ability
than hI1 store windows, One doesnot
have % hare an expert window dresser
20 est q pretty good idea from these aa 70
what hind Of q man % keeping the store.
The window 90 likes lawn in front Of q
man'g house. or tho fences Chat separate
q iaIm from a highway. They toll very
clearly what manner of man iho house
holder cI IrFncr may De-. ltn wonder.
"a. .. . me.r0.n'a u0r'.rt lne.l
..M Nr. ~ .
.o 0....
nI .0.e.I ulI. a..IN m...
a lh.h "a lao window dr Du
otoda NoononDl
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-12-20

VIZ ANTHD.- SEVERAL BRIGHT AND
wv HOMES persons 90 represent us as Mana
gers On this and close by counties. Salary $3.50 a
year and expenses. Straight, bona-fde, no more,
no less salary. Position permanent. Our refer
enoas, any bank 10 any town. It e mainly Office
work conducted at home. Reference. Enclose
self-addrassed stamped envelope. The JOHNSTON
CoMrArY, Dept 8. Chicago,
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-12-20

DF. Bull'o CouUh Syrup oursa the most
stubborn coughs, colds cad lung aaectiola Evon
inc.pient consumption has been guccoaliul.y cured
hy thig marVclou remad. Sufferer VIII obtain
u----- -l--- --W loo.
Evening star., 1899-09-14
CUTICURA
BEGINS WITH THE BLOOD AND ENDS WITH
THE SKIN AND SCALP.

That IS to say. CUTTCIRA REiSOLVENT, great
est Of blood purifiers and humor expelers purities
the blood ard circulating fluids Of IlUMOR
GERMS, and thus removes the cause, while warm
baths with CUTICURA SOAP. and gentle anoint
ings with CUTICURA tointment), greatest of emol
lient skin cures cleanse the skin and scalp of
crrsts and scales, allay itching. burning and in
fammation soothe and heal. Thus speedily.
permanently and economically cured the most tor
turing, disiguring hmors Of the skin, scalp and
blood. with loss Of hair. when all other remedies
fail.
Evening star., 1899-09-14
MET DEATH IN RIVER
Body Of Thomas Mccoy Found Near
Jackson City.
IDENTIFIED BY LETTERS IN HISPOCKET
Report That He Had Been Muir
dered is DisbeIieved.
REMAINS AT TIE MORGUE

The body of Thomas Mccoy. forty-nine
years old. was found in the river near Jack
son City about $40 o'clock this morning
A report that the man had been murdered
was circulated by some drivers who crossed
the bridge. and large crowd soon gather
ed to discuss the affair. The face of the
dead man was resting on rocks. and injuries
inflicted IN this way gave the impression to
bystanders that he had been victim of
foul play.
An investigation made later in the day
convinced the authorities. however, that
Mccoy had not been murdered, and the
coroner deemed an inquest unnecessary.
Superintendent Schoenberger of the morgue
took the body from the river and removed
1t to the institution.
About the time the body was found an
aged resident of the city was near the
south end of the bridge looking for his
brother who had not been home since yes
terday afternoon. From the description of
the dead man the one who was making
the search was confident the body was that
of his brother. 1t was not until an ex-
animation was made at the morgue that
the dead mans identity was known. Let
tiers found On him showed that his name
was Thomas Mccoy, and that he had been
a patient in the Washington Asylum Hos
ptal. He was arrested the 2Sth of June for
sent over to the hospital for treatment.
Letter to HIS Father.
A letter written by him, dated July s,
had been sent to his father, Thomas Mccoy,
whose address was given on the envelope
Butte Yard Tyndell street, Newtown,
Cardiff, Wales. 1t was returned to the
writer. In the letter Mccoy stated that his
last communication had not been answered.
and expressed the fear that his father did
not want to hear from him, but said he
would take the liberty of writing. Inquiry
was made in the letter about his auntS
Maggie and Ann, and the writer expressed
the belief that he would soon return to
Wales and see them. In conclusion, Nc
Coy wrote his father that he would stay
in the hospital until he received response
or the letter was returned.
Receives Sad News.
On the envelope the Information was
given that the person to whom it was ad-
dressed was dead. This sad intelligence
was received in July. Since McCoy's dis
charge he had earned living selling cheap
jewelry, it is stated. On him was found
the outfit of tramp This included cJmb
and brush, needle, cotton scissors and a
piece of soap. There was an odor about the
body, it is said which indicated that the
man had been drinking shortly before he
died. He had not been seen about ia -kson
City, so far as could be aScertained, and
where or how he got into the river is rot
known. Unless some charitably disposed
person directs otherwise, the body will be
buried in potters field.
Evening star., 1899-09-14
WATCHMEN WANTED.
Citizens Petition for Better Protection
at Hallway Crossings


Messrs. W. j. Frizzell, E. W. Kirby, A.
]. Bueher, ]. B. Burke and s. s. Sower-
butts, committee of the Northeast Wash
ington Citizens Association, today filed
with the District Commissioners a written
request that the Commissions station off,
GERS at the H street crossing over the
tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
the Commissioners urge Congress to pass
law authorizing the appointment of police
officers to be stationed at the + and F
street and Massachusetts avenue crossings
over said railroad.
The petition filed with the Commissioners
by the committee was as follows:
''At a meeting OF the Northeast Wash
ington Citizens Association on the 11th in
stdnt the undersigned Were appointed a
committee to wait on your honorable board
and request that in view of the many cas-
ualues and frequent narrow escapes at the
II street crossings of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, you will have officers sta
toned at said crossings to protect the in
terests of the people, as is now SO efficient
ly done at the street railway intersections.
And inaSmuch the old conditions at the
4 and r streets and Massachusetts ave-
nue. steam railroad crossings have been re-
vived, and the making up and shifting of
railroad trains often detains persons and
vehicles as long as fifteen minutes by ac
tual count, and sometimes longer, beg
you, in the name of the Northeast Wash
ington Citizens Association, to urge Con-
gresS to pass q law authorizing the appoint
ment of police officers to be stationed at
said crossings to enforce your police regu-
lations, the salaries of said officers to be
paid by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company
Evening star., 1899-09-14
ROYAL BLUE LINE.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

Schedule In effect May Z. 1899.
All trains arrive at and leave from Pennsylranis
passenger station.
sol AM...Daily;-Loc for Danville, Charlotte
sdg th and Harris daily and at ynehuTs
and O. for fdEe and T C.
ton daily except Sunday
NAIL san Rf setps1s HsM ish sTArss .ss
Was Washinston to Jscksonye uniting at Salisbury
and dnd nf spF14s
at Charlotte with sleeper for Augusta Sleeper
with Sleeper for Atlanta and Brmffngham solid
train Washington to New Orleans without change:
Tourists Excursion Sleeper on this train every
Tuesday and Friday to San Francisco without
Harais1nhurg. m daily. except Sunday,
"a PS.-bsIIy, IoRk aS6 III FffoRInA
EsI YES od oSs Rqman Buffet Sleeping car.
nah and Jacksonville. and to Augusta. via Colum.
1s SEQ Sfe fSr hs% CHAT
New NIT w W
and New Orleans through " hrstSi Cafe Parios
and g, 0bscryation Car between, Radford. Va. and
Ae 1o.s f Pm .sf5,If Daiiy all %ssH1Nerox %fa!s AND
souTaMsSTERN SOFT vEsTIRr5 ED LIMITED: com:
vile. Tenn. via AshsytIie. Knoxville and Chatta:
eomery Observation Car New York and washing
tom to Atlanta ssuthaTn Railway k aFh Dining Car
Greensboro to Montgomery.
TRAINS ON WARRINGTON AND OHIO DIvI.
SION leave Washington 8:ol an. daily and l 90
pm. 4:45 pm daily, except Sunday. and 1928
pm. Sundays only for Round Hill: 4:s5 PM
daily. except Sunday. for Leeshurg and 8:25 p m
daily for Herndon. Returning arrive at WASH
ington s:26 am. and $40 pm. daily. and 2:4s
pm. daily. except Sunday. from Round Hill 7:0s
am. daily, except Sunday. from Herndon. and
s:a4 am daily, except Sunday. from feesburg
Through trains from the south arrive at Wash:
fngton 6:42 m. 7:4n al and 2:1b pm ana
9:o5 pm daily: Hsrrisonbure, 1900 noon daily.
except Sunday. and e:o' nm daily and from
Tickets. sleeping car reservations and other IN;
checked from Hotels and Residences by Union
Transfer Comnany on orders LEFT at Ticket Ot.
fees 7O5 Fifteenth st. NV. b11 PennsyiVania
avenue NV and at Pennsylvania Passenger sta
tion. Telephone call 1441 for Pennsylvania Rail-
road Cah service
FRANK 8 GsNNoN al Vice Prest. 4 Gen Msr-
7. NJ CTrP TrafHc Manager.
W. TTTRK General Passenger Agent
T.. s. RROwN General Agent fyS