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CUTCHINS AND HIS MEX.
"Tlie remedy for such occurr?nces may
?be found in a greater eultivation in the
minds and hearts of the people of a
deepcr respect and d?votion for our con?
stitution and laws, thereby causing them
to seloct as their olllcers men who will
fearlcssly tmaintain lhe majesty of the
law.
?"GOA'ERNOR TYLER."
To all of whicli The Tlmcs lays amen.
'W'e neod in every department of govern?
ment officers who have such.resrect for
the law, an3 such a high sense ot the'r
duty th.it they will stand up for ihe law
nnd Scfena If against the mob. no mp.tter
what be the odds against them nor what
the cost. Tt is not encugh that an efflerr b?
honest and efllcient, he must be couva
gcous as well. He must have a Ceex>
sense of his obligaiion to Uie gcvernmrnt,
ar.& he must have the courag3 of his
eonvlctlor.s. i!Cr. greater cbiigmion could
rest *ii7?an a man than the trust of of?
fice. A s-worn officer represents the di-*;
nity anu majesty of the law, and he
stanfls between the government and the
moh. He is the commander of an army
whoM liusincss it is to defrnd his coun?
try against an invading foe, and when
lhe mob marches its forces cut against
him there must be no parley and no
compromisc. lf our institutions are to
fbe preserved we must have in ofllce men
who will stand up before a mob and ruf
fer themselves to be shot down, if need
be, ere they surrender a prisoner of State
into ihe hands of the mob.
At Emporia on Saturday a conference
was held between the judge. and the
sheriff on the one hand, representing the
law. and a numher of citizens on the
other hand, representing the mob, and
the question was discussed as to whe her
or not the miiitary should he discharged,
all knowiug i'ull well tliat as soon as tne
soldiers should leave one or more of the
iState's prisoners would be taken cut by
the mob and lynched. Major Sol Cutch?
ins. who was in command of the State's
forces, when asked to delcare his pur?
pose, Teplied that he had been instructed
by the Governor to obey the orders of the
sheriff, and that he would carry out those
lnstructions. "But, if I stay." he went
on, "I shall request more troops . to he
scnt ncrc I do not want to have iirc
wpon you, and I believe that 1 can
foest avoid doing so by bringing sufficient
troops here to render an attack improba
fble." 6o much for caution. but he addec
these slgnlilcant words: "If on attack i<
made upon the jail while I am in chirg<
I shall order my ancn to fire, and I (wi*'
Ftop any mob, no matter how large it
be, that atte-npts to take those preson
crs."
ln the body of the report of the day'i
dolngs at Emporia this little paragrapr
is as a bright particular star in a darit
?firmament. lt was the one redeemlng
act in the most disgraceful proceedings
that ever blackcned Virginia's record
These ere the words of an officer wht
knew his duty, who had respect for th<
law and who was ready to stand up anc
defend the law with his life's blood. Then
was nothing of reekiess brag and'brava
do in his short speech. He did not speal
until he was called upon. IBut when h<
did open his mouth he spoke in no un
certain sound. Hc said that he would dc
all that he could to protect the' State';
prisoners without shcddlng blood,-but h<
served notice that he would protect then
against a mob of live hundred or a thou?
sand. or any number, bo long as his mei
could stand up and shoot, and he knev
that the brave boys he commanded wouh
redeem that promisc. lf Sol Cutchlnt
had been in control of the situation, thi
majesty ot the low had been upheld. 1.
those officers who were in command ha<
only stood ilrm against the mob and re
lled upon Cutchins and his brave men t*
sustaln them, there had been no Jynch
ing ?t Emporia and no blot upoa th
Xair name of the State.
O, the pity o? it! Is iife *o sweet to a:
rttl ttie law as to %>? ?urcn?irt<l at ;tn
prlce of character? We -would not eo
Into herolcs, nor would w? appoar. to cx
plolt a cheap courage, but it seems to
us -thai a State offlcer would we'.come the
opportuniiy to defond. with his life, it
need be, the honor and good fame of old
Virginia._'_
A SKNSIIJIjE UAXKER.
We take the following-from Uie Manu
facturcrs* Record:
"The act of Congress allowing the. 'cs
tabllshment of national banks with a*
mlnlmum caplta'l of $_.?? I* receivlng
carnest consideration. in llnanclal clrcles.
and alrcady several State banks are re?
ported as about to secure the charter
under the new law, while it is under
stood that several national banks in va?
rious Southern cities will increase their
capital."
Tlie paper contalns this lnterview with
Mr. John _. Williams, of this cUy:
"As far as I can learn, thc national
banks are dlsposed to make the exchange
of their government bonds into the new
two per cents and avail themseives ot
tholr premiums for active business pur
pdses. I exceedlngly doubt whether there
will be any considerable number of small
banks lhat will care to ava.ll themseives
of the naUonal-bank feature. 1 see noth?
ing in the act to invlte capitalists into
business on that scale: The South wants
local currency. A national bank is not a
maker of currency or a secretor of the
lubrlcant of commerce. It does not add
a dollar to the money of its neighbor?
hood. National banks were ln their orlgin
conceived and formed to force the peo?
ple to lend their money to the govern?
ment. They Were not a growth or a
nccessity of peace and commerce and
legitlmato trade. They are suggestive-of
the financlering of Joseph in Egypt. They
have resulted in government control of
banking and currency, and have-been a
source of corruptlon and financial demor
alization. In the last ten years conges
tions. panics and paralyses have become
familiar through the evil of their ex
Istcnce.
"The utillzation and mobilizatlon of
wealth, character and credit are the great
business of banks. Banks of issue can
alone give us commercial frecdom and
heaith. National banks served a speeial
purpose in an emergency. Their whole
nature Is force and restnetion. The sys?
tem -cannot be reformed and modlllcd on
Its false and despotic principle. It must
be reformed altogether. All efforts to
retnin the national-bank system iri our
present condition wiil prove to be only
patchwork and quackery. As long as it
continues the cry for free silver nnd
greenbacks or some other specific will
continue. Our great country wants free
dom in all things."
Mr. Williams is perfectly right in all
he says here. Tlie petty tinkerlng with
the national bank law tltat the recently
passed currency measure has effected will
do nothing towards giving relief to the
millions of countymen who are now
starving for want of a medium of ex?
change. There may be a few national
banks with $2r>,000 of capital organized in
tho villages, but the national banks are
not suited to rural conditions, and not
many of them will be found. But if they
put out their notes, all of them being
endorsed by the government will go to
the commercial centres and the country
people will have no more currency than
they had bc-fore. The relief, and the only
relief. is to allow banking to be perfectly
free. Then each locality will issue notes
for the property that it has. The banks
will be sound in fact, but New York will
have no means of knowlng that. so that
Wall Street will refuse to have the notes
and they will stay in the neighborhood
to answer tlie purposes of those living
there. who will know that the bank ls
sound, and its notes will therefore an?
swer their purposes as well as gold dol?
lars. Ii is strange that this obvious
truth should be unknown to so many
men.
VIRGIXIA- COAL. PIEriDS.
For the seven months ending January
1, 1S99. the exports from America of
anthracite coal were I>51.377 tons, while
for a corresponding period ending with
January 1, 1?00, thc export of anthracite
amountcd to 1,112,177 tons, an increase of
157.SW tons, or 1G.5 per cent
Turning to bituminous coal we find thc
following startling figures: For ^ the
seven months ending with January 1,
1S39, the export of soft coal was ],t?C1.200
tons, while for the corresponding period
ending with January 1. 1000, thc figures
?foot up the enormous total of 2,7M,1_
tons, an increase in tons of 7S7,912~and a
percentage of 40.1, the increase in bitu?
minous coal being two and a half times
that of anthracite. These figures go far
to justify lhe contention that the coal
lields of the Old Dominion insure the
State a prosperity not dependent upon
breadstuffs, or tobacco, or iron, but deep
in the bowels of lhe earth the future
wealth of Virginia lies. ready lor Uic
pick of the miner, the rest of the world
standing prepared to absorb the surplus
of her coal mines as fast as it can be
sent to market.
When account is taken of tne fact that
the bituminous coal of the State of Vir?
ginia is the best for all purposes which
is mined in the whole country, equal, in
fact, to that which has so long held its
place among coal users from the mines of
Wales, the point of the argument becomes
irrcslstible, and with the progress of rail?
roads and other means of coal transpor
tation the prosperous future of the grand
old State becomes apparent. ?
With the end of the war in South
Africa there is no probability that the
demand for Virginia coal will decline,
for the needs of the manufacturing
world are increasing sa rapidly.that hot
withstanding tlie energy dlsplayed ln this
direction for which the people cf this
country are noted, the demand v'll ex
e'eed" the supply.
Thus there is another field wherein the
United States will for 'he future domi
nate the markets'of the old world.
With all this dazzling prospect before
our coal miners, due heed must be taken
that the markets are not overstocked
and that prices are not run so low as to
set a bad example for the future. The
only thing required ls that the cost of
Virginia coal shall be so regulated as to
undersell the output of other coal-pro
duclng centres, and the markets of the
manufacturing world are hers.
This is no cblmerlcal night of the
Unaglnatlon, but comes from the cold
figures which cannot lie, and the facts
here set forth aro commended to the
flnancicrs of Virginia in the hope that
the wealth lying at her doors may be
kept within the Comroonwealth, whose
energy and ir.dustry shall insure that her
future will be free from all menace of
"hard times" or financial depresslon.
ctiiiitKXT com ni icvr.
Frank. G. Caroentcr, describlng UM
"Chances for Young M:n tn th? Far
East," writes from Japan
Low VYages to The Saturday-Evening
in Japan. post.
"Mechanics are paid less than twenty
five cents a day; carpenters and p asterors
receive. twenty-one cents; stone-cutters
and mason's twenty-three cents, nnd
bricklayers twenty-four cents per day.
Shoeniakers are paid seventeen cents.
paperhangers twenty-one cents,- jewelers
twenty-one cents, and saddlers and har- :
ness-makcrs twenty cents. Thoie' who j
make tobacco and cigars get sevent.en |
cents. composltors and -printe.-s s-:ven- j
teen cents, and blacksmiths twenty cents. '
Tailors who make European clothes re?
ceive twenty-six cents, and' common
workmen who do the hardest of manuel
labor are -paid twenty-one c?nts p;r day.
On the faj-ms men are paid thlrteen cents
and women receive elght. cents per day.
Of the weavers, men get twelve cents
and the women elght cents a day, and in
other manufacturing industrlss about tlie
same, the wages ranging from ten to
twenty-five cents, with Icsj -wag^s for
women and children, ihe latter of.en re
ceiving not more than five or six c?nts
a day. These wages, it must be vemem
bered, aro. the average wages ovsr the
Empire. In some of the cities_ tlu-y are
higher, and in others lower."
What a iblessed privilege it is to live ln
the "United States!
This is the time of year when many of
our readers are giving attention io th-ir
lawns. Xolhing adds more, not even j
flowers, to the beauty of a home than
well-kept gmss. ' _awn-makirijj is not
so difiicult as most people iseem to thir.k,"
says a wrlter in the April Lippincott.
"You must begin right if you would at
tain a satisfactory degree of success. The
first thing to do is to grade ths grourd
evenly. Most persons prefer a lawn that
slopes away from hou.-e to road in an
almost imperceptible inc'.ine of sur,race.
Such a lawn i.s easier to make than a
level one. because any 1 Ittle d?parture
from a perfectly even surface. wiil be fQr
less noticeab'e. To secure the necess-"ry
slope. earth will have to be rilled in near
the house if the lot is a coniparatlyety
level one. Wherever there has been au
excavatlon made for the house walls or
a cellar. there will generally be enou.t'i
earth near the house to furnish a'l the
filling needed in making tlie -reo.uivd
slope. This soil, which ls almost always
hard, should be worked over until lt 13
as fine and mellow as possible, for a
good lawn cannot be made from a soil
that is coarse and lurhpy.
"If the soil is not rich, it should b? mad
so. I would advise the use of binern-al
in liberal quantity in preference to birn
yard fertilizer. because it nsver intr-duce;
the seeds of weeds Into th? lawn, os
manure from the stables is very suro t >
do. Coarse beonemeal. in the pronort on
of a half pound to each square yard. wl'l
give a soil of ordinary strength enough
to produce an excellent growth of grass."
Housewives Next.
"What!" criert me labor Ieader as ho
entered the house: "no supper yet!"
"Xo," replied his wife calmly. "You
will recall that I began work at G o'clock
this morning."
"What has that to do with lt?" he dc
manded.
"My eight-'nour -wateth expired at 2
o'clock this afternoon," she answereU.?
Chicago Post.
A Matter of Head way,
"She is so interested in higher educa
tion!" said fr.s young woman.
"Yes," an^wered Miss Cayenne. "A
mortar board is very beeoming to her
style of beauty, and she knpws it."?Wash?
ington Star.
Its Meaiiiii**;.
"So she has rejected you? Oh, well,
old feMow, you know what a woman's
negative usually means."
"Yes, but in this instance I am afraid
it is positive."?Harper Bazaar.
*Matrimoiiy*<uul Crime.
"I began the career of crime." said the
famous criminal, "when I married the sec?
ond time." <s
"Did your second wife lead you astray?"
asked the sympathetic vlsitor.
"Xot so much as the fir-=t one. It was
she who preferred the liigamy charge."?
Philadelphia Xorth American.
THE EMPORIA LYNCHING. '
Wliattlic Papers of Vii-giiiin and Elsn
I where Have to Say of it.
It must be conceded that the people of
Emporia and ol" the whole county of
Greensville had much provocation to the
wlid justice they wrought upon the bodies
of tho negro murd'erer Cotton and his
wretclied companion O'Grady. The crime
imputed to the two men, and confcssed
by one, was peculiarly exasperating.
Still, there was no earthly doubt that
Cotton wuol.d have hanged by due pro
cess of law, had the mob rcstrained
its fury, and as for O'Grady, there .wat>
no cvidenco to show that he had any
complicity whatever in the .murders.
aside from being found in company with
Cotton, and having witriessed the crime.
Indeed, in making his confession Cotton
explicitly exor.orated O'Grady from all
partlclpatlon in it, and assumed the
wholo responsibility himself. ln our
judgment there is but one crime in the
whole catalogue of human offences that
will wavrant resort to lynch law, and
that is the crime of rape, and then only
upon the unmistakable id'entity of the
offender. The p*edple of Greensviiie will
regret their rash act, sooner or later. .
In the light of subsequent events some
one blundered terribly in withdrawing
the trops without bringlng the prisoners
wtih them. A mob has been aptly de
scribed as a wild animal, and to parlay
with it under cireumstances invplvlrig
life and death is a blunder that shades
close to a crime. In this case it seems
to have been an instanceXof misplaced'
confldence, but it has cost one lnnocent
man his life and put a reproach upon
the county that might have been
avoi.ded by a judicious display of au?
thority iand foree.?Petersburg Index-Ap
peal. .. ;"?*
The lynching of the two tramps, one
white and the other a negro, at Emporia
yesterday, was an utteriy . lincalled for
and inexcusable crime. The two vlc
tims had -murdered' two well known citl?
zens of tGreensvlllo county, ihad (been
arrested and incarcerated in the county
jail, and were praetically sure of swift
and a'dequate punishment. One of the
men, the negro Sarii Cotton, was already
under sentence of death for a prior mur?
der, commltted in Portsmouth, and tho
visltation of the death penalty upon him
was certain as anything can be. The
other fman equally deserved death, being
the* companlon of Cotton ln his double
crime, and the sharer in the booty taken
from the victims. That the men could
have .heen protected -was anrpiy demon
strated**Friday night, when, with the
miiitary on rluty, the mob dared not;
attack the jail. -
From .'the facts attalnable it w;ould
seerii that the chief responsibility rested
upon tlie sheriff. The Governor had or?
dered "the troops to Emporia and had
protected the criminals from the mob in
tho most critical hours of'sthe excite?
ment, and derhonstrated! abllity to protect
thcm-lndeflnitely. Upon notificatlon from
the sheriff that the servlces of the
miiitary were no longer, necessary, the
Oovernor ordered them home. The se
quel prbved that the sheriff. was not
warranted by tha situation in ordfering
the trooba away, though :pa bmus have
bclleved ho was. The offlcer command
ing the military did not belleve thc dan
ger ipast, and' so informed the Oovernor,
but the Executive was justiiled in nis
action by thej sherifts' request. He
might have gone a step further and re
moved the. .prisoner- to Richmond or
Petersburg forsafe" keeping without ex
ceeding his authority, or better still, ne
might have removed Cotton to Ports?
mouth, where-he. .was under death sen
? tonce. '
Altogether, it is a most unfortunate
affair when thc State must pay the ex?
penses of the troops for an entirely use?
less service and tlie State must bear the
odlum of ari unjustifiablc and even Inex
Cusable lynching. Somebody should be
held responslble. for it and somebody- be?
sides the mob. The sheriff and his posse
might at least have fire.rt a shot or re
sisted until one of their number was shot
before surrender. These men are paid for j
risking their HVes, and if they are, un
wllling. to do so tliey nted not serve.?
Danvilie Regi^ter. . |
Murdcr of a Christian missionary in
China by riotous and Insurgent
"Boxcrs**?the civilized. world ls shocked.
But what can we in the United States
say when the same newspapers that re
late how the- Rev. Mr. Brooks was
killed chronicle also the events that are
now exciting Virginia and Kentucky?
The English clergy-man was slain
v-hile travelling througn a rcmote vil?
lage 'in Shan Tung. Tne Governor of
the provlnce has been deposed, and his
succesror. as stated' in our Washington
dispatches this morning. promises to
bring the. murderers to justice.
In' no remote riioirntain fastness, but
in the highly civilized State 'of \ ir
ginia, the ancient "mother of Presi
dents," wthin an hour's raiiway journcy
of the capital. two men are lynched by
a howling mob-presumably composed of
??Ami?Tlcan. citizens." The -men were
prisoners in the hands of and under pro?
tection of the cpnstitutcd oflieials, so
that their seiziife und murdcr was a ol
rect assault upon tho majesty of tho
law and the authority of the Common
wealth: Yet tho Governor of the State,
with full twarnlng of thc result which
would follow his action. withdrew tho
troops from the scene. and the sheriff
iepbrted to have requested their with
drawal and to have offered no reststance
to tho mob-permits the prisoners to bc
taken out of his hands ancl done to death
with barbarous circumstances of crucl
ty.?Xew York Herald.
' The lvnching of the two men-on3
colored an.l one white-in Greenvil.e
county. Va.. for murders charged to
have "been comm'.tted by tbcm, is as
earnestlv condeinned by the press of that
State as it -is or can be by ihe news?
papers of any other section.
Lynching can only be justified when
the ordinary processes of law have b:en
paralvzed and a community is forced, as
was the case in San- Francisco at on3
time, to resort in self-preseryatlpn to the
suppresion of wholesale lawlessness. The
recent mob outbrcak in Virginia i- a i
the more to be regretted, because thero
seems to have been a reasonable druot
of the guilt of at ieast of one of them,?
Baltimore Sun
A terrible mistake was made in A'ir?
ginia ln withdra.wing.ihe troopa from
Enlporia, where a mob was fnowllng
for the death of two criminals. Gov?
ernor Tyler responded on Fr!day to
the urgent request of tlie sheriff nnd
Judge Goodwyn to send (the soldiers,,
and did so. He was compel.ed to wait
until the civil authority made the re?
quest for protection before he could
send the militia. . The sheriff and Judge
Goodwyn signed the order for t:e
withdrawal of the troops, virtually at
the dictation of the mob. The officer ln
command of tlie troops and the cooler
heads among the people knew that, as
soon as the soldiers left, the men wmid
be at the mercy of the mob. Maj. Cutch?
ins' despatch to Governor Tyler asking
for more men, indicated the -gravity of
the situutiop. and lhe Governor must
have recognized the danger. The sher?
iff and Judge Goodwyn were intiniidate.l
by the mob, and thc-y knew what v.-ou'd
iollow. It would have been imncssiblo
for a band of the bravest people to suc
cessfully res'st people apoarently fren
zied to* theliighes tdegree. Only sol?
diers, and plenty of them, with loaded
guns and fixed bayonets. could do that.
Governor Tyler had before him the
report of his officer as to the danger in
the situation. and also the te'esr.im from
.the civil authorities asking for the sol?
diers to be sent. He was in a trying
position. The sheriff and the jud-rc were
among their own people, -ind it was not
difflcult for them to be intlmiilatc-i
under such ch'cumstances. Governor Ty?
ler should have reiied upon the judgment
of Major Cutchins and kept the soldiers
nn the snot. nnd added- reinforc-ements
as quickly as possible i'i thc f?C2 o.*
the opinion of the civil oflicers. The pro?
tection of life is the first considera'..'0-i,
cspecially under such circumstances. Thf>
lynching, in view of thc facts, is a most
deplorablc affair. The name of the State
of Virginia h-os been tarnished, and lt
will be impossible for the Governor to
escape criticism in connection with the
affair.?Baltimore American.
_l>f Lines Comincndcd.
Editor of The Times:
Sir,?As a citizen who loves Virginia,
reveres justice and' believes that the
ipreservation of our dearest interests lie3
in the sacred maintainance of the
majesty of the law, I wish tothank Thc
Times most heartily for the magnificent
edltorial in to-day's paper on "Mob
Rule." It is just such cutspoken and
courageous arraignment and condemna
tion of wrong that alone can beat back
the .lurklng clouds of revolution which
so frequently burst upon our beloved
land, and iwhich threaten direful con
sequences to our whole body politic. lt
is surprislng beyond measure how so
many otherwise clever cinci' law-abiJing
citizens condone mob rule upon the
hypothesis that the vietim gets no more
than his due, ancl his summarily taking
off has a salutury effect in preventing
similar offences. Wrong never begots
right. The consequences to society re?
sulting from the unlawful execution of a
criminal taken out of the. law"s hands
by physical force and put to d'eatn by
a cheering, frenzied, revengeful ' crowd
are far more disastrous than the effect
of imany crimes. Every time the
majesty of the law is trample.d under
.foot thus ruthlessly our social organism
is by so much weakened.
It is a narrow mind or a degenerate
heart that pauses a man to fail to dis
tlnguish between sympathy for a crimi-.
nal or indifference as to his crime, and
a firm faith that the best interests of
society demand' that the law shall be.
resrpected and ?maintalne.d. If the law
can be defied and annulled in one'- case
upon the plea of great urgeney or provo
cation who shall say it may not be done
in other cases or indeed in any case if
the mob is .to be judge and' sole arbiter
of the existing exeigencies? And where
may this not lead us? It is a very seri?
ous matter, and the best friend of
society is he who seeks to build up a
strong sentimont in behalf of law and
order to the repression of that mistaken
condolenco with mob violence, the in
sldlousness of -which is the active and
potent in the -popular mind and which Is
responsible for the frequent loglcal and
direful sequences. For many a man
-who would not himself engage ln mob
violence, nor, perchance, ln any indlvld
ual'instance advocate it, when a lynch
"ing becurs either openly declares the act
was defensible or seeks to palllate it on
account of aggravating circumstances.
And ithls helps tokeep alive the spirlt
lf mob rule:. Nor is Indifference or ac
qulescence excusable. It is the duty of
each good citizen to exert his influence
actively ln behalf of. the;welfare of; that
society of which '.he ls a unit .
I have not the patience to review the
late lamentable affair to which ?_ your
grandnedltorIal Is devoted. I Jiope.thero
l _J1 aever J>a ^ -pe-peUtion of . such, jj
spectacle. We must never bc influenced
by sympathy for our fxicnd's under try
ing cireumstances to the extent: or
stitling our voices in demanding that the
majesty of the law must be supreme.
Herein" is the only way of safety.
I am glad The Times strikes for the
right promptly and from principle,
rather than pursuing the cowardly and
mercenarv cause of waiting to- see how
tha brceze is blowing. It is far nobler.
to seelc the crcation of a healthy pubiic
sc-ntiment than to blindly follow the
multitude, right or wrong.
W. M. B.
Richmond, Va., March 26th.
HYPNOTIZED THE PATIENT.
Tionblcsonio Molar Kxtracted "With?
out Pain to Swficrer.
H.Monotism was used to excellent ad?
vantage in a deritlst's parlor Friiay last
when a young man, who had a trouole
some molar, decided to have the acher
drawn. Accompanied by a Criend, Mr.
Calvln Cooke, t'he sufferer went to con
sult Dr. Leo Arthur Pusey.
Mr. Calvin Cooke, had devcloped the
faculty of being able to hypotize certain
people under certain conditions, so hs
voluntecred to bring his power to bear
upen his friend.
Tno suggestion was adopted and the
young man prepared himself for the ope
"ration. He sat in the dentlst's chair and
Mr. Cooke made several passes before him
dnd commanded him to slumber. He im
mediatelv sank into a deep sleep.
"Xow, awake," said the young hypno
tist. ?. ?
The subject opened his eyes, but did
not seem to recognize any one or know
what was transpiring.
The h\pnotist asked for a needle. He
? hen made several passes across the left
side of the young man's head and stuck
the needle through his ear. The sub?
ject did not liinc'n. nor did he afterwarus
know that his ear had been punctured.
He was then told to lean back ln the
chah* and open his mouth. This he diu,
and Dr. Puscv jerked out the tootn.
Tne hypnolist then aroused the young
man from his hypnotie state. and asKet.
him if he felt any pain when the tooth was
pulled. He said that he did not know
when the tooth was extracted. nor was
thgre any sensation of soreness about his
mouth. -'.- ,
The Doctor thought the experiment
most wonderful one.
"AA'hen a tooth is pulled under ordinary
circumsfarices," he said. "or even under
the inf'uence of chloroform, there is a
soreness for several days. But in this
case there was none."
Mr. Cooke has practlced on a number
of his friends and ln several cases he has
successfully hypnotized them.
SPRING HAS COME
and with it the usual lassitude, languor,
and and inertia. The manner in which
you drag your weary limbs around and
the indifference which-you show to pass
ing events, indicates the sluggishness of
your blood. Disease is largely in evi
dence, and if you do not take a Blood
Ptiriiier at once the consequences may
be more serious than you think.
As a tonic Alterative Dr. David's Iodo
Ferrated Sarsaparilla has no superior.
For Eczemu, Itch, Boils. Pimples,
Scrofula. Old Sores, Catarrh, and al!
Skin and Blood Diseases Dr. David's
Iodo-Ferrated Sarsaparilla is tho cure
you need.
It cures where others fall. It will give
you health and strength by making pur??
blood, thus eliminating all taint and dis?
ease from the system. Don't be led to
take some much advertised nostrum, but
insist oipon having the genuine Dr.
David's Ioda-Ferrated Sarsaparilla.
Read what Dr. J. AV. Smith says of it:
ReldsviUe. N. C, Oct. 17, 1S93.
Owens _ Minor -Drug Company, Itich?
mond. Va.:
Dear Sirs,?-Flease send me three dozen
Dr. David's Iodo-Ferrated Sarsaparilla.
I have entirely sold out the last lot. I
regard your Dr. David's Iodo-Ferrated
Sarsaparilla as the best alterative prepa?
ration that I have ever come in con
tact with during a period of many years
in the drug business and in the practice
of medicine. It sells better than any
other artiele that- I handle, and I fre
queritly prescribe lt in cases where lndl
cated. and always with the best resulfs.
Yours truly, J. W. SMUTH. M. D.,
Physician and Druggist.
If you cannot procure it of your drug?
gist or merchant write to us. Price 51 a
bottles; six bottles for $5.
OWEXS & MINOR DRUG CO.,
Richmond, Ta.
XO THE VOTERS OF RICHMOND.
I respectfully announce myself a can?
didate for the clerkship of the Hustings
Court.
Having served as deputy under that
accompiished and efilcient officer, the late
AViliiam- iP. Lawton, and since his death
havtrig held the otlice by Judge AVitt's
appointment, I pledge myself, if elected,
to bring to my aid" the trainlng and
experknee thus gained (and so essentia!)
for the conscientious discharge of the
duties of the office, and w..l endeavor
in the future, as ln the past, to faithfully
serve the people of this city.
Very' respectfully,
i WALTBR CHRISTIAN.
Vigorous rubbing with Dixie Nerve and
Bone Liniment will cure Rheumatlsm,
Pains in the Back, Joints, Shoulders and
Sides. Unsurpassed for Neuralgia. Re
mem'oer, Dixie Nerve and Bone Liniment
cures Corns and Bunions, and don't take
anything but the "Dixie" when you want
a nerve and bone liniment Price, ' 25
cents everywhere.
To my friends and fellow citizens: ?
I desire to announce myself a candi?
date for City Serg'eant, and- earnestly.
solicit vour support and Influence, hav?
ing beeii a tax-payer to the, city of Rich?
mond for thirty-five years, and I am a
believer in a little rotation in office, and
no one family should receive all. ^^
JAMES C. SMITH.
The Southern'Bell Telephone and Tele?
graph Company announces that tele
phonlc communieation can be had over
its lines with Lynchburg. Va.; Danvilie,
Va.; Roanoke, Va.; Wakekfield. Va.; Ap
pomattox, Va,; FarmviUe, Va.: Crewe,
Va.;. Salem, Va.: Bedford City, Va.; Relds
vlile, N. C; Charlotte, N. C; Columbia,
S. C.
(For further partlculars enqulre at the
Public. Pay Stations and. at Matiager's
office. 1214 East Main Street.
SOUTHERN BELL .TELEPHONE AND
THLBGRAPH COMPANY.
"DIFFICTJLTIES GIVE WAY to dlll
gence," and al! blood humors dlsappear
when Hood's Sarsaparilla ls taken. It
purlfies, "enrlches and vltalizes the blood,
cures that tired- feellng, and tones up the
wnole system. Take It now.
'The non-irrit^tlng. catharttc?Hood's
Pills. . ??--?,../,_ -' ??;:????
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
Hewitt Deserves Credit Which Van
Wyck Gets.
NOTED CHURCH'S ANNIVERSARY.
Man Tries to Commit Stiiciile at the
. Altar?ATypographienl Union's
Gou'.l "Work?Death of a
Protuiiicut I'rcaclier.
NEW YORK, March '26.?SpeclaL?The
man to whom is due more tl-an any oth?r
man the eommeneement of the under
grbund railroad was not present at yes
turday's cerenionies vrhcn the lnaugura
tion of this great unterprise was cele?
brated. I refer to Abraham S. Ke-yltt,
who -was formerly mayor ot Ntw York
and one of the best that the ctly ever
tad. .He did'not even receive an Invita?
tion to the cereniQiiy: until somebody ha;i
pened to call altt-iition to the oversi?ht
.ind at- the last hour a caxd was sent to
him.. On the otlier hand ihe man who
\has done less than any body eise in an
official capaclty to promote this enter?
prise, had the honor of uiggtng the first
shovelful of dirt. That man is Mayor
Van Wyck. Others did the work and he
vrill get the glory'.
LITTLE CHURCH AiROUND CORNEIR
The Church of the Transliguration. pop
ularly known as "Tbe Little Church
Around the Corner," celebrated Its fif
tieth' annlversa'r'y ' yestsrday. How the
church acqulred this title ls told by Jos.
Jefferson in his reminiscenees. and has
been cften told . in the newspapers. The
church has always been a favorite with
the actors and from it the funerats of
Edwip Booth fcnd Lawrence Barrett took
place. It contalns a memoiial window m
honor of Booth. J. AV. AVallack and
Harrv Montague used to rent pews there
and Charlotte Cushman was a frequent
attendant. But Uie church does not ds
pend'on the actors for its support. It hos
a large numbor of members from botn
the rich ar.d poor classes. It is said that
the rector officlates. at something like six
hundreds wedOlngs every year. The ceie
bration of the golden annivcrsary yester?
day drew a large crowd at every servlce.
The sermon of the occasion was preached
by Rev. Dr. Leflingwell, of Portland, Me..
aud t'he rector, Rev. Dr. Houghton, made
a few approprlate remarks, in tlie course
of which he rroted the presence of a few
persons who were at the first servlce fif ty
years ago.
Tv-pograhpical Union No. G will hold ln
Grand Central Palace during the month
of May.a printing exposirion and fair in
aid of the bc-nevolent adjuncts o-' the as?
soeiation. -This union has paid out $2T>D,000
: in charity to its members, and those de.
pendent on it, since it was organized. The
exposition is to show the progress in the
art of printing since the union was or?
ganized in 1S60 with Horace Greeley as
its first president.
LOVED A OHIXAMAX.
William C. Riley, a hotel employe, has
brought suit for divorce from his wife.
and the story is a most remarkable one.
The wife abandoned her home and after
a seareh of seven years, during Which
time the tobacco plantation he owned was
sacrificed to provide funds to keep up the
hunt, the husband succeeded in locating
her at'No. H Pell Street, where she was
living as the wife of a Chinaman. who
had taken the American name of Wllson.
His fortune all gone, Ril?y was obliged
to accent a place as a waiter. Thrice he
beegedhis wife. to Tfturn to him, saying
that he would forgive her. She refused
to listen to him. The last time he called
she said:
"You married me when I was a cftiia
or thirteen. You were rich then, ard I
liked you well enough, but I grew tired
of seeing vour face always arrund. and
came to Chinatown. I am glad I did. for
this life just suits me, and I propose to
live it," .
Joseph Glass. a butcher, who has a wue
and three children. sittempted yesterday
mornlng to commit suicide by aas tus
phvxiatiorv. under the holy light on the
altar of the Atoris Zwle Synagogue on
One Hundred and Tweraty-nrst. Street. Ho
was found there at 6 o'clock by the sex
ton in an unconscious condition and wa3
taken to a neighboring hospitai for trcat
ment. At last renorts his condition was
said to b(5 critical.
?Rev. Dr. Poter Stryker, one of the most
.promiriient ministers of the Reform
Church in this country, died yesterday at
Asbury Park. aged seventy-four.
.-m
DelifflTtftil Concert.
The concert that served to introduce
Mr. Edouard von Berggrun, of Vienna,
to the Richmond public last night was
one of the most artistic and thoroughly
dellghtful musical events ever heard in
this city. The bright particular star of
the oecaslon is not only an artist, but a
genius to boot. Hi3 voice is magnificent,
ranginig from E flat to high G, and la
remarkable for its beautiful quality and
resonance. His numbers were received
with great enthusiasm, and he was forced
to respond to encores every time he isang.
Miss Mamie Hanlson, the new soprano
at "Centenary Church, was most cordially
received, and" fully justiried the flattertng
reports - that preceded her. She is an
artist of rwide capabilities, and is a very
decided acquisition to musical circles fn
this city. *
Miss 'Mary Thurston. of this city, who
has just taken her *place on the pro
fessional stage, is an actress endowect
with many seductlve and saccharir.e
graces. She is a. charming reader, and
made a most favorable impression.
iMr. Shepherd 'Webb was heard at his
best. He is a thorough musician, ancl
teeimlcally .ancl temperamentaily cannot
be excelled as an accornpanisL. There
were numerous encores and the audience
was enthuslastic to a degree.
Harpist and Story-Tttller.
Hunoteds will remember with pleasure
of having heard Von Veechton Rogers,
the Haipist.^in the concerts of the W*a
nesday Club May Festivals, and ln the Y.
M. C. A. Course especially, when he ap?
peared with his friend, that p.-Ince en
tertainer and imagnificent story-teller,
Chas. T. Grilley. They are coming again.
Rogers and Grilley will be here Monday;
April ?d, giving the sixth number of the
memlbers' - entertainments. Their enter
talnments are fasclnating, clean and ex
ceedlngly popular. They deserve and will
have a packed house. Seats go on sale
Friday at one o'clock. The prices will
bo popular.
Normal School at Pairfleld.
A. delegation, embraclng Dr. Sugh _>.
Smlth, trustee; Superintendent Fussell,
and Mr. XV. A. Crenshaw, principal, awalt
ed upon the Superintendent of Public
Instructioh on Saturday, and requested
that one of the summer normal schools
be held at Falrfield school-hbuse.
. A report on the matter will be m_lo
next Saturday.
* Council Commirtees,
The ^Committee on Accounts attd
Printing met last night and appro</_d
some claims.
. A quorum was not secured by the Com?
mittee onCialmsand Salaries....
. Meetin_of tho Boapil.
Mrs. James H. Capers preslded at the
me.etm_.of' the Woman's Christian Asso?
ciation Board, whic_ was held at uoon
yesterday.' . ... _
lt *?_? *ecide_ to have ___?_** ?n
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IVER
PILLS
OACHE
Positlvely enred iby these
Uttle Pills. ,
ThsyalsorcEeve *D*stres3 ftoni Dyspepsfa,
rndigestionandToo'HeartjEafine. Aper
rect remedy for Dizzuicss, "Nausea, Drowst
ness, "BadTastcinthe Mouth, Coatcd Ton^mr
fh&t in thcSMe, TORPID -LIVEK. They
Fcgulate thb Bowcls. Puxely Vegetabfe.
SmaH Felio Smail Dose?
v." Srnsl? ?r:*r?i
LUSV1BER
AND
Material
Wholesale and Retail.
Manufacturer of Sash, Doors. Mould
ing, BHisds; Stairs, Interior ond
Exterior Jiaish.
In Hardwoods, Cypress, Poplar, Wh'te
Pine and Maplo Flooring, Jlardware,
Glass, Etc.
' Lumber Air-Driedf then
Kiln-Dried.
Agents for Ruberoid
Roofing, and
F. SITTERDiNG.
Main Yards and > ST- imES & LE1GH
Oitice. 1
Branch Yards -.vith) L0MBARDY & LEIGH.
Ry. Connections. )
Pianing Mill and I ST JAMES 4 1ACKS0M.
Factary, \
Trial GoMinces
iThe lost Skeptical
HEADACHENE
is made to relieve Headacb.es.
Price, 25c.
T. A. MILLER, 519 E. Broad,
Branch Under Jeilerson Hotel.
the brick Sunday-school at St. John's
Episcopal church Friday at -1 P. M-. March
30th. All persons interested in Woman's
Christian Association work are cordially
Invitcd to be present. Momburs of the
Board of Managers Woman's Christian
Associaticn are rentieated to ger. their
reports ready as soon as possible.
Another tree library will probably be
opened in another /part of the cSty.
VIRGINIA NEWSPAPERDOM.
Press Association Preparins for Ita
Anitnal Mectinrr.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA.. March 2S.
Speeial.?The Executive Committee of tha
Virginia Press Association met here to
day at HoteJ. Gleason and decided to hold
the next annual meeting of the Asso?
ciation at Old Point or Virginia. Beach
on July 10th next.
It was Qecided to invlte the foltowiny
gentlemen to address the Association!
Hon. Henry Wattejson, Col. C O'B. Co
wardfn, Senator John W. Daniel, and
Mr. Carter "Glass, edltor 6f ;the Lynch?
burg News.
Mr. Reanej's Call.
FREDERiICKSBURG. VA.. March 25.?
Speeial.?Rev. W. L Reaney, rector of
Trinity Church. this city, has been called
to the Episcopal Church at Brunswick.
Ga. He may accept. Mr. Reaney camo
here from Texas, and ls considered one
of the best preachers in the State.
Mrs.Bntton III.
LYNCHBURG, VA., March 26.?Speeial.
Mrs. Charles W. Button, mother of Mr.
Joseph Button, clerk of the State Sen?
ate, ls extremely .111 at her home In A_
pomattox.
Six Inches of Show.
BRISTOL. VA.. March 28.?Speeial.?In
portions of Southwest Virginia this morn?
ing the ground was covered to a deptn
of six inches with new fallen snow.
YORK KIVEK IilNE-DAlJ-f SER?
VICE.
Effective April 2. 1000, daily service will
be inaugurated by the popular YatfCr
River Line between. Richmond. W_t
Point and Baltimore. The schedirf? oe
tween the two "cities will be approxt-*
mately as follows:
.Leave Richmond daily, except Sunday,
4:30 P. M.. arrive Baltimore S o'clock
following morning; leave Baltimore 5 P
M. daily, except Sunday, arrive Rich?
mond 9:20 following morning.
The elegant" steamers Charlotte and
Baitlmore will be in service on th_ lin_.
First-class excursion rate betw.en
'Richmond and iBaltimore. $4i for th_
round trip. Tickets on sale daily. with
return llmit ten days.
First class.- one way. between Rich?
mond and Baitlmore, $2.50; second class,
one way, $1.30. C. XV. WHSTEJTJRY.
Traveling Passenger Agent.
THE SOUTHERN RAH.WAY PR&
PARIXG FOR SUMMER RESORX
TUAVF.fi. ;' ..
Tho Passenger Department of tho
Southern Raiiway 'has' sent out clrcular*
to hotels and to personsi who aro willing;
to entertaln-sunrmer boarders resliling on ,
or near the _out_er_ atailway, re _ueatin*
full Information as to locatlon, number
accon?iodated, terms of board, etc., for
guldance in-vcompUIn?r' Information for
"Summer Homes Folder.**; Seasqn^lWO. *??'??
Blanks can bo-J? d* oC Station Airent otr
by-addresslns _I_ W. A- Tilrk. Gsnorttt.
Passenger" Agent.' Southern *___**?,
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