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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-26
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eroeI all bilious poisons from tne eire ,i-I
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-26
The Twentieth Century.

Richmond. Va. February %, iS99
To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
In your Query column Of February 18TH,
in reply 70 "Old Readers" you say the
twentieth century begins January !, lNl
Christ was born the 18th or December
0egally and otherwise accepted among al
Christian people, Of a certain year. Inat
year had its seasons, number or days
and months. etc. as much so as any
other year. and therefore cannot be rele-
gated into nothingness no more than
iT7s because this nation was born on
the lth Of July Of that year. SIX days
after the birth OF Christ another year
wear p True. n was but six days nom
the birth Of Christ until the commence
rnent OF another year. but God made a
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-26

BY and by you reach that state when
you become unconscious Of having any
arms or less or shoulders or chest. You
imasiae you are simply head and pie
receptacle, lying there IN separate por-
items Of the bed. Az this juRcture Sour
wife enters. bat before she approaches she
tips In the next room 10 see II the chill
oren are covered up and snugly repoSing
Then she SAYS. tentatively. Are you
I's,esp yetr'
Her voice Il signal for your complete
Standardization. You determine 10 ruin
her life with rsproaches. 20 show her
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-26
WILL VISIT THE SOUTH.
New Esssaud Newspaper Men are
Coming.

A corps Of Joint stat representative
OF the New England Newspaper Lease7'
including writer's. sketch artists, ana pho-
tographers. viii soon visit Riehmond Oh
a tour OF the South
The party will leave Boston aDoaIe a
sne~faf car Chartered fer the tour. sat
urtay. March 4th, arriving in hicnfn ~
some tine the following sunday nisnl,
or Monday morning. The princIpai eigle go
- yirgtnia viii be first visited. after which
the party will proceed TO North CaTotlpd,
thence 70 South Carolina, and from mere
TO Atlanta Ca. Many points IN rem
nessse. Alabama. Florida. and MISSISSIPPI
viii also be visited l.,
The New England Newspaper League :
COMPOSED OF the Boston Traveller, ne
Lewiston CMe.) Journal. the Portland (Mej
Express, the Manchester ~. h Union.
the Concord CN. HI Monitor. the HART
ford Conn Post. Burlington CNtl News,
Fall River CHass) News. the cprin zne-a
Mass News, the Lowell fMass) Maj,
and the Providence (R- - News
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-26

cr,,ubling. overgrown WALL OF the sun
nisiner tomb where repOsed his bones TOT
70 many years. Words nave osen ~
baufted In speaking and writing OF w ash.
ington. and they are soon TOT W me
hest but an object lesson such as TINS
win abide forever. Truly he was
q. rho erst tho last the greatest, best,
,rbo Cinctnratus u the West,
Nhom envy c. W. O.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-26

whole world IN that time; L"sn as one
De- ia, ~ , ~ lar AIRY, SIX days aflsr.
year wsra 0' Commenced an he year = II cnrtss
~ lived 70 be 100 years old his isNh
year would have tes zen, Go, som Ipeeona csn
-, .,onla have commenced January lst
sa1, vear. Therefore. the twentieth cen
tufy NORTH STATE
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-26

,ue % real to,e owned tv tho A6SfFy $1,000 %
Loans on S,gag9 dg fgo5ded and 6Sns me n
Interest "a aaG on all said moT'ear' loans N'a
ACCOUNT or BONDS STATES AID or THIS
INCORPORATED CITIES IL THIS sI Ey AIE
BONDS AND STOCKS, OWNED AbSoLuIhbi ~
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

cember 23, and has been nghting extra
dition since that time.
The particular charge against Con-
over and King is the passing of a
forged draft for $3.50 ON the First Ma
tional bank of Rock Rapids, Iowa, on
November Is, 1898. The draft in ques-
ton purported to be issued by the
Partridge Banking company, Seneca
Falls, N. Y, to the order of A. R.
Brown, and ind6rsed by Brown Con
over) to H. r. White (King).
Conover was the alleged leader Of a
gang of forgers, of which he, King,
Thomas Chambers and William Badg-
ley were members. Chambers and
Badgley passed a similar draft on the
First National bank of Lanark, ILL.,. on
the same day Conover and King
passed the one at Rock Rapids. The
Lanark bank, after cashing the draft,
became suspicious, and telegraphed
the bank purporting to issue the draft.
and receiving reply to the effect that
1t was a forgery, telephoned the au-
thorities of the neighboring towns, and
both men were arrested in Freeport,
ILL.,, the same day. They were con-
victed and are now serving an indeter-
inmate sentence in Joliet
In their many forgeries these men
travelled in pairs and posed as horse
buyers. They would visit small towns
and first become acquainted with the
local liverymen. Occasionally they
bought a horse, making a small pay
ment to bind the bargain. After be-
ing in town a day or two they would
induce the hotel-keeper or liveryman
to introduce one of the two at the
bank, where a genuine draft for 800
would be left for collection. They
would then visit other towns in the
vicinity, repeating this performance.
In week or ten days they would re-
turn to the first town and receive the
proceeds of the genuine draft. The
fact that this draft was promptly paid
gave them a standing at the bank.
and when the bogus draft was pre-
sented and the banker was told that
the money was needed to pay for
horses purchased the cash was u.s.
ually forthcoming.
The silver lance., 1899-03-31
Meauness of Some People,

1.-THE meanness of some people is
too aggravating," said the paper
hanger as he viciously slapped the
paste on the length of paper. "They
seem to want to do everything them
selves nowadays instead of giving
workmen a chance to earn a living.
People cobble their own boots instead
of paying to have 'em done decently;
and some women will smother them
selves and everything in whitewash
trying to do their own ceilings rather
than pay dollar and have it done
by an expert" Some people are
always grumbling," said the mistress
of the house, who had entered in time
to catch the last words. Didn't 1 give
you enough beer just now?" Its
about the meanest thing I've known" :"
returned the indignant paper-hanger
you have me in to do one room, and
all the while your husband is doing
the other himself" who says SOP"
"You wouldn't have two smen doing
the same thing at once, and l know
you're having the next room papered,
because I can hear some one scraping
the walls. You might ha' given the
job to me-" "a lot you know about
itr retorted the lady with fine scorn.
That's my husband shaving himselfr'
The silver lance., 1899-03-31
COSTLY OAK CHAIR.
Why Sir Donald Currie Had to Paw
&3,35O for 1t.

Why Sir Donald Currie Had to Paw
s3,35O for 1t.
The Liverpool Post tells an amusing
story at the expense of Sir Donald
Currie. At recent auction sale of
old furniture held at Edinburgh a
chair was put up, whose back bore the
carved words, "Dunottar Castle" the
name Of the famous fort on the Scotch
coast, near Stonehaven, which was
built in 1349, destroyed in Ills. Ex-
perts expected it might fetch about
ELS. The bidding began at f5 and
soon reached $50, when only two
brokers remained in the competition,
which, to the amazement of every one
present, advanced in bids of f5 and
f10 to f675, at which price the chair
was knocked down to the successful
rival. The result of this extraordinary
sale soon leaked out. Sir Donald had
seen the name on the back of the chair
and had commissioned an Edinburg
broker to buy it. Next day, forget
ting what he had done, he instructed
a Glasgow broker to bid for the chair,
and those two were the rival bidders,
with the result that Sir Donald is now
the possessor of what is probably the
most costly oak chair in the world.
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

Words of French origin now used in
the German army are the subject of an
imperial cabinet order. German words
are to be substituted for them by the
emperor's command. Political sani-
tation in the German empire thus deals
with the French microbe in one Of its
many manifestations Microbes, how
ever, are slippery things. and have an
unpleasant way of escaping ordinances
and officials. Despite the order, French
words will be sure to cross the border
and theaten the emperor's peace.
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

mental property of living protoplasm,
but is manifest itself in specific &c
tions, according to the specific struc-
ture of the protoplasm under the in
fiuence of the external world. An
other peculiar phenomenon deserves
special mention, namely, the trans
mission or conduction of stimuli. If
a small portion of the surface of e
protoplasmic body is stimulated the
effect produced is not limited to this
point alone, but extends to far out
lying ends. Stimuli, az whole, are
more quickly transmitted in animal
than in vegetable bodies. in human
nerves. This accounts for the phe
nomenon exhibited in animal bodies
long after death, that when a slim
ulus like electricity is applied to
piece of muscle or nerve a reaction
is the immediate result, such as con-
traction or twisted. This alone Is
another proof that the cell has an
Independent life and does not die when
life is pronounced by the physician or
psychologist as being extinct.
The silver lance., 1899-03-31
CAUGHT THE FORGER.
CHIEF OF SWINDLING GANG
SAFE ONCE MORE.
A. j. Conover Must Face TrIai-R. W.
King, Who Was His Accomplish Is
Caught in Canada and Will Be Tried
with Him.

A. ]. Conover, said by police Of
ficials to be an ex-convict and clever
forger and one of the chief agents IN
the swindling of half-hundred banks
in the country, was recently taken
from Chicago to Iowa, where he Will
be tried for swindling the First Ma
tional bank there.
Conover was arrested in his home
at Port Huron, Mich, by Chief OF Po-
lice Petit of that city. The arrest
was made at the request of Pinkerton' s
National Detective agency OF Chicago,
who represented the American Bank
ers' association. Conover's daughter
created a sensation at the time OF the
arrest by shooting at Chief Petit. She
was locked up, charged with attempted
murder.
Conover will be Joined shortly In
the county jail at Rock Rapids, Iowa,
by one of his alleged companions in
crime, Robert w. King of Paisley,
Ont. who has been committed for ex-
tradition by Judge Barrett at Walker
town. Ont. King was arrested on De-
The silver lance., 1899-03-31
Proper Time for Bath.

Regarding the proper time for bath
a simple general rule may be given.
Take cold baths ON rising in the morn
ing and warm ones just before retiring.
In taking Turkish or Russian baths
the hour need not be considered, ex-
cept as in all baths, none of which
should be taken less than an hour or
SO before or after meals. Where it is
possible, use fresh, clean rain water
for the bath. This is the nearest ap-
proach to distilled water, which is too
expensive for general use. Soft water
Is next best to rain water, and a little
borax or ammonia in hard water will
soften 1t. Brisk rubbing should al
ways follow bath; then the bath will
do all that is claimed for it in the way
of renovating the person, invigorating
the system, increasing the fineness and
softness of the skin, and making one
look and feel younger. Cleanliness of
the skin has a great effect on the gen.
eral health. and it is well known that
If one has been exposed to infection
the best thing to do by way of precau-
tion is to take hot bath Immediately
1t is a mistake to remain too long in a
tepid bath. Thirty minutes should be
the limit. Throughout the winter and
early spring it is best il one is at all
liable to chills, to take ones bath at
night, just before going 70 bed. II
taken in the daytime, risk exercise
Immediately afterward-either walk
ing or dumb-bell practice-is lighly
beneficial-Woman's Life.
The silver lance., 1899-03-31
Bottles Tears.

The custom of bottling tears is pc
culiar to the people of Persia There
it constitutes an important part of
the obsequies of the dead AS the
mourners are sitting around and
weeping the master Of the ceremonies
presents each one with piece of cot
ton wool or sponge with which to
wipe away the tears. This cotton wool
or sponge is afterward squeezed into
a bottle and the tears are preserved
as a powerful and efficacious restora-
tive for those whom every other med
icine has failed to revive.
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

More sleep, with more regularity in
taking it, is a prime need of our ex-
hausting modern life. People talk OF
giving a rest to their minds; but it is
not likely that the mind itself ever
tires. The brain, or some overworked
tract of it. may need repose; and 1t
seems a well-established physiological
fact that this central organ literally
undergoes repair and renewal during
sleep. The slowing down Of the blood
permits the deposit of nutritive par
ticles, just as the slowing of a river
permits 1t to drop it's sediment. There
is wisdom as well as wit in the Quix-
otic saying: blessings on him that
first invented this same sleep!"
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

In order to raise the money to build
a railroad, the city of Paducah, Ky,
issued municipal bonds for the neces-
sary amount. The issue was properly
authorized and promptly subscribed
but when the interest became due. the
city attorney. having discovered a
technical error which made the bonds
legally worthless, ordered the city
council not to pay it. The business
men of the city Immediately took the
matter up. THE good name of the
city is our good name." they said
when Paducah borrowed this money
she promised to pay for the use of it,
We owe 1t to the city, and to ourselves
as well, to see that the promise is
made good. A technical error does
not lessen our moral responsibility"
A meeting was therefore called and
committee appointed to raise the
money for the interest by public sub
scription. A city whose business men
maintain SO noble a standard Of civic
honor and duty as this deserves to
rank as one of the great cities of the
country. no matter what the figures
of the census report may say about the
number Of her population.
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

A young soldier under General Sheri-
dan said to him. just before battle,
"If l am killed, tell my mother that !
kept my promise. Not a drop of
strong drink have tasted" The bat
tie was fought. and the lad lay among
the slain. Said Sheridan, Il carried
his message to his mother. She re-
piled, General, that is more glory for
my boy than If he had taken city,"
When "well done" can truly be said at
such a moment, parental pride stands
by parental sorrow and puts a staff in
its hand. There are higher and holier
compensations. but the knowledge Of
what death he died" will always be a
qualifying element in grief for one
loved and lost, either to sweeten mem
ory or to poison it.
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

Italian dispatches state that alarm is
felt on the mainland opposite Venice
by reason Of a fatal disease that has
appeared among draft horses. The dis
ease seems to be epidemic rather than
contagious; 1t is catarrhal in its char
acteristics and is pronounced by veteri-
nary surgeons to be essentially an in
fluenza. A similar disease has been
Epidemic at intervals Of ten or a dozen
years In various parts of the continent.
The tramways are suffering most from
the effects of the plague. the service
in Bologna being seriously impaired,
hfty horses having died already.
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

Descriptions of recent prize
fight omit no detail of bet or
oath; of punches of muscle; Of cruel
jabs; of bleeding noses and bruised
faces; of terrible lefts on the heart, ="
and OF falls in agony" Yet there are
other ideals of manly athletes. Mine"
wroter Sidney Lanier, many have
mere thread for his biceps. yet he shall
play ball with the earth; and albeit
his stature may be no more than
boys. his height shall be the height OF
great resolution, of faith and love and
knowledge and subtle meditation; his
head shall be forever among the stars. :"
Is not the antithesis itself a sermon?
The silver lance., 1899-03-31
QUEER FRIENDSHIPS.
Different Animals That Get Along Very
Well with Each Other.

Well with Each Other.
An intimate connection existing be-
tween different animals is known as
commensalism, ,commensals being crea-
lures which may be said to sit at the
same table, but which do not prey
upon one another. OF late years nat
uralists have become acquainted with
numerous examples of this form OF an
imal partnership. In one of the CHICK
en- islands, off the New Zealand coast,
a curious lizard known as the tuatara
and a certain species of the petreis
were found inhabiting the same bur-
rows, apparently on the best OF terms.
In rare cases the burrow. which con-
sists of a passage two or three rect
long, ending in a chamber foot ana
a half long, one foot broad and SIX
inches high, is the work of the bird.
AS a rule, however, the lizard is the
excavator. Each builds its nest on
opposite sides Of the chamber. the
lizard almost invariably choosing the
left and the petrol the right side. the
lizard feeds partly on worms and bee
ties and partly on the remnants OF
fishes brought to their common table
by the petrol, both animals being thus
benefited by the partnership. This Is
probably more than can be said of the
prairie dog, whose underground home
is frequently shared by the rattlesnake
and the burrowing owl. These were
at one time supposed to form happy
family" but considerable doubt has
been cast on the point by the discov-
cry of young prairie dogs in the stom-
ach of the rattlesnake, which seems
to indicate that commensalism in this
particular case has been a one-sided
affair, SO far as the benefits were con-
cerned. 1t is among marine animals,
however, that the most striking ex-
amples of commensalism have been
observed A feeble fish called the re-
mora owes its success in life to the
powerful alliances it forms. One of
its fins has been transformed into a
sucker placed right on top of its head,
by means of which it attaches itself
to any passing shark. whale, or even
ship, no doubt mistaking the latter
for some huge sea monster. BY these
1t is transported without any great
exertion on its own part over great
distances, meanwhile picking up such
food as may come in it's way. Several
small fishes have been found, also, to
habitually lodge in the mouth cavity
of Brazilian catfish, sharing such
food as the latter succeeds in captur
ing. The enemies of the smaller fishes
are SO numerous that it is only by
retreating to places inaccessible to
their foes that they have a chance of
survival A favorite shelter for many
small fishes is the round disk of the
larger sea jellies, the stinging proper
ties of which probably cause them to
be avoided by the other denizens of
the deep. AS many as twenty fishes
have been counted swimming within
the fringed margin of one of these pull
sating umbrellas. The sea cucum-
bers are another lowly group of ma
rine forms which afford shelter to
fishes Other instances might be
given, such as that of the little pea
crab, found in mussels and other BIZ
valve shells, which in return for the
protection given them by the mollus-
can shell gives its host a share of the
food it captures.
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

chitecture. Roman in style and in
perfect harmony with its surround
ings. The heavy foundations are con-
structed of large powders, taken from
the adjoining woods. The upper struc-
ture, topped by a stately dome, is or
grayish building stone. The entrance
to the tomb is in the side next to the
woods and furthest away from Fried
richsruh. Stone steps lead from the
The silver lance., 1899-03-31
BISMARCK NAUSOLElJM
IN THE FOREST OF SAXON1

Work on the Bis
marck mausoleum
ts nearing compile
ton. The final
touches are being
put to the interior
decorations, and 1t
Is believed that the
elaborate structure
Will be ready for
the burial of the
Iron Chancellor by
April next. The
tomb has been
erected under the
trees of the Forest
of Saxony, close
by the old castle in
Friedrichsruh. 1t
stands in a grove
of beech and oak
trees, near the top
of the Schnecken-
berg (Snail noun
tain), which is in
plain view from
the castle grounds.
The mausoleum is
severe in its ar
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

conduct the final burial ceremonies oil
the dead prince on April l, If possible
that date being his birthday.
The illustration shows the lines and
style adopted by the architect, Scnor-
bach. The structure is symmetrical
and massive, but is not ornate in any
sense. The interior decorations are
sculpture work for the greater part
Correspondence Chicago Inter Ocean.
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

entrance gates on one side to the
spaces designed for the graves of the
members of the Bismarck family, and
on the other side to the chapel and
the mausoleum. directly beneath the
dome. 1t is there that the TRUE and
trusted German seryiter of Kaiser
Wilhelm l." is to be laid at rest next
to his wife, whom he had survived.
1t was decided several weeks ago to
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

The jury of his peers before which
an influential criminal is sometimes
tried Is 'argely jury of his accom-
plices md accessories. -t
But i"w actresses are as bad as they
are painted,
The silver lance., 1899-03-31
Principle of the Thing.

"Feller spoke disrespectfully of my
sister" What did he say?" Said
my sister wore false teeth" Does
she?" "Hain't got no sister. It was
the principle of the thing that l got
licked fori'
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

Dewey is quoted as having remarked
during the battle of Manila Bay that
the slowness with which he was
knocking the Spanish ships to pieces
was "damnable."
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

Time heals all wounds. Money is
also great healer.
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

Senator Allison is having his semi
annual trouble to keep the appropria-
tion bills in the right of way.
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

II Mr.. Sherman writes another book
its publishers will have to bind 1t in
covers warranted to resist high pres
sure.
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

The powers that be too frequently
sit down on an evil as if 1t were an
inverted tack.
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

The fighting in the Philippine Is
lands may have the good effect of
closing the quarrels among our army
officers at home.
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

Women may be the weaker vessel.
but man is often broke.
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

Mercy to the guilty is often cruelty
to the innocent.
The silver lance., 1899-03-31

Falsehood is cowardice,-Ballou.