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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-10

SPECIAL. VALUE MEMS SUITS IN A
big variety Of patterns-all shapes ana
sizes-oxcclent wearers-pretty patterns
a combination Of sightliness and value
that can't be matched elsewhere
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-27
GREAT NATION
The Jews of the World Might Con.
 stitute.


 Three million Jews live in Russia
 where they are shut up in the western provinces and villainously treated. Ii he ventures to live outside the Jew. ish pale in Russia a Hebrew has to carry on some humble trade, and the richest banker in Odessa, if any Rus sian has a grudge against him, may be compelled to work as a cobbler on pain of punishment Naturally the Jews retallate, and delight in getting Rus sian officials and nobles under their power with loans of money One mil
 lion five hundred thousand Jews live in the Austrian empire, where they are persecuted. The present mayor and corporation of Vienna were elected for the express purpose of bullying the Jewish community. France has S0,- 900 Jews, Roumania has 100000 Jews, Germany 100000, Holland S0,000, and Italy 50,000. Great Britain has S6,- coo, including many of our most mo- table and popular public men, Europe has 6,000,000 Jews, America $50, GOO, Africa 500,000, Asia 250, 1000, and Aus tralasia 10000. So altogether there are 7,120,000 of this nation, which is pretty fair, considering that 5000 years ago they only numbered about 3,000,- 900, and the whole civilized world has been massaering and bullying them ever since. They seem to be by far the most capable race on earth. There Is not a single art industry or science h which they have not excelled.
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California Beetle for Portugal.

The useful beetle known as Novius cardinals, and employed in California. to eat up the white, CT fiuted sca4e.
 insects of the orange groves, has been exported to Portugal for the same purpose. The beetles were packed in moss with a quantity of scale insects to eat and sent by mail to Lisbon. Only a few reached their destination alive, but they are prolific and in few months thousands were available for work on the scale insects which in- fest the orange groves of the Tagus.
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Why Jim oait Riding.

He had in his time been as hard road rider as the state and county boasted of, but the time came when he betook himself to matrimony, and henceforth the road and he were stran- gers. Asked why this was, his wife in confidence told a visitor, and she in turn told d friend, and so on down the line until it reached the club in this shape: "Yes, Jim doesn't ride a bicycle any more, because. you see, bicycling units man for the work of wheeling baby carriage. The handle-bars on the carriage do not suit him. They are so high that he cannot crook his back enough, and he misses the bell to warn other baby carriages from the sidewalk" And poor Jim hasn't been to the club since the story got there. Just think what nice time he's going to have when they spring it on him!-The Wheel.
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COSTLY CAKES.

Four thousand five hundred dollars was the cost of the cake provided at the wedding of John Jacob Astor to Miss Willing of Philadelphia.
 The wedding cake provided on the marriage of the Princess Louise with the Duke of Fife was also made by the queens own confeetioner; it weighed 136 pounds and was nearly six feet high.
 The Princess Beatrice's wedding cake was worth $1,500 It weighed 800 pounds, was nine feet high and five feet around. Six months it took for modelling the ornaments, among which were 1900 sprays of sugared leaves of ivy, roses, clematis, honeysuckle and other plants. It was made in the royal kitchen and was sent to Osborne in 8 special van, twelve men lifting 1t.
 A leading firm made an enormous cake for presentation to Queen Vic toria on the occasion of her jubilee. It measured nine feet six inches around, ten feet high, and weighed over a quar- ter of a ton, without any ornaments, 4 cake sent to Dr. Behpcnd by the congregation in Brooklyn upon his 50th birthday was valuable one, for the top was ornamented with $500 in gold coins.
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To Prevent sleen. Walking.

4 device to prevent sleep walking is to lay upon the floor. by the side of the somnambulist's bed, a sheet of iron, zinc or other metal, wide enough to insure that he will step upon 1t. When the sleep-walkfng fit comes up- on him his foot touches the cold sur- face of the metal and he instinctively draws that leg into the bed again. After two or three attempts the son. nambulist gives it up and settles down in bed.
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Profess SSiOna1.

TYR. c. D. SMITH. Veterinary Surgeon and O Dentist. treats all diseases of domestic nfmals. Office at Brewster's Stable. Tele phone, old 74; new 129.
 All Calls Night and Dav
 Answered Promptly.
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HOOD CURE SENT FREE.
A Cure for Blood and skln.D,seaseg, Ecze- ; ma, PimpIes. serofuIs, Blood Poison,
 Cancer. Etc

By addressing Blood Balm Co, 222 Mitchell street, Atlanta. Ga, any of our readers may obtain sample bottle of their famous B. B
 B.-Botanie Blood Balm, the greatest, grand est. best and strongest Blood Remedy made. Cures when all else fails. pimpes, Ill CTS. scrofula, eczema, boils, blood poison, eating sores, distressing skin eruptions, cancer, ca tarrh. rheumatism. Free medical advice in- eluded, when description of your trouble is given. This generous offer is worth while ac. cepting. Sample bottle sent all charges pre- paid Large bottles, Containing nearly a quart of medieinel for sale by all druggists at Sl. per bottle. B. B. E is away ahead Of all other Blood Remedies for curing Spring Blood Humors. Try B. E, B. this spring, 156
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4 Sure Cure.

stHe says he was not a bit seasick on his trip from Europe"
 "He was not. He never took the trip.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-27
...4oa known Centnrles Ago.

.sbestos is generally supposed to be
 nodern thing. yet in 1871 an as- 2 'sos a, handkerchief was shown to the gssoI gss. Society as a great curiosity by v " plot who had bought it from a '.reler z, on his return from China. rsav called it sa1amander's wool. Dr. a'at lr5 saturated the handkerchief with 7, - and threw it into a fierce charcoal sn sua The oil burned off and the hand l..rebief remained intact.
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Ciaret Punch.

Dissolve one pint of granulated su- gar ia hot water and let it get cold. Squeeze the juice of six lemons into punch bowl, add the melted sugar and stir we'll Add a half pint of brandy, pony of benedictine, three quarts of claret, pint of cold Oolong tea, slices Of orange, lemon and pineapple aud large blaek of ice.
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Value of Cheerfulness.

Cheerfulness, says the Northwestern Christian Advocate, can become hab- it, and habits sometimes he4p us over hard places. cheerful heart seeth cheerful things. A lady and gentle man were in lumber yard situated by dirty, foul-smelling river. The lady said: How good the pine boards smellp Pine boards!' exclaimed the gentleman. Just smell this foul riTer!" No, thank you," the lady re- piled, prefer to smell the pine boards" And she was right. If she, Or we can carry this principle through our entire living, we shall have the cheerful heart, the cheerful voice, and, cheerful face. There is in some houses an unconscious atmosphere of domestic and social ozone which brightens everybody. Wealth cannot give it. nor can poverty take it away.~R Rams Horn
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 True to Himself.

Whats the matter, McManus?" said the captain. Before we succeeded i'll taking Santiago you scoffed at the Spanish flag, but now that we have obtained possession here, I see that you are shaking your fist at the stars and stripes.
 sYes, begorra, said Patrick I'm agin the goyertmen Let's turn the raseals out"
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Denmark. Child Crimip als.

Denmark Is said to be the only coun- try in the civilized world where houses of correction for children do not ex- ist. In some of the provincial towns child criminals are put in penlten- tiary at hard labor. In these towns the judge has not even the privilege of mercy without the consent of the attorney general. In Copenhagen, however, the magistrate may dis charge a child with a reDrimand, should he be go disposed. Criminal records of Denmark show that from 1893 to 1897 there were 1919 trials against 2,162 children. Out of this nsmber 2,098 were boys and 64 girls. Of these, 1871 boys and 61 girls were discharged with reprimand, while 220 boys were sent to the penitentiary, and girls and boys were sentenced to prison.-New York Herald.
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Public Bus and Carriage
 Telephone Brewster X Heteen 25c. fare.
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Before and After.

My dear" said Mrs. Wederly. what Is the difference between !daai- ism and realism?"
 'Tdealism," replied Wederly, is what we experienced during cur en- gagement."
 "Yes," said she. and realism"
 "oh," he replied. that's what we are up against now"
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Ads the CIrcnlntlon.

Nine tons of pennies are taken from the London slot machines each week the firm which runs the "mutoscope- averaging S3.500 alone.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-27
To Encourage Sacred Art.

Some time ago the pope offered prize of f400 for we'll painted picture of the Holy Family. Consequently a large number of Italian painters who exhibited at the Exhibition of Sacred Arts, at Turin, chose this subject for their pictures, but none was judged to be good enough to deserve the prize. The pope has, therefore, decided to re- open the competition and to make it international.
The record-union., 1899-02-04
Wassernan, Kaufman & Go. 5
The Cost of a Drought.

What the drought of the last few
years has cost New South Wales has
been estimated, and the estimate makes
up bit of. very doleful arithmetic. The
fiocks of the colony have shrunk from
100000 to $4,000, 900, representing a
loss of 2O,00O,O0O sheep. If to this is
added the loss of natural increase. the
shrinkage amounts to 50000,OOO sheep:
enough, that is, to equip a considerable
sized colony. In addition, there has
been ailoss of nearly 800, 1000 horses and
10000 cattle.
That the colony has been able to sur
vive these terrific losses is a striking
proof of the energy and resource
Translated into money, the colony has
suffered a. loss, due to mere inadequate
rainfall, of from ELI, 600 600 to f2O, 900
UOU For SO much, when eX-
pressed in pounds, shilling and pence,
do a. few inches more or less of rainfall
count We are probably entering on a
cycle of years, a contemporary thinks.
when the kindly skies will pour on the
far stretching plains their benediction
of rain, and these vast losses will
quickly be made up.-Westminster Re-
view
The record-union., 1899-02-04
SMALLPOX AT OMAHA.
An Entire Hotel Full of Guests
Placed in Quarantine.

CHICAGO, Feb. "a special to the
Record" from Omaha, Neb., says:
The spectacle of an entire hotel full
of guests being quarantined, and
armed policemen standing at every
door and window to prevent the people
escaping, is presented in Omaho to-
night
This morning three well defined cases
of smallpox were discovered at the
Vendome Hotel, located in the center of
the city. The Health Department was
notified, and plans were quickly decid-
ed upon for quarantining the place. A
squad of armed policemen raced to the
scene, and when the guests started on
their accustomed duties this morning
they were driven back into the house
by force. Travelling men begged to
be permitted to get away, guaranteeing
to leave the city by the first train, or
afoot, if necessary.
Several daring fellows who preferred
any sort of an adventure to being shut
up for ten days slipped out the sky
light, scaled the adjacent roofs, and
making their way through the snow
and ice over the housetops, managed to
reach the ground in safety, after many
narrow escapes.
A number of St. Louis and Chicago
travelling men are in the hotel No
body cares to examine the register just
al present to find out just who they are.
The record-union., 1899-02-04
ANOTHER TRAGEDY.
A Barber Shoots His Former Part.
ner and Then Suicides.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3.-Luigi
Piccioli, barber, fired five bullets into
the body of his former partner, Manuel
Silva, tonight, and afterward walked
back to his own shop and cut his
throat. Silva was taken to the Har-
Dor Hospital, where it was found that
his wounds, two serious, were not nee
essarily fatal. Piccioli died almost in
stantly. The men had formerly been
business partners, and trouble over
business matters is supposed to have
led to the crime.
The shooting took place at the bar
Der shop of Silva, 1913 Dupont street.
Piccioli, whose place of business is at
1917 Dupont street, left his shop and
walked up the street to that of Silva.
No one except the principals was in
either place at the time of the tragedy.
Five shots were heard by Police Off
Ger Mullender and Victor de Martini,
who were on the street, and they inn
mediately rushed to Slva's shop, where
they found the proprietor lying on the
floor, unable to speak. The wounded
man wrote on a piece of paper, which
he handed to Mullender, that Piccioli
had shot him. When the officer learned
who was the guilty party he went to
the shop of Piccioli and found him dead.
He was seated in a chair, with his head
lying on a table. There was a cash
six inches long on the right side of his
neck, from which the blood was pour
ing, and the razor with which he did
the work was lying on the floor in front
of him. The pistol he had used to
shoot Silva was in the dead mans
pocket.
The physicians will not allow the in
jured man to speak, so no explanation
of the shooting can be secured from
him. His wife visited Silva at the
hospital. but could throw no light on
the affair
Piccioli was born in Italy. He was
about 30 years of age, and leaves a
widow who is at present in Italy.
The record-union., 1899-02-04
RAIN, HAIL AND SNOW.
Stocktonians Experience Phenom-
email Weather.

STOCKTON, Feb. g. Stocktonians
witnessed phenomenal weather to-day
A cold wind blew all day; in the north
ern part of town it hailed part of The
time. in other portions of the city Ii
rained, and there was a little snow in
evidence, though not enough to show
on the ground
SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 3.-For the first
time in many years snow fell at Boulde..
Creek and Sequel this morning. At Big
Creek and Summit three inches fell.
The weather continues cold There were
occasional showers to-day
SAN JOSE, Feb 3.-There was frost
here last night, but clouds came over
early this morning, so that no damage
whatever resulted.
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ROYAL s s;;;:.s
~ ABSOLUTELY pURE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
torney General Ford to bring suit in
sovA. BAKING powoea CO., NEW voax.

d
torney General Ford to bring suit in
the proper court to have the bank de-
clared insolvent AS soon as the court
shall adjudge the bank insolvent. the
Commissioners will order the Directors
to levy an assessment upon its capital
stock for the benefit of the depositors.
After exhausting the capital stock
and surplus, the assets, as valued by
the Commissioners, were found $13S,-
215.35 less than all the debts of the
bank.
The Commissioners to-day passed res
olutions advising the Attorney General
that 1t is unsafe for the bank to con-
tinue business; that the Commissioner
Immediately take control of the cor
poration, its property and effects, to
prevent waste and diversion of its as
sets, and appointing Joseph R. Ryland
to take charge of the affairs of the
bank, fixing his bond at $4,000.
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A Very Good Bid.

1t was at an auction7room. The place
was crowded, and the collection of fur
niture, art, and bric-a-b rac being I'M
usually choice, the bidding mad been
very spirited. During an interval of
the SALE, a man with pale and agl-
tated countenance pushed his way to
the auctioneer's side and engaged him
in a whispered conversation
Presently he stood aside, and the auc-
tioneer raped attention with his lit
tile hammer
Ladies and gentlemen" he said, in
a loud voice, II have to inform you
that a gentleman present has lost his
pocket-book containing $500. He Of
fers ESQ for it's return
Instantly a small man in the back
ground sprang upon chair, and cried
excitedly, IN give you f1O0."-Tit-
Bits.
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1nty-1Our hours.
T oct Tb;e
Last

San Francisco data: Maximum tenn
perature As, minimum 81, mean A.
The weather is partly cloudy in the
Sacramento Valley and over the Cen
trail Rocky Mountain region, cloudy in
Utah and showing in Nevada and
Northern Arizona. Elsewhere on the
Pacific Slope fair weather prevails
Scattering light rain or snow fell in
all districts during the day
The pressure has risen rapidly over
the plateau region.
The temperature has risen slightly in
the southern and central portions of
California, and fallen elsewhere west
of the Rocky Mountains, except in
Southern Arizona
Conditions are favorable for fair and
continued cold weather, with killing
frosts, severe enough in exposed places
to lnjure citrus fruits Saturday.
The record-union., 1899-02-04
CLEARLY A CASE OF SUICIDE.
Dead Body of a Man Found in a
Car Of Freight Train.

CHICO. Feb. 3.-The trainmen on a
southbound freight train this morning
found the dead body Of a man in q
box car. Coroner Collins took charge
of the body and ordered an autopsy,
which revealed that death had been
caused by strychnine poisoning. A bot
tie partly filled with strychnine and also
a bottle containing a small quantity Of
alcohol and strychnine was found in the
pockets of the dead mans clothing. 1t
was clearly case of suicide.
The car in which the body was found
was brought from Tehama this morn
ing. The body was that of man De-
tween 80 and 40 years, about feet 9
inches tall, with dark brown mustache
and hair of the same color slightly
gray 1t weighed 16O pounds. and was
dressed in a good suit of black clothes.
The record-union., 1899-02-04
Los Angeles Saloon Ordinance.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3-Chief Glass
this morning received the official Motif
cation of the action taken by the Board
of Police Commissioners at its last
meeting in regard to enforcing the sa-
loon ordinances. The action of the
board leaves no room for doubt. The
Chief is instructed to strictly enforce
both the midnight and Sunday closing
ordinances, and any violations will be
dealt with directly by the commission,
without taking it's slow course through
the courts. The license of offenders Will
be revoked.
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DEBATE FOR CARNoT MEDAL.
G. M. Warner Of Berkeley Award
ed the Coveted Prize.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. 81
At the close of the debate for the Car
not medal tonight tire judges awarded
the coveted prize to =. NJ. Warner of
Berkeley. The question was:
, Resolved, That it is for the interest
of France to form close alliance with
Italy,
John E. Springer of Stanford opened
the debate in the affirmative. He was
replied to by A. ]. Cloud of Berkeley.
w. Martin of Berkeley then spoke in
support of the resolution, and vas an
swered by C. Hayden of Stanford Luz
gallo of Stanford closed for the affirm
ative, the reply in the negative being
made by Warner, who was given the
medal. The victor is President of the
Levi Strauss Scholarship Club.
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Christian Refs, Jr. MortaIIy Wounds
William S. Pardy.
Were the Best Of Friends Up to the Time
the Tragedy Was Enacted.
Ex-SheriR Mckenzie of Napa
County Held to Answer Before
the Superior Court for CompH-
city in the Murder of Alfred
Cook, With Bonds Fixed at
Twenty Thousand Dollars.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3.-About
1870 o'clock this afternoon w S. Pardy,
Assistant Secretary of the Pacific STATES
Savings Bank, with an office at 4lO
Pine street, was shot and fatally
wounded by young Chris Refs, son OIL
the former Treasurer of this city.
Young Refs and Pardy, according to
the wounded mans dying statement,
had been the best of friends up to this
afternoon when Refs entered the bank
and upbraided Pardy for some sup
posed wrong Pardy adm ted having
called Refs I'd fool but denied
having said anything of a more objec-
tionable nature. Refs replied That ne
had come to fix Pardy, and called him
a vile name. Pardy reached across
the desk and slapped Refs mouth,
whereupon the latter drew a pistol and
fired The bullet penetrated Pardy's
breast directly over the heart. Medl-
,al aid was summoned, but the physi-
clans despaired of saving the wounded
mans life.
Refs gave himself up to Officer
Duane, who heard the shot and was
attracted to the scene. He passed the
smoking revolver into the hands OF the
officer, and said: He slapped my
face, and 1 shot him."
At the California-street station he
made a statement to Bulletin re-
porter He said: I'VE have been
friends for years. Our friendship was
broken the day before yesterday, when
he passed a remark which Inundated
me. We were passing down Pine
street together, and the day was we'll
nigh spent. He said: You = little fool,
why don't you take care of yourself.
Look at that thin pair of shoes you
wear. Why don't you get a new pair?'
To-day 1 called on him and asked him
what he meant by that remark. He
hen reached over the counter and
and shot him.
Where did you get the revolver"
Il bought it this morning. 1 used
o go acros the bay to Berkeley every
ay, and / bought it to shoot squirrels
nd robbers
When told that that make of pistol.
| 32-caliber, was poor make for that
kind of work. he said it was the first
pistol he had ever used.
Refs has net yet been booked. He
is held pending the result of Pardy's
injuries.
Late tonight Pardy asked his father
not to prosecute his assailant. The
parents of the two young men have
always been warm friends.
The record-union., 1899-02-04
LOS ANGELES HORSE SHOW.
Floral Evening a Most Brilliant
Succesg.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3.-Both the af-
ternoon and evening performances of
the horse show were before large
crowds, that of the evening" being the
larger, and, as was to be expected. it
was the most brilliant. 1t was floral
evening, and the costumes in the boxes
all but outshone the brilliant display
of fruits and flowers in the ring where
the floral classes were being judged.
The beautifully bedechei equippages
were marvels of magnificence. The
coaches were veritable banks of flow
ers, which completely hid the wood aid
ironwork of the makers. There Ware
coaches, fire engines, gigs, carts. vic
torias, broughams, phaetons, stanhopes
and all were masses of nature. Fruits
were used to a great extent in highten-
ing the decorations of some of the We
hicles, and SO great and diverse were
the decorations that the judges were
almost lost in awarding the prizes
There were nearly as many classes as
there were kinds of vehicles, and nearly
every entry in the floral classes was
given a first or second prize.
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be known under the assumed name CT

be known under the assumed name CT
AL Dohrman.
E. H. Cowart caused quite sensa-
ton by affirming that the defense Of
fered him money if he should give the
right testimony, but later explained
that this was not bride, but wages
and expenses to be paid him if the trial
in the Superior Court should be held
in another county.
The case was then closed, and the
court held the defendant to answer be-
fore the Superior Court of Napa Coun-
ty, with bail fixed at $4,000.
The record-union., 1899-02-04
DELAWARE sENATORsHIP.
Anti-Addicks Republicans Ms
Help to Re-elect Gray.

DOVER (Del), Feb. 3.-The regular
Republicans who have been voting for
Colonel Henry a. Dupont to succeed
Senator Gray in the fight against j.
Edward Addicks. went into conference
this evening. The conference was adj
journed until II tomorrow afternoon,
when a proposition to take up some Re
publican upon whom the regulars can
bend their entire strength will be con-
sidered. One runor is that they will
take up some Independent Republican,
and give the Addicks men three days in
which to desert their man, at the end
of which time enough regulars will
vote with the, Democrats to re-elect
Gray