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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
Street Car no Place for sentiment

II was late Saturday night sl!
Cleveland Plain Dealer. The COM .,
noticed one Of the oldest patrons ol
line in the car. AS he took his care
smiled and said:
Happy New Year. sir
'Eh." said tho patron.
Happy New Year" repeated t"e
ductor. g., rl.
"Why, l paid you once" said t"'
trOn.
The conductor grew red.
He began 90 realize that the patron "
decidedly deaf. ,-m ne
II said Happy New Year. sif
rOared. .a
Whereat all the passengers lan
whats the matter With a.
the deaf man. Hole IN it:' ana
The conductor braccd himse' x.v
! shrieked: Il wish you a h'pp'
Year, ,ytr
.Oh. transfers. said the
with a smile. mo. not this e'rn' ,.
Ard the conductor went back "
| platform with hageard eyes
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
NEWPORT NEWS NOTES.
4 Death at the Pest-UOuse-The
sewer Case.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA. February Is
(Special)-The first death at the pest
house since the smallpox scare started
occurred Saturday night at 10 O'Clock.
Whether or not the man died from small
poX is difficult to learn. hut IL is believed
that his death was due to the dread fs-
ease. when approached on the matter
this afternoon, Dir. J. r. Bagby, the health
officer. admitted that a coiored man died
at the pest-house at the time stated. but
would not say directly whether or not
smallpox ended his life.
Mayor Moss to-day received a letter
from the Delaware county Safe Deposit
Title Insurance Company. asking for ten
days i'm which 10 begin work on the sewer
system. and making other demands that
TO the Commonwealth Attorney seem
unreasonable. The Mayor declines 10 an
swer the letter. and has mailed IL 10 the
United States Fidelity and Guarantee
Company. of Baltimore. the direct bOnds-
man, and there seems 10 be a prospect OF
another delay. II Is not improbable that
the Council will hold the Baltimore com
| pany responsible for the work.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
The AIger Whitewu>h Farce.
(Baltlmoro American-sth)

a solemn farce will be enacted in Wash
ingtOn to-day-one that the American
people would rather see abandoned. The
Alger Relief Board will march up 10 the
White House I'm a body and present its
report. This will not be a pleasant spec
tacle for those who rave faith in the
dignity and sincerity Of the government.
or it's desire 10 deal justly by the hum
dred Of thousands Of brave and patriotic
citizens who went out to do battle for the
nation. Charges Of the grayest charac-
ter have been preferred against Secre-
tary Alger by distinguished officials, In
whose integrity and honesty Of purpose
the nation has the utmost confidence.
The people had n right to expect that
those charges would be seriously exam
ined and decided on their merits.
The Alger Relief Board will to-day an
nOunce to the President that the men
who made the charges are guilty. and
Alger is as innocent as a lamb. Tbs Re-
lief Board not only had before il the
most damning evidence Of the incapac-
ity or worse Of Alger. but 1t could have
had. If It had wished. hundreds of reliable
witnesses. as well rs any amount or
food unfit for use. as cumulative testi-
mony 1t ran III against a single terri
BILE witness-Dr. DaIy-and it declined 70
| NDA DI1 AlAI ENAhALAA 80 f-H
brought the embalmed beef itself along
with him. and exhibited II with the chem
icals used. The board called In its own
witnesses 10 confound Daily. and, like the
Prophet Balaam. they were honest men
and c~orroborated his analysis. This
seems 10 have overwhelmed the Relief
Board. and no more evidence was &C
cepted except that Of the now famous
Eagan and the friends Of the Secretary
Of War.
Mr.. DAILY. according 70 the judgment
of the board. is not worthy Of credit
because he told the truth and was con
nrmed ~ government experts. Genera
Miles is guilty Of %endeavorinS TO shiol'
the army which he commands from IN
brazen incompetenoy of a man who's
military record was such as 10 cause hir
TO be Stunned by all brave soldiers. ]
Alger imagines that this i%ransparcn
humbug can give him a brand-new Re
putation. his mistake will be d%iscovere
by the President the moment the M
tempt is made TO reOrganiZe the army
There are some things that soldiers vi
not tolerate. They will not submit 90
diet Of embalmed beef I'm a land Of pler
~. especially when IL Is accompanied b
unjust derunciation OF their commandeI
who IS laboring for their interests.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
THE POOR.

No spch winter as this has been seen
in virginia since 1851, II, Indeed "i'"'"
tho memory Of any one now living. More
over It comes upon the people mt a time
when many OF them have long peen OUT
Of employment and when their niue
boards have been exhausted. In conse-
ouence. there is much suffering mere
There are families in our city without
| fuel or food.
when men OF means find 1t so diificu't
70 replenlsh their supplies, what must De
| the Might of those who have nel'her
uo,ov nor credit? They cannot but SUI
fer. and those who suffer most are not
those who groan the loudest! Far from
IL. The man or woman who VIII maNe
an outcry will surely bring help; put INC
| others-ah. succor can only come 10 'he"i
,., tho irouiries and efforts of dis
| creetlv-sympathetic friends and neigh
bors.
In SNORT. the llilF ndo 1919
| community when all who ever mean to
do works of charity should begin. Yes;
on at II at once. Weather such as we
have been having viii admit of no delay.
out with your purse and givel IL you
know families I'm need proceed TO succor
them. If you have no Information upon
the subject, hand your money to one OF
the relief associations. which are doins
good work in our community.
The situation is critically calamltous
70 many. We cannot postpone, If we
would belp those who cannot help them
solves. Therefore, we say. Give, ana give
nromptIv, Let us make this occasion
memorable for the prompt, hearty. Will
ing outpouring of the money of the we'll
TODD to make our poor comfortable.
In the memorable winter of 1857 our peo-
nile Of means raised large sums for such
nurposes as we have spoken Of. and not
q moor person here was permitted to sui
fer. our task now is a more difficult one
| the INDECENT class is much larger, but let
US face our work boldly and confidently.
Let the appeals of the relief associations
be answered munifcently. Let private
| charity. also, be busy, and let us have
the satisfaction Of knowing that we are
doing all that it is possible to do to re-
lieve the straits Of our fellow-creatures
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
How Mormomisn. Works.
lNeW York TLmes.l

A-NAn u ltAA'HHf
There Is a large and prosperous colony
of Mormon farmers At Cardston' in south
ern Alberta. and a correspondent OF The
Toronto Globe has been studying the c.ndI-
actcr and habits Of the saints WIN q
view 10 discovering tho source or their
material success. lie had no dlinchltF
I'm finding Il: These particular Morsnons
are not polygamists, and therefore nave
never excited the amnesty OF their
neighbors. In the next place their rel-
gion, though this observer regards II
as dull n dreGry. does inculcate
IN the hands OF able and practicable men.
This. he says. Is how Mormonism works
In many individual cases: "A Welsh MIN
or. earning 81 a week. most or u spent
In the beer house. joins the hormons,
is transplanted TO Southern Alberta and
placed on a farm. Encouraged To work,
save money. and abstain from drink.
supplied with funds 10 give him a start.
Given the benefit OF cooperative buying on
a large scale OF the commodities be needs
and OF the experience OF Others In selling
to the best advantage. as well as In turn
ING his land 10 the best Accountants
man soon becomes rich by comparison
| with his former squalor and Is prepared
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
,st

10 assert in the face of all mankind tnN
Mormonism is divine; ut n rate, lL nA,
done for him what. under the conaIi'.
OF Gentle life I'm England or Wail-. Nl-i.
have been simply impossible Ilai - ,
most enlightening picture. The M'lh
i'm Alberta. by the way. like those DO ll
are skilful irrigators. and therefore Do l.
sense are their crops dependent cd ~
scanty and capricious rainfall or iAe p,
trict in which they live. Indeed, tN.s
fer dry seasons. since heavy rams
fore with their calculations and p.'1A
down their bitches.
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

The life Of one American soldier or
sailor is more valuable than all the Phil
ippine Islands put together. After We
shall have conquered A%guinaldo by the
sacrifice Of some of the nations best
blood, what rave we gained? Nothing
more than a territory to which our peo-
pie can never become acclimated, and
burden that will press heavily upon the
of this country.-Omaha
World-IIerald.
such IS the deliberate judgment of mil
lions Of Americans. yet the Mckinley
Alger-Hanna administration treats it as
an object hardly worth their contempt
And this. too, though the President is the
author Of the expression, 'forcible annex
alton is criminal aggression"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

The Sewanee Review, w. p. Trent, edi-
tor in The No. Just to hand, contains y
long review OF "Henderson's Life OF
stonewan Jackson" by S. 5. p. Patteson,
ESQ. of Richmond. He thinks Hender-
sons work "win probably be accepted as
/ the most impartial production yet pub
ushed on the civil war; While he ad-
mits that the author is guilty OF defects
of style. he very properly insists that 1T
is not necessary for a trained soldier to
know and be able TO use all the best
rules of style in order TO write a most
attractive biography" We may add that
tha defects referred to are such as are
only observable to purists' ana VIII pass
unnoticed by readers generally.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
Erostiuess.

,croce Dufie Boylan. i'm Chicago Jourhal)
one time heard about a boy
At didn't have no nun or Joy
lie lives in town. and dassn't go
outside the door. II they was snow
~ slide on ice where they was cracks
Fr stick his tongue against the axe
When il was frosty.
II tn been him I'd ruined away.
4 feIIer's got to have some play;
An It's more fun nur anything
Nh most get %drownded. an 10 sing
OUGHT when yer tongue Is STUCK HE WA
AGAINST a d%OOr-latch or a AK
When it was frosty.
7 ,op my ma: II bet I'll keep
The babv still SOS you can sleep.
An wen | brung the hammer IN
From out the shed an give 10 hlm'
AM he les licked II once, an men
lie didn't hOller out agin,
Cause IL was frosty.
The doctor has to come 10 see
The baby now, an also me.
His tongue Is cracked in little bits,
An father give me awful fits.
Dut | don't care: a f~cller's folks
can't never see a ~feller's jokes
They're always frosty.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
.IIOLY GHOST SiGGERs.'
Dnrky from the West Indies impulses
ON ~Icnor<>t Blacks.

Wilmington On. c. Special Ia Raleigh
POst.)
The arrest Of a negro for abandoning
his wife led to the discovery OF a curious
religious sect which numbers amons its
followers many ignorant negroes. These
deluded darkies pin their faith TO an III
favored. thich-lipped West INDIA COON
whom they worship as the Holy Ghost.
This negro arrived here some TIM aso-
Just drifted inland proclaimed hlmseii
IN The negroes as the Holy Ghost. The
negro who was arrested for abandonment
testinad hat all followers OF the Holy
Ghost are commanded to leave theii
wives when these helpmeets do not have
the came abiding faith In their apostle.
1t 4, said that this darky has caused
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

The term art photography used in REFER
ence TO some of the modern productions
Of the camera is certainly deserved, says
a contemporary. Artistic skill appneu
TO the mechanical process has produced
pictures. not mere photographs. a COZ
lection of photographs recently seen ~
the studio of a woman who's me "olA
is well known, included, continues our
-contemporarv. a number that it was d'i-
fcplt IN believe were merely sun-prints'
one showed the full-length hsure oI 4"
boy of 7. standing upon a pedestal III tho
nose and drapery of sculpture. a ciaSsl'
toga enyeloped his form, anu one pare
eandaued foot was thrust out below tie
bau of the robe. Chest, shoulders ana
arms also were bare, the effect Of marble
hoirg excellently produced by the skllldi
arrangement of the light. Another conn
nosition was a group showing a mother
and two children. This was a decided
porhrandt. The figure of the mother
uras In half shadow. one oaby upon her
lon the other with its head upon Fer
chambers. The lights Of the picture
u,ore centered upon the children, a bit of
lace at the mothers throat casting sur
| 0cent reflection across her face to orlhS
ont the terder expression OF mother-icVe
A third showed a beautiful woman in eve
ming dress stepping down a staircase
after the manner of Louise of Prussia
The effect was accomplished, it was eX'
planned, by posing the woman on uptoe
which threw forward the lines OF hei
figure, The soft, unslazed hnish Oh theS'
photographs, a finish that Is now con
sidered the most artistic one, added mucl
to the fine effect. ]. is certainly a fal
cry from the stiff, iron-clamped photo
graphic figures of thirty years ago L
these masterpieces.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

The quartette Of applicants Who out oil
q class Of ~twenty-odd, passed the recent
examination appointed for these young
sters who wish to procure licenses TO
practice law in Virginia. are entitled TO
be known hereafter as "The Big A. We
should not wonder If they came into pro-
htable practice forthwith. To go safely
through "A course of questioning, which
we doubt If all our judges, and many oil
/ our practitioners. could stand, is no mean
certificate of competency.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
Two Fires i'm suffolk.

SUFFOLK. VA, February 1S.-Special)
About 4 o'clock this afternoon hre de-
stroyed two small tenant houses belong
ing to Mrs. w. II. Gay. and located III
rear of the Main-Street Methodist churc".
The Fire Department turned out out Wis
not i'm service, as the flames were "a
tinguished by water from a nearby p'u7.
About eco o'clock another alarm was
ofven caused by a slight hre in a ilue NJ
The residence of Mr.. Frank T. Jones, NO.
% Rank street. Ii was eXtingu~'eu by
hand with slight damage.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

many families to separate who were Nv
ing i'm happiness before his advent. The
unbelievers speak sneeringly OF his foi-
lowers as dem Holy Ghost niggers.
while the faithful worship him as haVins
all power for good and evil. a popularity
of the sect Is that the men cut their hair
or shave their boards and the women
wear turbans of white cloth in lieu OF
hats.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

HOT SPRINGS. VA, February Ii o.
(Special)-The large livery stable OF the
Virginia Hot Springs was burned TO me
ground here this morning. with an us
supply of feed. The horses ana vehlcies
were saved. Loss about $500 amount OF
insurance not known, but supposed TO
nnNer the loss.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
Month i'm Orn
known.

FREDERICKSBURG. VA, FEBRUARY
13-(Special)-John w. Marshall, a proHi-
nent farmer Of Orange, and iather Oh u.
!. Marshall, Of this city, died suddenly at
his home. near Orange Courthouse Hd'-
urday night. Heart trouble was tne cau9e
~ bje death. Besides a widow, Mr.. Mar
shall is survived by five c~hildren-three
sons and two daughters.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
Weather signs.
Nhlngdnn Xirginian.

abingdon Nirginian)
The second day Of this month was ire
o~round-hog day. and he did not see his
sbadow. on the third 1t Numbered,
which X said To b. an announcement
tbot winter has ended. On the fourth
we saw a drummer exhibiting a trunk OF
s,raw hats. II these things DO not be-
token the arrival Of gentle Annie. we
shall hereafter believe in the saying that
all signs fail in dry weather.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

UNIV NOItsll
During the year 1895 Judge Lynch tried.
sentenced. and Executed l2l prisoners.
This list, which does not include book
agents or lightning-rod men, shows an
alarming activity on the part of h a
speedy iurist, and it is to be hoped ne
will give the other courts a better show
this year.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
Unrd, Indeed.
washington starr

washington starr ,.s.
eft must be hard FOR public m'H .~s
turn has come 20 explain how th's
90 ret defeated ren-
yes" answered Senator sorghum I'M,
s,vely. hut not as hard as u is TOY 81.
OF 'em TO explain how they come
elected"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

This has been the warmest February
for a half century in London. The ther-
mometer yesterday registered 60 degrees.
The corresponding day Of last July was
colder. both in the morning. at night, and
in maximum temperature. / read In a
room where no fire had been for twenty
four hours Of your extremely cold wea-
Their.
So says the London special in the New
York Times Of Sunday.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

haze hardly lost sight OF its plausio'''s'
and when Austria-Hungary anu -
bsgia to mass troops on their ba'ka"
horaers she will, IT is more thar propao'e'
no heard from.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

Mr.. w. Med. Lee, who has for some
years conducted the l~rvlngton Na) Ill
zen, and who has made It one OF the
brightest and newsiest papers in the
State, has taken another long lease on
the plant. which is owned by q publish,
ing company.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
nexfruint Necessary.

Chicago Record.)
"D,dn't YOU think Miss Jimp's new fur
cloak beautiful .
..Hov could | tell? DO YOU think |
would LET her catch me looking at it?'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

Chicago Record)
"Coppage. you always come IN when
Tn busy"
NO. you always gel busy "heh you
GEO me come in"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

~ human machine starts but ON. s5'as
.,ans I'M, once. You can Keep no
longest and mos, regularly ps Gmos'
vit,,s Little Early Risers INC .,msA
little pills tor constipation ana a.. sns.
90 liver troubles. They s'P'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

No wonder that we see this present wea.
ther cataclysm,
For besides the whelming snow we nov
have startling seism.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
Deserved.

Uonkers Statesman)
Bill: Why do you call your friend a
popular song writer?
Jill: Because he never sings his W
songs.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

DEVELOPMENTS continue to show that the
right man was not put in at
Habana.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

Shivery day for st. Valentine. lis
cupids can't well be expected TO be par
ticularly ~warm-hearted under existing cir
cumstances.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

(ChicagO kecOtuI tu
Love makes the worm ~ sr,m r5'
NO; love only keeps ieop'S ,oml %
tlcing whether the wo''o go
pof
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

Resolutions Of respect 70 ueo'
members passed by societies. corporN-
lions. associations, or other orsaiIN"-
,,ons. will be charged for as advertising
pnatfQr-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

Cold day for King Carnival. VIII he
get left?
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

The earth is well blanketed. but still II
is cold.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

All letters recommending candidates lVr
omcs must be paid for 10 insure '"el
nubication. This is a iong-standins fU'e
90 rprG
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

DR.. BuIr. Cough syrup - " marvel
lous preparation. uncquailed Tor iuns irou-
BILE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
THE VALENTINE MUSEUM
CANDIDATES FOR OFFIcE.

TO THE VOTERS OF ALBEMARLl
COUNTY: announce myself "a canlllat.
FOR Commissioned Of Revenue in lsNi..
No . If elected 1 viii do my dlit
Respectfully. - H. bAM >'N'
g. Il--.'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

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