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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21
CLOSE OF THE WINTERS WORK.
commencement Exercises T"-Mor'
roxy NIGHT OF \. VI. &. 4. Glasses.

The Young Mems Christian Association
has ever been quick 10 seize opportunities
for helping young men. This was evil
denced by the enthusiasm and courage
with which this organization took up the
work for the soldiers and is now carry
ing 1t on in Cuba and the Philippines. II
Is but a few years since the association
recognized that it was called to give in
struction IN commercial and trade studies
TO the young men who had left school at
an early age, or to those who were de-
sirous OF improving their education. Not
withstanding this fact. the association
(as a whole is now conducting the largest
night school in the United States, having
over twenty-five thousand students en-
rolled. instruction being given in not only
strictly commercial studies, bat also In
the languages and trades. Indeed within
the past two years several OF the larger
associations have opened day schools.
The enrolment during the present year
at the Richmond Association Evening
College was 20. and all that Is needed TO
make this work an increasing power IS
the means TO carry II on. The students
OF the Evening College not only receive
efficient instruction, but are entitled TO
numerous other privileges during the en-
tire year. such as the library readinR-
room. members course OF entertainments
socials. receptions, etc. Thus the Young
men are brought into and interested In
an organization that is world wide. ana
when young man leaves his home
there is no place in which he finds a
more cordial welcome than the associa-
ton 10 which he goes.
a careful investigation or the condition
or young men has been made by experts,
and reveals the fact that out OF every
hundred young m.a on the Continent
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21
OUR NATIONAL FLAG.
General Bradley y. johnson Makes q
Suggestion.

Suggestion.
TO the Editor Of the Dispatch:
The President Of the United States, in
his proposition that the Federal Govern
ment should take charge Of the Confede-
rate graves shocked the sentimental de-
votion Of the Confederates to their dead.
No northern man will ever appreciate the
intense feeling which al the southern
people-men, women and children-feel
for the dead Confederacy. This grows
with time, and ten generations from now
the memory Of Lee and Jackson and Of
tha men who died for the cause for which
they fought will grow brighter and
brighter. Therefore. the mere suggestion
that the care of their graves should be
turned over TO alien hands came with a
shock to every southern heart. / can
speak with authority for one section Of
them. The Society of the Army and Navy
Of the Confederate States in Maryland
own a spacious lot in LOudOn Park Gene
terry. near Baltimore, in which hundreds
Of their comrades are buried, with head
stones neatly marked and their graves
piously cared for. | have lot there
with them, i'm which / and mine will rest
for all the coming generations, and l can
say that unGer no circumstances will any
but loving hands be permitted to attend
them, but that as long as grass grows
and flowers bloom they will be cared for
by loving hands. If the President really
wishes TO do Il service to history and per-
petuate a sentiment, let him have the
battle-fag Of the Confederacy placed on
the Union Of the United States nag the
stars of the union can be arranged on
the Confederate cross This was done
by England on the union of Scotland with
England on the accession of James 1.
After 500 years of constant war between
the two countries, when the two were
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21
CONFEDERATE GOLD.
How Federal General Was
Amazed.

CHASE CITY, VA. May 20.-(Special)-
Occurrences connected with our civil war
and historical facts showing the charac-
ter Of the southern people never publish
ed are continually coming to light. Du-
ring a recent conversation wlthsCaptain
Richard V. Gaines, of Charlotte. was
informed Of the disposition of lot OF
gold coin in the possession OF some Con-
federate officers in April 1866. which be-
longed TO the Confederate Government.
lie said. as IS well known. that at the
time OF the fall OF Richmond a large
Quantity of gold was sent from that city
South via the Dapville railroad Some
10000 or more was entrusted 10 parties
10 so to Mexico and buy mules for the
Confeoeracy. They did not have time 10
reach their destination. What became 81
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21
THAT CHAMBERsBURG RAID.
Who Captured the Church nt Green
land Gap:

Wytheville. Va. May s. 1899.
TO the Editor OF the Dispatch:
In your issue Of May Cd l find an arti-
Gle, entitled The Chambersburg Raid"
from the pen OF Colonel V. A. Witcher.
As 10 his account Of the Chamhersburg
raid and most Of his statements. | have
no fault 10 find; but there is one astound-
ing statement that needs correction.
When facts are handed down to history,
there is no necessity for casting
unwarranted slurs at others. He
says that his command was I'M
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21
EuREKAi

As YOU travel through southeastern Kan.
sas about one hundred and twenty five
miles south of Topeka and eighty FIVE
miles east Of Wichita, the brakeman
sticks his head in the doorway and yells !:
"Yreekyl" and couple Of minutes later
the train pulls into Eureka, the prosperous
county seat of Greenwood County.
One of the happy inhabitants of Eureka
Il MIS-. Sarah Il. Taylor, and the reasons
for her present happiness are set forth in
the following letter addressed to DR.. R. V.
Pierce, chief consulting physician to the
"Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute"
Of Buffalo, N. Y.
Mrs. Taylor says:
IL had been a sufferer for ifteen years aud In
August 1906 was taken with severe eramping
pain in my stomach. A hard lump about the
size Of a goose egg formed in my night side. 1t
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21

DCtdiAt ~ oe4it
/ could scarcely
walk about the
house, and 1 had
no appetite. I
consulted tw o
OF the best doc
tors in town and
they said uedi-
cine would do
me no good. I
gave up all hope
OF ever getting
we'll again. One
day I thought /
would write 10
you telling you
Of my con di-
ton. You told
me I had en-
largement Of
one OF the lobes
Of my liver aud
the gall bladder,
aad advised me
to take your
Golden Medi-
cal Discovery
- nj
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When Nniure

needs assistance it may be best to render
IL promptly. but one should remember TO
use even the most perfect remedies only
when needed. The best and most simple
and gentle remedy is the Syrup Of FIGS,
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Company.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21

Pellets had not taken more than half bot
tie Of each when began TO feel better, and my
appetite came back, and for little over year
since, began TO do my work"
DR.. Piefce's Golden Medical Discovery is
a medicine that cures on rational, scientific
principles. 1t is the discovery of regu-
larry graduated, pract;cing physician Of
high standing II tones up the stomach.
stimulates the liver and regulates the bow
els. It brings all the digestive organs into
healthy activity. 1t neutralizes and .eradi-
Gates all poisonous, efete matter in the
blood and nils it with the rich, vital, red
corpuscles of health and vigof.
The Discovery" is a temperance medi-
cine. It contains no alcohol il any form.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21

Brought into amicable consolidation. the
cross Of St. Andrew was placed with the
cross of St George on the hag. which
has ever since been the Union Jack, the
meteor flag" Of England. and for near
three centuries has been borne in battle
by the army ana navy Of Great Britain.
Such a change as l suggest will be a re-
hinder to Americans In all time OF d
chiyalric struggle By a brave people, Tor
ever now at this early date the senu-
ment and the romance Of the Coufederacy
has taken deep hold upon the hearts Of
the North. The memory Of Lee ard
Jackson, their courage, their genius. and
their devotion is held as a common
heritage OF all America, and will grow
brighter in all time.
BRADLEY r. JOHNSON.
Woodlands, Amelia Courthouse, Va,
May IS. 1893.
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"Happy Is He That
ChaStenS Himself"

Self Christening at one time
meant that the body 0vas to
be disregarded, despised and
even injured. Today it means
that it Is to be cared for and
protected, made L" beautiful,
entire and clean. To do
this, the messenger that
Visits every part of the body
mast be able to furnish good
material to the organs under
his care and supervision.
This messenger is blood, that wonder
full life-giyer. If you want to protect
yourself and want your blood to be
quick and active, cleanse it OF impuri-
ties. Hoods Sarsaparilla does that to
perfection, and it is unfaiiing. Nature
seems to have set this remedy apart to
make the blood pure.
Dyspepsia - MY husband doctored
long time for dyspepsia with only tempo
rary relief. The frs. bottle OF Hoods Sarsa-
parilla helped and the second cured him.
1t cured my sick headaches" Mrs. MARY
A. CLARK, Wilmington, Vt.
Pneumonia -" After an attack OF
pneumonia my husband did not gain
strength until he took Hoods Sarsaparilla.
II made new man OF him. Mother had
the grip and Hoods restored her strength"
Mrs. HENRY o. TAYLOR, New Canaan, Conn.
Rosy Cheeks ~ have good health
and rosy checks, thanks TO Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. IL builds me up IN the spring and
saves doctors bills" MARY A. BURKE, Goa
East Clair Street. indianapolis, Ind
Run Down -"As a great medicine to
restore strength | recommend Hoods Sar-
saparilla. ] take II spring and fall and
whenever feel tired and run down, II re-
moved my pimples." ANNETTE MEssRRLE
1910 Atlantic ST., st. Paul, MINI.
Blindness About four years ago my
boy lost his sight, after whooping cough
They were bloody and watery for months
As last resort tried Hoods Sarsaparilla.
-Four bottles brought back his sight and
nine cared him completely" MRs. p.
KEssER. 70 Walnut ST., Buffalo, NY.
Tod5 SaAsqbaaM
. ''!illi s:!sss,;:5,z7w
Hoods Pill cure liver lis. the nonirri,a,ar and
only e.IaarI,e % saks with Aooa,s saIsspsrliIs
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21
GENERALS AND GENERALS.
The Roster of enerais
in the Confederate Service.
Charleston News and Couricr)

Charleston News and COuricrD
To the Editor of the News and Courier:
l know full well that since the end of
our Confederate war promotions have been
numerous and rapid. and especially bril-
liant, in tie ranks Of the United Confed-
crate Veterans, and even more marked
among the Sons of Veterans. So now the
title of Northumberland of post-bellum
rank has become "goode cheape in this
realme," but still the real thing" in war
tines meant much very much. for it
was an honor won not on the rOstrum.
out on the battlefield, where the Speech
making" was done from the mouths of
rifles. and the band discoursing sweet
music was the artillery. We ought, there
fore, l think. to try 90 state correctly
real titles, and not get them linked" with
post-bellum nomenclature.
Now. one Of your reporters in the Sun
day News Of to-day, with moro enthusi-
asIn than accuracy, says:
"Of the seven living acknowledgements
of the COnfedcTacy-L Lee (he
means Stephen D. Leo, Stewart, Wheeler.
Hampton, Gordon, and Buckner-four
were present at this reunion"
BY referring to the bureau OF the United
States War Department. which preserves
the archives OF the Union and Confede-
rate armies in the war between the States,
it will be seen thai Stewart and stephen
j. Ice were only temporary, or 'pTovis-
ional," lieutenant generals. and that
Wheeler and Gordon were major generals,
Buclner was not present with us. There
was, consequently, but one real leutenant-
general, Confederate States army. a. our
reunion. though he was "a host in HIM
self'-HamptOn.
Yours respectfully,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21
. 1T"
breaks up
COLI s
Open Cars.

Open street-cars may be all vor,.
on warm days. but in the sharn =, "~'
to night air and on rainy DAYS ,h1.''
como veritable death traps-ro,,o-'., s''
for more Colds and Sickness 49,
other single cause. Your grea,o.. a'y
lection Is to have bottle Of ~, ~. p'0'
Its prompt use will break up" ana .''.-T
vent the Cold "e'
lie sure to ask your drur,.,
copy Of DR.. Humphreys Manual "
Diseases and doctor yourself at bo-.. az
address '''' o
,ih1,u,1mphreys' Medicine COMPANY -.
Mllllam and John streets, New y,''1
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21
EDWARD l.. WELL
Charleston, May Il, 1899.

The reporter for tho Sunday News fol-
lowed an authority which has generally
been recognized in the South, the "Ros-
ter Of General Officers" Of the Confede-
rate States. prepared by the late Colonel
Charles G. Jones, Jr the eminent GeOr-
Gia historian, and published i'm the
Southern Historical Society Papers. on
pages IL and y of the rosAer OF "leute-
nant-gencrals in the order OF rank" ap-
pear the following names:
stephen ID. Lee-State, South Carolina
date Of appointment. June g. 1864; date
81 rank, June g. 1864; assigned to COM
mand OF the Department of Alabama,
Mississippi. Eastern Louisiana. and West
ern Tennessee; subsequently in command
Of Hoods old corps, Army of Tennessee,
composed Of the divisions Of HILL Steven
son, and Clayton.
Joseph WheelerTState. Georgia; ordered
TO report TO General Joseph T. John
ston; date Of appointment, February Is.
1865; date Of rank, February %. 1865; com
handing cavalry divisions of Alien.
Humes. and Dibbrell. composed OF the
brigades of Allen. Anderson, Breckin-
ridge, Crews. Dibbrell. Ferguson. Harri-
son, Iverson. and Lewis; again command
ing cavalry corps Army of Tennessee,
composed Of the divisions of Martin. Kel-
~ anu lltliltss anu IL d4lOtHtI liIQG Z
cavalry division in the Army Of Tennes-
see. composed OF the brgades Of Hagan.
Wharton, and Morgan.
John B. GOrdOn-State, Georgia: order
ed to report TO General r. +. Lee; date
Of appointment, 1865; commanding Second
Army Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
At the time of General Lees surrender
General Longstreet was in command of
one wing of the Army Of Northern Vir-
ginia and General Gordon of the other.
Even If the titles of these three emf
nent soldiers were provisional" they
surely were not cheap" for their speech
making was done from the mouths OF
rifles, and they were accustomed to the
sweet music Of artillery.
Though the reporter for the Sunday
News may have erred. he had the au
thority OF Colonel c. c. Jones, Jr.. who
though he was refused access to the Con-
foderlte records in the War Department
consulted the officers themselves for the
information.-Editor the n. and c.
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F. \. DADNEY,
3Ol East Broad Street,
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NOT HAMPERED BY BLINDNESS
Remarkable Things Done by Sight
less Man in Indiana.
From the indianapolis News

From the indianapolis News.
John Walther, who lives within two
miles of Clinton, Ind, has been blind
from birth. Until he reached manhood
John lived on the farm with his father.
and it was not uncommon to see him
driving to the city with a load of corn
wheat or other farm produce. A piece
Of ground was given to him, and each
year he would plant and cultivate a big
garden, which he would market in Clin-
ton and place the proceeds to his credit
in the hank. He would buy horses,
cattle and hogs. Even when boy he
was regarded as a good trader. 1t is
now a common occurrence for John TO
stop i'm the middle of the road and trade
horses with some jockey, and it is said
that he is never worsted He will go
to any part of his fathers large farm,
unattended in search of truant horse
or COW. and his searches are usually
successful How he manages to dis
tinguish the stock for which he Is
searching Is a question which puzzles
everybody, and a mystery which the
blind man himself cannot or does not
explain.
When he decides to come to town he
EbtS w NllN N'puS' anu, With apparently
as little difficulty as a man blessed with
two good eyes selects his favorite horse
from perhaps a dozen grazing in the
pasture. He has each season for years
made a hand i'm the harvest field, and
the farmers regard him as one Of the
fastest and most reliable wheat "shock-
ers" i'm the neighborhoOd 1t was three
years ago during harvest that the blind
mans brother became entangled in the
machinery of harvester and suffered
a broken arm. As soon as the accident
occurred John started on run from
the field to the barn and began hitch
ing a team TO spring wagon.
He worked rapidly, and when the men
bore the injured man To the house the
blind boy had the team hitched up,
driven out i'm the road and ready to
start with his brother to a doctor in
this city. He drove almost at break
neck speed made the turns of the
streets after reaching the city and
brought his horses to a standstill in
front of a doctors office. After assist
ing the wounded brother up the stair
way into the Office he drew out his
watch, slid his index finger quickly
around the dial, and, with a sigh, re-
marked, Just half-past 10-I was only
twelve minutes driving to town"
There Is no work on the farm that
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worker Gohn iv. 46). There could have
been no deception, for there was no
collusion. But was it really wine? An
incident settled that point. The gov
ernor, whose duty 1t was to receive all
articles first and then to pass them to
other guests, who was chosen as an
expert that all might be in proper
form and suitable to the occasion
this governor was entirely ignorant of
what had transpired. He did not know
that the wine had failed nor that any
one mans help had been solicited, nor
that water had been provided. The
servants only knew the last point ".
81. But when the governor tasted this
wine he was greatly surprised at it's
quality. Contrary to custom it was
served last though really best, and he
called the bridegroom and congratu
lated him both upon the excellent bev-
erage and the good taste that had
violated established usage V. 10).
Then it was wine and no counterfeit.
GLORY D1SPLAYED.-Wha fol-
lowed at that wedding no one knows
no one cares to know. The end has
been reached for which the narrative
was introduced into the Gospel story.
1t was not the marriage, but the mira
Gle that concerned the inspired writer.
The central figure was not the bride,
or bridegroom or Mary, but Jesus.
Here in Cana He wrought His first
miracle to supplement the provisions
for a wedding feast. The great fact
is here He manifested His glory ".
IL. He possessed it before, even from
eternity John XVII. 50, but it was con-
cealed under the drapery of His flesh
Hitherto, through infancy, youth and
early manhood the Divine nature had
scarcely been known. Some had in
deed believed it as a deduction from
certain facts that had come to them
John /. 49). But now it was displayed
before this glad company. He was
transfigured. He had suddenly become
to all what He was not before, more
than a prophet. And the grandest re-
suit Of 1t all was this, that the five
disciples who had so recently Joined
themselves to Him believed in Him.
To be sure it was a weak faith, des-
tined to be tried, but then it was faith
in its beginning, and would increase.
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the blind man cannot do, and during
idle times he builds and repairs fences.
He can lay the worm for a rail fence
as we'll as any man, and prides himself
on the rapid manner in which he gets
along with the work. He built a plank
fence along the gravel road in front Of
the Walther house. The line is per-
fectly straight, While the Workmanship
on the fence and gates is not excelled
by many men who can see and who
profess to be carpenters.
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SERVANTS INSTRUCTED. - The
mother said no more to her son. There
was no need to multiply words. She
had gone to urge a service. He had re-
fused the duty and the opportunity.
How many mothers injure a good cause
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sergeant major, as he vainly tried to
stick his fork into it. "Have you boiled
us u cannon ball, Browney?"
"Or the rcgimental foot -ball?" asked
another.
Where did you get the -four FROM
questioned Sergeant Smith.
Where from?' / retorted. "From store
No. ), of course"
THE deuce you dld!' roared the quar-
termaster sergeant, "Then, hang you
you've made the pudding with Portland
cement"
And so it proved. The pudding is now
preserved in the battery museum.-Lon-
don Weekly Telegraph.
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A Hard Pudding.

Some time ago, writes a volunteer,
spent week with a garrison battery in
a South Coast fort. On the last day the
sergeant sat down to an exceptionally
fine dinner, the crowning glory of which
was a large plum pudding. | had made
the pudding two days before had it
boiled, and now, reheated, it made its
appearance amid the welcome shouts of
my brother warriors, and I naturally
felt a bit proud of it, for | hadn't been
Il ships cook for nothing.
Seems mighty hard" remarked the
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injury east of the Allegheny Noun
talns, north of Virginia; and west of
THESE mountains they have done
scarcely any damage north and east
or line drawn from Chicago south
east TO Cincinnati. Thousands of far
mers in OHIO never saw a chinch-bug
until within the last four years, and
there are thousands more in North
western Ohio, Southern Michigan and
Northern Indiana that even yet, would
not be able to recognize one were they
to see 1t among their growing grain.
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SURPRISE SHOWN.-Somewhe
between the we'll where the water was
drawn and the governors lips-in the
buckets of the servants in the stone
waterpots or in the silver goblets--
that water became wine. A miracle
had been wrought, and Jesus was the
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The Ailment,

what appears to be the matter with
your father?" inquired the doctor, as he
hastily put his clothes on"
He's got the plumbago," replied the
boy. 81 think that's what may says it
is
pain in the small of the back. I pre-
sumo" said the doctor.
"No. sir, he hain't got no small of the
back. My paw weighs 2Si pounds. -
Chicago Post.
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DESTRUCTIVENESS OF
THE CHINCH-BUG
HAS DONE Sloo,ooo,ooo WORTH
OF DAMAGE IN A YEAR.

The Most Dangerous and Destruc-
tive of the Many Foes Against
Which the Agriculturists of the
United States Have to Fight for
a Living-History of the Insects
Ravages and a Personal Descrip-
ton.