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THEXATAL CAMPAIGX^
r '> Tviien Lord , Kob'erts; ,was ; . assigned, to
tho" supreme, command.: of ' the British
SCoKJesf in- Boutli Africa it .wsls : pretty, gen
erally^ assumed' that, except in the matter
of sorties iaiid reconnoitring' dashes, the
British -would pursue a ''waiting policy"
until; his i arrival at the seat. of war. In
the\laat' f eTT days, however, this assump
tion^iias'becn' discredited, at least so far
as Is* concerned the campaign in.Katal—
fi.>lie»a 'of: operation, . by the way, that
inust^not'ber confounded with "that from
■vv-hlcli a success by. Colonel French was
reported -yesteruay, the lalter'sfight hav
ing ■occurred in North Central Cape Colo
ny. Several, telegrams were printed last
|w^e*kj:fr<3m. correspondents with: Bulier's
column, 'which hinted that he" was pre
paring- for.:anotlier'>nd early.-; • pnward
movement,, and hovr comes, a.- special io
die :2CGWv*Tork- Herald, dated Camp' Frere,:
Dfecemljer. Slst, in which it is confidently
iofeshaiSo'pfeatthat an attempt .to retrieve
feg^r^r^HiTj-aiici relieve Ladysmitb may
je ? mace ■. dJiy day. ■ • ■/■•-;-:■ -•-■■' \. . ■■■■.'
..the Herald's. coiTesponGent "makes.
itateiients^ -^vhich go' to show that .lie
. -«rher*of * lie *. telegraphs. He
:eßs : ;/us of. most sigsulcanV signs that,
B"oslii':':i['eem},tq •^ustify-jthevfaitli^tliat; is
nlnim. He sa^, 'i« >C:e? t . lhj it=-Buller
si 'novf : ftJlly oonvjersant vrith the ■ disposl
ionfof: tho^Boer' trccps; that" he holds,
he/situation well in; hand all along- the
and \that ho ' has in liail
•ukl ;i eager , to be led ;to the • attack; a
torcc ; of . all ' arms equal to that": of the
\neiriy. Moreover, the corfespon*rr.t.prac
•icaily.isscrts that. a plan of. c --operation
petween Buller and. White for. fighting
{■'the ■biggest" and fiercest battle of the war"'
to- far, has-ljeen arranged. "For iiot many
&iyE: jn«arW"> he says,, •'will; JUadyEmith's'
•saiant£trt>ppE .be required to lis behind
"tho. relief column will sure-
[y/Viro©"" ' tiiem. and i enable „ them :to
i-utVia" upon; the- rotrea-ting commandos."
J^'or is ; tta ■ Herald's ; correspondent alone
ti foresliadowing that a well-defined co
perative: rnoveiaent is .in the wind: A
jpecial- to the London : Daily Mail > jTrom
Marques, " says that it is report-
f d ;r tbat the" British at Ladysmith- are
jestroying'.-'.iheir hea\-y guns /preparatory
a final sortie. _ .
f^Andtif not another British advance in
T^atal"; at ; an early day, . why not ? ; ;If -the
Utuatioji'is' whaf tlie correspondents rep- :
Resent it- as; to" the' men' and equipment
iFth&BoeYs and tiie'British, respectively,
(tfla-e- ; -«vould^ seem every' reason ",.'. why
kui'ler: should . strike' aji"B3n' and ; strike
"uioldKO A? British. .viCtorj'.iia. Natal, and
jfe relief of I^adysmith: would, in nowise
atcrlere : with . : any-: general plan_ of ad-
Bancer*any "plan of ; final; co-operative
fffiea'siv© campaign— Lord Roberts ; migh*
Sve/r provided Buller allowed ..it to rest
3trth'at./But "it '.would liave a^treinondous
coeclun^' Dutch disaffec
iJoaian'a'Btbpningipoer recruiting in
polony. .It >svouia:algo create; a diversion
|iilavor"of Ui© other r ßritish columns, for
Jl&ough 5t is not to be: supposed that
ii&'Jer^.Tvould press his advantage to the
ijint? of invading the. enemy's territory/
fettli' theiword was ffiveu • b3'_ Roberts that ;
clKvras "re«'ijj% it is^r.ofto lie doubtc-d
liat'iarse Boer commands. would be cqn
nmtraxeu in .front- of him and around
■li"eSTraJQßvaal aiid, the Free State * capi
■'iTs^'The Bocravwould hardly offer liim
Vjie' temptation. to push ou. And all;this
r^ipafieo';, a succecs by Buller would make
lior&'i Robe'rtis's task^ much easier ihar.
j'JJjerrris'e. '-■■■.■ On tli e whole, , ; th erclore,
r< ulicr;i:niay be expected to.^ take; -the;
fiancee; I. aVidi we may look for 'iiiin-ing
•yws from liim at any time. .... •
15. -Curtis, in a. recebt letter to
°c "Chicago, Kecbrd, gives-, a : most in-.
"jff'stlng description oj :he Jewish Farm
jvScjoi; -; alXi>oylestown, Pal The institu
1 on was founded through the efforts of
f UbbJ 1- Krauskoph , ;■' of Philadciphla, - who.
AlritiSt : a recent -visit to Russia. discov«::cd
f^Sng-|; proof t hat tVie J w was .cßj)a- ■.
:ta of being a rucccs^ful fenn^r.
'Vie Rabbi had long been perplvxcd .with,
*^c ■"'■" monstrous - problem.'..'; that"; is ' t daily,
'lowing 'more' '.serious— the congostion! bi-
In our. cit!'_ri. The Hcho\l
r<ji-*3j o yl('Etcvu, tjiojigh at- Present at-
Sa^i'^cnUivly v "by students of. Jewish
" : fcot«S«» :; f s ojv/n' to every." sect;- and trac<?.-p^'^^'^feaulro-it rac<?.
p^'^^'^feaulro-i to reli^7|b?allft.gn|.
te^o^SoCtoiaf<it( i i'iiol institution con3iaer|
■f/.'jßU^btr. or IJv-toc-w philanthropists
have oquippod the" 'instltmlon-wSth butld-
Jngs; £i een-hoin:es riur^ery.^-machlnery;:
etc.; Secretary, Wilson of [tho' Agricultural
nopaninem, who has juii vipited^ffie]
!now^taUS.thc.hlst<)r.v oi tlu> .i.wish]j^^
|Xj^|^iiwe« they Citn be r. lust as «uc^^
ful' as farmers us they h-<vc been as
morcham .
iTOMACCO, PH'KS, AM> AHUOWS.; X:
-- :-In -the annual report of the
; Institution, which is Just to hund in, book
Jorux (over ono thousand pages), we (md
ah % article on "Pipes, andi Smoking: Cus
tom's^br the, Aborigines,' ißascd' on Mnte
rial\^nTthc /United StatenlNatioiia^Mu^
seQnV,"/ by Joseph; p. McGulre.and ah-.
1 other ;: on > * l Arfbw-l J oints,: Spear-Heads,
and ;Kni\-es of /^Prehistoric Times," : by
Thomas- NVilson. : Tlie ifirst-nambd article
covers ninety-six pages and the second
sixty-four. ■ pages. Both are copiously;
illustrated and both- we are: sure will
command the attention^ of ■"students Vof
American: archaeology. Anoihftr.article,
. entitled ."The Man's .Knife Among . tbfl
North American Indians," by Otis Tufton,
Js-^also of : great interest. __ ' ■. ■ \ _-, - •■>
In the article on' pipes we /find the
statement made that there is vo 'loubt
'.•tobacco-sniokicg in pipes , (such rs" we
ate now familiar with), is a n invention
of the European. Using the nlant >or
snufllng appears to have been a peculiarity
of- the Southern Continent, while of the
habit of chewing there seems to be but
meagre reference by o.rly writers, "con
sequently,UtUo is kiiu-.vn of the extent
f to which the practjic© prevailed."
Many.; of r the early American peoples,
including the Aztecs, are described as in
haling smoko "for the. purpose of -intcxi
cating themselves." And. even, more an
cient peoples, in other parts of the earth,
seem-to have indulged in the suine prac
tice, using other ' material than tobacco. .
Our" author believes the uso of tobacco
first became general through its cultiva
tion by the Spanish and their trada hv it
with the natives. " The most ancient and
at the same', time the most reliable evi
dence of "the early employment of the
pipe on the American ' Continent, is the
bas; relief, of the Alta Casa, or Ado
ratio, at the entrance of the Temple of
the Cross, one of the so-called ptlaces
of Palcnque, to which • attention ; was
called' by John L. Stevens, it being de
servedly ..considered one of 'the most re
markable, as well as one of the best
lenown. of American antiquities. Among
other things, it shows the priest with a
tubular pipe in his hands blowing the
smoke to the four winds. This appears
tobe'-the type of the most primitive pipe
found in America, and /the one
which is distributed over a-^ greater
geographical area> than any other found
oii the"" Continent, "and is, in fact, the
only type, which is common to the whole
country." .
IThe smoker in this, case seems to be
of'pfe-Columbian origin, and the location
appears to be "that of the extreme south
ern limit of the pipe in America, so far as
we know fiom records or reliable an- j
tiquities. I . j.. .. ' ~ : ■ / . j
While the writer whom we quots is
convinced tl it -the.tubQ is the primitive j
form' of the pipe, both in Palenque and i
in the City Df;Mexlcoj pipes have been |
: found having: their bowl at right angles \
;td_ the stem. The latter,- however, "are ]
: made from a glazed red or gray pottery j
which there is reason -to suspect are of
•Spanish origin and manufacture." .
■ Among the vast deposits of shells .on
.the Chesapeake Bay shores in --.Jlarylantl
.and Virginia, where thousands' and tens i
lof -'thousands of acres .in the . aggTesrate
are covered with shell village sites, the
pipe is. almost the rarest objecjt found.
; The shells of these 'heaps; vary in depth.
; up /..t0".;, five" feet, yet the -writer "only
knows of. tv.'o primitive pipes; ever being I
found, while the English trade pipe is not j
"uncommon." Mr. McGuire, therefore, in- I
-dulges the belief that "while smoking was
probably indulged in, it was done only to
a limited extent until the whites,, by the
cultivation- of tobacco, popularized its
use." Here], the Dispatch would remark
that the earliest Virginia colonists found
the" natives "cultivating" tobacco. In
deed, not being an indigenous plant, pro- j
bably.it would not grow in any other
way. "But in course of time'the colonists
produced so.muph better tobacco than the
Indians could, or would," the latter got |
in the habitfof bpying their supplies from
the whites; 'the purchases being paid for I
in fish", -game, etc. < . /
. The most primitive pipe of all "was a j
straight- tube,, "many of which have. been j
found in aboriginal- burial places f rom j
Mexico to thaGreat:Lakes and from- the !
Atlantic to the Pacific oceans." The. ma- 1
teriais , empjoyed were reeds, ' hollow
bones, or wood,; but through a process of
evolution it -came in time to be stone or
eartnehware> An endless variety of
•leaves, twigs, bark, and even the roots
of. .plants "have been. smoked by Ameri
can Indians. Sumac and willow have
been used by them to nearly as great an
extent as tobacco."
' Columbus, on his first voyage, mentions
the people of Hispaniola as "smoking,";
though the reference appears to relate to
''something in the nature of a cigar or
cigarette, rather than a tobacco pipe.".
Jt would appear, thus, '. that the cigarette
is of ancient and honorable origin, v but
we must suppose .the cigarettes in ques
tion,: were "all tobacco." Paper was not
in use 'among the natives; arid the abo
rigine probably used tobacco' leaf : as a
wrapper. . .. .
: As for the other two articles mention
ed, we: have no space. further to refer to
them here and" now." Indeed, we have
barely "glimpsed" the report on pipes^
and tobacco, but we trust we. have done
enough to call public attention to the
value of the book in question.
If. It' is : said that many- of the "Washing
ton people are offended with Mrs. Hewcy
because she did not; return the social calls
made upon her and the Admiral just
after-their marriage.: As a matter. of
fact, the' hero worshippers who thus
hoped to gain a glimpse of the distin
guished lady were, in most cases, dlsap
:polhied.' She was "at homo"-' to her old
friends only, and even these did not have
i the- pleasure of a' return visit' from. her.
She/ simply enclosed her card to them.
. Foh our part, we cordiully sympathize
with 'ihe Admiral's wife in/ this mutter,
'. and.c ondone the /'short cut" she took
to 'relSeve her perplexity. The -average;
man .cannot understand or; appreciate the
rigid : deW t ; an d ;. cred it - system which ; pre
yaiis;amorig our f air* friends in the; mat
ter/, of '•/ social calls. ,. Alii; courtesies,- -of
course,', sliould- be ; acknowledged; b'u t we
do' not ; believei hr striking./ monthly i;bal-
in /allowing enmities "to
'■ fom* possible ;■ \over£ights ; or.-'.^de
partures^'-from conventionality. . ■■■■-.- -■■:■.. '.
■ , Yesterday's New York,; Sun:; welcomes
i jlSOOfin ;'. an. c-ditorlnl v/liich lillst O-arly six
X!i.nll!i nipped -in the' bud a conspirncy
ingrcat.lbggll^^"- 1 ::;
' The story is thr» t a number of srrecoiv:
cilablo "rtibelb" in<? dotermincd to?ta^|;
■ » .1 van tago^f thWuiwTal !"of Gcneral|La^
ton to kJll n\\ tho Americans they could,
and; atlaliof same time try to involve -the
United, Sjtatta in international/ 'difllcultiesj
iThcir plan is sa^d ; u> have been to throw
bombs at the carriages. ot the? officials, as ;
<he procession passed along the Escolta,
arid t o ■ kill many ■< army^ofllcers and for- .=
cignv consuls. 1 ;-.:•■ B>v' attacking Jthe^consuhV
they imigiiied^ that :tiie' governriients .thfcy
repres?eiited; woujd i' intervene, > uponVXtlic .
ground that the -Americans •could notpro
toctfon-ignors even in Manila. :. .-■...-, ■.-•-.,.
.Several arrests- wore made i and a. few;
bombs wore'; fotind. /Tlie : route; of the pro-;
cession • was j changed, and no trouble ,oc
"cur'rwl; A r*)poVt was current that Gene-;
rfji'-'llicarti had. been-: in' s Man|.la,^'aTid;;.liad'
i'l'cen organizins -hn'iip.risihs of -his coun-
Irvin'n., ;;'; ;'- ■ '■•■'■'. ■•,:.■■-■.■■ ...- ■..■■:■.:•/■■■- .-.--.■'.
■ . We ' havo no reason to "doubt the dis
patches which contain this riews,'but one
of two things is certain— the- conspirators
-rfcrc a . gang of ; ! dare-devils „whb were
'ready to sacrifice their! lives, in -a.foolish;
yenttirc,' or : they were rneiv who had rea
son- to believe' the /populace .would ; rise
and v ovei whelm, the- Americans/ and- en
able them - 1 0 > make good their escape. •;' In
either event, and "supposing, there, really
was such a plot, it is lucky that our peo
ple were forewarned. ; Coming, at a time .
when the .••.'insurrection" was believed to
be well-nigh ended, the plot cannot.but
be. viewed as significant;. . - ...■-.-'
At Washington it is. said the Filipino's
are. so thoroughly whipped that General
Otis willbe alloweCto return home soon,';
and will receive sigi> '1 evidence of presi
dential approval anil- favor;; .Yet Agui
naldo has not been captured, and we hear
of this horrible conspiracy!. The -con
clusion :of most people will " be ; that,
though the' tMlipinos'. army is routed and
dispersed and their chieftain a fugitive,
there still will be plenty of sneaking op
position, and .treachero.us lighting to oc
cupy' our troops for a. good while to come.-
But this being the year for our. presi
dential elect i on,-; it ' will suit the Rej)Ubli
cans to talk at^ if the whole Philippine
?"puntry were .'• pacified and the natives
were becoming civilized: rapidly.
COLD C.VKS,
The letters that havebeen published in
the Dispatch calling attention -to the
negligence of some street-car conductors
in the matter of keeping car. doors closed,
have been productive of some good.
iMore attention than formerly is now be
ing paid to the comfort of passengers.
A few conductors, however, seem never
to have heard that. there were any com
plaints on the subject.
.It is bad enough to have to travel on
a street-car which is not heated, ;but
when, in additi9n : to absence, of heat,
the car doors are kept wide open most
of; the time; patience is apt to change into
red-hot indignation. ,
The Newport News.- EVening Telegram
"Some merchants soem to think that
the only time to advertise is when busi
ness is on" a llood-ude of prosperity; Ex
perience, does not bear out the wisdom
of this idea. It is .usually the man who
uses advertising space year in and; year
out who reaps the most benelicial results
from the u.^e of this most .important
factor in .the "end-of-the-century business
methods." ;" • - -. . . ' : . !
Certainly the experience of some of the
more successful merchants in the coun
try, justifies this contention. A large
advertiser was: once asked, in our pres
ence, why he advertised so heavily "out
of season," and replied, "To make a
season." '
The New York Herald of Sunday asks
its readers what three greater- erarin
augurating .events during the last cen
tury can. be found than the building 1 and
running of the first railway passenger
train, the laying-* of the first submarine
cable, and the opening- of the Suez canal.
Rev. Dr.> George T. Purves, of Prince
ton, has accepted the unanimous call of
the Fifth-Avenue Presbyterian church of
New York to become its pastor. He is
to' have / a salary of $12,000 a year, a
parsonage free of rent, and an assistant
to help him in -his .work.
The year 1599 was a great one in the
his to it of Richmond: Lot all Richmoncl
ers:-;V.'6rk together,' for. the purpose of
making 1900 a greater ; year still— not only
greater in itself, as it is anyhow, of
coifrse, but greater in what it shall incian
for Richmond. '
Georgia was surprised Sunday by a six
inch snow. It rejoices, however,- in the
assurance that the visitation will aid its
wheat crop greatly.. / ' . : :
.Now resolve to keep the New-Year
resolution.. . *
Good morning; did you write .it 1930?
;. A 3le.s.vaf?e from tlieSouth.
(X. V: Commercial Advertiser, Dec. 2'3th.)
. Nowadays no public, 'dinner of ah im
portant society «oes off 'well without in
tellectual variety ' in" the . speeches. •'-'•> Tho
occasion.is still more interesting 'if there
is variety in the historic pomt v of view,
and- a note of reconciliation/ c9m.es. from
an old enemy. In this respect, the ;Nev.'
England ; Society dinner, ; last 'Friday night
satislied. exacting requirements. , Nothing,
could; make the speaking at' an occasion
of this kind more interesting than a
friendly confrontation between, the New:
England and .the .southern attitude, ; be
tween historic memories, .which : stood : f or
fierce opposition in .: strenuous r -, times, 'but
are now merged in common' feelings and
purposes. .-.-': The : speech of "Prof essor Wil
liam Gordon McCabe, 'of liiehmorifl, last
Friday night, : was;.of , this ildnd;; and it
was the first; occasion in ..the -history, of
the New. : England ;Society t in which facts;
warranted all the optimism of the speak
er. -- _ ,_ > : 1
-, Southern orators-have found -it diJßcult
to be : completely satisfying.: on occasions"
of this I kind." 'irltl- hasvnot/been: from any
lack of ■■ eloquence, good •', will, or of ' pro
mise; of reconciliation; .but -there i /was ■_ a
gap s that /liad- not been filled;.; something
was wanting '.to "'give : final „ assurance.;
When Henry .W. Giady. made his- cele-
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while ; gentle: are reliable
'. and efficient. - They
Cure. Sick , Headache, Bil
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Fiepaicciby C.l.Hotod ii Ca,Loweß,Ma».
ibrate^d^illecliWat^the^i^lity^^dinner,
:Boni^SyearsKugo^ ; aJl*that?'cduld bo-d ona
;by^spl«idid|6^at3fy^wa"3fortefedrUoSp^
■f(enti!a^f£i|.ndlj ; iSouthVsth ! oSb^
of tho now order of things there met 1
uiidjff^^^iz^lwlth^thelbestVthotightiSt:
New/i Englaiidf and | the"! North^ S Ullf|^rS
'GrEfayJ hoped far /go
doubts <abqut:
[other^thirigalthat'ho could not expect toj
! b^ithe;newi
'Squth7ibut; not jtiiejiiewi retinitedi Sbutti|of;
;to^ayr-wSucff*a'j^eech^sl:thats;bfTVPro^;
'fess'orcMcCab'eFcbu^
atUhat:;tlme;^There">as;needed ? fa^touair
ofrpntrlotism to -lift -both -southern /and
n or t her n ■■[ speechriiiaJlci rig) -:'bn"v; a. S to r bad er
plan^j/Th'e: SpanishKwar : has ; made ;a new.
point; of view, for 1 both.'-. •' ' •'
plt^^vbuld^beVinteresting:-;: to;- review^ the;
newspaper /flies 'Xof "Atnerica f and !
Britaiii; "slnceij ;thd'\ Spanish''; :war Jand'ol/
serye^the'/changed^tbriei- of ; speaker's at
all '; ; gatherings-like" Uhat" "of itho/dinher.'of
the sNew:England; Society. -.%For,Vcair. them;
festive iocca.sions 'if you ■'._ will,; 'they /could
not .'be-, truly v sb^aavlongVas"/ distimifciyb'
reasonsf or ..Ihe^existcnce- of 'such societies:
Avere" harped; " v oi'f,v: if ; neverAso .little^they'.
largely \ concerned a'figlit. 1 ' and' the^jubilar;
lion..' of; -sbmev meant the; irritation; of
others.:: And ; this; had .been : . a
to good feeling, between" different; sections:
of : t h is \ coun try;.; as ' > well : - as i be tween:' this
country :; and :' : Great':"; Bri taini/ ; :The>; after-:;
dinner: speaker: could, seldom' avold^a'po-,
litical reference /with^ a;'sting -.in^it:\. Pro-:
f essor ..-. McCabe's ? speech .-was chiefly, .re
markable; for ; its extraction of poison from:
historic st)ng9.:v; It; rah; from 'the; Spanish ■
war land our civil/ war.- memories ;■ through
generations ;; of ~- : : fighting; /Anglo-Saxons,
back to." the": English' civil } war, arid; strung =
them' all on a thread of reconciieirient.;
It; seems ; as'; if r the after-dinner speech oh ;
occasions r 6f this kind were to: have a ; new
character. : - The note" : ' sounded/. byl : ; Pro-;'
f essor McCabe. "was 'more .than" -southern
it was- national and -racial as well. '-■-
, '- ■;.■•.■■■.-• ,;-. ~"?x~ ."■ ■-:■ ■ : .-'■'■.' ": ' '
■"Wjsr- Losses Tlien and Sow. ;
; '"'"(Baltimore \
..There is" a disposition to compare the
lotsesof. the British in Soutiv Africa with
those which In previous wars;
and :to\draw"concli;sions .uncomplimentary'
to the British soldiers; These" critics ;.'ig-'!
nore the. teaching's of .".warfßre"! from Julius
Caesar .to the present '; time... / Every /im
provement in the, means and methods of
making /war has /reduced, the; fatalities.,
Itls quite common when. a new invention"
of- great "desti'uctjveness is announced^ to
hear/the assertion'. that: -war' is to be- made
more terrible, butr precieoly the', opposite
occurs. It.. may bY easily illustrated by
the opera tions forty years ago and those
of, tOrdaTy.""'. When:, the Union and Con
federate armies ; lined, up . against each
other; each of .thefri was ■ two deep, with
the men shoulder. tbshouldeiv'.Wnen they
got within two or three, hundred 'yards ■ of
each -other theirflre' began to tell, and : a
short time thereafter- one or. the other;
gave, way." ' ./. ; ;' ■ " . > -" ' ."■ '-\ \
But in the few moments when they
were/face to : .face -the destruction was
tremendous. If;- could-; not otherwise, with:
a solid line: of : battle. When- men face
each other with guns ■ that shoot . a ; mile
or more, the' lino of; battle is a
line; with intervals of ten, twenty, or
thirty, yards. Taking :aclvantage of every
obstacle, 'there is- scarcely any front pre
sented to an adversary, and volley firing
is a "waste 'of/ ammunition. The {shoot
ing iis by individuals at individuals, and
thevlosses of a given number of men are
necessarily less than the losses of the
sanie number :: undor : the old system.'
There is another ..reason.-/ There 1 / is
usually a time in ;a battle when the
fire becomes :too : hot for human en
durance." "Whan 1 - men are . shoulder to
shoulder they are eaorg'zcd by each other's'
support, or those who would flunk are
ashamed to, do so until all' give way; but
when mun are. a .number of yards apart
tlus .comradeship, or this shame, is ma-
: terialjy reduced, and the lire may seem
hotter:- than: it really is. - .
Nothing has occurred .so far in the
South African campaign .to show: any de
terioration in British .valor, unless it jbe
the numbei* of .prisoners captured by the
Boers. This, however, 'may be. suscepti-
■ble of explanation.-. -.Thfe.' few- killed and
wounded simply shows that modern -guns
hs>ve made war le.ss.- dO3tructive.'- They
are frightful -when turned on the, help
less Arabs, who have rone, arid no train
ing or /discipline, but when modern
armies of disciplined troops fight each'
other/ fewer men are killed and wounded
than with the, old weapons and the old;
formations. The British are not lacking
in courage, but v - they, aro confronting' a
race of people as courageous as them
selves, and "who a,re better strategist. 0 , ■
The Boers are inspired by the highest an-J
noblest impulse on; earth— the defence oi
their homes .from wanton aggression. -1\
is 'the same principle which inspired thf
men oC 1776, and. it looks now as If- -the'
'struggle "would end as the , Revolution
ended. " , ... . - 1 ; /
•. . Kyiiitnble AssessiKg-. ' /
; (Petersburg Index-Appeal.)
One of the most important: measures
now pending before . the Virginia Legisla- r
tm-e . is.: Senator. Lupton's bill providing
for the appointment "of a t;ix commission
to- investigate -subjects of taxation 'for
the purpose oT ascertaining what would
be an equitable and^just manner of as
sessing .vjilues. This is a very intricate
and . difficult subject, and it should .be in
the. hands, of the ablest. members' of the
Legislature. Our present system of as
sessmc-nt'is confessedly crude, inequita
ble, r\\ A unscientific, .depending _:, often
quite ; much upon the caprice and, Pre
judice .'£. the assessor ■as upon his judg
ment. It frequently happens that the as
sessing powers deliberately practice de
ception j upon 4 themselves in the futile
hope, of deceiving others. -It. was not so
long ago that* here in Petersburg it was
accepted as good policy ;to rate the'- as-
sessment high in order toskeep the levy
: rate low. It was assumed that this would
put us before the world as a city of low
tax rate, and make "our real estate de
sirable, for investments- The , trick de
luded no one'but its authors, because ,th«
shrewd business-man considered not only,
the levy rate, but the assessment rate
also, and easily penetrated the' subttr
ifuge. ■ - ' . , ; .., .: -" ; : ■ ._. :
;Itis/to be hoped that the commission
v.'ill seek light on this subject from out
side sources, examining systems / in. -orJe •
ration in other ' : State3,v and getting sug-
gestions from men recognized as experts
and. authority on the';. subject. : : The-pres
'entLesisrfature would deserve the'highest
Upraise if it : did nothing else :jian solve
'this problem. : " ' ' ".
.■«i.. ■■-... '■.■■ :.•:■.— — -a»» — .—:. — : •'■■ . ■ .--. • ■;
Jolce oh tlie >OtJier Fellow. ; ; •
♦ (Boston Transcript.) "' ..
-Kis 'Mother, (to wife. going through the
pockets- of ; her husband's clothing)- I
wouldn't do that. -Irene. 'Come, -now ■do
you .think it is right? r '••' : .-: ■ • ■■■ - ■[-.
'Wife: That . depends upon the motive.
My object is notmercenary; .1 only want
to p3ay, a practical.- joke tipon any pick
pocket -.who. may happen to ? operate"? upon
dear : George.. ■■ -._ - - ■ :
: v- Comes Houie to iHim,
i (Philadelphia North /American.) .
■ "It is sad," said the": man '.who >fol!ows ;
the . ne;vs .. closely, "that ■ 1 the ? new . year
should oegin-arnidvyar and turmoil.'"'
; ; ". "Yes,!' ■' replied ' Hardhit. ; ;-;.'but . these -hill'
collept,ors; ought;- to. iunderstaiid; that .a^
ii}an'-i can't, "settle so 'soon Matter Christ
fSfafe:"
/■.:/ ■. ' Jast Olio lSirperieitcc. - .-■. -■ .
: (Philadelphia Northv American.) ■
- -',ThiS: beautiful .-' pipe; was I given ;me 'for
Qhr.istmas,'! « sai d ' the ■; grave-looking man :
to : the store ; cierk. I ?'.-.'.'! ibelieve
ii llwa1 Iwa1 was 2 purchased ;. here. --May :■ l '. "exchange '
it:for; a i badly r ne9de<l pair: 1 of ■. shoes V" ' : \
•_■:"'._ y Nevi r : nt t3»«; Ga:nie. •;..'■;. ~v .„ .
i;'^.^;' (Philadelphia . Press.) _
;- .She-plf son't ; ; like, 'her;? shi;. : :has- < a:> bad
'• habit- of ; calling a : spado"- a"; spadei a- -iX- 1
jJ^HeT-fY/ould^think;: differently "if ;; you :had
; ever \ attempted Sto iteach - her euchre,": as I
did. - _ ./ ■ ;• ■::■
Professional Jealousy. . •
. ' (Philadelphia Press.) X - ;
■^"ToUftdbn'tv-seem-vto havt; much "'faith
inahomoeopathsry>pr. Oluskule." J ■
"No, 'l -ddn't; consider thorn- or thos-docs.'
ftfEvery ij citizen ■'■of Richmond;
Insure fa^-pdr&ion ■■-■, of ■ his-: property (r*»al
or peraonalV-'.ln Iho Virginia Stale Insur
' .-, "\VY W. HARDWICK, Akent.:-
*CPEsfliEso»NAMESfeni|lS I £TC,gBSSORg
(jttrolasuo Maria ««»tti.
nOMB, Deoembor 31.— 1t i? assorted,
that the Pope,- after; the recent ceremony,;
of "opening 1 " the holy door at "St. Poter's
feCathedral^laddfess^d^his ,-intim:iU- »n
,tourk&e<ana; S aid: C, ' \ ffim
■ "I i thank 'Divine Providence for, granting
me V the t. grace 81 hciue uhli. to »'elebrate;
"this great function, ■ and I wisn for^my.
.successor grandeur "and a long reign, 1 to ■
tho greator glory of '3od. > : ,',->V f
Jll^My^ijucc^sgbr^wiir'be/youog-, ;as[icom|
!. pared^ with,]my > own age, Tand'v.wlllrlMttte.
; ' timeftb^eelmanyi glories ;of the : Papacy
•; and i the = Church."
plnalSGirolairio^Maria^Gottir^FrefectSot
;ithe~ Congregation ; ; of ; Indulgences; and :ba-:
i , cTod^Reiics^' as 5 his I successor. /: Cardinal
'; Gotti;«thei famous vGenoese^monk,gis ya'
j mnn;of ;great I 'piety^andSmodesty.v:;s/Nov/ :
labour 61' years of age,'- he 'hasalwayalived;
Hheillfeof an Jascetlcrand despite;the dig-:
Hnityofa^PrinceiofitholChurch^he'always:
? sleeps ',in :: a -cell and oira/harci mattretw-^,
v::; A ''correspondent ;of:; of: theVSan^Francisco
: Call wrote as'- follows : about ' ; Cardinal
vGottiUn August 'last:- i-:.: 7 ' -~ : .X: : /X- ::/.//
■ It : is ■ hard -- to ■=-. tell " how theVcandidature
?of -Cardinal r'GottiSsprang into existence.;;
ille is ; airnonk . of .the rbaref 00 ted CarmeU.te
border, n a nd is as ; L»igurian?as: Pope ; Julius
ai.'Butihe .•knb\v's : how:to ; put v 6n;an.;hura-"
2 bio! attitude; holding : Jhlniself;apart:fromj
? the imiseries-'ofjthis-: world, like/ Sextus-^y.;
? before': he" threw " away.; ; his w. crutches.". He
'displayed diplomatic qualitiet; of ithe'high-;
est order : in 'the 'mission;, to ?Brazii, con
•;:fided'tO'.him".bj'-Leo":Xlll.': .>':".:V: i - - '■■■■-. '■■X : k.
§ glril that country; j in . additi9n-to the:.«o]]
i; flict going, on between -the civil; and religi
?ous authorities; ths;Church:,was in consid-:
■terable; danger, oni account of Athe lack ; of ;
■ discipline ■ and ■ Vof \i the s morals ,
: which -.prevailed among: the. clergy, and;
■'the episcopatel-To tbe ; gre:it astonishment.
of every one. the ,l'ope : selected the . supe r ,
irlor/ of -. the-;barefooted" Carmelites;' : who
; happened 0to)0 to ) be - Father,-! Gotti, to ; put' an
s end*toidisorder'and: re-establish harmony
between vthe religious and civil, powers. _ .
.Father Gotti. in two '■.'or,: three years;tri
umphed over all : difficulties, : and his suc
j cess : . v/as -so complete . thaf on . his , return
the Holy Father decreed: him; a -cardinal s
ha t. Ho* has ■ already- a.small,. small, court, form-,
! eel : of thosevwho believe r his success: pro-
-bable. who honor him as. though ;he were.
. already, electe(J: ■; ; . Eut " he;. does, not take
much iiotice ■of/these flatterers. Greatness.
1 appears -to have ■no - temp ta tions tor,, him. .
for. though clothed iirpurple, he;occupies
■a- very -modest room— I:; was : about to ■'■ say
a cell— at- the F6rum of Trajan.and sleeps
/on a- monk's bed. He Is only -GljyearsjLor
age.: 'His political tendencies: are un
known; and, should he : be called on: to
succeed the present: Pontiff, hemay be
either a conciliatory Pope or a fighting
Pope; according , to his personal inclina
tion and"to:the character of the majority
I which : placed him' in St. ' Peters. chair. "It
{s said that Lieo -XIII. has often jestingly
"spoken of him as. '.'my successor,'!; whi>:h
; ten'dsrtb show that there is, some consis
tency in his candidature. - '" • ■ - -
FiLirixos n,AysED octureak;-
Proposed: to Tiiroivllomlis Burins
General Ln^vton's Fiuscral.
(New York Times.) /:
MANILA. /December 31.— Four explosive
bombs, a: few firearms, and 500. rounds of
ammunition were discovered in a house in
the centre of Manila, this morning,? while
the police .were seeking- • Recarte. the in
surgent /leader, who /was; said to ":. have
come to Manila- in the hope of /'effecting
an outbreak yesterday, by taking advan
tage of the mobilization of "the; American'
troops at General Lawton's, funeral. '
To-day Lit -developed- that : the -plot, in
! eluded • the : throwing : of -bombs .among, the
foreign consuls ;* attending the? ceremony,'
in order to bring "..about international com
plications. -These, it seems,; were to have
been • thrown; from. _-;the./Escolta's high
buildings. -but the/avoidance of'the.Es
colta by the funeral procession '.spoiled- the
plan.- . . . ; - ■ ..;•". ■' " ' . - '
..;.The". populace, it : is thought,, had been
prepared for the attempt by. a rumor, cir
culated widely : among the natives . yes
terday. that Aguinaldo v.-as /in Manila;
■ and would personally jle_ad the outbreak.
xThe American authorities, -having; been
advised, of what vv-as brewing, "prepared
;for all: contingencies. . ' - -;
Captain 'Morrison, who "commands the
-.troops': in the. most, turbulent district of
Aiie city, say's, he does not; believe- an
actual: uprising-. v."ill ■.ever, ocour. as: the
natives lack the resolution to take the
first steps In a- movemen t tha t ' would.en
tail fighting at dose quarters with the
American troops. '■'-.* . • •
/ .■■-■■■•■.;■-■<■ ■:: — ■ ~V»^— ■ — . .-■■-■:--, ;
•THE DAXISH V/EST IXDI.V.DEAIi/
Report Thnt iVo.crntiatioTis IV I tit
United '■ States Are Xenrly Conipiete.
LONDON. January .I.— The Copenhagen
correspondent of : the Daily; Mail says:/'
• : "The sale of the; Danish West Indies
,to^ the; United States bills fair to be ac
complished. The Danish; Captain Christ
mas,; who -has influential connections : in
the United States, and I who- has securp'l
the support of President : McKJnl^y. Ad
miral :D<nvey.;ard n number, of influential
Amorican senators, is .octin? as ' inter
mediary: between, the 7 two governments
direct: official:. communication bein?- 'm
nopsible -for:. Denmark . after repeated
failures in . previous -attempts. "
. ;"For : several da ys an. attache of one
of the principal Trnitec?'.?tjitesembn=s!«s
has: /been hero, -hav'.psr;' long •; -intervlpws
,vith the. Danish Minls.'.er «f- : Finanoo r>r
Hoerriner,. and- this v. ; esk Captain: Christ
mas will. go. 1;o "Washington to assist- 'the
jvablicatipnof Araerica.'s . official: offer No
onposition is expected ■from""Kinsr Chris
■OOO.OOO." T-°T -° PrsCe n fi:Ce - d at ?1 "'"
THE NEWPOUNDI, AXD FISHTSniES.
Tlie Modns Vive-uli Km Exnirert
■ ';Coisiplications . Peareii;
. • ■ (New' York Times.)' ■■■
ST. JOHN'S. N. F.. DecemKer 31.— Grave
complications -are. feared . betT,-een> : Great
Eritnin. find France, .over 'the : expiration
of,: the Newfoundland "fisheries modu':
yivondi to-day. ■ . - - . ■ .: . ' -. '.
■^ Tha Colrninl.- Legislature cannot- meet
for- several weeks, and the British Par
liament is also closed; so thnt there is no
possibility of prompt legislation ; to;reme
dy., the defect. ..France .thus is made able
to iorovoke much trouble with the Colo
nial Office, and it is feared she will do «o
Mi «! 11 igijt— I SOO— :1000.
(For the Disptch.) -/
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Through ■ the ' waving, pines, comes faint
• and 10w.. : . , / . ,
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My . friend, the old year, departs once
■'.-■ more. ' , ' : : . .. I.'
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near. . ■; -. / ;-;:, : -.- - '
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.^Kothtas>lbut'.ip!ralse : .:comes trom-itlieift'
■aHates \for Itb elr 1 baking 2 qua Irtles "» a hdy ex
i»llent nnJsii."<iThe3celebratc-d"?Fil2ri'llc-i
l*opk/-sStoveSi&;,tdestined'no^be, a inrmore
Kromes;;;in s more 5> States other 5
«Btoveieverimade.-: r c,i.Wrlte t fov'inff>rrnfit',oh"?
WSamplesMican^VeJvseensat^th'f-lfE.'^B^
ITaylor s Company's. V IQI1 S ! east aiain;:*^^
ißosenbloom's^lKGsjeast". Main/;stfeet: ;
|;ITarrls:'!?Harcware Company's,'*^ 400 i? -?east'
I Broad street. . * •*&£%&&
Sim I6S
1 Etc.
; iJgpSfJW^ -
■; - ' JpliJT
fe^&SprainsiJßsey.Tiotism, Neu,
For Cuts, BirhV;Gdll3.
Insures litimediat* Relief to
Horses Oh|y.
Mountcasfle-'Murg Co.,
, ;RiCHiI6ND, XA. '
l.'i'v'-Send'fori'ef'ißpnials. \ .
■ ' i-2 (i»l).w&P'&Tnit.; : ..
v-?--^ow-^« : ;.v.'i,-i.'.'-'--^v.t - -
*" " PIVroEA'D. KOTICF^ .'.■■•■'
\-IRGI>"A BUILDING '■ A^D LOA>?
'cO^IP-'^ i *-- T " e - :alrectors^ of v thl3 com
pany- -iliave declared VA.i SEMI ANNUAL*
gi^l^ND #THRE^PEIVcE L^
nayable on anfrafter/JANoAR^.isoQ.
P? "-? ' /;CHARIJES : T. -LCEHR,
i ; Jde3l--tJ de3l-- t i-xXi-sX-'-'-xr"-: <-Se<retary. :
' -IOM Dominion 'Steamship CVrnpany,
*$■-■:•■■'■■s Richmond;- ; December ;^ IS'J3.
XX -$- I /DrVIDEND;~# « ::l - /-'
; A I.THRBE-PBR-CENT. j : X. PIS-TDEND'
williN paiJito: the .Virginia stocklolUerJ
outfof the' earnings ?for..^x the .'pas?, six
mon*?, at/ the company's i office, 121 i eaat
Main street,' oni and ,aftSrrJANT7A3.Y.2,
lSf^' ';' ; ■JOHN';fV^rAyEi>,
f-.de' so-ct ;•;./.:■ xi' X, :-•/; ::/;:■.;';■"; ,A.quit. :
jrefchants&Mechanics' Build'g FundiCo.
.^ No." H»northtElsyeath- street.*
W, Bichrabndr^Vai, J Dec'ember,-2&, '• 1329.
#THE BOARD « OF.; = DIRECTORS iOP
THIS TOMPANY. havo -'d*?lared n DIVI-
P3NI>" OF" THREES v^PEK>Cj:NT (3 :-Jejr
fcerd.) out of th6»eai3ili:g9'oflthe past; six
Jtjonih" -payableon anct alter -JANUAP.Y
$, lf-» 1 X ''■ ; SPENOEHICORNICK, i
< de 30»3t - - . :r • Secretary, and treasurer. •
Virginia State Insuraoce Company,
■Rlcn'mond.'pya'.. iDeoarfiber 28, 1533; :
TH^BPAHD^QF. DIRECTORS VOP
this campany -h.ave''-thigj^dcw declared :a
PER GENT, (free of taSK.'payable to tha
= to^khblde'nJ } oh ; anW r -attgr*'J*ANL*AßY 2,
ISOV' Ch?ck3'will '*V'mailea.
/ -■■■-■ - . ; CHARLES •»K.-'Wlftl^lS,
ie'ZJjUt--.- :/■-■/-; .^1: -Treasurer.
i: -■:.-■- -.- X. ' . - First /National Bank,
/ Richmond. .TTa-r- December 27, 1899. -
JTHE DEEtECdf CJRS OF- TfltlS '■ BANK
V 9 X^Jlis flay'declared. aDIVIDEND OF.
)UR PEK - CENT.; out .; of: earnings at
b feast sis months, free of ;'all 'taxes,
vable -to.- sharehrolders on ; and after
'JANUARYS "> 1900."' T^::a / -•■- -.-.■ .••„_
f : de 9 !>-lw ;:H;. C. BURNETT^ ' Cashier.
'''" " ■-'■-■ / : Union Batik of Richmond,
i : Richmond. „ Va../ Decemper 23, ; IS9D.
' THE -DIRECTORS 9 OF. I THIS t?INX
have declared a JJ2MI-ANNUAL DTVT-
OF.SIX PER CENT, (free of tax),
pa vable A to the i stockholders oni and after
JANUARYS, 1200. - ' J. B. BEASLEY,
-de 23-td in . ;--::/ 7. Cashier. _
. • , ■ National Bank :of .Virsniia,
United States and State Depository; r.
-.: 'Consolfdated 7 September 27, IS9O.
National Bank; of Virginia; ■-::. .-.-.- . : -; ;
. Citizens' Exchange Bank,:-.
Richmond; Va., December 27,-189?.
r : :''THB-: DIRECTORS OF -THIS .BANK
have ■ to J day ■ declared I the . uauSl SEMi
<A>rNUAXr" ->• DIVIDEND OF, 2.%Z: ?Est
CENT.: out: of the earnings ;of Athe;past
«?ix months, : payable on and .alter JArTEf-
ARY,2, ISOQ. . ::,'T. K^SANDa/
--de/2S-10t; ; : .. ■' . :': '- „.'.■-■ /■".-"■■Caajtisr.; ■•'•.
'-:-'"-;! ' United Banking &?Trust ; CoroPsUiy,
Richmond. -Va-V -December. 27,"lS&9.-
CHECKS_FQR / -X2£ißs£KJK i V : R " Ss>n>
A"NN"£rAI. Il>l\ xDt^N'DS':. on. - the ipre^a*
and" full-paid ' stock' of •?. this » company will
be mailed ' to stockhplders. on JANUARY
1, 1900; :-.-• -, ;' .i:. i: SAMUEL. S--^tAM.-
: de 2S-5t : ■'.-:'• Secretary^and'Treasnrer.
1 ' ; DIVIDEND NOTICE. •
Richmond, Vjri; December. 23, 18SJ.
'.THE -BOARD/OF DIRECTORS v OP
THE -MERCHANTS' NATIONAL. BANK
have this ! day declared their usual ; SEMI
ANNUAL. DIVIDEND OF. THBBB AND
ONE-H AL.F PER" CENT.; of the nat, pro
fits lof -. the last I six; months.;; payable^ (free
of tax) on and after > the 2d sPAT-«OF
JANUARY,; ISW. ;••: JOHN F. .GE£XN;
- de2-l-td • .-"■■■ "^Caahißr:
: -.:■■--. .": The Planters'-^ National; B^^'
;•; /Richmond. ■Va:;;Decfember^32,:}?a9 : .
THE : DIRECTORS 'OF ./THJ3 5 BANK
have to-day- declared the jesulfijt SEMI
ANNUAL. DIVIDEND OF SEt :iPER
CENT on the s capital, stoqk,: payable'; ou
and after TUESDAY;; January =2, 1900.'
" - RICHARD HT- SMITH,
de 23-tJa2 ./. --' ■:■.-' - :: .Cashier. /
-.-.: . ..- . • SJcuritjr Bank.
; " ■ - ; "'. : ■": '. December 19,' 1839. :
THE. DIRECTORS OF; THIS ' BANK
have J declared" a' SEIII- ANNUAL. DIVI
DEND \ OF .THREE. PER ; CENT (frae: of
ta-ces) : payable to/.the stockholdars on
and after JANUARY- 2, 1903: ' ■ : ;
-/ , : ■- A.B. BLAIR.
de 23-tJa2inc : ■ '■ ■■: : -.::'x ■.-'■"■-■ "- CasHler.
IThe Savings: Bank of ;RicbJ3aon<3»
, Richmond; '.VaiV'Decemb^r 21 t iS2S. :
' THE DIRECTORS '1 OF 2.TH35 BANK
have declared a DIVIDEND. OF THREB :
PER CENT. - (free of; /tax), "out of th»
earnings " for; the = past* six • morjths, pay
able to the. stockholders' on and aft^
JANUARY 2-1900. : X-\ X- ■>■.., ::, : ; ;.;
de 22-td //JAMEsS s JL-.-BALIX: Cashier i
v : TitleandTrustCompaiy,
Ul2. east :-Mami street I
: Richmond,' Va., December.- 2i, V®-
THE /BOARD .? OF: .li DIRECTORS ■OF*
•THE ' TITLE /" AND 'TRUSTS' : COSH^N" *"
: have this • day declared a DJ VJITS^f^P &
2V. PER CENT. : on its* caj)| tal 1 3toc> ■'■freo
ofitsix'" payable on .and 'alt^r-;' JAN r AR It.
2^1900/ : . : JOHN TYL7B,
:'de 22-td Secretary and ;Tr3ajfg£-__
- . The State Bank of^rgu^ia,'
- / .Richmond. Va., Deeamticr r^lSS^.,
THE DIRECTORS OF WTHIS BANfc;
HAVE DECLARED .; A DIYIOJ^g^OP,
THREE AND :ONE-HALF PET CENT.,
™?? b le on ana^^U^^
-de - 22t Ja I --... '■ ' ■ ' : .: C:i^-?l e i^"
. Iliclimond Perpetua ;Buildlpsr»
Loan ■■ and /Trusts CorP a Ky''"^
" -.•• ". -^IOO-t east^tai;street,u -; : ._
'Richmond, Va.. Decara^r^^lSOS.-
THE BOARD/. OF x DIREJEORS2-OF,
TH^S COMPANY: have declalf (from' the
net~ earnings of:' the past^: s'-fraonthsV; a
DIVIDEND < OF , ONEiVDC*LAR h iPER
SK A.RE on tho paia-up'stoc^and-ratably
.on.Hhe running stock."-; p^abie:,;at£ the
de 21-td \:■ ■ . .- : . •- "-■ CM*:-':* Cashier.-.
-.. ••;•' ■•-. ■;"..,■ virginia^ust^Compasy.
CENT.(3;per;cent.).: ! i|e^t^tasf on Us
paid-uo capital stock; •# iSaCO.Wi>/C paya oie
out Tor*- the ;net ! earnhJS-^ 1 .?
nontha ON- \ND :AI*ER--JANLAR\ -
* de. 20-td - : \' ; - Secret O rS anct;/."rea3UTer.
\. ;■;;;;-:-• ;7 •• • ■■'•"■.• '■■■* 2Me'trop?Utari Bank,
; Richmond. ™4^V*£\is'2f§xi
: THE UI RECTOk|-O^3^ H^L, SANK
NU Mi DIVIDEND OF^-^O A - N *> '
.HALF: ISi'pEß^E^TgS^ of .. Ux.
payable on and.a^r JA^.AKICw^
de 0 1-tJa2 ' - j ; ' Cashier.
~~~~~ ? 'J ■ OiSce'oi
;,
•-V :■ •:; ■?. Kichtnotid|V
l^^i^?&^or^heiltransrerjor;pr^
felS&^^ffiS|^tTßAVEßs; =:.
fee &; 3 i^^«^£==^S-