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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15
BEFORE 4 BATTLE.
Little known Precautions That Are
Taken by English soldiers.


The names Of the British killed and
wounded after battle are ascertained by
means Of the identihcations cards which
All our soldiers carry in the left-hand COR
uer of their khaki tunIcs.
On the card are written the soldier :
name rank. regimental number together
with the name and address Of his next Of
kin. The latter is added so that the au-
thorities may know where 10 forward the
effects Of any soldier who gets killed:
After an engagement the roll Is called
as soon az the regiments get back TO
their camp. Every man who does not
answer is "tlcked of" as missing, and
search Is made for him on the field. As
the search parties come across the dead
and wounded men they rip open the TUNE
AT the left-hand corner and take out the
Identification card. The cards thus coz
lected are carried back 10 camp and
handed over 10 the clerks Of the General
I'm command who therefrom compile the
casualty lists.
After all the cards have been collected
the roll is checked again and a note made
of those mon OF whom no trace has been
discovered. These are usually presumed
TO have been taken prisoners, but IL DOS
not always follow that the assumption Is
correct IA. ,ho
In the corner Of his tunic opposite lhe
Identification card, every soldier carries
small pad of bandages. &c. Tor a'esSiiA
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15
The Power of the Imagination.
Aledlcal Press

The influence OF the imagination is a
factor with which physicians have TO
reckon very largely. and I'm the minor all
ments OF life at any rate. the most sue
cessnl practitioner Ia he who possesses
the faculty Of inspiring confidence IN HIM
self 10 begin with and then In the treat
ment he advises. A recent number OF
"The Psychological Review" relates an
interesting experiment made by Mr. Slos-
son with the view OF demonstrating how
easily this faculty can be called into play.
In tho course Of a popular lecture he pre-
sented TO his audience a bottle containing
distilled water, which he uncorked WIN
elaborate precautions, and then. watch In
hand. he asked those present 10 Indicate
the exact moment at which the peculiar
odOr was perceived by them. within III
teen seconds those Immediately In 'front.'
Of him held up their hands, ana Wilnln
forty seconds those at the other end or
the room declared that they distinctly
perceived the odOr. There was an oDst-
nate minority, largely composed or men,
who stoutly declared their inability 10
detect any odor, but Mr. SlOssOn believes
that many more would have given IN had
he not been compelled 10 bring the eX-
pertinent 10 a close within minute or
opening the bottle, several persons In the
front rank finding the odOr 50 powerful
that they hastily quilted the lectuis
room. IL would have been interesting 20
know the attitude of the audience on
learning the liberty that had been taken
with their imaginations but on TINS point,
unfortunately the report is silent
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15
A Name That stumped the Taeais.

Philadelphia fosl.l
Major Samuel -. Jones or the regular
army is now quartermaster n Boston. lie
served with distinction until recently in
the Philippines. -.
ties n native 10 take and use Foreign
name. generally Spanish. IN addition to
his own Tagal patronymic. THIS accounts
for the multitude OF such sonorous names
~, .AoramOute" "Uriarte' ami
"Polobieja."
native. who announced his determination
10 adopt the American family name OF
.Iones before II occurred 10 him that there
Is no squtvalent for "J' In either Spanish
or Tagsl. Hs had II written out for him
bv a soldier. 70 whom he gave box "
cigars Tor the trouble. and then departed
from the camp. Some time afterward the
native cam0 into camp and was addressed
bv his new name He looked worried
and called his interlocutor aside and eX-
planned 70 him his troubles.
please don't call me By that name, he
said plaintivsly. You see. took that
written name home 10 my village and
showed il 20 my relatives. They we're
very much pleased. but when they tried
To read IL no two pronounced Il alike.
Rather than have trouble in the family
am looking FOR a brave American whose
name il comDrehensib
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15

(New York Letter Chicago rribune(
John Bale has come over seas 10 Kill
tradition. Ho eloped with his mother-in-
law. They are detained az the barge otlce.
Bale. a strapping fellow OF Is years. ~ a
bskor. and comes from Tarmowitz. Posen.
He married girl Of IL. Her mother. MIS-.
sophIa Brussig. who made the match,
lived with the young folks. She Is nearly
80 years old and has the air OF one born
TO command.
Bale tired Of his chlld-vife and with
the mother-in-law set out for America.
They arrived here on Saturday on the
81. Louis and the difference In their ages
attracted the attention OF the immigra-
ton officials.
The two were detained for examination
and then Bale told all he knew. lie sad
he loved his mother-in-law and could not
live without her. They viii be sent bach
to Posen.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15
Nature Triumphed.

New York Letter Chicago Tribunel
u &c the ambition OF Albert stone TO be
n e4reman. and he missed it by the sly
teenth of an inch to-day. Stone is an am
bulance driver attached TO BeHeyuS HOS
pitaI. and during the fire IN the children
ward an Bellevue last spring stone 1is-
finenished himself above all others ne
minimum height for lremen II liked at ,
feet and s Inches and Stone - Just one
sixteenth Of an inch short OF the stan
dard. &c.,. rro,-;,
n nbvgical culture expert, week ago.
bAdd a sixteenth OF an mem sald
Harris a mere trifie.'
Then the willing Stone was put through
n course Of sprouts. but he didn't sprout
AZ an. Not hairs breadth was added
on SUNDAY stones friends resolved on
heroic measures. They decided that to
raise a lump on his head was the only
wav. so they pounded him on the head
yvitb a wooden ball inside Of q stocking
INC desired lump came and Stone was
nanny. But the examination was some
DAYS distant and the lump disappeared:
Then IN was decided 10 raise another
hmm. This time Stone was well beaten
and gratifying lump was raised, but
Stone was made so faint and limp that
when he was measured he was again too
short.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15
Unable TO Pronounce IL.
Olemphls scimitar)

The neighbors of a certain well-known
Nemnbis Irish family say that the COCO
housewife aud her lord never know what
domestic discord Is except when the oid
-, COOS home slightly IN his cups. Then
there il trouble. and plenty OF ii, for the
old LADY is IRE and tow and she says sue
p ,r ics,nSsistently tried for a score OF years
10 TO- eel .Moike 10 quit It," The storms,
according to the story, nave crown iess
Violent ~ late years. and for that matter
~, ,i,sv neriods OF "MOike," are not Of
srch freouent recurrence as formerly. Not
49, 900 So the story goes the old man
u,ent home pretty well tanked, and his
wife met him. ...... ooo,,,, hoc,a
,,,, an THAT drink. My, my, o, my.
Sfoite In why Is il yez won't call fur
saapsapariIla whln ye git enuf?'
aPekase." replied Mike, ''whin OF gts
arnf Oi can't say 'sar-sas-as-aprli-la,' an
now yez hay H."
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15
Where Learning Wen, WRONG.


Some Vienna savants were lately cons
frOnted with r language difficulty. Ace
cording 60 tho Independence Beige. q
young girl unknown. WAS found uncoD.
scious I'm street al Presbourg. and was
conveyed 90 n hospital az Vienna, whers
she recovered consciousness. and began
10 speak a language which no one present
could understand The doctors came To
the conclusion that the young woman
was a native Of an Eastern country. Con-
seauently some professors from the orr.
entail school were called I'm. and they all
agreed that the girl did not speak corr
rect language but dialect. The pro-
fessor OF Persian held that she spoke
Persian dialect and that he understood
IL. Another professor was OF the opinion
that II was an Abysinian dialect. third
was convinced that IL was Turkish pa
t0's Since the savants were not agreed.
the police deemed II necessary 10 maks
inquiries, with the result that the stran-
ger was proved 10 be n Hungarian who
had escaped from prison. and who did not
understand a word II Persian. Abyss
snian. or Turkish.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15
Treatment of Drunlsards.


Boston proposes q singular experiment
I'm dealing with the penal aspecls VI
dr,nkenness. The cost OF arresuhB
dr~rl-ords and their keep amounts 10
sg1eOgO or one-eighth of the total eAPch-
Gifures of the Police Department. Inc
system of Imprisonment In default OF pay
INC fsnes II is the judgment OF commit
lee investigating the subject, Tesul's IN
n,,nishing the Innocent more IMAM tne
euiifV. Mothers. wives and cnllQIen SUI
fer In tbe absence Of the bread-Wlnner,
unable 10 paw the fine, while those amply
able 10 pay escape practically without
prnishment. The others are Vlrtualy I'M
.,risoned for debt Moreover, from
business point Of view. as the committee
ea1s ii IS absurd to pretend 70 recoup inc
coiintrv for the cost of arresting ana trE-
inc tbe offender by imposing me Wnlch
he seldom pays. and then boarding MIN
at nublfc expense from eigl- to twenty
Govs II the method fStwed produced
any reform il would be less open 20 CRU
cism hut II IS asserted that the snort
terro ,nprisOnment IS without deterrent
or exemplary value. As a remedy IL Is
nronosed TO place the offender whO.~ IT
seems desirable to punish by me IN
care Of a probation officer for longer or
shorter period, pending the earning OF the
fine Under this plan the poor citizen
fhoroh still bound TO be punished more
tbon the rich one under any system OF
6nes would not be dragged TO prison be-
causa Of his poverty Confirmed lneDrl-
afes will be punished with longer terms
Of IMPRISONMENT and given plenty OF
wholesome. hard work, which IS the DeSt
remedy ever devised.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15
ACROSS THE BORDER.
.rvvs NOTES GATHERED IN NORTH
c,RoIINA's CAPITAL.
rIlIsRY COMMISSIONS ISSUED.
nh Omccr Inspects Greensboro
.t,csc go students Nnccipntcd - a
complaint from Tcachers-wiii He
,,.otcctcd-Moonshini

rrHGH. y. c., December il-(spe-
l.n r iachard H. Lewis. secretary
.f. STATE Board OF Health. has re-
rom another visi, OF inspection
.n. sate Normal and Industrial Col
... a. Greensboro.
...rr,nt Alderman, OF the University
>.-. Carolina. is here. He says the
...I.y has broken ali records IN point
t.r.aaauoe.
-..t al the students at the Agricul-
add Mechanical College here who
r.. yaccinatcd last spring We're
,.taa,oA
..nvicts from Beaufort and two
Warren arrived at the penitontiary.
omissions were issued to-day TO
allowing officers Of Company j., Sc
...Drt. Of the state Guard, at
,.- Ridge. Captain John d. Hail,
4r.. resigned: Second-Lieutenant
N.Eachern.
-.. supreme Court will probably ad-
... +r t.e term a week from to-mor-
r.r. are no important cases in
.s have not been flied.
...,. m Forsyth county are calling
49, san. superintendent TO project
- ..m fnc Fusion supervisor. whose
. a r.Fs, ana VINO, thcy Ni@tti'
rt. .. .e..re the ceIuhcdtes NhIo" ny
supervisor gave them. ana
refuses TO pay them. Tho Su-
....i assures them they s"aH re
Some II the letters written
female teachers are piuiu4. h-
- That joe VIII protect lie mas
a Davis "a scorching letter
Agricultural Department Is Slau-
... interest iclt I'm Germany 10
- Id. North Carolina kaolln beds.
r is found IN ten counties. JUS
very nigh In four OF cs-.
linens from an are on view IN UT,
r.. also. exquisite chndWdlt ana
fr made therefrOm The Cover A''
come here next spring 10 con'lQcl
question of building pottefles al the
Illicit distilleries were captdreu
...t before last in Granville county.
chemist Kilgore has gone 20 the
.... nart Of the state 90 find locall'y
IIutcd 10 an experiment ldliH'
inc now two OF these iarms-ohe
.ua one at Southern Pines. -,ee.
now revenue law requires sheIlnS
......t $50 state tax Ou fortune ~.
...trfv Tux is the same. Inc Stale
.rf.r has warned the Sheriff or TINS
.. fo collect the tax. So-calleu me
dams axe in various parts OF '"c 7'''''
.ue the people ".
BIB Branch Camp. Confederate vet
had memorial meeting TINS ,o eve y.
. ID. inst an It's new hail, IN honor
.. ..niycrsarv ol tine death OF WASH
M...u The public schools also observed
r. dav in am appropriate way. .,.a
Ir.. elliott Dlnforth, chairman OF lhe
rr York Democratic state Comm iee'
. ..rc the guest Of Ia. Chambers Snill'
M state Crop-Pest Commission mas
.....d 200 order that no peach-rees sliali
brought into this state from any
ntv where peach yellows' eXis ts.
Arslment as TO the power Of the tor--
ration Commission TO regul9,'e II I.i.i..'.
.tl- or fertilizers will be heard 10y JGgs1
Moore. at Chambers. January l5th. Inc
question Involved is of great impottaittI ,..
Tne Seah0ard Airline is making INC
nrht against the commission
Pntman. tle negro eX-posi naS ~ "a. "1
TMory was convicted in ihe eoerri
Court here Of embezzlement anu s ,.n-
tancci fo D. years imprisonment ia the
penitenuary.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15

iii-but this IL said always to be the case.
! found no difficulty in looking him full
In the face. nor did | find that he pos
sessed that scrutinizing glance which is
described TO belong to his eyes. His tout
ensemble had more the appearance OF n
man devoted 10 study than the air Of one
VINO had devoted his life TO military glory
his questions were not so quick as we had
been led TO expect: indeed DR.. O'Meara
informed w that toward Englishmen he
rad altered his manner, finding It was not
the Characteristic OF the nation.
lie was dressed In an old green coat
with covered buttons. white wastcoat
small clothes. and silk stockings. shoes
and buckles. and on his breast he wore
an old shabby star. lie received us as is
MS usual understanding with his hands
IN his brooches pockets and three-cor-
nered cooked hat under his arm; tha tri-
colored cockade | did not observe-lt any
II must have been hid by his arm
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15
Almost.
(Chicago Times IIerald)

OniCdHD Aiiilf' AAN+'+'f
T. was night. Here and there q pale
etar showed through the ragged clouds
that swept across the sky. Long rows
or red lights stretched away 70 the north
and south. and gray walls with their dar-
kened windows doomed above a man ana
woman who moved slowly down the de-
serted street ,..,,..,
suddenly. as if they had been electrified,
tbev broke into a run. darted around a
corner and hurried up the steps leading 10
a house that seemed deserted. Ihe nan
cronched fearfully> among the shadows
east by the heavy pillars OF the portico.
Hist Hist a few tines the man eN-
Il am doing So" the trembling woman
answered , .., -. =
listened After little while the man ven
tured from their place of concealment
and peered around the corner in mo-
meut he returned. saying:
come on. It's all right Ihey we
brought Gimbeson home In hack.
ooh" she answered with sian or re-
lief then 1t isn't the man In the buggy.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15
TWENTIETH CENTURY AFRICA.
Glance Into the Future-some start
ling Contrasts with Future.

The twentieth century Africa promises
startling contrasts when compared win
the Africa OF the nineteenth century.
With an area four times as great as ina,
Of the United States. a population Of 80
oo0Oo. a soil and climate capable Of in
finite variety Of production. "a rapidly e.
pandlng commerce, and the greatest
lrnoyvn supplies OF ivory. gold. and did-
rnonds. its development under the modern
methods which are now being applied 10
in Is practically assured. The home OF tnc
oldest civilization, ii IS the last or tne
continents 10 yield TO the touch OF tno
newest civilization. But yesterday en-
veioped in the darkness Of mystery wi,h-
out and ignorance within, II Is TO-DAY
Illuminated by the search-light OF modern
methods: and as Its importance ana a.
fractions are being recognized. win tnt9
recognition must come development. VIII
OUl 90 Europeans scattered over us vast
area. acquainting themselves with ~
natural conditions and requirements, "lta
the steamer. the railroad, me teiesi oph
and the telephone carrying h6hI On.
knowledge and civilization 20 It's darkea'
corners. Africa cannot long Iehia4" Ill
known or unlnowning. rt...,.-
/. was only after the eXplorers-LlNins
stone Spoke. Stanley, ana othstS -Iia .
discovered. through persistent ana Hr . iYi u,
cforts that there existed vast naVlBahio
yvoferwavs above the falls near the
mouths OF the great streams which how
from the interior, that European nn,ions
invoke 10 the physical and commerua'
uossibiHties Of Africa; and then IN
fwinllIng. the dark continent was seized
49,, ond divided no. and became. As by
magic vast European "hinterlan9'
Between 1884 and 1898 an area two ana
lines fh, size Of the United states, ana
containing a population Of lgOov9' We We
norceled ont by an agreement or Tie
tsmronesn mowers. At present scarcely
foot of African territory remains u"-
claimed
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15
Rbyme of "Cbristian Science"

Herbert NJ. Clarke. Ph. d., In The Ldvin
church,
Dear Christian Science people,
You are a funny folk,
The funniest things you tel u.s.
And swear they are no JOKE.
A discovery you've made
Astounding all creation;
Diseases don't exist.
They are just imagination
Oh. what good news you bring
How much IL ought 10 please us,
That neither ache nor pain
can any longer tease US.
And yet It's very queer;
And this in you I'm blaming
That when there's no disease.
no heal disease you're claiming.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15

a wound. This field dressing" as II Is
called, Is added 10 "Tommys" equipment
In order that he may be his own surgeon
until medical assistance arrives. or may
nave the wherewthal on him TO bind up
the wounds OF chum.
You will probably be surprised 10 learn
that one OF the first things Tommy
does when ordered 10 the front Is TO
make bis Will. although every regiment
contains a percentage OF happy-go-lucky
fellows who do not worry themselves
about what will become OF their property
whom they no lOnEer rennlre II.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15

show that the infection was diphtheretie
had bean abandoned for want OF evidence
along that iine.
Acute lafyngits was not defined cen
fury ago as d separate disease, he said.
The death Of Washington. he suggested.
probably hast tened the discrimination or
this disease, az In 1905 IL was first recog-
nised as an independent affection. lie
gave DR.. Dick the honor OF first de-criD-
Ing the disease IN an article on Group.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15
Drawing the Line.

New YORK HeraIdJ
Now NV dear. word Of warning
lust before the Christmas time.
Here's a nurse Of hard earned dollars
Spend them 10 the utmost dime.
Search the stores for things OF beauty,
All that pleases eye to see'
Lavish gifts on all you love. but
Don't buy necties. dear. for ma $500
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15

(Chll1f) TImes-Heraid)
81 see they have a new invention when
makes IL POSSIBLE 10 telegraph l55.Va
words al hour"
"Sill. this continuance doesn't make n
q bit easier for the average woman u
keep her message down 20 ten words"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15
I'm the Hanks of the RIO Grnnde.

Phiiadelphia IedseT(
Mexico thinks the United states owes
he Rio Grande, and anybody who has
seen that stream at its ordinary stage
win agree that its aqueous contents must
he valued at about Il dollar drop.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15

(Chicago Times-Heralet)
'Ah. let me only sit and gaze
Upon your face" he cried:
~ dog could do as much as that's
The pretty maid replied.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15

Or. John n. MacKehAIc OIuseu Nv uIs-
cussion by saying that u was hard to
make a diagnosis Of Washinston's Illness
after 100 years had passed. he SAID ~
was unfair TO criticise his attending
physician from the standpoint OF tho
present.
III Il was not an infectious phlesm. or
abcess said Or. Mackenzie, tracheotoriy
Would probably have saved the patient :
life He said that earlier attempts 10
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-17
MORE BIDS Fur LIGHTING
Several of Them Have Been Received by the
City Clerk.
CITY COUNCIL FAILS TO HOLD MEETING
Quorum Does Not Appear and the
Mayor Declares an Adjournment
TIL Monday Night-Other
Matters to Come Up.
ITY COUNCIL FAILS TO HOLD MEETING

The adjourned meeting of the city council
slated for last night at which 1t was
intended to open the bids for lighting the
CITY, failed for want of quorum. After
waiting over an hour for the requisite NUM-
ber of city fathers to put in an appear
ance Mayor Jennings declared the meeting
adjourned until Monday night.
The time for receiving bids expired at
noon yesterday, when City Clerk Phillips an
nounced he had received bids from the fol-
lowing. Council Bluffs Gas and Electric
company, j. p. Greenshields of Council
Bluffs, Erwin Dryer and j. r. Miller
& Co. of Chicago. The last named
bid was received by mail and was not de-
livered at the office of the city clerk until
a few minutes after noon This, it is said,
may possibly raise the question of whether
the council will have authority to consider
the bid, II not being in the hands of the
city clerk by the time specified in the ad-
vertisement. Erwin Dryer of Chicago was
formerly with the Westinghouse company,
but II s understood that he makes his bid
for himself and not for the company. j.
p. Greenshields is understood to represent
Thomas Bowman, who previously had bid
before the council.
Among the matters that were to have come
up at the meeting last night were the or
BTdulluB luc ldht hahana anu
Manhattan Beach Railway company the
right to cross certain streets, avenues and
alleys and the ordinance giving the Omaha
Bridge and Terminal Railway company the
right to build switch track connecting
with the Illinois Central railway. The alder
men met as a committee of the whole yes
terday morning and went over the ground
and there will be no opposition to giving the
Terminal company the privilege of building
the switch track. provided the provisions OF
the ordinance are complied with first,
The question of the authority of the city
council to grant the Lake Manawa and Man
haitian Beach Railway company franchise
had boen submitted to City Solicitor Wads-
worth for his opinion, which he had prepared
to submit last night, His opinion is as fol-
lows:
AS to the matter OF submission OF the
question to me of the right of the city
council TO grant or prohibit the use and
occupancy of the streets avenues and alleys
within the city limits to railroads ana
street railroads, i beg leave to report;
First That section 76I of the Code or 1871
gives to cities the power. to authorize or
forbid the construction OF street railways
within the city limits and to define the
motive power by which the cars thereon
shall be propelled and TO authorize or fors
mid the location, laying down OF tracks OF
railroads and street railways on all Streets