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TKAITS ? UH ??.DAVIS.
ftjffclfristlci of the PonfN?erate
mi by His Wife.
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, ? ? country w?s ?live
::i butternut trousers
it* and epaulet? of
s. v, rul compani???
r tr*nsportatiou gave
- nt the dilTcreut
r ? '. iinhniiaasi iu tbe
the President met u? ina
(??? ? f.i-ir, ?.-ut down for
I ? th? citizens untd
? a?,-e und horse? ' I
vas a trial t?> us,
possible we reduced our ?*
, ? to? ourriaueaud a pair? Vm'
? '!.?? Sj'otswood Hotel
ly untu the bonae iu
???? l? me of the Chief Ex
! ? ished. iuthc hot?! we
I with the Cabinet and the
u ft ntUB ber of ladies and geutle
**? J'AVW'b UTEBABV l'?rrKEEJ.CE?.
. ti.iXXVlH.l
? !,?!ieartening periods
, ? ? irfolk had ktifta ????e?
- rod, he came
r trom bi? ufBce. ?tag
'? m hi? little privet? of
, '? wn. He de? lined dinner.
"1 l'y bis ?ide ?uxiou? and
?T^V'J-^? what was the trouble which
h ? m. lu aa hour or two b?
''"? weight of reiponiibilt'y
, u ?o that be felt b? would
ta. ,JrV'?1 bin??? to bive ?out? uu* with
""* in touhl ?hftre it. i touud tluytj
1 nothing comforted him, arni at last pleked
apMarra??*??'? "<?uv Livingstone." know,
it.!' that B? had not ren?l it, I thought it
might diatract his mm?l. The ?loscrli?
ton? <>f tlie horso* and the hau tabretir
Guy p?!??!?? t? ! Inm at finit In ? vague km 1
. Ini? 'jradti l?lv h?? I bombs ?l???>rl?,? 1
?? i I rend on u:it.il Ilio sky beram? gray
and tlifii pink. II.? ???? ?<> wrapped in tho
that lie took n<> Batios of timo.
; V.'henl?uv's back was broken, audwhen
Cyril Braadoa in t ?> latsrrtsw tasti tot?
I, \?, ,1 'truck him, my 1?????????? lOSBVBtB
the hipheM ?tat? ??? oxritcmmt and call*??!
out. " l showld like to have ?Hen flure t<i
Ennish tho ?oiuindnd who would ?triko a
?I?le?? man vih.'ii I,?? WM dowsY,"
'liio?tr?am ??I litrht literature wliich wan
then ju*t gnth'.nne into ? flood, had flow?
ed l>v him, w,tli v? rv f? w exception?, from
1"<: iin?il 1881 uii?l Li? had NH BOSS I 1 it.
being t?*> tras? with th? asvsr r ?tuilie? of
Statai t ift t<? nti?cli aay Importane? to it.
'I In? fir?>t hook l?.".ri!t;np?ii niiytliiti|.M.x
c??i?t government, ?l proCtsaM ti.?t. ha real
anta ?taearasss ara? ths latrodaetioa to
Backl?'? "History of Civilisation." We
??? Boomed to great
ly enjoy Ih?1 statai? tra ;??????,
rosi? Of ??? ??;t ??G> minos.
Uova)? were to him only a mean? of
driving out th??ushts of more serinufl
? ?-. ir> In? did not rsad
: ?11, ami preferred ???...iv.,, bistory,
biography, or g??verom?ntal treati oa;
taoagbhe rem?*mb?red with a'touishing
eli-ame-i? Walter ?Scott's postnaaad aov?is,
('?oner's r.">? 1-. "Ila? Children ?f the
," "TbsBoottish Clii'-f?." Theodor?
Hook's, and even alias EtAgeworth's books.
? hi r?? WS? "i>" aportlM novel whioh 'inn?.
out in ?hurt instalments in tho old
PRESIDENT PWlb'e EK'UMOND ?IOMF. NOW GG??????. rTBLIf! SCHOOL, AND BOJ?f TO BECOME
THE ?G?????>?11??? UBBABT AM? ttOUKOU.
Time? callad "The Handle?
da." in which he took
great delight, aad so fr.'?nientlv quoted
ttbal -other declared that he
would ??? ..?? t , take the paper if th? story
tttinui d. < Ine spaoiaJ |e?1 in it wa?
" he called his
' rxeatvn I hi? iittln groom'? horse
?y rod? arti-rliin?."
His lore for poetry was continuous
throughout his life. In hi? youth he mem
?prized ? hug? part of Moore'? ' Lall?
? "Child? Harold." "Tli,?.
Giaour,'1 "Lara," "English Bards und
," and especially tlie
et irtn m " Donju?n." and the " 1. try of
?'." 1 have often ??> en him
m Bight ami in n half whisper repeating :
1 on?? rot)? it-? coarse,
The r<AT"i of yore that ?laneoJ our lii'atiry upon
its Ene?? ;
How ar? they CdOttad from ihe thlntr? that bo ?
Bis \pi? ?? was n.u deal 1b Mm extreme, ami
ad le 1 charm to th? numberless versos he
bad unconsciously committed to memory
from hi? far rite]
8'?1G? OP ?38 FAVORITES.
? ghl at r Uaatogle'a Ford was nn
i Ita-Jame?'?
? im h HI Deyon before
li?-r death andOonglaa'a contempt of the
tickle crowd who deaerted him wore two
other?. His recitation of "I saw linn
? Widow atand. her husband'? dirk
I iu her band," gave new) force to
? ?rai ? ' familiar with Burns
lhat almo?! at ?nv i?art of his poem? h?
could, whea giran a line, go onto repeal
contignotu t,? it, eepeoially "Tb?
? "it"r'? Smurdav Ni-ht," snd.th? "Ad?
v.??? t" ? Yoting Tr;?
In after years Clougb'? "Poems of Pa
." were great favorite? with him.
and the editi.m we have is marked all
through with passages which beadmired.
Milton to him wasadreadful bore, while
? ? ?- very familiar with Virgil, nn?l loved
to quota from hita. He read parte o? I
fimi s little Of Browning, hut bad
th the I itti r. Of heroic
: .? memori/? . I number
them in intimilo intercourse
with 1 is friends w th ai>'?osit? ness. I
? ? ? r ? w 88/one who conld re-.i?t tlie
charm of th ?<? recitations, wheo he was
n the Stood. He tin?! a lovely, liiqh b.tn
,?.??? iti ?on?.?, bo mnsical cultura, but
r: and it he beard a aoag randared
? ly uiid wall,sang it afterward rsry
- waa alo ?res
"Had! th? leisere t?> ?igh und mourn.
Fannie, dearaai. Pd mourn for th????:'
Another waa, "lias sorrow thv founfl
? " ; and tho?? he liked
wore, "The Lan? that one?
-.? Tars'a Hall?." snd " The fkliaatre]
Boy." Theae ?v?>r?> tha fashionable
of hi? da?, nod ha? retentive memory kept
tin m intact aa long si be bred. His ??
: ei a loai its svestii? ss .t Its upper note?,
and when bi'ltn?? very well it wns common
for linn to ?ing in hi? room while arranging
hi) i'?|?ers.
???a ISniAN LASOrtr.ES.
? ht r.? wa? au Indian aoag which calmed
our ouil.lr. ? whenever they w?-rooi
:? ?,-?
'Cora wankte shar.^monoe, ehe? re.rra
n?,?tv ?ue.?, natty hie??."
I ii?? translation be gave?of so much as I
romembar?WBS: "Friends, a man walks
:?< v.'Ur v liage."
H?? was at one time able to speak ?overal
: ingnages rather iluentiv, und knew
s great da? oi the. Indian tracutioBS aad
custom? and wa? a more than ordinarilv
/,??! Krencli imbolar, but had learned the
.??? B?apiy to read military l>o<>Ks,
ami fxroBoaaceo i? as though it were Eng?
lish, li" wi'.s also ? rery good Spanien
scivolar Bad was forni of reading Spanish
l.t.-rature in hi? younger days. He was
: . r elasstosl scholar .aud never for?
got his lireek and Latin.
TUB Ol'NBOATS IN THE JAMES BXVXB?BATTLE
O? 8?VEN G???3.
|Ch:ii?ter XXVL]
About Mav l?th Mr. Davis insisted that
w should leave Bichmo&d. and reliera
him fioui BBBSCSeaary anxiety. On the
? vo ot th?? ?ith there was a reception, and
we were to go in tino days. A courier
I ? the President with dispatches,
an! as he passed 888 on his return to
the drawing-room I looked a ({liestion. and
?-nded in a whisper. "The enemy'?
gunboat? are ascendin" the river." Our
ramained qoite lat??, and tberowaa
no opportumtv for further eonven-ation.
As soon as they were gone my husband
told me he hoped the obstructions would
Dtwvaet the gunboats reaching the city,
but that he preferred weshoiiidgo the next
morning. Always averse to flight, I en?
tri ated him to grant a little delay, but he
was firm, und I communicated the now? to
the family. Dr. William M. (twin and his
daughter were viMtiog us, and a friend
from the next corner had tarried b?>
vond the rest. As noon as our dear litt lo
nsighoor tras told the new?, ?he dropped
oa ?tat knees and raisini; her hand? to
liiaven, ejaculated: "Lord Jesus, ?ave
?nd help me." Notwithstanding the
crucial iw?riod through which we were
pawing, we all laughed heartily, except
our friend. Hhe wa? a woman of rare at?
tainment* end kevu wit, and had written
a journal which extended orer a loug
period of intercourse with the great?
of their day at home und abroad. Such a
raeord of the passing show would have
Ixren almost a? valuable an addition to the
LiHtory of the time aa Madama Juuot's or
Madame do llcmusat? diaries, but ??he
burned it at once for fear of its being
tufceu from her by the enemy.
MB. DAVIB BArTUKD 1iX I>B. ???????????
We left for llaleigh. N. CL on the morn?
ing of May 10th; the panic began some
dav? later, and it wa? pitiable to see our
fri ????*? coming in without ?n.vthine except
the clothe? they had on, and mourning
the low of their trunks in a piteous jum?
ble of pain and worrimeat.
The Kundav before our departuro Mr. j
Davi? was baptired at home by Mr. Minai
?erode in the pre&ence of the Hight l!? v
Bishop Jobu?. anda peace which ??*???<1
?jiiderstenuiug aecined to iKdtle in his j
heart after the ceremony. Hie religious j
conviction? had long occupied hi?
thought?, and the joy of being received
into tha Church seamed to pervade his
?cui.
urn-la t? au sotiata? thb ?tor?.
ICaaptar XLIV.j
Mr. Daris'ij early sduoation had slwsys
kiclined him to ?vein the Uoroan Oataouc?
irivoda whv ouald not be altftaaied iwua
the oppressed. He addressed the follow?
ing letter to his Holiness:
" Richmond, Reptemher 23,1868.
" I'TV Veneratile Sorcrrim Pontiff :
" Ttie letter? which vou h?ve written to
the clergy of New Orleana and New York
bave beep communicated tome, and I have
read with emotion the deep grief therein
?atpiaasaa for the ruin and devastation
caused by the war which is now being waged
bv the I'nited ?stato? against the Stute?
anil people which have ?elected me ?a their
? lent, ?nd your orders to your clergy
to ?short tin peo|ile to peace end charity.
I am deep!?.tsible of the Christian
charity which hns impelled you to this re
iterated appesi to tho clergy. It is f..r this
that] feel it my duty to express
personally and in the ?iam?t of the Con?
te.1? rate Stute? ottr L'Talitude for such sen?
timents of Christian good feclinnnndlovo,
?ad to nr.s.ir.? your Holmes? that the p??o
ple. threat??!).? I even on their own hearths
with the raost CTUelopprtwlCO and terrible
rjanukga, i? destrona now, as it has always
Ix en, to ft?? tti?? '-ti-.I of tiiis impious war;
that wc have ever ?ddres-sed nrayers to
Heaves for that la?** which your Holiness
-ire?; that w desire none of our
enemy's poaseaaaosa, but that we flight
: in. d?<vnstation of our
Country and the shedding of our best
blood, and to force them to let us live in
l under the protection of our own in?
stitutions and under our laws, which not
only it.Mire to ?VI ry one the enjovment of
1 t? nijioral rights, but aho the free exer?
cise of his religion. I pray your Holiness
to accept, on the part of myself und tho
people of the Confederato States, our ein
Mr* thanks- for your efforts in fnv,.r of
peaee. May the ?eord preserve the days of
your Holiness and keep you under His di?
vine protection,
ISicnedJ "jErFf.rsoN Davis."
tp? rente m p v.
" ihtftrious and Uonorabk J'resi'hul, Sanita?
tion :
"We have just received with nil suitable
welcome tho per ions sent by you to place m
our hands your le ' 33d "f Sep?
tember last. ? .t s'.iL-ht wm tin? pleasure
wo experienced when tve learn-vl from
t'use person? and th?? letter with what
feeling? of |oy and gratitude you were nni
mate I, lUui tnousand honorable Presidi ? ',
MSooBMyou w?re informed of our let
? our venerable brother John.arch
biehop of New York.and John,archbishop
r Orleans, dated the l-th of October
it last year, and in which we have with
u'.l our strength excit'd und exhorted those
ble brother? that, in their episcopal
pi? ty und ?olicitude, they should endeavor
with the most ?rdent EOal ?nd in onr name
to bru;,? about tho end of th? fatal civil
war which hns broken out in thoso coun?
tries in order that the American people
may obtain peace nnd concord and dwell
cl antMi.?? together. Ii is partieulerly
agreeable ton I -t yem, illustrious
?nd honorable President, end your people,
in. animated w-.t b the ?am? d??ire?ol paw
and tranqU Hit? which w? have in our lei.
iculcateu upon our venerable bro?
thers. May it plea-o God at tho Bam.?
timo to make Ilio ether peoples of Amer?
ica and their rulers, reflecting seriously how
terrible i? civil war, and What calamities it
engender?, listen to the mspiiatious of a
calmer spirit, and adopt resolut.lv the
part of pe-iee. As for us, W? thaU let
cease to offer up the most fervent ? ravers
to God Almighty that Ho may pour cut
upon all th? people Of America the spirit
Ol peace and charity, and that He will
stop the great ?vils which afflict them.
We ?t tbe Mm? tim? beaeaoh tin? <?.?<1 of
pity to ahad abroad upoa you the light of
His grace, and attach you to us by a per?
fect friend-hip.
" Qiren at f!ome, at St. Peter's, the 3d of
ibi-r, 1868, ot our Pontificate 18.
[Signed] "i ? re IX."
I?unni: Mr. Davis' imprisonment the
Holy Father eent a likeness of himself and
underneath it, with his own hand,
attested by the ?eel of Cardinal Ant.melli.
'? Come unto me. nil yo who aro weary and
beuvy-ltvden, und I will (????? you rest."
Tho dignt.;rv n:i I the man b,?tb illustrated
Ml and lowly Lord of all, whose
? ie? -Cerent he was.
WBA1 a HBBJfft TOST.
Appended to a statement showing the
neceaaariM of life is the following, showing
the prices en bill of t*ro at the Oriental
ii -t iiirntit. Richmond, January 17,Iftftfi
Sene, per plat?? ....fi ?? ? win IS, rs? Biwn K.
TerSey, per plate, a bo Champagne-..fV> 00
Ccu-ken, per plate 3 6) Madeira. 60 00
line? fjsb, pot pla:o & O) ? Port. ?5 00
Boast beef, per
piste.?". 0)
??-.per .lieb 3 50
Ham and ?ft*? ?
Boiled eg??. ? 00
Fried oyet?r?.6 00
Hnw oyeter?.8 00 halt
Cab! ????. ? ??
Claret.,.W 09
Skerry. .... Vi OJ
I !(V? (>?-?. G?? ??,??.
F re n?? h br?ndy... S 00
Hy? whtekey... t 00
Apple brandy. 2 00
LlqlURS, IT.?
???t?*.
I'otau???. 1 tl) Porter. l? OD
l'uro coffee, per Ale. 18
cip.SCO Ale, ? bottle. ti oj
Pur?? tea, per cup. if (0 ( fans.
liest, milk. ?f 0J . Fln?IIav?ua. 1 0)
Brea* and butter.. 1 60 |
Cam? ot all kind? tn season.
? errapln served up in every sty!?.
'Colonel Miller Owen: In Camp and Catti?
with tb? Washington Artillery.
JOUBXEY TO CHABLOTTE.
(Chapter LVL)
Darkness seemed now to close swiftly
over tho Confederacy, and about a week
before the evacuatiou of Richmond Mr.
liavis came to me and gently, but de?
cidedly, announced the necessity for our
departure. He said for the future his
headquarters mu?t ho in the field, ami
that <ur presence would only embarrass
and grieve, instead of cointortiug him
Very averse to flight, and uuwilhug at all
times to leavo him. I argued tho question
with him and pleaded tobe permitted to
rt main, until he nani : " I have confidence
in vour capacity to take care of our babies,
anil understand your desire to assist and
comfort me, but you can do this in but one
hon. jxrntKeoK davi? at the aus or saiarr
_riv?.
way, and that is by going younelf and
tukinK our children to ? place of safety."
He was very much affected and said : " If
1 live you oan come to me when tbe strug?
gle i? ended, but I do uot expect to ?ur
vive the destruction of constitutional
liberty."
He had a little gold, and reserving a *5
piece for himself, be gave it ?11 to rue, u?
well as all the ('? nf?derate money due to
him. He d ?alfil m? not to request any of
tho citizens of Richmond to take care of
my ?ilvur plate, of which we possessed ?
large quantity, for, ??id be: "They m?y
!., ( ?? o-ed to inconvenience or outrage by
their effort to ?crve us."
?al? or uorjsxaoLB ooon?.
All women like f.ric-o-tVrtc. which senti?
mental people call their "household
goods." but Mr. Davi? called it "trum
pery." I vu not superior to tbe rest of
ray ?ex tn tbi? regard- However, every?
thing which could not be readily trans?
ported wm sent to ? dealer for ?ale, and we
received quite a lare? draft on ? Richmond
be^ftSiaueprAX??^! but iu the burrjr of,
departure the check was not cashed, sad I
h?vo it now.
Leaving the house as it wns. and t?kmg
only our clothing, I mido ready with my
y lung sister ami mv four little children,
the eldest ot.lv nine v?>ars old. to an?forth
into the unknown. Mr. Burton IS. Harri?
son, the President's private secretary, wa?
to protect and see us safely aettled in
( inrlotte. where wo had hired a furnished
Mr. <n arge A. Trenholm's lovely
daughters were also to accompany u? to
remain with friend-? th-r.?.
1 had bought several barrels of flour,
snd intendavi to tako them with
m??. but Mr. Davis said: * ion
cannot romove anything in the shape
of food from lore, the people want
it, and v?>u must leave it here."
The deopest. dnprteaaiJB had ?ettled upon
tho whul? city; the ?treet? were almost
deserted.
?nOWBT? BEB HOW TO ?HOOT.
The dav lietoro our departure Mr. Davis
farreahsa oixtol and ?howed me how to
??al. aim. ami lire it. He waa very appre?
hensive of our falling into the hands ot
the disorganized bands of troops roving
about tho country and ?aid : " You can, ?t
least, if rcdaeed to the last extremity force
your assailant? to kill you. but I charge
you .solemnly t<> leave when you hear the
enemy are npprna"hin?, and if you cannot
remain undisturbed in our own country
make f rr t1,?? 1 loridacoast and tako a ship
then? for a foreign couutry."
With lu art? bowed down by denoair we
left Birhruond. Mr. Davis almost gave
way when our littlo.Jeff blBjjad to remain
With him, sad Maggie dung to him con
vul-iveiy, for it was evident he thought he
was looking his la?t upon us.
IHK l.VAfi'iTION or RICHMOND.
[Chapter LVI11.1
I give Mr. Davi?'? story of tho evacua?
tion of Biohmosd in his own word? :
"On Bunday, April ad, while J was in St.
Paul's church (renerai Lee's lalSEIMBSJB
noum-itig Ins speedy withdrawal from I't'
tarsburg aad th? eoBseqaeat necessity for
evacuating ltichmoud was handed me. I
?luietiy len tho church. The occurrence
probably attracted attention, but the peo?
ple had Ven beleaguer? d, had known mo
too often to receive notice of threatened at?
tacks, and the congregai ion of Ht. Peal'? WS?
too r.fiu? ?I to make a ?erne at anticipated
danger. I went to my office and assembled
the needs of departments and bureaus as
fur as thev ?????!?? be found on a day when
all the office? wer? closed and cave tho
needful Inatraetion fot our removal that
Bight, snnui'aneously with General Lee's
from Peteraburg. The ?vent was fore?
seen, and some preparations had been
made for it, though, ne it came sooner
than W8 ? ?1 pected, there was yet much to
be ihn???. Tos ex'TUti\e papers were ar
r ????? ? tor resaoi ?1.
"This occupied myself and staff until
late in th?? afternoon. By this Usas the re?
port that Biobmi ad wns to be evacuated
bad spread through the town, ami many
who saw me walking toward my residence
left their house? to impure whether the re
port wa?, tin??. I p,m my admission of the
painful fid. fjBS?itied, however, bv tho
rxpre lion of my hope that we should un
der better auspice? again return, tiny all,
the ladles especially, With eerier?.u ?
pathy and patrioti? impala? responded,
'li the sacce?? of tha cause fBaairca yoa
? ap Kiehmond. w? sto content.'
" The alfi'ctn.n Bad eoiilideiico ot this
noble pepi?? in the hoar of di?8?ter were
more ? to me than complacent
and unjuat censure would bare beea. ? ?
"Being ahme la BJebasond, ? few ?r
rsagemeota aeedfal for my personal wants
were ?oon mads after reaching home.
? Ion leaving all ele? ia the care of the
hoasekeept r, 1 waited until notified ol tas
time I would depart, and going to the ata?
. fi . Daar?ls, whither I sup
i?. .?? ? ?., :.? r il ? ? would ? root ? I with his
111 111 V.
win- (?rant ivu-.rr.ri.
In connection with the evacuation of
Biohmosd, the following incident is re?
lat.'d byGeaeral O. W. 0. Leo:
"After I waa taken prisooerat Sailor's
creek, with tho greater part of thi
manda of ? ?> ?. ? ral h well and Gom-ral Dick
Anderson, and was on my way to Peters?
burg Wltnth? ?ft'icersof the thne coin
MtiR. DAVIS AND MISS WINNIE?1?W.
manda, wo met tho United States engineer
brigade under command of General Ben
ham, whom 1 knew prior to tlie breaking
cut of the war as one of tho captains of my
own cori???engineer?,
"He did not apparently rooognizo me,
and I did not make myself known to him,
but began tlaking to "General Kwell ina
loud tone ot voice which could be distinct?
ly heard bv all around.
" I h?'?rd General Benham ?ay, among
other thines, that 'deaerai Weitsei had
found, soon after his entrance into Rich?
mond, a letter from General Leo giving the
condition of th? Army of Northern Vir?
ginia, and what he proposed to do shouhl
it become neoeassry to withdraw from tho
lines before Bicbtaond and Petersburg.
and that tne letter was immediately sent
t ? (,. neral Grant.' In answ.r to some
doubt expr???'"'! by fJenaral Kwell or some
Otre ?L-e, General Benham replied, 'oh,
there i? no doubt about the letter, for I
saw it myself.'
"I receive?! the impression nt the time or
afterward, that this 1 ttor was a confiden?
tial eoiu:i.ui?;euti,,:i to th? Secretary ot
War in answer te a reaolntion of the Con
fed,'tute Congress asking for information
?\ hen I mentioned this statement
of General BeahamtO General Leo, pome
time afterward, tho lattor said; 'This ac?
counts for tbe energy of tho enemv'a pur?
suit. Tho finit day alter we left tne line?
he seemed to be entirely at sea with regar?!
to our movement?; after that, though I
never worked no hard in my life to with?
draw our armies in safety, he displayed
more energy, ??kill, and iudginent in hi?
moTemeats than I over knew him to dis?
play before." ^^^
WATER AND GAS.
? Complaint That Both Ar? Too High iu
lllchinii ml.
Richmond, Va., March 3, 1891.
To the Edilor cf the Di*r>a'<h:
I baT? beca watching with great interest
the discussion?, tu* reported in the lJinpatcn,
relativ? to the prie? of go?, aud am glad
to learn from to-day'? issue that a small re?
duction in pri?e has been decided on. But,
Mr. Editor, why cannot tho price be
lowered t?>, ?ay fjO or M cents per thou?
sand, ?o that people of small means could
have the benefit of gas for lighting and
cooking purpce.s? Taste are in this city
bandredsot !.. Use who are obliged toa*?
tea 1 to their own housekeeping, on whom
the burdens of hfo prsaa ?? heavily : to
heap gas would indeed bo a boon.
There is another subject I bhould like
to mention?that of wat?r. Why will
uot the citv authorities allow water-con
eunier? to have as many spigots attached
ami w at?.r-pipes laid on as many floor? of a
house aa may be needed wir.hout extra
charge if Additional spigots would prevent
water from being drawn unnecessarily and
then wasted, and especially would such an
arrangement save thostrength of the over?
worked housekeeper who i? unable to afford
much domestic help.
In some large cities in England 'it may
be so generally) the water bill is reflated
by the estimated rental value of each house
taking the water, and not by the numbor
of spigot? in use. Were this plan adopted
in Richmond the citv revenues would not
suffer, and a great blessing would be con?
ferred on the nomee of peoplo in moderate
circustance?. M. A. C.
Tho reduction in the price of gas has
not been made oa yet. It ia only talkod
about.
There are many well-informed men here
who consider the water-rate? of Richmond
very high; but, it seems to us, that this
correspondent can secure the relief she
asks by having a water-metre put in her
house. Then she will only have to pay for
the quantity of water she uses, whether
she haa ono or one dozen spigots.
Incendi ? t.m Rife In l.i-amnworth.
IBy telefrapb to the Dispatch.]
Lbavxnwobtb. Kak., March 7.?Th?
?cene? of Wednesday night, when fire?
brands set fiv.j fires in an nour and a half,
were repeated last night snd the whole
city ib in a state of alarm. The local tire
department is worn out with exertion?.
Three fire? were set within half an hour,
two of tbesn in the lineine?? district.
Fortunately they were discovered and ex?
tinguished before much damage waa dono.
A tVouthern magazine is wanted snd it
can b* gotten up and supported. Now ? a
the time to start it. aad Richmond ia the
place fur lt.- Danr?le Tintes.
Avoid tu Rmx with a Stubborn Coagh
by uatng at oaoe Dr. D. Jay n*'s Expectorant,
a ear? remedy for all Coughs and Cold?,
and well calculated to exert a beatmete!
influence oa the Long? aad Throat.
centenaria?.
A DOCTOR DISCUSSES THE PROBA?
BILITY OF FIN01NQ A 100-YEAR
OLD VIRGINIAN.
Article from ttfe British Cyclopedia eo the
Longevity of Man?Contrlbutlo??
to m Oreat Question.
Seeintr that physicians are the best
qualified men to discuss tho question
whether there aro any centenarians in Vir?
ginia or not. we take tbe liberty of stating
thit Dr. Tn .?as H. Evan? is the ?uthor of
the following communication. It affords
us pleasure t<> know that eo reliable and
painstaking aphy?ician?hares, ?sbesayshe
does, our doubts aa to whether there ie a
centenarian in Virginia. It none ore to be
found in the salubrious region described
by Dr. Evan?, where ?hail we expect to find
them?
Lincoln, Locdocn cottntt. Vk.,[
February 28, le31. )
To the ? l,lor of the D\*oatch :
Your correspondent bas been much in?
terested in your laudatile bunt for a bring
centenarian in Virginia?ono born in Vir?
ginia - and he, wi?h yon. doubt? if there
is such a person. Ho will except the one
noticed in tin? /1 " i M //? ra ', but he does
not remember if that one comes up to tho
late conditions.
Your correrpoodent lives in that happv
part of this State where there are num
? crs of persons In their eighties, the
mountainous part, and he can find only
one undoubted instance of a very near ap
ftroaeh to tti?? age ?ought.
Mrs. Plaster I white?, of Trapp, Loudonn
count v, Va., was born near Hcotortown,
Faumiier countv. Va., on October :il, 17D1.
8he ib therefore in the one hundredth year.
It has been claimed for a Mr. Costello
(white), who also lives at Trapp, Loudoun
countv. Va., that he will bo one hundred
and one vears old on the 6th of next May,
hut hi? "??in. whore age is seventy years,
" thinks there is nothing reliable in regard
to ht? father's age."
Mrs. Plaster is a healthy old lady both in
mind aud body, and unless she dies next
month, which, if she will excuse, is said to
be an unhealthy month (March) for old
ladies and one of our favorite domestic
aiiiin.il-. she will probably live to see the
Slst of October, IMI. when she will enioy
tho undisputed preeminence to be ?fully
foundad centenarian.
Mr. Costello'? faculties are not so well
pr.rv?''!. but in tv? .r-tv.hi!.? lengUlg?
of Mr. Trier J. Iluriou, " heisstill walking
l
Ih?? Dispatch has been twitted upon its
much ado in this mntter. We consider it a
vital, t-.s it is | poi.-oiially interesting en?
terprise.
Most ?if u? strive for onrselve? and wish
for others tho ?ult?meut of tho famous
tc'isi, /ire long and be hanpy. and since it is
provea that the peopl.? dwelling in our
Virgini* mountains, who constitute stich
proportion of"ur population, live
longer ahaa any people in tho woild, the
advantage "f ?UCh a climate should bo
published fur and wide. We read in Ap?
plet, .n's Higher OeotTaphy. issi: "Tho
rnountainon?region of Virginiaforhealth
fulne-s lonnoTjr??M?d in any other portion
of the globe. Tbo longevity of the nativo
ilion, both white and colored, is
proverbiad.''
???t? the healthfulness o?a large pro?
portion of your Slate. Health is the most
desirable wealth : sickness and death the
? rpeoatv? items in our economy,
E*rly orphana ro is ? very bad legacy, and
young widowhood and widowcrbood aro
mu. ! to be deplored, .
II i- probable that next to the inhabu
CantS Of OUT Virginia mountains the French
nation live-, th?longest Is not tk*
li-alth of the French ono reason why they
ar" so rich and so happy, ami why a In neb
emigrant outside of N\-w York citv isa
ran? bird? Ho stavs at home, drinks his
li-In wines, and fills out the full measure
M h.s ia\s, while other foreigners como
and tempt thb uncertain climutes of the
I tut. 1 States, and. like thoso whom the
p.. Is love, die young, but by uogodliko in
strumentalities?bad sdeettou of climate.
beer, and infernal revenue whisk'..?.
Long-I.I ve<I Men.
(Encyclopedia P.rtttaulca.1
Longevity is a term that may be applied
to express either the length or duration of
1 :.? ,.f any organism or tho prolongation
of life to an advanced a?e. Tho first mean
in,? is tho morn scientific of tho two, a? it
m?y be applied to the duration of life of
at: ? organism : on tho other hand, the se
( d meaning is tho moro common, as
? hen an instance of very advanced age is
spoken of as an example of great longevity.
OLD AOE IS OLD TIMTA
Tbo question of longevity, however,
probably presents the greatest interest in
its relation to man. It is still a popular
belief that the earliest inhabitants of the
world po-s.-sed an increditablo strength,
were of an enormous size, and lived lo a
verv great age, and the agea of tho
patrinrchs befor?? the flood are often taken
literally, although tho conditions making
such long lives possible are at variamo
with thoso of human existence at the pres?
ent day. In ancient history there are in?
stances given of heroes who attained the
age of several hundred years, but these
must be regarded as mythical.
AixEor.D LONOivrrr.
The following aro a few instance? of ex?
treme longevity which have been place?!
on record: Margaret Patten, 137: the
Count??? of Desmond. 145; Thomas Parr,
1? 1 bomas Damme, 154: John Hoyen, 17i,
and Peter Torton, 1?5. There can be little
doubt that tho ages of these people have
ben much exaggerated.
Thev lived at a time when no accurate
chronological records were kept and when
it was the habit to fix the dates of occur?
rences by comparing them in the memory
with other events believed to have hap?
pened about the same time.
Boxr&cza or eau-act.
Thus there were many sources of fallacy,
although the narrator? no doubt boheved
their statements to be quite accurate.
Still there were instances of prolongation
of human life far beyoud the usual limits,
and there is no reason for doubting that
they all lived till they wero upwards of a
hundred years of ug>?.
"old jian PAna."
Perhaps tho best authenticated instance
of this kind is that of the famous Thomas
l'iirr, of Shropshire. " He was a poor larm
? ??'-?- rvant and obliged to maintain him?
self by daily labor. When about one hun?
dred and twenty years of age he married a
wtduw for his second wifo, who lived with
him twolve vears and who asserted that
during that" time ho never betrayed any
signs of infirmity of age. Till his oue
hundred-and-thirtieth year he perform??!,
all hi? usuid work and was accustomed
? ven tothr. sii. Some years before his
death hi? eves and memory began to fail,
but his b? anu? and senses continued
bound to tho last.
G??? OOFS TO ??? KINO.
"In bis ono hundred and fifty-second
year his fame had reached London, aud aa
th?? King was desirous of seeing eo great a
ran tv, ho was mdnced to take a journey
thither. This, in all probability.sborten?_d
bis existence, which he otherwise might
have preserved ?ome vears longer; for be
was treated at court in so royal a manner
?nd his mode of livin?? was so totally
:hang?d that he diod soon after at London
:n tftStV.
HE LIVID CNDE3 SINE aUBUS.
"He wm one hundred and fifty-two
yeirs ind nine months old (save the local
chronicler quoted by the cyclopedia) and
had lived under nine kings of Lnglaml.
What was most remar Eablo about this man
is that when hi? body was opened by Dr.
Havey (the discoverer of the circulation of
blood) hie internal organs were found to be
in the most perfect state, nor wa? the least
symptom of decay to be ducovered in
them. Hi? cartUages were not even o?si
fied. aa is the case in old people. The
smallest cause of death had not yet settled
in hi? body ; and he died merely of a ple?
thora, because he Had been too well
treated." ,
?ACCTBACT Or ?TJCH NAABATIVE?.
The late Sir George Cornwall Lewi? at?
tempted to ?how that ?11 euch narratives
were ?o inaccurate a? to reduce the ?gee of
all parties to ?omething under ?hundred
years, and he wm diapined to think that
there had been no Instance of humau being
attaining the age of a hundred years. Rut
subs?quent events have ?hown that a few
bave attained that great ago.
In these case? the evidence hM not been
of a collateral kind, nor hM it depended
on human memory, but it has buon estab?
lished by written records.
Scarcely a year paese? without instances
?-??curing in which evidence that the de?
ceased attained a hundred years cannot
be controverted, and there i? nor doubt
that when a ?ufflcient time from the be?
ginning of tho system of registration of
birth? ha? elapsed such case will be more
common,
AVTJtAOr. DURATION ?? LIP?.
The average duration of life in Europe is
about 84 years, it oscillates between it*.IS
years (Prussia) and 39,8 year? (Schleswig
Holstein I Aturen burg). Iu Naples it is
quoted at 8LC5 years. This fall? far short
of th? possible longevity, ? circumstance
chiefly to be accounted lor by tho great
mortality in the early years of life. Ac?
cording to De quiArefage? th? duration ot
life ueimcot universally tb? Mm? imongst
th? best known peoni??. Lephtnder? live
to ? great ag?, men of from 70 to 90 year?
of age being eosunoa araong them. The
American Indian? have apparently m long
? life, on the average, m the white meu
livini' in tho same locality.
HI DIDN'T KNOW TH? NEOIO.
It would appear to be the Mme in the
caee of the negro. Pritchard quotes from
?n official document of the Stite of New
Jersey, showing that the censu? gave one
nei/ro centenarian in the 1.000 (?t but ono
white centenarian in 160,000; on the other
hand the negro of the Senegal age? early
and does not live long.
In hi? native place he is exposed to un?
healthy influences which tell upon bim,
although he resisti tho bad effects of these
longer and botter than tho white man; but
when he i? transplanted to America he en?
joy? a longer life.
EMPZnOBIV KINGS. AND POPES.
The manner of life and nature of tho oc?
cupation, apart from hereditary and special
causes, hare a most important iufluonce
on the duration of lift?. Few emperors or
kings have attained the ago o? entity ; and
of more than 300 pones, only six have ex.
seeded the age of eighty. It would seem
that brain work is not unfavorable to lon?
gevity. It is almost proverbial that states?
men and judges ottea reach au advanced
a,??. Many men famous in literature and
acience have lived to au old age. Thus
from 50 to CO we bave Tas?
so, Virgil, Sbakspe.re, Moliere,
Dante, Pope, Orid, Huraco, Hacine,
Demoethone?; from ?50 to 70. Lara
ter, Galvani, Uooitaccio, Fenelon,
Aristotle, Cuvier, Milton. Kousseau, Eras?
mus. Cervantes; from 70 to tsO. Dryden,
Petrarch, Linnaus, Locke, Handel, Gali.
lo, Swift. Koger Bacon, Charles Darwin;
from 80 to yo, Thomas Carlvle. Young,
rinro, liuffon, Goethe, Franklin. Sir V,.
Her-? hcl. Newton, Voltaire, Halley, and
from 9?) to 100 Sophocles, Leenweuhock,
Michelangelo, Titian.
Physicians are often long lived. Hoer
hoaro. Holler. Gael, Darwin. Van Swictan.
Fallopeus, J inner, tullen, Galon, and
Bpallonsarrl died between 70 and ?0 years
of age, and Herney, Duhamel. Pinel, Bior
gagni. Helierden, and Kuysch between K0
and ii; whilst, the Father of Medicine
Hippocrates, is credited wi'h Hi!) vears.
Professor J. G. McKendrick. of the In
?titutes of Medicine, University of Glas?
gow, is tho authority quoted upon this
subject.
-,?.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
"Gloucester" Ueplles to the Recent Com?
ment? of ?' Chesterfield,"
To Ihe Editor of the Dispa'rh .?
In your issue of the 3d of March there
appeared a well-written communication
s:gn.d "Chesterfield," in which the writer
undertakes to show that ex-l'resi 1 nt
lTaBelan'1 does Dot measure up to the full
height of Jeffersonian Democracy and ho
build? his argument upon Mr. Cleveland's
now famous letter on the free and un?
limited coinage of silver, alleging that the
letter shows that tho ex-President was not
in svmpathy with th? arrangement mudo
by tbe Democrats of tho Senato with the
Republican free-silver senators, by which
tne forco bill was defeated, and that whilo
that infamous in. asure was pending ho did
not give a word of encouragement to the
men wno were so uoblv struggling to de?
feat the forco bill and thus preserve the
liberties of tho people, " Chesterfield"
boasts that he has been a Democrat ever
since tho war and has iu no wise changed
his political opinions.
Before proceeding with a roply to " Ches
terfield" the writer may be pardoned f..r
saving that ho has always been a Demo?
crat in practice as well as m theory; that
ho has at his own charges traversed many
parts of tho Stato canvassing for the De?
mocratic party, and further that ho is in
favor of the freo coinagoof silver aud that
he is not wedded to Mr. Cleveland or any
other man as the next Democratic candi?
date for the prcidenr y, but h? believes in
exact and impartial justio to all men.
Now (11 tho prominent silver senators
over and over denied on the floor of the
Senate that there was any such " arrange?
ment" between them and tho Democrat?
as that of which "Chesterfield" speaks,
and before "Chesterfield" can draw his
deductions he must provo tho contrary
and that Mr. Cleveland was cognizant of
it; and (2) as a matter of fact Mr. Cleve?
land did denounce in a puMte speech tho
forco bill as a scarcely disgiii-.il scheme to
perpetuate the rule of tho ILpublican par
The whole course of Mr. Cleveland's life
shows that he is in thorough sympathy
with the toihnr? masses, and if ho is op?
posed to the free coinage of silver, chanty
requires us to believe that it is because he
believe?? that it would not c?mducu to the
benefit of the people. Let us long hositato
beton? we pass the sentence of condemna?
tion on the grand statesman whoso courage
and honesty are now proverbial, ?adwho??
wise, honest, and patnotie administration
of the national Government is the solitary
oasi? in tho desert of radical post-bellum
corruption. One of tho most senou?
vices of the Itepublican party is that
its adherent? have subordinated tho love
of country to the love of party.
Let us beware that we do not eschew the
broad patriotism of a man whoso love of
country knows no secuons, and who
caused tho protecting atgts of tho Govern?
ment to be extendesl overall races and eon.
ditionsof the people. Glouctsteb.
March 4, lM'Jl. _
The Barter or Titles.
iWrltten for th? IK?pat. n-]
I pity th? giddy American gtrl
In the glare ot tier grand an.????)??,
A? eh? post.?? tb? i.ri-t ? of a dissolut? earl,
In the hall? of (be ancient noblesse;
And In spit? of the gUmanr of f??hlon and gold,
And ot coronal? j?w>?! bedecked,
I cannot bnl fear that abwart has been ?old,
And a young life orueily wrecked.
For In the midsl ot my earliest invoking,
A home to bo blessed ?ud to M??
A wl/.?pj-llke volee comee croaking
With boding? of coining distress.
When on morrow of sorrow awaking
In t??r-batb of it?:? an?! of lashe?,
A heart will be bursting and broaklag
'Mid castle?of girlhood In a?n?-.,.
When too late?oh. vx> lato fer retrieving.
Il the Weed?of au unwtdowad Ufo,
There'? no now nor no futir? but grieving,
For the mlght-bave-beou borne of a wife
On the Bam? blesa?* ?.? Ou?t ber booy feet tro*
With Ih? ganti? and tender caressing
Of an uupui c.'ia??d luart ?eu?.tied by Cod
Wim a neaith bey ?ml Bijas' poMOMiBg.
But 1 hav? no te?!lng* of pity fur him
Who by art. or Dy chanco, or by imi,
Hy the wit of hi.? br?tn or tu? brawn of hts limb.
Having garnered a avlllioaeire'e ?poll
Um deliberately ?ol 1 her for arai? to enfold her
I'rcm who?? presence pur? women recoil.
Neither knowing nor ccing wbe-ner ho bo
A felon In he?rt or ? Piw debaui-a ? ,
Only asking as price a title and ntme?,
horn, It may be, In crime, aud uittcrlo la
Buime.
I grudge nought of tbe honor or rovoreice du?
To the ?towards of God's wealth or position,
To sbsr? either by birth or b/ merit?for you
Or for me were a worthy am bill ?.
But I do bave a teaming I eoa IK? withhold,
A Itsgust I am hound to proclaim
When 1 wltnes? tbe barter of lilies for gold
And a girl In her bloom for a name.
?it O. Fdin.
JJcUo,,
?Latent Ohap-eb,
(leute?t Shades,
$2.50,
<s??
$3?50,
? A4.
SO BETTER VALUES EVER OFFERED.
?
Shirt-Makets,
Hatters, and Furnishers,
41?SASTBBOAD STBBBT.
JIISHHBSkJI ? Bl Ol ?I
-pMDLSION ?D-LlT?R OIL
??? COLDS, COUGHS, AND BKOKCBIAL
TBBOAT AMD LOTIO TROUBLES.
Prepared from th? best Norw?gi?u OU aa*
cote btned Wim tfte hypopbospbit?? of lime aa*
?ode. Tele only that preparad by
PCBCSLl, LAUD ft CO.,
are? Bttsajtatf, V??
Sebree's Addition to Richmond.
-:o.
Mr. Sebree is giwmf the addition his personal
attention. Office with Bowman, Boswell & Shur
man, 1201 Mam street.
Terms: $20 Down, 110 a Month.
mh S-Ta4Su(7p)t?
?..ti-...
?as?? Mai._
? ??tina. ????.! erf. 11?, ?? o-??r?M?. ?r ???????
?.. la ?Mia ?T rartiaala-?, ?-??If?will a, ??>?? "Mrllrf far l??lra." ?a Wl?r. t,f ????wa ?t?B?
le.aeeT^diMiilaia. .?..???/??-??. ChiCHIMI? (.ne?,??! Cc , ?.4lM?<la??ia
??14 br ?ll i.*??! Brasai??* lUU.tUlU'BlXr.
rxb ?-iu?t',1 9?
Censir
au
What a man wears is usually an index
to his character. This is especially tho
case in tho matter of hat?. BtMM men
carry their hate ?lightly to one sido, with
? sort of a rakish tilt ; others thrust them
forward over the eves, as though they
wore determined to" keep sunshine at a
respectable distance. Ry far the larger
majority of wearer?, how??ver, aro sedato
snd conservativi', weiring their hate in
a natural and orthodox position, ami
thns showing that their characteristic?
?re of tho natural and orthodox variety.
There is perhaps moro diversity in
style? of hate than in ?tyloe of wearing
thorn. In no article of attiro aro there
euch radical dit?erences of ehapo and
construction. All god hats, howuver,
have one virtuo in common?they tro
light snd are an ornament iustcad of a
burden to the heail.
All of our NEW SPRING SHAPES
aro now in stock and ready for your in?
spection.
McAdams k Berry,
WANTS.
??G??????? WHITE NURSE FOR
IT two rblMren four aa?! five jr ears of as?.
No dulie? to perform bat a'.t'?n?l to want? of th?
children. Call at ???a? I'M, t'ora'? tlotnl, be?
tween 10 A. M. ami 3 KM._uia_s-lt
BOARDERS WANTED.?AT 9081
BAM'CLAY ?TREliT mar be found IIrIh
>u ? airy room? and excellent labi??. eipwHatly a
lar?? front room on ?*?*??1 floor. The house I?
D??w and wllljin flv? miaule?' walk of Ihe poat
offlce._mh ?-??
WANTED, THE PUBLIC TO
Tl know that the VIKGIMA ART STUDIO
I? goln? to un tergo exteuelve repair? oa tbe l?t
of April, tutti then we will n>?ko ??131??G
l'IKUUd at SIS'? por do*??... s ? ea?t tir ad
?tre?!._uih f-lt*
WANTED, A WOMAN TO ASSIST
In boute-c'IeaDlng and nursing. Refer?
en?'?? re.julr?d. Apply al 10 weal Sfavili etreet.
_mh Ut*
WrANTED, THE LAI?Y WHO VA
vf mistake took a il LAI K SHAWL with br?>
cade border fro? the bai? Mere hall oa March
Sin lo return It to No. 5 w?at Ciar ?treet and gut
her own ?a exchange. _mh 8-1?
WANTED, TWO CONNECTING
V V KOOMS on ?econd floor with one or more
room? In retr??amo floor?either furnished ,jr
nnfuralsh??!, on Ora.??? or Franklin writ of Tbhd
?treet. Ad'Jroi? IfKAN'ivLIN, car? OurAlcii.
uihS-H_
WANTED.-ANY PARTY ASTICI
? ? FATINO RBNTINOA UlH s ? on Urac? or
franklin ?troet west of Fifth ?treet by April l?t
or 15th aud would Ilk? to r?ut out a part to
le?>vn rent can l?arn of rery dealrable party hy
addro??ing A. 11. C, care IU?i-atcu. inn vii
WANTED, A FIRST-CLASS COOK
without lncumbran??? at 914 Floyd ave?
nue, corner ot Floyd avenu? and Linden ?tr??i?.
__________tnh Mi*
??> r.n/A -WANTKI), ? G???
?Va- ??? P\J\J. NEK and this amount In ?
wop-established, UourlrblBg ?hlrt-manufac
turtog buamee*. Pry i/o./ls added If agr??*??? e.
Addre?? T., ?era UtSPATCil oftl,??. mh S-?od'lt
ORGANI Z?RSWAN TED FOR THE
b- ?? ONB-i ?AflijitiiK'i. Paytliaiinooe
fear. Hi weekly ?lek bsaefl'a. ?end for term?.
AUVANi ? II a ? ? ITICI Al, OKDKIt, <W> Spilug
Garden atreet, Philadelphia, ra. mh ?-it,
?? rANTED. A GOOD HOUSE-GIRlI
V V Must bar? rettroaca. Apply Silfi ?with
FxirlB atre?!._ma Mi'
Wanted, an active youno
t V WOMAN at hou?<>- and dining-room ser?
vant. Apply to K. AIM?,
mh 8-ii?_11 eouth Tw?lituatr??t
4 PROFESSIONAL GENTLEMAN
1 V wlalie? to employ a g?>d COOK ANO
NG it:? ? to Uve In Ih? country sixteen tulle?(r?.in
city. Qood pay and a good Uoma. Bring r,lor
?nce? for four day?. 613 w??i Urac? street.
mh 7-in
WANTED, GIKLSTO PAPER CI
V? (MK-a: d CIIK?tOOT-BOXE& Glrleurv
dnr fifteen need not ?ppty. P. U. L8A A (,'O.H
llox-F'actory, corner Mam and Twentieth ?feet?
_mh 7-gt'
WANTED. A AlUJtVBLB PJBB80M
? ? to act a? the local repreeeataitve of a cor?
poration, wlm a pald-a? capital of $iS0,0"O, in
tho ?ale. through auo-egenu. of Instalment ?a
vii.g? G.?? J?. To each a person a deslrahl? aad
life-long poaitlon can bo a?.-ur?d. Addre??
ML'TL'?L INVESTMENT COMPANY,
41'.* NlroUet ?v?nu?,
mh 7-1 w_Mlun??poll?, Minn.
WANTED, AN EXPERIENCED
UAKDWARB MAN wlih ??.?0? capital to
engage in the hardware baila??? In % growing
town of "ouihweet Virginia. Addr?*? P., care
UisrATca._rnh?j-lw
WANTED, A FIRST-CLASS DOU
V V ULE-K.NTKT BOOK-KSKPBH. State ?ala?
ry expeoud. Apply to COMMl_alO.N M UK
CflAMT, art DlSSAMB._mh5-tt
\I'ANTED, A POSITION AS TRAV
vT KLL1NO COLLECTING AGRNT. Addr???
X., care Klchinoud Vit_ a/cA, Klcantond, Va.
luha-lw*
WANTED, AN ACTIVE AND
80BEH ??G?? MAS TO KSSP BOOKS
ASI) AlTK.NL> TO TH? SULPPINU DEPART?
MENT. Sand reference? and slat? amount of
?alary required.
??????G .? ? WS MILLING COMPANY,
mh i-7t?_
WANTED, EVERYBODY TO
know that they can tvav? their Knives and
Table-War? Plated; also, Sh?ar?, Racers, an*
Instruments ground and put in perfect order at
HKUMONl) ELEiTKO-PLATlNCe-WOKKtA.
Eleventh and Cary streets, Richmond, Vav
_.'? ?-?t?^_
WANTED, ACTIVE MEN TO
TRAYKL, APPOINT, ABO HABAOS A
CORPS OP ?US-AGENT? IN ??!? AND AD
JDI.MSU 8TATBS. Bo books, ao ceavaOaln?.
Tiv bundr?d doll?r?cash or ?egarity ??ttmry.
b'i?ln*M permanent and pay? ??? per twcnto?
Por latervlew oeil at
R W. El SOM*?* XMPLOTM 1ST AOftBOT.
jan6-Tfc-AeASiA?..? 41??an ?rea*?treef. _
WANTED, DOUBLEeENTRT
BOOk-iCMPftB for night wort, er eboat
four hoar? daily. Uale?? ?noreugbly oaos
pet?nt for leu? .-?to ?or?, pi???? do not ?nawor.
Addr??? Poauum.-e Box MS, Wl?ift?ft?i?*, V?.
mhiWrtaSaftTuit? _
WANTED, A OOOD COOK, whd
OUT Moumaraac?. ? ?) aorta Uoret
street, opposite Moaroe Park, m? ?*Tr.ftftviS? _
LADY AQENTtt.-THREE IK)L
LARSoaoltalwUlbuUdap? llMWH?
ln?|t?we?4Ur a?utne ?or astveltt?? tax M*t??f
aad chiidrvey? ?war. Oar jtulftM ??*?.?**?*
wsUVand boM?ue|>ors*rB?MM?MlldaJ???
?mi ?ver laveotol aa* MUSa? a4t*>t.. A**????
WANT*. TTrr_?h
WANTED, AGENTS TnRO"5o?l?
OCT Virginia to b? ?die WEBSTER'S. BlW
FNt ?' '??! ? ?? HP IIONAKY; entai e tA.000
more wor?l? than Weimt-r'? L'abri g?. TB?
opp r unity ?'? lifetime ?,r fli?t"l<ta???Ucttt>r?.
Send for ,'ir, n ar. (MYELYAs UA?KELU ST?
?ast Hroad atreet, Klch?u nd, V .__a?b??ll__
WA ? ? E I). TO RENT THREE
ROOMS ?uttably f';rnl>bed for bo????
kaoplDg, by? geuileman ami wife?located o??
tween -? c >n t and Kul.th north of Main. A4
dree?, ?latin*- term?, AikiMS, H'i east Proad
?tr.???!. _ ii)hf-ll*_
\l'ANTED, A WORKING HOUSE
>v KKBfKU. None but one that ba? had ?B
perlen? e ueed apply. Addre?? Mia. ti., care of
Piar Arca._ ata 8-it*
/?ENTLEMaN~~STENOGRAPHER
\T AND TTPRWKITEB want? a POSITION.
Willing to work for rea??>n?t>|e ?alary. Good ra?
terenc?*. Addr??? " C," oar? Diar ATCB.
_inhS-tt* _
WANTED.
A FLAT OR rLOOR
of four room? by ??voral grown person? by Ant 11
lit, Addre?? HKFERKNCE, ??*.-? PtsrArca
otn?B._mbfklt*
WANTED, THREE H ACK
liltlVERS. ?Steady work and g>*d par.
Apply promptly at 9 oVI???* Monday mornlag to
Y. N. l'AHhTSlJ, ali north Twelfth air??!.
_tB8?lt*
RANTED, A WHITE GIBL AS
NL'llHE at SCO we?t Franklin street.
mse-lt*
W
??G ANTED,
BOARDERS
AT Ml NORTH NIMH. I'laaaant room? ?tad
good tabi?. _?ah Ut*
AGENTS.-RAND, McNALLT k
CO.'S 1NIIKXED ATLA8 Of TUB WORLD.
Juat out. Ni'W lot'iilsiluii Sgursa ; late??
changea; over 'iiw pag??a lll?xllv, luche?. Popu?
lar pri???, ffS.75. Writ? for liberal term? aad
?ample map. HAND, ViNAl.LT S CO.,
mb?U ?M Hr>a?tway, Mew York city.
WANTED, LADT AGENTS TO
Mil Dr. McGlll'? lamo'i? uran.:? Dlossoa
Remedie?. Call ou or addr???
Mas. M. MONROr*.
703 west Dread ?treet, hkbavind, Ta.
_;_tab ???__
WANTED, A REPRESENTAT! VE,
MAN OK WOMAN, In each ttvtory or rail?
road office emrloylng a large number of wfitte
???t? ??. URCMMRHSalaowaated. l?g pay to
the right pajtlrs. Will not Interfer? wtlb yo?r
buaiaaa?. Address COMPANY, Dial atcu offl??.
mbiVlt
ii
OARDEBS.
LADIES ANI) ?1NTI.EMEN,
Biarrted and Binarle, i.ood rot"? aud boerd.
Term? tory mo?lora: ? No. 401 ?u: C?ry atreef
_luhS-lt*
G- IRLSWANTE D. EX PEI 11 ENG ED
VT CHEROOT-HOLLRK???nd Br.NCU-BRa.AK
F.IH. Mead y work. Apply ?t ouco to ?iRIGG,
HULLA C?A, 11 Governor ?tt ??<??, uih?lt*
XtJANTED, AN Al IIV ?~~WHTTE
Tv BOY, tw?Iv? to foirU'-'i y?ar? "fas*?.
Apply Monday morning at WI ?a?? Marthall
eu?...... O. h.MiiUr.
mhS-lt?
??
ANTED,
BOARDERS
to occupy ?nice room will? goo?l board at mode?
rate rato?. AldroM ? , care uf L?tU>r-C?rrier
No. ft._inh ?______
WANTED, A FEW GOOD AGENTS
ON HOtsKllOLD BI'KCIALTIBS. Apply
at ?07 east Krual ?treet. mhS-lt
BC?IN?S8 M IB I*.
CHEWN INO I BOffi
REAL ESTATE AOIttTS, AtCTIONKERS,
AN!> UMOR ? ??,
WISH A SII A li.? ?M ???? Ht SINESS.
Will rent out your property, ??ohe.?! your real?,
?ell your property by ?aottoaor privately, lo fa??!
are ready to att-?uJ to the real ??tato huainee? tn
all It? branch*?. 11 y ti.*m._, uih ?vit
? OAN WANTED HY APRIL 1st,
Ai HUNT MOKTiMIjK, ?Alai or l?-OOO for
three year?. Valuable property ?luatel near
Washington, two mile? from A'iu?du<*t bridge
In Alexandria county. Va. Worm three times
the amount ??nl-l. Altre.*? ItuKKO W, Post?
onico weat V? a-thii._ton, D. ? .
_n,h ".-??.Th.?Satt?
\?TANTED, EVEBYDBI OGI8T IN
V V ? khmond ??,1 Man -hoit'-r to know RED?
RIVER cottili s'i ?<l 1'?'<\? be bal of OWENS
AMINO?, BoDr.KRII liKO ! UKU8, and I'CR
CEI.L, LAPP A CO., Klchmond, Va._mhUi*
BUILDERS. ATTENTION ! A NICE
lot >.f ?ocond-hand 1 WO-LIOH I' (ILA/.KU
V.IVDOW-SAfll AMi ISMDK UUNDb for Ml?
?tTKEXLKKA LLMORE'S ?fc.:p, roar 5 bortS
Cherry ?treet mhfV.t?
W
G?????, TO SELL V VOUNU
Utilise, pony ?I/A ??'.il??!, and gnutlo. (Bo be
Been by calling at No. Tl J ncrth Tweuty-flrst
?treet. I ri e BaaSratt
mn "-ItJI_J. T. IIRADI.BT.
\irANTED. BUYERS FOR ONH
?? CARn\NANAS?toar?..r?10-MOKKOW
(Mobdty), March Olh.
lllDSON?CO.,
rroduce?al? m atti ?? Mer? h?nu,
mhAlt*_No. .t ? eut ? ary aire??.
WANT E D , P.'.SINKSS MEN,
clerka, and otbar? who deatr* pfoiacUoa
In ?a?* ?.f l?..?< !???!. y, !o*s of poaitlon. ?tetne??.
or death, to addr???? fur fui? particuUr? 1 ??
BCAIMBas-MAN'? HKOTBCTIVI L.MON,IU<-a
inond. Va. Any il??ir,-<l protection cao bn ob?
Uined. OOOil. KEMAULii AoUN'i'S WANTBU.
_._fslt-lBB^
WANTED. ? HAVING SOLD MY
farm, and having no farther us? fur taf
hors? TOM r?'LOi.!va. oOer him for ?al?. Ca?
lr.,t In !l:.'/l; klnl, g-ntle, ? ?rf ??-.ly sound ; ?ol
afraid of electnr-car or inri?: will ?laud.
????, for ?ale, a gucxl Wi)H\-llult?l?i. ?'AKTh,
HAKNKhH, mi?,i.lgs, ?aK?i..vj G IBNSIIA
I bave a tine JKK8RY (OW-young, kind; gl???
flv? gallon? milk when fresh.
L. K. BALS,
mh S-Tb.SeAWfL't _K0l \ ouable tu?l> ^
A CHANCE Di A LI. G.??? FOB
men with o?pltal ?nd actt, e ia?u without
capital to aecuana very pleasant and profliabt?
bu?loo?a. No ?Irono? ?,r cjr.?aity-Mek?r? need
?Pi/If. Addre?? with a t-.-eni ?lamp C08SOI.I
I?ATBDALWl'ttrAHI.????E ( (?MrANY.Satem,
Mass._?th ??Tn.Thaaulm
WANTED, ALL PERSONS IN
want of HOI SES to kuow that we hav?
the be?t^Miu!pp?<l factory la thl? country and
?re prepare 1 io execute Urge or ?mall contract?
for UoUSES on short noti??? and at price? thai
defy competition, UOt?Btt ballt ?uy where la
th? ?St???..
8TAV7NTUH BUILDING COatPSRT.
fo IVSottAvlm Btauntoa. Ya,
j? i/ ) Smith deal *? *JSTZiJ!ZZt
COLLEGE, nlrtmo.d Va " fX?t?'X^**4
_]a?-P.SuATu?mAwly_
WANTED. l.?WdCt )>iDSOFCIlBn>?
BUT-OAK ani SPAMSU-OAK ???.
BANK ?? the ManchoAtsr T?unoryaad ftaatM
Mills. Hark must t ? ?*.?1??? iti? spring. Aft?
dr?M A. D. SUO ?'WiM.I. A CO.. aaaibeetevr. Va,
fe n-Tu.r.tiiii
^J?ggk STSA?E?.*?? S???!?^
LOST, ON CLAY BTREET
Mtweea Sooewd and St. JeexM ts?*?*?, ?a
Thiiradar la?!. ? SS A ! SAIN MC KP with ftrMA
??tvwtllning. A Itberal reward wUI be pal* fttr
tu roter? to toe aorta i>*oead ?ueat, tvetaiaa
Clay aodUlth._ tab ?4??
L"?ST. LAST TBURSDAX NIGHT,
?oiweea Bswatb Afta?? atriaMi aa* Nentt
eeli? Hall OR8 tSiLl? SSAMftLURl) ?SACft.
LSr ?nut "BaryThaw" lafrar?? aa hutci.
riB*?r ?rmjpJo^ rotatr? Bio W. tl fOT
TUUSSSBCO; U7s*MMni?, aa* ?.re.
??t*._?????
O AEW088 Caaavsav, Mar?? t, BBt>
STRAYED FROM THIS:
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TOST?*