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Twir mPTTMONr? DISPATCH-SUNDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1897.
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SUNDAY.DECEMBER 12, 1897.
Tin; in \m i: DOARD.
?wveru! TOaXt ago th" ! :.-patch Insisted
that ono of the great.art seeds of this
city was a board of commissioners,
whose duty it should be to give to our
Basaras a degree el expert attention
which it Is Impossible for th'-m to have
from tho City Council, or Its Finance
Committee?. Numerous recent e\
have confirmed us ,in our opinion as to
the necessity for such a board, and we
are glad to say that tho Council Com?
mittee on Chartas Chaagas has recom?
mended that it be astabHah? 1.
If Richmond had had a finance board
for the past twenty-five, years, the pro?
bability Is we should not have. Issued
many of tho bonds which now 1
US. Tho odds aro two to one, at least,
that then our Sinking Fund would have
been In far better eondltioa than It is
now. Nor cm wo conceive It possible
that we should then have entered so
unadvisedly as we did upon the building
of our new City Hall, Nor Is it at all
likely that we should havo had such a
squabble about public School approprla
tlona as we have recently had.
We should bo crassly Ftupld not to
profit by such dearly-bought experiences.
Tho Dispatch, however, cares not to
go back to BpfportlOB tho blane for the
shortcomings of the past, yet we cheer?
fully shoulder "ur par?, of It. And now,
we beg our tax-payers to lu.irk.SB to the
voice of experience and. as f ?r as ;
ble, helj? to put our city's lln anees into
the hands of a hoard of experts, who will
make It their ambition und special busi?
ness to see that tho taxes wo pay arc
spent to the very best advantage.
The proposed change la the charter for I i
the creation of this board was drawn
by our city Attorney and he has had
the advice of many veteran councilmen
and other business-men. It seems to the
Dispatch that H is s measure Which must
meet the approval of tho tax-payers
If the tax-payers will only give it their
consid?ration; but, si range to s;;y, the
Very men who ought to take most Inte?
rest in th! t are taking tho least:
This will n>t ?I?. Every good citizen?
avery taxi ny< r, especially?Should make
himself familiar with tVi proviolons of
tao : -y it Is not perfect,
but It is Stall la the amendable stage.
l,et us Improve II II v. .an, sad th d tat
us woth to gst it through the City Coun
Cl and then through the L"Sis'.ature.
in our hatgmaat it is clearly to tho in
t . ?if tho I party here to
Offset this change in municiril methods.
!.. t us ohow the world that our party
m?y always be rallafl upon to advance
\m? v.iiii'.re of RlehmorMl Let us give
proof that wo aro a'.ivo to modern pro?
gresa In municipal government. Never
let it be Bald that It is nnraasarj for our
people to seek r. lief by going outside of
ths Democratic patty!
The simple ouest ion before ub now Is,
?hall wo place Richmond's finances In
tho hands of u board of expert commis?
sioners, or shall we continue to pursue
the wasteful and unsystematic method
which now prevails?
hmond haa outgrown its present sys?
tem. Our Increase In wealth and popula?
tion and the many changea that have oc?
curred In business mctfiod? here ?Jemand
that we should adjust our city govern?
ment to pr?tent environments. A ?maire
board offers us a measure of relief wo
could not ?hope for otherwise. If our
people *Ul feu, studi th?, scheme they
will approve ; . If they approve It and
aro active In their effor's, they can causo
the City Council to adopt It. Hut let us
not flatter ourselves that it will go
through the Council without help fr..i?
va?! No. Tho oppt.iuinta of ths change
ars orgaaislag Bgalnet It. Organisation
mset?8o m<4 gjj .!on Kltw% hy
*;?0,t " ' ' *><* It properly.
?ta* W ?c ti.? lt H1,h.
mond would'favor the creation of th?
proposed board, for It would mean tha
aa fur n? possible wo should hereafte
apply strict bualneca rulea to tha clty'i
fiscal sfTalrs.
It la a m<?vement In the Interest of al
th? people, but particularly In the Inte
rest of the tax-payer? and of the Demo
?ratlc party.
I^et not our party hero follow the ba?
examples that have been set for then
In ???me other ci:les. Tills change woul?
be "good politics." Tho best politics an
thoso which make tho people best satis
lied that our i??llcles are conceived In
tbe interest of the entire community.
IXDKTHItMl** Mil ISMTaUOaVa
In Virginia, the matter of reforming
criminals has not received the Situation
ri?| the circle of prison
officials, It la ''.nite out of the ques?
tion for us In sspset oonriets t.? grow
setter, v/hen ws crowd from five to thirty
Into a BtUfla room, the old with the
?/euBsT, the hardened with thoso who
have committed lir:;t offences.
What sort of Belf tsspsct tan a man
save who Is bardes with his fellow
crc.it ur. s in last way, and who, BBOn '?v?r,
las to ?at, Bleep, sind perform all of the
ither functions of life In tho same room!
fear that our good people have
lot dono th? ir duty lu this matter. If
they ha?i visited the prisoners of tener end
nude themselves better seqaalntsd with
heir condition, and had represented the
acts to the Legislature, n<> 1.
oul?l hnv? refus? i (< grunt relief. Th"
?rot.-sis nriti petitions of the official*
IttOUld be backed by tho voice of the
reopla
I t only m ad moro cells at the
?eniU-nliary, but WS UUght to give the
ronvicta greater Incentives than they
oiv hav to behsvs w?Jl and reform.
n many Stat-s thSTS are laws author
tenees or condi
lonal pardons In th?-* lirst case, the
is sentenced to a term, say
from tivtr to Bfteen years." After five
ears h.-m- pa ad, it Is his rif,'ht to go
. board appointed for that pur?
os.- ami ask for a discharge. It rests
irh Ihi board to refuns It and to con?
nue his imprisonment until his conduct
roves that he Is Worthy of having his
??nttr.ee abated, or the hoard may gruul
, subject to ci rtain stringent condi
ons.
Tho conrlitlonnl pardon system is equlv
lent to paroling a priaoner during good
? havlor, This la almost the same sys
t m ss that <?f til?- English tiehet of leave.
are BtlU other mi thods of en
?urssrlng the nrl?v?ncr to behave well
ml shorten his term. Ours is to allow
in? nt for ?good conduct equal to
?ur ?lays per month, it Is better than
m at all, bol It Is much inferior
> ?ither systems now in vogue.
We trust the Legislature, at this ses
on, will not only provide more cell
>om at the psnitentiury, bul will Inquire
ito the indeterminate si -nt? DOS and con
tionai pardon systi ma le the end that
e may do our duty to the convicts as
:comes a God-fearing people.
maki: 'i:h mots on.
We consider it ciuit?? certain that Rich?
tend Will BOOH adopt measures tliat will
rive the tramps henos this wint?r. Hut
v.v keep them out of this dty many
! th? m may aOeh to find shelter In ir.ar
n ii' rhl on l r: tnot Hill, or In the
ulton neighborhood?unless the oonnty
Itborltles adopt measures of warfare
Se to ours.
fi warn the residents of our anburba
int this is a matter in which they have
deep Intereet. Hera this movement is
ting led by tho Young Mill's Business
ssoclatioa, and we believe it win suc
eii. Let the people of our suburbs form
somewhat similar organization, and
K-n press tho subject unremittingly upon
ie attention of the county authorities.
itch every tramp you can find and put
m to bard labor.
? i people "f Richmond are almost
ady to rise in arms BgSlust the tramps.
e an- sick and tired of them. We know
it many of th? m will not beeil
i? ,i 1..11. And so WC are going to run
min out of Richmond, und, no doubt,
.my <?f them w?j stop in Henrlco un
ss the HentiesunS, snd ?specially those
the suburbs, make them "move on."
The authorltl? s of tho 1'niverslty of
Olllnasn, bave decided that hereafter
1 women who wish to pursue their
ni the university must either
tew by satisfactory testimonials, or
rovo by an informal examination (a so?
iled OOUoqulum), that they have the
ry pit-par.ttlon. Tho professors
ill then mako a report to the pro
;ctor, who will give his declsiun. Other
arman universities are adopting similar
?filiations, th? object of which is to ex?
ude women who are not Btted to enter
1th profit to themselves or With honor
i the institution. These more rigid rules
re, it Is said, regarded ss n sign of pro
rsss m the matter of Ii?kIut female edu
,tii?n lu Germany, since they indicate a
mdency to place women on (he same
>otlng as men In their relations to the
f.
The Rounok? Bvenlng World, after
atlng that th? most significant figures
i the Auditor's report prove that the
;s and law-abiding sections of
m state havs to bear the burdens sf
ie "sparst ly s.-Ultd und shiftless" por?
ous of tho Commonwealth, makes (his
?mir.ent: "These gguiuo would sum to
j sufllcient to mako tho Legislature
lopt a plan which WiH place all of the
?sis for n.: fU?snots on the counties
ail citr
,s quite evideat that this pro
isltaOn is going to bo a fruitful subject
! discussion with tho State press.
Minister and Mrs. Hay havo gone
ItfWatgh the process of dining with Queen
;. '??iii ami spending S night at Windsor,
hey are now prepared for anything in
ie diplomatic line that may come?how
,er trying to the nerves or the spirits it
uy be.
Senatorial c??!d tea is again on tap in
ie north wing of tho cap?tol at Washlng
n. Tho dryneOB In that region did not
rt ton?. It was too tunny?tho sham
1 It, even for grave and reverend Benu?
rs to stand.
Th" Ratelgh (H. C) N'l'wa and Observer
is puebuned thS RnMgh Times, and
ade It Its evening edition, a?i that both
ie Italeigh dallies now have both morn
g and evening editions.
Weylrr Is ?aid to have 110,000.000 to his
edit In Kur.i'.e.in banks. If the story
? tine, it g<??s to prove the truth of
ic assartlon that tho Individual in ques
un is a soldier of fortune.
Tbut New York bicycle race his been
rllrloualy exciting, beyond question.
DIM-LEV TALKS SOUS MOUE.
Congressman Dingley, of tariff V
fame, Is developing now and puzzli
ch.ir.iet?Tl?tlcs every day. W8 '
had Bgeaatea to point out and demonsti!
that congressman Dingley was a matl
matlcal prodigy. Thl? wo did In notlci
an Int. rvtsW had with him touching I
revenue producing bill that don't *N
duce premie, und which made t
columns of the paper In which the I
tervitw appeared look as if ho had fir
a double charge of figure? Into it from
duck gun at long range.
Friday. O '? Dingley shot c
BOBM moro figures of tho same sort. SU
were ItBBMlllBlsd over the columns of scv
raj of our contemporaries >
ligures reinforco our conteiiti.
tli.it ?'oiigi. .--man Dingley id a math
BaBtkaf genius. Put in the charge w?
the Blag that "he took it for graat?
i!:.it cunfrsaa would exerciso raaaenab
economy."
This is what stumps us. It glistens 111
k i.l golden humor from a settir
of leadefl matter of faCtiSBB. Who ev<
h.-.,id b? tora of "n asoa Ma," or an
other sort of economy's being exercise
by a E. pabi I 'iiomy !
hoi written in either the book of TOCOti
or tha look of the prophets of the Rl
; B party. Tho incongruity at llr.?
blush BSpeara Intensely huinorou:
and the humor seems to bo all the moi
i of the fact tha
it involve., a mu?.' violent case of takin
for grant d thaa Cunsrsssmsn D
taking for granted that the people can fc
BBBvlm .i that bJa bill was latea
Put as we have said, and as has bee
proved, Collar, .-.-man Dingley is a math,
mat ..1 > nius; and thSTS'l tho rul
11 .?in. r 884 maih.Tiiatir.il genius do no
i un in th.; same man. The fTSatSV th
matlieiiiatle.il g.:;ias a man i
more absolutely dead he bat OBMS to
moss "f humor. The average i
natleal gealaa may be count.-a apoa t>
sit thnragb a Bsiastrel pertocmari
.ut erachlng a smile. A great mathemat
leal genius, sucb as CoagTeasaiaB
. to be, would, BO
WrdlBg to the history of his kind, not 1.
oris ions In reading Mark Twain, Pll
\rp, or Hill Nys of emotions in any wla
Ufferent frora those ho would e>;
n perusing the Lady ?>f the Manor, th
near of vTahsSsId, or a chaaier ii
Srowa's I'lr.imimii' of ??rammars.
The more, tharefore, we study Con
rressmsn Dlagley and his statements, th
noro we are puzzled. The more th?
gtady him and his figures, th.
nore they will bo puzzled?lo know bOV
:.*. government is going to come- any
vie rs m ST making both ends meet und.
ils tariff bill. In the entangle'ment of con
rsdlctlODS, mathematical and other, h.
we can see only one thread tha
iromlsea to lead us to light, and that i
bat Congressman Dtagwy is althsr at
nomaly in awtheamttcal prodlgtsa, "i
iis beea humorous without knowing it
n this latter event he has given SVldaBft
t almplemli>d?9dni as, which l* anothei
est of true genius.
About Ifsy, Mr. Dingley says, that long
.' will appear. Ws fSS
ho fact is, that, as heretofore, it maj
md then again it may not.
I'r?i\ ?il ini; nil Essential.
Qatssman: I can't ?mite understand wh>
ou should build a log-eat,in en so fine ar
Ltate as this. It is so thoroughly out
lag with the surroundings.
Statesman: The man of forethought al
ays provides for an emergency, my
lend. I may attain to eminence some
ay, and it will then be necessary to
ave a lot:-?ahtfl to which my biographer
in point as the. place where I was born.
Below Her Average.
Dumbb'ton: My wife has begun taking
ItlflK lessons, and her Instructor says
tat sh.s must practice four hours a day.
Flasher: Vocal music, do you mean?
Dumbleton: Yes.
Flasher: That ?night to be easy for her,
h"n. From what I have heard you say
should think that four hours u day was
;low her BVS1
The Rule Didn't Apply.
Mrs. (Julie: You seem to forget, John,
lat the first principle of economy la
iving.
Mr. dulle: Not always, madame; I ob
rve that during the three years that
mi have been interested In saving tho
Mthea, It has generated a brand of
:onomy that has cost me Just three nun*
ed dollars per annum.
Trae lo Ills Profeaalon.
Barber: You can say what you like
lont It, I am an enthusiastic advocate
' the modern newspaper.
Customer (examining himself In the
ass after his ordeal?: I can well believe
iat, for your work Is Illustrated with
its.
An t'ntlinelr Sogiceitlnn. ?
Husband: I think, Martha, it would
autlfy the appearance of our place If
?i had a serpentine walk leading up
om tho gate to the house.
Wife: What for, John? As a perpetual
minder of your return from the club?
The man who stops to consider that It Is
ireo fourths water will never accuse a
>ntuckian of wanting the Earth.
"Poverty is the mother of all the arts,"
it she ?loesn't seem to develop any
lal affection.
Tho man who wrote, "Nobility He? In
e mind." perpetrated a calumny on
uo nobility.
-.aBBa.
It la at the dinner table that the small
an emphasizes the truth of "multum
parvo."
"Nothing Is gained without work,"
id that's about all many of us gain
Ith It.
(t Is often lack of Judgment that en
nibcrs a man with so many Judgments.
ro the rich man, dollars are like rala
rtunes; they seldom come alone.
K Christmas Injunction?"Know all men
' these presents."
?*a>
It Is when money talks that ths deaf
n hear.
?leal So. ,-r-ST? j
Vhat is it so illuminates
The features of our son?" she said.
"... h eve when he comes home his face
A new-born radiance doth shed."
'he father looked, and to his eye
A slight mustache there ?lid appear;
hen smilingly ho did reply:
1 gues? It la the son-down, dear."
He Una n quarter-nark. *
hum't.l pouader from the foe
. "ell Just beyond our frail redoubt.
"That settles It!" with fervid glow
A youthful private shouted out.
Then straightway, waiting no comman
He leapt the Irifi>rven!ng wall.
Poised well his d? xt<r pedal, and
Lid pTjnt that red-hot cannon ball.
The mlssll? felt the Impact bo.'d,
And hurlllng fiercely through ths al
Dropped in the adversary'* fold
And slaughtered every foeman there.
| Inillnr, ?uniriifr.
(For tho Dispatch.)
Just as a friend, who, having bade fan
well.
Turns ere he's lost to view and bacl
ward sends
Home t? nder message; so to hill and de
The lotttrlng summer throws a kls
and Manda
A charm with autumn's reverie-wooln
Fpell.
That drowsy film upon the wooded steep?
How It ?loth breathe of Nature's comin
rest.
So soft Its Influence o'er the senses creel
That life seems almost slumbering i
our breast,
And all the world afloat In dreamy deep?
Une ruddy sun through osai curtain blinks
As If to slumber-land he, too, wa
bound,
And as he downs the mountain tor
through chinks
Of oak and maple in quaint tatter
gowned.
He winks and nods, and to hla palle
sinks.
And to this tranee, where memory's idol
reign,
Wo yield a moment of Ufe'? fle??tln?
store,
LI vins; the halcyon summer-time again,
Counting the pearls we've gathered of
its ?bore.
And weaving garlands In ItS fair domain
WADE WHIPPLE.
I.lternry Note?.
"A Damsel Errant,*1 by Amelj?*. Rive
(Princess Troub. i?.k?,i), has been pub
?i by the j. i!. Llppinootl Company
It is described by the New York Critic
as "a pretty, Inno i st love-tula, witr
notatag startling In it beyond its epl
i and much to admire." This do
BCriptlon Indica!. , a radical change It
this author's w.tk. The background ol
th>- story Is Norman, and so are the
characters; tho time Is the llfteenth cen?
tury, and of Louis XI.
Thomas Nelson Pugi s "Old Gentleman
of the Rlaek .Sto<k" has been added tc
the Beribn?r*? dainty ivory Series? The
Boril**ners Will publish ns the leading se?
rial In their magazine for ISM I?r. I*ag..-'s
first long novel, sattttsd "Bed Rock?A
Chronic!? of ?'"construction." Thus w
have another uddltion to the "red" fea?
ture of reoent fiction, affected by Stephen
Cmne, Stanley W?yman, and others.
Evidently these authors subscribe to I-.U
. ) '! I?!'.s ?lie turn:
"Any color, so long as it's red,
Is tha color that suits me best."
Mrs. hfsod Wilder QOOdwin's romances
of life in V^igjnln In ?jeventeenth-oentury
?lays bars beeems very popular, and the
demand for th? m BtCUdily lUCri I
Mine. ItSr?h Qrund'a lat-st novel, "Tho
Beth Rook," is "cntchtttg it" from the
critics. It is paid to be largely auto
biograiihical, and ha- therefore, much
more inte:- -ling to Mine, (?rani than to
any one BISS. The author either lost
Bight <?? this fact In writing the book,
probably, or elso possesses an exagge?
rated i-i' i of tha Import?nete of the
tor Of "The H? ivuly Twins."
!?r. J'?hn Watson ("Ian Ha?alaren"),
who is pastor of |h? S fton-Purk church,
Liverpool, bas been culled to tr.>- Presliy
t- r Ian church, H 1 U?
lid to bo carefully considering the
invitation.
M? IS. Hurst & BlSOkett have sold
In all over fJMIf copies of their cheap
??litions, ranging In pries from s:.\?
to six shillings, of Mrs. Craik's "Jotm
Halifax, <: ?;tl.?man." the popularity ot
which aeeme to be p? r? nnial, and de
Tt*S Bfsssra Apret?n will publish at
once "Th?- Suppi . Letten of Nspo
b??n." The letters are Mid to i'veal that
nan to ths world a? anas
of his i.'onte.nporjrl- s have done, His
viiiiln tivt n? ss, it Is st.it.-d, Is undi.
guis. d.
A bust of Poo is to Btnnd In the Koe
Alcove as Um central ?- il ira or a sec?
tion of the University of Virginia Li?
brary ?J? v??t? .1 st,.,, ally to southern
writ.-rs. it is bui neatly requested that
friends end admirers of 1'oe win help
Ihe mov? m? nt t?y contrtbotions of boose,
editions, oommenturie?, or translations
. -! with him, or by contributing trie
works ?.i m uthern erriters, living or Send,
to mi up tha alcove ol. which ho is to bo
th,- t entra,
"futnn's Iiivisii !, Worto Displayed; or,
,i ii::,? I m?? ra y," is the titlo Of S
book !' sling with th" Greater New vorn,
which W. T. Stead, .?!i;.?r of the Engtuvn
Review of Reviews, will publish uns
month sa the result of iirs reoent visit to
tins country. Th? book ts m be n com
|.ai,i..!.-pi.. a t.i "If Christ Came to Chl
ii advises, however, tnat
Hew Tori be real for Chlcngo, and trio
?I? i il - l for tho other.
it is published that John Morley read
Mar!,?n Crawford'? "Mr. Isaac-" for tho
Messrs. Macmiiian, und advised agnlnnt
iMlCOtlon, on the ground that wtuio
it would be a most eredftnblc book to have
on their list, there would be no sale tor
it!
oner's MfgfntiM for December con
a i.?n by Rudyurd Kipling, ana
Hii'iti's one by General Lew Wallace.
A "Life of the riiii?'?' of Wa!?s" has
l-.'n anritten by Mr. H. I). Traill, which
will 1 !in th,- near future. This
will doubtless be one of those books
Which are interesting chiefly for what
omitti i.
The English edition of Mark Twain's
"atoro Trampa abroad" was oversub?
scribed, end ihe publlentlon was ?om
pelled to be delayed f??r another week,
After January 1st the New York Critic
will bo printed from new type, and other?
wise improved in appearance, It also
announces a new series of its popular
"Authors at Home," which will Include
th? wi'lt.rs who have become conspicuous
sin, e the first on- was pr? pared, about
twelr? years ago. Th.? Crlti? still main?
tains Itfl place as the "b .cling literary
journal." Tli? ro are others, but they
hSVC not y? t ?aught up.
II. ; s last book will be called
"Ths SelsnCS of Political Economy," and
It will I." publish? d by the Doul.l? ?lay K
McClurs Company. Mr. George rcganle.l
this work as his magnum ?jpus, and it
Is s aid that, notwithstanding its fOnntdS
bl? title, it is written in th" entertaining
style that contributed so much to the
I of ">'r??g|.?US ami l'ov, rty."
A new ?erial by Rkhsrd Harding Davis
I? announced to begin early In 1*03 in
... r's MagSSlne. The new story Is
Mid to be v.-n more dramatic than
is of Fortune." It will be illus?
trai, ?i by Charlea Denn cibson.
The Bcflbnefs will Issus immediately
"Audubin and His Journals," by
Maria AuSub n, n grunedeaghter of the
famous ornithologist.
The Ene? ( ?int. ?n-.I-1 11 ii l.?n Cnse.
Washington. 1>. C, December 10, 1897.
To tho Editor of the Dispatch:
Much Interest Is f.-ll here In the gna*
i election ones of Th?.rp vs. Rpea
Mr, sapee, during hla term of service here,
UaUde bouts Of fri, mis, and hi? col?
leagues, not eiily from Virginia, but from
many other States, express the greati-st
interest In his case. This Is not strange,
for an ? xanilnatlon of the record dis?
closes the incomestible fact thai the
ittlng member from the Fourth Virginia
at bus a |.1 case, and If an im?
partial tribu:'-I ahonti determine, there
WOUsd be r.'i UOUbt ?>f th?? rt-Hult. Wh
ns Conuulttee No. S Is such a. tii
bun.il remains t This commit?
tee Is presided ??ver by General Jam? \
Walker, of Virginia, who ha? ?OpOQllllf
itil that he intend? to be gu! led In
bla decision bv the law and the evidence.
?i no uve? up to inia aBBcniuu nie .-?/ .
niltte-e will report In favor of Mr. Epe
Th" ground? upon which this contest
based are frivolous In character a:
groundless in law. The eont??etant claim
for Instance, that voters who did n?
voto at all should b? ?runted for hlr
lie eiaims all votes which were cast f?
J. L> Thorp; he practically claims thi
?very ii?-i<r<> vote cast ' In the dlstrb
should bo counted for him. All th?M
claims aro clearly untenable, and ai
not supported by any evidence In tli
r.. .?id. Mr. BpSS BBS upon tho face f
the returns .1 majority of ISO, and eve
11 Thorp should bo given nil he> claim:
but which he has not provoel, Mr. Epe
?VOOld still have several hundred m.i
Jorlty. Mr. Kpcs's title to hi? seat car
not bo questioned from a legal stand
point; It can neither be questioned fror
th? evidence In the record; It can onl
bo wrested from him by a partisan trl
bunal refusing te? consider the law an
the evidence in the case from an lm
partial point of view. It has been state
In tho newspapers that tho contestan
has spent J8.G00 In* preparing his cas*
Bad it is also hinted that a largo portloi
of this JS.OOO cam? from the remnant
Of the barrel which was furnished tho Re
publican party for the e.ampalgti of l?*.
It is fl fact that Mr. Epes has spent 15.00
out of his own peicket for th?. sspctisa
Of his contest, and to uphold the verdie
which the Democrats of the Fourth Dis
trien rendered in 1886. It la not expetec
that this or any other of the Vlrgini;
eas-s will be taken up for argument be
fore the holiday recess. An attempt mai
h" m.i'lo to tako up ono ?>r the other o:
ises. but tho members of the coca
mlttee seem averse to mich Indecent
VIRGINIAN.
_--.?faa.
LOST MIXF. HEDISrOVKRED.
Excitement Oat in Highland County
A Fln?ti?i?rii|?her's Adventure.
KONTERET, VA., December 11.?(Spe>
ein!.)?Hon. Charles P. Jones drew up th?
writings B f' w days ago for BSV ral per
sons, regarding a find of rich Balflsrai
just south of Monterey, that may lead
to m.'king diminutive Highland a seconei
Klondike.
Maay ysara aSO a gunsmith, familiarly
known as John Hall, discovered B iiedal
la tho rugg d Vaaderpool Qap, which
proved to be rich enough to be melted and
moulded Into bullets. In this way,
at different times during his iife, he
used B great deal of curious metal that
BB pronounced lead, but he could never
be laduesd t<> rsvsal its biding place, the
mystery still remaining obscure at his
death.
Bight Bf ten yeirs n<ro. John Trimble,
Iv-.p, of this place, came into possession,
In a round-about way, of facts relative
to the location of the mine. He imme?
diately imparted the secret to James H.
liotkin, who was then in his employ.
Mr. l'.otkln and Dr. I. H. Trimble made
tr.h and were llimil'tSBBflll. after
which they took E. M. Slaven into their
conildence, ho living near tho favored
spot. In 8 BhOft timo Mr. Slaven took a
"still hunt" and at a small brldgs near
tho Dug-Pank road, and Just ?>n the
hank Of the J.im.-.s river, lie was re?
warded by Unding small particles of the
i that had BOM washed out by a
very .small civ. k. The task of following
the llttla Stream Was an easy one, and
thu metal was found In B ledge on the
mountain side, above the road. The
metal wag also found on the reverse
Ids of the river.
The find was kept dark until recently,
for tho rSBSOfl that the prospectors and
lsnd*OWn? PS could not come to agreeable
tCTBlS until now. The papers were Btgasd
by Petes Gum and William ?i. Rogers,
owners of the land, and John Trimble,
Dr. f. H. Trimble, J. H. Botkin, and K.
If. siaven, prospeetors.
Th?; wok of developing, your corres?
pondent ijas been told, will begin without
delay. Baiall amounts of the metal have
been sent to Washington and N'ew York,
.and the analysis show that It contains
silver, tin, and another very valuable
metal, used in toning hells.
Tho parties mterested have ampio
m. ans to push th.- nvw enterprise, and
ezc?Ksmsnt reigns supreme, with a hopo
that Highland will soon have a boom.
HUcIt distilleries are seldom found in
this section, but your correspondent has
gamed information from the border coun?
ty ?.f I'endleton, W. Va., regarding the
handling of 'Vrooked whiskey" that is
remarkable to say the least.
"Tho Smoke Holes" is tho title given
to s small seetion of the country In the
c.nnty shove named, and northeast of
franklin, the coaaty seat, and among
other things Is famous for being rugged
and mountainous, and Is the seat of five
or six distilleries run without "leave or
Uoeaaa" from Uncle Sam. Not long
sinee, a well-known photographer, who
had been operating in and sroand Frank?
lin, went to the "Smoke Holes" in the
Interest of his baslasss While there he
formed ths acquaintance of ono of the
"gang," who was well acquainted with
tho neighborhood and onto tha "ropes"
as to the conducting of the several
"mountain dew" distilleries. Tho photo?
grapher Bxprei d a desire to photograph
one of thu distilleries, and his new BO*
?jualntaneo told him that his wish should
bo granted, providing he followed his
Instructions to a letter and would not
show tha photograph to any one until
after January 1, 1S'.<8. The promise was
given, and at the appointed day the pho?
tographer was well blindfolded and taken
through numerous paths entangled in the
brush, and led over rocks on a mountain
four miles distant from the starting
point.
At this Juncture, the hoodwink was
removed and before the photographer
was tho object of his visit?a moonshine
distillery In full sway. He would not
have known It, however, had not his
guide called his attention to tho fact,
for tho op>-ratin;;-room consisted of a
long, prelecting cleft of rocks, the open?
ing of which was covered by tTOS1 or sa;
UngS set up and covered by brush, in
such a way as to ?bceive, to a certainty,
any one passing that way, by accident
M design. The guide conducted his host
within, and there the apparatus for the
manufacture of the "juice of the for?
bidden fruit" was toads plain. The
BMUry water was piped a long dis?
tance from a spring higher up on the
mountain. The pipes were concealed in
such B manner that a stranger could
walk tho full length of the pipes and
not know that there was running water
beneath, levara! pictures were made and
the photographer was again blind?
folded and taken by the same guide to
his stopping placa.
Ho says that he has not the remote-at
Idea, even as to tho direction, and could
bo of no assistance to Ende Sam's
agents, who aro looking up such law
break.
The two congregations of Monterey are
preparing to hold Christmas entertain
BWata for the bsasflt and pleasure of tho
children of the Sunday schools.
The llrst meeting of the Ruilding f'om
mittee of the proposed new Msthodtat
.lunch In Monterey was held this week.
Application was made to Wtll-known ar?
chitects for plans and drawings for a
handsome, modern church, consisting of
auditorium, Sunday-school room, and ves?
tibule, the seating capacity to be 4U0, and
approximate cost $3,0U0.
??ulte a delegation of young people
from our neighbor county of Pocahontas.
In West Virginia, has be-.-n visiting
friends and relations In Highland during
tho past week. Those names I have
learned are Misses Maude and Daisy
r, Hattlo Patterson, and Fannle
M. tilaughlln, and Me-ssrs. J. \V. Yeager,
Frank Anderson, James Patterson, and
William McC.laughlin. of Marllnton, and
Miss I.ur-y staple, <?f ?ire.n Hank.
Th.se nre amongst the most popular
and vivacious young people of Pocahon
tas, and their advent and sojourn here
were thu occasion of much social enjoy?
ment. Bsfote returning to th. !r homes,
s Daisy Yeager and Lucy Hlple will
visit friends In Augusta and Hath coun?
ties, respectively.
Samuel Hlne-r, an aged and highly re?
spected cttison of Doe Hill, eastern High?
lit n?l, died on Thursday laat.
OABTOniA.
Tbfia* /*
Itching, Irritate?!, icaly. crc?(f d Scalp*?, dry, thin
and failing Hslr, SlSSBSSd, ?>iirine?l, and braatl
fled by -rann shampoo* with OUVSSVBA ?*o?f
and occ.itlonal drcs.nK? of Citiccsa,purest o
?moillcnt?, the greatest tktn cure?.
cura
Treatment will produce s clean, healthy ?cal?
witli luxuriant, lustrous hair, ?hen all riso fal!..
Sold throuc'innf Hi? wr?M. I*ott?s I)c< o ?Mii'nrs
C"?r , ?ni? Prep, , II?.Inn.
#-' Ho? to srodu? buinrisnt Iliir," miilrd fn*.
SKINS ON FIRE ;sV^^Sma^rt
Office Collector City Taxes
Room 7. First Floor. City Hall.
Richmond, Va.. I -ember 1. 1837.
NOTH 1. TO TAX-PAYERS.
The resbiu" of City Taxes fee 1*37 1
NC'.V DUE AND PAYABLE at this offlc?
Five per cent ad?b?l to bills not ha I
paid in June; 5 per sent will be add? I :.
hilf bills n?t paid by em! of tl
Interest at 6 per cent, also Stl
ail tax-bills as soon as reported delln
quant.
Every male 21 years of age, and ever?
person keeping house or doing buslneei
in the city Is SM I for p? o? al taxes
and those who have not paid any fjltj
ta\.:l during the y.-ar Will pleSSS "all am
settle, so as to avoid being posted as de
llnqu?
GRADING, PAVING, PIPE, AN1
SEWER CONNECTION BILLS are ola?
due, and Will have to be !
quent if not paid on or before and
year.
OFFICE OPEN fN'TIf. I [\ M.
P. W. CUNNINGH \M.
do 5-lm Collector "f City Taxe?,
HARVEY & CO.,
FLORISTS,
No. 5 West Broad Street.
ROSES, VIOLETS, CUT
FLOWERS, FLORAL DESIGNS,
AND DECORATIONS. Oldggg
by mail or wire promptly attend?
ed to. oc31-Su,TnATn3m
VI MIM.V
rrrzHUGH lodge, n?>.
i. ? ? ? ?. F.?There win be an
Important meeting of tins
lodge st Concordia Hall, 403
east Brood street, NEXT TUESDAY, De?
cember ii, 1SW. Business of Importune?
will be transacted. Brothers srs requested
t?> a tier ?I.
Ry order of Hobls ??rand.
II. M. REINHARD, Secretary,
de 12-lt?_
HutJonal Hank of Virginia.
National Hank of Virginia,
THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING
of the stockholders of this bank will be
held at tho banking-house on TUESDAY,
January 11, 1S9S, at 12 o'clock M.
J. W. LOCKWOOD,
de llJ2,15.26.30aeodtJylll
Richmond, Ya.. Novembei
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
STOCKHOLDERS <>E THE VIRGINIA
H OT BPR1NGS COMPANY, for the pur?
pose ?>r electing directora and for tho
transaction of such ,?th?T business
lawfully come before ih?> meeting, will
be held at the orne* of the company, m
he Pac? Rulldlng, In th? city of Rich
wind, on TUESDAY, Dc-ember 14th, at
.2 M.
Tho transfer-books will be closed on
Monday, 1.em-b-r t'.th, at .1 p. M.. ?n?i
"emaln dosed 'intll l?j A. M. Wednesday,
[December 15, ISST.
de 4-td C. E. WELLFORD. Secretary.
AMUSEMENTS.
' ACADEMY OF MUSIC."'
,YEEK COMMENCING DECEMBER 13.
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY,
MATINEE WEDNESDAY,
P HOYT-S
A STRANGER IN NEW YORK.
'he Funniest Farce Ho Ever Wrot??.
THURSDAY and FRIDAY,
M \TINEE FRIDAY,
The Favorite Emotional Actress,
EUGEME IICAIR
and Her Own Company.
Tiursday Night?"The New Magdalen."
Friday Matinee?"l 'amllle.
Ylday Night?"A French Marriage" and
"Galatea."
ATURDAY, MATINEE AND NIGHT,
Yale's Great and Grand
?TWELVK TK MUTATIONS. *
(dl l'-'-lt)
TURKEY-MIOOTLXU
AT
EiXPOSITI? N-GROUNDS
EWER Y THURSDAY
da lMt? AT II ?? t T.? ?K. _
hVBM n Ki:s.
LECTURE BY HEV. ?AM .??> \ I. ?.
AT
Grace-Street Rapt 1st Tabernacle.
IONDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 13TH,
For Joint i:< neSt of
GRACE-STREET BAPTIST CSTJICH
and
THE RICHMOND MALE ORP7IAN
ASYLUM.
Admission, 25c.; Reserved Seats, 60c.
(no a-Su^t)
HEALTH RESORTS.
HE VIRGINIA HOT SPRINGS COM?
PANY,
BATH COUNTY. VA..
ON
HE3APEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY,
2.5U? FEET ELEVATION.
Tue New Homestead." with all modern
-?nvenlences, including private u.ths to
rthcr with tb? bath-iiuuae. Upen' the
w rjui.d.
Invalids made perfectly comfortable
vonderful result? to euff?itra from
out, iheuinatt-m, and nervous trouble*.
AMI..SEMEXTS AND SPORTS:
Riding and driving parties dally new
tcycle track golf.grounds, lawn tennis,
ml, and billiards; lishtig. and huntlng
For winter rates, uni accommodation?
pply to
KRi:r.. sterrt.
. _, _ . Manager.
mh fl-Su t ?_Hot Springs; Va.
WHISKEY.
WHISKEY. OLD AND ~OO?D?\r
ie low price of fc p<r gallon?old Mom'-i.
Lbslo, Old Standard, Pride of ViriUnYi
II Mountain Dew, Golden Eagle Kw-i
a-ky Bourbon; alao. Pure Appi? grsndy.
orn Whiskey, Une Gin, and Medford
urn at the same price. Dixie Ry? Whi?
;y at SI.;?) and Good Whlakey at II?
iways in Htock, Gibson XXXX Rve
ontlcello. Elite, lagan's Valley, Cieni
er, Guckenh>imer, and Pur?? Malt Wills?
?y; also. Imported ?nd Domestic Frein ?i
randy. Wlttea Sweet Catawba for Luc
r gallon; Knie Cutawbu for 75e. p. r kuI
n; Import?,1 Slurry at 12 pe- gslLn
lackberry Brandy, |l; Blackberry Wine
50c. per gallon. Demijohns and Jius
rnlahed at cost price. Good? delivered
lywbere in town or shipped to any peii t
aside. Special irttlu?*em?nts to Country
erchant?. who do not sell liuuor- to
ks? order?. A. W RO?ENE Liquor?
paler. No. ? south Thirteenth street
.e.imond. Va. seIS^TJT?st.,*m__'
Eat Cresta Toast.
O?? Christmas Hrin?
Prices In Some Instance
?most Cut in Half.
?S-?????a^*^*?*??SJ
Suitings that wer?- $JO, Sin an,] .
all go now at one prico -
Suits to Order
$12.50.
Suiting? that wer
$20 all go now at one price
Suits to Order
$15.00.
M re stries to look at, ami fe] r t, ,
for jour money than you can fi t ? .
where else in this citv.
? B?^s^a^?.a^?.?*fj
Morton C, Stout & Co,
TAILORS,
826 East Main Sheet.
(do |8*S*
ESTABLISHED 1843.
OSCAR CRANZ <* CO.,
14 QOVKBlfOB M.,
KicliliKiiul, Va.,
IMI'OKTEKS AND DBALI
FINE WINES, LIQUORS, AND CIG^
}>< ; leave t<> 88>|| aft
large stock of i li?' ab? >v
ROOda, most (?f whie-h are ol
importation.
FRENCH B?aJfDIl
DOCK JAMAICA 1:; M
HTM. ARRACK
GLKN'LIVET. KINO
K.vMS.W. AMI UL'KKE S i
WHISKKY, ?>?.I? T?
AND MEDEK SWAN
\? i . finest m . ? lu y.
All the 1 ' e-'? \\[
PAONE -PREMIERE
Importation from
i '
SHERRIES, M I
. i : i-: N ' ' il
very taras assoi inn I
mous brands ol CHA d >
CHAT, I.A [{ >SK. M UtOAI
1. vi Til-:. MARCO MR
HKRC.ER, and BCHL/OSH J?
BER? :
GIBSON'S Pl'RE IO ! -
OLD CABINET. ri EM:
CROW. MBI.LWO? S'ADIAN
CLUB, and other WHISKI
Ths CANADIAN CLUU ' rl
are th'' agents le I
the JAMES K. PEPPER "
bottles.
CREME I?K MENTHE CI
sndaxr. nt many other fins CX>RDlA -
Importe?!
HAVANA CIOARS?l?islr owr
ha F',
PRINCIPE DB OAU
utanilv on hand.
-
Tfavp onlv I \
PUREST sn.l BEST
MILK. MM \M,
BUTTEi.
si I
BUTTERMILK
from Um finest I ?^r?1
in Um H
All milk del
in gliM j.
.'ihv.i\ i - '
'oro filling. This
iiaii?l?'<l, sad lias ben d ado] I j
ill of the pro'jt I
ountrv.
PRICE: 8 cents a quit, ' ]
'nits a T>int, and 2 eents 1.
Both old and n?iw 'i?liun
ro6.
Chatsworth Dairy Co.j
an North Third Street.
STREET-CAR TICKETS.
ON AND AFTER SfPUMBIRQh
he sale of ticket? in lots of 15 toi
j>l will be discontinued.
Conductors will continue t
ickets at the rate of o lor J"??.
SCHOOL T?CKETS
Till lieivifttT L<3 BOldtOSChOli
:hildrenonlyat thecomp
>???Ce3, foot of Si'WIlljl
ind corner of Tu? i.\
md P strtM't.s. Pupil- d<
hem will he roqtlired I
ent certiiieate ooreri ig the
usuing session from pri
?f school.
liCHMOAO RAILWAY ?rUCrRL'Ca
_???s O-til
KIRK'S
SILUERWAW
>MVL KIRK & SON CO.
lesiiv lo call attention to
QOftl altractivc
SILVER GOODS,
PRESENTS.
DIAMONDS,
WATCHES,
JEWELRY.
MANll'lvTuh? 88TABUSBIC IS
ialesrooms, 10?J Baltim? '
BsJtimftrtr. Md
luo??;
*>??a*>.^aa.^aa?a???aM?a a^B^?B..?a**?ai,'*?8**ai^^
: Jewelrya' ^ ^ ^ \
F.vi'ivthin-tirst- lass and
<>t" latest Most l"' ?oldbe
tori' Januars I i.
?AJso, a hamUoni?4 Oak
WalUa>?', tlnve Bhos 1
rasos, ?ind *3sbs itoo Bute. I
Qtto 0?l?Frar?f-n, i
?11? K. IS ICO A I? ?TKKKT f