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THE RICHMOND DISPATCH-WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 17, 1897.
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civilisation. ;in<I an outra?? upon the
convicts, who ara not merely setf-sup
portiriR. but WMM I earning? make a
large contribution to th? State Treasury
eve: y year.
The prison authorities are powerless.
A large sum of money Is needed for the
new buildings that aro required, and
nothing les? than a legislative appropria?
tion will meet the necessities of the case.
And In the present condition of Um
State's finance? it would seem that the
best thing for u? to do is to raise the
money by some such plan as that adopt, d
by th? University of Virginia when it
undertook to rebuild Its burned buildings.
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As we have more than once intimated.
ne rtf'trd the discussion of the auestlon
of r< pealing the 10 per cent, tax on State
bank circulation as largely academic.
The whole power of the monetary cen?
tres o*. the Kastern and Middle StataSi
In which States the present natlonai
bank system is a financial fetish. Is ar?
rayed against the Issue of notes by State
banks, and the ptCfM and business are
wisely timid regarding any note that
would not pass current in any State in
the Union at Its face value, and would
not be good M would M a national-bank
note In case the bank issuing it failed.
Nor do we consider that for the nonce
the discussion of curr< ney reform as af?
fecting [he national hanks is much loM
Ble. The policy anent this matter
that we are told has been agreed upon
by Mr. Cine and Um PrtoMtnt to the
contrary notwithstanding, we do not loon
for any serious attention bBIBg given to
the currency problem by Congress so long
as the It? publican party Is in power. IM
whole course of that patty touching the
CVrrancy and the financial influences and
Interests that dominate Its loader?, mili?
tate against the hope that n Republican
Congress would make any change In ex
lsting conditions.
Yet the question of currency reform is
ono that will not down, so far as the
WKDNER?AY,.NOV. 17. 1897,
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THK t???l A. Jl. Til \ IN.
The Dispatch very well understands
that the running <?f th?' north-bound
train along Behrldere ?treot at i:'->) A. M.
would disturb the ?lumber?, of person?
whose dwelling* are very neat thai
track. Certainly that WOtlM be the effet t
at first, but this effect woul?l gradually
wear off with the [MltTflgt of time.
We-concede that it wmild break the
Quiet of tbe neighborhood, but thai la
nn evil which the fOOJ must endure for
the common good, In other parts of tho
city many other steam trains are run
night and day. And In yet other neigh?
borhoods the dweller? are compelled to
Buffer the nuisance of having tsick and
well cattle driven by their doors, and
oft<n upon their sid? walks.
Nearly all who live in citi?s have dis?
comforts of one sort or another to be*}*,
Very, very few city neighborhood? are
totally eSOmpi from th? ills of modern
city life. Hut compensation for these ills
is found In advantages and convenient s
which differenti,ite city life from Village
or country life.
So, whije we do not question that the
residents of Helvi'lero street will Mlffer
orno annoyance by reason of the run?
ning through the city of Train 32, it
?eems to us they are In duty bound to
bear It for the general good that it
Will do.
If the Common Council concurs in tho
ordinance that the Hoard of Aldermen
has panned, the Richmond, Predeileka
burg and Potomac Railroad Company
will be relieved of any obligation t?>
keep fOgOaen upon BelVidetO street be
iu.cn the bourn of ilM and IrM a, m.
As we understand the case, to keep
these gagmen on Behrlder? ?tree! would
Manon? open th? company ? tan ?that
it nonJd be unwilling t?> bear, and alnee
there are no street-cars running an 1
f?w vehicles or pedestrians panting
btlooiMi thoso honro, the Btaaancn of
the BfiglMH seem? not neeoi. aty. Nor
will the city incur any sort of liability
in case of accidents if it should omit
the prenant requirement as to flagmen
during the hours mentioned.
All these mutters ?OfO very forcibly
stated to tho Council Conimitteo ni^ht
before last by Mr. H. L. Ttaylor. chair?
man of thu Chamber of Commerce Com?
mittee 00 Inland Trade.
It seem? to as that the propoood ar?
rangement is a fair one, anil ought to
be adopted. Richmond lias been side?
tracked" long enough by Train N
of tho Atlantic-Coast nine. We have
been injured In reputation and In con
nee by its running upon the Belt
line. Let us get it reetored to the city
a? soon as possible, and ?re appeal to
our ft leuda on Belvldere ?troet to con
aant to make some ?aerifico of comfort,
in order that the general wish of the
community may be gratified.
MIMtfTKUS WILL help.
The Richmond Convocation (Episcopal),
which met at Gloucester last week, ap?
pointed a committee to memorialise the
General Assembly of Virginia for relief
for tho crowded prisons In this State,
and the Ministerial Union of this ottj has
been called upon to aid in this good
work.
The Dispatch 1? delighted to Bee this
movement. There are several crowded
prison? In Virginia, but none is so bad
as the penitentiary. Indeed, we know of
no other prison In the land where there
Is ?uch a scarcity of cell-room. Panel?
bly there may be some other prison
equally as bad off, but if so, we do
not know where It Is.
If the members of th? Legislature, If
the ministers of the Gospel, If the gene?
ral public could look Into our convicts'
cells at night they would be distr.
beyond measure. They would find a pain*
Tul Tacit of fr.sh air. a shocking ab
Of provision for tie I of lift-;
and they would be satisfied that it is
almost out of the question for criminals
to reform under such conditions.
N?i relief <aa be afforded th? twelve
or thirteen hundred convict? whoso re?
tention in the prison Is mad? Indispon
sabi?.- en a n ount of tho contracts thut
tbe State has entt d into with the shoe
eampany, >>.., i1;. ., >? un appro
Ben to enlarge th? celt-bulldlng.
The, Dispatch ha.-, been at great pain?
M Inform Itself thoroughly upon this
M . i. a??l we must say the b
M h lii.j, ?r n,,
In owr oaaiteutiarj ..- a ?hum? upon our
masses are concerned. Sooner or later
reform has got to c? me. Therefore, any
light on the subject of banking and cur?
rency is practical, as bearing upon the
future. Any Inf6!motion along this line
must b> ingnrded as an important tactor
in the campaign of education through
which the consummation so devoutly to
be wish-d-a banking and currency sys?
tem ad Niante to business demands?must
be attained.
We are led to these remarks by an
article which or? find in a late Issue oi
the New York Journal of Commerce, un?
der tho caption, "BhOOld State Kanks
Issue Notts'.'" ami which is a striking
cnnni-ntary upon the position of those
who indulge in ?peeping condemnation ot
State banks. Our New York OOOtem*
porary, after stating that there Is very
:nbstantial reason for distrusting li?
ability of the national banks to supp'y
all the additional currency that would
be peeded to till the vacuum (ause,| ny
the retirement of government paper, pro?
vided it were retired, iinumen? tho opin?
ion that an effort to reconstruct the cur?
rency without th<- co-operation of tne
St;.;?- banks would fail. The Journal
iak> s up the antagonism of the national
bank advocate? to State banks of issue,
and says that this attitude of discrimina?
tion Is due entirely to an ante-war preju?
dice arising from the then defects ot
State banks. Next, and in support of a
contention that it advances, that State
banks have become elevated to sound
tlnaiuial methods, and that it Is blind
and unqualified injustice to Judge the
State banks of to-tlay by the record or
the system previous to 18W>, It prest ms
tin- following facts, figures, and argu?
ment:
"What they (State bankr) were before
tho war is Inferable from the fact that
the competition of the superior methods
Of tlx national system reduced their
capital from $4:??.0uUHri in 18?0 to $43,000,000
in 1x7:;. What they have since become, In
spite of the competition of the national
banks, is evidenced by the mcreeae
1 1 tbeh* capital from $4^,000,0ij0 In 1873 to
?j:.".(mK?,o(H) In WX\. The people are not
Indifferent about the quality of the In?
stitutions to which they intrust their
money; and, when a Steady twenty years'
Increase <?f depontta in the State banks
from P10,OM,000 in ia?.i to BM,OM,0M in
UN faces us, it must be conceded, In all
fairness, that those institutions have
?nade, an itntn? tis<- gain in public confi?
dence; and that gain in confidence can
only have come from ?1 corresponding
improvement in the safety and utility of
their methods."
Again, in comparing the growth of
Btatl banks with that of national banks
between VStt and 1S96, the Journal says:
Inning th.se twenty-three y?ats the
Increase In the capital of the state banks
hat been BM6MM greater than that of
th? nationals, or, 402 per cent, in th? case
of the former and 33 per cent In the lat
t?r- a ratio far below the growth of pop?
ulation. In loans and discounts, the
Mate Institut' "s have increased 481 pet
cent, and th? national llo per cent.; while
the deposit? of the former class show ,1
gain Of HI per cent., and the nationals
an men ase of only 163 per cent. It Is
worse than idle to Ignore this immense
rath) of increase in the business of the
State banks, if the two systems should
respectively maintain these relative ratn-s
Of growth, th? time eanmd be far distant
When the State banks will vie very
closely with the national In the magni?
tude of their operations."
As to the comparative safety of the
two systems, the Journal adduces figures
which prove that the "much dlocredttod
St itt institutions have stood about as
well in reopect to insolvencies ns the
national." Tho final deduction of our
New York contemporary from Its ex?
haustive examination of the subject is
that It Is impossible to candiilly deny
that, taking State bank? as a whole and
judging them by the results of their
>;>. rations, their ability to supply a
souml note currency under proper safe?
guards has a fair claim to public con?
silience alongside that enjoyed by the
national bunks.
The conditions, the Journal says, on
width State banks should be permitted
to Issue ought, however, to be prescribed
by Congress, and should be In all respects
the same as those provided for the na?
tions! banks.
Certainly, the observations of the Jour?
nal of Commerce and the facts It sets
forth should command, In view of th?
absolute protection it would afford the
note-holder, weighty consideration, when
? . cr the time arrives In which the ques?
tion of currency und banking reform
shall be taken hold of with an earnest
and honest purpos? to bring about such
reform as will meet the necessities of
business. To say the least, the Journal
of Commerce's statement of the cases of
il. to? tyeAeOH leaves the devotees of
the national bank system, as it now
?lleta, no means of escape from the
Claim that that system utterly falls to
fulfll tho buslne.-s requirements of the
t ountry.
THF. S( Moot. APPROI'llllTIO*.
We take It thnt the action o? the Board
of Alderm-sn Monday night in voting to
appropriate the W.OOO necessary to keep
the public schools ot the city open COt
the full scholastic term practically settles
that Issue. Although the Common ?"in
ell some time ago voted down a slm'iar
resolution. It ?eem? to be conceded tftat
the lower branch will concur In the
Board's reiolutlon, which now come? up
In th? form of an original proposition, in
doing this the Common Council will 'tot
only have proved responsive to pubUc
sentiment, but will bave taken a cour?e
the oppordte of which would be fa s.
economy, and would be almost certain to
Inject Into our municipal politic? a very
unfortum.te feature. Judging from the
temper of ?he people on the auestlon, It
Is hardly to be doubted that a failure to
make the appropriation would result in
tho se.ctiring of an amendment to th?
city'? charter which would authorize a
s? parate levy for the school-tax. thttfl
throwing open the dcors to and Inviting
extravagance in the management of our
schools.
The Jiispatch, therefore, aside from the
bearlnc of the fate of the resolution on
the efficiency of the public-school sys?
tem, regards the action of the Board ot
Aldermen In passing It, and the fact that
it is accepted that the cemmon pound!
will concur, as calling for congratulation.
This consummation is in line with trnO
economy.
At th?- same time we would say that
we hiv never questioned the motives or
the gentlemen In the Council who have
! the opproprtnt! >n. We have
never doubted that from their otandpotnt
they oonatdered 'hat they t/ete acting tor
UM boot interests of the city. Nor have
we ever for an Instant doubted their loy?
alty to the public-school system. We
should deptooato emphatically any nt
tompl Of their opponents to make politi?
cal capital out of their attitude on the
Issue. Some of the mo?t valuable mem?
bers of both branches of the Council nave
antagonieed granting the appropriation.
central abattoirs, where all animal?
should be slaughtered that are intended
f< r consumption, as food."--Journnl or
('?mpnMtlve Medicine and Veterinary
Archive?.
li.f.ire the Mayor?' Convention nt Co
lumhus, (>.. in September, Mr. Nathan
Strauss, of x, w York, said: "There I?
Ueally no milk delivered for general
consumption In cities that Is fit to be ltd
In Its natural state to young children I
think I have demonstrated the proposi?
tion that many thousands of truants
lives are annually sacrificed by negb-ct
to Mii-ply for nutriment of children, milk
which ha? been sterilised. I hold the neg?
lect to be crimln.il. and I leave It to you
to fix the responsibility for It. We punish
murder with the penalty of death, and
yet we allow murder to be committed by
the wholesale in ?very populous commu?
nity of this land, with no thought
of Its punishment, and no thought of Its
prevention. You have the means under
your control by which these babies can
be saved. I ask you. Will you not apply
them? Men are found capable of acts or
hen ism ir. presence of danger less threat?
ening and less surely fatal. All that 1
plead for is the extension of the activity
of local boards of health Into a sphere
which is legitimately theirs, but which
they have ?.. far lacked the conviction
and courage to occupy."?Journal of Com
paratlv? Medldne and Veterinary Arch?
ives.
DR. EVAM9 A*D KUiKMIO.
VIRI.IMVs IIKIIT.
The Dispatch is umier obligations to
the Hon. Joslah Hyland, Jr., Second Au?li
tor of Virginia, for a copy of his annual
report for lS96-'97, lately made to the
Governor. In It we lind much valuable
Information concerning our public debt,
the sinking fund, the lit.-rary fund, &c.
In the light of the figures of this report,
we rOVlec our answers given yest?-r?lay to
"(>. K.'s" questions. Those answers
rote base.i upon the Sato of iso.">-'%; these
are bas. d upon data a year later. The
changes are not very great, but or? make
them so thnt whoever relics upon the
Dispatch may speak by the card, as it
were, in this matter. Here are th?- ques?
tions an?l lh<> answers as taken from
Mr. Ryland'a report, just out:
To the K.litor of th.- Dispatch:
Difference of opinion exists concerning
the amount of Virginia's .1. ot, and the
rate of. interest. You will SOUfer a fa. or
by answering the following que.tions:
What is the amount of the St ttO dObtl
What p.r cent, is th.- State now paying
on her debt?
What p.r cent will the ItlU have to
pay in the futur?? O K.
1. it is PHM?jM, excluait? of the boa la
held by the ?bUegee, which amount to
$2,466.45.".. Also exclusive of about $1,000,000
of old bonds and peat-doe interest which
have m v. r ben funded and which may
or may not be In exist?-nee.
2. Three p? r c?nt. on Rlddlebergera, 2
per cent, on Centurion, and 4 and 6 per
cent, on college bonds. The Kid 11?
berger bonds amount to Pljtd/Ha The
Centuries amount to fl7.9Kt.717.
3. The Kiildleberger bonils bear 3 p' t
cent. int. rest. The (Vntury bonds 2 per
cent, until July 1, l'J"l, and 3 per cent
thereafter for ninety years. Th? first
pnyment at the 3 per cent, rate will be
on January 1, gut
The Literary Fund holds of the Rlddle
berger bonds (otherwise known as "new
r?"l $1.430.327, and of Centuries BBVMo,
the Interest on which, amounting to
pBbVBJB, is appropriate 1 to public edu?
cation (public schools). The sums
realized from fines and escheats are in?
vest? ?1 In State bon?ls each y?ar. and
this is a part of the "Permanent Literary
Funil."
The Interest on the Literary Fund
bonds Is used for school purposes.
The Bflninn?. Of DndvertUOl Education
TO tbl Ivlitor of the Dispatch:
Prof. Mahaffey's ?leclair.ailon against
th?- wwdom of universal e?lucation has
properly enough set the world o? London
agog. It Is no new thing, forsooth, to de?
cry the benefits of a ?rid? distribution of
learning, but ?Then such a man as profes?
sor Manaffey puts himself on record pub?
licly and before the world as a recruit
in the army of doubters it pro'lilms a
very serious state of affairs. (P-n.-ral dif?
fusion of knowledge, he says, is of doubt?
ful utility, education, Bt states, is con?
ducive of discontent. This last Is the
burden of his arraignment, and, I tak? it,
is one Of the BtrOttgeet argments in f tvor
Of the opposition. The end and aim ot
life la happiness, rather than content?
ment?the constant striving tOWatda
omethtng hightr and better, the never
ing effort to attain an ideal. Were
men contented progresa woui?l have lapsed
Into desuetude. Tbe neceeaity for things
not ponooaned not t-cing realised, tn?-r.
would be no effort whatsoever in the <ii
r.-ction of improvement, no stimulus to
Invention. There would exist. Indeed, g
?t?te of absolute lethargy that woul'l
Hound the death knell of ambition and
ite man. sooner or later, to the levei
of u beast
The tren?! of education is towards eleva?
tion mentally, morally, ami physically.
To education alone ara due th.- Innumera?
ble Inventions and appliances w;hich have
n itnl. .1 the rough
and materially 1
struggles ot Hi?
To education
corners of our lives
sen. ?I the car. s and
daily laborer for br?;ol.
is ?lue the general
"The London Academy" proposes "An
Academy of Litters." Forty names are
tentatively suggest? .1 for membership, as
follows: John Ruskin, W. E. Gladstone,
Herbert Sp.-n> ? r. Duke of Argyll, A. C.
wlnburne, Georg?- Merodlth, John Hear?
say, Thomas Hardy, Jaaaw Hrjce, W.
K. H. Lecky, S. It. Gardiner, Bishop
Cretgbton, Bbahop Btubbn, the Bov, Aldan
Qnooaatt, w. E. Henley, Andrew Lang,
William Archer, H. D. Trefft, Sir G. O.
Trevelyan, Leslie Stephen, George. Mae
donald, R. D. Blackmore, Rudyard Kip?
ling, Aubrey de Ver?, lt. C. Jebb, Dr.
Salmon, W. W. Sk.-at, Dr. J. A. II. Mur?
ray, \V. P. Ker, Edmund Onset, Mr
Meyntll. Mrs Humphry Ward, Francis
Thompson, W. H. Yeats, Henry James,
Austin I)ohso:i, J. M. Barrie, A. W. Pine?
ro, W. S. Gilbert, and "Lewis Carroll."
The memory of the late Leopold Levy
win be enubrtaed in many beerte, Be
was a good man and true. Ue was
mo I. -t, amiable, and publlc-sDirlted.
Virginia had no better citizen. This he
showed as a volunteer In the late war;
as a working Democratic commltl?-eman
In Reconstruction days, and fo?* long
afterwards, and as a merchant and clti
scn of blameless Ufe. Our aOOJUatntenoa
with him was long and Intimate, and w>
recall no incident of his life, no word of
his mouth, that was not aaodltabta to
his character. Peaceful be his rest.
Baltimore's new Mayor, Malster, goes
Into office to-day. Whether or not he Is
a brewer of trouble remains to be acen.
Blue ribbons and blue blood seem dis?
posed to part company In New York, fo
far as horse-shows are concerned.
The base-ball plan of having two
umpires in each game henceforth, looks
like double trouble.
moral and religious condition of the p?o
pie of our ?lav. and to no other aouret are
attributable tie- brilliant In va?
rious Beide which men have achieved if
th?-r.- be exceptlona to this letter fact,
they but establish more firmly the general
rub-.
Put what do we undertnnd by educa?
tion? a compr? henalon of Lain and
Qreek, the classics, poetry, and the ah
atruee science?, ???- a knowledge ?f arith?
metic, geography, history, and tin- other
elementary studies? Do w? mean the
mastery of on? or mm?- ?objecta fo th?
? ?elusion of ? then of equal impon. ?>r the
of a general knowledge of all
matters with the mini untrained in any
. cllic ?lir? ctlon?
\\<- might. Indeed, find firm and
alvo around upon which to bar.- ?>ur con?
demnation of any ?me <>' th.- abort hy?
pothetical condltlonn, but to condemn, 0*
even cast a doubt upon, educetlon as a
whcie, and in the abstract, la an ael of
dating, th?- fallacy of which is patent nut
only to the profound Student, but to any
one who will give the matter cool, un
biaseii consideration.
if Professor Manaffey is sincere in
launching his firebrand of doubt uj>on
tit?- woriii h?- dleplaya a degree of igno?
rance relative lo the existing social con
dlUona which is the mor.- deplorable on
account of iii; educations] prominence.
N?>r does he i/lv?- t-vlii'-nee of the posS' --
slon of a considerable knowledge of by?
gone times The history of th?- world fur?
nish? s adequate and striking contradic?
tions of the theory which he adva
In the greet revolutlona which heve
ahnken the world t-> its foundstlona Igno
s hna been the recruiting officer that
has Oiled the ranks with troops; Igno?
rance hna been the rod of infatuation
which has split emp?rea and dethroned
kings. The personnel of the harlequin
nrmh's of the Prench Revolution, the
bloody deeds ??f the Reign of Terror, th.
fanaticism of whet Carlisle t.-rms Bans
oulottsm, stand forth In refutation of
th?- "wisdom of general ignorance."
Education aoftena the heart, aubduea
the violence of passion, teaches reaped
for law and order, and enables m<-n to
know th?ir rights and to stan.l for them.
It elevate? and refine? an?i gives a thou?
sand (blights unknown to th?> ignorant.
Now a word as to the nature of the
?duatlon most desirable. I would not In?
veigh against what is termed a classical
education. The classics have their us?-s.
and It Is only proper and tight that some
men shoui?! make the mattery of them
th.- ko.ii towards which their educations!
efforts t'-n.l. It is no lees necessary that
other men should studiously pursue with
all the ardor of ambition one or more
special ?tudies in order to attain perfec?
tion therein. Let th. s?> riv-r acholara burn
at t?o- altar of their superior wis?
dom, but l.-t them not despise th< votan,.-?
of universal enlightenment,
Such men hav? th>-ir port to play In the
world, and the world gratefully acknow?
ledges their usefulness, but the educaU? n
that is needed for th?- mass.-, those who
populate >h<- rural dlBtricta aa well m
those who throng th?- eitle?, Bhould par?
take of a more practical character It is
the knowledge which convlncea beyond a
doubt thai things are as th.y an- whlctl
teachea the reason for these condition?,
and which enables m.-n to apply those
Simple truths to th.- evt-ry-ilay bursttl I
and necessities of life, now, when the
world Is pr.-gnant with a m-w century;
now. when we hav?- passed through hun
?Ireds of years of slavery, Ignorance, and
servitude, an?! ar.- at the threshold ?>f an
era of social equality, the cry <?f the mul?
titude la for let hntcal instruction. Time
was when the arta and sciences looked
down upon the mere artisan: ttm.
when kingdoms ami principalities scorned
the plebeian name of republic but we
Cannot now look at Hf?- as it has been.
\\ > muni vi. w it from the standpoint ot
present fact.
And what Is the result of this chango?
A discontented people, as claimed by Pro
fessor Bahaffey? No; emphiti? ally no!
The arts and sciences have profited a
thousandfold by education. Invention has
received a stimulating Impetus, which
has cr? wm-.l it with undreamed-of eue
s. The masses are bett.-r fed,
clothed, and better able to distingu?an
right trom wrong.
Th?- aoeptlc will merely have to com
pare th? sod 1 conditions of any two
countries or any two sections of th? -
'Miiitrv wherein the one is educated and
the other ignorant, to convince him of the
truth of this allegation.
a distinguished professor of 1 Now York
college recently publlohed in the Cosmo?
politan, under his ?,vmi signature, statO
ments even mor>- radical than those of
professor HaneJfey. The hUter merely
?aserta thnt general education is an un
nilxe.l good, while the former emphati?
cally proclaims It as an error. The aproad
Of this contagion would work ruin to the
human race, and w- should guard against
it. There is a pessimistic tone pervading
the utterance? of thes. gentlemen which
trt ttches closely upon the horders of cyni?
cism. It it Is a mere bid for notoriety
their plans are well laid, and not likely
to miscarry, but I hold it to be our duty
towanls God and our fellow-men to per?
fect our minds In wisdom that w.- may
live a life of hope and usefulness, and
prepare ourselves for the higher life to
come. CHARLEA H. H. THOMAS
Miller Manual I*ibor School, Virginia.
The Famous Oontlnt's Aid to thr 1'.?
I Impress.
(New York Herald.)
Naturally, the most interesting part of
the career of the late Dr. Evans was the
share which he took In assisting the
French Empress to escape from Paris.
Batty during the morning of optembOt
4. 1870. the news or the disaster of 8? ?Ian
end the surr.-ndi-r <>f Marshal Mc.Mahon's
army of 76.000 men to the Prussians, cou?
pled with th?' abdication an?l capture ot
Bapafiiaj III . reached Purls, and in the
afternoon the city was In ? fearful tur?
moil, overrun with mobs and anarchy
rampant everywhere. The re?l flag baaf
been touted, and the uuthorltle? every
wh?r?- were powerless.
Mobs began moving on the Tuileries,
and there was nothing left for the Em?
press but to escape as quickly as possible
from the Palace. Therefore, according to
the story told by Dr. Bvans while In Phil?
adelphia in September las-t. the Empress,
accompanied by Mme. <! P.reton, Prince
Uetternich, nnd Blgnor Nlgra, the Ita?
lian Minister, attempt IP? by run?
ning down 1 private ?tetreus? leading to
the Palace gar?!ens. but the mob was Be?
fore her. Thereupon they turned back.
traversed th.- gallery of th?> Louvre to tho
door bailing to the Place 8t Germain
Auxerrois, opposite the church of that
nume, from which building a narrow pas
sag?- led to the str?-?-t.
There they could bear the aheuta of t.he
mob. and lat.-r plunged into the cronrd.
Th? Empress was soon afterward 1
nlzed by a sttt-.t urchin; but th?- lad's
shout was hot noticed, and th?> Kmpivss
an.i Mm?'. 1- lir. ton were thrust by their
companions Into a cab. Hut they soon af?
terward discovered thnt they only had 3
francs between them. probably not
enough to pay the ?Iriv.r. and so in order
to avoid a acene and the possible capture
of the Empresa, th? v alighted and walked
on. Suddenly th.- Empresa realised that
tiny were near the house of Dr. Evans,
and they hurried to him for assistance.
This was imtm-diatcly forthcoming. Mrs.
Kvans was out of the city, and so the
Empress was given her room, and cloth?
ing from her wanlrolx- was ?elected as B
disguise.
First, the Doctor trb'd to get a pass t"
Lav?- Paris, bul failed. Every <-xit was
guarded by troops, Happily he found thai
one ef his friends, also a patient, was in
command of the troops at th?> Bridge Of
Neullly, ami by some means h?- aucceeded
in Informing the latter that h?- would like
to pass over the bridge that night with
two of his lady patients The Empress
uas to play the part of a feeble woman.
Who was being tnhen away t?> a sanita?
rium, while .?im?-, le Breton was to per
sonate her nurse. When all the plans
were completed l>r. Evans at dusk placed
tin- Empresa ami Mme i? Breton in his
carriage and drove to tho bridge.
There 11 was stopped by the men on
duty, but th.- nerve of the Doctor sto?>?i
him in good Stead, and he succeeded In
retiring tin? ugh the troops. Eventually
they made their way to Deuvllle, after
two days of anxious travelling, <lurin?r
which the fugitives were several Urn? j
stopped and questioned. Hirt the Doctor
.sas ready for every emergency, and the
Empress passed on without being recog
niaed. At Deuvllle Dr. Evans went t<? sir
John Burgoyne, owner <?f the yacht <;.?
z?-U?-. and. after, with difficulty, persuad?
ing him that he had the Empress In his
charge, Eugenie waa embarked <>n board
the yacht, and crossed th?> Channel in
the unie which wrecked the British buttle
sh ii? Captain.
The latter, as a curious coincidence, was
commanded by a son of Sir John Ltur
goyne.
I'nritlnu Art.
rnt-Hits.)
When a la?ly is sitting to B Parisian
photographer for a portrait the operator
does n?>t. in a perfunctory manner, coldly
reOjUOBl her to "look pleasant now, If
vou please!"
vs to her. In the most natural
and graceful manner in the world: "It
is quite unnecessary to ask m.-niam to
look pleasant; she could not look other?
wise."
The lady, of course, acknowledges the
complim.-nt with her most gracious and
highbred smile.
"? |i-k!" goea the camera, ami the pic?
ture is obtained, revealing* the sitter to
the greatest advantage.
&H
? <
BIG MARK-DOWN
ON
CHILDREN'S
TAM 0* SHANTERS.
i
m Children'? Cloth Tarn o* Shan
ters. nicely made, with pretty ro
sitte and two fiuiiis, at u.V.
300 Children's Handsome BonOU
nn.l Fancy Cloth Tarn o' BhantotS,
nicely trimmed with satin ribbon.
quills, and velvet band, all colors
loot from, our regular .'.0c. and
Be. caps, for 3Xc.
Hoys' and Girls' Leather Tarn o'
ghantera, elegantly ma?ae, and pa
tent-lesther bound, nicely finished
with bow ami buckle, at lite
Kin.- BUk-Velvet-Top Tarn o'
Shanters. with finest quality gros
graln ribbon and fancy buckle,
regular 7.V. caps, now ?t??c.
children's Kelt Tarn o' Shanters.
with handsome braided top and vel
v? t band, finished with gros-graln
rlblHin bow and Hlack quill, re?
duced now to 3?C.
WALKIMG HATS, 50c.
Over I'd Lai lies' Walking Alpine.
Fedora, Sailor, and Bicycle Hat?.
about ?r, styles to select from, gome
worth up to $1; all go at 50c.
KIGSIR'JGSU RUGS!!!
DRE5S GOODS
AND
CL0AK5.
WAI5TS
A Ni?
SKIRTS.
?
GREAT
FUR
BALE OF HIOH.-CLASS
Kl'CS HCI'OHT AT
HALF PRICE
M Bande?me Fur Ruga. largest
size, Bxfi very rich coloring and
fine quality, rich patterns, to go
with any carpet, all go at half
prlce-BI ??.
w" W** W** w4* 9**&+* *
FURS
UNDERWEAR.
WRAPPERS
DRESSING SACQUES,
All-Wool Eiderdawn Dreggins
Sac?|ii.>s, in Pink, ]tVj\]t ?|
Gray, Red, with rrortVt , ?!.. , j
silk ribboa at neck, all ??a
Fall siz<< White Blank, n ai ??c
$1.25 Ladies' Cloth, :>1 inches,
wide, 75c. yard.
MEYER SYCLE,
103 EASr BROAD STKET,
Next Corner First,
(no lC-Jt)
The Decision
of tho Aldermen on tho
school question is a good
thing.
So Are Our School Shoes.
I ..i ' i???-! ? e .; .
(Washington star.)
There was sonn'thing In bla BUU
that l"l bar to think he was about to
propose. So she murmured: "I think
that every woman craves some strong
BUtura Upon whom she can lean in an
mergency."
Hi- taca incarne white.
"What is the matter?"
"I thought." he gasped, "that you ha?l
already been taught to ri'le your
bicycle."
I"p to Date.
?Puck.)
"Stay." crle'l PoeufcOtttUS, springing for
wanl just as the fata! club was about to
descend.
Bhe whispered a few hurried words Into
the ear of l'owhatan. her father.
"Certainly Bot," tin' knightly chief an
awered. n?>t without a euggentfoa of pagua
in his manner. "If th.- BinetoecOBe won't
work, why. tnere'a nothing t?> be gained
I y killing the pale-faced brother."
11 ?in nil to lie Anneseil.
(Baltimore American -Bepubttean.)
Hawaii win l?.- formally added to the
United State? n.-xt year. This will be the
tir^t lncrea?4 In ?mr territory sin?--- !v7.
when Alaska ?tub purchased from Bnssla.
Blond win Trii.
(New V'?!'k I'?
Blood win tell In all ?reU-r?gulated fami
ies. In the i-seanaile of Mls< .1? s^U- lAi\
e?>ln. a granddaughter of the great wood
r. i ?ee a reflection of Nancy
Hanks, of North ('aroilna.
I* h yule ft Wholenalr.
c i? round Leooer.)
Philip D. Armour, the t'hlcago million?
aire, hir?-s a physician i>y the year. What
a constitution that man must have!
Wove got them in all
shapes and materials?the
kind that stand the hard
knocks.
Style, comfort, protec?
tion combined. Prices
right.
Tifl jusl as Important to
have the young people pro?
perly shod as properly edu?
cated.
Soo our large assortment
before, buying.
liant!
C, F, ?SHOE CO
313 East Broad.
[no 17-W&F]
"
J.E.R0SE&C0.,
No. 1510 East Main street.
We are not undersold by any
house in this city. Whole?
salers and retailers in
Stoves, Tinware,
Crockery, Glass and
Woodenware,
Lamps, &c.
FILL LINE OF TOYS.
No charge for package or dray
ap-e.
$12.50
A CUT SALE
EXTRAORDINARY.
We have too much stock nn
nd. In order to gel] it
quickly Suiting* that wen
$20, SI?, and |15, price now,
Suit to Order,
$12.50.
Your money back if the
clothes don't lit.
MORTON ?.ST0UT&CC
TAILORS,
826 Banal Main St
(no?4-Utl
A Tumor_Formed
Finally It Broke Inwardly
and Discharged
Trouble Began With Dyspepsia
and Impure Blood
Tinning, Plumbing,
Gas-Fitting, Latrobe
and Furnace Work.
Prompt attention given to mail
orders.
New 'Phone 277.
(no 17.WAF)
STREET-CAR TICKETS.
ON AND AFTER SEPHMBIR 9lh
the sale of tickets in lots ot 21 fot
$1 will be discontinued.
Conductors will continue lo srt
tickets at the rate of 0 for In.
SCHOOL TICKETS
will hereafter be soKl to SChOOi
children only at the oomptny'i
offioeSi foot of Seventh street
and comer of Twenty-ninth
and P streets. Pupils desiring
them will be required 1?? pre?
sent certificate covering the
ensuing session from principe]
of school.
RICHMOND RAILWAY ? ELECTRIC CO.
_l??l?-t:i
esem wunrnttmo
rOR lh PER MON 1II
liox-ntall? and k<?'?I utt?nii"n 'it rr.f
trainlriK farm. A<l?li>*s
T. BERNARD 1' -
no 12-lw
S. th Low ha? availed hlm?t?!f of the
fttrlng BttBO?al to hin rtsixti?itlon a?
nt ?'t Columbia College, in? with?
drawn the r*-l%aaUoa, and all 1? ?gain
. ou ?i'iulnti?d? Uulgbia?
The late Dr. Evans, of Paris, ?eems to
have found the road to fortune royal
tooth-pulling.
Th?? newly announced glue trust ought
to ?tick together, If ever a combination
did._
\v< Hope, Anthony, to have the plea?
sure again.
Meat nail Milk luapretton.
(K?>r Ha* Dtapatofc.)
"Th?' ?apxrtenoe <>f Meat-Inspector
Bchrlfber, ?>f Philadelphia, In lin.ling hung
Up ?>i; :i stall of a m? at-<lealer ih.- ?H
easi-fi liver of a horse, that had di.
d;iys bafata trom <'?us?-h that would i?;v^
led to innen? on the part of any ?>
iiiK th? same hhoultl bt> a lesson to all
muniilimirtltH ?if the ne?-?t i>t m. at In
*r?.iin n unit tin? wisdom of estabil?llut:
i:\teiiirilluu.
(Chicago Ht cord.)
"I can tell wh?n my wife BOM ?ome?
thtng she considers extravagant."
"Boa can you Ml?"
always explains that she bought it
with a |B bill ?he happened to have tuck?
ed away."
She'? Very Dear.
(Somerville (Mass.) Journal.)
She has ?uch dainty little hands,
The kind that Cupid loves.
l'.ut, oh, It custs an awful lot
To keep those hands in glove?.
She has two little shell-like ear?.
With blue veins lightly crossed,
That means rive $lW)-b.ds
You know what ear-rings cost.
Her costume* alway? are ?ur>erb,
4|ulte chh- and up to date;
The other women envy her?
And I?I pay the freight.
And, do I l??ve her? Yes, Indeed!
As every one cm ?ee,
tine alway? was, and always will
il? verv dear lo mc.
Thorough Course of Hood's Sarsa
panlla Completely Cures.
Thero is ttanircr in impure blood.
DisMM and suffering are surely com?
ing to those who neglect this threaten?
ing symptom. Head this:
"Oilliam, Missouri.
"C. I. Hood * Co., Lowell, Mas?.:
"Gentlemen :?My trouble? began with
nervous headache?, which would last
me for two or threo days. The doctors
pronounced my trouble dyspepsia, but
they could not do anything for me, and
advised a change of location. At the age
ot ?>6 a tumor formed on my spine, which
Was Very Painful
but did sot rise or discharge. The doctor
thought best to cut it out, but I objected.
It finally broke and discharged a great
deal. The doctors said they could do
nothing for it. Then the tumor began to
rise inwardly and discharge. I read much
about cure? by Hood'? Sarsaparilla and
thought I would try it. Before I had
finished taking one bottle 1 was much
relieved. I continued the use of Hood'?
Sarsaparilla, and after taking 12 bottle? I
w?? entirely cured. I am now well, have
b good appetite and feel that I owe my
life to Hood's Sarsaparilla." W. D. Forb.
Sarsa?
parilla
I? the be?t-ln fact the One True Blood TuriUer.
?old ?>y all .Irusgtstt. It ; six for SA.
Ml'l.? I'...?.
A MEETING OF THK iTOCKHOLD?
ERS OP THE MASOXICTEMPL1
CIATION ?ill !>. holden at the M
Temple, corner l!r.<.1(i and Adam? street?
TUESDAY, November ?d, al >s o'clock v.
M. JOSEPH V BIDOOOD,
no 16-1 w__8ecretary.
ANNl'AI, MKKTINO.
The annual meeting ?,r th? STOCK
HOLDBRfl OF THK Hlfil.MoNb
PREDEklCKSBURO AND POTOMAC
RAILROAD COMPANY will be held on
WEDNESDAY. November 17. ins; at the
office of the company, In Richmond at U
o'clock M. J. R. WIN8T?
no a-td_ Trea?urer.
AMISEMEMTS.
v< taMUn 09 mi sic.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
NOVEMBER i.'iH A.\l> mrii
'! HURSDAY MATINEE
THE INTERNATIONAL SENSATION
THE QBIfBA.
Original Production from Daly'? Theatre
New York and London. Under the
Direction of Mark Smith. Pre?
sented by a Company of
Comic Opera Celebrities.
PRICES: $1.50, ?. T5, 50. AND 25 CENTS
MATINEE, ?, 75. 50. AND 25 CENTS. "
_(no l?-?t)
DRt ?;*, MKOK IM>, Ar.
NOTICE PAINLESS OPI I
eure f.?r Hemorrhoids <pll? ?>. '
fifteen rear? by prominent W<
glnia phyeiclan ?ritnoul
' '
GAMBLE, I'M eaal '
N V M. di ilv BO
Ht MM V- OPPOKIt Mill I
I ? IR SALS a NICE CLE
OF l?i: : ? FIXTI ?:i -
town of 1.090 Inha ' '
wat? ri: place.
K>>r f'.irtl;. : ;
PURCBLL LADI? * ? "
no lH-3t ? *
^\rv\^v^\^\y..
Ml ?ICAL.
Hood's
Hood's Pills IEU?? ?j
VIOLIN AND CORNET
INSTRUCTOR,
JOHN KESSNICH,
903 east Clay street.
tnotl.it?>
roHKST niii'.i:.
DURINO THE PLBASANT AI
weather, an?! so lontc as th? rKa.is re
main In trood condition. K<>?:. -
will be op**n for th?
gue?ts. Small drlUtiK ??r 'cycltBB
can be provt?l?.l for at any Ti?M
parties ?haoM notify ? > 'phoii? ?
hour? iMfyre their ari
2Ttt6 It. Oten Aller \
MU1KH. THINKS, INBRKUAI.
f|i E. H. SPENCE, g
WKON? SIDE BH0A0 AM) KBiU i'll sTs..
SHOES, 1 RINKS, ANO IMBRLLUS.
toe 27-38?)
PROPOSALS.
Illtf. r
Room No. It (Thirl I
RlehinoiKi Va \
SEALED PROPOSAIS ^ IU.
i ? iv.?i at thin orti t until s >' M
LAY, November ?, isy:. for ion??.
city with th? fullowtna n um Nt "?
UCENSE-MEI a:..- AND TINS i??r tD?
year 19H:
3.400 Dog Medals.
100 Goat ^
Waron Tins.
?60 Two-Horse Wajc<"> 1
40 Three Hors.
J5 Four M
Hack ? ri.l omnibus Tin?
? HujiR-y TlBB. .
Medal? and Tin* to be numbtr.sl ana
wired In numerical 01
tea must accompany e? '?
r.tttee on P<>
rjjMto reject ?
!7.n.2S.?4?
VI U.MloV 4 OHTMA4 H'lt? (
Sealed propoaala will be r?
understx.? l
HAY. 1
ST. PAUL'S CATHOLI? ' '
Porismouth. Va. mans ami
ptuylRg ? ' '"'
i OR?E U MAUI'IN S"
no M
old
e?ce.
pater? for aale -i IB?
BMlSJi