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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
PETERsnURG Council
Health officer Eiected-stringrns
Ordinnnce-Strect Improvement.

PETERSBURG. VA, December l.-(spe-
cial)--The Common Council to-nighc
unanimously elected Or. Robert "A. Mar
tin as health officer in place OF Or Robin
son. deceased. and adopted new ana
stringent ordinance prescribing the du-
ties Of the health officer. lie Is 10 havo
personal charge of patients suffering from
infectious or contagious diseases who
may be sent TO the city Hospital. and -
10 be- paid additional for treating them.
The Council determined 90 pave south
Sycamore street to Fillmore With asphalt.
and intinated that similar street i'm
proVcments 10 the extent Of about $500
square yards would be made In tho early
future Ia view of what has been and
will be done I'm this respect the Council
gave instructions for the purchase 81
street sweeper.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02

II takes bur a minute 10 overcome tick
ling In the throat and to stop cough by
the use Of one Minute Cough Cure. This
remedy quickly cures ell forms OF throat
and lung troubles. Harmless and pleasant
10 take. IL prevents consumption. A
famous specific FOR grippe and IT'S after
effects. Bodeker Bros. 7. A. Miller
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02

When the business territory shall have
dences OF the city leaving literature and
taking With those who will allow them
To do so.
The elders thought they had about Sc
cured Lee Camp Hall, I'm which 10 hold
meetings two nights every week. but
wnen they went 10 close the deal were
tod they could not have the hall for 500
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
Calls Of the Ambulance.

An employee OF the Locomotive Works
had his finger cut Off yesterday morning.
DR. Cunningham was called and treated
tho man.
THE ambulance was called at l2Ao J.. W.
To no. JOB west Marshall street where
negro woman who lives ia the back lot
had taken laudanum. she was soon To-
lievod. and the surgeon left her out Of
danger.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
for pascrevski.s Concert.

The sale OF seats FOR The concert 10
bo given I'm this city by Paderewsh on
December 18th will open al the store OF
HTo.sre walter ID. Moses & Co. on Mon
Sa,s nov, The guarantee list Will close
to-nigbt. Seats will be reserved In tho
order i'm which names appear on the list.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
Infant Cold In Death.

Mr.. NJ. NJ Pohle. of No. III west Leigh
street. and family have the sympathy OF
ne community in the sudden death OF
their infant child Thursday night. Inc
ch1d was found dead in bed yesterday
morning. and had not been SICK before.
Nr. Pohie had gone 10 his Office ana was
summoned home.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
"Dodge's Trip TO New York"

IL has been recently announced that
the happy duo. Henshaw and Ten Brock,
Who have SO long been the laugh-prO-
vokors. were 10 appear I'm comic opera.
Managers VINO had them booked clam0r-
cd for the fdvOrites. and 10 was decided
"a give the comedy. "Dodgc's Trip 10
New York" this season. The company
viii appear at the Academy next We'd
ncsday afternoon and night and tickets
go ON sale to-day.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
oeFman-imcrican Ladies' Bnnnnr.

I... ore being made az the
l . AunOry for the bazaar TO
b. f. ee through the next two weeks
lr, tan American ladies, for the
..~.. proposed home for aged
a.I .U ite booths have been put up.
A,rlay nlght
Fl. tt.. having articles 10 contribute
D.. s.,- .n'ic Booth will confer a favor
i-.. rl arno TO Mrs. John Stein
o.|.r no ''b east Broad street. I'm
'.' ihem ready for the opening.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
Foot-BalI EIevens Gone Home.

The tw0 football teams LEFT the city
for their respective universities yester-
day morning Tho managers OF the two
elevcns Gid not accompany their men,
remaining over 10 settle up the affairs Of
the game. Umpire Poe and Referee Barr
went North with the Lehigh team.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
ITTIT|-7 7 y = II :
DEATHS.

SAEDS.-Died. December I. 1880. CON-
WAY r. SANDS. Jr., son Of Conway r..
and Mary b. Sands; aged q months.
Funeral from the residence. i2ol Grove
avenue, at $3.50 o'clock SATURDAY, De-
cember g 1899.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02

BEDFORD CITY. VA, December l.
(Special)-The news OF the death OF
Mrs. Annie Sale. that reached here al
noon to-day, was a great shock 10 her
relatives and friends. The death oe-
CURED at the home vi her husband. Mr..
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
Chased to Petersburg.

Robert Jones. q colOred man, was ar
rested i'm Petersburg Yesterday morning.
charged with stealing a bicycle belonging
10 Mir. II. &. Temple. Of this city. ser
geant Alex Tomlinson, Of this city, maze
the arrest.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
nnnth of VIZ. Thomns Morris.

Intelligence has been received mere OK
tb. d.9fb i'm staunton. 90 .lr Inumas
Morris. formerly Of this city, and a
brother of Captain Eldridge Morris His
remains will De- brought here this morn
ing for interment.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
,rormon Elders at Work

Elders George II. Emery and Walter y,
Oetler OF the Mormon Church, VINO nave
been doing missionary work here TOT a
month or more. have begun distributing
tracts in Main-street business houses
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
T. w. GAYLE 10 succeed settle.

FRANKFORT. KY. December l.-June
w Gayle. OF owen county. was nomi-
mated for Congress. by the Seventh Dis
trict Democratic Convention, on the sixty
seventh ballot.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02

Columbus. Ga-A paper was recorded
I'm the MuscOgee county Clerks Office re-
leasing the first mortgage ~ the Georgia
Midland and Gulf railroad to the Central
Trust Company. Of New York. Tho
nmnnnf involved was 81 10000
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
mr.. Gutrrie Gone to baltimore.

Rev Dr. Donald Guthrie leIt yesIe i'i..
60, poitinora To assume the pastorate
Of the First Presbyterian church Of that
city Mrs. Guthrie and the children Will
follow him next week. Or. Guthrie VIII
nreqch at the First church tomorrow.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02

Mr. W. j. Lui1sey, whose
need in yesterdays Dis
place from Lcigh-SuCet
Il-mOrr0W afternoon 40
honorary pall-bearefs
rs 0f the Rank Team oi
Knights of pythIas, OF
"la a member. and tho
Hh Doe Capoin d. W.
Us. a. ArrZen, ANA
ou and J.. j. Sluman.
Rank, Knights Of
Wo... W. ~ Gayle, q. W.
i. Lstcr. ana T.. Il. Ar
lodge.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02

r. Claiming Sale. at sedaIia, at o'clock
this morning. Mrs. Sale was daughter
% Mr.. william Cornelius. OF Sedalia. ana
was possessed OF many amiable ana
lovabfe traits Of character.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
MARRIAGES.

GUNN-FORBES-M Married, on Tuesday
afternoon, November 2Sth. at Hotel RAJ
leigh, by thu Rev. Charles A. Stakley. OK
First Baptist church. Washington. D. C..
Mrs. JULIA T. FORBES. OF Portsmouth.
va. to Mr.. WILLIAM .. GUNN. OF Rich
mOnd, Va.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
WANTS TO LEAVE PARIS.
british Ambassador Disgusted With
Attacks ON the Queen.

LONDON, December 1.-The Paris cor
respondent OF the Evening News tele-
araphs 10 his paper to-day that there is
reason 10 believe that Sir Edmund Mon
SON the British Ambassador TO France.
will shortly apply for a prolonged leave
~ absence as protest against the at
tacks made by the French press on Queen
Victoria and the Prince OF Wales.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02

81 was nearly dead with dyspepsia
tried doctors. visited mineral springs. anc
grew worse. l used Kodol Dyspepsia
cure. That cured me-" 1t digests whai
Won eat. Cures indigestion. sour stomach
heartburn. and all forms OF dyspepsia
Bodeker Bros, Il. a. Miller
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02

ify ~ ,t. ing and woll-attended meet
-''- al The Temple yesterday morning,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
Ricbmonders I'm New York.

NEW YORK. December 1.-(speciaL)
W. g. Neal, j.. III. Burton >. Hlrsch'
IL lfman. L. @ Smith. MarlLorough
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
mor. MERRILL IN ExTREMIs.
Do ID Not Thought That lie Can Sur
ViVe the Day.

George J.. Merrill az a late
lt was reported 10 Doe in ex-
M physician, Dr. j. g. Ire
given up AN hopes OF his re-
is NOT thought that he can
.-ar
la Of Mr.. Andrew T. Eleu
last night ass being less
IIe ls not regarded Ass bcins
Iu-er
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
MgEcellG3
% zzHzzzg9u!:1z! - - rs
SEYfKYTHiNC FOR EVEKYbVu'
1900 New Books
Are Ready For Selling
This
Saturday Book Day,

including all the New Xmas Eo''on''
You are welcome to look them over WIZ"
out any compulson TO buy.
some 81 q copyright works. publsheo
nv Uarper & Brothers. on sale at $780,
including Household on the Stye; FIuts
and Violin. by James Lane Alien: Liz
on the Mississippi by Marx Twain
Anne, by Constance Fenimore Woo.sons
Pembroke. by Mary wilkins; cress
stones OF Sardis. by Frank s'ocH'o"'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
hooks ron poYs AND GIRLS.

Penelupe's Progress. cathedral Court.
ship JSc: Birds Christmas Caroi anu
Its SCgree. Patsy, f-c.
Cosey Corner Series-.captain January
Little Colonel. Little Lame Prince. 1.-the
Puritan Rebel-:ioc.
Little Lord Fauntleroy, Little sainu
Elizabeth. Two Little Pilgrims Progress,
by Frances Hodgson burnett oSc.; tnder
Dewey al Manila; Fighting IN cuban
Waters by Edward Strate Meyer. osc.
Won by The Sword Tale Of the Thirty
Three Year War. and no Surrender, by
q. A. Henty. Sis.
Others Oy g. A. Henty for csc.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
'1 cL or hooks, SC.

You will wonder how II IS possible 20
nrirt and bind such books, including all
Ire staple. standard works for boys
girls. and elderly people. books 'hss
would sell easily for 25c. sale q, &c
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS.
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.
Some Scientific Facts About the Hair
Model Showing How Curly Hair Is
Produced-How the Beetle Sees-Hun-
dreds of Images Upon the Eyes.
$500 Degrees Fahrenhelt.

Prof. Tucker of Columbia university
has succeeded in producing the great
Est heat yet known to man. A spe-
lally-constructed electrical furnace
and current of unusual power were
Used to create this temperature, which
was so high that under it steel, hard
quartz and even platinum were vapor-
e d AS for ordinary crucibles, they
disappeared at once in a little puff of
smoke. The heat obtained was $500
1egrees Fahrenheit, 200 degrees hotter
ihan any temperature before pro-
1uced. Says a correspondent: 1t is
1lf1cult to appreciate the degree Of
such heat without some comparisons.
ocaldlng water means a temperature
of 2l2 degrees Fahrenheit, and red
not iron 500 degrees. Steel melts at
5000 degrees, and boils like water at
5000 degrees. AS for the heat of .ne
sun, it is estimated at 10000 degrees,
so that Prof. Tucker obtained a tenn
p%erature which came within only $500
degrees of old Sol himself. Of course,
a special apparatus was needed to
measure he temperature obtained by
Prof. Tucker-ordinary Thermometers
being quite out of the question. The
arrangement for this purpose is called
q calorimeter, and it is a rather intri-
cate piece of apparatus. While it de-
pends upon mercury for the recording
Of the degree of heat or cold obtained,
the reading is not made in the direct
way that obtains with the ordinary
thermometer. The same calculation
is necessary to determine the exact
value in degrees of heat or cold of the
hgures. Because of this fact it is usual
ly found that the actual heat obtained
is slightly above that recorded. The
heat obtained by Prof. Tucker was
5000 degrees, it is not improbable that
1t was nearly $500. Scientifically the
experiment was Of importance because
it has demonstrated that the degree of
obtained some time ago by Prof.
Molsson of Paris, was not the greatest
possible. Commercially it is useful,
because it has shown that diamonds
of marketable size and purity may be
made artiflcially. Further, it has CIV
en- to commerce two products Of al
most incalculable value-calcium car
bide and silicium carbide.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31

Seeing double rs a talent given oc-
casionally to a man under certain con-
d%itions, but ordinarily a mans sight is
focused so that the view within the
scope of his eyes is seen in single COM
position. With the beetle, however,
these conditions are vastly different.
When he gazes at an object hundreds
of reproductions of it are carried
through his eyes, which are called
compound. The beetles eye is formed
of several hundred lenses, set side by
side like the cells in honeycomb, each
trate how the world must appear to
the view of the beetle the picture here
with shown is submitted. 1t is a re-
production of a curious photograph
made to give a tangible demonstration
of the action Of a beetles eye. To
make it DR.. Allen used a camera de-
signed for photographing microscopic
objects. In place of the usual photo
graphic lens he employed the cornea
Of the eye Of a beetle to transmit the
image to the Photographic dry plate,
aided by a powerful magnifying glass.
His subject was the silhouette of a
head, pasted on a piece of ground
glass, behind which a lantern throw
ing a strong light was placed. Hav-
ing focused properly, the dry plate
was exposed and developed in the
usual name The negative is a cir
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31

hair is fine and ribbon-like, the shaft
is not sufficiently stout to resist the
strain Of the muscle and naturally as
sumes a curve, the degree of curva-
ture depending on the development of
the muscle, the resistance of the hair,
and the size of the sebaceous gland.
The curve thus produced becomes per-
manent and affects the follicle in which
the hair is developed. the softer cells
at the root Of the hair accommodate
themselves to this curve, and becoming
more horny as they advance towards
the surface retain the form Of the
follicle; the cells on the concave side
Of the hair being more compressed
than those on the convex side. In this
way the hair retains the form of the
follicle after it has escaped from it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31

Nothing shows more clearly the
deadly nature of modern warfare than
a few facts about the light gun of small
caliber in use in the German army. A
bullet from one of these weapons
passes through a stone wall, at a dis
lance of 400 PAGES. At 300 PAGES it
penetrates a thick oak tree. If six
men are standing n behind the other.
the front man at a distance of 400 PAGES
from the German line, a bullet dis
charged from the latter passes through
the first five men, infiicting in each
case a mortal wound, and makes the
sixth man hors de combat. The full
range of the ball is said to be 5000 me-
tiers, or about three miles.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31
Electricity in Egypt.

A plan is now said to be under con.
s~ideration by the British government
for the lighting of the pyramids by
electricity and the installation of an
electric power transmission plant Of
$4,000 horsepower. The plan involves
the erection of a power generating
plant at the Assouan falls on the river
Nile, and its transmission over a dis
lance of 100 miles, through the cotton
growing districts, where, it is thought,
the provision of cheap power from this
source will permit the building of cot
ton factories. Part of the scheme con-
templates the lighting from this
source OF the interior corridors of the
pyramids, and also the operation of
pumping machinery for %irrigating
large areas of desert lands along the
Nile. 1t is also stated that an Ameri-
can company is likely to receive the
contract for this work.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31

According to Corporal Henry c. Ed
wards of troops D, 4th cavalry, who
was recently interviewed in Pittsburg,
Pa, American soldiers are in command
of some Of the i%nsurgent troops in the
Philippines and are fighting their for
mer commands. Last summer a num-
Der of the United States men were dis
h%onorably dismissed from our army for
various offenses. He said: "They had
no money and could not get transpor-
tatlon home. Being banished from the
camps OF the Americans, and not be-
ing allowed to stay in Manila, they had
no occurs but to go to the insurgents.
Aguinaldo made some of them assume
command of his forces because they
were better trained than the natives.
Those who did not want to fight us
were compelled to do So"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31

The ice-breaking ship invented by
lately completed at Newcastle, Eng,
has been completely successful. 1t has
three screw propellers in the stern,
and another screw for ice-breaking at
the bow. Apparatus which permits
the shifting of $50 tons Of water from
M end Of the ship to the other, and
of 100 tons from side to side, enables
the navigator to change the lie of the
vessel at his will. 1t is said to have
"cut through the thick ice of the Fin
nish gulf as easily as a hot knife goes
through butter. On it's way to Kron-
stadt it went through two and a half
feet of ice at a speed of nine knots.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31

Waldorf Astor has lived in the at
mosphere of money so long that he
imagines everybody on ordinary
ground has conceived a dislike for him,
especially Americans. 1t is not so.
If he were a little more human and
a little less exclusive he would find
that the average man is not malicious
or %envious, but a good fellow and a
just one. And, after all, there have
not been meaner things said of him
in the newspapers than have been said
of every conspicuous person.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31
An ElabOrately Illustrated Bible.


Toronto (Canada) Globe: A remark
able Bible, which is in the possession
of Mr.. w. Williamson, the Yonge street
bookseller, consists of twelve great
folio volumes, containing the text, each
page being accompanied with illustra-
lions, of which there are in all over
$4,000 in the whole work. The collec,
ton is the result of the efforts of a
lifetime spent by one of the greatest
Biblical scholars in Canada. He sought
pictures from every source, and has
succeeded in getting together a COL
lection that is most interesting and
instructive. 1t includes reproductions
in steel, wood, copper and other en-
cravings, and acknowledgements, etc.
of the work of some Of the worlds
greatest masters. Among the great
painters whose labors are represented
are Dore, Raphael, Van Dyck, Rubens
and Bartlett, while the names of the
engravers are in many cases hardly
less noted.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31

The boy king of Spain, according to
the London Daily Mail, is not loved
IN Madrid. His presence in the streets
arouses no popular enthusiasm. At
times, when the guard rs changed at
the royal palace, his troubled face NAV
be g at a window, gazing out; but
no one cheers, and he remains almost
unrecognized. No hat is raised. or
other oheisance paid him by his sullen
subjects, when he rides abroad in mel
ancholy state! Among a more gener-
Gus people, his youth, his misfortunes,
a consideration of the troubled future
which confronts him, would at least
awaken pity. His manners, which are
placid, almost inert, have in them no
attraction. His very looks are dis
liked. He is too blonde in hair and
complexion. HE is no Spaniard," say
his subjects of Madrid, and this
which is to them a cause for reproach
will hardly be thus viewed by the
world at large.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31
New OiI-ProducIng Plant,

AT a recent meeting of the Linnean
Society in London specimens of a new
~oil-producing plant from Venezuela
were exhibited. The oil resembles that
OF sandal-wood, and is already known
in commerce, but the plant has hither-
to remained undescribed. 1t proves to
be a new genus of the rue family, to
which the common prickly ash be-
longs, and it has been named Schim-
melia, after a German botanist who
first distilled the aromatic oil from its
wood.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31

1t is not improbable that the early
part of the new century will see all
distinction between Europe and Asia
as separate continents abolished. AS
a matter of fact, they are geographic
ally one continent, as a glance at the
map will show. They are now rapidly
becoming one politically, as we'll. The
great Russian empire binds them in
one at the north. The British empire
makes Asia European at the south.
and in the Middle Kingdom almost
every day sees new acquisitions of ter
ritory by European powers. We are
within measurable distance of the time
when China, Persia and the few other
independent states of Asia will have
gone the way of India and Turkestan.
Then, with n common ownership, as
with one common geographical forma-
ton, the two continents may we'll be
reckoned as one. "Eurasian" is the
term which has long been applied to
the great plain which extends over a
large part of both continents, and also
to the Aryan race, which, originating
in Asia, is now dominant in Europe.
A few more years may see the united
continents figuring upon our maps as
"Eurasia." What then will follow?
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-31
Why Some Hair Is Curly.

Prof. Arthur Thomson recently ex-
hibited a model to illustrate how nat
ural curliness of hair is produced. Ac-
cording to the explanation three fac
tors require consideration in the pro-
duction of curly hair: % the hair
shaft, (2) the hair muscle, and 60 the
sebaceous gland. Straight hair is al
ways circular on section. and is usual
ly thicker than curly hair. which is
ribbon-like and fine. In order that the
muscle may act as an erector of the
hair it is requisite that the shaft of
the hair embedded in the skin should
be sufficiently strong to-resist any ten
dency to bend; unless this be SO the
lever-like action necessary to produce
its erection is destroyed. When the