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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-16

39c. will buy I yard OF Taneta SILK IN
all colors. sold for 69c yard.
30c. will buy / yard Foulard SIX, sold
for ST. e..,,-
SOC. viii buy yard Fancy Drapery Silk,
27 inches wide. worth SJc.
NOTION DEPARTMENT.
30c. will buy bottles Of Good Perfume,
that sold for CSC. bottle.
30c. will buy 1 Powder Pun. Powder Box
and box Of Mennen's Talcum powder,
the are worth Toe.
39c. will buy boxes Of Pure Camphor
Ice. sold for l5c. a box.
30c. will buy bottles OF Pure NaHei!nc
SOC. will buy boxes of Tetlow's Face
30c. viii buy bottles Of Pure Beck INK
SOC. will buy cakes Of Oakley's Pure
English Soap.
SOC will buy 8 bottles Of Fruit Extract
that sold for Zoe. bottle.
39c. will buy cakes Of Cuticura Soap and
soc. will buy 8 dozen Of Kid Hair Curl
ers that sell for 1Oc. dozen.
soc will buy s dozen Of Pearl Buttons,
that sell for Zoe. q dozen.
30c will buy II spools OF Cla-k's O. y. T..
Cotton, full 20O-yard sponls.
soc. will buy bottles Of Meade Bakers
Mouth Wash.
SOC will buy boxes If Bosated Talcum
Powder. in tin-sfter boxes.
SOC. will buy bottles Of Pay Rom or
Florida Water, that sold for g5c. a
SOC. viii buy 4 pairs of stockinet Shields.
that sold for l5c. a pair.
SOC viii buy "a dozen Initial Letters, fast
colors. for underwear sold for &C.
dozen.
PERCALEs.
39c will buy yards of l-ysrd-wide Per-
Gale. worth Zoe. a yard.
39c will buy yards Of Madras. yard
wide worth 10 1-2c yard.
SOC viii buy 5 yards Il Madras, silk fin
ish | yard wide, worth 2''. = Xdl1
SOC will buy IS yards of Good Calico.
worth SC. a ward.
39c will buy Cocoa Door Mat, that sold
for SOC.
3Oc. will buy window shades. with all
fixtures and good spring rolors.
soc. will buy / yard of Floor On-Cloth.
ID yards wide. -.
SOC. will buy 2 Curtain Poles and Fix
lures complete.
GLOVE DEPARTMENT..
SOC. will buy / pair Of KID Gloves sizes
IL and 8 ga, sold for 81.
SOC. will buy pair of Red Mousquetaire,
that sold for N.G9, sizes IL. . 81.
6. and 61-2.
sizes 5l-2. 5 "a. and 7. sold for $50.
STATIONERY.
39c will buy boxes Of Real Irish Linen,
3ec viii buv 1 boxes Of Writing Paper.
80 sheets Of Paper and 30 Envelopes,
that sold for 100 a box.
3Oc will buy pounds Of Writing Paper
sells for 70 pc a pound.
zoe will buy IS packages OF Square En-
velOpes, that sell for 5c. a package.
LINEN DEPARTMENT.
SOC will buy 10 yards of Crash, in Gray
or White. sells for Sc. ward
soc. will buy yards Of Pure Linen Crash,
that sells for y 1-2c.
soc. will buy large-size Cotton Towels,
that sell for lac. apiece.
39c. will buy Pure Linen Towels, fringe
or hem. large size.
SOC. will buy l II yards of Unbleached
Table Linen. worth SOC. a yard
30c. will buy / - wards Of Table Linen
In Turkey Red or White, worth 800.
a yard.
HIBBED UNDERSTANDS.
SOC. will buy Ladies Ribbed Vests, with
tape in neck. worth 10c
SOC. Will huy Ladies White Ribbed
Shirts. that sold for 15c. apiece.
SOC. Will buy Ladies' White Ribbed
Vests. with taped neck and short
sleeves. sold for u l-2c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-16

Rear-Admirai Pierce Crosby. retired,
one OF the last OF Farragut's active onI-
GERS in the stirring sea-nghts OF the war
last night OF diabetes. aged rs years.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-16
war Insurance ut Lioyd's.

LONDON, June l5.-Some war insurance.
was affected at Lloyds to-day at Is per
cent. for three months
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-16
wouId-Be Lynchers Foiied.

MOBILE. ALA, June l5-some excite
meat was caused in police circles tonight
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-16
lat SOC. Will Buy at Domestic Counter.
HOSIERY DEPARTMENT.
values That You Cannot Match
Come and Judge for 1ourseii.

HOSIERY DEPARTMENT.
Values That You Cannot Match.
Come and Judge for Yourself.
SOC will buy pairs OF Ladies Black and
Tan Stockings, in plain or drop
stitch. worth lOc. pair.
SOC viii buy pairs Of Children's Ribbed
Stockings IN Black or Tan, the real
value is l0C pair.
30c viii buy pairs Ladies Black or Tan
Stockings. in plain or dropstitch
spliced heel and toe, the real value
3oc win buy 4 pairs Of Ladies' Black
Hose. real Maco special finish, spiced
heel and toe. the only standard dye,
original price was lyc. a pair.
30c viii buy 3 pairs of Ladies Black
Foot Hose, with colored tops, sold
3oc. win buy pairs Of Chndrens Ribbed
Hose, double knee. heel, and toe,
80c. viii buy pairs Of Ladies Lisle Bal
briggan Hose. that sold for 0Jc a
30c. viii buy pair Of Ladies Fancy SILK
Hose, that sold for zoe. and 81 per
pair.
SOC. viii buy 3 pairs Of Chndren'S Socks 2,t
gan. sold for lie. a pair.
BEAD CHAINS.
39c. will buy to-day a Cyrano Bead
Chain, with fan worth Sc
WHITE GOODS.
SOC. will buy 10 yards Of White Check
Muslin. that is worth sc. a yard.
39c. will buy s yards of White Lace
striped Muslin, that sold for &c.
SOC. Mil buy s yards Of White India
Linen. that sold for l0c yard.
39c. Will buy yards of White p. X, that
sold for = lie. yard.
39c. will buy yards Of Real Heavy Cord
p x. that sold for i5c. yard.
SOC. will buy yards OF White Organcie'
in colors. ! yard wide, worth DC. a
3oc. viii buy yards of White Dotted
Swiss. that sells for poo. a yard
30c will buy ID yards of White Curtain
Muslin, l yard wide, that sold for
Csc. a yard.
lin that sells for S1-3c a yard.
39c will buy yards Of Persian Lawn
that sells for l6 2-3c yard.
BOYS CLOTHING.
30c Will buy BOYS Duck Suits, slightly
soiled. sold for 81.
GENTLEMEN's FURNISHINGS.
soc. will buy Gentleman's White shirt,
pure linen bosom. all sizes sold for
SOC. viii buy 1 Gentleman's Madras Bosom
Shirt, with cuffs 10 match. sold for
SOC. VIII buy Mems Gauze Undershirts
that sold for 25c. apiece.
SOC. will buy pairs Mems Jeans Draw
ers, that sold for PC. pair
soc. will buy / Genueman's White p. K.
shirt that sold for $50, slightly
soued.
Sc. viii buy Gentemen's Gauze Pants,
sold for Soc
Doc. viii buy pairs of Genuemen's Well
Made Socks, that sold for lie. a
pair.
30c. VIII buy pairs OF Mems Black or
Tan Socks, worth Zoe. pair
See what SOC. will buy In
SHIRT-M AISTS.
39c. will buy ] Percale Shirt-Waist. that
Is worth CSC. II is this seasons style.
CARPET DEPARTMENT.
30c. Will buy ] yard of Bruises Carpet.
that sold for 30 and 69c.
SOC. will buy l yard Of Ingram Carpet,
that sold for zoe.
MILLINERY DEPARTMENT.
39c. viii buy Any Colored Straw Shape,
that sold Tor 75c. and Sl.25.
39c. will buy the greatest values IN Flow
ers; you ought 10 see what you can
get.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-16

MuLTuM IN PARv0 ''
MEANS BYRD-IsLAND FLOUR
de lS-ts)
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-16
SILK DEPARTMENT.

39c. will buy I yard OF Taffeta SILK, in
All colors. sold for 69c. a yard.
30c. will buy yard Foulard SILK. sold
for 81. 80,
SOC. will buy yard Fancy Drapery Silk
d inches wide worth S9c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-16

30c. Will buy Ladies Ribbed Vests, with
tape in neck. worth 10c.
SOC. Will hny Ladies White Ribbed
Shirts. that sold for 15c apiece
SOC. Will buy Ladies' White Ribbed
Vests with taped neck and short
SleeNes sold for u l-2c.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-07-08
The Drawback.

Beardman was n writer of plays, ulti- mately fairly well known in his day For nearly 20 years he struggled and fought his way along without meeting with any very pronounced success. each play in turn proving more or less of a failure. At last. however. he produced a play that really caught the public taste He and the famous Sheridan happened to be present together on the opening night All went we'll Success followed success, and applause greeted and ended each scene. At the end of the second act Beardman S elation got the better of his discretion. and, leaning over toward Sheridan-as usual too witty to be merely sympathetic-he ex claimed:
 Sheridan, Sheridan, it's going to be a success, a complete successl
 "Ah, yes. murmured Sheridan. with exquisite compassion in his voice. ''too bad, too badr'
 "Too bad?'' stammered his friend. completely taken off his guard Why too bad that it should prove a success r
 Because now, retorted Sheridan. ''it'n take you another % years to con vince any one you wrote it. Town Topics
The St. Johns herald., 1899-07-08
The Discovery of m Artist.

In the Cathedral of Nantes, France, there Is a monument to Francis IT of Bretagne and his wife Margaret which is considered one of the masterpieces of French sculpture. It is over 800 years old, and until twenty odd years ago TO one knew to whom to ascribe it. Then by chance an old stone slab was discov- cred In the same cathedral bearing the following inscription:
 'I, Michel Colomb, was a poor for saken boy whose only home was the high road, where alone God and our Bretagne saints watched over me- of- ten forgot to eat and drink while look ing at the stonecutters who made the beautiful stone crosses for the holy place in the diocese of Leon, and my self carved small images with a wretch ed knife, when worthy priests took compassion upon me, fed me and said to me: Work, thou little one, and look as much as thou pleasest at the carved belfry and at the beautiful work of the guild (sculptors). Look at all this, love the good God, the mild Saviour and the blessed Virgin Mary. Then thy name shall be honored in the diocese of Leon and in the beautiful Bretagne. This I did for a long while that I might be- come a good workman, and then our Duchess Anna gave me an order to cut a monument to our gracious Duke Francis II and the Duchess Margaret. |" -Harper's Bazaar.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-07-08
A Couple of Rat Stories.

George Purcell tells some stories about mining coal that are interesting. Purcell says a rat, when caught in a trap, will cut off a limb to escape. He one day caught a rat with a black smiths pinchers. He had only time to fix the pinchers on the rats tail, but with sufficient grip to hold the rat for a time. He intended taking the rat to a feed box in the barn, where its fight ing qualities could be tested by ter rier. The rat, hanging by it's tail, turned around to free itself from the pinchers. Finding that the pinchers were harder than its teeth, it turned it's attention to its own tail. 1t cut with its teeth a ring around the tail and then made a jump. The skin peeled off the tail, leav- ing the tail covering in the grip of Purcell and the pinchers. It is needless to say that the rat escaped.
 Miners believe that rats leave fall ing mine. M w. Kerrigan met horde of rats one day when he was entering a mine. He attempted to kill them with stick, but as fast as he knocked one out another took his place. He was accompanied by dog, and the dog was so badly bitten by the rats that he sought shelter behind Kerrigan. Seeing that the dog was badly injured by the attack of the rats, Kerrigan took him outside the mine to have his injuries attended to. Kerrigan then returned to the workings. but was surprised to find that the entry in which he had met the rats had fallen in during his absence
The St. Johns herald., 1899-07-08
Bismarck Objected.

Two features, formerly inseparable from the recent investiture in France, in connection with the bestowal of the Collar of the Golden Fleece, are now omitted in the case of foreign recipients of the decoration. One is the religious ceremony and costume peculiar to the order, and the other the somewhat for midable fees, which consisted of a do nation of about 800 francs and all the expenses of the voyage and residence of the delegate, total of 15,000 francs Bismarck is said to have brought about this change. It seems that the day after his investiture he received his bill, which he rOundly refused to pay, and his remarks, made with his usual brutal frankness, were reported to Alfonso XII, who paid them from his privy purse, and then and there abolish ed them in the case of fOreigners-St PauPS.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-07-08
Tncourag ging.

"I-er-I'll have the same."-Philadel. phia Record.
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Would Have Done the Same.

Rudyard Kipling undoubtedly got his wit from his maternal grandfather, the Rev. George B. Macdonald, Wesleyan clergyman. It is related of this bright Macdonald that in the days when he was courting the lady whom he after ward married the father-in-law to be- an aged Methodist with extremely strict notions in regard to the proprieties- was injudicious enough on one occasion to enter the parlor without giving any warning of his approach. The conse- quence was that he found the sweet hearts occupying a single chair.
 Deeply shocked by this spectacle the cid man sclemE!y said; "Mr. Macdon- aid. when was courting Mrs Brown she sat on one side of the room and on the other ''
 Macdonald sreply was: "That's what I should have done if 1 had been court ing Mrs. Brown Troy Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-07-08
Tired Eyes.

A correspondent of Popular Science News tells of party of Alpine climbers who, having spent five hours among the snows of the mountains, returned to their homes after dark. A great change had to all appearance taken place since the night before. Instead of being H. luminated in the usual way, the place was supplied with green lights.
 It took the travellers little time to realize that they were suffering from Daltonism, or color blindness, super induced by eye-fatigue. The intense light caused by the sun shining upon the snow had for the time rendered them unable to judge of colors, and given rise to their curious mistake. Three hours elapsed before the eyes re. gained their normal condition.
 Chevreul explains that the eye can. not gaze long upon a given color with. out tending to become insensible to it. When the eye looks long upon a color it should be rested by the complement ary color. Thus an eye that has grown tired with green should be rested by red, which is greens complementary color.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-07-08
His Great Sorrow.


 "Hard luckl" groaned the fashion ably dressed young man on the hotel divan, shifting his feet to the rungs of the chair opposite. ''Hard luck-that's s my name.
 The young fellow at his side, in like attire, kept sympathetic silence.
 "Yes, if it hadn't been for my tough luck, I'd have all sorts of money" he went on. pulling his hat down over his eyes and sending a puff of cigarette smoke up against its brim. ''I was dead solid with a pretty little girl-cashier in one of the big hotels. She wanted to reform me, make a man out of me, she said. Twice l came in to see her when I wasn't steady on my feet, and she told me that if she ever learned of me getting too much again it would be all day between us. Well, one night dropped into the hotel when I cOuldn' f tell the floor from the ceiling. She hasn't spoken to me since. "
 "Can't see anything so bad about that" commented the friend. 'There are lots of others.
 "Yes, but"-the young man wa: shaking his head and his voice was sor- rowful-"' it was just the next week that an old uncle died and she came ir for cool $6O, OOO."
 Again the young fellow at his side kept sympathetic silence.-Chicagc Journal
The St. Johns herald., 1899-07-08
A Boys Essay on Hornets

A hornet Is the smartest bug that flies anywhere. He comes when he pleases. and he goes when he gets ready. One way hornet shows his smartness is by attending to his own business, and making everybody who interferes with him wish they had done the same thing.
 When a hornet stings a fellow he knows it, and never stops talking about 1t as long as his friends will listen to him. One day hornet stung my pa (my pa is preacher) on the nose, and he did not do any pastoral visiting for a month without talking about that hor- net.
 Another way a hornet shows his smartness is by not prOcrastinating. If he has any business with you he will attend to it at once, and then leaves you to think it over to yourself. He don't do like the mosquito, who comes fOoling around for half an hour. sing ing cousin, cOusin," and when he has bled you all he can, dash away, vel ling, "NO kin" A hornet never bieeds you; but if he sticks you, you will go off on a swell.
 l don't know anything more about hornets, only that Josh Billings says: "A hornet is an inflammible Gosh was a poor speller) buzzer, sudden in his impreshuns, and rather hasty in his conclusions, or end"
The St. Johns herald., 1899-07-08
CAMP COFFEE,
How It Is Prepared and Served by
 the Lapps.

How It Is Prepared and Served by the Lapps.
 A traveller in Lapland gives the recipe for making coffee among the Lapps, when they are so fortunate as to have
 it at all. Dinner was eaten out-of- doors, and the one dish of the meal consisted of roast Jennings, little crea- lures something between a guinea-pig and rat, and as the writer cOnfesses, ''exquisitely nasty" as to their flavor. He says:
 We sQuatted in a ring round the fire, watching the roaSts, all except a wrinkled old woman, who, good souli was intent upon more tedious cere- mony. Out of a skin knapsack she had taken small skin bag. From this she extracted some twelve green coffee beans, which she proceeded to roast. one by one, in a small iron spoon, to the accompaniment of vast care and solici- tude.
 when they were cooked to her taste, she bruised them to coarse fragments between stones, and put the result. with water, into copper kettle, which had one lid in the usual place, and an other on the end of the spout, to keep out smoke and feathery wood-ash.
 Then the whole mixture was boiled up together into a bubbling broth of coffee fragments and coffee extract. She cleared it by an old trick which is known to campers all the world over. This was to throw into the kettle a small splash of cold water, when the coffee grounds were promptly precip- ltated to the bottom.
 Then she poured the clear, brown. steaming liquor into a blackened bowl or Dlrch-rOOt and handed 1t to the good nan, her husband.
 After he had taken the bowl in his fingers, the woman hunted in a leather knapsack, and produced lump of beet sugar wrapped in careful fold of skin. The host bit fragment from it and lodged it in his teeth; then he lifted the bowl to his lips and drank.
 In more civilized man this would. or course, have been rudeness; in a savage it was simple act of courtesy. It was plain assurance that the bowl contained no poison. Then he handed It on for us to drink in our turn, and do not know that I have ever tasted more perfect coffee.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-07-08
National Earvnr

A writer in Cornhill gives some hu morous notes of English school exami nations. Apparently national charac teristics come out as vividly as indi vidual ones, at these encounters be tween the learned and the unlearned. One day, an examiner was listening to class of Irish boys, in London, as they repeated Macaulay's "Horatius.' ' "Would three soldiers, nowadays" he asked, "be likely to hold a bridge against whole armyY
 No, sir" the boys answered.
 "Would three Englishmen, for exam ple?'' he continued.
 'No, sir" said the class.
 "Would three Scotchmen?'
 They again dissented.
 "Would three Irishmen?
 "Please, sir" shouted an excitable little fellow, lone Irishman would do itg"
The St. Johns herald., 1899-07-08
A Famous House and Lot.

An article entitled "Historic Homes In Washington, by Catherine Cava- nagh, in Munsey's, gives an interesting narrative of the home once occupied by James G. Blaine. The lot on which it stood once belonged to Henry Clay, who won it at a game of cards, at which he was always very lucky. On his wife be- ing asked if her husbands gambling did not make her anxious, she an- swered: "Why should worry? Henry generally wins. After keeping the lot a short time he swapped it for Nal tese jackass that Commodore Rodgers brought home from a Mediterranean cruise He built the house. In it once lived James K. Paulding, secretary of the navy under Van Buren. Secretary Seward bought it, and was living in it when his assassination on the night of Lincoln's murder was attempted. Sec retary of War Belknap afterward re- sided there. and finally MT. Blaine.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-07-08

Ham-I can work my way back when the company gets stranded.-New York Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-07-08
Ask for KleenO Washing Powder.
Safe.

Johnny, are your people going to take you with them on that trip across the ocean?''
 "Yes m
 Aren't you afraid 2''
 ''Nome. Ain't afraid of nothin. I've been vaccinsted aD baptized. ''-Chica- 20 Tribune
The St. Johns herald., 1899-07-08
Map Made of Postage Stamps

A postage stamp map of England and Wales has bCvl made by D. NJ. Mur- row, Wood Green, London. Although it took MT. Murrow only two months to draw the outline of the map and to affix the stamps, yet the entire collection, which is valued at 200 guineas, was be- gun at the age of years. The exact number of stamps in the map is 2,139 and no two stamps are alike. All the coast and prominent inland counties are formed of contrasting co.ors.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-07-08
Better Be Wise
 Than Rich. "

Wse people are also rich qDhen Mey knozO perfect remedy for all arroya,g diseases of tte blood, Kidneys, EOer and bozOels. # is Hoods Sarsapardla. quhich is perfect b, is action-so regulates he entire system as to bring vigorous health.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-07-08
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THE EVILS OF FILTRATION.

Those Who Engage In It Grow Inca
 pablo of steadfast, Enduring Love.
 ''In Irritation there is the same dis sipated element of excitement so be- guiling in gambling -uncertainty-in fact, we might add to the dictionary definition a still later one, 'To firt, gambling in hearts, writes Frances Evans, "About Men" in The Ladies Home Journal
 ''The firt, like the gambler, feeds upon the intoxication of his passions. Tn few years he becomes incapable of steadfast. enduring love, that feeling which in civilized man is separated from the love of the barbarian by the element of ideality, of spiritual sympa- thy as distinct from merely the attrac- tion of brute nature. The open minded open souled, manly man is apt to ex- press himself in abrupt praise of what he likes, but the fiirt knows better than to take the edge off of compliment by giving it publicity. The firt is invaria ply confidential in his manner A f1irt. becomes interruptions in his relations with women, no matter how high a code of honor he may abide by in other matters. His conscience is calloused cn one side beyond remedy. There is no germ which develops more rapidly than the firtatious bacteria.
 Given young man or woman whose pride is wounded more deeply than his or her love by a member of the opposite sex, then, if there be a slight firtatious tendency to begin with, it will be but overnight before the weed has grown to surprising proportions, choking out conscience and kindness while it sup ports and strengthens vanity, which stands close by wounded affections in the human heart. '
The St. Johns herald., 1899-07-08
have, sir?"

The hero appeared lost in thought.
 Why" he responded, absent-mind-
The St. Johns herald., 1899-07-08
sHAKEINTO YOUR SHOES.

Aliens Foot-Ease. a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swOolen, smarting ner- Vous feet and instantly takes the sting out of corns and buIfiOns. It's the greatest comfort discovery ofthe age. Aliens Foot Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy. It is certain cure for Ingrowing Nails, sweating callous and hot, tired, aching feet. We have over 5000 testimonials. Try it today. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. By mail for 25c. in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address Allen s. Olm- sted I,e Row N Y
The St. Johns herald., 1899-07-08
HOW to Pronounce Albany.

The common usage Nf pronOuncing the name of our city as though it were spelled Albany has so long prevailed that it will probably sl>rprise many readers to be told that the irst syllable of the name is properly short and should be pronounced like thN Al in Al fred and Albert Edwin FoT rest. who was an accurate orthoepist. c"lled this city Albany. not All-bapy ar Awl- bany. lbany Argus