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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-28
ON NfnIvnrn IIall.
ARCINED VIRGINIA MANSION.
For the Dispatch by Benjamin Batchelder VA

ARCiSED VIRGINIA MANSION.
or the Dispatch by Benjamin Bachelor Val
cntinc.l
It, daya are DER, its glory fed,
And desolatiCn covers all;
Alas! those happy hearts are dead
That made the lie OF Malvern Hall.
Few of their limo on earth remain,
Few souls ihaf love the ancient place,
And they have loft the Oh deinesne,
The wandering sons Of noble race.
For thcy must Gcht lifcs battle storm,
Mid harlships sore and trials sad;
AnI by heir efforts brayely earn
Tho honOrc fame their fathers had.
Tho road that led up 70 tho door,
By brush O'ergrOWu can scarce be traced;
The posts and gatcWHys are no more,
Al yestIgc OF them Is ciilcei.
About the ruin stilI there CLOVIS
A remnant Of its od-timc fire,
Last, lingering lights left to disclose
\ woefll waste Ger they expire.
Each broken fragment shows the mould
IN which he mansion had been cast,
A home but like some temple old,
\ classic model TO the last.
Fen from a distance one yet sees
Sheltered alone by tail elm trees,
They overlook the harried land.
AZ from Egyptian sen Of sands
There still rise tapering monoliths,
Transmitting praise Of martial bands,
Through crude-cut heloglyphs.
so on these pillars wars rude mana
Has carved. with ball and bursting SHE'LL
The tragic tale Of conquered land,
In signs We read too we'll
Like tracery of autumn frost
Covering dead ycrdure with its pail,
The star-likc licheh and the moss
Creep O'cr the columns a. they iall.
The vases whence the flowers had smiled
Their welcome 10 the gallant guest,
Half hid among the yiOlcts Wild,
Lay PROSTATE with the rest
Into their throqts tho breeze had blown
The dusty plaster from the wall;
Antique amphOrB bearing bone,
The funeral vessels OF the hall.
The rows OF box in growing archei
4 bower, whore lovers Oft did stray;
Now they are lcaless, scar, and parched,
And insects fret their life away.
Above Won coppce, whore tie brook
Fen mid its murmurinc strives to sing,
Embuwcrcd by trees. in shady NOOK,
Sparkled the lmpid spring.
Tho weary plowman loved To quaf
Its liquid crystals bubb!ing ny,
Returning Oft tO take draught
From such wassail cup.
Now in IL float the fallen leaves,
And roots and weeds obstruct its way;
No kindly care IL cor receives,
But finds its channel as it may.
The sycamore, from whitcned limb,
Like leper sheds IT, scaly bark,
And curaks and signs, swayed 10y the WIND,
And stands q spectre in the dark.
In mystic circles round It's crest
The buZzard wheels her ftless flight,
And in its boughs she builds her nest
And finds a refuge for the night.
The trees alone, with heads held high,
Withstand the beating of the blast,
And in their tops they seem 10 sign:
Tho Past. The Pastl The Past
Thus, thus has war, with savage mien,
Spread broadcast death and sOwn decay,
And many yum mars the scene
Where stood home on yesterday.
At eventide the clouds, In heaps,
Let neither moon nor stars intrude,
While through the darkness nature weeps
Ger the bare fields and solitude.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-28
bis equal. However. he will never con-

bis equal. However, he will never con-
cede you the point that YOU are.
z. Don't marry beneath you. Benedict
lays some stress upon this needing 70
young men. Girls. II behooves You to look
10 this point most assiduOusly. You
could never make greater mistake in life.
when a woman marrics beneath her the
man will drag her down to his level. A
woman less frequently brings man up TO
her standard a man may elevate the
woman. but the woman seldom tho man.
One cause Of this is the fact that awoman
home is her world. and when she sees aud
feels her mistake. the heart and energy are
powerless. Marry your equal always.
8. As far as position IN society Is con-
cerned, it is better 70 marry in your own
sphere, but let II 10 . man of worth-of
character. DO not Tor moneys sake
sell your life and happiness. Many. IN
happy marriages to-day are caused from
money matches. In your sphere in society
associate with gentlemen, for there are
many IN your circle born of good parents
who are not gentlemen.
Now my last injunction il that you marry
n Christian TDdn-not preacher II yOu do
not like preachers-nOt make-belIeVe.
but q man who loves God and Who through
that love will be the upright. correct man.
who will make your home his home. VINO
will love home as he loves not club-room.
theatres. etc. Then you strive to make
that home a. attractive rs Won possibly
can. If he wants .to lean back in char
and put his feet up on the mantle shelf let
let him do it if 1t makes him comfortable;
you can brush the dust OF afterwards.
When you are married, when you have
chosen. lie II for better or be 1t for wore,
never 90 diving down into your husbands
past life. Take up his life Just where yours
las one" begins.
Whatever he chooses to tell you 10 oil
right. but don't worry his life out of HIM
about this woman he has been III love with
and the other-be it sufficient that he loves
you now.
Don't ask all sorts of questions. Then
YOU will be on the safe side; be can't
ask you any. and you won't have TO go over
all your fiirtatIons and wiring his heart
about some fellow you thought " lots OF.
Let the past be in the past; live IN the
present and for the future. Home Will be
happier than if you knew all about the
past
Now. girls, if you think I am an odd
crank" all right Crauks move the world,
although. candidly, ] am not at all of the
opinion that will move it on this Occa-
sion. and Benedict, no doubt, mods his
sage head and replies, - don't think 50.
either" He. however Is responsible Tor
this article. so | will leave him 10 quarrel
with himself about #.
Asking pardon, Mr.. Editor, for thus tres
passing, Isubscribe myself NINUNDA
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OI-ERlES & ANSW Frs.
.,1llNsS OF THE PROVISIONS OF
~ 1Hs RlpDLE6sRGsR Bill.
.,on Of Interest 60 MiiIcrs - What
urcame Of Noah's Arh-Mush-
Rooms and Beef.
niCYrNsoNvfLLY. Va.

lflthfNNpNNltsif, ~
..o( rhior ofhe Dispatch.
,.u you pleasc mention in your query
.,.-,,nt the essential provisions and
c..psi features OF the Riddlcbergor
P...iq nothing moro interesting at this
.r orr state than the one coming IS
ir state debt. An answer would
'-r.uauy oi the readers Of the DIsrArCH.
'''' kIr VAN MiNcKLP
, .ta act 81 March 30. 1871, commonly
..t t1o funding bill. the debt OF N.r-
,r.pcr was stated at SS0,47s.7l0. per
interest on which was TO be paid in
..r.a TIE reception of tax-rcccivable
The act Of March %. 1879, recog-
t.rs. this was more interest than the
..... could pay and reduced It to per
trfln wears. per cent. Tor twenty
ana per cont. for ten years; the
.-. t1 Doe taN-rcccvRllc. The debt
tr.- latter act was assumed TO be
.@ .uo 700. This also failed 10 work
..t.. .--i.y: and the Blddlebcrgcr bill
....-.i IN February, 1852. That pro-
..... eve q true statement of the &C.
.,. .nc.u the State and her creditors
,...t.I.tat zi,0S5.57715.
,.... divided the debt claimed, amount
,-,r.pal and interest. 10 $3i79S,-
.- ..t, seven classes and estimated
.-...r:.ou Of each which the State
- tas. scaling each according to q
..r.ulc which should correspond 10
,e admitted amount Of S2l ,035.-
--. tr which sums thus ascertaincd
....-..u't be issued. Then it declared
-..ity ~ the State to pay more than
...- ..1t. interest on TINS reduced sum
- a.-.ct o the other interests Of the
>... 90 directed the Commissioners Of
..~-A.- Fund t. issue bonds in salts
.....f tue above requirement, with the
.-..... coupons attached. which cou-
..- .-. na receivable for taxes; said
-.-t.Ie dated July !, 1S>2.
... Zeal of litigation has grown out
...-.- of the creditors 30 set aside
...G the determination of the State
...tt-.e.t.
p he tedious 20 state all this, or
.-.. s.,,mp, 10 sketch It. 1t IL, per
..- ...v necessary 20 state that the
b.. ..u amendment 20 the bill passed IN
\.. ~, 1854, declared tkat no detached
.. due after January, 1885. should he
.-..t srl no bond should be funded
...-r January. 1S,5. that did not have the
.--a. and an subsequent coupons at
.-.s. or coupons of like character, date,
o. mounts.
I.u.o.upons Of that and subsequent
... eliza, have accumulated TO the pre-
satan art & 100000 face-value. And
--..- amour: which the Olcott Com
--..t- understood 10 Insist that the
>......l pav.
H.....t March 3, lSS2, the Incorporated
.--. r other institutions or semInaries
s-r, ~. academies or manual-labor
-., I.e state who may hold obliga-
,.-. -le State. or which they may 10
..-.. IT,. hold on the lst day Of January,
... .l .1- as they may continue to hold
..... o.. Exempt from the operation Of
E .aa,r-,r bill. C., they can all
.r pep cont. interest. This sum
...-t. about S1i3.U)per annum; and
..e Dlc.t; Committee il understood
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-28
Not Exactly the same.

81 am delighted 10 see you. Miss Tickle
we'll" exclaimed the visitor. warmly.
lyon haven't changed particle in ten
years"
You mistake, Mr.. Westerly" said the
Boston maiden, wiping her spectacle'
thoughtfullv. Externally / NAV appear
the same. but science demonstrates ire
fragably that the human physical organ
ism. even TO its ultimate PARTICLES, Is en-
tirely reconstructed every seven years"
She gave him her hand in aslow, dreamy,
preoccupied kind of way. and cold chill
went up and down his back.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-28

Editor WasIiHgton Post: Let me add
another name to the list Of living daugh-
ters of Continental officers. Mrs. Sarah
Grove Hall. widow of Samuel Hall a jus
tice of the Supreme Court OF Georgia, IS a
daughter OF Lieutenant Samuel Ashe, OF
EocEy Point. y. C.. who was a lieutenan,
in the North Carolina Continental line, and
was surrendered by General Lincoln al
Charleston, 5. c., May y, 1850, was eX.
changed after a long imprisonment on tho
IIulks. served with Lafayette In Virginia
then with Greene in South Carolina at Eu
tAw Springs. ). \. AsHE.
Kdtigh, y. e., June nth.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-28
Newspaper correspondence.
To ne Editor Of he Dispn,ch.


To ne Editor Of ne Dispatch:
Will you kindly oblige a constant reader
by answering in your daily the following
question: In paving correspondents who
write for YOU do you keep an account in
your Office of what they write, or do YOU
require them 10 keep an account and leave
IL entirely 10 them! Very respectfully.
AIrORSEY AT Law.
Each day we place TO the credit of each
correspondent the amount OF work he may
have done for Us. But they ought TO keep
accounts, too, 70 see that we make no
crro.s.
The majority of papers, however, require
their correspondents to send them clip
pings showing their work. These clippings
are then measured up and are paid for ct
so many dollars column or so much for
each thousand words.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-28

PEIEEsDURG, Va, June 20, 1871.
t. The Editor Of he DiSpd'ch:
Relative 10 toe inquiry Of c. j. s. in
last sundays issue of the DISPATCH rs &c
the origin of mint juleps, will state that
if the inquirer will read Captain Marry
ats novels he will find more about Juleps
n one OF his novels makes mention OF the
t,,'ar;ca A. L. j.
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observation-disclosures Sires.

PLUM BEAScH, CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va,
June 20, lS9l.
To The Editor Of The DiSD0ic.
| see your paper wants to know If there
are any sons of the old Revolutionary war
living. Ny father helped to take Lord
CORVALLIS at Yorktown. There are Two
more living in this county, n. K. Franklin
and I. l.. Arlington.
JAMES 5. WATKINS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-28
Our Queries.

Wilmington y. c. Mcssonecrl
THu RIcHNoND DlsPATcu's Queries and
Answers" are ins,ru tive and useful. and
show wide range of information. There
are but few southern editors who can con-
dnct these columns. We wonder If they
slc the work OF but one man.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-28
the Picfure-Gallery.
lie Pelerin.l

"Sir. am a painter myself, and ought
10 be a good Judge. | tell you that Is a
splendid bit of work.
~ don't see il still / am delighted 10
come across painter who doesn't run
down his fellow-arti,ts.'
Excuse me, sir, but the picture is
toit,a
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-28

Ioa Correspondent There are sixteen
a,l'ependent nations on the American
1,+'A'nent south Of tho United states
'lsy are all Spanish-American republics
.Nep, Brazil, which is a Portuguese-Ameri-
W republic. The term Lstin-America -
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-28
what Spoiled His Chances.

IIIf1'I@N.I
"uaisa youns man OF exceptional morals
isn't he, Maud?"
Intelligent, we'll educated. and good
lookingin
"He is.' - oxoo,lent lite.
rary tastesY'
Indeed he Is. go,
yet Won rejected him. uxs
How could help. 1t Laura lie wears
q resdv'made necktie-black. too-and III
June"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-28
lill,erk q. Walker.

q. hf Idaor II he DispaGch
i'ra'c give IN your paper the year
~ 10. and day Of month. on which 0ll,,
IT. g.. Walker was elected Governor oil
JulyC. lseg
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-28
Child OF Fortune.

fROchcstcr Fost-E4pfesSl
.you remember little Dlckey VINO ran
-. fYom the field al Bull Run Z"
:. : understood yesterday that no ma
come into about $4,000 year. ,ho
We'll, you know fortune ia'0f' '"'
hrava -
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-28
Classic Translation.

"Ihsye lust translated an ode"
II ' borrowed from Peter to pay faui
what owed him.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-28

Hickoks No, !, II; D. e; Fig; an. naa c SslUs
line SUM- Cured are fur9; Ia. sh.m
sun Cured 1obaccos. 1rv '"e"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-28


Then tof sIyscibe dcapita
OF sadie
NOTES UNITED STATES AND or THIS
ms ABSOLUTELY THE CON-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-16
GRoRGIA ar TIE FAIR.

| The Committees From the Alliance
and Agricultural sec ETY. Meet.
| ATLANTA, GA, sept 15.-The committee
| from the state alliance and the State
| Agricultural Society appointed to confer
about Georgia exhibit at the worlds fair
met here to-day. Eleven delegates were
present from the society and nine from the
alliance Col. J. o. Waldell was elected
chairman. There was a breezy discussion
over a resolution to demand" that the
worlds fair be not open on the Sabbath.
This was finally adopted Its author
stated incidentally that his county
Group was not going TO have any exhibit
at the Piedmont exposition this fall because
its management had decided to allow the
ballet spectacle, "King Solomon "We
cannot, said he, 'afford to indorse that
action by patronizing the exposition
There were a number of speeches.
These are the resolutions adopted, and
they tell the story of what was done:
RESOLVED, That we recommend an exhibit to be
made at the worlds fair by Georgia at Chicago.
2. That the daily and weekly papers of the
state be appointed as agents to collect funds for
that purpose
3. That we ask the State Agricultural SOCIETY
and the state all ance of Georgia &c contribute
81 900 each to this fund.
4. That we ask the railroads to transport the
exhibits free
5. That committee of two be appointed in
each county, one by the president of the state
Agricultural Society and the other by the presi-
dent OF the STATE alliance, to secure county and
individual displays and collect funds in con-
nectOn with the newspapers.
8. That a central committee Of two be ap-
pointed as an executive and financial board
which shall be charged with all details and dis
bursements of funds.
z Tha: the exhibit shall not be for display
at Chicago on the Sabbath day and we demand
worlds az m no al -aH
that day.
The executive committee Of five under
this resolution is Capt. J. T. Lyon and Col.
j. o. Waddell, from the agricultural So
ciety; Col. Zachary and Dr. c. W. Taylor.
from the alliance, and Maj. W. j. Glessner
from the state at large. This committee
will have charge of all details.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-16
ALL ABOUT AUGUSTA.
a Woman Badly Crushed While Try
ing to Save Her Son.

a Woman Badly Crushed While Try
Ing to Save Her Son.
AUGUSTA, GA, Sept. 15.-Mrs. A. D.
Kelly had a singular and probably fatal
accident to-day. She lives near a grist
mill in the city, and to-day some work was
being done on the mill stones. A derrick
had been erected, and the upper
mill stone was raised from the
lower. In this position it was
stuck fast. Mrs Kelly's son. young man
of IS, was working on the stones and stepped
upon the upper one. His weight loosed it
and started the mill, and suddenly
it began to revolve very rapidly.
Young Kelly Immediately seized hold
of the derrick and pulled his feet
up from the stone. He hung there with his
feet dangling above the rapidly revolving
stone, and could not get away. His calls
for help attracted his mother, who lived
near by, and she ran to his assistance
them up clear Of the stone
till the mill could be stopped
Some projection on the stone caught her
dress and hurled her heavily to the floor.
wedging her between the stone and the
derrick. Before the mill was s.opped she
was painfully crushed, her pelvis bone be-
ing fractured at its posterior con junction
One way tdASn W tus uOsplldl III q Crltlcal
condition.
NEARLY ASPHYXIArED.
This evening Robert Tannahill, the son of
Samuel Tannahill, nearly lost his life by
asphyxia. He went into the cellar to put
in new barrel of gasoline and became
asphyxiated. When found he was lying
unconscious in the bottom of the cellar, and
it was long time before he was revived.
THE COMMITTEE OF 100.
Tonight the committee of 100 re-organ-
lied for the coming municipal campaign.
The officers are: President, Hon. James c.
c. Black; secretary, ?. M. Mulherin; vice
presidents from the Ave wards, L. &.
| Hayue, z. w. Carwile, w. A. Latimer, H.
H. Fnlghum and R. f. Elliott. This com
mittee is working to reform municipal
matters in Augusta, and the good work it
| has been doing for the past two years will
! eliminate this year in the election of a
mayor and five new councilmen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-16
OUR FLEET OFF CHINA.
SIX VESSELS NOW ON DUTY AT
THAT STATION,

The Squadron the Best the Govern
ment Has had in These Waters in
Eleven Years-The New Cruisers on
the Pecific-Smsll Boats the Best for
Service Among the Celestials.
WASHINGTON, Sept 15.-Secretary Tracy
to-day made a statement respecting the
policy Of the navy department in strength
ening the United States naval force in
Chinese waters. He says the Charleston
has been temporarily ordered to China as
the flagship of the station pending the ar
rival of the Lancaster. She left Honolulu
on Sept. or 2, and is expected to reach
Yokohama about Sept. Is. Upon the ar
rival Of the Lancaster, unless circumstances
demand her retention, the Charleston will
return to Mare Island.
BEST FLEET IN YEARS.
In place of the two ships attached. to the
Aslatlc station which have been put out of
commission since March, 1899, four, the
Lancaster, Alliance, Alert and the Monoc-
acy, will have been added. This
will make six vessals on the
China station, which is about
the usual number which he's constituted the
Asiatic fleet for the last eleven years, thus
u
largest squadron we have had at the station
for years. In addition to the above. the
Petrol has recently been detached from the
Moth Atlantic squadron and has been or
dered to proceed to China.
HAS ALL THE SMALL SHIPS.
The Asiatic station has assigned to it
every small ship in the navy except the
Essex and Yantic, now on the South Atlan-
tic station, where small ships are as desir-
able as at China. The new ships have not
been sent to the Asiatic station on account
Of The difficulties which have attended their
proper equipment ana testing.
THE NEW SHIPS ON TRIAL.
| The secretary concludes as follows: I'VE
| are completing our new ships as
| rapidly as possible, but until they
are fully completed and equipped
and tested by actual experience
near home workshops, it would be mere
! foolhardiness to send them TO China
| Since 1889 the department has trans
| ferred from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, the Baltimore, Lancaster, Alliance
| and Pensacola, which, together with the
Petrol aud Yorktown, recently ordered to
! the Pacific, would make in all six vessels
| or the new ships the Pacific now has the
! San Francisco. Charleston and Baltimore,
| and will have the Yorktown aud Petrol
AN EFFECTIVE FORCE.
"Our naval force to-day in the Pacific is
more than twice as effective as it has been
at any previous time IN the history Of our
! navy"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-16
FLORIDA AT The FAIR.
The Movement to Secure Popular
Subscriptions for an Exhibit.

The Movement to Secure Popular
Subscriptions for an Exhibit.
PENSACOLA, FLA, Sept IA state
convention will be held at Orlando next
month to devise ways aud means OF assur-
ing an exhibit from Florida at the worlds
fair, the legislature having refused to make
provision for it. There does not, however.
seem to be much enthusiasm in connection
with the project. aud unless some heroic ef-
forts are make the convention will prove
q failure. The people in this section of the
state are, perhaps.more than those OF other
parts fully alive to the Importance of an
exhibit. At the request of many Of them
Col. W. D. Chipley has coa-
sented to lend his endeavors to
the promotion Of the conventions
object. Ii is announced here to-day that
the gentleman named will attend the con-
vention as a representative Of this city and
that he viii head a subscription to secure a
fund for the purpose Of making an exhibit
with donation OF $4,000, stipulating only
that the fund shall not be less than $50. 900.
He believes that with proper effort $50. 600
may be raised aud the state, with that
amount. be given a creditable representa-
tion.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-16
CHARLES TONS DEMOCRATS.
Gov. Tllman's Plan to Unite the Rlva
Factions Proves Successful.

Gov. Tillman's Plan to Unite the Rival
Factions Proves Successful.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept. 15.-There is
now every prospect that the two warning
factions III the local democracy will be
welded together again in a comparatively
short time. After suggesting several ways
to heal the differences Gov. Tillman sub
mitted plan, which has been received with
satisfaction by both Sides If the latest
plan works well tue two wings of the
democracy will certainly be brought to-
gether aud the party made a unit Chair
man Theodore D. Jervey, Jr., Of the reform
executive committee wrote a letter to
Chairman w. A. Boyd of the regular ex-
ecutive committee, accepting the plan pro-
posed by the governor, and asking the
views Of the regulars upon the subject.
THE REGULARS AGREE.
Tonight the regular" executive COM
mittee had meeting, and after some dis,
cussion also agreed to the governors propo-
sltion. This is welcome news to every body.
as the split at one time threatened seriously
the final unity of the party. Briefly stated
the latest and best plan Of the governor
is as follows: That primary be held not
later than Oct. 20 for the nomination of
mayor aud aldermen. Three commissioners
are to bo appointed. one by the regular city
democratic executive committee, another by
the reform executive committee, the third
to be named by the first two All voters
will be required to take an oath in accord
ance with the state law, and swear that
they are entitled to vote, and Will abide
the result
THE CLUB ROLLS.
All the club rolls must be completed in
accordance with the city constitution by
Oct. 10. These conditions, it is thought,
will insure what both sides claim to want
a free vote and fair count. Mr.. Jervey,
chairman Of the reform executive commit
tee, has been selected by that committee as
the representative Of the reformers on the
board Of commissioners. The regulars will
select their representative at meeting Of
tue executive board tonight