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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22
The SallOr-Mnn.
Rlackwood,s MagazIne.l

~ Blackw0ods Magazlne)
Sure, a terrible time was out o. the way
over the sea. over the sea.
Till come back TO Ireland one sunny
Better for me, better for me,
the hrst time me foot got the feel o. the
I was sthrollin al>ug. in an Irish city
That hasn't its aquil the world around
For the air that IS sweet, an the girls
that are pretty.
Light on their feet now they passed me
Give you me word. give you me word!
Every girl had turn o. the head
Just like bird just Ike a bird.
An the lashes so thick round their beau
shinin' 70 tell We twas fair time o day
VII them;
Back i'm me heart wit kind O. surori 20,
i think how the Irish girls has the way
wi theml
Och. man. alivel but It's little we know
That never was there never was there
Look whore ye Ike for them, long may
What do / care? What do / care2
Plenty as blackberries whore will We find
Rare pretty girls, not by two nor by
three o. them?
Only just there where they grow, dye
mind,
Still ike the blackberries. more than
ye see O them.
Long. long away. an no matther how FAR
IT'S the girls that 1 miss girls that 1
miss.
Women are rOun ye wherever ye are,
Not worth a kiss. not worth a kiss.
over I'm Ireland many's the one
Well do l know that has nothin 10 say
wi them
Sweeter than anythin' under the sun.
och, but the Irish girls has the way
WI them! MORA O'NEIbl.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22

The great struggle for southern indie
pendenoe was long written Of by north
ern writer's and spoken Of by northern
LEGISLATORS as the War Of the Rebellion.
That term appears in hundreds Of Off
cial documents of the Federal Govern
ment and Of States i'm the West and
South. and I'm thousands of newspaper,
books. maps, &C., printed beyond the Po-
tomac. or late, the disposition Of those
who formerly used that designation IS to
drop IT. and use instead THE civil war"
This has been particularly noticeable
since the "Spanish-Amercan" war took
Mace. We cannot now refer to the late
war" without the risk Of being misunder-
stood.
Most people wish to express their mean
ing in the fewest possible words; and in
asmuch as it is shorter and easier TO say
"tbe civil war" than tho WAR Of the
Rebellion" or 1.-THE war between the
States" as Aleck stevens has it. or as
"the struggle for southern Independence
as many other southerners prefer, we
may expect that tho new form will con
tinue to grow In popular favor
! 1t is a term not TO our liking. but we
find ourselves almost compelled to use it
at times. though we usually label 1t with
quotation marks; not exactly credit
marks" but rather discredlt marks. True,
it appears in the Constitution OF Virginia,
where the Republicans. presided over by
Judge Underwood. placed it. and where It
has remained to this day-Virginia not
having had a constitutional convention
since the Reconstruction period.
The term occurs in section OF Article
XII. where it is set forth that "the rights
Of ecclesiastical bodies In and to church
property. conveyed to them by regular
deed Of conveyance, shall not be affected
by the late civil war;" &C, &c.
TO do the trainers Of the Constitution
Justice. we suppose they employed the
term in that connection in preference TO
"the War OF the Rebellion" However,
elsewhere i'm the Constitution "the rebel
States" are referred to with such direct
ness as to leave no doubt that the ma
jority of the Constitution makers Of that
day had adopted the view then current
with those who had no sympathy with
the Confederate cause. When another
constitutional convention is held in this
State. it will be its duty to substitute
terms and expressions which are more
acceptable to our people. and which are
justified I'm the sober light Of history.
But, however we may wish to do So
we doubt If anything we could do would
check the use Of "the civil war" as a cur
rent term-as a part Of the daily speech
Of the people. The historian. the orator
" the day, the magazine writer and
others who speak and write leisurely
may. and we hope viii. employ a more
correct term. but we fear that "the civil
war" has entered our vernacular there
TO stay.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22

new story which Sir Walter Besant Is
a new play by Ibsen is TO be published
soon hut All else about 1t Is being Kept
dark.
matte noem. the title OF which Will be
'sE,dword. the Black Prince
nov hook of short stories-nine In
,,,obor-ls about to be published by r..
Hopkinson Smith, under the title Ihe
Otner Fellow 100
president Badley Of Yale College, has
written an article on THE FORMATION
ana control OF Trusts which VIII ap-
near I'm the November ScriDners Inc
same number will contain poem, ne
Suicide" by Edwin Markham, author OK
"The Man with the Hoe.
Tbe nublisher's latest announcement Is
,bst the 3l0th thousand Of David Ha-
rnn,p is now on the press, and the
demand shows no sign Of falling Off.
We shau have to read that book yet, 1t
seems II IS stated that the profits from
the work have "set on their feet the
fgr,ilv of the deceased author, whom he
left i'm "straightened circumstances He.
moor fellow. never even saw the pub
lished book.
Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett VIII have
n new novel ready I'm November ana
everybody will be very glad TO hear II.
"The Great De Wiloughby Claim is the
title. and the novel is said to be the
longest and most important that lhe au-
thor has written in many years. In TINS
book Mrs. Burnett returns to an Ameri-
can field and to American types. The
"claim" referred to is being fought out
in Congress, and the authors familiarity
with Washington life is, Of course, made
useful
Thomas Nelson Pages "Red Rock Is
reviewed in last Sundays New York sun
Rudyard Kiplng will contribute to me
Ladies' Home Journal page on The
American Girl" and "Mr Dooley" viii
begin new series on 1.-The New Woman
Mrs. Ruth McEnery Stuart will publish
new volume of stories through tho
Century Company, entitled Uncle Rams
Boarders and Other Stories"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22
THE NEW HEROINE.

Every week we have new kihu u
hero or heroine who, for the time Deine'
is the idol OF the public. The latest -
Mrs. Jane Lindsay, the young married
woman who. on Wednesday. finished
her sOo-mlle bicycle ride, which took u
hours and IS minutes from her husband
and family. The feat was accomplished
In New York, and there are many ell
tbusiasts TO congra tulate the plucky
Young woman, especially as she hau
broken the record of one Miss Yatman'
who rode 100 miles In 81 hours ana
minutes. We are informed that Nj .
Lindsay yesterday returned to her hoI'e'
I'm Brooklyn. land will now resume her
household cares and duties" which IN
clude. among other things, such INCL
dental attentions as she may find time
to bestow upon husband.
The vigorous young rider has accom-
plshed what to-day seems marvel yet
viii probably be surpassed By some other
sensation-hunter within the next year
But what IS the good Of it all? VIII
rosterity rejoice In the achievement OF
Mrs. Lindsay, or will unborn genera
tlons reverence her name and strive 10
emulate her? We believe not, for even
though she belongs, for the nonce, to that
enyiable class known as record break
ere others in years TO come will sur
pass her by feats equally as useless Du'
doubly as wonderful.
In fact. this is the day OF foohsh
achievements. The time has come wheh
neonIe no longer wait for opportunities
70 he heroes That is too slow. Now
adays you make he opportunity as wen
as do the trick. one couple has started
across the Continent in an automoDhe'
which has broken down at every favor
able opportunity; several individuals
have leaned of Brooklyn bridge ana
thereby established a popularity which
enables them to run prosperous saloons
while a goodly number of self-mannlac-
tured heroes have attempted to cross the
Atlantic in row-boats. In mentioning
eucb feats IL would be unjust TO pass
on without some eulogistic comments on
The men and women who have SUCK
their heads i'm lions mouths or handled
boa constructors or exhibited their reck-
less daring beneath circus canyases.
The papers TEEN with accounts OF these
ephemeral favorites whose courage ana
determination are worthy of a better
cause. but little sober thought might
cause us TO smile and admit that fools
are not necessarily towards. So far as
good results are concerned, or DEMENT'S
to the world at large are involved, Mrs.
Lindsay has done no more than green
COW. a pink dog. or a three-legged
chicken could accomplish. She has sim
ply amused the tickle public for awhile
possiblg nj great risk to her health
and doubtless her husband has been COM
pelled TO get the washerwoman 10 do his
mending. Go home little woman. and
stay there. Even the man who walked
across Niagara on a tight rope has been
almost forgotten. and neither Of you has
made the world one whit better or nobler.
If people will be foolish yet brave, let
them be martyrs to some cause. or
crusaders. or subjects Of dissection and
vivisection. in these lines, at least their
efforts will not be altogether lost.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22
TInEWATER RAILROAD.

The Tidewater Democrat, TO whose eff
fort was due so largely the fact that Es-
sex and adjoining counties voted on the
question Of issuing bonds TO construct a
railroad from Richmond through those
counties, is in high fettle. After noting
that the original corporators have sold
the charter for the road to a new organi-
cation, our contemporary says:
"The Democrat is I'm receipt Of letter
from tho gentlemen now in control. which
states that a corps Of engineers viii be
put In the field within a few days, and
that still more encouraging news will
soon be given out But the news con-
veyed in the letter referred 10 is OF such
a nature, and from such reliable source.
that we have no hesitancy in saying that
the road will be built. and that every
thnS possible will be done 10 push it's
completion as rapidly as possible"
The Democrat has advocated the build
Ing Of tha road In the face 81 all sorts
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22
Public Speaking &.

Headquarters,
Democratic state Committee,
Room So, Chamber of Commerce.
Speakers and times and places of speak
ing are announced as follows:
HON c. A SWANSON.
Augusta Court, October 23d.
HON. PETER J. OTEY.
Bedford City, Bedford county, October
2Sd, u NJ.
Montgomery Court. October oath.
Brookneal. Campbell county, october
18th, y. NJ.
Smlthville Charlotte county, November
9Th. II NJ
JUDGE WILLIAM HODGES MANN.
Brunswick Court, October 23d.
HON. A. J. MONTAGUE.
Halifax Court, October 3d..
HON. c. W. WALLACE, JR.
Surry Courthouse. October 2ith.
HON. f. r. LASSITER.
Sussex Court, November %.
HON. JOHN LAMB.
Brunswick Court October 23d.
King William Court. October 2ith.
Burkeyille. October 2sth.
Greensville Court. November 9Th.
HON. J. NJ. QUARLES.
Nelson Court, October 23d.
Greenville (Augusta) October 2Sth.
JEFFERSON WALLACE, ESQ.
King William Court. October oath.
j. TAYLOR ELLYSON.
Chairman.
JOseph Button Secretary.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22
Constituted Authority.
Suffolk IIerald.J

So much has been written and said con-
corning the authority of the State Demo-
cratic Committee 20 determine contests
within the party, that we publish the
section which empowers said committee
TO decide party questions, and this COM
mittee was made by the people and the
same convention which nominated our
present state ohicers:
The state Committee thus constituted
is charged with the affairs Of the party
and shall have power to perfect its or
ganization and to direct its conduct in
obedience 10 the declarations and policy
Of the party as the same shall be set
forth by the State conventions. II may
decide all questions at issue which may
arise in election districts calculated 10
affect the harmony and the interest OF
the party.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22

He'd not won the yaledictoridnship,
Nor taken the medal in Greek,
in literature he had made a slow trip,
And in algebra proved quite weak;
In studies Of science he'd made a poor
run.
And at grammar made many slip,
But he'd socked a BAN over the fence, and
had won
For his college the championship.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22
Discournging Reading.

Mrs. Candidate: You are not feeling well
tonight dear Come. sit down here and
let me read 10 you.
Mr.. Candidate: For Heavens sake don't
read TO me; I've been doing nothing but
read all the evening, and it's made me
sick.
Mrs. Candidate: Made you sick? Why
for the lands sake, what could you have
been reading?
Mr.. Candidate: only election returns,
my dear.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22
Situation Unchanged.
Suffolk Herald)

The political situation in this senatorial
district is unchanged. Both Boykin and
Stands have filed their notices as cam
didates in the three counties Of the dis
trict and the fight is on 10 the finish.
The people as a whole are seemingly
unlnterested and not taking much notice
OF the campaign, though in some sections
the active partisans of each candidate
are doing much talking and claiming
In Nansemond the slow way i'm which
the voters are registering would indicate
a small vote. The whites arc not nearly
all registered, and some are. no doubt.
willing for the election 10 pass without
recording their names as eligible. owing
to the split in the party. IT is believed
by well posted persons In the other two
counties that a small vote will be polled.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22

Great Brtain's plan with respect 70
South Africa, II is asserted, is to terminate
the war in the speedest manner posi-
bIo after the forts at Pretoria and johann
nesbure have been RACED, and then to
promulgate. by order Of the Queen III
council. a new constitution for a group
Of five federal states-Cape Colony, the
Trnnsvaal. Natal. the Orange-River Free
State. and Rhodesia-under the title OF
the Dominion Of South Africa. the Crown
20 nominate q governor-general, and the
five states each having power to elect
its own acknowledgement, and TO have
a local legislature with a dominion par
lament. 10 meet at Cape Town, the
whole scheme being very similar, it will
be perceived. 10 tho constitution Of the
Canadian Government.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22
No Room for sbrinl,age.

"Whate'er the peril" quoth Dom Paul
Though death be at the brink;
You may depend upon IL, sir,
Ny army will not shrink"
The Brlton glimpsed the meagre band
That there his arms dsfied,
And then, in tone of pleasantry-
How can it?" he replied.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22
Marine Reciprocity.

what makes the ocean heave sop in
Guired one passenger Of another as the
ocean greyhound ploughed through the
rolling waves.
The party addressed pointed to some
rueful-looking voyagers bending over the
rail. and replied:
From sympathy, I reckon"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22
nobby's Reason.

Bobby and his sister were seated out In
the sunshine watching the leaves raining
down through the blue haze, when Sis.
after an interval of more than usual
seriousness. exclaimed:
II wonder, Bobby, why they call TINS
Indian summer
A studious silence on Bobby's part en-
sued. and then came the reply:
II don't know. unless It's cause IL
scalps the trees"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22
Aspersing the Police.

Judge TO old onender): Here again ehE
And # was rum that brought YOU sup
pose?
Offender: Far be it from me, your
Honor. to cast unjust suspicion on the
officer who brought me here, but 1T was
my impression at the time that he had
heen drinking
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22

He: The love my heart holds for YOU
dearest, IS of no passing nature; II Is
love that will endure while consciousness
endures; it's an ever present. lingering
love.
She yawnlng): That's just the trouDie'
think II there was a little less linger 10
it Pa might be prevailed upon TO approve
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22

Of ANNOUNCEMENTS, and now as a. J" come
nresses it. that sunlight mss ara no,
P ,nrough a rift in the clouds we are ~" ~
surprised that it should fairy rr't sor ~
sur sulp' i,,n,,ght when the road shall have
10, ,1a. compIeted. as we hope 1t soon WIN
be. the Democrat will nave IN s~o bene-
zion If knowing that It has oeen . h,,
factor not only to fits own section' '
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22
Like Enfher. Like Son.

Lady Sunday-school Teacher: what
do you suppose would have been the re-
suit to the world If Adam had not been
given woman for a companion?
Little Boy probably inoculated with
parental ideas): There'd been no war
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22
To Upton.

Here's to the brave Sir Thomas,
And TO his gallant boat!
May seas be bright with promise
Where they together float.
And with good nectar filling up
Fen 10 the very brim,
Since he'd not strength 10 lift" the cup
We lift the cup 70 him.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22

snare him to my service for a day? !
want him to come around to my house
and count the different notions my wife
gets in her head about how to bring up
her neighbor's children.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22

Father: I'm afraid, my son, that you
have not imblbed the true spirit Of
patriotism. What is more glorious than
to die for ones country?
Son: To come just near enough to 1t
TO recover and share little Of the glory
Yourself
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22

Being advised so to do by his physician
Admiral Dewey has cancelled his engage
ments TO so to Philadelphia and At
lanta. Next spring he may come South.
Then, perhaps, Richmond may be included
in his itinerary.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22

II. says the Rockingham Register.
every Republican or independent candi-
date now in the field should be elected
next month, the Democrats would sull
probably control the next Legislature,
for the simple reason that in large
nroportlon OF the counties there Is no
oppos.don to the Democratic nominees.
That being true, will not the local IN
terests of a large and important county
ike Rockingham, asks our contemporary.
be better subserved by representatives
who are in political accord with the ma
iority? Should We. continues tho Regis
ter. have voice and part in shaping legis-
latlon. or should the county be repre-
scented by independents. whose every ef-
fort would be hampered and neutralized
bv the fact that they have no party
standing. and who could. therefore. have
little or no voice IN shaping legislative
reforms that are needed?
These are considerations worthy of the
serious attention of every voter, apart
from all the other potent reasons why
Republcanism and jndependentism
should not receive support in Virginia.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22

CANNOT AFFORD lfs

The valley Herald, pupiisneu ."
waynesboro', concludes an afuo'o ="
dependents as follows:
eve do not apprehend any S'o ''.,,o
in Augusta county, but We wou'u uis
every Democrat TO go to the po'5 -
cast a solid vote for the resuiai noi'
nees and thus register merited IeDuke
10 a set Of men whose counseIs, u ISL ,'.,.
ed TO. would land the state OF NIrsin M
i'm the Republican ranks for goou anu an.
Aue1,s,a cannot afford to fool with these
malcontents."
Strong language that, but pregnant
with truth and good sense. Anu "''".
applies to Augusta county IN reSpee. u
this matter applies to the state AZ III Sc
Virginia cannot afford TO fool WIN mar
contents. To fool with malcohIeh'S 70
70 invite the bringing about e'en'u''S
~ conditions that will wreck good gov
eminent.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22
HIs ISunI Way,

Jupiter Pluvius is out for an airing
this morning" remarked a pedestrian as
the trees bent TO the gale.
YES" returned his companion. land
with his hurricane"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22

Already the British are cl"iiiiHs
Araiuba Hill has been reversed @"t
avenged. and it must be confessed t'i"'
IL begins to look as if the claim was JUS
flied. II the British go on in their wal
with the Beers as they have started II
is reasonable to suppose that the present
conflict will be almost as short sharp
and decisive as was that in when inc
Maiuba fight figured. and with a's"ap -
places as to the. matter of Vic'or anu
vanquishcd.
Nevertheless. Majuba Hill could nave
been and would have been reversed anu
avenged eighteen years ago but for MT.
Gladstone's tlmid policy. Had the Granu
old Man not been so quick to enter into
peace negotiations in 1851 the disaster
would have been retrieved then and there
would have been no necessity for trial
OF conclusions in 1899.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22
At n variety store.

Male Visitor: am told that you have
a notion counter in this store.
Manager: Yes. sir. Up one flight 10 the
left
Male Visitor: Thank you! Can you
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22

Sir Thomas Upton, Of the Shamrock,
says he will come again." and will at
once issue another challenge for the cup
while Isoin. it is said, win send the Co
umbia TO Europe 10 race in the Mediter-
ranean, and, perhaps. at Cowes, next
enring