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Housekeeping Hereafter.
By J. V. SEARS.

The new gifts Of invention TO society
which are destined To work as great revolu-
tons in domestic affairs as the grist- mill the
cotton-gln, and the power loom did in their
several days are the telephone and the per
fected pneumatic dispatch. By aid Of these
marvelously fitting devices. the severe la
bors, the drudgeres, and the dirt-making
tolls of housekeeping will be taken from the
home and consigned 10 an organized estsb-
hshmen and there brought under subsection
to steam and electricity to combined effort
and discipline With these magic appliances
IN use the jealous family sentiment will not
antagonlze the innov alton, but will favor it,
since the first step will be to erect screen
between the household and the world, direct
ly promoting the domestic seclusiou which
has been sought and preserved at such cost.
The telephone wire and the pneumatic tube
Will preserve a secrecy as to family affairs
that the best servants cannot emulate and
the centralized establishment will defend
the home from endless lntrusions now con-
shutting one of the grsvest annoyances that
mistress and maid have to encounter, 1t is
fast becoming evident that change of some
sort Is all inevitable necessity. Housekeep-
ing, as now conducted, is too big Job for
those who undertake to do it,-a fact prsc-
ucally realized in all households. Not ev-
en the most favored are free from danger of
periodic break down in the oyertaxed ma
chlnSPS OF domestic administration and the
common experience is that the gearing runs
ANYTHING but smoothly at best. The one
matter of trouble with servants is becoming
such crying evil that it is the first topic
talked Of whenever housekeepers meet, and
the public prints are burdened with discus
sions of remedies and plans for obtaining
better help" This agitation will presently
make II PLAIN that the servant trouble lies
too deep to be reached by changes in the
personnel of the service. 1t is not that cooks
aud chamber maids are so greatly at fault
that too much is demanded from them. The
work to be done requires greater intelli-
gence and ability than can be induced TO en-
ter domestic service at present.
Necessity commanding and opportunity in
sltIng an attempt to institute better methods
of housekeeping cannot long be delayed.
The centripetal force of society, potent in
commerce and the arts, will be permitted
again to modify the conduct Of household At.
fairs; acting, ss heretofore, by removing
certain kinds Of work from the home, and
making them the basis of a new business.
The kinds of work to be transplanted are
those which bring dirt and litter into the
house, those which require or which pro-
duce heat, and those which demand mans
strength or an experts skill In plain
words, the household is to be relieved of
the heavy and gross lsbors, and also the diff
icult and trying operations connected with
cooking, washing, ironing, heating and
cleaning.
September atlantic.
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The Ner Tork GrdpAtc gives this pen
picture of one Of many,
Well, the poor boy came into this world
with u weak body, for his mother Was troub-
led with much household care and labor
when she bore him. and his father, though
church member in good standing, was an in
ordinate tobacco chewer and kept his
strength bolstered up through the stimulus
OF the weed So long as the boy ran about
loose With other children and played in the
sand with bare feet he was tolerabiy healthy.
But when sent to school he pined. AT the
boarding school he was counted n good
scholar and made great progress in memor-
lLing. AT Is he was tall, "spIndlIng and
slightly STOPPING, always complaining eating
according to custom whatever was set before
him, working and studying directly after
eating and complaining of a weak stomach.
So he went on in life till the age of 25.
Then he married, was always IN poor health
and in frequent consultation with doctors.
First, doctors at home; next, doctors abroad;
then, special doctors; now, regulation doc
tors. with regulations and diplomas, and
then in despair applying to outside doctors,
herb doctors, bush doctors, botanic doctors
and tramp doctors; doctors who said 1t was
his liver, doctors who said II was the heart,
doctors who said it was malaria, doctors
who said he didn't make blood enough, doc
tors who starved him, doctors who stuffed
him, doctors who chilled him in cold, wet
blankets, doctors who parboiled him in med
cated vapor baths, doctors who advised him
to 20 North. doctors who advised him to 20
South, doctors who suggested springs, doc
tors who recommended mud baths, but new
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Not in the least Crazy.
PKECAUrIoNARY MEASURES IN LIAEkILN
CLUB.

"Wha' | war going 10 remarke," began
Brother Gardner the hour arrived and
the triangle sounded, IAN to ask who
among YOU are insane? +? | shouia like to
make out a list as soon possible, an
hope dat no lunatic will ieel back ard
about handin' in his name.
"iou look surprised" continued the old
man, as he walked up and down in front of
bis desk, but am quite satisfied that We
have at least q dozen lunatics among US. DE
man vi no shot de President could read Law
an plead it be could cheat, lie, swindle,
blk hotels, buy an SELL come an 10, push
his claims fur office, an go on long Jour
neys, an yet he sm declared to be crazy.
No one eber knowed it till he become an
assassin. IL he hadn't tried TO commit mur-
der he would still be looked upon as dead
beat instead of lunatic. Now | propose
to take time BY de 4-iock and make u list of
de lunatics in our club fur de benifit of de
purleece. Let each assassin stan up as his
name is called BY de seckretary.
The secretary went through the roll in
his usual sing song way, and not a member
stood up.
"Werry well" said the president, "let de
secretary make note of dis. You have all
plead guilty to bein' perfeekly sane, an you
must take de consequences. If AIRY one of
you walk out of a grocery wild Goldfish un-
der your coat; or am oberhauled by de pur-
leece wild bag of chickens on your back.
dOan try to .hirk de consequences by plead
ing insanity.-Detron Free Press.
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Brooklyn Eagle. ]
A hongolisn Education.

'Say. John, can you pay me that bill ?
asked a soap and starch man of Fulton
street laundryman.
Can't psyee any billee. Slumblody steal
ee my blocks. Mclean man loosee blocks
no payee. Raisee row. Say Giant find
clounts. Chinaman alice samee."
what do you mean. you wall-eyed hes
them Going to pay that bill or not ?"
"Me no payee. Me alice time likes
Bloard of Edleclstion. Alice time rsises
hellee, splend money and loosee blocks.
You findee blocks me payee."
''Wherell l find your books, old chop
sticks You pay up or I'll bounce YOU"
"You no bouncee me. You edward and
liar You makee me mad. Chinaman free
you out of Joss diam quick. Melican man
splend money, makse assoc of self, and hiree
man to stealee blocks. Chinaman alice
samee. Me defaulter. Me bustee up. You
getee clommittee investigate. Chinaman
alice samee Mclean man. HI va"
They are an initiative rsee-the Mongo-
lian--bnt then they don't thoroughly UNDER
stand the American methods Of doing bust
ness. An individual can't do what corpo-
rate body can, and the Chinaman will find
it out some day.
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Misfellaneeus.
iBoston Courier
Two Sides Of a Picture.

WHAT THE BoARDEK> THOUGHT oF THkIR
HOSTS, AND WHAT THFIE HOSTS THOUGHT
OF THEM.
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Who has not heard or been the recipi-
ent of benefits derived from using n. H.
Downs Elixir, a never failing remedy for
all diseases of Throat, Chest and Lungs.
None are too poor to get cured Of all bill
ious diseases by the use of DIR. Bsxter's
Mandrake Bitters, as they only cost 25 cents
per bottle. As liniment for horses, Henry
l. Johnson's Arnica and Oil Liniment, cures
Sprains, Bruises and Lameness at once.
September
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l,asl-Iran EellAHa.

Men Of endurance have healthy kidneys
and lfSer. No aches in the back,
no piles or constipation. The cure for these
diseases is Kidney Wort. This great rem
edy keeps up the tone of the whole body by
enabling the liver, bowels and kidneys to
perform their functions perfectly. Both the
Liquid and Dry are sold BY druggists.-
Pioneer Press.
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Too Much IN-DOoRs.-A physician writ
ing a communication to the Medical and
Surgical Reporter on the relation Of sex to
the consumption Of the lungs, gives figures
which show that in the United States there
are about twice as many deaths from con-
sumption among females between the ages
of fifteen and twenty as there are among
males of the same age. He thinks the mode
of life is the main cause of ii that young
women have less outdoor exercise, fresh
air, sunlight, and the activity of mind and
body which is SO necessary to health. And
still the newspapers prescribe "house- work"
for ailing women, although nothing is so
fatal to men as continual confinement in
doors with stove.
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When she was girl that her mother always
gave her sulphur and molasses to purify her
blood, but she now gives Sulphur Bitters to
her grandchildren IS it is the best medicine
she ever saw.-Ths Father.
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Reetrp.
Daisies.
by MARGARET EYTiNGE.

She was = little Irish maid,
With light brown hair and eyes OF gray,
And she had len her native shore,
And journeyed miles and miles away
Across e O., an. to the land
Where waves the banner of the free,
And on her face . shxdOw lay,
For sick nj heart for home Wa. she.
VII, from the ety's dust and heat.
Aud cra,eles noise, they took her where
The 'i,d, were singing Ia the trees,
AMI flower fragrance filled ihe air.
And there their leai-cro~ ned heads upraised
&" greet the prett, gray eyed lass.
million blossoms starred the fosd,
Aud grew among the waving grass.
WHY. here are daisies" =" glad she cried,
And with hands cs.pei sank ON her knees
Now God be prai-ed, who East and West
>catters such lovely things a. these!
Around my moiher'- cabin door
In dear old ireland they grow,
With hearts OF gold, and slender leaves
A. white l. newly fallen snow"
Then up he sprsng With smiling lips.
Though on her cheek there lsy tesr,
This lAnd'- not half 80 strange" che said,
since have iouBd the daisies here"
Hdrper's Weekly.
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rHr pgreasBuR0 ytsiTons TO TIE RKGATTA--
rug Roy nuRDEntR SENT 0E--ESrERTAES-
MESr on 0RANp.L0DGE oFFTcERs PERSON
AL Matters ITEMS.

rae pEreasBuR0 yssfToRs TO THE RKGATTA--
rue nov nuRDKntR SENT OE--KNTERTkIN-
MRxr or 0RANn.L0D0E oFFTCERs PERSON
AL MATTEas-oTliER ITEMS.
fcerrespondcrce OF the Richmond DisDateh.i
JULY @, 1881.
The comments generally CT the Peters
,,,,rc visitors TO Richmond on Tuesday TO
witness the regatta are by no means com.
nIin,entary 10 the management OF the affair.
The feeling. IN fact, Is one OF disgust
which the extremely hot weather had pro-
baby good deal TO do.
Tommy Turner, the boy-murderer, was
to-day sent on to the grand Jury OF the
.JuIy Term OF the Hastings Court for indict-
ment. The evidence OF bis parents shows
that the boy Is only seven years ana seven
months old, though his size would Indicate
that he b. older than that. Oliver Hostler,
the boy whom be Is charged with killing,
was in his thirteenth year. Though the
facts OF the stabbing and wounding are
very clearly proven, IL IS hardly probable
that malice will be established, or that the
Jury will impose any heavy punishment.
Among the visitors al the joint Pythian
convention held in this city last night were
the following Grand-Lodge officers Il. "
G.. Henry A. Atkinson, @. G. Waiter A. Ed
wards, G. Z. w. T. Lithgow, q. n. OF n
and s. Leroy S. Edwards, and q. NJ. az A.
w. u. Gretter. The Grand officers were
escorted 10 the castle ball by the Uniform
Division, where they were received Wild
the honors due their stations. During their
presence they Installed the newly'eiected
officers OF Naomi Lodge, and all oil them
made addresses-yery encouraging as 10 the
condition OF the order in the State, aud very
earnest I'm their appeals for the advancement
OF the principles OF the order. After tne
convention the grand officers were escorted,
with music, to the Masonic Hall, where a
fine supper was spread. They left for their
homes.
Mr.. James b. Blanks, late OF Norfolk, TO-
day entered upon his duties as general Sec
retary OF the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation, to which office be was recently
elected by the Beard OF Managers.
Dir. c. G. Robinson, aged seyenty'siX
wears, we'll known in and around Richmond
died in this city night before last, ana MS
body was taken 10 Richmond this morning
for inierment. He leaves widow ana nVe
children.
The weather is intensely hot, and ram Is
much needed in the country, though tDere
is no actual suffering for the want OF II.
New wheat is coming in freely, ana or
milers are taking all that is found TO De OF
good quality and condition. Our market Is
also being we'll supplied with peaches from
the orchards OF North Carolina.
ROBIN ADAIR.
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CLARKE COUNTY.
BERRYYILLE, w, JnIy b

BERRYvILLE, VA, July D, 1881.
Editors Of Dispatch: Harvest is about
over. The wheat is generally regarded OF
excellent quality. The yield, though not as
great as last year, will be much greater than
was apprebended in the early spring.
Mr.. George Wyncoop lost four children
with dipbiheria last week. The eldest was
sixteen and the youngest two years OF age:
Mr.. Wyncoop lives about three miles east OF
this place. having recently moved to TINS
county from Loudoun. There are several
OF his famiIy still sick with the disease, but
their condition, it is thought, is now favor
able. | learn that there is another family III
in the same neigbborhOod in which the DIS
ease has appeared, but none OF them nave
died. -,
At this writing Mr. Garfield still lives.
The expressions Of hope for his recovery
are universal. 1t is evident that MI. Gar
field has taken strong hold upon the popu-
lar heart. There is atenderness and earnest
ness of sympathy not only here but through
out the South that will redssure the PIesl'
dent, should he survive, ana may prove q
strong link in the chain that is TO bind the
sections in new fraternity OF confidence
C.. NJ l..
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POWHATAN COUNTY.

At meeting OF the ConseryatiYe'Demo'
cratic party on the 9TH OF July Judge " VI
liam Pope Dabney was called to the coalr'
and Willis b. Smith appointed secretary,
On motion. the chairman was authorize
to appoint three delegates and three ai lU
mates TO the gubernatOriGl convention. The
Chair appointed Willis j. Dance, Richard
X. CralIe. and Willis b. Smith delegates
and William s. Archer, James b. HarYie,
and John Spears, aternates.
On motion OF Major W. j. Dance.
Resolved, That Captain +. W. mckinney
is the choice of this county for Governor,
and the delegates will use their best efforts
TO secure his nomination.
ReSoLped. That the proceedings be pub
lished in the Richmond Dispatch and State
and the Farmyile journal and Nercury.
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DEATHS.

pied. ON "Wednesday the 9th instant, at his l4ie
residence, No. 220 west Marshall street Mr.:
FRANCIS b. JACKSON, in the thiriy.hith year Of
his age, - ,,.,,d ., o,,epd
his funeral THIS AFTERNOON az Ocotk' az
Cisy.Street Methodist church, corner OF Gay ana
The New York city papers please copy.
Disd. at summerde'd I'm Bowling Green, Henrco
conntv on The morning OF july 9Th, az hali. p9st l
O'clock after a short Illness, Mrs JANE l. JONEo,
I'm the fifty shth year of her age.
Oh, Death Thy whitening hand IS laid
Upon our mother dear,
Aud on our hears Is cast a snade
That makes US sad and drear.
The funeral will take place THIS MORNING at
Ia O'clock from her late residence
Died. at the residence Of his grandmother, 20 z
cast C,iay street, at 1925 p. NJ July 9th, RODDf
| McRAE son OF G. Il. and the late Fannie Mckae
| Teneer: aged two months and thr days.
| The funeral will take place from Tue ABOVE resi-
dence THIS Thursday EVENING al q O'CLOCK
| Friends and acquaintance invited 10 attend
me State and Baltimore papers please copy
Died, on the evening Of the 9Th, Miss MoLLlE D.
| AMMONS. go -. rurc ,rhrrsd,v,
| EVENING al O'Clock from 81 Broad street
| Friends and acquain'anc are Invited 70 attend.
baltimore and Philadelphia papers please copy
Died. at l2h O'Clock July 7, Doctor PETER
No ice OF funeral will be given in the evening pa
| per.
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EATION-PkhSoNALs
fcorrcsronaence Of The Richmond Dispaicl.I
July 5, 1881.
The new city Council held ITS first session
on Friday night last, at which time they
elected the following officers: Chief OF Po-
lice, +. w. Elsom; Collector, w. 5. Jones I;
Treasurer Gas Company,l Il. t. WOOD;
Commissioner OF Revenue and Streets, Z. Il.
Fowler. After about sixty ballots for trea'
surer The Council adjourned without cleo
ton, there being, learn, about eighteen
candidates for the position, and The contest
having been narrowed down TO three.
The news of the attempted assassination
Of President Garfield was received here Win
expressions OF profound regret by persons
OF al! parties, and by those OF the Demo
cratic party, who can easily foresee the po'iti-
cal complications which must ensue from bis
death, with deep sorrow. Certainly through
out this sec ion the prayer is most fervently
eincula ed, "God grant he may recover"
General A. p. Myer, late chief OF the
United States Signal Corps, Is a guest OF
CAPTAIN T.. l.. Parish, near this place.
DIR. Mallett, who bad been elected chair
man Of the Faculty OF the University upon
the resignation OF DR.. Harrison, declined
the position, ard DR.. Harrison was reflect
ed. While the election OF DR.. Msllett was
a source Of qualification TO the friends OF
the University. the retention OF DR.. Harrl-
son, who has been a most efficient CHAIR
man, is also matter to be commended.
QUIZ.
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After copying from tue Dispatch our
article OF last week in regard TO the railroad
projected to run from The Richmond and
Danyille raihoad towards AspenwalI aud
BrookneaI, the Lynchburg Adv0nce says /:
$50 Il appears Brookneal and the staun'
TON Valley are to go 10 Richmond. We
have called the attention OF our city TO this
point and IL has been urged upon them,
aud they have failed TO show the proper in-
serest in the matter, and II Richmond has
the energy and vim 10 capture this section
almost 10 sight Of our city she has the right
10 do SO. Another party is interested, and
perhaps the stanton Valley may yet be
pierced from this direction. The Virginia
Midland might start branch from Law
yer's or EyiugtoD, 30 by the Courthouse,
en- by Pigeon Ran TO Brookneal and TO
l,oles's Ferry. From the description OF
minerals and the amount OF tobacco, wheat,
corn, and lumber along this line, TINS
branch would pey the msin road aud
Lyncbbuyg might gel some advantage whtn
she might have gotten all"
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ia. Nav scuoor of AsTs0xoar ASp ruE
ts,xara McconSmR TeLEscopE AND Or
arRyATog Al THE UxIvsRsifs. AS Moor
rec, statements have been made ia refer
epce to this splendid gift to the University
and the plans Of the Board OF Visitors con-
cern,n6 Il. we are glad TO be able TO present.
The following, which wc have from an Or
deiol source, and which Is an accurate state
ment OF the facts:
The Society OF the Alumni OF The Uni,
versItv Of yirginia, which hsd 9ensr9e OF
the ENTERPRISE Of raising by suoscIlp.lusns
the fund necessary TO secure the Leahues
Mccormict telescope, on June o0tn tu1neu
s,,ar - ,he rector and visitors OF the Un''
..aws,,y the funds collected and invested In
'na,r Communication TO the visitors the ON
s 49, "a rhe society announced that Mi. Le-
snAar i Mccormick had determined 10
s.,;Id a n observatory for bis telescope at a
oss, ~ ais. 600, thus adding $4,000 10 MS
osIc,nal gilt of the $4,000 telescope; anu
that Mr.. Vanderbilt bad sent his gene
rous oitt Of twenty-five thousand dollars
~ no nsed in the best interests OF the Uni
versStv. expressing the wish that bis name
no not connected with his gilt. rus S2o,-
ono wIll be set aside as distinct astronoml'
csI worklng endowment fund, While the
ss0 0O() subscribed by the friends ana
aInmni OF the University VIII form Tue
Endorsement Of the astronomical pro-
sessorsbin. Summing up the above eifls,
II wiII he seen that the whole amounts
10 sum OF $4,000 10 equipment
and endowment added to the UNIVERSITY
OF the Astronomical Proiessorsnlp itn'
dnwment fund OF $50, 600, more than SlS,-
ooo Uas subscribed In New YORK over
800 900 in Virginia. and the resi- ~ nra
delphia, Boston, Washington, DaltiInoie'
Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, Lou's'a r,s,
Kentucky, Alabama, and California iue
neonle of Virginia, OF the Soutn, ana OF tne
whole country, owe debt OF gralituae 10
All liberal lovers OF sound teaching, whose
nstrjotic muniGcence has created this spleh-
aid astronomical foundation IN connection
with q university, the creation OF when, by
Mr.. jefferson, has proved national blessing.
The observatory will be called the Leander
NcCormick Observatory. IL has been pro-
nosed nv some. to name the profeSS0IsDip
The Thomas jefferson PrOfessorshIp OF AS
tronomv. but we know not whether tnlS
will be done. The visitors appointed
committee TO make preparations Tor the
building OF the observatory ana nouSe ioI
the director 1.-THE former most probably on
The site selected by Jefferson niihsep III
1921. The director, or professor, WIZ De
Amounted, IL is said, in the fall, ana IL L
boped the services Of one OF the mrs. prSc-
tical astronomers Of America/or EUROPE
may be obtained.
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SEW RAn.RoAp 10 PHnApELPaIA-A

NEW RAILROAD TO PHILADELPHIA
STATEMENT THAT IT WILL SHORTLY BE BUILT.
IL has been rumoTed for some time past that
an arrangement, which went into effect
July list, had been made bet tween the Bslti-
more and Ohio and Pennsylvania railroads
by which the former was 10 abandon the
project Of building new road to Phiiadel.
phia, the latter road agreeing to grant all
facilities to It's rival eyer the lines north OF
Baltimore. A gentleman who is authority
on matters relating to the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad stated yesterday that such is
not the case; that whatever tariff arrange
ments were made between the two roads,
they were made for mutual advantage, and
would not interfere with the building Of the
new line, which will be built as soon as
money and men can build II. The new
road will run nearly parallel With the Phila.
dylphia, Wilmington and Baltimore rail-
road, passing TO the norlhward, so as to
cross the rivers and creeks nearer their
beads, and thus avoid long bridges and VIA
ducts. - Baltimore Sun, 9Th.
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what The President Said at Long
Rrancn of The New York Senators.

81 asked him frankly whom he preferred
should be sent to the Senate by the New
York Legislature. His reply was, amy
two good Republicans upon whom tue
Legislature can agree then asked If be
we're willing that The two eX-senators should
be returned. He said, NO; [ should not
like to have them come back to quarrel with
the Administrations policy, and they GER
tainly would do so If they received vindl-
cation by their constituents at home. The
Administration does not intend to quarrel
with any man, and you may be assured that
any other two men in your State will be ac'
ceptable.' | then asked him ii he was III
favor OF Mr.. Depew, and he said be was,
and in favor Of any one whom the state
should send except the two eX-senators
that besides them he had no preferences -
e. ". Field,