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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-09-02
THE LINE DRAWN.

The only enemy they bad nov 70 con-
tend with was the CozlitioD-Republican
marty. which consisted Of three fourths
bi.et, and one fourth whites. He warned
the Democrats that II was no time for play.
Tor the foe that they had 70 contend with
was an unscrupulous one. and from them
no Quarters could be expected; that II
they IN cot into power through the negro
vote those who had already placed ne
groes upon ehoOl boards as trustee iT, &c
would have TO 20 a step further. The OPP
ponents OF the Democrats, be said' were
nothing but stalwart Republicans, who
were afraid 10 come out openly and pro-
claim fhemseIyps guch
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-17
Sun and Moon.

In the German language, as Is we'll
known, the genders of the sun and
and moon are respectively feminine
and masculine, contrary to the rule of
the romance languages, where, as in
Latin, the sun is masculine and the
moon feminine. In our own lam
guage Shakespeare speaks of the
moon as ''she :" and In Egypt and
Peru the sun and moon were regarded
both as brother and sister, and as hus-
band and wife. In Arabic, Mexican,
Lithuanian, Slavonic and Greenland
ish the moon and sun, according to
Grimm, are related as in Germany. The
variation of gender implies, OF course,
a difference of thought, but the fun
damental conception that gave them
genders at all in language or legend is
clearly the same in either case, thai
the sun and moon were human beings
like ourselves.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-17

Under date of July 8, 1852, E. B. Bright, of
Windsor Locks, Conn.,, writes a p ain, modest
narrative, which, from its very simplicity, has
the true ring of fine gold. He 8 lys: My
father is using Hunts Remedy and seems to
be improving, in fact, he is very mue h better
than he has been for along time. He had been
tapped three times. The first time they got
from him sixteen quarts Of water, the second
time thirteen quarts, and fully as much more
the third time, and he would constantly fill up
again every time after he had been tapped,
until he commenced using Hunts Remedy.
which acted like magic in his case, as he
begun to improve at once, and now his
watery accumulation passes away through
the secre.ions naturally, and he has none of
that swelling or filling up which was 80
frequent before the functions of the kidneys
were restored by the use of Hunts Remedy.
He is a well-known citizen of this place, and
has always been in business here"
Again he writes, November 81, 1882:
81 beg most cheerfully and truthfully to
state, in regard to Hunts Renee y, that its
use was the saving of my fathers life.
spoke to you in my previous letter in regard
to his being tapped thres times. 1t is the
most remarkable case that has ever been
heard of in IL il section. For man of his
years (sixty years) it is most remarkable
cure. He had been unable to attend to his
business more than year, and was given up
by the doctors. The first bottle of Hunts
Remedy chat he used gave instant relief. He
has used in all seven bottles and continues
to use it whenever he feels drowsy or slug
gish, and it affords instant relief. lie is now
attending to his regular business and has been
several months. I am perfectly willing that
you sh I'D publish this letter, as we thor
oughly believe that fathers life was saved by
using Hunts Remedy and these facts given
above may be a ben ,ft to others suffering in
like manner from diseases or inaction of the
Eiduavs and liver.p
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-17
A Forgotten Promise.

There is a young conductor on
line of street cars in Cincinnati who is
the hero of romantic episode, Attic
time of the burning of the Brooklyn
theater, in which so many people were
burned to death, this young man was
resident of Brooklyn. He attended the
theater on the night of the fire, and
sat beside male companion in the
front row near the orchestra. AS it
will be remembered, the fire was dis
covered during the latter part Of the
first act of the 1.-TWO Orphans" At the
time the flames made their appearance
behind the scenes one of the company
billed as Nellie Dell, but whose real
name was Kittie Meyers, a young New
York girl, was doing song and dance
act. The fire burst out all over the
stage with incredible rapidity, and the
young man saw that this girl was in
peril. With a spring he leaped across
the orchestra railing, clambered on the
stage and caught Miss Dell in his arms
and broke for the private box nearest
the street. After considerable difficulty
he succeeded in getting into the open
air with the girl clinging to his neck,
frightened almost to death. He had
saved her life, as most of those who
were on the stage when he went to her
rescue persisted in the flames. Thus
began an acquaintance which soon
ripened into love, and finally they were
married. The father of the girl, who
was a business man in New York
city, made the acquaintance of his
daughters deliverer, and, pleased with
his appearance, said: "You have
saved my daughters life, and you shall
have her for your wife" Nellie's heart
had been smitten by the good-looking
fellow Che was a poor timer at that
time), and union was soon effected.
The father said to him: "You shall
never want for anything" He must
have soon forgotten his promise, for
now his heroic son-in-law is manipula-
ting bell-punch for 81 day. Such
is life in great city.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-17
Farm and Garden No.s,.

Mix one-third plaster of paris with
two-thirds of corn meal and place it
where the rats (but not the chickens)
can get it. 1t causes death by absorb
ing the juices of the stomach.
Prof. E. Wollny concludes that a
layer of farmyard manure spread upon
land protects the soil from excessive
alterations of temperature, but acts
injuriously upon wet soils by check
ingly evaporation.
Keep some salt in box where it is
not exposed to the weather and where
the cattle can have access to it every
day. They will take just so much as
they need and no more, whereas, if
they are only fed salt occasionally they
will sometimes eat so much as to cause
excessive thirst.
There is sometimes an advantage
gained in blindfolding a balky horse.
If the habit is not inveterate, closely
bandaging the eyes will distract the
attention and set the animal at work
again. To do this with the best effect,
the bandage must fit closely over the
eyes, and the common binders which
only partially exclude light will not
answer as well.
The evaporation of sweet corn pro
misses to become an important industry.
One bushel of sweet corn will make
twelve pounds of the evaporated pro-
duct, selling at fifteen to twenty-five
cents per pound. Great care must be
taken not to get the corn too old.
Corn that is none too ripe to be used
green becomes tough and dry after
evaporation.
In Russia the sunfower is extern
siveIy cultivated for the oil the seeds
contain. The oil is palatable, clear
and f1avorless, and it is used for adult
Grating olive oil, being exported from
st. Petersburg to the shores of the
Mediterranean sea. Next to poppy
seed oil, sunhower oil burns the clear.
est and longest, so that the peasants
apply it to household purposes. From
the stocks of the plants they also make
good quality of potash, and the
residue of the seeds, after the oil is ex
tracted, is made into oil cake.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-17
Middle and Southern States.

The House of Representatives, Tennessee,
has passed the State debt bill exac city as it
came from the democratic caucus, to fifty
cents on the dollar and three per cent. in
terest on all but the State debt proper and the
bonds of educational institutions within the
State; for which they propose to pay1 par
with the contract rate of interest
Two fires occurred in Lynchburg, Va,
imposed to be of incendiary origon, with the
view of faeoring paid fire department..
Hon. Alexander Il. Stephens, the Governor
of Georgia, died at his residence, March 18th,
aged II years. He passed away calmly and
unconsciously. His expiring breath became
by degrees imperceptible, until it finally
ceased. and he died without tremor.
A. L. johnson, young man, was shot dead
in the courtroom of the Miller County Court
house, Texas, in the presence of the Judge,
jurors, attorneys and spectators, by G. E.
Dixon, sheriff of that county. The trouble
arose from Dixon making war on gambling
institutions in which johnson was silently
interested. i
Two bags containing through mail for New
York and Philadelphia have been stolen from
the depot at Towanda, Pa.
More than 10000 people visited the Senate
Chamber to view the remains of Governor
Stephens lying in state there. At the
memorial services addresses will be delivered
by General Toombs and others.
Litterer's wholesale drug store in Watkins
block, Nashville, has been burned. The
total loss by the fire in the block is estimated
at S3OO.OOO.
The steamer James Lee arrived at M
phis, Tenn, from Friar's Point, bringing 200
negroes from off submerged farme. Her
officers report all the country between Mem
phis and Helena, Ark, under water. Austin.
Miss, is overfowed. The water. to the depth
OF several feet rushes through the town.
The rapid rise in the st. Francis river caused
great loss to lumbermen, as thousands of logs
are swept away by the swift current. Much
suffering exists among the inhabitants of the
sunk lands, and their isolated position makes
it almost impossible to afford relief. In
Western Tennessee great destruction of
property is reported from the food
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-17
Oldest City In the World.

A ride of seventy-two miles across
Phoenicia, Lebanon, Coelo-Syria and
Anti-Lebanon brings us, by French
diligence, to Damascus. ALBANIA and
Pharpar break through sublime gorge
about 100 yards wide, down the middle
of which the French road winds its
serpentine course, the rivers on either
side being fringed with silver poplar
and scented walnut. As we look east
ward from the brow of the hill the
great plain of Damascus, encircled by
framework of desert, lies before u.s.
The river, escaped from the rocky
gorge, spreads out like fan, and after
run of three miles, enters Damascus,
where it flows through $4,000 houses,
sparkles in 10000 marble fountains,
and hurries on to scatter wealth and
fertility far and wide over the plain.
Those who have gazed on this scene
are never likely to forget it's supreme
loneliness. Its beauty is doubtless
much enhanced by contrast. The eye
has been wandering over a chocolate
colored and heated landscape through
out weary day; suddenly, on turning
a corner, it rests on Eden. The city is
spread out before you, EMPOWERED in
orchards, in. the midst of plain of
800 square miles. Around the pearl
colored city--first in the world in point
of time. first in Syria and Western
Asia in point of importance-surge like
an emerald sea, forests of apricots and
olives and apples and citrons, and
"every tree that is pleasant to the sight
and good for food" with all their
variety of color and tint, according to
their season, sometimes all aglow with
blossoms, sometimes golden and ruddy
with fruit, and sometimes russell with
the mellowing tints of autumn.-Coaa-
temporary ReUieaO.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-17
Playing Camel.

The fable relates that camel asked
to be permitted to put his head under
shelter, and when his request was
granted he began to crowd his whole
body in at the door, and soon had
entire possession. Salmi Morse is play
ing camel. He begins his performance
of the Passion Play with full-dress
rehearsal in which he keeps the most
prominent characters in the back
ground as much as possible, and he fol-
lows the rehearsal with private per
Torrance tonight to which the mayor
and other prominent people have been
invited. He hopes to secure verdict
that the play is not Objectionable, and
when once the camel gets possession
he will trample down all opposition,
with all the characters as it was
by. peasants at Oberammergau. A
newspaper reporter speaks of the re-
hearsal the other evening as containing
nothing like blasphemy; but the obtuse
scribbler ought to be able to perceive
that any attempt at the dramatic rep
resentation of the character of Jesus
Christ upon the stage is blasphemous
in the estimation of Christian people.
Let Mayor Edison stand firm in his de-
termination to prevent the outrage.
AS the San intimated some weeks ago.
there is reason to believe that the play
if licensed would fail for lack of pat
rons-the devout regarding it with
horror and the Indifferent being I'M
willing to pay their money to see it
but it is best to have it known that
there is limit, even in New York, as
to the outrageous dramatic perform
ances which will be tolerated. New
York paper.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-17
THE NEW S.

Charles Luke, whose mother keeps hotel
in Buffalo, N. Y, poured coal oil on the floor;
and applied match. The house was full of
sleeping inmates, but the fire was discovered
and quickly extinguished. Luke confessed
tha orima
Three burglars broke into the jewelry store
fJ. O. Klahott, at Springfield, ILL.,, gagged
The private Waterman and put him into a
coal-hole, and then helped themselves to
watches, diamonds and jewelry valued at
from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Mutual onion telegraph wires were
mt by the authorities of Chicago and Mil
yankee, because the company evaded the law
ordering their wires to be placed under
round on March LIST.
Humphrey q Co., Of New York, leather
callers, have failed with liabilities amount.
1g to over 100000.
The President has approved the act to pre-
mt the importation of adulterated and
spurious teas; the act of granting pension
to the widow of the late Major General g. K.
Warren.
W. H. Pratt, president Of the Bank of Mo-
bile and vice president of the Mobile and
Montgomery Railroad has been run over and
killed at Birmingham, Ala.
Joseph myers & son, CLOAK ana suit manu-
facturers, at No. 9ls Market Street, Phila-
delphia, have suspended, with liabilities esti-
mated at $4,000.
A disastrous fire occurred at Monongahela
city, Pa, destroying property to the amount
Of $4,000.
The steamboat Yazoo sunk In the MIssis-
sippi, near Bonnet Cave. 1t is feared
number of lives were lost.
Pittsburg manufacturers, who were inter-,
viewed yesterday, expressed themselves as
glad that the tariff battle is ended, although
the bill as passed is not satisfactory to all.
Those engaged in manufacturing hoop iron
and wire rods say their business is killed.
Pig iron, sheet iron and steel manufac-
lures also claim to be greatly crippled.
sneak thief entered the Safe Deposit and
Trust Co. bank at Philadelphia, and stole
$4,000 worth of bonds.
Judge Bedford, member of Congress
from Colorado, was the first witness
examined by the defense in the star
route trial. He made statement after he
left the witness stand which he had not been
permitted to make as a witness, and was
fined 800 for contempt of court
The new law relating to the money order
system will be put in operation as soon as the
necessary arrangements are perfected. Pro-
,posals will soon be requested for furnishing
the new style of money order blanks and
postal notes provided for in the bill. The
new system will enable persons to send by
money order or postal note sums not ex-
ceeding S. for three cents, whereas it now
costs ten.
General Bronsart Won Schellendorff has
been appointed minister of war for Ger
many.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-17
StTeet.Cars.

There are now doing business in this
country and Canada AS street rail-
ways, employing about $4,000 men.
They run $4,000 cars, and more than
100000 horses are in daily use. Cal
culating that the average life of q
horse in street-railway service is four
years, it makes the consumption of
horses $4,000 per year. To feed this
vast number of horses requires an
nually 10000 tons of hay and II, 000,-
900 bushels of grain. These companies
own and operate over 5000 miles of
track. The whole number of passen-
gers carried annually is over 1912, 400
600. The amount of capital invested
exceed $150,000,000
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-17
SCIENTIFIC SCRA )

Sir William Thomson follows DIR.
Thomas Reid in ascribing to man six
senses instead of five, namely, the
sense of force, of heat, of sound, of
light, of taste and of smell.
Smoke will soon be at a premium.
From 100000 cubic feet of smoke
given out by say 1000 cords of wood,
it is said that $4,000 pounds of acetate
of lime, 200 gallons of alcohol and
twenty-five pounds of tar may cob
tanned.
Taking the enumeration of the peo-
pie of France in 1881 as basis. M.
Chervin shows the increase since 1876
has been only twenty per 1000, while
in England it was AS, and in Ger
many as high as 574 per 1000. Other
things being equal, Maine and Nor
mandy should give great increase of
population; but the fact is that the
number of people is "conspicuously"
diminishing.
Prof. Feser, of Munich, has been
making experiments on animals with
a view to establishing the connection
which exists between diet and liability
to infection. In the trials he has made
on rats inoculated with the poison of
cattle distemper, he demonstrated the
fact, says the Lancet, that the animals
that had been fed on vegetable diet
were quickly attacked by the disease,
while those that had been fed exclu-
sively on meat resisted the effect of
the incubation.
The readiness with which certain
solids conduct sound is familiar fact
Of physics, which Mons. Gobins men,
tions as having long had curious ap-
plication on the Rhone. Considerable
quantities of gravel are carried down
the river by the current, and by plac-
ing one end of cane in the water and
applying the other to the ear, the clash
of the moving pebbles as they strike to-
gether is distinctly heard by persons in
boats on the surface. The sound is a
cracking like that produced in frying.
Good reason exists for believing that
hay-fever is caused by pollen, accord
ing to Mr. c. P. Plowright, an English
microscopic, who says the pollen rap
idly begins to throw out pollen-tubes
when brought into contact with the
warm and moist mucus membrane of
the bronchial tract. Similarly he
thinks that the spores of some fungus
growing on grasses must enter the
bronchial tubes of sheep, and germi-
nate therein to produce the "sheep
cough known to English sheep-grow-
ers.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-17

eggs. beaten very lightly, mix boiled
rice or hominy to suit your taste, and
add flour enough to make the proper
consistency. Lastly, beat the whites
of the eggs very light, and stir in just
before baking. Buttermilk can be
used instead of sweet milk, but the
acidity must be corrected with a little
Soda
Turkey Soup.-Do not throw away
the bones of turkey or chicken. Crack
them and let them boil for two or
three hours in little water; put in
also any nice bits of fowl that are left
particularly the neck, which is never
eaten. To this add any soup stock
you have, and, with little barley or
sage, you will have a nourishing soup.
Season with pepper, salt and any herbs
you choose.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-17
HOusehOld Hlnta.

Alum is one of the best additions to
make whitewash of lime that will not
rub off.
Raw starch, applied with little
water as paste, will generally remove
all stains from bed ticking.
To prevent sausages from bursting
when cooking, never make a hole in
them with fork while turning them.
To remove tar, rub thoroughly with
clean lard. and then wash with soap
and warm water. This may be ap-
piled to either the hands or clothes.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-17
FOR The FARM AND HOME.
How 20 Lead Cattle,

A plan in use in Southern Australia
for leading cattle, said to be very
effective, is as follows: Tie the end of
lhe rope around the base of the near
horn; pass the line across the forehead,
back behind the horns and under the
back Of the near ear, thence up
between the ropes and the animals
forehead. When hauled taut a hitch
is made which takes in the ear, the
least pressure upon which by pulling
the rope, it is said, prevents the most
obstinate beast from hanging back.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-17
To Restore Fading Flowers.

Should the flowers be much withered
and beyond the efficacy of cold water
readily to restore, plunge their stalks
about an inch deep into scalding water,
and by the time the water becomes
cold the flowers will be restored and
fresh. Cut off the ends of the stalks
which have been softened by the scald-
ing water, and restore the flowers to
the vases in cold water.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-17
THE DEAD CANN0T nFRAIsEn.

nor if your lungs are badly wasted away can
you be cured by the use of DR.. Pierce's
"Golden Medical Discovery" 1t is, how
ever, uuequalled as a tonic, Alternative, and
nutritive, and readily cures the most OBJ
incipient consumption, far surprising in
efficacy cod liver oil. Send two stamps fol-
DR.. Pierce's pamphlet on Consumption and
Kindred Affections. Address WoRLDs DIS
PENsARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-17
Flowing Green Crops,

By blowing in green crop, the sur
face soil is enriched, not only by the
elements which the crop derived from
the air, but also by mineral and vege-
table matters, which were brought up
by it from the sub-soil. The green
crop thus acts the part of gatherer of
plant food, and makes it easier for any
crop soon after this green manuring to
get its supplies from the decomposing
vegetation in the soil. The best plants
adapted for green manuring are those
which derive their support principally
from the air, which grow rapidly,
which cover the ground well and
whose roots penetrate deep and ramify
extensively throughout the soil.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-17

The Hon. Peter Bowe is Sheriff of
the City and County Of New York.
Recently, in conversation with one OF
our reporters, Mr.. Bowe proclaimed
the following fact II consider ST.
Jacobs Oil an excellent remedy, and
one that ought certainly to find its way
into every household. Mrs. Bowe
always has bottle of it there, and
makes family remedy of it."-Neac
York Eoening Telegram.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-17
FEMALECOMpLAINTs.v

Dr.. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y: Dear
SRI write to tell you what your "Favorite
Prescription" has done for me. / had been
a great sufferer from female complaints, es-
pecially "dragging-down," for over six years
during much of the time unable to work.
paid out hundreds of dollars without any
benefit till took three bottles of the "Favor-
lite Prescription, and 1 never had any thing
do me SO much good in my life. l advise
every sick lady to take it.
Mrs. EMILY RHOADS, McBrides, Mich