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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29
The Miller and the Farmer

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Will the editor of the Weekly Dis
patch please publish this article in reply
the the communication written by
Thomas L. Moore. Esq. He blames the
farmers for lack of preparation of his
wheat before sending it to the mll-the
reason 1t requires more wheat now to
make barrel Of flour than it did in years
back. l will be pleased to give to the
pubic my experiences with the miller in
this respect It does not matter how well
clean my wheat through the fan the
miller runs 1t through his scrubbirg ma
ehlne Gas it is called. He takes nothing
out the pur, grain; giving me the SCREEN
inss He then weighs the wheat, and for
every $50 pounds, or five and one half
pusheis OF wheat he gives me 196 pounds
Oh fiour IN my barrel or sack. and sixty
pounds OF bran. The miller gets seventy
tour pounds of wheat for grinding: This
IS ABOUT one fourth toll The old law
II | mistake not. allowed the miller one
tenth; While now he takes about one
fourth This will explain why it takes
more wheat to make barrel of flour
now than it did in former days.
your old subscriber
NICHOLAS BLACK.
batesville Postotiice, Va, October q
1902. 81
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29
Was the South Wrong:
petersburg Index-AppealD

" SlciSbu lllutA-<Appcdl.)
at Gettysburg a couple of weeks ago.
General 1Engstreet. one of the ablest and
most distinguished generals in the service
Of the Confederate States, expressed the
opinion that 1t was best that the civil
war ended as it did. Last -Saturday,.-o o.,
the occasion Of the unwilling of a monu-
ment to dead ConfederateS, another south
ern man OF distinguished birth and
talents, DR. Thomas Nelson Page, ex-
pressed the same sentiment when he saiu
that it was best that the South was de-
feated.
DO these gentlemen speak the senti-
mentS Of any considerable number of the
people of the South? 1t is to be hoped
that they do not, for if what they say is
correct, then it is a logical and irresisti-
bic deduction that the cause for which
the southern people fought and suffered
and died was wrong. In that case |,
would be an anomaly in public morals
and violence to truth to create monu-
ments and other memorials to perpetuate
the memory OF an error so STEPPED in
blood and crime. Every Confederate h.
Camp should be disbanded and every me-
mortal association disorganized. The
brave fight which the survivors of the
Lost Cause have made and are making
be ANONYMOUSLY abandoned, ana the par
=tlsan taisehoods of sectional writer's or
school books be allowed to stand as the
rum OF history.
But the people Of the South will not do
these things. which shows that they q,
not concur in the views expressed by Cen
eral Longstreet and Dr. Page. They do
not believe that it is necessary to estap-
ilsh their loyalty to the United States
Government by Reputation of the cause
1cr which they fought four years, ana
Tor which SO many of their comrades
ora'ely died. The people Of the South
will keep on erecting memorials ~ t,..
cause and to the brave men who foueh,
tor It, and persons who believe that the
cause deserved to fail should take no
part Ill the work of raising these memo
rlais, for their sentiments are an insplt
20 the southern people and to the labor of
gagged. e
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29

John A. Walker, Scotchman, who was
wont to appear in Highland costume in q
side show attached to Robinson's circus,
owes his death to his clothes. Recently
>the show appeared in Dalton, Ga, and
while it was exhibiting there, the unfor-
tunate man appeared on the stand in his
plaided tog;ery and proceeded to blow his
bagpipes In the crowd was a notorious
character, John Perry, who seemed greatly
irritated by the uniform of the Scotchman
At first Perry showed his ulslke Of the
plaids and kilt by various sneering re-
marks, which every one ignored. Not sat
!sfied with this. he drew his revolver and
fired at Walker The Snowman died a
few days after the occurrence Perry was
promptly arrested. While he does not
explain what it was about the costume
which so angered him, he declares he does
not regret his act. Who knows but what
it was the squeakine of the bagpipes
which drove him to madness and impelled
him to commit the murder?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29
THE TRAGEDY OF TWELVE

| Twelve downy. fluffy, velvety little
| naculate as the driven snow. have been
| ruthlessly slaughtered by a German pro-
fessor. and all for the cause of science.
Worse still. 1t can truly be said that they
died from a lack of microbes-yes mi
crobes-the most superintendent and null
| hilarious creatures on earth. The sadness
Of the little tragedy is only equalled by
the strangeness Of it. First. there were
twelve eggs-genuinely fresh hen fruit"
which had been especially selected as
prospective chicken producers. These eggs
were set in a carefully constructed incu-
bator, to which pure and sterilized air
was supplied in exactly the proper guam
titles.
At the end Of the prescribed time all
the eggs Matched, and the incipent pullets
and roosters were placed in a fine, large
coop, supplied with all modern luxuries
from a chicken standpoint. that is to say,
all modern luXuries save microbes. The
air was sterilized. the water carefully
distilled and made chemically pure, and
the food all that scientifically correct diet
should be. Not q germ or a microbe was
allowed in the exclusively gallnaceous
circle. 1t was a complete freeze 6ut for
all the vast, illimitable and innumerable
nosts of animalculae and their kinsmen
of the unpronounceable names The re-
suit? All. there's the pathos of the story.
Indigestion stalked like a grim spectre
among those machine-made little orphans.
They coula not assimilate their choice
food; they had difficulty in breathing. and
life lost its pleasure for them. One by one,
like autumn leaves pricKed by the needy
teeth OF winter, they withered and fell
and died. II twenty-three days the trag-
edy had run its course. The chicks were
too pure for this world. And now NAV
nap. they are scratching for sustenance
IN some SUMMER cline, where microbes
MI the very air The immoral of this true
story is that it's better not TO be so good
than to be good and be dead.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29
SAD SIGHT AT OLD POINT.
Demolition of the Famous Hysein
Hotel.
New York POSt.)

(New York Post)
Zone of the saddest sights OF my life
was to witness the demolition of the Hy-
geia Hotel. at Old Point Comfort said
Mr.. Sam Phoebus, proprietor of the Wit
shire Hotel. Atlantic City, in conversation
with friends at the Hotel Barton.
This house had been my home from
boyhood, and to see it RACED to the ground
in an apparently ruthless way caused me
genuine sorrow. The old mouse when OPP
Grated by my father was for two decades
and more the great rendezvous of the
wealthy and fahionable nom all parts OF
the country, but especially from the
South. During this period it brought a
magnificent revenue, and when its owner
died Colonel 0. G. Staples, of Washing
ton., made an offer Of $4,000 for the pro-
perty. The offer was refused. but the
Hygeia was sold not long since to the
company operating the Chamberlain, just
across the street. for 100000.
Being situated on a government reser.
va tion. the fiat for its destruction went
forth. as the government needed the
ground. There was talk of its coming
down at the opening or the Spanish war;
but as the Spaniards didn't get very near
Hampton Roads. the death sentence wa )
delayed. Whether the owners will get
any compensation for their lost properly
l am unable to say, but probably Con-
gress will be asked to make some resti-
tutiOn.'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29
HOWARD GOULD NOT a
HERO TO HIS VALET.
i.nt'e' Sues Tim for s25.ooo-wss
Injured by s'irework. on the
Mi11ionnIre,s Yacht.


NEW YORK. October 8.-fsnec,a,
The suit of Frank Mowbray to recover
se5. 900 from Howard Gould for alleged
breach of contract. was heard to-day for
the second time in the Supreme Court
Mowbray was Gould's valet He was In
1ured by an explosion of fireworks on
Gould's yacht. Hildegarde. In 1888. He
claims that Gould agreed to employ him
for life at $50 per month IL he would keep
quiet and bring no suit for damages. ne
afterwards was discharged. he saws
Gould telling him he was sorry to Ter him
go. but that the influence or certain lady
against him was too strong. It transfers.,
that Mowbray had insulted a lady aboard
the yacht. Gould took the stand and
testified that no contract had been made
with MoWbray. He was employed as q
valet at $50 per month. but nothing wa
sysr said about emplaxnant tor M
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29
"To It's Shanae.o
Fredericksbure StarA

III
The press OF the city of Richmond he
IL said to its everlasting honor. is lend
ing its powerful aid in the movement for
municipal reform and investigation. The
Richmond Dispatch, without fear or IA
vor thus criticises the action of the civ
Council OF that place In refusing to ~.
Veseigate along the lines proposed by the
resolution of Alderman Minor:
All the reasons advanced in support ~
the Common Councils refusal 10 concur
IN the Minor resolution are f1imsv hnt
the filnsiest among them is the one that
lnvest.ga' ton would further besmirch the
city. The city cannot be further ha-
smirched, unless 1t be by the susp;c;o-
that will be excited and the undesirable
advertising she viii get as the result of
the "hush-up" policy on which the Com
mon Council set to its shame the seal Of
It's approval. On the contrary, thorough
investigation holds out the only hone FOR
removing in any degree the sta,n unons
Richmond that has been put there bv5
the grand jury's report. and deepened bv
outside discussion OF. and inferences
drawn from that paper. 3.
Z We wish to extend our conxratulat laus-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29
MIR. RAYSER,s SPEECH.

| At the big Democratic rally in Balti-
], more Monday night. Hon. 1sidor kayner
| knocked into finders President Roose-
y.,ts propos,tion for q constitutional
! amendment to curtail the trusts; and
showed that confidence in It's practica-
bility argued gu.ibleness to the last de-
| gree. The remedy, he said. was visionary.
| because Congress would not agree to any
| such amendment, and the Democrats would
| fight any proposition to place any other
grant or particle of power in the hands
of the Republican party. Further. he con-
tinucd. II Congress would submit an
amendment OF that sort to the States. the
President knows or ought to know, that
the States would reject 1t. Rut even If
the States adopted it, the people know, or
ought to know, that a Republican
ma jcrity in Congress would never pass
any effective legislation in the direction OF
controlling the. trusts, because they would
never destroy these combinations, upon
whose resources in every campaign they
depend. as the sinews and elements of
their political strength.
When our readers recall the many Re-
publican promises to mitigate the trust
evil, and how they have been shamelcssly
broken, and remember the time
honored Democratic doctrine regard
ins concentration Of power in the
Federal Government they will, we
think. agree, that Mr.. kayner effective
ly disposed Of the constitutional amend
rent remtdy. And. having done this, the
speaker. with equal clearness and force.
showed that the only true remedy for the
trust iniQuity was tariff revisi On. which
the Democracy would apply if the people
would invest that party with power, and
thus enable 1t to do so. In the course of
his speech. Mr.. Rayner said:
This issue of the tariff has been SUM
l.rring for some time, but public opinion
has now rekindled it, and, l trust will
keep its fires burning.
THE day will come when the people
will tear the mask from those who have
robbed them, and the truth will be re-
vealed. They will demand a return Of
The plumber. They will demand that This
Government must dissolve the co-partner-
ship with monopoly. and that they will
no longer supply the profits to the firm"
That means that the day will come
when tie people will tear down the tariff
wall that hedges about and protects the
l.ollucaI sky-the indications that the
blessed day has already dawned-are not
deceptive.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29

The statement that 5000 marsh hens
and jackdaws were killed last summer in
CUrrituck county. N. c., to supply the de
mand for feathered ornaments on women's
hats. is not encouraging to those who
would prevent the wholesale slaughter OF
birds. But the evil work did not stop here
We are even told that the very buzzards
were sacrificed SO that their wing feathers
might be used to embeliish feminine head
gear. That it is time to call a halt on
this business there is nc denying but the
reeorm-if successful-can come from but
one source-the women themselves. And
when you touch a woman's hat you ger
very close to the person in it.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29

The Appalachian National Park Assv-
citation, which met at AsheviLe, n. c..
Saturday. drafted strong resolutions for
presentation to Congress in the interest
of that scheme. Referring to this action,
the Baltimore News says that men of in
fluence with Congress could not do better
than urge the passage of the bill now
before the House providing for the estab-
!ishment OF the Appalachian National
Forest Reserve or Park. as contemplated
by the association. The bin looks to The
purchase of about four million acres of
land in the Appalachian chain Of noun.
tains; extending through the States ~,
Vest Virginia. Virginia. North and son,,
-aroana' Tennessee, Alabama. and
Georgia The forests upon thee Noun
aims are vital factor in the water SIM
ply OF those States, and the timber of ~.
area Is being felled in mos, ;naa-
sensibie manner The land can be mr..
chased, 1t is stated. at about $40 nor
acre ana We agree with the News that
~. cost would be absolutely tncons.-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29

| that for quite a while not sound 3hac
been heard from him, and rarely had his
name appeared In the public prints IN an!
connection. He seemed to have been con
| signed or to have retired with unusua
CELEBRITY to a shelf In the political burta
| vault. which has been the resting place
| of SO many Of our vice-presidents
However, he not only burst the cere-
ments Of tradition and precedent WITT
| a somewhat surprising snap, but emerged
with resurrection trump. so to speak,
in his hand-a trump with which he
| sounded a note clear and true and strong
that should awaken Democrats every
where to their duty. Here is that note:
I'm my judgment the tariff is the supreme
issue in this campaign. Othel questions
may be but of the hour. they will pass
with the occa sion, but this is ever with
us. Tariff reform is imperative. This can
come only through the fundamentally OF
the Democratic party
Tariff reform is imperative be-
cause it offers the only means
Of relief for the people from the
exorbitant and grinding taxation i'm
posed by the trusts, which are the in
satiately greedy progeny Of the present
robber system of protection. 1t is impera-
tive because only through tariff reform
can we hope to freak the power and con-
teract the influence of those interests
which in order to their continued bat
tening are fostering In the country the
spirit Of Capitalization, and thus strik-
ing at the very founua tons Of our institu-
tons.
Mr.. Stevenson emphasized most forcibly
the responsibility Of the Democratic party
to the masses and to the nation. His note
from the tombs was not a doleful but q
lively, ringing one, calling the Democracy
to the discharge Of the obligation OF
waging now, and from now on. an un-
rclenting and ceaseless war upon Ilgh
protection, and the economic evils, and
tendency to subvert the Constitution that
are fourishing under it.
No, Mr.. Stevenson was in a trance
rather than departed, and it. appears
that during his trance ne had very vivid
vision of the road to Democratic sue
cess and heard very distinctly the voice
that was crying to the party to do it's
duty to itself and the country.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29
Not Unless.
New York Tribune.)

A Philadelphia clergyman who had
neglected all knowledge OF nauticai
affairs was asked to deliver an address
before an audience OF sailors.
He was discoursing on the stormy pas
sages of life Thinking he could make his
remarks more pertinent to his hearers by
metaphorically using sea expressions, he
said:
Now friends, you know that when you
are at sea in a storm the thing you do is
to anchor"
A half-concealed smoker spread over the
room and the clergyman knew that he
had made mistake.
After the services one OF his listeners
came to him and said: Mr.. -, have
you ever been at sea? p
The minister replied:
mo; unless it was while I was deliv
ering that address
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29
CURES RATrLEsNAkE BITE.
DR.. F1c1ner, Experimenting With
Monkeys, Unexpectedly Secures u
Human Subject.
fphila delnhia Press.l

DR.. Simon Flexner, the noted toxicol-
ogist of the University Of Pennsylvania
has demonstrated his ability to cure rat
tlesnake bites by the use of antitoxln.
]. P. Corrigan. janitor of Medical Han.
where DR.. Flexner had been experiment
ing. was bitten some time ago while
handling some Of the Doctors rattle
snakes.
Dr.. Flexner has been testing his anti
dote on monkeys, which he has inoculated
with snake poison. but this unexpected
accident gave him his first opportunity
for its effect on q human being.
The doctor was present when Corr1gan
was bitten and Immediately inoculated
him with the antitoxin and soon after
sent him to the University Hospital,
from which he was discharged cured yes
terday.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29

to the Dispatch on the splendid stand
taken In the editorial from which the
above IS extracted There IS always hope
for a community where the press has the
courage to take up the cause OF the peo-
Pile even at the risk. OF making enemies
for itself. The press OF Richmond city
has clearly demonstrated that 1t is above
all and regardless of all for pure govern
ment, and the people aided by the press
Will come out on top always. The Coun-
ell. as the Dispatch says, to It's shame,
refused to do right but the wrong can
easily be undone. Has the Council the
moral courage to take this step ana mus
remove the blot, which it's action mas
placed on the entire city? II 1t has not,
then the people of Richmond should re-
move the Council.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29
ADLAHS NOTE.

The annount ement the other day that
eS-sice-President Adlai E. Stevenson
would enter the congressional campaign
as speaker evoked from an evening con-
temporary the lugubriously facetiou.
head-iine greeting. 'Hark from the
Iomos.' The temperance Of Mr.. Stey-
ehson IN the world OF active politics, was
IN truth. something like an emergence
IRON the abode Of the departed. seeing
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29
The Privilege OF 1Possum.

A Georgia darby, arrested for stealing
a 'possum from white man, said to tn~
Judge:
Il don't count 1t no stealth tall. yo
homer. kaze de possum wuz raise fer dc
niger, des lax de mule wuz. Let de
white man take de turkey. en- leave de
'possum fer de Niger, is what I says"
But" said the judge, "the negro fire.
quently takes the turkey, too?"
mot dis season. subj was the quick re-
ply. ..Dey roostin' too high"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29
WEBSTER:S VISIT HERE.
Iiis noctoher sunv Speech on DC.

IiiS ftoctober Sum- Speech on DC
tober 5, $40.
In the Works of Daniel Webster" pub
lished by Little & Brown Boston, 1851.
there is contained the full stenographic
text of sundry speeches made by the
great exponent of the Constitution, most
ly those Of political nature in advocac,
OF the election OF General Harrison to the
presidency, It will be remembered as
historic fact that Harrison was elected
and that Daniel Webster was his secre-
tary OF State, saw in the Dispatch Of
this morning narrative OF a speech
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29

And now the trust monster has invaded
he sacred precincts of Christmas. The
turkey market is being cornered, and the
prospect IS that every table in the land
will have to pay extraordinary tribute
on the 18th Of December. Surely it is
true that Corporations have no souls"
and that the trust is without sentiment,
absolutely
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29

If this Republican leader, Hanna, is
In earnest in the expression of kindly
desire for such a relationship between
capital and labor, and the application
OF rule which bears the stamp of ii-
vnity. it follows that he no longer
esteems his partys economic policy as
good enough.-Danville Register
Unquestionably the Register has the
of point.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29

The Supreme Court was thrown into
temporary state of alarm by an intirna-
uoh that ii might hav, t. decide who was
IN command Of the American squadron
at The battle of Santiago
We should have thought 1t Schley
enough to successfully meet little diff
Guilty like that
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29
Conspicuous Example.
Chicago Tribune

women are belittled and made OF no
account in every possible way" exclaimed
the indignant mead of the family. Even
the geographers wilful!y and deliberately
slight her. How many really important
towns in this country are named In honor
of a woman?"
We'll, my dear" said her husband,
scratching his chin, refectively, there's
GAINESVILLE, you know"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29
uen,ia, compared With the benefits to be

Cows can give man consumption.
says Pennsylvania Veterinarian PEARSON
and other specialists.
They certainly do give him much con-
sumption OF beef.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29

Who as the car goes whizzing past
at such law-breaking stands aghast,
Cor forty miles an hour IS fasD?
The policeman.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29

Springs
w alter

like every other genuine mineral
water, is at its best when you
drink it at the spring, but unlike
many other so-called spring wa
tiers, it's not manufactured III 4
laboratory, but every drop OF it
is bottled at the springs in Mont
gomery county, Virginia, and is
the finest water in the world for
the cure Of DYSPEPSIA in all
It's forms.
The people that handle it from
the springs to the consumer have
used it themselves.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29

Who thinks that 1t is scarcely fair
To have to pay for road repair
While sudden death lies lurking there?
The ratepayer.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29

Who flies before the Oily gust,
Waited his way through whirling dust,
And hopes the beastly thing will bust?
The pedestrian.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29
RHEUN1A TISN.
NEW ORLEANS. April 10, 1881

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ExiP1 II 30S''1
DIR. RADWAY & CO.:
1 have been sufferer from rheumatism
for ino.e than six months Il could not
rnise nv hands to my head or put my
hands behind me, or even take off my
own shirt. Before had finished three
fourths OF bottle of Railways Ready
Relief l could use my arms as well as
ever You car. see why have such great
f.:ti, 81 YOUR Relief Yours truly. w. c..
BAKER, Engineer at A. Montelone's Boot
and Shoe Factory, $3.50 Julia street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29

Whose heels Ger greasy asphalt skim,
Exacting toll Of life and limb.
(What is corpse or so to him?)
The motorists.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-29

Senator Hoar claims to have inserted
The antitrust clause in the Sherman
law
Ho should induce his party to enforce
it.