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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
Tench BoNs Navigation.

i-dF Aildu NtN1sl
While there Is much that can be sald
against the new Hanna-Payne shipping
bill and especially against its bounty
feature. there Is one thing in It which
merits commentator. 1t IL the tenth sec
ton, which virtually provides for school
Of navigation IN which American boys may
learn TO become nav gators and command
ers The section requires that certain
number Of Americas boy apprentices shan
DO carried on each American vessel and
taught the art Of navigation. Thus the
education gained will not DO merely the
ofetical. but will be emlnsntly practical.
The attention o. the country Is now
turned in a remarkable degree TO shipping
and ship building. Our manufactures
have utgrown our home markets and
their products must be transported across
seas 10 other markets At present we are
shipping many millions OF dollars worth
Of our products from farms and factories.
TO foreign countries and for years Ia all
probability our exports will steadily In
crease. The trade Is now going i'm foreign
bottoms. and We are paying the freight.
s. profitable Is the steamship service be-
tween the United states and Europe that
there are at present upwards OF iifty
steamships being buili for the different
Transatlantic lines None OF these, how
ever are 10 sail under the stars and
Stripes
Why should vast amounts Of money be
poured into the pockets OF foreign ship
owners for carrying American freights2
Way should not this money be kept at
nome? These questions are receiving at
tenti0n, and II Congress will permit them
TO do so, the American people will solve
them by owning ships and carrying their
goods 10 market in their own convey
ances.
AS stated, the people are turning their
attention 20 the building OF ships In which
10 carry our commerce. We shall need
men 10 command. navigate. and man tho
ships We are opening chronological
schools all over the country. We are
teaching the boys TO build houses, ran
mills build railroads, dig mines ana
canals. make textile fabrics and pottery,
and iron and oarthen ware; why should
we not also teach boys 10 successfully
handle merchant ships? with a large
merchant marine, such as the country
ought 10 have within the course ~ COM
paratively q few years. the sea VIII oner
quite as promising a career 20 ambiuous
and capable young men as either the ran
road or the mill
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
hacking Horses' Tails.
RaltinOre SUM


England Is again wrought up" over
the question Of docking horses tails. AZ
a recent meeting Of the Council OF the
Roval Agricultural Society of England
nresided over by the Earl Of Coventry,
president OF the Royal Agricultural
society there was decidedly
warm discussion over the fact mat
a vigorous campaign mas peEuH
AGAINST the practice. Inc m~e''Hs
was attended by Enelands no
bilitv and prominent representatives VI
a majority Of the horse show ana agH-
cultural-fair ass Citations. The following
resolution had been passed at previous
meeting: Art,
"Resolved. That at and after the Maid
stone meeting of 1899 no foals with dock
"a fails be allowed 10 be exhibited al
the society's country meetings; that al
and after the meeting Of 1890 the same
,l,le shall amply 70 yearhngs as well as
foals. and that at and after the meet
ing Of 1901 to 2-year-olds, also
mere were some expressions OF dlsap-
proval. and one member wanted the reso-
luton to be made TO apply 10 huh'eiS
only. The advocates Of docking give IN
support of the practice no reason or
nractical nature. nor any of benefit 10
the horse. Prince Christian, or Schies-
wig-Holstein. was willing 10 support the
resolution conhning the docking 10 hunt
ers only. ana said he hooked forward
with pleasure % the opportunity Which
might occur OF his not being obliged 10
anpear i'm the hunting field upon tail
less horse" Tnis evidence Of reform
and exhibition OF humane feeling for the
horse should be applauded. 1t IS 10 De
boped the cruel fad or fashion Of dis
figuring horses by docking their tails
will soon be at an end. When fashion
becomes so extreme that II calls for the
disGguring Of animals to please its va
carries it is time TO call a halt, and enact
laws for the protection Of animals Some
Stotes have ample laws 10 prevent the
cruel practice- and all States should have
| them. The docking of horses adds no
| beauty to them. 1t IS gratifying 70 note
that there are comparatively few dock
+ ed horses seen in Baltimore, and that
for the past few years they seem to be
growing scarcer Let US hope the rea-
/ son for this is that a higher plane OF
! cOmmon-sense and humanity is being at
/ tanned.
The horse is one Of the noblest OF do
! nestle animals. and is often endowed
| with a wonderful degree Of intelligence.
I That man should want 10 dishgure and
/ give pain 10 such an animal on any ac-
count is not creditable. Nature I'm
adorned is adorned the most and a hand
some horse with a beautiful tail and
name is a work of nature fit for admira-
ton. The tail and name of a horse
serve a purpose. or nature would never
nave supplied them, and docking Of the
TAN should be made a punishable offence
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

not on duty in any sense. IL will be seen
that the bearing, the clothes the accou-
trements OF the men are identical II Is
the triumph Of careful training.
The array is recruited from all ranks
OF life. When the candidate for the
queens shilling has been examined by
the recruiting sergeant and found 10 an
swer the requirements at a cursory
glance. he is marched off to the recruiting
station, 30 20 through the usual eXami-
nation. There are to be found among the
recruits clerks who have lost their posi-
tons: laborers who cannot get work;
slouching yo1ths who have been reading
dime-novel literature and believe that
the life Of a soldier is all beer and skt-
ties: n sprinkling. but very small one,
Of men who have no need TO enlist. out
choose to do so for pure love Of adven-
ture
To see the stuff from which these re-
cruiting sergcants get their materlal
would not impress one with the BRUSH
army. But the training the men get II
calculated 10 make a soldier out or
hobo. [ have seen some OF the raw ma
tarial during the process OF licking INTO
sbone " and the speed with which 1t Is
done is simply amazing. After very
short period OF preliminary drill, the
uucouth. waddling, round-shoul GU
bobbe-de-hoy energies from the barFacks
n clean. wcll-set-up. weil-dfessea spiCh'
srau. soldierly figure, walking with sen
respecting air carrying his head up ana
bia shoulders I'm their natural place 1t
is worth coming TO London to see the
rise and progress Of Tommy Atkins from
his native gutter TO the heath, where he
marches to the music Of the splendid
bands that always accompany military
display in this country.
WILLIAM BENGOUGH.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

from the bodies, are folded on the abdo-
men. The hands formerly grasped an Oh
tect now broken off. The heads and lower
parts of the bodies are wanting. and so
are the snakes heads. All projecting
parts have been smashed, and on some
olaces can be seen traces OF the nam
mering. The soldiers Of Assur dragged
outside of the Palace this mass or bronze,
hoping that they could carry II away
but they were compelled by us immense
weight 10 abandon II in the ruins. what
could be the purpose Of table OF 80
strange a shape? II bears no inscrlpuon'
we cannot even know its height Tor we
do not know whether the figures sup
porting tho table were seated, crouchlns
or standing. Maybe we are in the pres
ence Of an altar OF which the anterior
part was set into the base or statue
Maybe this table was not single, and
was part Of a more elaborate structure
"2. Granite Obellsk-D Discovered in thu
rubbish at the starting point Of trench
No. IA. This obellsk is 1 metre 10 cent?
metres in height. The four faces are COW
cred with a text deeply engraved in the
granite. They show 70 horizontal lines
divided into more than l. 800 small col
umns-in all. nearly 1000 signs. THIS
very archaic text is unquestionably the
longest ever found I'm MesopOtamia, and
In the nelghboring countries. IL is almost
complete, for the missing part at the
top OF the obelisk abstracts but very
small portion of the text.
80. The Louge stele.-This relic is the
largest exhumed at Susa during the last
OF excavations. II Is metres
high. the greatest width being / metre
At the top arc three singu-
lar representations OF the sun with its
rays. Below is the helmeted King. arm
ed with an arrow in the right hand and
a bow in tho left He wears rather a
long costume and sandals dagger Is
passed through his belt. His beard ~
Long. according TO the Chaldean and AS
syrian fashion. This figure treads under
his feet dead enemies. while IN 'front.' OF
him another enemy falls woundeu ana
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

Father V. Schei was detained IN France
and. to my great disappointment l can
not give In this report the royal names
appearing in these texts. identified thos
of Kudur-Nakhunta, Sllhak, and Sutruk
Naghunta by comparing them with the
inscrintions already published. As TO the
names Of the vet unknown kings, they
viii he given by Father Scheil in a spe-
cial naner on the inscriptions discovered
at Susa-
"The Anzanita buildings struck by
,rra,cbes Nos. and s, remain only as
substructures. the highest wall FOUND 80
far being l metre % centimetres high' or
twelve LAYERS Of bricks. AS 10 the pave
n,ents they are mostly I'm a perfect state
~ nreservation. The material used IN
these walls was baked square bricks OF
"a centimetres. They are light-broWn out
eide dark-brown and even black inside
owing 70 incomplete baking. Inc prlckS
of the walls outside, so far as discovered,
do not bear any inscription. The inscIloeu
bricks are found in the crumollnss rom
the upper part of the walls, and were
probably placed at a certain helshl aDoNo
The nsvement. They were set in lines
the inscriptions being turned outward.
The bricks are cemented with fine clay
which takes the place OF mortar. / never
observed in Trench No 7 that lime, plas-
fer or biturnen was used. The wall thick
ness Is always an exact multiple or haI
the bricks largest size, 10 millimetres'
The layers are always set In such way
that the points cross one announcer NJ
outside coating seems TO have covered
the walls. This is additional proof that
the inscriptions were visible In the inte-
rior OF the rooms. The baked bricks are
not only covered with inscriptions. but l
have also found several specimens with
reliefs forming parts OF pictures repre-
aentine human figures or ornaments. Thus
,be room walls were not only decorated
With borders OF inscriptions, but also with
real bas-reliefs, in which brick played the
same part as stone did In the Nineysh
palaces. ,,,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
Cenrnrc Martinets.

ATLANTA Consiituuon-)
The ancient military martinez should
have no place IN any modern army. no
Is inimical 10 true discipline. antasohls.-
ic 10 the little liberty allowed tne so,-
der. and liable at any time to bring M
government 10 reproach by harsn ne'n
DDS. A.,
~, incident OF a recent session OF the war
Investigating board. Major General John
+. Brooke. who has been appointed 10 ,ne
royernorship IN Cuba. WAS asked " wv
reports as the condition or Camp
Thomas at Chlckamauga, as 'estiied 10
by Surgeon Parker, OF the TweIlth Nc"
York Regiment were accurate. Ine Cen
eral went a long way from the demands
Of the situation TO answer the question:
responding: III you Will give me copy
OF that repor; ! will see that TINS man y
brought before cO0rt-mattiai' unieSS
his testimony Is protected boy ths commits
sion" a simple aud suecinct deniai "ouiu
have been amply sufficient Go express
General Brooke's view OF the commits
sion. AS it was. he exposed the usliest
side of military dcspotism, when he pro-
posed dealing summary with suDorui-
nate whose only fault mad been speahhlS
the truth az he saw II.
General Brooke will probably ind that
such methods as these have lost their
hold on the public mind, and, above all
| have ceased 10 be effective with deep
| thinking. well-informed bodies OF men
who cannot be swayed I'm their conVic-
tons by the chin artillery of any man
who happens 20 have been granted
| high commission by the War Department.
| The investigating commission VIII, IN all
| probability attach more Importance now
to the testimony OF Surgeon Parker, since
they observe the effect II has had on his
superior officer. They viii be prone TO
think that his explosion was made 10
cover up and obscure any truth that may
have lurked IN the junior officers state
ment.
by the way General Brooke Will en-
counter some little difficulty II he at
temps 20 employ this arbitrary course In
Cuba. The ex-insurgents rebelled against
Spain for this reason, and they have as
little relish for bulldozing of the Amerl-
can brand as for that OF Spanish manu-
facture. IL would not hurt General
Brooke 10 be censured just little and
made TO understand that judicious tact
and modern methods have been. adopted
by the United States Government In deal
ing with its employees and subjects.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

She: I wonder why there isn't woman
in the moon, too?
He: There is-in the honeymoon. And
there was
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-04

M ANrED-FARM HAND APPLY AT
w this office. Friday, Saturday or Monday
at 10 o'clock m4.8ts
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-04
MYSTERY OF
I THE RIVER.
Empto Boat Found Oppo.
site this City By a Mar.
Gus Hook Fisherman.

James Martin, fisherman from Mar
Gus Hook. has In his possession o boat
which hespickedi up on the river near
PennsgrOve at an early hour yesterday
morning, without oil owner or any persvnt
on board. All sail was set and the oircunil
stances look rs though the person wh q
had been on board had met with an acol.
dent and was kpooksd overheard. 1
II was yet dark yesterday morning when
Martin was at work. Suddenly he saw d
boat loom up in the darkness ahead OF him
and before he could prevent II a collision
had occurred. No damage WAS done bus
he had time enough to see that the strange
craft Was without on occupant. He
caught the boat and upon making an In
vestigatiOn he found that 1t contained a,
hat, coat, pair Of new boots and bag Of
hgs. II,
The thought at once flashed through
his mind that the owner Of the boat had
been sailing and in the darkness could
not see tho boom as 1T swung around and
he was knocked overheard. Such occur.
rences are not unusual, and In the case Of
q man sailing alone the boat could get be-
yond reach before he would have an on.
portunity to catch 1t, leaving him there
to struggle alone. 4
The boat WIS taken to Marcus Hook yes.
terday and an inquiry made among the
fishermen Of that place al d Chester for
tho purpose Of Identification but at last re.
ports ID could not be ascertained to whom
the boat belonged.
The fact Of the clothing being In tho
boat adds strength to the belief tn at some
unfortunate fisherman has gone to
watery grave
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-04
e REDUCTION TO THE "TRADE."
Brotherly Feeling of a House Paint
err For an Artist Patron.

Brotherly Feeling of a House Paint
er For an Artist Patron.
There is saying that two Of trade
can never agree but there Is reason to be-
lieve that there Is more fraternity Of inter
est than Is generally supposed. An In.
stance to prove this theory il found in the
case Of an artist in the suburbs who had
the front of his cottage painted last week.
1t wasn't much Of a Job, but 1t was done
very we'll, and the painter was told to
bring in his bill.
Three days later the man OF the house
was told that the painter wanted to see
him.
"Tell him to leave the bill and III send
him check, was the impatient answer
He was informed that the painter want
ed to see him in person, SO there was moth
ing to do but to show him up
''Wolls' said the man Of the house
rather shortly.
II hope you like the job" said the
painter with mysterious smile.
He was Informed that 1t appeared to be
all right.
II always do good work." said the
painter virtuously "But this here house
boss, rather throwed myself on this
when found out who you was"
$50 you found out who Twas, did your"
eyes. When went to the drug store
at the corner for putty, the clerk told me
you was painter and one Of the best in
this country. I asked why you didn' It
paint your house, then, and he said you
had got your hand out now and didn t
paint anything but pictures. So when l
found you was in the trade did my pref
test. And here is the bill-$1s. 60-and
it amt no more than right as you know,
but being it's you I'll knock of the so
cents. "
To the everlasting credit Of the cele-
brated artist be ID said that he kept his
face straight and accepted the reduction
in the spirit in which 1t was offered. -Ex.
change.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-04

A well known jockey relates with relish
the following little story, though the laugh
is decidedly against him. A few years ago
he was engaged to ride the favorite in an
important race. On the way to the post
he found himself cantering alongside a
rank outsider, the mount of stable boy
who had only just commenced riding.
"You'll have to be careful with that
brute, B." no remarked. I've ridden
him before, and you'll never bo able to
hold him."
B. thanked the crack for the hint and
said that he would do his best"
Half way through the race the outsider
and another were in 'front.' with the favor
ito close behind, Fancying that tho others
were in difficulties, the rider Of the favor
lite shouted:
Pull out, B., and let me through
I've got tho race in hand.
The crack was mistaken, however.
Looking back, the stable boy replied, with
u grin:
II would, but can't hold him..
With which the novice let his horse have
his head and shot away, the easiest of
winners, to the chagrin Of the crack, who
finished second.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-04
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.


Virgins, w. Va, May 2.-The
late rains have kept the farm era
from ploughing, but the past few
bright sunshiny days have given
them a chance and they. are now
going it with rush.
The wheat crop will not be as
good this year as it was at the last
harvest, as all that sown late Is not
doing as we'll as the early sown.
Our fruit will be plentiful, peaches
not hurt.
Gardens are being worked with a
will.
Grass is growing very rapidly.
We have had several railway &C.
cidents lately. One Of my near
neighbors lost his leg and two Of
my young friends were killed by
being run over and in wreck.
But the most fearful case was that
of woman living half mile below
me. She loft her house, pail In hand
to 20 to the river for water, singing
as she went, with a CHEEKY voice.
Chow Firm Foundation, ye saints
of the Lord" etc. Attempting to
cross in front of coming train, she
was run over and literally torn to
pieces. Her remains were gathered
up in buckets, taken to Hinton and
returned to her family.
The c. g. o. Railway is doing an
immense freight business. Freight
trains running all hours Of the day
and night.
Fish are in season and good
catches are made almost every day.
l caught a catfish that weighed 4
pounds, and for three days had
catfish and coffee to my hearts con-
tent.
Twill close by giving you bit Of
humor.
A son of old Erin went on
drunk and when he returned to his
work, his employer said:
mike you have been drunk
"That's fact, sir.
SLOW did 1t happen2'
"Well, sir, l met up with some
friends and we all took too much
and was that drunk fell in the
gutter, 80 did, and hog came
along and laid BY me. Then tho
priest, who was passing by gave
me gentle push with his foot and
! opened my eyes and said he "AE
man is Judged by the company hsss
keeps" "
swell, did you get up them"
mo sir, but the hog did.
w. B. w.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-04
hiladeIphia Apprentices.

There are places in this city where the
old time system Of apprenticeship is still
in vogue. Employees Of the Mercantile
library are subject to It, When boy ap.
plies for position at the library anu Is
accepted, he is compelled to sign articles
binding him to faithful service for term
Of years. He receives a stated salary
weekly, and at tho end Of his term of serv-
Ice he also receives in lump sum e9 for
every week he has been in the library's
service. However, there are very few in
stances where the hoys stay out the full
time. 1t Is optional with the management
to dismiss an unsatisfactory boy at any
time, and as result not many Of them
reach the stage where they can receive the
benefit of the accumulated sum,-Phila.
delphia Record
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-04

A Boston woman, member of the Wo-
man Christian Temperance union, was
recently travelling to the Pacific coast over
the Northern Pacific railroad. Now, North
Dakota Is a rigid prohibition state, and
the dining cars have this notice posted up
in them; "No intoxicating liquors will be
served while tho train is passing through
the state of North Dakota"
The train had been rolling along through
that interminablo state q long time, when
the Boston woman who Is interested In
temperance came into the dining car for
her dinner. Casting her eye out Of the car
window upon somewhat changed land.
scapc, she said to the walter, with purely
geographical interest, Are We still in
North DukotA:"
mo, ma am said he, alertly, and
with hospitublc grin; "what'll you take
to drink, ma am? Boston Transcript.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-04
Warts and Helpless Doctors.

The doctors excuse their Incompetence
by declaring that these nuisances disap-
pear as child grows older. profess to
bolicve them. No one In the household
remembers the historic case of Cromwell,
fortunately. His warts did not vanish.
You see them as plain as his nose on the
mask taken after death preserved at War
wick castle.
And there Is Cicero. Not that he him
self had warts to speak of, though have
seen that statement in schoolbook re-
Gently. It was an ancestor Of his who won
distinction that way, astonishing the Ro-
man public with an e0crescencs on the tip
Of his nose Of trefoil shape. Wherefore
they called him Cicero (vetch), and the
nickname chung to the family.
1t is rather comforting than otherwise to
learn that the heroes and sages of old were
afflicted with warts. Even the "godlike
Greeks" had them, as Lucian tells us in
passing, and their mothers applied to old
women for charms. Tho doctors were as
helpless then as now, Of course with more
exouse.-Pall Mall Gazette.