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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-31
The silver Conference Assured.

WASHINGTON CRY, May 30.-This gov-
ernnent has received notice that France
and Germany will send delegates to the
international monetary conference. which
assures its assembling.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-31
Memorial Dav at Chicaro,

CHICAGO, May 33.-MemoriaI day was duly
observed here. In the morning the Grand
Army posts proceedei to the various ceme-
;erics and decorated the graves with lowers
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-31

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-31

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-31
A Confederate Monument Unveiled.

Confederate Monument Unveiled.
RICHMOND, May 30-The monument "a
the memory of General A. P. Hill, of Con.
federate fame, was unveiled here today
with great pomp and ceremo.
ny. The ceremonies were in the
nature of state celebration.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-31
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-12-02
Pretty Hands.


Not only ladies should have pretty
hnnds-a rough, untidy pair of hands
is just as unnecessary for man to have
as for q woman-beautifu white hands
very many can have if nature has been
kind enough to bestow upon them fair
skins. All may have neat-looking,
smooth hands. A lemon, some oat-
meal, palm oil soap and tepid water
and few ounces of glycerine will be
all-sufficient to accomplish the desired
result. After the hands are washed
clean in the water, to which has been
added a tablespoonful of oatmeal and o
teaspoonful of glycerine, and the palm
oil soap freely used, rub over the wet
hands the lemon Juice; apply it espec-
tally well about the nails, for it hardens
the skin and prevents the formation of
hang nails. If the hands are rough
and scaly or bleed, before beginning
this treatment freely use (every time
the hands are washed) q mixture of
glycerine and compound tincture of
benzoin (one ounce Of the benzoin to
four of the glycerine) until all soreness
and rawness has been removed. Then
the persistent use Of the oatmeal and
lemon will be sufficient to keep the
hands soft and tidy.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-12-02
ON A RANCH.
Uow the Cattle Are Collected Together
and Sent to Market.

anu Seut 70
The wise man from the East, on first
visiting ranch comprising six or seven
hundred thousands of acres, can not un-
derstand how the cattle wandering az
large over the range are ever collected
together He sees dozen or more
steers here, bunch of horses there and
single steer or two mile off and even
as he looks at them they disappear in
the brush, and as far as his chance of
finding them again would be, they
might rs well stand forty miles away at
the other end of the ranch. But this is
very simple problem to the ranchman.
The superintendent of the ranch per-
haps receives an order calling for one
thousand head of cattle. The breed of
cattle the firm wants is grazing in q
ccrner of the range fenced in by barbed
wire, aud marked pale blue for con-
venience on beautiful map blocked
out in colors, like n patchwork quilt,
which hangs in the superintendent's
office. When the order is received he
sends n Mexican on a pony to tell the
men near that particular pale blue pas
ture to round up a thousand head of
cattle aud at the same time directs his
superintendent to send in few days as
many cowboys to that pasture as are
needed to hold thousand head Of
cattle on the way to the railroad sta
ton. The boys on the pasture, which,
we will suppose is ten miles square,
will take ten of their number and five
extra ponies apiece, which one man
leads, and from one to another of
which they shift their saddles rs men
do in polo, and go directly to the water
tanks in the ten square miles of land.
A COW will not often wander moro than
two and half miles from water, and so
with the water tank or a damned
canon full of rain water as rendez-
vous, the finding of the cattle is COM
paratively easy and ten men can round
up a thousand head in day
or two. When they have them
altogether the cowboys who are to
drive them to the station have an
rived and taken them off At the sta
ton the agent of the firm and the
superintendent of tho ranch ride
through the herd together and if they
disagree as to the fitness Of any one or
more of the cattle an outsider is called
in and his decision is final The cattle
are then driven on to the cars and the
superintendent's responsibility is at an
end.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-12-02
Diamonds.

A lemon diamond is the exact shade
of the outside peel Of lemon. 1t is
the fashionable stone Of the day, and it
is sold as high as five hundred dollars
a carat, being a little more rare than the
blue diamond. Thirty years ago blue
or lemon diamond was rejected as "off
color by diamond merchants and dis.
posed Of as inferior stock at the rate of
fifteen or twenty dollars carat To-
day they rank as high as white stones,
though they do not approach the latter
in beauty. 1T is popular fallacy,"
said a jeweller, that the size Of tho
diamond counts most. 1t doesn't. I
can sell you diamond weighing one
carat for thirty, thirty live, forty dol
lars, and at five dollars advance on
those prices all the way up to five hun
dred dollars carat. l once owned n
stone weighing carat and quarter
that l bought in London for five hun
dred and fifty dollars. The big stones
of the common sort are worth only the
same price as the small ones. Thus a
twenty carat stone of the thirty dollar
per carat variety will be worth only six
hundred dollars. But twenty carat
stone of the kind that is valued at five
hundred dollars for the single carat
would be sold for one hundred thou
sand dollars. The reason for this is
that there is an abundance of the poorer
stones. They come from the African
mines, which are irexhaustible, and
which will supply the world with all
the diamonds it needs for q thousand
years or more. But the more valuable
stones are not found in such large num-
bers, because they come from the East
Indies, where the supply is exhausted,
C., from Brazil, where there are few
good diamonds left. "
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-12-02
Fable of the Pansy.

Lovers of this pretty flower may be
interested in the fable concerning it.
The blossom has five petals and FIVE
sepals. In most pansies, especially of
the earlier and less highly developed
varieties, two OF the petals are plain in
color and three are gay. The two plain
petals have single sepal each, and the
third, which is the largest of all, has
two sepals. The fable is that the pansy
represents q family consisting of hus-
band, wife, and four daughters, two of
the latter being step-children of the
wife. The plain petals are the step
children, with only one chair; the two
small gay petals are the daughters,
with chair each and the large gay
petal is the wife, with two chairs. TO
find the father, one must strip away the
petals until the stamens and pistils are
bare. They have fanciful Resemblance
to an old man with flannel wiau
around his neck, his shoulders upraised
and his feet in bathtub. In France,
the pansy is universally called the STEP
mother.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-12-02
Nictoria's Throne.

The English throne, used ia the coro.
nation ceremonies of the kings and
queens of Great Britain, is simply az
old oaken chair of curious pattern and
great antiquity. Ages of use Ut il
known to have been used in its present
capacity for more than seven hundred
years. have made the old frame a. hard
and rs tough as iron. Tho mage
power attributed to the old relic lies ia
the seat, which is a large, rough sand
stone. Ages before it was trimmed in
yelyets and gold for the use Of the
Stuarts and the ludors it served as n
seat for the early kings of Scotland;
tradition even asserts that it is the
identical stone upon which the patg.-
arch Jacob rested his head the nj III 10
had his wonderful dream.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-12-02
THE PATERNAL OSTRICH.
Some Pecuiiarities of the Largest of Afri
can birds.


can Birds.
The ostrich has many strange ways,
and L was particularly interested in
studying them. They go in flocks of
three or four females and one malo
about their nesting time, and for sew
eral weeks before locating their nests
the hens drop their eggs all about the
pampas. These are called hducho eggs
pronounced "watcho') and are much
more delicate in flavor than the eggs
taken from the nests. They have a
thinner shell, and when fresh laid are
of beautiful golden color. We cooked
them by roasting them before the fire.
We would first break n hole in the
small end of the egg large enough to
insert teaspoon. The egg would be
set up among some hot ashes, pinch
of salt and pepper put into it, and the
contents kept stirred with q stick so
that all would be done alike. The fla
vor is excellent and one egg would sat
isfy very hungry man. AS soon as
the ostriches decide upon suitable
place for n nest. the male bird scratches
away the Grass and slightly hollows out
the ground for a space of about three
feet in diameter. All the hens of the
flock lay in the same nest until there
are from twenty-five TO thirty eggs laid.
The male birds then take possession and
sit on the eggs until they are Matched.
AS soon as the flock can leave the nest
the old fellow leads them away to feed
on flies and small insects, and everything
is lovely until he cspies another male
bird with brood. As soon as the old
birds see each other they make pecul-
lar booming sound and every little os-
trich disappears in the grass The old
ones then approach each other and en-
gage in n most deadly conflict They
fight until one or the other is killed or
runs away. The remaining one will
then utter another peculiar sound and
both broods will spring up from their
hiding places and follow the victor,
who struts off as proud as a peacock.
have seen old male ostriches with
three broods, each Of different size,
two of which they had captured.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-12-02
Charm of Amiab abilitN.

When asked how she managed to re-
tain her youthful appearance, Madame
Patti brightly answers, Il have kept my
temper No woman can remain young
who often loses her temper" The wom-
an who is constantly flying in a rago
soon has her reward. A deep-grayen
line stretches from each corner of the
mouth up toward the nostrils. The
mouth becomes poutingly habby or
shrewishly compressed. Between the
eyebrows appears the fretful, petulant
frown, and no amount of dress, no
powdering, rouging or lace-stoaminS
will bring back the lost beauty, Hand
some is as handsome does" said our
grandmothers. An amiable face can
never be plain. Bright eyes and smil-
ing lips have their own beauty. Tho
ugly faced damsel should cultivate pla-
ciGity Of temper, human sympathy and
generosity. Let her assume a virtue, il
she has it not, for even the assumption
Of womanly sweetness will lead to lis
possession, for its own charm, and the
naturally plain face will be transhgural
by its light.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-12-02
Symbolism of Green,

1t seems singular that green, tho
color which is pre-eminently that of
hope and of youth, should be also SO
generally regarded as unlucky. In
some parts of the south Of England rus
tic folks regard green with such an
aversion that they will not use it at all,
either in dress or III the furnishing or
decoration of their homes. A few
years ago learned German, Doctor
Cas5el, of Berlin, published little bool.
on the emerald color, in which he laws
it down that green is the color of the
devil and of demons generally. and this
position he supports by multitude OF
instances gathered from various parts OF
Europe, showing its diabolical associa-
tions In Scotch country places green
is tabooed at weddings for the reason
that it is the chosen color of fairies
and the little people, as everyoAo
knows, are very quick to resent anything
that may appear to them to be intended
rs an insult. At Lowland Scotch mar
iiages of past times even green vege-
tables We're looked at askance, and ka,e
was not allowed to adoln the table with
its curly head. The combination OF
white and green appears to be paticu-
larlv portentious, according to the old
iues:-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-12-02
Among ICehnrrS.

If the shortest possible line for u YES.
sel to follow between Panama and lIoag
Aong We're drawn, what relation would
i bear to The Sandwich Islands? ]. il
afe to say not one person in fifty thou
and knows. Did you say it would pass
'outh OF them ? Not by thousands Of
iailes. The line will pass east of San
francisco and will cut the Aleutian Is
ands away up among the icebergs and
polar bears.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-12-02

An open letter 10 sOomen. No. I.
Laurel Ave-, San Francisco,
May IS, 1892.
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"I could hardly stand; and
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-12-02
"Whose dressed in blue
Have lovers true;
In green and white
tOrsaken quite.

The belief in supernatural agency,
ghosts and demons, underlies a great
part OF those curious notions and OBJ
servances of our forefathers which are
now rapidly dying out, and this asso-
citation Of such agency with the color
green is doubtless at the bottom Of tho
very general belief in its unlucliness.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-27
Spraying for Insects and Fungofds.

10 NE EuttOf or utb DtsDutCt'
About twenty years ago planted several
hundred fruit trees which grew and thrived
tor awhile. but soon commenced TO die
until now have scarcely fifty trees. and
ali of these are diseased. Having little
else to do this winter. have devoted my
time to the study of insects and fungolds,
and have come to the conclusion that, like
many of my neighbors. am many years
behind in the march of agricultural
improvements. How to secure good crops
of frst-class fruits and vegetables IS not
only interesting to producers, but is also
matter of great importance TO consumers.
Our Richmond markets ought aud can De
more than supplied 10y our own truckers
and fruit-growers if we use the experience
furnished by the agricultural experiment
stations supported by the national and
State governments, which are doing an OK
cellent work for the farmers OF the coun-
try, only the farmers are slow to avail
themselves of the work of the depart
meuts.
There are two classes of our insect foes.
First, those that take their food by the AID
of biting Jaws, and second. those that
take their food through proboscls. which
they insert INTO the leaves or bark. The
biting insects are destroyed by spraying
with the arsenltes, and the suctorial by the
use Of kerosene emulsion. To show the
effect of spraying IT, is only necessary TO
give one example In q comparative test
BY the Illinois state Horticultural Society
for the curculio So per cent. of the sprayed
plums were uninjured, while those un-
sprayed did not show single sound fruit
For the codling moth the sprayed apples
gave "a per cent. of sound fruit while the
apples were worrn-eaten and nearly all
dropped from the unsprayed trees.
The fungoid diseases, such as the black
rot of grapes, potato blight, tomato rot,
&C., are treated with the Bordeaux mix
ture. and the ammoniacal solution of car
Donate Of copper. Experiments by the
department with potatoes and grapes Will
show the Importance of this work on the
farm. Two lots of potatoes were planted
one was sprayed with the Bordeaux mix
ture and the other was untreated. The
sprayed lot yielded 346 pounds; the un-
treated lot yielded lGl pounds. The grape
test consisted of 26 vines-13 were un-
treated and yielded 2l4 pounds; thirteen
were sprayed and yielded 50 pounds.
1t would require too much of your space
to multiply examples and give formulas,
but it will afford me pleasure to impart
information to any inquirer as to necessary
outfit how TO prepare mixtures. and when
to spray. II looks formidable to the farm
err, | know, but when the matter has been
explained he will be surprised at its SIM
plicity. As the New York Stale Entomolo-
gist truly SAYS, the operation of spraying
is simple, inexpensive, and so effective
that it cannot be too strongly urged.
n. W. HAzLEwooD.
Richmond. Ia.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-27
Game-Lsw of Norfolk County,
To The Editor of The Dispatch:

To The Editor of The Dispatch:
What is the game-law of Norfolk county ?
If the sign Posted Is put in conspicuous
places, what redress has the landowner
should it be disregarded? What authority
is required to post property-i. G., farm
land? y. !. Il.
1t Is unlawful for any person 10 kill, cap
ture or offer for sale, or buy any par
tridges in the county of Norfolk between
the 1st day of February and the lst day of
November, or at any time TO take or de-
stroy the eggs of paItridcos IN said
county.
If any person, without tie consent of
the owner or tenant, shoots. hunts,
ranges, or fowls on the lands OF another
which are enclosed, or the boundaries of
which, or streams adjacent to which con-
stitute a lawful fence or in the waters on
said lands. the law deems him guilty of
trespass, and in addition to his liability in
an action for damages he can be made to
forfeit to such owner or tenant s. for
each offence, and double that sum in any
instance if the offence be committed in
the night OF on Sunday.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-27
speclal-LiceDse Tax.
To ne Editor of ne Dispdtch:

Can q country merchant who only has q
dry-goods license buy up cider IN large
quantities; buy up berries aud grapes by
the bushel and make them into wine and
then retail 1t out by the glass as beverage
TO his trade the year round Ito such an ex-
tent rs even TO intoxicate) without special
license To sell it?
III 80, why requlre liquor and beer sa-
looms TO take out licensesI SUBSCRIBER.
The United States imposes special tax
on every person or firm who sells or Offers
for sale foreign or domestic-distilled
spirits, wines. or malt liquors for each
place of business where sold.
No special tax is imposed upon winners
who sell WINE of their own growth, or
manufacturers rho sell toine produced from
grapes groicn 6y others, at the place where
tho same is made. or az the general
business Office of such vintner or manu-
facturer; but no vintner or manufacturer
can sell at more than one office without
the payment of special tax.
1t is, however, lawful for the msnufac-
turer or yintner TO sell at two places at
the same time-viz., the place where he
made the wine and his general business
office-without paying special tax.
For the sale of pure cider there is no
special tax imposed. even though it be
sold as beverage-provided, there is no
admixture of spirits or liquor of any
kind. Therefore q country merchant"
can, under the United States laws, sell
cider, or deal in and sell: wines as above
stated.
The laws of Virginia relating to liquor
license provide as follows:
That no person, corporation, company,
firm, partnership, or association shall,
within the limits of this State, engage in
the business of rectIfying or OF manutac-
turing or distilling malt or alcoholic IL
quors other than ,cine, or sell or offer to sell,
by sample or representation or otherwise.
wine. ardent spirits, malt liquor, or any
mixture thereof, alcoholic bltters, pitters
containing alcohol. or fruits preserved IN
ardent spirits, either by wholesale. retail.
or to be drunk at the place where sold. or
in any other way. without first having
obtained license therefor: nor shall such
license confer the privilege of selling in
either way except in the manner herein
after provided. And all mixtures, pre-
parations. and liquids Except cider)
which will produce Intoxlcatlon shall DO
deemed ardent spirits within the meaD-
ing of this section. provided that any resi-
dent manufacturer Of wine may have the
privilege of selling wine of his own manu-
facture, in quantities not less than one gallon
,oihom pdpn9 he liceass-tdr or percentage
provided for by chapter Of this act.
BY reference to the foregoing abstracts
it will be seen that country merchant"
even though he manufacture his own wine,
may not cell IL nv ,-of1y urthOut a licenqe
No license is required to sell cider.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-27
A Virginia Penny.

To The Editor OF The DisDdtch
Did Virginia mint any money in her CO.
lonial day!
have penny found here. in good pre-
seryation, dated 1913. The head OF George
III. is on one side: the English coat-ot-
arms and " Virginia" 1913 on the other
Il. n. Crooks.
Early in 1869 the Virginia Assembly sent
an address to Lord Botetourt, Governor of
the colony, praying that he would obtain
copper currency for them. In Noyem-
Der of that year an act was passed author
ling coinage (Helry VII, pages
3l2-H3). Nothing, however. was DONE it
appears, until February 1872, when the
act was amended, TO empower the treasurer
TO import copper money IN hat-penny
pieces TO the amount of Fl Zoo. Under
this act it appears by a proclamation OF
King George ILL.,. dated November 16,
IVA, and published in Forces Archives"
there was shipped "a sufficient quantity
of fine copper in bars" for the coinage at
the mint in the Tower of five tons of
copper coin of such weight that sixty
pieces thereof are equal to one pound
weight avoirdupois," and leach piece Is
stamped on one side with our efiigies, with
the inscription Georgius Ill.,, Rer,' and
on the reverse with the Virginia Arms.
with the 81. Georges Cross, leaving out the
escutcheon of crowns except one crown,
at the top, without crest. supporters. or
motto except the word Vugtnia' round
the arms, with the date OF the year. which
are now ready to be exported to the col
ony A" TO - be current and lawful money"
etc. The coins bear the date 1913, and it
may be assumed were largely circulated in
the colony. Certain it is that before
the circulation of the large copper
cent was supplanted by our present
coin, these Virginia pieces were still quite
numerous They are sometimes met with