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THK.WATBROUTRAfiK.
Again, and. for the fourth or fifth time
; In 'about twelve fhoriitis, the" water' supply
off the city is dirty; foul-smelling,
«nfl sickening, arid agnin we hear from
the ' water takers indignant protest,
coiipfed v.-i(h a domaridio know' what
has' : -become of the movement and . the
: promises to remedy* 'conditions which
make this imposition, upon them" possi
' h>. ■ - . ' \ .-;
■ The Dispatch has instituted some in
quiry into the matter, and learns that it
: Is In. the hands of Ihe Finance Commit
i'(?e; which has-b'efore -it three separate
plans for providing .. a remedy. 'These
rife Superintendent Boiling's settling
liiislri plan, the Swift-creek t plan, and
"a-nothef," arid we are told that tlie com
. iriittee's policy will lid-io give: each due
consideration in _ order to decide which
Is, -the ' most -feasible,, and., formulate ..&
'report: before the: budget shall be^made
dp; ( ■
But why hasn't some conclusion been
fiiaciied ore this? Jt would certainly ap
pear that since, last summer, when the
subject was so vigorously agitated, there
has been ample lirric to thresh' it out
thoroughly, and find a- way to solve
the problem. It would- certainly ap
pear that in view of the various inves
tigations " that have .been made, and
tlie expert opinions that have been
; submitted, about all_ the information
necessary to its solution had been ob
tained. ' .
VTe would not do' injustice _,io the
Finance,- or any oilier ; committee of the
Council, whose province" it may be to
lfelp bring the issue to a head. And we
'.«quid fain hope that we are on the eve
of practical arid determined steps." But
when experience is considered, and we
recall that 'the clearing of' the river has
invariably had' the effect • of- lessening
the importance, of the question in the
«yes of the Council,- we shall be pardoned,
we trust, for . being a little skeptical.
We shall be. excused,- we. trust, for ; urging
that, the ■ water-rate paj-ers— who con
r.'slltute virtually the "whole* body of,
citizens— run no chances on. the present;
situation, -and its fair promises. If the
Finance Committee takes hold of the
case: wiih' earnestness, and. energy, and
recommends a plan, and if 'tlie! present
Council adopts the plan; well arid -good.
The committee and the Council will de
serve" credit-arid applause, and ,we shall
be among the first" to fender^ them. 3"sut
the materialization of the plan— the ac
tual relief from being recurrently subject
td to the outrage— will -depend.upon future
Councils/ Reasoning from.' what* has oc- \
curred in the past, what guarantee have j
■wo that in; the event of a'lbng season of
dry weather, and consequent clear; water
in the river, the ; whole matter .will not
T)e : allowed to pass • into , "innocuous
desuetude"? . -What guarantee have we
that the profits of _ the "Water "Depart-."
jrierit, .which the; ; water-takers" are ' en
titled -to have devoted Uc>\ securing a
•clean, and clear water supply, will- not
"be diverted to other, purposes? Xone,
xi'e regret to say. ; ',
;i. Therefore,^ while we" would in., every
'way. possible, encourage the Finance
Committee aiid the ' Council to decide
without delay upon some definite scheme,
and would stimulate them to push it
Howards consummation, as far as may bo
In their power, we think -it might not be
a bad idea to make-' the; pi edge to give us
clear water one of -the tests: of elifiibility
to; lhe v next Council. And if' that re
course should fail, we could wish to see
the issue carried torthe extreme of be
ing taken into,, the courts, if the step
would', be - competent, : with, the purpose
at compelling the Council' to supply clear
and -clean water. .The question of remedy-
Ing 'the: conditions which prevail every
time-there is a" flood in the river
Is one of the riiost serious- that, confronts
us, and its seriousness cannot but grow
us time goes on. . AVith : everj- recurring
.freshet. the outrage becomes iriore aggfa
yatC'd- and more a source of danger to
■health; for the reason, that tree-cutting,
' mi tlie Immediate water-shed ia steadily
Increasing— thus exposing; the 5 ground to
greater.: scouring during, : rains— and ■ the?
jfihed>. is :. rapidly ■ becoming,- more ..thickly
popuJatod: ; - , "- .- >.;\:v.y.; : . , _'"■" "'■ > ' :
>-.;." Governor 'Montague is one of the State
v.txecutives, it appears, who have" con-.
!>vsenled to serve on the naOoualrfcorn-/
i mittte ■;. which will urge Congress lo adopt
■i ftii- amendmeut to thy Constitution, by
H^'ctf a I -se^in^he|Spe]jq^tiie^inaus :
gjfyuration of thc'Pr^idcr.t'wiil.bc brought
|^^pSt¥ ... The committceiiias :'. bee'2l . i onnedl
ptl^Xiistriet ; of Columbia; } - in": pursu ancffSfi
I evolutions Adopted .by the last I uaugu-
SSSSSSagS^ttM.'jan'l it 3s Klatod^bill
- »» s-oon as rvsj or.uc-s have been received
from Ml Ujoho who hdve^lictn uskod'Ttoi
xncmbt 1 a t Cyiunilsgioner . • McFar
!|land; ■ prcslden t ; of „ , the Dlstrlct^boardJ
.who, by .the jray,^^ad^^^BaddresSj
i -'recently* In Richmond, ..wlll;call; aVmyellng"
of the body. Jt is believed that the
committee will ndopt the; resolution re
cently passed by the "United Stales Sen-"
i «le/i providing for an amendment to. the
Constitution nxirig''th^t|m^ff^tlic presi
dential taking of office on the last Thurs- /
day in April. This resolution ■ vwas in-,
trodueed by : Senator !i Hoar, 5 and • was
adopted by. the' neccssary.TnaJoflty. April
_30th' was discussed at'vi'rst :a3:an.-appro
pr!ate~ tlnie - for the inauguration, espe-.
cially in view of tire fact"; that it was fon
'tlTvi 30th of April: that' George AVash
■ ington was first inaugurated, ; the " cere-"
mony taking place in New York.' For '
various reasons,; however, It has been
deemed wiser lo fix on} a week day; in;
order that th'ore may . be • no; further ; dan- •
■ per of inauguration day's falling on Sun
day,-; with the '. ensuing'; perplexity as to
who is in authority on that day. The Ser
rate resolution will beCpresented io the;
House in due time arid proper,
auspices, and it is believed its adoption
by that body and its approval by "the
•President .will follow at an early date.
Mrs. Jeffvrson Davis, ' widow of the ;
President of the, Confederate": States, is
reported io be seriously ill .in New .Or
leans?. She is suffering,, it seyms, with
heart troubie, and her age, of course,:
militates against the efforts of ; physicians;
to combat the ailment. Tire/whole South
will hope, nevertheless', that the^physi-;
cians' treatment will soon prove success
ful, and that Mrs. Davis will be restored
to health. . . '
wiij, AOT ISXJ'OSK HIS LKRS.
The modesty of ex-Governor James S.
Hogg, of Texas, refuses to be led astray,
even by- the glittering pomp of royalty
or the opportunity, to extend the glad
hand to his Majesty, / King Edward V 11.,"
of England, on the occasion of the lat
ter's coronation. .
.And it is not a case 'of' sour grapes,
-either. ■•:...■ . ..
Mr. Hogg has been '_•' invited _ by the
| American Ambassador to attend the im
posing ceremony, and '.as,; the- Texan is
now in London and has money to burn,
petty considerations do ,not influence
him. But there is a more serious matter
which concerns the statesman and the
oil magnate from the "Lone Star State."-
We herewith explain the situation and
leave public, opinion to .sustain the ex-
Governor.
Those who attend the coronation must
wear knee-breeches — or, : more strictly,
speaking, the gentlemen who aiterid.it
must do so. No architectural ecceritriei-.
ties in the way of legs can excuse
any guest from this ordeal." The knicker
bockers are trie, tiling to catch the King!
He must have them— on the other ineri,
at any rate—and we believe a pair is in
process of manufacture for him, '. too.
Now, many, especially, those of the
plank and broom-stick order, can use
"excelsior" as their motto ori the night
they don their coronation-garbs, for what
nature has left lacking in their figures
can readily be supplied by the stringy
shavings referred to, or even by cotton
or sawdust. :
But not so with James S. Hogg, of
Texas. Where, others need \ "excelsior'.'
he needs anti-fat treatment. The good
man stands ' six feet high, and is said
to weigh 400 pounds. Supposing that the
harmony of proportion and the grace of
symmetry have been observed in his
make-up, we are irresistibily led to the
conclusion that liis "limbs? must be
large, not to say of cherubic chubbiness.
Arid so we appreciate the coyness;
which made the ex-Governor balk when
he heard of the knickerbockers, and
which prompted him. to declare that he
"would cut a pretty figure in knee
breeches." ,
Yes, we think he would, and for our
part, we do not blame him for refusing,
to expose the rotundity of his legs. \
Moreover, it should be remembered that
Mr. "Hogg can afford to be independent,
even with Kings and suchl ike. He has
"struck oil." The greasy, liquid of his
own loved State which, recently "gushed"
forth, even as some people do over. Eng
lish aristocracy, has yielded up a. for
tune to him. He is now worth. $2,000,000, J
and the oil is still gushing, if we mistake;
not. ■'..■ ■ >
Time was when the ex-Governor hated
trusts, but just at present he is in Eng
land promoting another big oil . deal. , So
why need he worry or' untrouser to a
critical coterie of patricians thqi'e roly
poly, sensitive legs of his? Oil. may gush
and corporation stocks may fluctuate,
but modesty will always remain at par.
And Mr. Hogg is nothing if not modest.
The blow has fallen. Miss Stone is
negotiating with the magazines!
THJ3 MAYOR'S VETO.
In" most of- the l cities of -Virginia, the
Mayor has no veto power. In Richmond
he has that power, but an ordinance; may
be passed notwithstanding 1 his disappro
val, by a majority vote 'of each branch
of the. City Council. The".: new Constitu
tion prescribes . a uniform . rule on this :
subject, and "two thirds of all the mem
bers elected to each branch are neces
sary to pass ' any measure over ' the
Mayor's veto. -
In the same section, it is provided that
no franchise shall be granted by a city
for a longer period, than thirty years.
Writing in the March number of ; the
Century / Magazine.; Captain W. Gor
don McCabe, - who. -'knew .Tennyson
intimately, gives in' a'; brief and delightful
ly unconventional article a much/ clearer
view of the great poet as a. man than is
to be- obtained by reading every ;page or
the pretentious,- but .-', tiresome ".Life"
published by Hallam Tennyson on F lines
prescribed by his father!— The Xorfolk
Landmark.- .' '■";-■" ',
.Captain McCabe's article has been
praised also by the New York Herald
and ' many other great papers. -Really
it is a charming production, and it is
particularly valuable because it is authen-.
tic. .We. have heard that, the MS.
was read over by; the, young Lord Tenny
son before it went to the publisher. : .
■■:. It is '-said' that t^e Hy£;la Hotel at Old
Point may be torn clown.- to \ make . room
for an artillery ; park. This would leave
that famous old military post and plea
sure 'resort with two good; hotels, (each
of - ; which would become \niore -valuable
than ever before), but the place would
nardly- be, JecognisablO; without the" Hy
geia.: : ■ ■ ■:: ..■ . ■:. ... '- v
We: do',' 1 not .-."know"- -butvwe. guess the
practicability, of taking _do\vn the Hygela/
piece by,- piece,' arid rebuilding^ it elsewh ere
ori the' reservation : will be -fcorisidered.; [-'■"- .
; f eetf « iU st} be^shod.^
Hero|ls\the "^Yankee's i great . oppprtuni ty.^
Chicago; Record : Henild. " .
what the Yankee hasfuUy,
. \ iv. an! twi "■ when : . lie t;ili£S - abo ttt ' ; tlaa.t. : ' ' 'open'
Some of our able nnd esteemed con
"tempornrirs nro -under ,u;c impression
I that: the Virginia Constitutional; Conve
ntion has i placed slecplng-car .companies
! commission, and that' hereafter the Vir
ginia public iriay expect lower charges,
downy beds, less autocratic porters, and
well ventilated cars.
/"it ;• is n ever, ■ : pi easflLti t . for/: us - to :;' have ;
I. to shatter the hopes of beloved friends,
I but •: the motion which wasj so ably. sup-r
ported in the' Convention by, Ex:-
Governor Cameron did not prevail.
Instead, an amendment .was adopt-;
;ed S to .:•.'; the ''.'. / article :' ,'i lny question ':■ em
powering the ; General /Assembly^ to^-Put
sleeping-car 1 companies under/ the/ control;
of/the coriimission,;if;it:secs/fit;W do/so;:
It "was given out /that this course was
adopted, lest - complication might;/ arise
/with"! the. United /States; Courts; /•but£ by
/some: persons it is ■suspected that /meni-;
bers of the -convention/ fear/the Pullman.
'porters 1 more; than -they do the United
States judges. . S:v "' "'/ - : ■-■.■ .-,
To be : in. contempt of. a F«4':
eral judge Vis/:;. pretty bad, but./ to
be in . //contempt a/, Pullman:
porter is enough to paralyze ithe stout
est heart. A good • many years ago_ ) Dr. _
Lafferty "wrotoup" a man who had thie
'temerity to offer a porter a 10 cent fee, '
where tlie miriimum was 25 cents. : Since
that time no other. 'Virginian, as far as
we know, has repeated/the offence . of; at
tempting to scale down a, porter's fee.; •
.-•* Like master. , like- man; : but whether
the : sleeping-car companies aro to /be
: tackled: 7 . by;'- the commission or not; re- j
mains for the -Legislature to decide; but ]
tliis we'll .warrant that, though there I
may be some attempt/^made to. get lower |
rates on berths, there will; be no serious
efforts to reduce the porter's income.
Current Comment. . '
Electricity, in noting that electric wiring
has been relieved /from .the odium of
having ■ caused .' the Faterson (N. : J.) ' fire,
has this : As we have more than once
stated in - these columns, . whenever, a . fire
starts and consumes" every tiling people
j are too prone to lay the blame on de
j fective wiring. • *,* We will venture to
1 say that the electric current has in the
! past been unjustly 'blamed for many con
flagrations, when some other cause should
have been sought for. *
That, we understand, . is . also - the view
of Superintendent Thompson, of ■ the City
Fire-alarm and Police Telegraph. ,
.The Danville Register: says: Not very
long ago we our objections, to
a compulsory education law. These ob
jections were: riot due to any disposition
to underestimate the importance; of edu
cation in a country with 'a popular form
of government, but: related to the inevi
table'tendency of such a law to invade
the exclusive domain of parental au
thority arid to destroy the sanctity of
God-given rights. ;• ;.:
And that is strong ground.
A statue to the-memorj' of the Cana
dian soldiers killed in the Boer war has
just been cast in Xew. York. The names
of" the dead soldiers will be cut in: the
granite base, and, says the New "-York
Times, ; it is oC. interest to , Americans to
note that the name to head the roll is
that of Lieutenant Charles Carroll Wood,
great-grandson of Zachary .Taylor and
son of : Captain J. Taylor Wood, the Con
federate naval officer. /
Tlie Bridcgrdom'.H Question.
':.. (The Philadelphia. Times.), "', ..
: Everything was in readiness. Tha groom,
best man, and minister were gathered
in the vestry. The organist began to
play; and the minister started for the
door. " > .
"Wait one moment, doctor," called the
nervous groom. - "Is it right or left hand
.the ring goes on?"
""The left," hurriedly replied the min
ister. ■■ . ■ - " _- . : -'
"And, doctor, is— is . it kisstermary to
cuss tire bride?'.' :
,But the minister had fled.: , , 9
■ The Witness.
(Columbus (Ohio) State Journal.)
Judge: Do you think the fire was of in
cendiary origin? : - ;
Witness: I wouldn't like to say.that/. that/
yer Honor. To tell : you th' truth, I be
lieve th' building was set on fire.
-■."'. Tlie Risks Rnn.
(Detroit Free; Press.),.
Jane: There's /always one puzzling
thing about bargains. . '
John: What's that?'
■Jane: Why, you never can tell whether
a 49-cent plate is marked down from 50
cents or up f rom AS.
Too. liHte. :
. (Ohio State Journal.) ..;'■"
"When I was your age 'I didn't have
the advantages, you 'have," /said; the fath
er, sagely.
"Well, father," replied the son, "it's
too late to kick about it now. You should
have .thought about those things at the
time." ■ . . :---.-.
: . ! .^rrinifestly AVronff.
(Philadelphia Press.) ,
"Yes," said the: head of the firm, "Miss
Addie is a good; book-keeper, but she
makes some queer mistakes."
; " T^ r hat, for instance?" asked tlie silent
partner. ' , ,\
; ."Well,' she enters our messenger boj''s
w'agesVunder the head of Tunning ex
penses.'" '; . " ..".-. -. :" ,
The Pope's Verses on n. "WcMliliiiff.
(Written in Latin five "years ago: upon
the marriage; of two young persons of. his
acquaintance, translated ; into; English.) •
■:,. . Two v hearts— twin: 'altars— claim -
. Ai single love-lit flame;- • *
.You ask me whence itcame?. '-- h ".?"■ ■■' .'
Kindred in heart and soul-
Love silent on them stole
And gained .'complete control.
v-^'v "Sweeter its victory, v
. When virtuous laws decree.
'Inyiolatfi. loyalty! :. : - - '
; At shrine they bow r-v
A'mutual troth to vow '
■; In -love, made, holier: now. '
. What more? I end my lay "
■_. .God gifts to-pray
On^this their wedding day! '"'..;
- Montagne'sMessnKe.
(The: Virginia Citizen, irvington.) v
governor.; Montague's message -to the
legislature was an able ! and concise dor
dSSa^f; thC
w» ? «- :Ad ,°P«on: of measures" to 're
heve the .crowded = condition of - ? the nen
"^tiary, either by - making more room
tZ rSi C °" V ° tS ° r hy themvori
the^oads; passage :: O ff vanu an /employee^ s>a
bihty : -bill ;> making/ the : offices oorf r Firat
and; Second Auditor/ah^Treasurer check
upon v each;, other; - improvement of the
school ..system; -a .better System 'of -im
proving i;the :.; roads, v:' •:■ : . ':;■'"..:■'■'■ x ;■;>;; - ;'-
The lluKgase Petition.
(New York Sun.) ■ -
To the' E(litor =bf the* Su- " ' ■
Paiier V have / u »^tunateiy
given, the : impression /to ,' the ;: public v that
the^petition^resonted^to-^l^ziiden^
Cu£^ C £T & *-" c ! management ; of .? th<^
Custom; Houses nn /references^ ■ tdrpassen-*'
ffcrs :luggage initiated; by ; 4ndXf6r'
the .benefit of ; "rich, society' ladies "■ This'
is; a - ; mistake. '"..'"■ ■ ' . ; T ■
The? women who peniwd the. petition
;Were;inspired;by^the=treatment-theyrs aw-^a w-^
i tFynHiQulteJ- as y muchif as % by/g a'riy/S iricori-;
i. ve »!* n 9.P ■'• to) tlvemselyes. f They 1 saw j worn en|
who had possibly saved a smalltfsum
fcr a; European urip,/ and : Were . returning
as 1 1 mementoslbbligedf to |' expose lall^their.
fp6ssM3ions^a^'|pay^duty^Cl6j^menv'i
whose^iparJshoners had probably raised'^
a. modest" sum 0 to gh r o thorn and? their/
IwiyesfatpleasureTtrip, were subjected to
, the \ same \ inquisitorial {tre£ tment;*?^^^s
Sivltl isl f^6rStWese|that ithey f 5; arelpleadlrigS
even' "more, 'than/ If or the "rich society^
la dies," tho.ugh ■ , at : < the v same p tlnie7§thei
latter. areientJtleditoiSurteousitreatmerit^
urilesslwealthfislWgarded^as^-stigm^
.United "States ir ''S^M
ELIZABETH C.;HOBSON;H
Secretary^ of ? Baggage lMnspiectlon f Reform"!
.i; uommittee. .■-■ . ■■ ■• . - •■,■■■■ >. _ - :.■ ■ : •:< ■■■
-"."March 'Ist: " "
ChnrleM Broiulwny Itohsn. . _ -
■ ■■■-■£ (New- York Sun-r-Editbrial.) ;-_'"- '
'/ For .several -years i past persons iwalking
' albrig;>Fifth ; ';:averiueL-;in/://thergloariiirig.
might;have!ribticed' an'operi" carriage .with
itwo meni; sittirig^inHthe seat,'?brivj
i'of ithem)holdirig. ; a". light:arid; a book, /arid
facing ■ toward" the'; bther,vevidently.i read-":
Jrig:l to c him: ; : ; :The/;: The/ ; latter/ /was -Charles
Broadway.- Rouss/-blind,Z > a merchant:. of
great-: prominence ; in ithisV city!- who died
yesterday./:. He furnished one of/ the most
instances >F of /? the ; triumph;
•of n'pl uck" •;:•• arid /the./ history,
°, of i New business "; life.*; ; The [i genius
of tbusiness*Vworked-;iri; him -from- boy
hood to' death./ /; : . Us I began work : : .-; in" ' a,
store at ;the?"age;of 15 yearsJ* <vA' 'modest
fortune of his : young manhood went ; into,
: the "service ; of the : Southern . Confederacy. ;
He?came .to: New; York in: 1566 with: sl.Bo. •;
From •■'-.this: depth /he .began 'again, and
•built up' a .business; for, which in .about
a. dozen years he built the great store on
: Broadway .between / opring . and Prince
streets; : Seven or ; eight " years .ago, Mr. v
Rouss. told /a Sun /reporter that the bus!-:
ness Tamourited arinually: to a volume -; of ,
$8,000,000.'". He ,wasia free thinker,, and/ a*
great friend; of Robert Ingersoll, who was
his counsel.' / . " ,: . "
Mr. Rouss was one of , a group . of south- ;
crn men "who became . conspicuously^suc
cessful in business ' In /this city. Amongj
them are James Stillmari Janies T. A\; od- :
ward, .' James McCreery, Safnuel Spencer,
R -,T. Wilson; and John C. CalhQun. : - The
late John H.ariman!: and the late Laza- ;
•rus Straus,: likewise .^belonged.' .Dr.
Thomas. Dr. Polk, and Dr. Wyeth; who
are In the front'rank of the medical pro
fession, are southern men also. '^
Oter nn tlie Metric System.
. (New,- York/ W-orld.)' -,
; 4. bill is soontobe reported providing
for. the' adoption of -the metric system
by the government. ■ Some time ago when
the same • bill ' was under consideration;
Colonel Peter J.:.Otey. of Virginia, made
a speech in the House that is still fa
mous: / ■:'-"', •■.'■".:■■ ■ ''. .....
; "Wliy./.Mr. -Speaker,"; he said, this
is a bill for schoolboys. It is not for
men like . myself, who • got their ■ educa-.
tion years ago. ' I wouldn't 'understand
it Mr. Speaker;: you wouldn't understand
it' and not many 'of the members of the
House would understand it. - 1 : venture
to say, Mr. Speaker,- that, under the me
tric system of weights and measures : I
wouldn't be able to take a drink of whis
keyintelligently." ■ ■<' ... • . "; .
Not tlie Small : Boy's Meal . '
." '(New; York World.) ;: ; '.
Archibald Roosevelt discussed the Prince
with "great vigor to/ some of his. school
mates the" other day.
"Why," he said, "he ain't like any
Prince I ever heard of. He didn't come
up in; a chariot drawn by. white horses
at all. He rode -in a carriage just like
ours. -I don't think he's much of a
Prince,", the small- boy sniffed. . ."He
looks ; just : like any other man-made of
meat, you know.". .': . ' '
MR. R. L.'GIFFEX HERE.
Stock | Company Manager Arranging
for His" Third Season in Richmond.
Mr. R. Ij. Giffen was in,; the city yes
terday, ' arranging- for the third season
of his stock company, in Richmond. The
manager/- as he always is, was as busy,
as possible. -He reached- the city yester-,
day morning, and leave again for New
York : to-night. .Mr. -Giffen, when : asked
in regard 'to his' company, smiled bland
ly,-, and said that" it would. ■be 'even
better than;: before. Mr. .. Giffen ;is
thoroughly progressive, _and r he does not
believe- in- going backward.-. His -second
season eclipsed the ' first, and his - third
will, no "doubt, -surpass both. In the
matter of productions,- the very best will
be ■■:_ given. Plays that command the
highest royalty will be. presented. ".. '■'-
Mr.- Giffen stated that he; had not yet
decided L-jto"- have two companies, playing
; them alternately in Richmond and ;Nor
folk.'lf this is done, each city will have
two bills, a ; week. , On Thursdays the com
panies " would ; change places, the, Nor
folk .play being presented, in Richmond,
and vice versa.-: However, this . has not :
yet been decided. . . ■
Of the . company, Mr. Giffen '- said that
he could not yet announce it in full. :Cer-;
tainly, several of ; last season's . favorites "■.
will ., return, he said. " Miss Grayce . Scott '
will, of course,, be a member of the: com-;
pany. The- simple, statement that the
favorites 'of- last season .would return,
carries .; with it this, ' for. there was no ;
more- popular member of -the; company"
than Miss Scott. During the stay of the
company here this> season,. Miss Scott's
mother and' sister "will .visit her. They"
will-sail from. England -within, the next
few weeks, and" will probably "be in Rich
mond during :the entire stock season: -..-.
. .The Giffen Company will '■': open at ?• the
Academy on : the; 15th of April, and the ;
members will all be here about ten days
before that time. -
The; announcement is made that Mary
Mannering ; is X to appear j here on Saturday
afternoon; and night, in a
of Paul Lieicester. Ford's romantic Revo
lutionary novel, "Janice ! Meredith.'! Nearly
everybody has read ; the book, and "those
who ; have not, have doubtless ' heard • ;; of
_the great success of the play. ' The
'dramatization is by the. author, assisted'
bj' Edward E. Rose. -> This is Miss Man
nering' s ;. second season as a star. : . 'and.
she is widely known throughout, the'
country; as 'the . leadjrig lady : of Daniel;
Frohman'S' stock, company,' . witn ■ which
she. was associated \for = five- years. In
addition to being one. of the most beau
tiful .wonien on the American^ stage, 1 ; she
is ' a -thorough artist/ and is- recognized,
as oneiof the very best actresses."- ; Her.
tremendous success this season: has ; beeii
the theatrical .surprise 7 ' of ';.-. the year.:
"Janice Meredith" will be ■ given : with, a
sumptuous . production* precisely : the "same
in every . detail -:ds was used, at Wallack's
:Theatre ; 'during ; the - run of five months
in" New -York. :■■■■■'>:>" +'^ :;?■•*: ::- :.-'-.:.^U
THE ST. PATRICK'S i CI-UB:
Reception. . and Entertainment to
iacly Prien tls— Plans f div St. Patrick's.
. -■■■ The members '-. of St.',: Patrick's S Club, ]\ of
St. : ;■ Patrick's : parish^ '■- tendered - a • recep-.
tion) andf entertainment It 6: their^ladyi
friends last evenirigJats the parish; scHojDl-^:
liouse; ;XThe) "programme, .consisted
readings, recitations, : and : musical inum-;
bers. .; ;Father Magri;:; of jCthe^ Cathedral^
read" a -number': of : selections; fand^seve-":
rai: members^ of ;the^club'icontributedstol:
the diversified and ■ lengthy -programme. '■'■>
■;,' To-riiorrow evening a special meeting
will be . held, : when- arrangements ;;will-be
;made ; f or,S the h St.;, Patricks -Day/ celebra-';
tion. ; The >; propositiori/ito i witlv
; the banquet, - which;'; "since: time ■ imme
moriali,-has:.been ■ the- ; principal "feature?
of vthe; : celebration?; of;- the t-feast«'day.Tof I
Erin's % patron * saint.SL has i'not " met vtvith?
approvals i:\lt:'ls^ probable ,i : that : defiriite:
pla,ns jwill^be; formulated vat this meeting ■
f or Ja^banquet Zhe> held < at; ; one tqtjtkel
hotelp:ion':lthe^:evenirigi "of : tKe>:i7th':'of 5
Marchr . ._ • . _
jEADS WIiifiRECOVER.
SUnerfN -Injury on the C.'.Vtlo? 1
£^ka[c^mditiqmof f Jqtfn^Eacis^tlie'imS^i
*wh(Hwas = s truck >Ary Strain "near Ixjiiisa^
; Mondayj af ternoori^w^' repprted'as'favqr-S
ableylast^Sight^;>Eada^f3 ; at^thelGitVf :
iHospital,£undc^ttie/care^of*Dr;'SC^^VJ ; !
sy^AScalptjWqundand^otherUnjurles/iibutl
[one}l aitho^K*lietwlUjb6>a^pat^nt'^at^tiic!i^
EGRAI'II \ OPERATORS^ IS gATI/AXTA^
... i " • - . . .
A RICHMONDER'S GREAT SKILL.
; W'ir-t •-. : Wlilte > of Illdimoiitl^: Cnptureil
- ilic Second n — Tic Showed
- 'MftrvcloiiM SJkill lilKl>tiiJiiK - .Like
Worlc of F*. 3f. v3(«_*Clln4ic» "Wlniicr.
:,-".: ®. ** '.; Uic ,; CJti vi&qjz ic ; • cl&l^Giren t V-En™
. .; th«sln»m nnd Interest AVa» Dis
played.
j » (Atlanta Constitution.)
j i^^ter .the : most jspiri ted - ; con test 'on i" : re-
, conl-a trial speed, the like of which
1 has never been ; seen bef ore-^-the con test
,aw^^^^tel^^^^^-itournament.ieft, a w^^^^ tel^^^^^-itournament.ieft
thejeity Jastj : riight;;v" : : ; ' ■ :■■
A- 1 ?^ 1 ' 111^; the "day, the 'winners jri the ' vari-
r ous : contests received ' hundreds ; of tele- ?
grams ;; from ::butt of : /; town;" friends i^con-
bri' ; their success. -The
tournament i had *, attracted .'the greatest
.attention i all ; over ;the. country; -and the
fact that ; the; Carnegie medal : was won : by.
a southern man -was! the source, of 'great 5
rtjoicing. in 'all parts of the South.'. r/. { y%
Owing ;to the fact: that ithe last contest
did;not end. ;uritil: ,4'- o'clock Sunday inorri^
;ing, it was impossible: to; get the -result'
,in : time for yesterday's paper. ; ..This cori
(test:was;open ,to;all contestants whoihad;
failed = to: receive; a : prize in any": of h the
other classes."? ".The 'prize! 1 - a phoribgraph,
valiied ; at- slso,?donated :by. thelColiirabian
Phonograph^ Company, was wonrby.J/, I;
Hilliad, of; Memphis, who :sent 209 words
ire. five minutes. .: ' :- " ' "\ ■■'•-
. ' .. J M'CLINTIC TALKS. ; - ■' :
F.:M.;McClintic,;the:Winner of the Car
negie : medal, I 'who -is. .without' doubt; the
fastest ;opera.tor in ;^he country- in speak
of .the "contest last night, said: :.: '
.A.Beyond any.: doubt,- the. Atlanta contest
;Was;the' : .fastest:ever held. : The 'con test-!
ants .were : all high "class,', swift men, arid '
I T have "'never .witnessed such speed-be- ;
: fore.". "■...:: .v -■ ■'■' : '^ '..:■'■■-. ::' ;ri . -.; r--;."^..'
:' Mr. : McClin tic's .work "in winning the
[Carnegie medal was {nothing -short of
mar\ r elbus. Never before in; the history,
of contests'-, ha\te men undergone? .< -the;
enormous strain that/ they were com
pelled to stand: Saturday, night. Hereto-;
.fore: five 'minutes has' been the limit for
sending at- topmost speed;: -Last night.:]
ten : minutes .was ; the test. :;, ; McClintic j
sent in: that timeT 517- words, . and his
."Morse" was almost perfect. : This es
tablishes a world's '■ record,^ which, many
well known ..operators ;; seem to think it
practically, impossible.: to beat. . , -
S C feW. White.^ of Richmond, also; estab
lished a world's rep"-ri -f^ tnir^; t^- |
utes in sending to. E'manuel in the re- |
ceiving ■•'"""class! ; :'Emanu«! estaoiislied a |
world's -record in' the receiving; message
class He received ; - 501-2 messages ;m; m
thirty, minutes. In IS9S, at the Madison
Square Garden; -he .received fifty mes
"ssges in thirty-two^minutes and twelve
seconds. ; beatin? eighjeeri. contpstants.
■•.. ST. LOUIS ;TS; FAVORED. >
The . execu tive committee has under, con-,
sidera tion the time.;and : i place for. holding
the next annual tournament. . The com
mittee will -at once open correspondence
with the various cities of : the North ; and
East 'with a~view .to secure a .location
for the gathering. -The sentiment of -the
committee, however! :, inclines toward ' St. :
Louisas the best place on account- of the
world's fair there next year.
The medals and "money were presented
the successful -'contestants during the
•smoker.. ■ -• r-.,- I/; \-^ '..'..' .' , •:■-.- -■-■.■■
The wiring and: arranging of tables
for. the contest, a. work requiring the ex
ercise of - great skill and judgment, was
carried out under, the direction of Mr. L.
B." Thompson,' "chief " operator of the
Western .Union. ; Mr. .-Thompson ...was
highly, complimented— by many of the
visiting, delegates. *.-;■■■ . /
The last, fbri»ai: r act of .the executive
committee- was;- tb;.. pass resolutions of
thanks to The Atlanta' Constitution, I The (
Atlanta Journal, Mr. Charles W. Crank- 1
shaw,. and the Kimball-House cour
tesies^'extended the
Mr. :: White returned ; from Atlanta last
night, and gives some additional particu
lars' of the; contest.; /The -tournament
lasted from 3 P. M. Saturday to Bo 1 clock
Sunday morning, taking place in the ball
room of, the Kimball House, which had
been ; equipped into' 1 a miniature : telegraph
office, ■ with new icstruments sent down
from New York for'the purpose. " .Seats
had -been provided " for the ..audience,
which consisted • of ; ; every operator '; for
miles around who could attend— many
coming from distant cities simply to wit
ness: the. performance.
C —THE BATTLE ROYAL.'*
■ The great events— namely,' the y-"Car
negie -prize," ten-minute ' straight-send
ing, and the thirty-minute ' message-!
sending— did not take place: till about 3
o'clock. Sunday morning, Richmond time.
For?. the first t of these, which was open
to. all contestants,, a qualification of fast
receiving ■ was first : required before : the
competitor .was '. eligible. : Their "copy'!
was -passed upon by competent judges,
and those who were^ "O. K'd." entered I
the : sending contest.; There were four en
tries. • •
"White led out with 503 words of clear
cut Morse . in I ten minutes. This: was
looked upon as an" exceedingly brilliant
performance,, it being the -record up :to
that :time. ■.'•■ ; Murray, of Atlanta, and
Johnson, of Louisville,:; while very rapid
senders, fell -.somewhat below, this; but
when V McClintic, ; the "Texas wonder,"'
went in ;, arid ■ sent -the record up to- 517
words of 'flrstclass Morse in ten ' minutes,"
enthusiasm ran very.: high. . . . » ;
-TELEGRAMS TO BE "RUSHED."
;Then came .the message contest. : . White
was selected on. account of - his style and'
speed to send "as jinany; messages': as -ha
Wood's Seeds^
Seed Potatoes.
: These are JtHe result of growing
itvro: crops in '-i the] same Jyeaiy the
first: being ; planted- fronf select
Maine Seed Pptatoes^aid the seed"
' selected! from
again*; in ;■ July f or^ugust. ■: They
; not; only make ttheirjcropearh'er.s
j but ■ they- alsoVmake a ; larger j. yields
; andl muchTs^r'cjroT)" than^Maine
or, Northern-grown Seed:
M Our stqclc' is' very superior and we
'always|^piinlfu]j;sizedldduble2i
head^barirels.' 'Wood's 1902 De
[scriptiYe^fCatalogue i "gives Very in- i
iterestMg7inf6mation;about : Pqtav
lues. - 1 Mailed "upon request.
We have also large stocks of the
jbesttMAIJfTES^QdfNORTHERN-i
GRO^^SEEIJJIJWrite f or specialt
■ Potato' piic'^lis'iJ ''■ ;
111 1 w . wooa&oons, seedsmen,
Spf ing Wretchedness, Misery
and Suffering Permancnt
|Bg|^ly.::Bamshed : ;When •
Paine's Celery
Compound.
Declares That Paine's Celery
Compoiind L Almost R ajsed Her
from tlxe Graie.
; ; A -■; few- words to> / weak,/ ; brokeri-down,
5 riervbus,/« and sick /women at- this^tifne,'
' arid ; /the^perusal ■ of /Mrs. Shepherd's^let
i ter, : 'will^ "vre trust! t kindle' : hope/ jarid « in-/
; : spire /fresh /"confidence 'in many, ; a ■ home
; wheresoine lqved/mother, 1 wife," or. daugh
■ ter ': 'J is /, hovering '■_ '■. be tween . ..- life. : ; arid
,dea.th. / At this, season, thousands ; are
'nearirig -the " grave;:; all .can > be; saved ;i by.
] the /prompt usefof .Pairie's -Celery/ /Conx
;pound.:' Ivlrs. ; "Virgiriia :: Shepherd,^ Powell-
Uon,.W;ya.;^ writes as follows: * ;
//'"I had- been sick ;/f or eight years, and
no ;■ tongue/4 can / tell what I suffered. >I
would have/ spells of /nervous headache
when > I .would ' keep fny". bed five arid ; six;
days,;, and could" not raise >riiy .head /off.
thelpillow.- Theh: I would- get numb all
over, . arid "they would have to rub and;
work over; me to keep me alive, arid I
would have sinking spells 'and palpi ta-^
tion *of the, heart, but .thanks to Pairie'S;
Celery Compound, .and .1 cannot /praise,
it enough, /I have, not lhad 7 a .headache
for "six weeks, a thing I could not say:
before in : eight -years. /-Your Compound
has almost raised me . front: the. grave;:
as I / had given . up. all hopes of this ; li f e,
until .: my husband' '"-read':' one >" of - ; your
pamphlefs!;- After I. had been using it' I
felt better than -I ; had for three years. 1 "
nUiNANfI n.. A . are the simplest dyes
ÜBa!lionU UVeS made. A child can
' " : :nse them. ..
could in' thirty. "minutes to. .be -correctly
copied. He went. about it with calmness
and confidence. Four expert receivers
essayed to copy him on typewriters.- *. .
: For the first three or four .minutes all
went well; then. Bruckner, of Dallas, a
star receiver of the Postal, got a mes
sage hung in his machine and became a
1 little "rattled." He looked aY the sender
[with pain and amazement depicted on his
features. . A friend rushed to. him and
said, "Catch on: quick; you can take
,that." A. few minutes later he became
disconcerted the second time, but McClin
tic, who was by his side, encouraged him
to continue to the end. Two of the re
maining receivers by this time had quiet
ly, retired from the contest and became
interested spectators.
/ Emanual, of the Philadelphia Western
Union office,, remained unperturbed, re
ceiving message after message with un
exampled'/; dexterity." , ." .
/When the forty-fifth message was pass
ed and former records were being ap
proached, there.' was intense interest
among, the operators watching- the con- i
test as to whether they would be ex
ceeded. They began^to speculate whether
fifty would be reached; and, with watches
in.hand, they timed off 'each message. as
it was finished. /■ Forty-nine messages and
45 seconds to spare! -■■When- the fiftieth
message was completed there was sup
pressed applause. .
Half of the fifty-first message was sent
before the key was opened. ?
Then followed an ; ovation to. Messrs
Emanuel. and .White seldom witnessed
among operators. They had both low
ered: the world's record 2 minutes and 17
seconds on the 30-mlnute message test
DBVTirOF DR. AY. E. 8188.
A VenernMe and Much Beloved Ph - r
'in . slcilln "ot Albemurle.
at Mount Fair "the ?l mm T re l nterred:
.SffiTißJSS'aS^ -'"->»« two
Bibb was remarkably Successful a s -
TW Slcian vf nd . llved th e saddle. '?
-During epidemics and periods of . unu
sual he had been known to ride
night and day, : and 'slept on horseback
while going, his rounds. .■
tin 113 s ? rac tlce wa3 extensive and con
;:. A. conservative estimate .discloses the
He loved th : epractice of medicine, and
gave _his life and services to" the pobr.
He ; did more charity ...work here than all
the.churches combined. \
; ."VSThile ; the members of the congrega
tions;: slept. Dr. Bibb was climbing: the"
mountains, fordingiswollen streams, en
during the hardships "of cold and rain'
to relieve suffering humanity.
: Yet, despite all -these long years - of
labor and pure charity for mankind, your
correspondent never knew, a; more cheer
ful, "jovial, i and contented: soul, or a' man
[better: satisfied with the -world just as
Godjhad "made it. ; - *"i
His" love for his family was richly ex
emplified ;by (every act of his 'life. ' ■- - -
. "The , deceased ; on V July 16. 1557, married
Miss Mollle S. .Brown. ■ daughter of Colq
nelLCW. S. Brown, -of this; county. His.
widow.- one son, and six grand-grandsons
survlve|him/ ; : ; '
(,-He"was the son of the late^W. A.- Bibb,
who was; .cashier. rpf i the Farmers* Bank?
of.'/Charlottesville.- for' forty-five years.
five widowed sisters tdi mourn:
■his [loss— Mrs". A; M-lTimbe-rlaJce/ of Shad- :
well: -vr^s.vC- Thnrnhill^Awidow of
Dr^GJ-rWAThornhillNofj^'richburg^Mrs.'
"R. ':'■': B. '-'■ Harris, o f : Richm on d : ; - llrs. •; SJ :; B;
WiUiaT^B/l'of CharTo^tesvUl.e. a rid Mrs.
G. "R." v"W_i»lnehainy ofSorith Carolina. : 'r •
; The; deceased ; was:; at tended ■ durinsr .hFs
i»st i iH"pss. ; .bv." his i riephewl rDr^-^W". , "R.
Thonihllll "of TA-nchburp-. and Dtv T.. J~>X.
T>ijrin. . of ; this placp. V His '] nephew, Hon.
IST: ,B. Early. was:also;witH..h[rri..' '■' "-.-:- }
: M AJWI VPETER* WOOnOWAIID T>EA»i
•A ii"' Asteil : ainlßßej»i»eet«Ml ReKldciit of
SST,MJNTOX;: JA^^iaiarch '^.S(SoecrahV.
Ma jor y Peter -Woodward* '-aged' " ; TO;^ died I
suddenly .-.here -^to-day..; of heart 'failure.;
:H;a^had v unwell iforise'yral "sriionths;":
:buts^asVchye'r^ul|last:>riia:ht;': buts^asVchye'r^ul|last:>riia:ht;' : ' saying :he^
SxDectedjKtOj be \'i upland^abput^to^day^f
J|jHe.- W*? U^ M s S earlier, ; years a'i; prom l-j
fnentlhoteUipjr^rietb^assbciateia^ithTfh^
brother,: Major SJ6seDh3Kvroodwarrt;|vwhbJ
«iled;here- a few wveks ago: .- ■■ : .' .' ,
;^ More irecently.'|Ma jor P^ier .Woodward^
■1 v'ns yth"e]atw^ys^affable fj aridfienersretlci
.Mcket:andfpasserig?rJaPoritfofJthelCbe^a^
•rj^.kejaridlqhlolrailroad.
6^Clrcuit|.Court;iClerk, Jtwph .Wo^Wara^
anVljMessrs;fJaniP3 HHr. r Porter.- Jark/^d)
'AshbviTToodwani.Vand Mr». - Lucius^ l>. ■
Toungrj ; i- are }'• his 'falx'% surviving- I^chlMr^n^,
..... .: - :.. . , ■■: ;....,,....< ■:■ -. ' - ... «•
lliiSi^lliPw-YORK,
; (New York Herald-fith.)
.Shabbily .dressed in .a gray overcoat
and slouch hat; with hollow e yf . s a A
sharp cheek bones "almost protnjdH a
through a sallow.; skin, . Major Ferd!R a »4
Walsln: Esterhazy. :;tho man : whe r n ' r
(fessed : to the {O j Rery : of the Dreyr a "
bordereau,' sat at a/table in a restaurant
jn Broadway; near Thirtieth street. ;' o '.
two hours j Sunday evening. He wa s a( .'
"companled by.a."woman and a your.s raan
.and • was ; ; /Immediately recognized h *
Count F. Pangaert, who had knov.n h,-^
■in Paris, 'arid'by/a Swfss'walter na»o^
..Von Arx,: and the head. waiter, Geor^j
|'.Wahrer.v';'.'L-..-... ; ""' : ''.'..'-■■. - : -'. ■:'"•■.■' •*•
!"•.:•■; When . : Major Esterhazy entered jv,
place ; with : his / companions. ; Count p a '!.,
igaert :and: Mx. ; Wahrer sat . at a table
;talkirig!in:French. r arid as soon as JFa'o*
. EsterhzyV heard _the accents of his natK
tongue he: turned abruptly and looked
at the ' men at: the table: This attracted
/the -attention 'of ; Count : Pangaert. a n<j
ilooking up.ihe immediately ;recogai 2e |
the/ face ./of the man about whom th*
whole 1 world was talking a" few: years a^o
/The visitors . at once moved over tV 1
"table/ at a; remote corner of the room
where: 'they, sat for nearly two hours
Major Esterhazy '.with his back to thepfo-'
Pkj/in. the room; The woman and the youn^
.man. man fnced/ the other .way. and reported
to - Major Esterhazy such fragments o£
the conversation: of those about them a;
»they could gather. from the hum of voice?
Count Pangaert .lives at Xo. 2ii wesi
Thirty-ninth street, • /where* he was sees;
last : . evening.; > He modestly omits hi
title', from his /name, while in America!
but: for many generations his family
Belgium has borne the honorable titie.
His passport, under. date of September
ISSS.gives his name as "Chevalier F. Pan
gaert L d'Opdorp." which ; corresponds ta
the title of Count, in England. For many
years he has' been ■- a traveller, and \v\\
spent much of his time in America, bein-,'
well known in this city. During tha
Dreyfus trial he was in Paris, and fre
quently saw Major Esterhazy.
v Speaking of the incident last evening
he said:
"There can . be no. doubt of the iden
tity. No one who had evvr once looked
j into the face/of Esterhazy. as I did niiiny
: times,: could 'ever forget it. But he hai
I changed, considerably. '■.,", He fs How v -ear- v
; ing an. imperial, which he did not. do
when I last saw him. and he has allowed
his hair to grow, long "on the back par:
of his head, and. combs .it over the bal.l
part of his. forehead. But those eyes
and sharp lines of his face cannot o.«
disguised. He is very much thinner
now than when he was in Paris, am!
looks terribly, haggard."
The waiters at the Hofbrau Haus were
enraged at the sight of the man who
had so grossly. ; wronged their native
country. : : The moment he was recog
nized the head waiter called one 'of hi.i
subordinates and said to him: "Ti" you
will throw, that man out"— pointing at
the bowed form of Esterhazy— "l'll'giva
you ?s, and stand all consequences." Bat
the, subordinate did not understand tho
feeling which inspired Mr. Wahrer's rash
injunction, and the guest was not dis
turbed.
Count Pangaert believes that Major Es
terhazy is here under an assumed name.
and may possibly be in some business.
Major Esterhazy declined to be a wit
nes in the Dreyfus. trial in 1S:K), and later
fled, to England, where he conf essetl to
being the author of the bordereau. H«
declared that he 'committed the forgery
under orders of Colonel . Sanilherr and
his superior: officers. - After making-'tno
confession. Major Esterhazy announced
his -intention of coming- to the United
Stafes for the purpose of lecturing, but
has never been seen in" this country' until
now. Since . his flight from France he
has lived in comparative obscurity in
England. "
, Miss Elizabeth Jordan Dead. «
PULASKI CITY, VA., March
cial.)— Miss Elizabeth Jordan, aged 67 who
had been for some time in declining
health.- died. at 1- P. M. on Thursday the
27th rdayof February, at the residence of
Mr.-O.iP. Jordan, of this city, with whom
she had for some years made her home.
The deceased was the last surviving
sister of Colonel W. J. Jordan, of New
bern. and was connected with' many prom
inent: families of this section.
L. M. Lyons 'has resigned his position
as book-keeper for the Lynn Coal and
Coke "Company! and has accepted a liko
position with the War-Eagle Coa l Com
pany at Turkey. W. Va., in which com
pany he is interested.
THE"'Sf ABVAtiOil PtAH
Of Treating Dyspepsia and .Stomach.
: •: Trouble is Useless and Unscientific.
The almost certain failure of the star.
vation cure for dyspepsia has been proven
v?J\\ f TT Q '"P e °Pte with weak digestion, tv
flrir s ? me^yslcians. coVider 'tI»S
Br|SSs2tp t ?iake:-ln-attempUng:,to-cura
indigestion is to the diet, either
■Pfe Sf:l ? ctl *iS -.; certain;; foods and ejectinu
?n^ re ? Cr \° SutlS utl down the amount of
food eaten to barely. enough to keep soul
and body/; together;; in other words, the
.starvation plan; is"? by many supposed to
3bethe first essential. ' - ;
AH. this :■, is radically wrong. It I*
foolish -,. and unscientific to recommeuti
dieting to a man jalready suffering trorn
starvation, because-v indigestion " itselt
starves, every. '"organ;^ nerve, and fibre in
. ■ .-.■ : •
'; .What 'i people with poor digestion mosc
need is -abundant nutrition, plenty <«!
good, /propcrly-cooked.foad.
and -\ something: s to : assist; the . ; -we«K
stomach to digest ft. -^ . . "
i-This 'ls "C exactly : the purpose for which
Stuart's; Dyspepsia Tablets are adapted,
andjthe' •; true re'asori Twhy ; they cura th-t
worsti cases -of. stomach trouble.
;,,Eat ! ;a siifflcierit; Amount /oS wholosom*
food. 5 /; arid "'after each' "meal take on* 0?
two of .'Stuart's * Dyspepsia.; Tablets- ib>
V-omptly digest it. ;
:' In this way the^. system Is -^nourishe«l_
arid • theioverworkeci ystdtnach'i wsteiV'..l>«.
"cause.the: tablets; will rdisrest the foo»l
jTChether, the Vstomaeh;works qrinot. . oh-t
grralnVofjithofactivel digestive Vprincipte Jn
S tiiart's^-Dyspepsia^Table t3 'i be! nk su :"•
cient ; tof digest '• S.oCO "grains -of meat, eggs,
; oryoth^A albuminous I food. V_;.
Jcpr/cHarlandsoniand'Dr; Itedweti reconi'
meridkthese^taWetsrfinlallscases'of ,d?f?*? ; .
tive^digestlbn. ibecauseUthe; pepsin ""•
|diasta3o;«'ln 'them are absolutely tr&
froui: animal, matter and other Jmpuri
; tles,r and |beingr| pleasant i to^i the , taste ar»
"asJsafe'fana^narmlessl'for. thO\ChHi.l ■•«* ■
!fo^theiadu^^ '
I^AUiafugatores! ! sell i this ; excellent iprepir.
iratlon^and Sthef Qaily •'.'' : . use "•? of i them I af «
mealsiwiUSbtt j pXfffiVat3l)enefl^nptVQn.l^
> rp^Vj
nently buiia «p tnct I \v!gorate-itheT*w