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The Russellville Democrat., 1892-05-05
Not Loved as He Used to Be.

DAHLoNEGA, GA, April 30.-- Hamilton A. Bee, aged 87, has pe- titioned for divorce from his wife, Sarah, whose age is 82. He alleges as his reason for the application that Sarah does not love him as she used to in the days of "Auld Lang Svna.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-05-05
Negroes Sc, a Day For Fasting.

CHICAGO, April 2s.-The colored leaders of various states have issued circular fixing May 3 as day of fasting and pray ing among the people as a remedy for evils, lynchings, burnings and mobbings, from which they suffer. The circular asks what will be done to prevent the crimes against thapa
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-05-05
Nnt the Right Necro.

SEpALIA, April 2s.-Mr. C.. J. Taylor and wife returned yesterday from Houston, Tex, where they had gone to identify the negro suspected to have made the brutal assault on Mrs. Taylor in this city on Feb ruary 22. Mir. Taylor stated positively that Mrs. Taylor failed to identify the negro in custody there as the assailant.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-05-05
nurdered by Unlnown Parties.

SEYMOUR, IND, April 29.--Chas. W. Doerr, a prosperous farmer of this county, while on his way home from Brownstown last night, shortly
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-05-05
Ferdinand ward,s Term Ends.

NEW YORK, April 29.--Ferdi- nand Ward will be released from Sing Sing prison to-day, after hav-
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-05-05
A Grent slnllinn snlh.

CYNTmANA, Ky, April 2S.--W A. Wilson has sold on private terms to D. T. Burlington, of Florence, Ky, the great young stallion, "Oscar Williams, two year-old, by Summons, dam, Lottis Thorne; record, 2:2394 second dam, Slam of Byerly Abdallah, sire of Jerome Turner; record, 2;l55a.
 "Cheer up, friend," '" said the parson to the dying editor; you have 3 bright future before you" 7" "That's what's bothering me, 2 gasped the editor. ''I can see it blazing "-Atlanta Constitution,
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-05-05

It takes about a quarter of cen tury to get the elephant to full ma turity.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-05-05
Just What Every Farmer Wants.

Our Granite Chilled Flow has gone the front with wonderful strides It acknowledged leader with all who have used it Its special merits 1st Perfection in outline and shape. 2d Great turning capacity completely Sd. New combination of metals, hard, yet tough 4th Patent adjustable chilled hee compnsang and giving
 suck or pitch to blow. 9th. Runs steadily and is very light draft 6h Each blow has point for soft and another for hard dry soil 7h With all its advantages is sold the price inferior
 Chilled Flows
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
Stone Rails Near the Armory.
WILMINGTON, VA.


To he Editor Of The DisDdtch:
Please relate the history of those large
stone balls al the corner OF Seventh ana
Marshall streets.
The Turkish cannon-balls (said To
measure thirty inches in diameter were
ouarried and rounded to be served to the
mouths OF cannon on the shores OF the
Bosphorus. and were brought to Rich
mond about the year 1896 By Commodore
Jesse Duncan Elliott. United States navy
They were designed as present to the
University Of Virginia and were landed on
the wharf. at Rockets. OF Dunlop. Mon
cure 4 Co.. prominent merchants. There
they STAYED for a considerable time IN
claimed by the University. and were
finally taken by Mr. Henry W. Moncure
and placed on pedestals which he had pre-
pared for them at the three angles OF the
grounds of his residence. which stood at
the southwest corner of Marshall ana
Seventh streets. The residence after the
death of Mr.. Moncure was for number OF
wears occupied by the late DR.. Beverley Is.
Wexford. professor in the Medical College
of Virginia. and father Of Judge Beverley
X. Wexford, Jr., ana his worthy brothers.
TTpon the demolition of the house some
years ago for the erection OF stores the
balls and their pedestals were removed TO
and placed at similar points on the corner
opposite occupied by the Armory Building
of the First Virginia Regiment.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
The Break in the Liberty Bell.

TO The Editor Of he Dispatch:
Will you please tell me what 1t was that
caused the break (crack) in the Liberty
Bell, and much oblige INQUIRER!
While being tolled in memory of Chief
Justice Marshall. who had died iii Phila-
delphia two days before. and whose re-
mains were then being conveyed to the
wharf to be sent to Virginia. "a large
crack was developed in the bell. starting
from the rim and incining in srieht-hand
direction toward the crown" This break
was at first only or 10 inches in length,
but when the bell was runG on February
%, 1913. lit was so much increased that
never again could the sound of the famous
old instrument be heard at a distance of
more than few feet. Thenceforth it be-
came a silent memento of the historic
INST
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
QUERIES & ANSWERS
VIRGINIA LAW AS TO WIDOWS THIRDS
IN HUSBANDS ESTATES.
trtstory of the Stone Balls Near the Arm
ory-A Racing Question-The Break
in the Liberty Bell. &c.

To The Etipor Of nc Dispatch;
1. II a widow. having received her thirds
in both real and personal property from
her husbands estate, should marry again anu
the last husband should use her lhlrus az t ils
own. aud alter lis death sns again reeve ne.
thirds from his estate can her nrat children, NJ
her death, have an equal share Wild the ias'
children In her thirds; $50
perty? oObs'h'Dh"
I. All Of tho wopan's children would inherit
equal shares in her property, real OF personal
no matter how derived by her. 10 the case put'
her thirds" In the real estate OF her husbands,
respocttycly would only be An estate tnereln ioI
life dover, and there won1a pe on NO ,i'''''
y Money IA personal property, though some
times II Will pass realty when II stands IN lhe
place of real estate sold Tor the PURPOSE vi Po''
lIfiOn or rainvestment.
The DIspATcH. usually correct in matters
of law as well as of fact, is right on re-
Investment but wrong in the matter OF
partition. il seams to Us. III sale Oh realty
b.. contaminated for purposes OF PARTITION
the corpus Of the estate becomes personal
property forthwith, under express pro-
visions of the statute. Ine CoGe Oh
1897, section 1855. )-Ld,C editor RdgfOrd m
terpriSe.
The DISPATCH, usually correct in mat
ters of law IA we'll as of fact" is dbsohHe'y
correct in this case, too.
The DISPATCH said, as above, Money -
personal property. though sometimes II VIII
pass az realty when sold for the purpose OF
PARTITION or reinvestment." And this state
ment is correct az well in cases of sales Tor
nart,tion as in cases of sales for reinyest-
ment.
Section 1864 Of chapter Ia OF the Code
of Virginia is the law under which sales
for partition are made.
Section 1866. referred to by the Radford
Enterprise. is as follows;
"The proceeds of any sale made. under
section 1854 shall, except as provided 10
section 2626, be deemed personal estate
from the time of the confirmation oil such
sale by the court"
If the Enterprise had looked to section
1926 il would have seen ut once that
"What NAV be received under chapter
ia (chapter on PARTITION and therein re-
ouired 10 be invested or under this chap
ter for the real estate of an infant. insane
person, or married woman, sold or divided.
or so much thereof "a may remain at his or
her death intestate. shall. if he or she con-
tinue until death incapable from any cause
of making will. pass TO those who would
have been entitled to the land if 1t had not
been sold or divided"
II is true, therefore that money will
sometimes pass as realty when 1t stands IN
the place Of real estate sold for partition"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
IpsuIators on Lightning Rods.
WAyERLY, Va.
To The Editor of the Dispatch:

To The Editor Of The Dispatch
Please state whether a lightning-rod
placed upon building TO protect 1t from
lightning should be insulated or not.
Until recently all the rods upon houses
in this section were insulated, and the
people were advised by the rOd-men that
without insulators the rods would be a
Disadvantage 10 the buildings.
A rod-man was here some weeks ago
and stated that the theory had changed /;
that they never thought of insulating the
rods nowadays. and that insulators were a
disadvantage.
Was be correct? Let US have some light
on this subject. and oblige A READEG.
Insulators are of little, if any. value
proridd the rod is of self-suffcient size
aud has good ground connection.
without these conditions, and especially
without thoroughly good ground con-
neetion. a hghtning-rod even when insu-
lated after the ordinary fashion, may be
not only useless, but positive source IF
danger.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
Watts's Familiar Hymn.


To The Editor Of The Dispatch:
Can you give the author of the follow
Jig stanza and tell where 1t may be found
IN print:
"When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing Gods praise
Than when we first begun
It's often sung in revival meetings rs
sufiix TO any HYMNS III common metre.
such as when | can read my title clear"
" ON Jordan's stormy banks / stand. DC.
J. :.
Watts's familiar and favorite hymn,
"When | can read my title clear" &C.,
comprised IN four stanzas, has been sung
the world over for some two hundred years
or more. In later days the verse quoted
by our correspondent has been added and
sung IN revival services, but the author is
unknown. 1t does not appear in any OF
the standard hymn-b books used IN the
various churches. and is only found IN
print, so far as we know, IN the Singing
Pilgrim" published by Philip Phillips in
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
victoris: German or English?

To ne Eiitorof the Dispatch:
Please inform me whether Queen Vic
toria ia English or German, or whether
she is of English or German descent
a CONSTANT READER.
Victoria is Of the Hanoverian dynasty,
which was invited to the British throne in
the person of the Princess Sophia,
Electress and Duchess Dowager of Han
over, the youngest daughter of Elizabeth.
daughter Of James I. of England, by act of
Parliament, in order that Protestant sue
cession might be secured. The first OF the
line TO reign was George l., who had been
Elector Of Hanover. and whose wife was
Sophia Dorothea, Princess of Celle, Prus-
sia: the second was George H., born at
Hanover. who married Carolina Wilhelm
ina Dorothea daughter of the Margrave
of Brandenburg- the third,
George ILL.,. who made it his boast that he
was q true-born Englishman, having first
seen the light in Norfolk House, London,
but who married the daughter of the
Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelit Victoria
is the only child of the fifth child OF this
George III.-the Duke of Kent and
Strathearn, whose wife was the daughter
of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg. Her present
Maiesty's ancestry, therefore. appears very
German indeed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
Ammonia In Commercial Fertilizers.
TrpaSoS q

To the Editor oftls Dispatch:
Where do the manufacturers Of CONNER
cial fertilizers get the ammonia that they
use? DO they get 1t from the gas-worksf
Bv answering the above you will greatly
oblige a subscriber. l.. Z. III.
Manufacturers OF commercial fertilizers
derive their ammoniates from the three
kipgdoms-mneral vegetable, and animal.
The ammoniates most used are sulphate
of ammonia, derived mainly from the pre-
cIpitation of gas-house liquor and nitrate
of soda brought from the west coast Of
South America and claYed as ammonia
salts.
The principal vegetable ammoniates are
cotton-seed meal and castor-bean meal.
The chief animal ammonates are dried
ground-blood. grounding tankage. and
azotine. Azotine is meat-meal from which
the oil has been extracted.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
Maiden's Adventure.
OmyILLE. GoooHLAsD coUN.

OILyILLE, GOOCHLASD COUNTY, VA.
To me Editor Of ne Dispatch:
have lately read in an old magazine
published far back IN the fortles pretty
little story entitled The Maiden's Adven-
ture ia tale of the early settlers Of Virgil
nial-which says that MaIden's Adven-
ture," across James river, received It's name
from the fact that a maiden crossed the
rlver Mt a very dangerous point at night
in small canoe to avoid being taken by
Indians who were in pursuit.
The story isquite romantic aud is graph
cally written. ! suppose 1t relates 70 the
place of that name across the river, III tins
county. not far from the courthouse.
may be mistaken. and the object Of this
communication Is to ascertain If YOU or
any one who may chance 10 read this
have heard that our " Maiden's Adyen-
turen received its name in this manner, or
can give different account of II.
q. l.. NJ
Yes, that is the story as we have heard it.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
90 I'D Town" and Down Town"

To The Editor of The Dispatch:
Two young men wish you to settle the
following
The first young man says going up
Church Hill from Twenty-trst and Broad
streets TO Twenty-fourth is going up
town.
The second young man maintains that
it is going up the hill and down town.
The second young man is right.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
Licenses for Bitters.
To Hs Editor of The DisDd'ct

To The Editor Of he DisDdict:
Please answer the following queries:
/. l. II lawful to sell without a license
whiskey with Just enough bitters IN II to
make people drunk?
Or ~ to sell bitters with sufficient whis-
key in them to do likewise?
Every person who sells "bitters" or
tones" as beverages. either by the bot
tie OF by the drink. or sells them know
ingly TO those who buy them for use as
beverages. becomes liable to criminal
prosecution under tine internal-revenue
laws of the United States. unless he holds
a speclal-tax stamp as hquor-dealer
covering such sales"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14

mer, and the process seems to be severe
ordeal, as they are then poor and weak
and move about very little during aud
Immediately after. They lie in thick. Sc
cluded places until the horns begin to
grow out again, and this is the reason that
they are seldom seen in that state. The
horns grow out very rapidly and are at
first soft and covered with soft, velvety
substance hence they are said 10 De IN
the velvet.n This substance they rno
of against trees. etc, and by the middle
of September the horns are hard ana rough
and the deer are fit for food.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
Why 1900 is Not a Leap-Year.

To he Editor Of ne D1SDaica:
Kindly inform me through your paper
whether or not 1909 will be a leap-year
and If not. why? HARRISON.
Every year whose number is diyislble By
four without II remainder is a leap-year,
excepting the full centuries. which, to be
lesp-years. must be divisible by 400 with.
out a remainder. If not go divisible they
are common years, and therefore 1900 il
not leap-year.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
suneriar 20 AIlOthcrs,

Allcocks Porous Plastors are the great
external remedy of the day. The quickest.
safest, surest, best. Not only immeasurably
superior to all other plasters. but also to
hniments. ointments. oils, and similar
unctuous compounds.
Beware Of limitations, and do not be de-
ceived by Misrepresentation. Ask for ALI
cocks aud let no solicitation or explana-
finn induce you to accent Q substitute.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
Charlotte Game Law.

RKD ok GkOVE, VA.
To tie Editor OF he Dispatch:
Is there any law in Charlotte county
against shooting partridges? ID. W. 5.
II is unlawful TO kill or capture or offer
for sale or buy any partridges or qualls in
Charlotte county between January 18th
and October 18th. or at any time to destroy
the eggs of partridses or quail.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
Grammatical Question.
McMuLLry, Greene COUNTY, V

McMULLES, GREENE COUNTY, VA.
To he Editor Of tie Dispatch:
/. Will you please parse the phrase
passing rich" ~ the following sentence
=. man he was 70 all his country dear,
And passing rich with forty pounds year,'I
IN your next issue:
2. What Governor persisted in the burn
ing Of the Theatre at Richmond. Va, De
cember 2G. 1911? j. n. McM.
/. Passing Is used as an adjective. Con-
sequently it is an adjective. just as man
is a verb IN the phrase Ito man vessel
2. Governor Smith.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
4 Racing Question.

HAMPTON, VA.
To he Editor Of the Dispatch:
In a trotting-race between two horses
over regulation mile course, what greater
distance does the second horse trot than
the one drawing the pole? And does the
pole horse trot full mile
NANCY HANKS.
II the pole horse trots feet from
the pole Gnslde fence) he trots an even
mile. The distance trotted by the second
horse depends upon his position on the
track. If his distance from the pole horse
is short he trots very little over mile.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
demonstrating nv Deer.

To he Editor of ne Dispatch:
Do deer (bucks) shed their horns every
year ? Some contend that they do and
others that they do not. Sun.
All deer from the moose TO the ante
lope shed their horns annually. They
shsd them In the late spring OF early sum
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
Teachers salaries,

The following statement shows how
Richmond compares with other cities of
about the same population or less IN the
matter of salaries paid phblic-school
teachers. In the large citles-Washington,
Baltimore, New York. Boston, etc.-the
contrast is even more striking.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14

The casting out of the devil
Of disease was once a sign
of authority.
Now we take a little more
time about it and cast out
devils by thousands-we do
it by knowledge.
Is not a man who is taken
possession of by the germ of
consumption possessed OF a
devil?
A little book on CAREFUL
LIVING and SCOTS Emulsion
of cod-liver oil will tell you
how to exercise him if it can
be done.
Free.
scorr b BowSE. Chemist y, South 9Th Avenue.
New York.
Your druggist keeps SCOTS Emulsion Of cod.hver
oil-all druggists everywhere do. 81.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
A Trimountainous Tale.
LHl 4 a IL. r.D.-.ra 1

A kiss was very wrong, she said,
A thing no lady would allow;
How could a person bosson-bred
SO lar forget her pride. or how
Disgrace her cduration!
That very night happened round
To Beacon street and called On her
She hated kissing, but found
She would With very slight demur
Submit 10 oscuIation.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
Use FRAYsEB's NERVE AND

Use FRAYSEB'S NERV AND
L BONE EMINENT.
l. is the only GENUINE Nervo and Bono Lini-
ment offered for sale. An others are base imita-
tions. 10 will CURE MORE complaints and go
il in a shorter time than any other lniment sold
In cases OF SORE THROAT, PAINS OF ALL
MINDS, WEAK LUNGS, CHLBLAINS, IA
GRIPPE, GROUP, ana many other ailments 10
acts like magic. Il Ia equally good for man or
beast. Ask for Frsysers and tGke no other. For
sale by all druggists. trial rs all that Is needed
J. W. FRAYsER & Co,
-Jf6 east Main street,
do 4-eOd3m Richmond, Va.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
s,dney... Hampden,s Glory.

Sydney's, Hampden's Glory.
To The Editor Of The. Dispatch:
Please tell me the name of the author Of
"Yours is sydney's, Hampden's glory,
Russelrs matchiess shade Is yours.
Martyrs in heroic story,
Worth a thousand Adncours."
XII.
We do not know. Perhaps some one Of
our readers can answer the query.
Destruction Of the Petersburg Railroad
Bridge.
RICHMOND.
To he Editor of the Dispatch:
Please let me know what year and month
the Petersburg bridge was burned.
L. II. n.
March %, 1882.
Aches and pains al yield to the pain
killing qualities Of salvation OIL Price sc.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
BiackuaiI.
To DE Editor of the Dispatch:
What 10 Blackmail "? Illustrate.

TO Uie EUt'OT OF VIF ItSUtNtU.
What is Blackmail -? Illustrate.
ORANGE.
Blackmail (literally black remit. tribute
of money, corn, cattle, or the like ancient
ly paid in the north of England and in
Scotland to men who were allied with rob-
bers to secure protection from pillage.
Blackmail was levied In the districts bor-
dering the Highlands of Scotland till the
middle OF the eighteenth century. Century
y,;cfjouoru
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14

Colored teachers receive from 800 TO
1925 less than white teachers OF the same
grade in Atlanta. Evansville, Ind. and
Galveston
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14

Nos. a.. IH. Ii, uul Old
ami IS st0r Du rI-al
ITALIA. ami Chester. SD.
Manchester, urrNr'.
No 20 stops ON -t %.
passengers = lt
Us u" ~ n. ...I
-'.,'.i a. m, iii st. f.0u.
,-.ru.l..,.
ON TAM N'-.
tween ~" ,f@ ".l
tNl'. W llAit
.,th o'n go - .'.........
N's' ah'
ami dhch r'AF"''' I'D
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
PHILADELPHIA, RI g IL >ff%A
MOND AND NORFOLK
STEAMSHIP COMPANY

Appointed sailing days. Every TUESDAY
and FRIDAY at II N and every SUNDAY az
A. NJ.
Freight for Tuesdays AMI Fridays steamers
received till 1880 4. NJ; for Sundays steamer
till p. NJ. Saturday. Freight received daily til
3 n. VI.
Fare s6.
For further information apply %
j. y McCsRRfCB,
General Southern Agent, O0lco ROckettA
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
oyrREsrIMArED FORTUNES.

The newspaper making Of baby in the
Junior branch OF the AstOr family heir to
$50 O01. 600 Is only an example of the alb
sufd overestmate OF numerous great for
tunes IN tins town. For example, Il is n
current delusIOn that every member of the
so-called -Four Hundred" Is the master
or mistress Of many millions. This belief
u based upon the assumption OF the other
wise-siyled smart set y itself that it's only
claim 20 distinction Is its great wealth.
Aud surely II must be that, IL any
thing, for IL Is not education. intelligence,
refinement, cultivation. or like quail
ties which 60 10 mako the really best
society IN any city, so that IL must be
the wealth. But wealth is something that
the public, at least statistically, can put its
finger on. IL - tangible, because 1t is tax
able. and the books are open 10 whoever
chooses 20 read. Everybody knows the
multl-millionnaires aud very few even of
these are IN the -Four Hundred" jaw
Gould and Russell Sage are not. vii
liam Waldorf Astor, tho present gen
Grafton OF Relmonts. and dozen more
of the richest families in town are
more out Of the smart set" than in Il,
and, indeed. regard the -Four Hundred"
with tolerance, II not with contempt.
In the self-styled smart set" there are
not more than twenty who are multi
millionnares, and of the remaining $50
there are not 20 who are worth million
apiece. That brings the large remainder
10 $50 who are worth from 100000 to
500. 600, and no more. II mere money
could give one claim to assume 10
be an "aristocrat." there are hun
dreds upon hundreds OF merchants.
bankers. brokers. and other busI-
ness and professionalism of this city
whom one hardly ever hears OF, whose an
nual incomes are larger than the entire
fortunes on 1t least q hundred in the
= smart set. y S1'hese very rich people en-:
10y their fortudg IN thar own wAvAnH
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14

Destruction Of the Petersburg Railroad
Bridge.