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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-19
HEARD IN FREDERICKSBURG.
a Tournamcnt-TheS Stafford Repub-
Iicans-persOnaI.


Correspondence of the Dispatch)
FREDERICKSBURG, VA, September
l6.-One OF the most largely at
tended and enjoyable entertainments in
Caroline this season was the tournament,
followed by Il concert and supper given
al Port Royal yesterday. 1t was for the
benefit Of the Episcopal church of that
place. and quite a nice sum was realized.
The knights were not charged any en-
trance fee, and large number partici-
pated. The successful ones were as fol-
lows: knight of Carolpe, c. +. Hicks,
queen. through Mr.. Robley Couldn't;
knight of Lone star" Il. y. Toombs,
second. who crowned Miss Rosa Powers,
through Mr.. Willie Holloway. first maid;
knight Of Camden" William Pratt.
third, who crowned Miss Ethel Jet second
maid; knight of Cedar Creek" Willie
Farmer. fourth. who crowned Miss Rosa
Thornton third maid, through Mr.. Ber-
nard Robb. The coronation address was
delivered by Mr.. II. NJ. Newton. OF Rich
mond The judges were w. II. Carter,
4. S. Henshaw and Phillip Ruene. j. T.
Thornton acted as marshal. Besides the
crowns the first three knights were pre-
scented with a bride. saddle blanket, and
riding whip. respectively.
The announcement that the Republicans
Of Stafford and King George will nOmi-
nate a candidate for the House OF Dele
gates was the subject OF conversation
among the leaders OF the Democrats from
those counties here to-day. The impress
sion of a majority Of them was to the
effect that Mr.. NJ. X. Lowry. or STAFFORD.
would be the nominee. They seemed to
think, also. that the honor Of the Demo-
cratic nomination. in view Of the exist
ing conditions, would fall to a King
George man.
Colonel +. D. Cole. Of the Governor
staff, has been appointed by Captain
McCracken. president OF the Fair So
ciety chief marshal for the coming fair.
Colonel Cole will announce his assistants
next week.
Rev. Dr. I. r. Tichenor, OF Atlanta, Ga,
is visiting his daughter, Mrs. j. ;. Dill.
For seventeen years Or. Ilchenor mas oc-
cunied the responsible position OF sec
rotary Of the Home Miss!n Board OF the
Southern Convention. lie now has the
honorary position of secretary emeritus
to that board.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-19

Four hundred and ten miles-from New
York to Buffalo-were recently covered
by a Delaware, Lackawana and Western
train in hours and % minutes.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-19

believe that good. sound thrasning
makes far greater impression on
healthy boy than all the nnes end prison
bars in Christendom.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-19
BALTIMORE. september Is. 1899

BdlllInOIe, OtpltulbtI 10, ioJJs
Editors Baltimore Americans:
Upon my return to the city, after seve-
raj days absence, my attention has been
called to the report In the American Of
the 14th instant of my remarks at the
campfire of the Union Veteran Legion,
and my many southern friends seem
grieVed at the harshness OF the senti-
ments attributed to me. ! am surprised
that your reporter should have made me
appear as delivering a fire-eating, bloody
shirt speech when the facts are that J.
eulogized the South in the highest degree,
having described a reunited nation and
spoken gowingly of the fact that the first
life offered up in the Spanish-American
war was Bagley Of North Carolina, on
the deck of the Winslow, at Cardenas; of
Hobson, another southerner, and with
feryor praised Generals F1tZhugh Lee and
Fighting Joe Wheeler. 1 advocated the
return Of the southern battle-fiags and
appauded the erection Of monuments in
commemOration of Confederate yalor and
the care of southern veterans by the Cen
eral Government.
My recollection of the phrase reported
was as follows:
"The difference between right and
wrong is the distance between Heaven
and hell. While 1 believe southern valor
glorifed the cause, and their devotion
sealed the honesty of their intentions, Sc
cession was not right. but wrong.
mo man can ever get me to say that
the Union of the States should have been
dissolved, for ] do not believe it, and
never shall. "Yours respectfully,
j. FRANK SUPPLEE.
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Uptown OFFICE. BRoAD-sTREET
PHARMACY, 5ls EAST pNONN
STREET. ,oo, ,rrrrt
STREET.
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1t is going 10 cost money to see Dewey
in New York. Windows along the line
Of the land parade are selling at eXorbi-
tant prices.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-19

The Supreme Court Reports OF West
Virginia are to be reprinted at q cost OF
Sl,ssA70.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-19

All ,ett.-s and kilograms must be ad-
nrsssed TO THE DISPATCH COMPANY
rejected communications will not be re-
turned.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-19

Resolutions of respect TO deceased mem
hers passed by societies, corporations as
sociations. or other organizations. VIII De
charged for as advertising matter
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-19

All letters recommending candidates TOT
,rnce must be paid for to insure 'heif
npbl,cation. This is long-standins RUE
OF ours.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-19

Whenever a circus comes to town that
day should be a rational holiday for chill
dren.
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PROPOSALS

PROPOSALS.
Office OF James Il. Mcdonald Company,
Petersburg, Va. september -, 1893.
STATION BUILDINGS.
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE ki--
CEIVED by the undersigned until noon
SEPTEMBER 30. 1899. for the ERECTION
OF THIRTEEN FRAME STATION
BUILDINGS on the line OF the RichmOne'
Petersburg and Carolina railroad
Bids will be received for all or one or
moro buildings.
Plans. specifications. and all iniorma-
ton furnished on application. The right
is reserved 10 reject any or all bids.
JOHN IL FINE.
So te-st Chief Engineer.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-19

Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, widow OF the
great Confederate chieftain. Is at the
White sulphur Springs for a short stay.
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OLD PAPERS FOh sALf
i5c. PER HUNDRED
a. the
DISPATCH OFFTCR L
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-05-23

of great value in various ways. Among
other uses 1t is suggested as ma
terial for cave troughs, light fences,
staging poles, rafters, etc. 1t is the
product of warm climate, and in
rich, moist soil frequently grows sixty
feet IN one year.
The Japanese pear brought here is
very hardy and is largely used to
graft on to, and it is. disable for this
purpose throughout the United States.
One advantage 1t has over the Ameri-
can pear is that it is said to be proof
against blight. Camphor trees were
selected because this variety will
stand the frost of our Gulf States, and
the tree is large and ornamental. The
bark of the paper mulberry. it is
urged, will go well with the bamboo
for variety of purposes. The Cryp-
tomeria Japonica is the principal tree
used for reforesting the mountains of
Japan, and it will be valuable addi-
ton to the woods OF the Southern
States
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CURIOUS EAC1S.

A good railway engine will travel
about l 200, 900 miles before it wears
out.
Recruits for the Chinese army are
not accepted unless they can Jump
ditch six feet wide
While the turkeys natural life is
only ten years, the goose, if left I'M
killed, will sometimes live to fifty
years.
One hundred and five thousand
people visited the Philadelphia Mint
in 1898, of whom only five per cent.
were Philadelphians.
The people of Placeville, Mich, arc
killing all the cats in town in the be
lief that they are responsible for the
spread of diphtheria among the chill
dren.
1t is customary to repeatedly coat
the wooden churches in Norway with
tar to keep out the cold of the Arctic
winters. Some of the churches thus
protected have existed for seven cen
turtles.
Most of the railroad stations in Rus.
STA are about two miles from the towns
which they respectively serve. This
is precaution against fire, as many
of the Russian dwellings are matched
with straw.
If needle be inserted into the side
of supposed corpse and withdrawn,
the hole will remain open il the pa
tent be really dead But if the pa
tient lives the skin will close mp and
the hole disappears
There is a clock in Woburn, Mass. .
which has been ticking away for over
century. II is owned by Frank
Bowers Richardson, and was made in
England in 1897 for his greatgrand-
father, costing 35O.17. 1t still keeps
accurate time.
Mrs. Kirby. Of Bridgeport, y. j..
cracked the shell of one OF the eggs
she was putting to hatch under a hen.
but she patched it with adhesive plas-
ter and let it go with the others. The
other week it Matched out the biggest
chick in the lot
Some of the inhabitants Of New
Guinea have an odd way Of disposing
Of their dead They place the bodies
on raised platforms at some distance
from their dwellings, and when the
flesh has disappeared, the skulls are
removed TO and stored in a cabin
erected for that purpose.
A comparison made in St. Louis.
Mo, of the records OF the Probate
Court relative to estates Of over s15..
600 Administered during the last three
years with the tax returns made by
individuals the year before death
showed total asse ssmeut Of 81 POP. %
23O, and an apprIisement Of S7,77G, q
$50.
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When train is rounding curve.
the ordinary locomotive headlight
points off into the surrounding coun.
try, and is useless. A mechanical en-
gineer of n Western railway devised
an attachment by means of which the
light is maintained in line with tho
track. The light is mounted on a
turnable which is rotated through the
proper angle by n cable passing around
pulleys and leading TO the two piston
rods of small double-acting air cylin-
der. The motion Of the piston is reg,i-
lated by a valve in the cab, the air
pressure being taken from the air
brake system. Tho headlight turns
on inclines so arranged that when the
headlight travels mp the incline it will
have bearings ON tho two quarters on
which it travels The object Of this
is TO return the headlight TO it's nor.
NAL position automatically when the
mir is released The device has been
practically tested Scientific Ameri-
ran
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PlTH AND POINT.

This is the girl: Till doom should blot
All timo she vow'd she's fuil me not. -
still her blue eyes look true and meek q
And 10! she Tilted me last week.
Chicago Recof
George you think that IA.
father will consent to ouv~ me =
darling?" Ethel-''Oh, yeSr- He mas
always honored my silliest wishes" -
Brooklyn Life.
Frank" Some genius in Birming-
ham has invented buttonless shirt"
Billy-"Why, that's old. I've worn
them ever since my wife learned to
ride bike. Tit Bits.
Doctor Ito rufiian)-"Your eye is
hopelessly smashed. shall have to
insert glass eye. mo glass eye
for me! 1t would be broken to-mor-
row. "-FlieGende Blaetter.
Fuddy-"You know how long Miss
Nettleton has been fishing for Gud-
geon? Well, she has landed him at
last" Duddy-"'Poor fellow, he has
embarked upOn n sea of trouble"
Miss Ever Tardy-"Really, Mrs.
Sharp, / was almost ashamed to come,
it is so shockingly late. Mrs. Sharp
Not at all, Miss Tardy you could
never come too late. Harlem Life.
Don't you think, Mrs. Spitely,
that this hat is little too gay for
matronly woman like me?" mot Mt
ali, my dear. You know that vc.s-re
years younger tlla1 yoc lock Tit
Bits.
Hospital Nurse Ito maugled victim
of an accidenD understand that
the derrick fell ten stories to the
pavement" Mangled Victim weak
ly)-"I was under that impression.
Widow.
Tall One (angrily)-"Don't dare to
contradict me again, sir; don't You
know I could eat you if / chosen"
Short One-''Ahl but ] should dis
agree with you even more, then. -
Ally Sloper
Jones-'They say all diseases pro-
ceed from microbes" Jackson
Then, / suppose complication of
diseases means that lot of assorted
microbes have agreed on a harmonious
plan of campaign. Puck
How the beautiful old poems are
dying outr she exclaimed, as she
buttoned her glove. ct never occurs
to people TO burn yule log" mo"
answered the dyspeptic-looking man;
all they seem to think about now is
burning money. Puck.
Once upon q time Beggar i'm.
portuned a Lawyer for aims. Let
me give you some advice, said the
Lawyer. "Td rather you sold the
advice and gave me the proceeds"
ventured the Beggar, trying not to
seem forward. This fable teaches
that under certain circumstances fine
words can be made indirectly to butter
parsnips Detroit Journal.
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PRETTY EAlR woRLo, AFTER ALtl

With eyes OF many colors many hues.
We look at things and all get different
views:
But when we meet, and view with view
compare.
Why n Ssss y ys,9 hearts. an things look
Indeed they do.
Despite what some G'eclare;
For it Is true
That things look pretnS fair.
We speak in many tongues the Be latter
days.
And lnd more faults TO blame than roocd
TO praise;
But when the speech is done to the last
letter,
Each one admits the world is getting
better.
Indeed they do.
Despite of faults that fetter;
For II Is true
This world is getting better.
Even the ones that wore the narrow face.
And said that we were heading for some
place
Now hug n thought. a haunting. shadow
Half fear, half hope, that we may yet ea
cape.
Indeed they do.
That by scratch and scrapo
We might pull through,
And barely escape.
OH AZ is good to live these latter DAVIS
so good we Just l!ke to live always;
For we are getting better Sverywhere
And all around us things look pretty fair,
indeed they do,
Despite what some declare:
For IL il true
That things are pretty fair.
Galveston News,
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WHOLE NO. $40.
CHURCH WILL SELL DRY GOODS.
Calvary Church to Establish an INSTALL
ment Store.

Calvary Episcopal Church. in East
Twenty-tirst street, is about to estab-
lish o store for the sale of ginghams.
checks, fannels and other dry goods
IN common use. The purpose is TO
keep IN stock and sell such goods as
are in constant demand at reasonable
prices. 1t has been the custom of
Calvary Parish. in its work among she
poor, to permit parishioners to pur-
chase at cost price, certain articles
from its stock of cloth provided for
the charity work of the various or
CARNATIONS. The demand increased
to such an extent that the plan of
keeping a larger supply on hand was
suggested, and this led to the scheme
OF establishing a permanent store.
Sales will be made on the installment
plan. ana no worthy person will be
refused credit. A reasonable price
will be charged, in order that the
work may be self-supporting, but
prices will be far below those asked
IN ordinary stores which do business
on the installment plan.
In the opinion of the Rev. DIR. 7.
Lewis Pars, the rector of the parish.
the store will be a successful expert
ment. Such a shop was opened in his
former parish-St. Peters, Philadel-
phia-several years ago. DIR. Hanks
says that the original capital which
was furnished from the rector funds,
was returned, and that the shop yield
ed every year small interest upon
the investment. The business will
be conducted under the supervision
of Miss Anthony, an experienced
worker'in Calvary Parish.
Little doubt is expressed that the
installment store, like the woodward,
lodging house, restaurant and tea
divan, all departments of Calvary East
Side work, will be financial success.
These, says the prospectus of the
enterprise, ARE meant to he charities,
and are charities, and are also sources
of revenue. We incline to insist upon
the reality of this combination. be.
cause we continually meet those who
deny the charity because of the gain.
Such should consider that without the
gain the East Side work would cease
to be righteous and charitable. What
would it mean, for instance, ii the
lodging honse didn't pay? That the
parish gave men lodging at less than
market price. This could be only an
unfair competition, on the one hand,
and demoralizing to our customers on
the other Just so the shop. to he
truly charitable, must pay. New
York Times.
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PHILIPPINE PET SNAKES.
They Destroy Pests and Are "A House.
hold Necessity.

AS the writer was sitting ont under
the broad piazza Mt the restaurant in
Iloilo, N the Philippines, taking cot
fee after dinner and smoking, his eyes
happened TO be turned overhead.
About ten feet above his head there
was broad beam, probably eighteen
inches square, the horizontal support
of the second story. Directly above,
looking down at the group below, was
the head of an immense snake. ten
feet away. The end of his tail was
carelessly hanging over the beam s
side.
The writer gave one Jump, landing
six feet away, exclaiming: Good
heavens, PARTRIDGE" (our vice-consul
then at Manila, temporarily in charge
of American matters at Iloilo).
Where is it?" he asked, not NOV
ing from his comfortable American
cane-seated rocker.
'Why, just over head"
sit down here" he said to me.
That snake came here when this
house was put here. There are three
or-four others Of his kind here be
sides. Without these snakes this low
lying flat town would be about uuin-
habitable. They keep the houses alb
solutely clear and free from rats, mice,
reaches, water bugs, an occasional
tarantula, or scorpion. He scents a
stranger as quickly as would detec-
tive. He knows you are one But as
you are with me, it will be all right.
He and are acquainted"
Bite? oh, yes, and viciously, too,
if fooled with. He can inhict serious
wounds with his fine, sharp teeth.
But he has no poison faugs. 3"
Two or three evenings after that |
witnessed how he operated. A great
coal black rat was running along on a
beam just below the one occupied by
his snakeship. As he came opposite
to me big serpent's black and yell
low spotted head shot out four or five
feet away. He seized the rat lust as
cat would between its teeth. Next
day as I passed. this snake fast asleep
in the hot sun | noticed ratlike en-
largement or expansion on his din
phragm. ! knew where that rat was.
Washington Post.
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FROM BEAUTY TO OGRE.
A Man Grew So Ugly That He Feared
Lest He Should DO DIssected.

Man Grow So Ugly That He Feared
Lest He Should DO DIssected.
There died in Penobscot, Me-, re-
Gently a man whose peculiar affliction
attracted the attention OF the medical
world. His name was William Howard
As young man Howard was skill.
full carpenter, and being steady and
industrious he laid by n little monev.
Among his acquaIntances he was popu-
lar. He was of good appearance, and
a genial nature. coupled with his in
dustry and good habits, made him e
welcome visitor in every household in
the community, and especially where
there were manageable daughters.
But gradually change came over
him. His hands grew large and slowly
lost their cunning with tools. His
feet, too, were growing out of all pro-
portion TO his body. Then the change
began to show in his features. which
expanded into unusual proportions
and transformed him into an object OF
horror Then the terrible deformity
attacked his body, aud his chest grew
until 1T was more than twice its nor
NAL size.
But before the disease had reached
this stage Howard lost the ability to
work, and Stunned 10y and stunning
his neighbors he lived in solitude in a
houscboat which he had built and
moored TO place on the shore apart
from the habitations Of Mon As if
not sorely afflicted enough already, u
stroke of lightning partially destroyed
his eyosight.
Several years ago eminent physicians
summering In Maine saw Howard, and
become intensely interested i'm his
case. From that time he was visited
frequently by learned men Of the medi-
cal profession, who pronounced his
case ono Of the very few similar ones
known, and medically considered the
most interesting of any that had come
TO their attention.
Howard was offered n large sum Of
money and q generous income during
life for his body after death. but tho
iden Of "being cut up" was ropugnnnt
20 bin, and he refused 20 entertain
any such offers. A few years ago he
deposited what remained Of his sav-
ings with tho town authorities for
them 10 care for him during his re-.
naming years. and 10 see that he had
y decent burial, where bis body would
bo undisiurbed by medical experts
Boston Globe
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He Wanted "a Rtss

a story is going the rounds which
makes we'll known society young
man and millionaire's pretty daugh.
ter the principal characters in a rather
laughable comedy.
The young man, who is noted for
his handsome bearing and winning
voice, accompanied the young lady to
her home on Friday evening and, as
all true lovers do, fingered yet little
while at the gate to have lovers
tete-a-tete with his fair companion.
The night was beautiful, no one was
near to intrude, and, above all. he
loved. Why shouldn't she kiss him ?
With maidenly modesty she re.
fused He implored She still with.
held from him that which would fill
his cup of happiness. The request
was repeated several times. and so
engrossed did the young man become
IN wooing that he failed to notice the
approach Of parental step.
The old gentleman, who had been
there himself and did not care to in
trude upon the happiness of the young
couple, quietly stepped behind con.
venient evergreen and waited, think
ing the young man would soon leave.
In this he was mistaken The lovers
tarried over the request until the pa.
tience of the old gentleman was ex.
hausted. A voice the couple we'll
knew aroused them from their happi-
ness to n tone of impatient anger by
saying:
alice, kiss the young idiot and let
him go home" - Trenton IN. J.)
True American.
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CO. rseh In Anci.nt rin,o.

Glass mirrors were known TO the
Egyptians and Romans. Specimen,
have been found in the tomba of the
former. and documentary evidence
from Pliny, Seneca, Lucretius and
others undoubtedly proves their pos.
session by the latter. Glass was used
for lamps in Pompeii, but we have no
evidence of its being applied TO such
purpose in Egypt where It was ap.
propriated more largely to ornamental
and decorative rather than domestic
purposes.
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40 tho 1.sillo.nnko rlnr.

Director w. j. Holland, Of tho
Carnegie Museum, is trying TO obtain
the famous rattlesnake flag made in
177j for Colonel John Proctor's First
Battalion OF the Association Of West
morelaud County This was tho or
igiual Of all the rattlesuake aaps car
ried during the Revolution. It was
borne TO Philadelphia in 1776. when
the battalion went TO Washington q
aid, but was soon returned 60 West.
morcland County. 10 was carried by
Captain Samuel Craig, who was killed
by Indians in the early part Of ITS.
and was handed down I'm his family
until 1T has just come into the posses
sioS Of Miss Jane T.. Craig. of New
Alexandria, Penn 10 is beautiful.
fringed banner Of crimson silk. De
troit Free Press.