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bowling sensation throughout the Brit

bowling sensation throughout the Brit
ish Isles.
The idea that these young officers.
coming In great part from the most
aristocratic and chIvalrio families IN the
land, and many OF them shining lights
In fashionable society. should DO pun
ished with stripes Cor Mt least With
sense and cause tremendous reforn1a-
ton to be made In army methods.
If wc fully understand the Admirnl's
letter, the practice In Question has been
reported to Lord Roberts, who has por-
cmptorily set his foot down upon 1t and
caused ono Of the officers guilty OF nu-
thorizing 1t to be retired on half pay;
but the effect of Cochranc's revelation
cannot end there. We may be quite
sure there will DO an inquiry made by
Parliament. and that the newspapers
will fully explore the accusation. Not
the less certain may we be that the off,
GERS who suffered themselves 10 be de-
graded so will become known to the
public and ever be the objects OF public
scorn.
We do not know what manner Of man
Admiral Cochrano Is. and VIC should
be inclined to glve little credence to his
remarkable statement II 1t were pub
lIshed In q less trustworthy Journal than
the London Times. But the Times moves
slowly and prides itself upon It's excoed-
ing accuracy. Where possible 1t takes
time to verify every important statement
that 1t makes. What Is more, 1t has
upon its staff a board OF army officers
and another of naval officers, and to
them are referred all matters Of conse-
quence touching the army and navy.
WE may presume, thercforet that the
letter Of Admiral Cochrane was submitted
to one If not both of 'thcso boards before
It was printed AS for the Admiravs
nephew, Captain L.eveson Cover, It APP
bic which caused him to be caned by his
brother officers. but that subsequently
he was involved In dehnquencies OF an
other character and resigned his COM
mission.
BY the way, one Of the statements
smade by Cochrane Is that when n court
martials sentence came to be carried
out, all the snbaltems were assembled
and the cane was passed from one to
another unt1l each one of them had
shared in the punishment of their broth
er officer. So the responsibility was d.
vided and equalized among ali some
what after the nethd Of writing round
robin.
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INCREASE IN INSANITY.

1t Is a fact, as stated in the Senate on
Tuesday. that insanity has increased in
Virginia. but It is rot so clear thnt 1t
is largely the result Of the Civil War
and the consequent impoverishment Of
our people. Not alone In Virginia; not
only In the South has insanity increased
We recall that while David B. ELL was
Governor Of New York he wrote mes
snge on this subject. showing that there
had Teen a great increase of insanity
in the Empire State. and In the country
over.
The increase Of insanity may be at
tributed In large degree to the strenuous
life most people now lead. Over-study,
over work, over-worry, the struggle for
bread, the ambition to be wealthy have
sent to the asyluns many who In other
times would have passed quieter and
healthier lives. Then. too, consideration
must be given to the fact that thou
sands Of men and women are now taken
to the asylums who in old days would
have been kept at their homes The
asylums-hospitals. we had better say
are better than before: the public have
less horror of them; the value Of early
medical treatment is getting to be UNI
derstood and thus 1t is that not few
persons who under other conditions
would have been kept at their homes arc
now sent to the asylums for treatment
1t is an undoubted fact that the re-
spnnsiblities OF freedom and the with
drawal of needful restraint have increased
the number Of the negro insane, but 1t
isnot true that there We're no insane slaves.
On the contrary, nearly every large plan
tation had on It one or more. Their
masters cared for them: now that duty
falls upon the public. and it is duty
that cannot be avoided, and good peo-
pie would not have the State avoid 1t
If it could.
The policy of Virginia with reference
to her asylums has not been as pro-
gresslve as it should have been. hut
lack of money always has stood in our
way, more or less For the present we
cannot but realize that the expenses OF
TIC aSylulns, per cLPlth OF patients must
be greater than in by-gone years. Pro-
visions. clothing and medicines are dear
er than formerly. Every head of n fam
| lily knows that. and the Legislature must
sooner or later come to understand It
with reference to asylums and prisons.
And looking to the future it seems GER
tain that the time will come when We
shall have to make special preparation
for the epileptics and also for the crlml-
| nal insane.
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THE CHARITIES CONFERENCE.

The Virginia Conference Of Charities
and Corrections has already done excel
lent work. even though Its deliberations
had been closed with yesterdays meeting
First OF all came the interesting report
of DR.. ]. NJ. Pitcher on tho condition OF
the prisons and almshouses Of the State,
and it Is conclusivcly shown In the let
tiers which he secured from various coun-
Ties in the State that there Is sad need
OF reform.
Then came most aptly the Instructive
address yesterday morning of DR..
Frederick II. Wines. OF Washington,
d. c.. on tho subject OF State Boards of
Charity. Dir. Wines was for thirty
years secretary OF tho State Board of
Charities OF Illinois. and. having given
the greater part OF his lifo to this work
he thoroughly understands II In all its
qualifications, lilo spoke as one OF ok.
perience, as an expert who knows, and
there is no question In his mind as TO the
desrability of such board Flo made
the somewhat startling statement that in
the matter OF economy It had been
abundanly illustrated that the State
Board Of Charities OF Illinois had saves
the State during It's life at least million
dollars. and -this.ta say nothing OF the
great good that the board has accom-
p'sheu IN educating public sentiment and
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HIGH-TONED FLOGGING.

At first blush Rear-AdmIral Cochranc's
tiogging story seems to be one that was
made zip to tell to the marines"-the
horse marines, at that. But we must
consider that he Is man OF age and
ripe experience, a retired officer, and that
he has published his letter in that pom
derous vehicle Of publicity. the London
Times
The Admiral's astounding allegation Is
that the colonel Of one OF the battalions
OF the Guards has been In the habit Of
handing over offending officers to the
senior subaltcrn with the understanding
that the latter would summon court
martial, whose almost invariable sen-
tence would be Aogglng.
81 The reason the Admiral Is so well In
formed as to army affairs Is that q
nephew OF his was n victim OF one OF the
foggngs aforesaid.
According to rhe Admirass charges
the hoggng was administered ON the
] back Of the offending officer after the re-
moYal OF the clothng--I, G., on the bare
L back, But the etiquette OF the occasion
would not allow the use of a cowhlde
or strap or horseWhip-a cane was usad
possibly Keen rattan, Nevertheless
says Nthe Admiral, on many occasions
the punishment was SO severe that blood
VAS drawn and sometimes the victim
tainted.
Abe custom was to administer from six
70 forty blows. II is not stated whe,he,
the culprit was laid over barrel o,
3andcuffed to post but enough ha,
been diyulged by the Admiral to caus,
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SET LADS HEAD AFIRE
AS A PRACTICAL JOKE

u III (Snnonl to Tho Tmos nispntt h,) .
!. JERICHO. l., T., February u.-crimt-
nal action. 1t is said, Will be taken
against tho persons implicated In the
burning OF "Treln Sands, q boy Of this
place, y. 8i
his hair. out at u hotel Tho barber
soaked his hair With alcohol and some
one threw a llghted match on his hehd,
Immediately his head. face and neck
were enyeloped in fatnes.
shrloklng with agony. tho boy dashed
ha OK and forth about tho room until ha
was finally caught and tho flames ex-
tingulshed. He was then removed to his
homo and attended by Or, HeXd DOMAIN.
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Observation-Disclosures.
M flour UHh /:
Uirginia Editors:

s-s.'.-s..i-s..s-s-s-s-l.
The Petersburg Progress. aftor rcviow-
Ing tho political ncld. reaches this con-
cluslon:
''1n order to DO successful the Demo-
cratic party must adopt % COURSE between
the two. extremes represented by Cleve-
land and Bryan"
Tho Danvillo Boo seems to be growing
a bit uneasy. It says:
"A pair OF women safe.crackers were
caught recently In New Orleans. Is there
no legitimate profession left exclusively
to mani"
Tho Newport News Press has madc n
discovery. 1t says:
.Tho thrifty Virginia farmer never
knows the real vnluo Of his horse or his
Cow until he is killed on the railroad,"
Tho Wythevllle Dispatch concludes q
very long editorial on the negro with this
remark:
'"rhe negro Is here and without any
fault on his part, and we would be glad
to SEQ him mako the most OF his icapa-
billties, but certain 1t ls that both races
in tho South would have boon far better
of had Roosevelt never found his way
to the Presidential chair"
Tho Roanoke World, discussing tho sub
ject of an appropriation for tho james
town Exposition. says:
''The public spirit OF tho State is on
trial, and tho aid asked for this UNDER
taking should be given and given without
reluctance or further parleying. This
exposition concerns not Norfolk, New
port News and the extreme Eastern Sec
tlon Of the State alone. but in Its SUCCESS
the whole Commonwealth. from the noun
tnins to the sea. IS deeply Interested, and
unites in urging upon the Legislature the
Importance OF granting tl.s assistance
which its promoters deem necessary"
Tho Norfolk virginan-Pilot tells this
plaintve story:
1.-THE Postmaster General has decided
that Senator's and Representatives who
frank their effects home In United States
mail bags must return tho bags. Thus
Is an undeserved hardship inflicted on
our statesmen"
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"Prophet" Grosvenor's Way.

The political enemies OF General Gros-
venor, in his own party have singular
mehod Of wlplng him off the political
map. One OF these annual performa noes
was looked for last week in his home
county and his name was to be written
Dennis IN conspicuous capital letters. ~
the end OF tho performance he was At
the head of a solid delegation pledged to
vote TOR his favorite candidate for Gov
ernor,\and carried unanimous cndorse-
ment FOR tenth term In Congress In
his pocket. thus giving him one life
beyond tho proyerbial nine to which q
cat is itled,-Cinonnat Enquirer.
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The Man
ABOUT
row N.
DAILY CALENDAR-Tcb February 18th
unconditional Association OF pain iowa
painted tho town. 'css
1eA-Major Howard Joins thu F,k,

. DAILY CALENDAR-Ircbr,, arv 1oth
z ltTt-Nnhonnl Association Of pain tong
painted tho town.
1e4-ha,or Howard Joins the Elks.
We have watched tho co,rao ~ ~.
Charles 4 Mckee ever sinoo he lnnd.S
mere, ana wc hayo always been a rootos
ior him, and It is with sincere pleas,,ra
that wo congratulate him. '.>-' 1Ae
tHo Is now tho resident manager of N.
H'1ou Theatre, having been made 10 ~
the recent action OF tho Biiou That.
Coinpany OF q nooting.
se,Ilc ls now 1T and wo feel that he IA
the main man to SEQ whom wo wnnt ~
pass our Six Barcfooted Ones ana ma
wn-Eyed Girl inside sA'
anyway. we arc certainly glad tina,
Mack is tho Main Guy. He Ia q pood tni'
low and has whole lot of business rr,exh.
DDS inside that Tuxedo coat ana d warn
heart for those who need friends.
Mister McKee,
We are glad to soc
z. Tint you arc the manager now:
s Anc whom Jake's away
Wen go evory day,
And give you our pleasantest bow.
Our good friend. Nathan Simon. has
Just returned from tho Tailor Convention
IN Cincinnati. whore he had one OF ths
times OF his life.
a tailor has 10 be model for his Gus.
toner's said Nathan. and to that END
y TOOK seventeen trunks to carry the dit.
, ferent suits OF clothes ] had to wear.
Some OF tho fellows had twenty trunks.
You see, every tino we took a recess
wc MAD to go somewhere and change our
clothes. Sometimes VIC CHANGED o,s
minds. ~ ~
But It was n sight; you ought To have
peen there and seen tho different kinds
or pun vestees we had-red white and
blue ana spotted
Wo told him we would go next time,
but We wouldn't need trunk, for. as
Little Johnny Murphy knows. we only
carry grip with collar or two and
tooth brush
You see, Nathan" we said 1--WE have
nothing to change but our mind and our
money, and we have very little OF that"
The tailors Will meet at Atlantic CITY
next time, and rs there arc happy ne7no-
rics hanging around Atlantic CITY for nm
VIC shall go with them.
George Leigh comes 70 the front again.
We saw him chewing a toothpick in
font OF the Union Hotel and we went
over and shook hands
Have one" he said. as he handed I'd
toothpick stopped drinking" no said,
hut here's n good story have been
thinking up"
Then he went on and told us about
lcdy who went UP the Capitol elevator the
other day.
sho said to Captain Williams: Suppose
the elevator should fall. what would be-
como of NOR
THAT depends upon the kind Of life you
have been leading" was tho reply.
And then tho elevator stopped and Cap
tain Williams laughed and laughed.
We took tho toothpick and proceeded on
towards Main-street Station to see tho
people come out. II. r.
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fulton Hew,.
No. $500 WILLIAMSBURG Avenue
e,t@+9+@+at@t@+%<v+@t9+@f
Fulton Bureau The Tines Dispatch,


No. $500 Williamsburg Avenue
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kaufelt enter
tanned a number OF their friends T7ies-
day night at their residence. In honor Of
Mrs. Raufelts aunt, Mrs. William Sher-
man, OF Freeport, III. The parlors were
decorated In cut-fiowers and ferns.
Tho evening wus delightfully."- spent,
every one enjoying themselves.
Mrs Kaufelt was assisted IN receiv-
Ing her guests by hfcsdamcs James
Harcum. William Spear, Pearl Myers
and Miss Ola Spear.
Mrs Sherman will leave IN a few
days for home. In Freeport after de-
lightful stay OF over two months with
friends and relatives, whom she had
not seen in eleven years.
The revival In progress at Denny
Street Methodist Episcopal Church
promises to be the largest held In tho
church in recent years. The church Is
packed to Its capacity at every service
and considerable interest Is being mani
tested. A number Of people have pro-
fessed and have gone forward. Rev.
George w. Jones. OF Norfolk. Is assist
Ing his father.
The deed Of sale OF Montrose Chapel,
which was recently purchased by tbs
Prcsbytcrians from Fulton Baptist
Church, will be transferred In few
days. The church was built several
years ago in tho little suburb by 1fr. i.
]. Farrnnd.
Denominations at Nicholson Street
School, which haye been in progress for
the past ten days. closed yesterday TINS
scholars will be notified Tomorrow OF
their standing The past year has been
very good year; the attendance has
been unusually large.
The revenue cutter MohaWK' wncn
= /. 4,,ok hair
I,ino wharf for several weeks, will leave
ahn,+,v Al her builders trial trip. A
number OF men have been busy for the
mast ten days getting tho craft In Shape
for the trip.
Tho James Is swollen considerably on
account Of the heavy rains In the upper
counties. There Is no fear OF freshet
ut present.
rx 81 Hall tonight by the Kings
Daughters and Sons. An Interesting
programme has been arranged, lnclud-
Ing selections and recitations by OUT
of-town talent.
The condition Of Denny Street is grow
Ing worse every day and travel over
this thoroughfare from Fifth Street to
Lester Street. either in vehicle or on
the street car. has ceased to be a plea
sure.
Captain w. NJ. bTytn1, OF une NhuO1'aA
Cemetery. Ia In Baltimore on business.
Miss Minnie Norman, OF NFddlese1
county, Is tho guest OF Miss Annie
Gayle. Of Louisiana Street,
MIR. John w Warmer, member OF
the School Board Of Henrieo county.
who has been III with blood poison for
several weeks, Ia considerably improved
He Will be able to be out In a few days.
Joe CroWder n young white man ems
ployed at tho Richmond Cedar Works.
lost his index finger whilo Mt WORK
Tuesday, 15
Miss Cordia Tyree Is quite sick at the
residence Of her mother. No, 622 Lou'A@
lana Street. 2sat
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North Carolina Sentiment.

rbo p,i.,n,, w..
aar,,Iy "a ~ ,S Ne"s-Doserver JOINS
!Aos'' eiiS w the "ur against dlsttllerles.
Story the demoralizing influence OF the
country distllery. and that is to cut
them up by the roots. The way to cut
Off the tail OF n bad dog Is to cut 1t of
right behind tho ears. Tho way to
stop the evils of the stills, located away
from police protection, Is to drive them
out Any temporizng or attempt to
regulate them is to utterly fall to pro-
vide and adequate remedy.
The Goldsboro Argus says: Altogether
tho lot OF n railroad Is not n happy
one 1t has too few cars in prosperous
times and too many in hard times, and
the happy mean Is hard to find, It is.
In fact. unknown.
The Greensboro Record contesses to
certain peculiarities, 1t says: We arc
queer people. While complaints are
lodged almost every day about the
whistle OF the locomotive, some member
OF tne Legislature has introduced q bill
, 70 make tnom whistle oftoner and
1ouoer'
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What Did She Mean2

They were at supper Between the
courses the young man with the vora clous
appetite eloQuently discoursed On things
in general.
do you know. Miss DASH" he remark.
ed. II think there Is very intimate
relation between our food and our char.
acter. I-believe. don't you know. that we
grow like what we are most fond Of"
The fair girl smiled sweetly.
How. Interestingly" she murmured
MAY I pass you the ham, Mr. Jones7
am sure you like IT.
And the young man relaped into deep
thought.-1ondon Answers.
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Personal and General.

Frederick Haynes Newell. chief hydro
grapher of tho United States Government.
has just returned to Washington from I,
fourweeks' trip to California and Arizona,
in the course Of which he floated 400
miles down the Colorado River in small
rowboat.
A novelty In the way OF an alarm clock
has been perfected by an American jewell
or. 1t is about the size OF hazel nut. It
is made to wear on the finger The alarm
Is not a bell, but a sharp pin, which
rricks the finger at the time me wearer
wishes to rise.
Hitherto, Tyndars theory that tho
azure tint of tho sky is due to minute
corpusces in til, air has been accepted.
Professor Springer, Of Ldege, has proved
that the blue Of the sky Is purely cleo
trical in origin and Is an essential quail
!ty of the air.
Major William Hancock Clark. eldest
son of the eldest son OF Captain Will
liam Clark, OF the Lewis and Clark ex-
pedltion, will have an important part in
opening the exposition in Portland in
1895.
Abraham Lincoln. the oldest male sur
vivor of the Iincolns from which de-
scended the President, is living at Lacy
Springs, in this State.
The daughters Of the lato Judge Bruce,
Of Louisville. KY. have established a
dressmaklng establishment and are using
tho family coat-of-arIns us a trademark.
Charles M. Schwab. 1t Is reported from
Paris, Is rapidly regainlng In health and
Will return to America about April LIST.
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One Good Point.

Rnv. d.. Parkhursts thoughts record
Ing newspapers are moro or less inter
"s.iEg This excerpt is certainly worth
thinking about:
"Onc CT the most unfortunate things
the. occurred to the reading public WAS
tho cut ting down OF the price nf our
doll" papers. I would gladly pay SLY
cents to-day for good paper. said
ut the time we were going to loJo Just
az much in quality as we have gained in
lrlca, and wo have done it,"-Sp; ing
fieli Republican
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As to Councilmen,

We notice that Chicago. like Boston,
l., troubled over the quality OF her City
Council. 7 he remedy proposed there Is
TO raise the grade OF aldermen by elect
i..s ole from each ward, and giving
him 5000 to attend to business and be-
1--we himself. Still, 1t may be doubted
t. this scheme will furnish tho desired
remedy. It doesn't offer any premium
IN civic virtue. or any inducement for
the s,ay-nt-h home voters to go to the
polls. There's the main rub in our city
al .utions.-Boston Herald.
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Dead Easy.

The Iroquos Club OF Chicago Is going
t. give a banquet, and for It's dlstin-
gudshed guests It will have to choose
between y lillian Jennings Bryan on one
hand. and Grover Cleveland. Richard
Olney and David Bennett Eli on the
other. bcciu Mr.. Bryan says So It is
easy to gress who Will have to remain
at hon;e.- r ochester Herald.
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Enlarged Hip Pocket.

Another check on tho excessive growth,
OF population In the United States Is in
sight, lieutenant Mino, of the Japanese
n, my, It Is announced. has Invented an
automatic pistol which Will fire eighty
shots minute and which has range Of
/ 900 yards Charleston News and Courier.
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The Lions Wife.

Tho LIONS Wife thinks she's Wit:
She always says her Appetite
F'orbids the use OF Butter. for
It's very apt to Melt with Fright.
And Just to let her neighbors know
! That she has Always hau her Way.
They hear her Calling to her Spouse.
Oh, Leo!'' twenty Times a Day!
Cincinnati Conlnercial-Tribunc.
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On the Links.

First Caddie-'I've got a snap
Second Caddie-"What dom 2"
First Caddie-"chaporonin'. De ole man
give me 81 to tell him every time de dude
kissed his daughter, an de dude give me
81 not to tell."--Chicago News.
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Among the Very Rast.

: The consolidated Richmond ,Emes-Dls-
rntch ID most excellent papor It ia
among the very best In the South. Typo.
graphically, II Is ahead Of thom all.-
Wrinston-Salem Sentinel,
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Resembles TIlden.

Pictures Of Senator-elect over1nnn. Of
North Carolina, indicate that he resem-
hleE Samuel ]. Tilden. Like n good Dem
ocrat he resembles him In other respects.
too.-Macon Telegraph.
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Tho Norfolk vlrginlan-Piot tells this
WISE AND OTHERWISE.
Real Life.

I want to live such d life that X every
man were living it the millennium would
be here.-Phlllips Brooks
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No More ofIts Kind.

Secretary Root must BIO lnsaHe If he
thinks that tho people OF tho United
States are going to have another scrap
about the negro,--Memph!s Commercial
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Short Talks to the Legislature.

Norfolk Ledger:
The next thing we hear, some Virginia
Legislator. who hasn't yet introduced a
bill at the present session-if there Is one
such-wl catch the bachelor and spin
ster tax" mania, which is now abroad In
the land, and propose that method Of pro-
noting marriages in tho old Common
wealth.
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inc London correspondent OF the New
York Tribune says that all English news
papers, which have published editorial
comments upon Captain Mallan's dlfinI-
ton OF the Monroe Doctrine consider that
protection of tho weaker nations should
be accepted by the United tsates az en-.
failing obligation to compel them to oh.
serve such duties toward the European
powers as tho United States Itself recog.
nlzes, -
That Is not an unreasonable view. Wa
have an several occasions said as much,
and as surely as the Monroe Doctrine
lis maintal1ed aid upheld by our gov.
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81. Louis is said to be negotiating to
have The Hague tribunal on exposition at
tho Wards Fair.