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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-23

The lengths OF some OF the Longest
bridges in the world are as follows; Mon
tresl. s,79l feet; Brooklyn, $3.50 feet;
DDleper. 4,2l3 feet; the new Ha're de
Grace bridge is COCO feet long; the ne"
bridge at Homestead, near Pittsburgh, =
$500 feet long. This Is decade
Of extensive railroad bridge.buildiag, ana
more OF this kind OF work is in pro-
gress at present than at any time for Se'e'
rat years. With all the dulness in me
iron trade, the bridge works and the wlIis
making bridge IRON are busy. and grea'
many railroad companies are preparing %
erect IRON structures in the place OF wooden
ones.
A fair average Paris kitchen !. about 9
feet long and 8 feet wide. Along the wan
runs an iron.edged table or feet long
and about feet wide. In this table ar
cut fIom four TO six square holes. and u'',
derneath runs shelf OF stone or iron o.
lust the same size rs the table itself. Inc
space between this shelf and the table j.
closed in front by iron doors. This Dioce
against the wall bears the general name o.
fourneau, and, with the exception OF roa'''
ing, 1t Is on this block that all the cooA'ns
is done. Tea-ketlles not existing In frahve,
water is boiled In covered tin jug cale'
bouiliotte. and In this the water he"''
very rapidly, but never sings.
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r,.y Cnods- First IustaIment

Special attention is called to line OF nne
London trouseriug. Trousers specially,
UNSURPASSED either in III, rlake. or fabric.
JOHN LAroUCBE. Tenth street.
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BEATEE BY THE IRONSiDES.
The yirsinias Narrowly Escape Being >hus
Out nc Lancaster.
By telegraph 10 the Dispatch. ]

L.ycAsrER. Pa, August 22.-The vir-
ginias narrowly escaped q shut-out to-dsy
at the hands OF the lrousides. The former
only scored in the last inning. with two
hands out on two.base biz and dropped
hall by Oldfeld. Thc lronsldes baited
Meegan heavily, aud played hne heldin,;
game. The visitors could do ltue wtn
Pyle. The score Is as svifows:
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Who - Elected 2

Yesterday the returns OF the recent cleo
ton In King william county were eau
yassed by the State Board, when tho fol-
lowing vote was forud certified by the
county clerk OF King william: H. Lewis,
sl4: A. r. Mooklar, 747. From this eerti-
6ed statement Il appears that Mr.. Lewis
was elected member Of the House at the
late special election. II, however, does
not tally with the returns. and Il Is ev.-
IDENTIFY a mistake Of the clerk, who trans.
posed the names. The State Board wilI
meet Today and make further canvass OF
tho refuYns
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-23

official visit to Charity Lodge, No. 10, Of
Norfolk, Thursday evening.
The weather for the past snree osy ~.
b>eu such ~ TO assure the peops .n.s
"old.,inie summers" are net fninss os 'no
past. rs. ,,s,d
It's session In the portico OF the Csp'u -
terday--s very pleasant place 70 tne mos.' ~.
ing, but hot enough when she SUI se"
around on that side.
The Dutch brig Henrika. J. }. hsycu'
winkel master. cleared yesterday Sor no
Grsnds do Sui with 1880 barrels and 70
bali.barsels Of tour, shipped by the Gs'ie.
go-Mlls Manufacturing Company. valued
at e10,G00; also, 100 barrels OF rosin, ship.
ped from New York. valued at slas-eo'ai
value Of cargo. sf0,s0S.
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T.r,t.Csuss COnl,

well screened aud iull weight. at less
prices than can b. had elsewhere. West
End yard OF 1903 Cary street.
CHARLES II. PAGE.
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EDUCATIONAI..
HELLMUTH
LADIES COLLEGE,
LONDON. ONTARIO, CANADA.
tafi,llaied with the Western University
ra,rousss--lier ROYAL iughncss, Princess Lons-e'
Founder and President,
The 1T. Rev. Bishep ilELLNU1n, ID. d. d. u '''

..a,.. srar4ipg IN so acres of isnd hcaufiIuuN
situated in Almost hca'thy and prominent i@cdhty
o, tho hanks of the river Thames. tour innIs ~
,sil fropn Nfagra Falls ana Deirott, on through
route befwcrn FAST md West The ann ni uc
fonnder Of this College s to provide the h,gDest IN
t,ilcctpai and prs cltcnlly usctul education. lte
rb,le svs,rn, Is fAscd uIOn the soundcsi PRO
TtSTkNT rriniipios as the only basis Tor Tue
rigit formation of character. a
'TpFNSUi = The language spoken In the Colloges
NI'fIC 4 SPECIALITY. under the dlrcctorshp
ofW. WATtII LAUDER. Gold 3edtlAs'. and pupil
- 10 CELEBRATED Ahbc List. and gradutc OF
1.t,s,- Cous. rvat9ire, etc.. etc. PAINTING \
sr}CiALTY, a. der the dircctorsb'p OF y. X
<TAN-Y artist. Of European school OF Art
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-23

The Young ladies' Journd! aud the
Century .fdqazine fol August have been
received from n. Leonard, neSsdea'er,
coz Main gtreet
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vIIGrNfAs.
/ "a 8 7 8 0 Total

klglntas.. ,.....O ID ~
Ir.nsIces........O y 0 @ X 5
Earned Iuns-Ironsdcs, 8; Vlrginiss. l.. Two
base hlts--G Goodman, Pyie. and nash: eft on
Vv Pylc,4: by Mtegan. 4. Bases on balls-lron-
sides, /: Virginlas, /. Passed bals--Oidheld, 2
Iisnna. 4. Wild Pitches -MeeRan, =. Bases Oy
I,ino hit-Tomney and Powell. Time, on; hoI
and affY five minnies. Implre. Z. Mesi.
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AFTER THE JENNENS ESTATE
A Not-Altoaether Harmonious Meeting OF
Hopeful Heirs.

lphiadelphla 4 Iiilts.l
Seycntv.threc olt OF the LIB hopeful
Jennens heirs attended special meeting oi
The Jennens Association At Morgan's Hall,
Camden. Yesterday. The president. Dr..
Alexander kirkpatrick, Of this city, presi.
ded. Joseph l.. wilkins, the secretary, stated
that the object Of the meeting was - pass
an amendment TO the bylaws, fixing the
dues Of the members Of the Association at 81
Per month from the passage OF the amend
ment. The proposed amendment caused
considerable discussion and indignation
amongst those members OF the Association
who sre unable to pay dollar month, but
would give their mite towards furthering
the object Of the Association, to get the mil
lions out OF the English Court OF Chancery.
President Kirkpatrick explained TO the
prospective heirs that the amendment
would not be made law at the presen!
meeting, but they would epdeayor to make
il so at the general meeting to be held at
the same place next Thursday.
A member asked that the last letters re-
ceIvod from Samuel Cook, their lawyer
now in London, be read. so that some light
could be she'd on what their prospects wcrC
and what he was doing in regard to fur'
thering their claim. No notice, however
was taken OF the request, and without hear
ing any further discussion the sscrelar'
shouted that the payment OF dues aud sub
scriptlons for stock was in order. Ia re-
| sponSe the treasury was increased neariy
$4,000. The members adjourned unti
| Thursday.
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TEGyY.

BOOK ANp JoG PRIVTiSG neatly execa,ei At tho
DIspath gob-Printlng HOUSE
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EDUCATIONAL.
sNoNn~NNrNNrc~rr~~ NNSrgs1N0-.~<<sr>
SwARTHMoRE COLLEGE,

Under care OF members 81 the RELIGIONS soe,cty
OF Friends. THIRTY minutes from Rroad-. street
station. FULL COLLEGE COuRSEs-tllassicai,
scioniinc, ana Literary. Also, PREPARATORY
SCtOoL. Location unsurpassed for healthful-
ness. Extensive grounds; new and costly build.
Tugs and apparatus. Academic year commences
ninth monih-St PrEMBER o, 1894, Apply
particulars address
EDWARD II. MAGiLI, 4. NJ, President,
" ] z am sMarihmnrc. nnlaNxarc cn.lnIx pa
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Tratl.e on the Il,al.h ana iisppiu''s Of Woman
mailed free.
THE BEADFIELD REGULATOR COMPANY,
Box -, Atlanta. Ga.
Iau lQ-dlw&wItl
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ONE MILE FROM AMHERST, VA

u 4 STROBE. ,Maih. Mcdallst. L. Va.,) PriDoi-
~" r,i. srd instructor "a Mathematics.
". hTCWTR VI. ~ PHI Il. tU; Na.l, In chlrge OF
: u. iiI NI.Y. Assistant Instructor IN Latin and
dfTt.if.STu SESSION WILL BEGIN SEP
ii''" IEMEiR I, 1854.
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UNIVERSITY SCHOOL, PETERS
L BURG. VA Tho twentieth annual session
h, Gins tic FIRST MONDAY IN OVTORER
Thorough preparation for University OF vlrg MIA
and United states Military and Naval Academies
Highly recommends by Faculty Of the University
of Virginia. Full staff ofinstrnctDrs. Pupils uni
formly successful. situation heathfai. Early
apnltcation adyised, as number ef boarters IL
strictly limited. For catalogue address
W. GORDON McCABF
fv vl5.2m Head Master.
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--oononooonnentS- S-'s, =, .,.o-oo.~N~~<oJ~~~
ERMAN CLOVER, TURSIP, WIN
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TIMOTHY and an kinds of SEED for tha farm
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Agent for LISTER BROIHtkS STANDARD
EEfTIIIZER Y. W. WOOD. seeffSman,
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TESTIMONIALS

tr-,,r .r,n,e. p. Harrison. Chairman Of Faculty,
1.r',,r.i.y of Nirgula.l-" Nour school Is no'ct
f,T h. r,-.I discipline and thorough educational
training.
rrrow Dr. william F.. Peters. Professor of
! ain 80. 10 ] DO NOT hesitate b recommend
a. kenmore tligl school rs in every respect de-
S.-s-vfur the confidence aud p.ironRec OF the
public"
From Professor g. orcc Frederick Holmes. L.
a." Thc kenmore ACADEMY is regarded as
among he best 0f The Virginia tch'ols OF hSh
grade
IFrom Professor Francis II. smith T.; Val"
r'eard tLc kenmore Schnolas standing ccserFcdiy
I'm the first rank OF high schools
tFrom Professor Thomas r. rrlcc. now of Co
lvinha College, New YORK. .l--"l feel certun That
lie corr>c or teaching at Kenmore IS unusually
solid end elective
fFron Colonel Char.cs :. Yenahle, Professor OF
vathfmatfc-. L. \a.-" Nr. Strude'- Will, emery,
and ability, and his cNpcricn'c as a succcfsih
traclef. quality hu we'll io make ihis cnterpriSea
eucct.s and q benefit 90 the state ana country
(From the same, later T." The success which
Ecnmor,. HIGH ScnOol hts achieved, ana The pre-
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fcd the recommendations 0t THIS excellent school
to The public at its beginning four years ago..
For fuller testimonials and other particulars sec
catalogue runilcd 10 all Applicants on az ire'slnZ
the Principal. y 20 ot-'"
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AiornERs! MoTnERs! MOTHERS

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AUCTION SALES THIS DAY.
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Beard and literary tuition, st60 per scholastic
wear.
The sixteenth annual session opens SEPTEM-
BFR :. 1854. and closes June 10. 1883.
suffolk Is ono Of the healthiest and most acccssi-
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The corps Of teachers Is efficient and expert
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Fine advantages in Music, Art, and Languages at
moderate rates. For catalogue apply 20
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TVUE UANNAH-MORE ACADEMY,
1 THE DIOCESAN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
Noted for lcalthfuness, thorough instruction,
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l. ENNOkE UNIV bi'clIl IL u IL
SCHOOL.

Next term opens SEPTEMBER lsrn.
.rp-~sft
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-31

for your tomatoes, and in a tinkling
your dinner is going on and you can
finish your work. / said you could
boil your potatoes in kettle; if you
are wise you will not. You can buy
tin pans of all sizes, with loose-Gtting
covers, that are just the neateSt and
best things to cook in you ever used.
No black kettles to lift and wash any
more for me! For fifty cents you
can buy the three sizes needed in a
small family, and for fifteen cents you
can buy three more smaller ones with
out covers. Then you must have
mixing bowl, and pudding dishes of
two or three sizes, and if any become
broken or worn out, have them re-
placed Immediately. If the good man
breaks hoe or shovel, does he go
without?
Then finding yourself armed and
equipped, commence in season
to get your meals, There is moths
ing that will fret me like getting be-
hind hand. AS fast as one dish is
cooked and ready for the table, wash
the utensil it was cooked in. When
you are cooking-baking, more espec-
ially-have dish-pan in some conven-
lent place half full of warm, soapy
water, and when you are done with a
dish. wash it. Then when your baking
is finished, you will not have table or
sink full of dishes to wash.
There are two more utensils, without
which no kitchen sink is turnished-a
"soap shaker" into which you can put
all the small bits Of soap and utilize
them in your dish.water, with much
pleasure to yourself and saving Of soap,
and an "iron dish.cloth," which is one
of the most desirable articles for scrub
bling any dish upon which cooking
material has chung and is hard to gel
off, and upon which we have been ir
the habit of using knife, which We
all know soon makes rough surface
While this dish.cloth makes it very
smooth.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-31

ceased, and began pecking at some.
thing, after which they all took to fight.
We were curious to know what had
happened. We made haste to ascend
the ladder and find out the state of af-
fairs before the birds came back. I
was the first to explore, and was both
amazed and grieved to find the mother
stork lying dead on top of the young
goslings which had been Matched, and
which were dead also.
came down the ladder at once,
and after the others had had their
turn, the dead birds were removed by
a servant.
We learned many years afterward
that no stork had ever, after that day,
perched upon that chimney.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-31
Women are Honest.

Albany Journal.
Although hundreds of women hold
positions of financial trust in the coun-
try, we have yet to hear of one of them
being guilty of embezzlement or defal-
cation. The evidence clearly sustainS
the positions of those who believe that
women are qualifed-morally, physi>
cally and intellectually-for the hand
ling of money in stores or in banks.
Gen. Spinner, who first introduced wo-
men in the United States Treasury,
left on record striking testimonial to
the efficiency and integrity of the sex,
and no one ever had better opportu-
nifty to study the question than he, who
at one time had one thousand women
under his direction, engaged chiefly in
handling money. He testifes that
they count more rapidly and accurately
than men; that their ability to detect
counterfeits proved to be superior in
almost every test; that they were,
without an exception, honest, and were
invariably more careful and pains.tak-
ing in their work. Complaints of in>
accuracy and carelessness on the part
of men were made frequently during
Gen. Spinner's administration of the
United States Treasury, but such com,
plants against lady clerks were few.
The shrewdest and quickest detectors
of counterfeit currency were women,
and in case of dispute as to the genu-
ineness Of money, Gen. Spinner inva.
riably took the judgment of Miss
Grandin, who was for long time EN-
ployed in his bureau. In speaking Of
her ability in this particular, one day,
Gen. Spinner said:
"1f ! were believer in clairvoyance
l would say that she possessed thai
power; but l am not, so l call it in
stinct."
Although there are several Thousand
women employed by the government
as clerks, accountants, postmistresses
and in other capacities, not one ha
ever proved unfaithful to her trust
Many have been discharged for inca
pacity, and for other reasons, but neve
for dishonesty. These. points are wortl
the consideration of merchants ant
bankers, particularly now when Their
seems to be an epidemic of embezzle
ment.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-31
Making Work Easy.

There is in most families a good deal
Of hard work at best; and some women
have no idea of trying to make their
burdens lighter. One of the first things
I would say to such women is, have
proper utensils; you have no conception
of the ease of cooking with proper
things, if you have got along year af-
ter year with anything. We will say
that you have had a hard forenoon;
there has been every thing to do, din,
ner time is drawing near, and there is
still work on hand that a few moments
would finish. You have potatoes to
boil, shell beans to warm over cleft
from yesterdays dinner tomatoes to
stew and pudding sauce to make.
You start in a hurry and ransack the
pantry to find dishes suitable for all
things. Two or three leaky tins pre-.
sent themselves. At last you find just
one whole one. Now see the fix you
are in. Time is flying along, the mer
will soon be in, and have to stand
around till dinner is ready, as you car
do only one thing at time, Or rather
two, for you can boil your potatoes in 6
kettle. Look at the other picture
You stepinto your pantry, and from ;
row of bright tins of all sizes, you selec
two suitable for your beans and pud
ding sauce, and from a shelf near by
you take pc, celoin-lined kettle RICH
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-31
A Fatal Deception.
smooth.

st. Nicholas for June.
One season, Keahat-haneh-K eoY, a
cOzy little village in the valley of the
Sweet Waters, where the Golden Horn
begins, was chosen by our family for
our summer home.
We children were delighted with the
place; but especially when we discov-
cred that two storks had built their
nest on the fiat top Of the kitchen
chimney.
One day when they were away we
got ladder and raised it on the top Of
the small house which served for the
kitchen. There we rested it against
the chimney, and l assembled to the
nest.
We found their bed, or nest, made
of the coarsest twigs and pieces of
sticks. 1t contained four eggs, about
the size of goose eggs, but they were
of buff color, while goose eggs are
white.
When we came down, and as we
were talking about the nest, the idea
struck me that it would be very funny
to play trick on the storks, by taking
away their eggs and replacing them
with goose eggs.
My brother suggested that we should
paint the goose eggs exactly the' color
of the stork eggs, with some water
colors we had, to make the deception
complete.
We prepared four fresh goose eggs,
and when both birds were away, l re-
mounted the ladder and carefully
changed the eggs, and came down as
rapidly as 1 could before the birds re
turned.
The poor creatures not perceivin&
the deception, went on sitting on thu
new eggs; for we noticed they tool
turns in their Sittings-the male, which
was the larger of the two, sitting By
day and the female by night.
After four weeks close watching, w
knew, one day, that the eggs wer
Matched for there was great troubl
in the stork family. Both the bird
were standing and clanking their bill
at each other as if theyIwould talk eacl
other down. At last they both feV
away and soon returned with man,
| others of their tribe.
They all perched around the mes
Cor as many as could do SOY, the res
: lowering over it and waiting for thei
turn to have a close look at the go'
lings. After due inspection and cart
full examination, they set up a clanA
t ing of bills that could be heard grea
way off They clanked and ratified
7 and ratified and clanked, until the
t jaws got tired; then they suddenl
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-31
A Silver Rule.

You all know the golden rule: "Do
unto others as you would wish them to
do unto YOU" Here is rule which is
almost part of the golden rule, but
which we will put by itself, and be-
cause of its value call it the silver rule:
"Think and say all you can of the good
qualities of others; forget and keep
silence concerning their bad qualities. "
You cannot conceive how much such
course will heighten your own happi-
ness and raise you in the esteem of
your companions. Did you ever
think any more ola boy orgirl because
he or she found fault with others?
Never call your schoolmates or play
mates ugly or cross names, to their
faces or behind their backs. If they
are ugly, or stingy, or cross, it does not
make them better for you to talk or
think about it, while it makes you love
to dwell upon the faults Of others, and
cause your own soul to grow smaller
and become like the foul bird that pre-
ferS carrion for food. Rather tell all
the good yon can, and try to think Of
some good quality of your mates.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-31

We are inclined to think some kind
of dog law is going to be soforcibly de-
manded of the next Legislature in this
State that there will be no chance for
the Solons to dodge the question. Tens
nessee is 50 well adapted to sheep rails
ing that the intelligent farmers of the
State will not longer submit to having
that useful industry interfered with by
the hordes Of bowling ours that infest
the country. There would be no use
in legislation that has in view the en-
tire extirpation of the canine tribe.
Such a consummation would not be de.
sirable were it possible. As long as
men inhabit this globe dogs are likely
to be found here too, and no one can
successfully deny the assertion that a
good dog is good thing. What we
want in Tennessee is something that will
curtail the number of worthless and i'll
fed ours. That class of dogs must go,
and the Legislature must devise the
means to get rid of them. The sheep
raisers, too, must be given greater lib.
critics in the protection of his focks
against canine ravages.-Clarksville
Chronicle.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-31
An AFTERTHOUGHT

Twas in the garden chatting
Amid the mignonette,-
She with her snowy tatting,
' l with my cigarette.
l still can see her fingers t4
Fit softly in and OUT
With rapture memory fingers
To view her lips a-pout.
A happy sunbeam glancing
Upon maynard curl
Set every pulse to dancing,
And turned my brain a'whirl;
And when she looked up shyly, .
could not help, you see,
But stoop and kiss her slyly
Behind the apple tree.
Strange that some mote forever
Should mar the rays of bliss
Though conscious had never
Yet won so sweet kiss,
Alas the act of plumber
So gracefully she bore,
could not chose but wonder,
Had she been kissed before!
Samuel Minturn Peck, in The Century.