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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30
SPRINGS AND BATH,
This magnificent PROPERTY recently pur-

This magnificent PROPERTY recently pur-
chased by the $500 .,,,,,,.
ORKNEY SPRINGS HOTEL AND IMPROVE
MENT COMPANY
OPENED JUNE 18Th.
Added 70 macy new attractions anu improve
menrs is a SWIMMING POOL Largest in the
United ssates'. enlarged grounds. walks, ana
drives and excellent livery. Equipment un-
surpsssed Several different Mineral Waters
superb climate. especially beneficial for hala-
RIA. Asthma. Catarrh. and Hay Fever. Exhaus
ton and Depression. Capacity, 1000 glests
Grand scenery. Pamphlets ~ prncipal drug
stores, depOts, &c. +. W. - ANS,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30
T0NACN:: IMPAIRED DIGESTION; DIS0RlERED I'VE
aUnNER nEsnK1r.

UGUSTA WHITE SULPHUR
"a SPRINGS
open JUNE isr. on Chesapeake ant Ohio
railway about > hall milo from gspo'
augusta Springsl ani eighteen miles west
Of stanton. $50 miles from Wchmuni.
l7l from Washington. More ACCESSIBLE. VIA
lower rates than any other Virginia sprnH
u rs cldsL Good music. sulphur Li.a.a
Healing. Iron. ana Frees'ons waters Pcs
once, Pond Gap Daily mails. Telegraph ali
express DANIEL & ANDERSON
nvlg.9n fr0priet0rS
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30
nNHECELFRRATED ROCKRRIDGE

4 ALUM spRlN GS, endorsed by the Medical
Society Of Virginia rs we'll as Oy other rae1cal
authorities OF Tho United states and Europe, are
now open. Capacity 1904 Rates per month
from so 10 SD, according 20 location and size
OF room. Special rates for the season. Ele-
waited 1900 feet.
Pamphlets may be gotten AZ Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad TICKET ofiice, or by addressing
GEORGE L. PEYToN. Managing Director.
Formerly for sixteen years mansging partner Oh
the Greenbrer White sulphur Springs.
IL =
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30
BUYING EXAMINATION psoor-sHEErs.

Another practice that maintained at
Harvard in the early seventies and even as
late as rs was the raising OF money by
the students with which TO buy proof
sheet of the examination-paper. That
this practice existed was well known TO
students at the college who had no need to
resort to such means to pass their exami--
nation, and it would have been frowned
down at once and the guilty parties would
have been ostracized socially had it not
been for the sact that none OF the men
who went into the scheme were DESTROYS of
getting high mark for the sake OF honors,
their only desire being to get through the
examination with the least work possible.
This of course wrought no injury TO any
one except the participants in the fraud.
The method pursued was TO have ten men
club together and contribute $40 apiece
or q total of $780, Sometimes twenty men
would be in the secret, when the cost
would be but $40 each. This money
would be handed 10 certain individual,
who shall be : nsmslsss. Wac would
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30
nrprn TIE coon OLD MAN.

Perhaps one of the most wicked tricks
played at Harvard was perpetrated on
good old Dr. Peabody, who \ As as kind
hearted an old gentleman as he was absent
minded. 1t was at an examination in
moral philosophy. A student who wasn't
at all prepared on the subject went into
the examination, and after staying per-
haps twenty minutes went ont, taking his
examination-book and paper with him.
He then went to his room and with his
chum's assistance wrote out answers TO
the questions. Going TO the yard again
the student had whispered conversation
with small boy 10 whom no gave half a
dollar with this result When the exami-
nation was over and DIR. Peabody was 60
ing home with pile of blue books under
his arm the aforesaid small boy rushed
up TO him from behind. and plucking his
sleeve said: Say, mister, yer dropped one
of yer books The old Doctor patted the
urchin on the head and kindly thanked
him. at the same time handing him dime
then he tucked the book under his arm
and continued on his way. OF course the
willy but wicked student got through all
right, but he didn't know much about
moral philosophy all the same.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30

A clear complexion. free from pimples,
may DO had BY taking Hoods ssrssparilla.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30
DLUE RIDGE SPRINGS, VA.
myl92n

Seventeenth season und ar same management
New Hotel will be ready for this season. send
for illustrated pamphlet -
PHILIP f. BROWN,
mylQ2m Owner ard Proprietor.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30

YTlHE RAWLEY SPRINGS,
ROC kISGHAM COUStf.FA
will be open from JUNE i5Ta 10 Noyth8t-
The tonic water OF the world. Write io- ar
ticul.rs. j. WATKINS LEA
10 7-sodzm
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30

NTILLBORO' SPRINGS, BATH
WI COUNTY, VA. two miles from MILFORD
oepot CnesapeAke and Ohio railway. OPEN
JUNE sra to OCTOBER 10TH. sulphur. alum.
and chalybea waters. For rates. SC. address
my 2S-21m' DANlDSON 81 ~.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30

UMMER BOARDlNG.-LOCA-
- TON cool, heathful, and pleasant NO
miles--twenty minutes drive over good roads
from station. References exchanged. Terms
S20 aud SIS. Address Mr. +. NJ. RANDOLPH,
Kesgick Al b,smarle county, Va 10 lO-l3t'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30
PASSED. Fly ANOTHER MAN.

zone method that requires nerve IS made
feasible only by the large list Of applicants
for admission 10 Harvard, which comprises
more names than the whole catalogue Of
many of our smaller colleges. The
schemers 20 to work in this fashion
Smith is a Young man whose father has
made a big fortune and wants TO see his
son have the advantages Of liberal educa-
ton which was denied to INN. Young
Smith, however, IS more of a tennis
player than he is a student, and the eX-
animation time comes around and finds
Mr.. Smith very far from beng fitted TO
pass anything except possibly the time Of
dav. At the same time it occurs TO Mr..
Smith that there's his friend young Jones,
who Is n sophomore at Yale and who
always had lots of brains and very little
money. A brief correspondence and the
promise Of check soon leads Mr.. Jones
10 the conclusion that there is nothing he
desires more than to pass the entrance
examination at Harvard under the name
of Smith. Smith Mt the same time con-
cludes that if he takes the same Stamina
ton under the name Of Jones he won't care
whether he passes OF not. The result 10
obvious. The man who really could pass
apparently fails and Smith, without dong
any work, becomes a full-1edged member
OF the freshman class at Harvard: The
trick is not often played on the faculty,
however, because if it is detected the dis
grace i'm which is participants would find
Themselves would be of u most serious ma
ture.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30

NTOUNTAIN-TOP HOTEL AND
w sPRIGs, over Bocsfsh Gap, Blue Ridge
mountains, ,s95 fees above the level OF the ssa.
Fine visws, a delightful summer resort, cheap
board. strong iron springs. Many attractions 10
the Invalid. pleasure seeker, and families. OF
easy access. Address Messrs MASSlE * o.,
Alton, Va. le l2-lM
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30

WTHITE HOUSE, TWO MILES OF
w tho celebrated Buffalo Lithia Springs,
will tEke SUMMER BOAkDkRS at 81 TO s. per
week. Cool and airy rooms. mineral and Tree
stone waters. Good shade. Reference. John A
CoEe. state Bank building. ]. PAXON,
e. gs-iW- Overland Post rics, Va.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30
TRICKS THAT ARE VAIN.

" In another case there was an even fun
nier occurrence. IL happened when the
algebra paper was bought. somewhere
about 1878. C. J. White, the college
registrar. was the professor Of algebra,
and while he was popular with the boys,
he was considered the most acute, or, to
use colloquallism, the most fly
member of the faculty. Well, the boys
bought his paper. or rather the proof OF
it, and many of them took blue books into
the examination in which they had the
examples all worked out through the aid
Of competent tutors. But II seems that
the willy Mr.. White had also received
proof of the examination paper, and
whether he suspected any funny business
or not. he altered sign in a certain exam
pie. | don't remember exactly what 1t
was now, but it was something like this:
Raise (axbl TO the NTH power IN the
proof. and Mr.. White in revising the proof
made the question read this way: RAISE
(axb) to the NTH power, simply leaving
ont the minus sign. Naturally the change
was not noticed. and number of the boys
who had worked out that particular pro-
blem were caught and met with dire con-
sequences as result. But perhaps the
most distressing case at that particular eX-
animation was the fate of a sophomore who
had been conditioned in algebra freshman
wear. He was one of those who had pur-
chased the paper and had brought to the
examination a duplicate blue book with
enough examples worked out to give him
80 per cent. which would remove his
condition. From previous experience he
knew that the instructors marked the
books of conditioned men with certain
kind of crayOn so that their books might
be distinguished from those Of the fresh
men. who were compelled TO get 1913 per
cent, while they had TO get 80 per cent.
This particular sophomore being fore
yarped went into the examination With
five crayons of different colors concealed
about his person. He hadred, blue, green,
yellow. and purple crayons with him, when
to his dismay he found his book marked
with bright pink crayon, and not daring
70 substitute a book with another color on
il he left the room still conditioned man
and minus his $40"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30
A NEIIA HOTEL.

A MELIA HUIEL,
n AMELIA COURrHOCsE. VA.
mi. l.rge house Is open for summer boSrderN
-Four trains daily 10 Richmond. Win redi'"i
rates House only atty yards from depot 10 -
~" RICHARD ARCHEk.
fa sS-Tn. Th4su?r fIopI.-.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30
HYGEIA HOTEL, OLD POINT
III COMFORT, VA.

Unsurpassed IN appointments. table. and gen
era. attention. Terms less for tho accOmmpia-
sons entertainments. Snd Gmusemonts given
than at any resort Of Us prestige IN the n'iel
states. Music tWice = day by the celebrated foH
Monroe Band: nightly hops, frequent germans
and balls. safest and most delightful snrl-oa,l-
ing on the coast: good sailing. nshiog. aai
driving. Frequent presence OF fore "a All
American ships OF war, daily Inspections, drls,
pAraies, cannon and rife tsrget-practire.
broad expanse Of salt water ~ rrouads OH foini
Comfort hence there arc nc land prect-. Oh
malaria, no hay-fever no og-tes. 80 heaL ITO
evenings are dslightful and th nignts oO0l hli
refreshing. July and August arc par-iruisrT
pleasant and healthfuL The most charming r a
rine views 10 tho world. send Tor dcsrrsFs
pamphlet. r y; ilhn,
IL a Su T1y6Pg0t Manager
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30
CWEET CHAIYBEATE SPRINGS,

- Aileghssy county, Virginia. This we'll
hnowu summer resort will 10 open for the a.
commodation Il guests JUNk lJrH. For par
ticuars address JOHN ktLbn,
a. sIrns Proprletor.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30
,PIE0CE'S PELLETS

regulate and cleanse tire liver, stomach and
bowels. They are purely vegetable and per-
fectly harmless. One Dose. Sold by
druggists. p cents a vial.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30
OTTERBURN IITHIA SPRINGS

" HOTEL.
situated at 0tterburn station. one mfie west OF
Amelia Courthouse. All trains stop at Otter
burn after June 18Th. This hotel. Just built and
newly furnished, is one Of the most attractive
summer resorts in the south. Abundance OF the
finest milk and butter. lanbS chickens. and all
kinds OF vegetables. Do n0s occide where you
will go until YOU have seen the O1IhRbU KY
HOTEL. DR.. Joseph ". ERgleston Will
have charge OF the hotel aud viii look alter the
comfort and convenience OF the guests az all
tmoA For further particulars wrte direct 70
tho OTIERBURN SPRINGS COMPANY.
present pOst-0nlce address
IL aim Amelia Courthouse, Va
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30

HOTEL MOZART, SIAONTON,
K 4 Virginia. Mrs. Chesley KINNEY, formerly q
stribllng Springs. proprietor Boauu'lLy ~
catad, attractive surroundings. ncwlF 4rris'e--
table supplied with the bssi. Terms. 3 pr
day, $40 per week. S. 70 81 per mouth
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30

that was popular was TO take narrow
sheet of paper over six feet long. On this
notes carefully. written in a very small
hand would be made and then the sheet
would be wound round two matches, or
perhaps two small round pencils, to which
II would be fastened with elastic bands.
The whole affair could be readily held in
the palm Of ones hand, and the amount OF
general information and treasures of classic
lore that could be stored away on that
sheet of paper was astounding, and the
ease with which the rollers could be worked
added TO the value of the contrivance as a
means of outwtting keen-eyed proctors.
d" But there was a tradition at Harvard
about one unfortunate student, who, while
working his boiler burst the elasticS that
confined the paper. and was in moment
completely showed in under a great mass
of very carefully-prepared data. VI
course il was impossible for him to avoid
detection. and that settled the examination
for him. But it was a funny sight, and
even the proctors had TO laugh. But these
things | have mentioned so far are only
side-shows in the way of deception. The
most important of the examinations at
Harvard are those required for entrance,
and are Of so severe "a nature that some
Young men who are more ANXIOUS TO get
into the college catalogue as under-gradu-
ates than they are 10 do the work necessary
for proper preparation, look about for some
means to evade the requirements OF the
college authorities.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30
/" THE RrrER BrrTEN.n

"But even after the proof was bought 1t
was not always plain sailing. with the un-
dergraduates who wanted degree without
work, and there were several curious and
even humorous instances where the bitter
was in the end bitten. For instance. once a
geometry paper was bought during the
freshman year of certain class which was
divided into two sections, one under Pro-
lessor 3yerly and the other under Profess
sor Briggs. II was supposed that both sec
tions would have 10 answer the same
questions. There were twenty men IN
the pool, and the next morning the
faces of the men who had bought
tine paper made study. There had
been only one proof obtained for all;
but. as luck would have it, each instructor
had made up a separate examination
paper The Byerly men were all right, for
It was q Byerly proof that had been
secured. The men who belonged TO his
division, and had bought the paper, were
as smiling as Mickey Welch when he is
pitching good ball, while the looks of the
Briggs men were so black that those near
them could hardly see to write. One
question on both papers was, however:
identical, and the whole syndicate solved
that one problem correctly. One faction,
of course, got through all right, while the
unlucky ones all failed ANONYMOUSLY.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30

YTNHE OCEAN-YIEW HOTEL-THIS
A welLknoWn seaside resort eight miles from
Norfolk. WILL BE OPENED isr OF JUNE 70 tho
public. Fishing and bathing unexceiled By any
resort on tho coost. For terms, &c.. address w.
W. PRICE Ocean View Va my l1-2m
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30

LIGHT BOAKDEKS WANTED. No
z children under fifteen years of age taken.
Delightful situation, mountain scenery large
rooms, BATH &c One mile Of Charlottesville
and the University OF Virginia Address Box
20s, Charlottesville, Va my 3l-lm
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30

90 10 the printers devil and
have him surreptitiously abstract aproof,
for which he would get $50 from the go
between. Even after the faculty took the
precaution OF having the papers printed
inside the Yard over the Bursar's ONCE,
the night before the examination TINS
scheme was possible because he could drop
Il out of a window at an. early hour III the
sarv To enable the conspirators TO prepare
answers to a given set of questions, par
ticularly as 50 per cent. was ordinarily the
highest mark aimed at as that was SUM-
Gent to take off entrance conditions.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30
OCEAN.SHORE PARK HOTEL.

OCEAN-SHORE PARK HOTEL
~ This hotsL Just completed, half mile 'lon
the Princess Anne. directly on ths ctran tfs
eleciric-bells aud lights In every rom. ..fe.T
furniture large rooms. Quest pstning '1 80
coast will be open June l0th. For terms az.
dress W. 7. Dill, Virginia lioeih. Va 70 -.-a
TINTED STATES HOTEL,
u ATLANTIC CITY. y. j.
The largest snd Leading Hotel
b. II. BROWN, Prophet.
HB. WARDEN, Manager.
le lLsa,su. TutTlW
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30
sUuugR wE@oRTs

, 4 ECHU Is XIV Eh-C. II. ThIDIIi
Va az Mediums river will take SUMMER
BOARD ERS az reasonable prices. ie INV
VARIETY SPRINGS. IN THE
mountaius Of virginia. hltcen mikes west OF
Stauuton, Va. aod immedlasely on the Chesa-
peake aud ohio railway. Trains stop at hotel
-four distinct kinds II mineral-watsrs-Alum
Chalybeats. Hesling. and AagnesiR Board per
day, Sc; board per wee<, SO: board per month,
500 Servants or children half price. Special
rates 10 families Address
Mks j. v COLEMAN, Proprietress,
ies7-gw FerrOl, Augusta county. Va.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30
DATTERY PARK HOTEL,
ID ASHEyILLE. y. q.

oPENTHRoUGHoUT TIE YEAR Elevation
2600 feet average summer temperst0re. ~ {;
MAGNIFICENT mouutain scenery Hydraulic sle-
yatOr electric lights and bells, music bali tennis
court, ladies billiard psrlor and bowling alley.
Beautif / drives and nrst-class livery. No mos
quitoos. For descriptive printed matter apply
10 JOHN B. STEELE.
my 15-2m Manager.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30

taken from the soil. Still the land Is as
rich as guano, and ii produces from two to
four crops every year.. About Calcutta the
alluyial deposit is 400 feet deep, and an cx-
pertinent was lately made to get to the end
tance Of 4sI feet the anger broke. At this
point the end of this rich soil had not been
reached.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-10-03
A Queer Sect of Turks.

Among the last batch of Syrians arriv-
ing at Castle Garden were three Druses.
Two were farmers and the third was a
shoemaker. They went from Castle Gar
den to Baltimore.
These three men are the only Druses
who have ever come to this country. An
isolated and peculiar race, the Druses
have lived for generations near Mount
Lebanon. Their total number is about
10000. Hakem, the third Fatimite ca
liph, is claimed by them as their found
er. They honor him as divine being,
and faithfully observe the curious re-
ligious rites which he established.
They are divided into two classes-the
elect and the ignorant. The elect are
the high priests, and the ignorant are
those who are too young and inexperi-
enced to be initiated into the mysteries
of their religion. The high priests guard
the mysteries of their faith zealously,
and tolerate neither Hebrews nor Chris
tians. The ignorant are far less conserva-
tive, and frequently mingle socially with
believers in their creeds.
The elect Druses believe that Jesus
Christ was merely an ordinary prophet,
and that Hakem was really God, mani.
tested in the flesh. They are confident,
too, that the number of orthodox Druses
can never decrease or increase.
The three Druses in this country are
fine looking men, and are evidently pos
sessed of unusual intelligence. New
York Herald.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-10-03

When two fellows are in love with the
same girl, and one of them happens to
be postmaster, what big advantage
the latter has over his rival! A Maine
postmaster recently found himself in
this situation and made the best of his
opportunity-or the worst, just as you
may think. The girl sent her new lover
papers through the postoffiee. The seller
of stamps thought all was not right, and
upon investigation discovered that with
in the paper was letter written to his
fortunate rival. The postmaster reported
the case and the girl was fined So The
fine was subsequently remitted. And
now the query is, doesn't the postmaster
wish he hadn't done it?-Lewiston Jour-
nal.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-10-03

When gypsy dies that is the end.
Every member of the race has horror
Of death, because no gypsy lives who
has faith in a hereafter. They cannot
be induced to contemplate it. No genu-
inc gypsy ever accepted Christianity.
Borrow in his many years of Bible and
missionary work among them never
claimed to have converted one. In all
countries, as is true of a goodly number
Of other folk, they occasionally profess
a sort of attachment to the ruling creed.
For instance, we hear of gypsy ex-
horter" in Ohio, and the other day a
good bishop Of Delaware was allowed to
christen gypsy child in camp near
Wilmington. But these little hypocri-
sizes are all in the way of gypsy thrift
Springfield Republican.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-10-03
Where's the Aurora?

The aurora borealisis phenomenon
that for years has been conspicuous by
its absence from these skies. Time was,
and that not so long ago, when the
northern heavens presented spectacle
of weird, bewildering beauty. Why this
dearth of electrical display? The earth
and the heavens and the sun and the air
are the same, to all appearances. Yet
the borean horizon is innocent of its
shifting canopy of northern lights. Nor
has there been any reason given by scien-
tific men for this disappearance. Big
spots on the sun come and 60. Their ap-
pearance has been in former years found
to be coeval with the aurora, but the rule
has not held good for a decade. Have
the thousands of dynamos that have
come into existence in that time ground
out such lot of electrical energy that
there is not enough left in the atmos-
phere to fit out single display in the
northern DEMONSTRATING Bulletin.