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4, THE RICHmONiy^OISPATCH; BY THE DISPATCH COMPANY. <fo£«R OT KMV AKD JfUfXK BIREEXB. r»-Tova Ofllce. No. 610 e«t Bro*d «treet. yy c w York Oiacc. J.E, Vu Dorcn Agency, JTribuDc Building. " CITT STTBSCRIPXIONS. TliE DAILY "DISPATCH <3eliv«rcfl to «vV.crlbci« in Richmond and Manchester ct 80 cents per tnontri. r >r weekly or monthly; the SLNDAi DISPATCH. JU-0 per annum: «t> cents lor trfephene or nosral euro. Complained iclivtry jnay be' made the same-* ay. »AJL STJBSCairXIOKS.^. 3?ayaW« in Advice Invarialsly. PillT. o=e y«r - • *J ftQ Dai'.y, «tx montJi*.. J«.iiy, three months. ...........••• — • ' luuflay, only, ooe year • THE WEEKLY DISrATCH. TKK WOSEKJiV UISI'ATCH »s issued in two parts each wcek-on Mondays and Thur E <5n JS -M ONE DOLLAR per year, vnyrfcle in advance; clx monUis. _ iii i i LTiNTS.- HOW TO EEJIIT. Remlttancw can be made ; by I' ost^ m " Brr.cy order (iho safest way).- check. "cr replMered Ifttterv;; Currency ..sent by mal! U the risk" of. the sender. Subscribers wishing change of address mv«m u« plve the old as well as tho new post-office. Sample ccpics f:<>e. ahvejitisiko sates ox /,carcst> nU communications The Di.B patch Company. ". Richmond. Va. 1 .- -t Ilpjcctei manuscripts will not b« «s office, and resolutions of respect Inserted only SB paid matter. TTLEPHONZS. f Vevr 404 tBdBM«-' CfiC6... ...... ••••"••• | Old 1563 ( New 1253 ?itr Z41ttfr...... ) old 15S T2IDAT, ;..... DECEMBEE 19, 19C2. 'JiCK.Vf'S POWER. A few weeks ago the-Dippatch expressed the opinion that Congressman-elect Slemp of the Ninth District, would probably be awarded the glory and -worry of distribut ing Federai patror.as'j ,in . In the present Congress there Is no Jiepubiican member from this State, but In the Fifty-eighth Congress, that party will bo represented by Colonel Slemp. And now our Washington correspon dent tells that the President has Informed tho Cabinet 1 ;' -that ...he -..will look to him as tHe _ proper person f.o consult in _ the .--distribution of Federal patronage In Virginia. By this v&s euppose that whenever thCTe is a quarrel or tangle Slemp will be called in as arbiter. - -',; . A distinguished congressman from this State once said.Jtie was -a. happy man until Grover Clevelana was elected President: that then the burden -of distributing patronage "In.- his congressional district fell upon his shoulders and that he (the congressman) made enemies by the score. Friends of a lifetime were lost in a min ute. His happy hours and he became the humble, but unsatisfactory slave of the office-seekers. Pc-ace of mind left him like the baseless fabric of a vls:on. Unless Colonel Slemp vbe-o? a. pecu-. Marly "happy temperament, he may ex pect like trouble,*' but' he^will have the consolation— whatever that may bft— of being Known as the Virginia boss. True, •we are told that Chairman Agnew and Mr Bowden will" continue to have in fluence, but. If so. ix will not be as chiefs, but as the chiefs lieutenants. For our part we look upon the Presi dent's arrangement^ as a natural one; politically speaking' S*ernp-;has proved his strength before thY people. At the very time when so many, other Republi cans were uttering walls of woe and de spair over the disfranchising clause of the Constitution "ho unfurled his banner to the winds and took the field. Catch ing the Democrats of the Ninth District in a drowsy condition, when they should have been very wide awake, he was elected— the first Republican' congress man to be elected under the new Con- Btitution! Whether the appoiniment of Judge I*. L. Lewis as United States District At torney was made upon the advice of Slemp or before the. Colonel was taken Jnto the confidence of the administra tion, we do not know. Probably Slemp v.-as not influential in? the matter, and may be Judge Lewis would not have been able to walk into office as triumph antly as he did had Judge Waddill and District-Attorney Allan remained as good friends as they had been. As we have said. Colonel Slemp has had a big job put upon him. Whether he s very ambitious of political-advancem ent or not remains to be seen. If he laa Napoleonic ideas— the shouts of vic tory still ringing in his ears-he may aspire to be Governor, or United States Senator. Who knows? The tunnel franchise of the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company, which has just be«n agreed to. by the New York Board of Aldermen, involves the. expenditure of more than SSO.OuUvO. It was "held up" for weeke and veeks. but the company would not pay the bocdlemen a dollar, and at last public opinion forced a num ber of the opponents ot\ the measure to yield their opposition, f ■■ The New Yor-v Press, ■while arguing that the Pennsylvania company did noth ing more than their duty !n the premises, says they have nevertheless set a noble example which deserves public opproba 3 on. So it does. Good for the Pennsylva nia. In other "days its skirts were not al ways so clear; .... ..„. .. A Sheffield Scientific? School professor <veiss the richest girl in Connecticut, a ?oung lady worth at least a million. lie was sharp enough to cut out'all the other fellows. SMSUTIIS, UISAL AND KICTICTIOCS. Thure is no class of /mortals that in- W<ysts us more or disappoints us oftener :han detectives. In -flctlou--and who to-en not like to read detective stories?— ?our sleuthhou'nd is'u "marvel of *cun nine, and daring, while" In real life occasionally turns out to be a mo.n ordinary Individual who usually «v<iara a. celluloid collar aW a made-up cravat We wish tharaVfcaEt one of the rea.l flesh and blood detectives would "act wierd" and give us a^pracucal illus tration of hl 8 .; penfitrativaipowerE-soh-c :»o»e Bsytrtfiry th£.u:really,does rnyEtiry . 60R^' ; clve v; 'wder' the very : ,»«aUitr.bc9.tea eoecj>; of our oft-ciaJisned :-' • . ■' - ■• , ■ V : ■ ■ ■ ■■■■■ ■: | but I ever-faithful ' coppers' "and; "fP°" cfal ■offlccrs." But they never do it. There "is a kind of con 'cludccWn-our-ncxt fugaclousness about detectives, which strongly' eupgesta the penny-dreadfuls wherein wo used to read about "Old Ironsides" and all that glittering: array of foxy Kleuths; And when they do testify— some of them, by the way. never solve the mysteries of English grammar— their evidence is stale. ll*t. -. ar.d unprofitable. Now York city, which has just had its millionth sensation in the raid on Can field's gumblins place,, on Wednesday suffered one of. those dlsappolntment: whlch - detectives sometimes create. Joseph Jacobs was the disappointing, hero. He is a detective— "the Sherlock Holmes of - Gotham." as one young "rhetorician of the press designates him— and went into The "den" to get evidence. Incidentally, while sleuthing it. ho dropped JSO-worlh of chips at faro and ;?-0 worth on roulette, but for all that he made a miserable witness on the .stand, and the lawyer playod battledore and shuttle j cock with him. In the course of the sweat-producing examination. Mr. Jacobs explained— or admitted— that he had at various times in his life been a cabin boy, laborer, waiter. United States marshal, railroad time-keeper, railroad conductor, railroad transfer, agent, deputy sheriff. Jail keep er, teamster, miner, rancher, and de tective. He also owned up to. the charge that he had had some unpleasant inci dents in his life and once slipped into a style of speech which showed that he and syntax were not: on speaking terms. Now", taken as a whole, wo don't sup pose that Sleuth Jacobs is one whit more .disreputable, vacillating, or dishonest than millions of other persons, but it was, on the embarrassing occasion men tioned, his misfortune to be a detective. The interested public had set a Sherlock- Holmes pace for "him to go and he couldn't do It. And no other detective on earth can. so far as we know. Far be" it from us to disparago the j profession of sleuthing. It is we who de fend it. and protest against Sherlock Holmes. Monsieur Le Cog and that other follow who solved the mystery of the Rue Morgue. This trio set a standard— on paper, how ever—which no mortal save some un born freak combining the qualities of Colonel William F. Cody, President Roosevelt, Woodrow "Wilson, and Carrie Nation could nieasureup to. We wonder that the detectives— poor human beings— haven't rebelled long ago and utterly i-o pudlated these fictitious divinities of the realm of mendacity. By the way. we'd like to know who it was that first idealized the sleuthing vocation. Here is a nice nut for the lit erary fellows to crack. Was it really 12dgar Allan Foe. who was born in ISM and died in IS4?. or that superb French novelist Gabcriau, who commenced on mill: diet in 1535 and quit eating alto gether in 1573? Certainly :it wasn't Dr. A. Conan Doyle, the creator, murderer j and resurrecter of Sherlock Holmes, for I Sherlock's marvellous inductive pro-.! cesses were as familiar to us as the multiplication table— and maybe a lit tle more familiar— long before Dr. Doyle commenced writing. Who was it? It 5s denied . that there is to be a de monstration against Turkey, but there will undoubtedly be such a movement on December 25th. It is said Andrew Carnegie will en dow a national theatre. He insists on making a grandstand play. CIIIL.U LABOR LISGISLATIOX. The movement in the General Assembly to prevent the working of children of tender age in our mills and factories, and thus not only conserve their health, but turn them into the' school-houses, is meet ing" with warm support from many of our State contemporaries. T-he Frc-dericks bursr Star • declares that the House of Delegates acted wisely on Tuesday, when it passed the bill forbidding the working of children under 12 years of age in-fac tories or mills. Children of that age, it adds, should be in school. The Newport News Press says it is pleasant to note that the Housed passed the bill by an overwhelming majority, and then remarks that such laws should not be necessary in an enlightened land. but. unfortunately, they arc, as daily revela tions prove. And the Norfolk Landmark, after felici tating the House, calls upon Senator Lyle to withdraw his bill in favor of the House measure, if there Is not enough difference between the bills to make the. continued support of his own a matter of principle. From what we have seen, continues the Landmark, the difference does not appear to be essential, and the great desideratum is to pass any bill which "fills the bill." It is clear from these expressions In favor of the movement and from similar ones we have found in other Slate papers, that the Virginia press and the Virginia public, for whom the press speaks, have awakened to a realization of the evils of child labor in the mills and demand that there be an end of it. The Washington Post opines that "the Virginia negroes have no surplus. to apply to legal luxuries. The recent run-in be tween John Wise and the Constitution cleaned them up rather thoroughly." Says the Syracuse Herald: •'Our Mr. Bowen in Venezuela seems to be quite as much the right man for the place as was Fitzhugh Loe in Havana." The Mad Mullah seems to be again in circulation. , Hard coal is getting a little easier, it is raid. A man has been arrested in Connecti cut for selling tarred stones for coal. He ought to have known he would bo caught in. the land of wooden nutmegs. FITZ LKE. A part of Fltz. Lee's speech before the Patria Club in New York, where he rather attacked Mr. Cleveland for non- ! action in the Cuban matter, while prais ing Mr. McKinley for bringing Spain to terms, has been exciting some comment. It seems that Lee added in explanation of Mr. Cleveland's course "that he had other reports on the subject besides his. and that Cleveland was conservative, and did not want at.that time to disturb. the business interests of the country"— all of whfr-h <nas not in the account wo pub-, ltehed. ; ' -'■" •'":-' -——-—'•- .- ;—- v VEXKZUBL.V AXD The Venezuelan trouble new seems In a fair way .for arbitration and the time has arrived ; when ;a. settlement by that method Is advisable." AYe sayj Vthe 1 time has arrived" - because arbitration at a ! previous .stage of the affair would have been unfortunate," especially if- the pood offices of the United States we're: to bo in evidence In bringing it about. . The Venezuelans needed to be; brought to a realization of the fact, that; we would not intorposq the Monroe doctrine to shield them from tliecon.seciuenccs of dis honesty and Insulting conduct towards other nations. They needed to be taught the limits of that doctrine.: as we con strued it. •"•"V ■ ' ' •■ "- That they have been taught summarily, and to their sorrow. : with 'the full ac quiescence of this government. And the lesson they have received is likely to prove also a lesson to the other South American and the Central American Statc3. - . . ' j. >. •■ ". ....-.■ Had ' arbitration been -resorted to -be foro Venezuela got her hammering it is altogether probable that Castro and his like would have continued to rest under and foster the false impression which has so long existed in Spanish-America touch ing the .license.' the States down there could safely take by reason of our "his toric obligation." As it is, that impression has been removed with a shock that can not but render Its .removal lasting. The field has been cleared for the United State? to lend their influence for a peace ful adjustment, without stimulating as to the future misapprehension regarding cur attitude towards our Central and South American "wards"; ■', and at the same tsme.as :we sco it. the eniire course., of the State Department has been vindi cated. As the matter has developed it is a rebuke to both the jingoes' and those who questioned tho wisdom of Mr. Hay's policy, and makes all the more reprehen sible and unwarranted the recent mani pulations of the market and disturbance of. values by bringing the case into Wall Street.- ".. ■ ■ : " ' A PITY. It 3s in truth a pity that the mass of the negroes will not listen to the few of their people; who oppose fighting the now Constitution, and are advising them not to contribute to the fuifd being collected to test the validity of the; instrument. The sum it is proposed to raise for that object could be used in many directions to benefit. the race. If devoted to ■educa tional purposes it would open the road for hundreds of negroLS to prepare them selves for the exercise of the suffrage under the fundamental law. !As it" is it will be money absolutely thrown away. In any event its investment in legal pro ceedings is likely to render the negro's last condition worse than his first. Even should the proceedings that have been instituted result in upsetting the Consti tution—and we do not entertain the slight | est fear on that, score— in 'its ultimate fruit the victory will .'amount to nothing. • Indeed, there "is. little ' doubt that the; negro will in the end lose infinitely more than he would have lost in submitting to the situation, and that not only from the politicol view point. It is as certain as anything human can be that our people are determined on the elimination of the v.'ciqus arid ignorant negro vole. Should the new organic law -not stand the. test of the Federal Consti tution they will . nialco another one, -cost v/hat it may in time and expense.' They will keep on trying until they succeed. And should it come to this there, is hardly a question that the school fund will.be divided. Greater barriers than ever .will be erected against negro -cuff rage. An other fact, it is to be regretted *he negro does not grasp, . is that .the. over throw of the new Constitutionjcv;ouldrtend toa fur ther straining of -the- relations between him and those to whom he must look largely for a living. For years the negro question has been causing the races to drift wider and wider apart, and lessen ing the sympathy of the whites with the negro. The removal of that question from our politics gave promise of a gradual return to the old -conditions of white i friendship for. the negroes,: tolerance of their faults and. .desire <vto.. render, them happy. A reaction, we. fear, wouia be vio lent and permanent. So we iterate that it is in truth a pity that ' the mass of the negroes do not hearken to the few of their race who . ■ . . ■■ .. .- i oppose warring on the' Constitution.' These fi:w are the. real friends "of the negro, among his own people, and their advice, if followed, would insure' more blessings to the race, and more "rights" worth hav ing than could all tTie money the negroes could raise for attacking the Constitution, in a generation. Current Comment. . Following ■ the statement that. •there seems to be general acquiescence In the propriety of naming" .the new State to be formed out of ;>>the last parcel of ■ the territory included in ■ the Louisiana j.urchafee after President .Jef ferson, the. Philadelphia Record x exprcsses the opinion that ''even if Jefferson" hud not written the Declaration of .Independ ence it would have^been no .more .than .a. deserved honor -to- namo a -State irK the Union and a star in the ..flag after him.'.'. And there -should '.be general acquies cence in that piopdsition. :; ' ■ Let us hope that the present trouble will enable the opposing: factions in Vene zuela . to get thtjr.i revolution..-, hatchets burled so deep that they won't be able to exhume them again.— Norfolk Ledger/ A vain hope, we fear. ; ' :-ru. :. v .-. Mount Vernon"s intelligent taxpayers have secured an Injunction against com pleting an expert investigation, of the city's affairs that has been "going on for some' time, arid they, have taken 'this action, not because"" the examination al ready made has revealed that', everything is all right— it ihas, asa matter of 'fact; revealed that much is wrong— but for the peculiar reason that there is no hope of covering the large amounts of muni cipal money which- have been wasted or misappropriated !— Xew York/Times. ; . . A . poor excuse, but i much better and. much more v defensible : thah any the Richmond Common Council gives for not submitting to an investigation. In discussing the question of electing or appointing commissioners, of the reve nue, .the Appomattox and Buckingham Times says: ' "If the people are not competent to choo3e any officer, we shall soon lose faith In our form-of government. The Legis lature can afford to trust the people in ihlis matter, and wo hope they will do so." ,","*%"*"' ' .'..' ' Our sentlrnenb. exactly. " -<, . - It looks as if .the government has gotten " hold of a hot brick In. Major Glena. whose trial by. court-<t>irtial in the FhUippir.ei , ia3;been ordered. The defence e*P<ictaH6 jliow that thcT'ciiaracter of tlie warfnirp, waged sit Samar had: the sanction of il ne . highest military authority, and the report will: bo asked to surnmoh Cnaffee and Smith, and have prod uced ail correspond^ once 'covering the policy 'pursued' injthat particular territory ands .other disturbed parts of the Islands.- < ':■ The "Martha Lee." (Victor A. Herman, in Harper's for Jan uary.) Do ol' steamboat wid de big stahn wheel Cum' puffin' up de stream; She ishook en shook fum deck to keel En her b'ilahs hissed -wld steam. De spahks rushed out fum each tall stack, lier smoke wah a sight to see; En her,; whistle sounded :-"Clah de track! • : Heah^ cums Jo Marfy.-, Lee." Den de-Cap'n he took one mo' dram. En he bellowed down de stokah Sam: "Ruh'up dat steam till de gauge careens; ■ We've- a • load o'- mutes. fo' New Ohleans." De new. steamboat wid de shoht stack on, Det cum fum way upNoff, Swung out fum de landin' lak a swan, En dropped her hawsth off. ' » Her hull wah steel, en gleamin" bright, Her wheel spun amoof en fas'; She chahned det muddy watch white, En blew a challenge bias". En.d^ Cap'n he .look one mo' dram, -To fix his nalives en keep him cam; Sed he:' "No matteh who she bo, She never shall beat de Marfy L.cc." De ol' steamboat she answehed back; Her engine chahn en grin'; But; do strange steamboat wid de shoht 1 -■■-•"■- j smoke-stack Cum creepin' up behin". , Her graceful, keel en steady chahn Wah'a pretty sight to see; En when she made de narrah tahn She pa-ssod de JMarfy Lee. En de Cap'n he took one mo' dram, En his face got ltd es v lean ol' ham; Sed. he: "Yo* Yankee fum de Noff. •Ah'U'ram en rip yo' deck rails off!" De new steamboat she gained apace, En s\yep',fah in de lead; Do- Marfy Lee mtis' lose de race 'Less she cud gain sum-speed. So her Cap'n hollehed down below— His brow wah drippin' wet: "Hitch. up dem .nules en make 'cm tow— V/e'll^ beat dat Yankee yet." En de^Cap'n he took one mo' dram, JSs he: saw how swit" dem ol' mules swam; "De iYanks " ah« beat!" en ho whooped wid glee, While a cheer went up fo' de Marfy Lee. An Exceptionally Brilliant "Writer. (Brooklyn Eagle.) They were discussing the wayward youth who .was endeavoring to break into literature. ""Is 'he a good writer?" i "Oh, fine." "A man's friends always think that, but has his work ever brought him much of anything?" . : ' "Well, rather. Why. say! only a few of his letters brought him three breach of promise suits in less than two years." . . . ■;''. - Posted Him. (Ally Sloper.) Rev. Tubthumper— "l've been preaching this morning to a congregation of asses." Lily Sugastick— "Yes. I noticed" you called them "beloved brethren.' " • , ». :—: — :: — _ ■ So Though tful. (Detroit Free Press.) .-.She— "There, d<:ar, haven't I been thoughtful of you and unselfish?" • He— "How?" "Why, I kept all these bills of mine away from' you until the middle of the month." - Metliosl in It. ' ' ; (Washington Star.) "She pretends to enjoy everything that lier rich uncle, who has- lived in liVlia. likes." ;-. . - "Yes."' answered Miss" Cayenne, "she favors curry-in order to curry favor." '. — : — . * — : :—.: — . Thnt >*ortli Caroiliisi I*ostmo.3tersl>lp - (Washington P.ost.) Of 'themes that come and themes that go. The; Vick case keeps us guessing. With, 100 much loss of sleep, and so ' Its end would be a blessing. . Then" tell us, please, and "tell us quick, " In°language unrestricted. If we must hail victorious Vick 'Or mourn for Vick evicted. •*; In Days of Old. (John N. Hilliard, in Life.) In days of old. the long ago. When blushing belle and dashing beau Drew round the cheerful ingleside To play the games of Christmastide. Those nierry games, which— eomme il . : faut— ' We of tc-day vote rather slow;' Grandfather; never golfed, I trow. And '"Bridge" was not the social guide In days of old. A quaint' old ago of calico. Of- ruffle, frill, and furbelow. An age of honest, 'simple pride (■When grandmamma was made a bride); They danced, they kis.sed, and did not know. That microbes lurked in mistletoe, In days of old.' SOL'TIIEU.V SEXTIMEXT. Comment of llio Xewspaiicrs on Va riouw Subjects. '-".We like Fitzhugh Lee, but we don't like his talk.— Wilmington (X. C.) Star. While we cannot express great admira tion for Hon. Richmond Pearson, or any large degree of gratification on his per sonal-account because or" his promotion, we are glad that, our State has been hon ored with a diplomatic appointment.— .Wilmington A good "many people are apt to enter tain no' fear that this country will go to war with Great Britain and Germany be cause: they believe President Roosevelt,, being unable In his position to take the field in person, will exert alf his power to keep the country out of a scrap as long as he cannot participate. Thus does be . gerency make for pence, paradoxical though it be.— Columbia State. Massachusetts has not one minor, under 16 years in all the- 125.000 "help" -work ing in her textile mills, yet twenty r nve years' ago a full half of the force was 16 and under. Exclusion has been made to "exclude by. simple and honest enforce ment of -the laws upon employers and parents. .'Nor'does the State stop at keep ing the youngsters out of the mills; it also 'keeps them in the school-house: nine months of each year by the rigid enforce ment of the truancy law. There is an ex ample for other States to follow.—Chat tanooga Times. A kis3;ls a peculiar proposition. Of no .use to one, yet absolute - ; bHss.., to two. The small boy gets It for nothing, the young manhas to steal it. and the old .man has to buy it. The baby's right; the lover's privilege, the hypocrite's mask. ,To-a young girl faith, to a married wo man hope, and to an old maid charity.— Nashville Banner. There is such a thing as a "higher law,", and there are cases in which to invoke It is justifiable. There is a Mayor in North Carolina— and. he Is one. of the ibest' Mayors that ever was— who doesn't pay much attention to law in the con duct of ; his 1 court. If. there Is a law. that, fits the case, all well and good;: if not; so much the worse for .the'law. He ad ministers '*■ justice, without much refer ence fto ordinances,, statutes, ;or . prece dents.^ and-. It; is substantial '■- Justice, too.—. Chwlotte Observer* :'-\v> ':'-'-' ..'."' V Coughs § anrl- tliroat affecticmsvl that stick by --.you- .sho.w-j| plainly that you need more B than the ordinary cough |j n medics. You need at once ■ a medicine that will get di- 8 rcctlj' at the cause. That B remedy is Yin-gu-01. It.-ffl never disappoints. Ifc is 1 one among a thousand that n we unhesitatingly recom- n mend. We know of so niany H instances where Vin-gu-ol 9 has cured obstinate coughs 1 and chest colds, that we i ask you to try it. It recon-,B structs and builds up. As | a tonic and nerve vitalizer, « the remedy to always call § fox is M yiN-GU-OL. -1 ■ :3 SI.OO I j" j Ti ■: Prepared only by -\ T. A. MILLER. Pharmacist, 1 519 E. Broad Street. Richmond. Va. 1 W. E. ARMSTRONG & JO., j I Distributing Agents, Petersburg, Va. H _^^^__. JiManrjca,Wi JLty IMIIIJ J<^T ' Cure for Hog Cholcro. . : . To the Editor of the Dispatch: Noticing: In your paper the prevalence of hog cholera In parts of the. State, the following may be of service to some of your readers. The cholera was in this neighborhood last spring. I lost tworsome of my neigh bors five to eight. We used the prescrip tion published by the United States Ag ricultural Department in- Farmers' Bul letin No. 100. on "I-tog. Raising- at, the South." It cured the disease promptly In each case. Since then I have used it once a week as a preventive. There has been nonreturn of the disease. The prc scrintion costs at the drug store 10 cents a pound. Having now a hundred hogs, it is, of course, important to give, them close attention. Hogs in pens need some %'egetable matter to aid digestion. I use a little hay daily, but with no hay. corn, fed with shucks on answers in place of hay. Pens must be kept clean- -'and sprinkled with slacked lime. A box with one-hnlf salt and one-lnlf slaked wood ashes should be kept in the pen. To pre vent lice and keep the skin clean, sprinkle once a month with one-half best coal oil, one-half warm water. Respectfully,; ' C.I. N. Casanova, Va., December 17. ISO 2. Wants a ITalt Called. * . The present Legislature was ' chosen with special reference to .the qualificatio'ii of its members, to put the new Constitu tion into operation and to conform the statute law of the State to it's require ments. That accounts for the large pro portion of' lawyers in that body,- many constituencies, like that of Petersburg-, selecting a full delegation of lawyers, contrary to "the previous practice of di viding the delegation so as' to have -one representative business manand one law yer. By this course it; was hoped that the Legislature would "apply "itself, as far as practicable, to the work for which, it was specially chosen. That hope has been disappointed. Measures of every conceivable character of legislation have been introduced to consume the time, of BEY. DR. J.M. STIFLER. the body and to divert its attention from the main work. There seems to have been an -eager competition on the part .of every one to make as much waste paper as the rest. There is no teiling to what extent this spirit will »ruh -in the present unlimited session. Can't some one call a halt and induce the Legislature to close up the main business in hand and go home? • "'•'-*• j : I*; lilt tic Princess slayfaltla. ;(New York Commercial.)- Little Princess' Mafa'lda of Italy is named after one oi the legendary' heroines of the House c.t Savoy. The first Mafalda was the daughter of Amadeo 111. of Sa voy: she delighted in all manly exercises, and, clad In armor, led a Pledmontese contingent 'to help Milan when It was be sieged by Frederick Barbarossa. The Em peror fell In love with her, and when she was captured, after being defeated in a hand-to-hand fight, gave her the choice between death and becoming his mistress. She very properly chose death, declaring that she belonged to the House of Savoy and that no member of that house had ever been-ff coward. Alfonzo Ht-nriquez, who ': subsequently became King of Por tugal managed' to make the Emperor give her up. and afterward he married the Princeßs. After her husband's death Queen Mafalda became a nun in : the nun nery of Colmbra. Historical dates do not tally; with the legend, but Mafalda Is undoubtedly a historical jyerson. Her granddaughter, : o* the same name, was made venerable in the Catholic church on account of her piety. The name Ma falda Is explained as being: the form the Portuguese gave to tho harsh name Mechtild or Matilda. . , ; Waser Stvayne Dead. . : NEW . YORK, December IS.— General Wttger Swayne died cthis ; afternoon at his ; residence, of a complication" of dis eases. - His widow, two sons and a. daugbr ter ; wer« at th« : <!«athbefi.- t: = ■■> > '■ ■-. WMMWB Rfofessor in Crozer Thoeolo :: gieal Seminary— Well* " >/,b; Known Here. . The Rev. Dr. James M. Stifler. well knpwn in .this city, where he has fre quently supplied the pulpit of the Second Baptist' church, died suddenly Tues day evening in Boston of apoplexy. Dr. Stiffer, who was professor cf New Testa ment in Crozer Theological Seminary, Pennsylvania, was in Boston on a lec turing trip. . Tuesday evening he delivered a. lecture In Clarendon-Street church, and on his way to his hotel was stricken with apoplexy and died soon after. . His • body arrived "Wednesday at Crozer Theological Seminary, where his death has cast:a. profound gloom over the atu dents and faculty. Classes were dis missed and all work suspended. The Rev. Dr. Stitler was an author of note, a commentator on Sunday-school lessons and the New Testament, and a man of brilliant attainments. Whenever he came to Richmond, which he frequently did, he was warmly welcomed. DurirTg long periods he had supplied the pulpit of the Second Baptist church and greatly endeared himself to ' the people of the city. SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. James. Madison SMfler. M. A.. D. D., was' possibly one. of the widest-known theologians of the Baptist denomina tion. He was born on Dec. 3. ISS9, in HoUidfiysburg, Pa., and gained his early education in that section of the State. Possessing a keen mind and the natural talent of the ideal clergyman, he applied himself, to scholastic pursuits and ftradu ated from Shurtleft College. Upper-Al ton. HI., in ISGB. His theological course was net completed until ISG9. at the same institution, though he was licensed to j preach in. ISG2. Hft was ordained to the ministry in ISG9, and served his first charge at Noko mis, .111 , which he resigned in IS7I. He served at Upper Alton in 1374 and iS"S. also at South Alton. 111. He was con nected with the Fifth Baptist church, also the Second church in Philadelphia. Eutaw Place church. Baltimore and a "charge in Richmond. He was -a pa3tor at | a. church in New Haven. Ccnn.. from I-1575 to ISS2. the year In which he v.-as | called to Crozer Theological Seminary, i the duties of which post he discharged with marked ability. : AS A WRITER. Not only as a ~>reacher and teacher was he renowned, but as author as well. In 1532 he wrote '"An Introduction to the Book of Acts;" in lSf'7. "A Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans.'' appeared. Another work which Is used In the Baptist librarles'extensively as a reference book, was his "Life of Christ." which was pub lished in ISOO. In IS7I Shurtleff College, his alma ma ter, conferred upon him the degree of , M.-A., while from the same institution, in i 1575, followed the honorary Jogree of D. D. Dr. Stifler was an active Sunday-school worker, and each week had . charge of the Teachers' Study Class at the Y. M. C. A., in this city. He served also as a member of the International Sunday school committee. ' HIS FAMILY. Besides his widow the following fam ily survives: Mrs. Benjamin J. Hope, of Augusta, Me.': Mrp.D. G. Stevens, oj Bryn • Ma wr, and Mrs. F. 8.- . Myer. of Bellewood, Pa., all wives of ministers in active service; one daughter. Miss Rose Stifier. and two sons, one. Rev. James M. Stifler. Jr., -who is pastor at Ro.selle.N. J., and an; unmarried: son. Francis, who is attending the University of Pennsylvania. -• — Mnnlclpnl Bonds. A New York exchange of December 17th pays: The $5,000 issue of Cambridge. Mass., 3 1-2 per cent. SO-.year sewer bonds was awarded to Merrill. • Oldham & Co.. o* Boston, tit 103.7!). The ■ $5,000. issue of water anrl ; $l), 000 issue of street improvement bonds were disposed of at private sale. The Union Trust Company, of James town, N. V., has purchased $35,000 4 per op-nt., bonds of that town at an average price of 101.T3. The' municipal authorities of San Fran cisco are awaiting the action "of the Legis lature-in amending the charter so that more than one bond proposition can.be submitted at the same election. . Fif tfer. bond issues, aggregating about 512. .000.000. are. contemplated, and will be sub mitted at the first election under the new law. Later,' a proposition to acquire a water system at a total expense of $33, 000.000 will be submitted. The debt limit is 15 per cent, of the tax valuation, which would allow an indebtedness of-approxi mately A new sewer system, extensive repaying,- new ' school-house sites, and the extension of parks and boulevards are some of the Immediate Improvements desired. ; - . __ _ — , — ... CurlHtninM Holiday 'Rnte.i, via At lantic Const" Line Iljiilroatl. Thlb line will setl tickets from Rich mond and Petersburg to all points south thereof and east of the Misslsslpplat rate of one and one-third fares, for the round trip. Tickets on sale to the general public Dec. 23.124. 25. 30. 31. 1902. and Jan. 1, IW3. with llnal limit Jan. 3. 1903. For teachers and students on Dec. 18. to 22. Ijo-\ inclu sive, wlthjtlnal limit Jan. 8. 1903. upon presentation and surrender-of certificates signed by -superintendents. -principals or presidents 'of the=, various, instltutlono Tickets will, be llmltea to continuous passage in each direction. For full Information, apply to agenta of me company, or .-:. . .: C. 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Kolner is In Baltimore attentltng the s^^- Biona of the Maryland Horfif'tl"iral So ciety. Hu will return home to-day. Secretary of the.Cotnmonwealth D. Q. Egeleston . was at his otilce yesterday, afier a week's visit to his home In Charlotte county. - Mr. Sidney N. Moon, auaitor of the N'eV. Amsterdam Casualty w\»i;ip«^t v . '-•■••' York, was, a, caller at the offlcd of Au&Uot Maria vestardaji.- ' , . . ; . ,