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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-12
Wanted to Repeat Ii.
rHarper's Magazino.l

A certain small boy had told a lie.
Very sadly his mother hal reproyed HIM
for it, and to help him resist temptation
she said
"Now, my boy, if you ever feel like
telling lie again come to mamma ana
she will help you fight against 1t.
The lad went off with sober lace.
Only few moments elapsed, however,
before he appeared again, and with an
eager smile said:
Mamma, / want to tell lie"
"Wen my dear, tel me what you
want to say. eaid the mother.
- want TO tell that same old lie over
again, observed the boy.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-12

. trof ne Np1'ct
yDu give any information in re-
.- t, electric stones recently dlscov-
..l t.ar lo,tswool. Pa. whose electrl-
r. r-pcr,l,s have been successfully
tt4 and Weld considerable energy
treated with acids?
,aere any company formed for the
i..n.-e & 4usrryiug the said stones?
INNATE. the truth concerning all this =?
u tg. ), anything positive about It
3 would greatly obhge "a subscriber 10y
-. lE such information. +. K.
l.,re is nothing in the story. The
s -.a, Il "a stone, OF anything else, by
. ac.l is always attended with a de
Iu.lt 81 electricity. The account
' et.el loaX or an eIaggerGtIon.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-12
QUERIES & ANSWERS.
LAW As TO PRO
VISION FOR 4 PAUPER.
interest Charges on Delinquent
,,o1s-.-.JCfIcrSon Children
completion of state Capitol
RICHMOND. VA.

RICHMOND. Va
~ ~, Fditor Of the Disp0fch'
ia foreigner has not taken ont ms
humiliation papers and he's no near
..-...,cs. IA the State required to support
.. %, case hc is unable 10 support HIM
PUPIL
I.rc IS nobody who can require n
e....t, take care Of any pauper. Com
.a humanity, however, would demand
.i., ach paupcr as the one described
p Pupil should be cared for.
Ile Nirciua law requires a person to
,..a a illegal settlement before he
..rh. provided for os raurcr. That
femast have resided one year III the
,tv ~ town assisting him. Also he
. have resided IN the State thrco
..s unless at the time Of coming into
..s Le Was able TO maintain him
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-12
Tho Natcr-Itod.

BUsTrEsrvEGU, Va.
Dr ". r.ITD':
..yc me some 20 orma,lon con-
-r. tle vaterdiUumg rod made Of
... nilcl- or ucach-trec twig, t. de-
a.t.r o. an ordinary depth from
c. for the purpose Of digging ii
Horace SM00T.
-. idea that the diyining rod can
t.t water is "a dclusion. 1t, move
... ar. Of the nature Of those Of the
called planchctte and oaija, being
F.. moro ,r les, involuntary muscu-
ra.u1u on the part Of the operator.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-12
KTCHMoND, VA.

ltl'hMOND, ~.
III Hc Idif0r Of the Djsp0fch:
viii Won kindly advise me what would
Ice suitable book for one who desires to
study law. but who knows scarcely any
thing about 1t LEX
The foregoing inquiry must be an
swercd IN a qualified form. \ suitable
book for one who desires to commence
the study Of law Is probably the mean
ing Of our correspondent, and We an
swcr, "Ewell's Essentials Of the Law, -
in three volumes. Other works might
oe mentioned, but Professor Ewell's
hooks are perhaps the best adapted, if
any are to the use OF beginner who
asprcs to learn the law without assist
ance. which, so far rs We know, has
never yet been done.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-12
CapitoI Cornerstone.
-I N.Mu NINETEENTH STREET, !
RICHMOND, VA.

-j >.LIH NINETEENTH STREET,
RICHMOND, VA.
.. Iifor Of tho DispQ'ch:
B.. NaI enough to inform me %
s..r tie Cornerstone OF the present
Capitol was Land; C2) when the
i,. Was completed. In looking
..rny s.ap-book l find have corner
4iI August Is, l7Sj, aud building
tsl 1872. But the Southern IL
tt,l Almanac says "Cornerstone
q f-l..' ARCHIBALD.
coraer-stone Of the Capitol build
..- a., laid Oh the 18th Of August, 1875.
I'll. General Assembly met for the first
t.e so the Capitol on the 18th OF Octo-
b. i-,' though the building Was in an
%. aslei condition.
Tic building was completed in 1896.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-12
HAMPTON, W

HAMPTON, Va.
Ifr.r ~ the D.paich:
a.o tell mc the aye, color, height,
a...t ami pedigree of Nancy Hanks
... Che time 81 the fastest heat trotted
..r.u lcrir- race. CHUYAL.
H- answer in brief: Bay mare,
r..- OLD; 49, hands high weight
. 1Io pounds; sire Happy
H.m; dam Nancy Lee 10y Dicta-
.-. second dam Sophie 10y Edwin
|.-.;. present record 2oi; fastest
..., .. ker first race, 2.2J! il the third
July. l~~4.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-12
Interest Charges Oh Delinquent
Lands

To the Ed'tor Of the Dispatch:
Has n man the right TO charge 10 per
cent when he has bought delinquent
land when an heir redecms il?
J. O. 8.
The purchaser Of real estate sold for
taxes for years prior TO 1884 upon the re-
dcmption thereof Las the right TO charge
the person redceming the same interest
at the rate Of 10 per cenium per annum.
II the purchase was for the year 1884, or
subsequent wears. he can only demand
upon the redemption thereof interest at
the rate Of 6 pcrcentlm per annum.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-12

rNufrHE CAVE, Va.
Y.nr F'r.rof tr D.V0fch:
When docs tuc law expire for killing
turkey. Iu Iotetourt county Va?
b. $.
j, is unlawful to lii or capture or
...r for saie or huy any Wild turkeys
..-aceu Ia, LIST day Of fcb-uary and the
Oh day Of September in tho counties
n.-t az the blue hidge except Rock
I-I.eI. and IN Rockbuice between the
ru day of january AMI 18th day Of
H.t.h,r.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-12

If',rof H- D~p0'ch;
a rr ,ca,r's library, horse, and
... used only for his work in ms
.. D.mpt from taxation under that
.-.a Of our law eXcmptug property
.hr charitable or religious pur-
SUH-CWHER
.. hlrarcs belonging f. licensed
.t.r- q the Gospel are exempt from
r. uat their horses and bugglos
..t I'D taxation.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-12
The Electoral Commission.


70 Hc EIH9r ofUc Uispatch:
Who were the fifteen men TO whom
the uldcu- Hayes contest was referred :?
They wcro residents respectively OF
what States? G.. WRIGHT.
IIto. I0., February !, 1928.
Senators George I. Edmunds, Yer
mont; Oliver j. Morton, Indiana ;
Frederick T. I'reliDghuysen, New Jer-
scy; thomas /. BaYdyd. Delaware (;
1Hcn q. Th3Umo,, Ohio (the last
named having become i'll Francis hcr-
nan. New York, was substituted. Repre-
scutttiycs Uo7Y b. PayHc, OHIO /;
Tpyu U'Dfon, Virginia; Josiah Il.
.tLioH. Massachusetts James \. Gar
field, Ohio George i. Hoar, Massa-
chusctts. Supreme Court Nathan
Cidord, president of the commission !;
William Strong, Samuol L. Miller, and
stephen Il ITcld. These had been
designated by the act. The fifth selected
by them was Joseph p. Bradley. Demo
Gratis il italics, Republicans in Roman.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-12
COST or EXTRA HORSES.

Now let me ask You "Does the rail
road company keep any more train
crews than it needs ? " Most certainly
not Then why do you keep more
horses than you ought to need ? Simply
because the roads compel you to DO so.
will ondeayor TO show you what your
extra horse costs you.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-12
Making a grand total Of.

Now. don't YOU think that an extra tax
for road purposes OF, say Sl.1O, leaving
Won good road and saving yOu $l24O5,
a lot of time and bad temper Ito say
nothing of repairs to your wagon would
be an excellent idea
Again. DIl you ever think that the
city man, the doctor, the lawyer, &C.,
who is too busy to go away to the
springs, might like to buy few acres
and build himself house and drive to
town each morning in summer or even
tie whole year round? You may have
thought so and offered him the neces-
sary land at a small price. but didn't he
tell YOU he couldn't stand the roads ?
He will. however. so to the furthest end
of the electrician line and grumble be-
cause he is so quickly built around.
How many farmers in Old Virginia
are making any money?
How many are making living with
out mortgages)?
| am afraid there are not many. The
fact is there are too many teams to Iced,
too many wagons to repair, and this Is
the state OF things at the commencement
of our fifth century.
TO YOUNG MEN.
Now, We will turn to the city man,
more particularly the young man:
Doubtless you have vote. IL you
have o horse and buggy vote for the
first man who takes up this all-impor-
tant question. II you have no horse
but only bicycle. You want to ride and
not shove your machine when you leave
town. TO you | say, Do the same as
your buggy friend. And then to the
man or boy who has neither. You have
s cents to 70 on the cars to the country.
Do you like TO walk the remaining say
quarter o. a mile--in the mud Z
"Well, guess not" as the song says.
Then use your influence in the right
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-12
A FEW QUESTIONS.

l should like to ask the farmer few
questions
/. Why pay road tax and get no
roads
,. Why pas road-tax and ship your
goods by rail ?
3. Why appoint a man to take charge
OF vour roads who knows no more about
f5em than yOu do?
Shall l answer all these questions in
one?
Simply because you have done so all
your life, and don't see the use Of
changing.
Now, let me try TO show you why to
change.
If am not mistaken, you wish to get
your crops TO market as cheaply as posi-
lie. OF course, this means as few
teams as possible. 1t is a well-known
fact and beyond dispute that horse can
hsnl four times as much on macadam
road as on our dirt roads in their best
condition, and ] am afraid to say how
many times as much as on our roads
from December to May.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-12
Sergeant Robert Pearson, 10Th
y, &C. -. 4.


To the TdIor Of the DiSpatch:
The following curious and, 1t Is be-
lieved. unique document is copy from
the original in the possession Of Mr.
Harry s. Hopper, Philadelphia, "a,
who would like 10 ascertain. be writes, II
Sergeant Pearson be still alive.
Colonel Chngman, bred lawyer,
served in both the House Of Representa-
tiyes and United States Senate prior to
the war. He was promoted 10 brigadier-
general in the Confederate States army,
and has since made many contributions
TO geology and mineralogy and
brought to light many facts connected
with the mountains OF North Carolina,
one of the highest peaks of which now
bears his name. He has more recently
been brought quite generally before the
public in the press by his earnest advo-
cacv OF the curative powers OF tobacco,
externally applied, in cuts, bruises, neu-
ralgia. rheumatism, etc. The writer
has found il etlicacious in Inflammation
Of the eye. Faithfully yours.
L. A. Brock,
Secretary Southern Historical Society.
THE COLONEL OF THE TwENTY-FlFIH hh"A-
MEST NORTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEERS
To Robert Pearson --Greeting
Reposing special trust and confidence
in your valor, patriotism, and fidelity, l
do hereby appoint you fourth sergeant
in Company III" to take rank from
the Fifteenth day OF July, 1851. and l
strictly charge and direct all non-com-
missioned Officers and Soldiers under
your command TO be obedientto your
orders as Fourth Sergeant
Given under my Hand this thirty-first
day of January in the year of our Lord
One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Sixtv-two and in the First year of our
independence L. l.. ChSoMAS.
Colonel.
BY the Colonel
Wesley N. freeman, Adjutant.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-12
Attempts TO Reach the North


Pole.
To the Tdifor Of the dispatch:
VIII you please state
!. How many attempts have been
made to reach the North Pole
.. BY whom
3. With what success they have been
attended SUBSCRIBER
Efforts 10 discover q northwest or a
northeast passage and attempts to reach
the North Pole have been so closely
associated that it Is difficult to separate
them.
However, we give several of the more
important expeditions that may be
classed under the latter head, together
with the north latitude reached: Latter
part Of 400, the Cabots, 81 degrees and
30 minutes; 1907, Henry Hudson, be-
yond 80 degrees 1873, Captain Phipps
Lord Musgrave), 80 degrees and 4S min
utes 1918, Buchan and Franklin, 50
degrees and 81 minutes; 1897, Parry, 50
degrees and IS minutes; 1873, Kane, -
degrees and 81 minutes ; 1861, Hays, 81
degrees and 3j minutes 1879, jeanette
expedition, under De Long, driited to
r. degrees and ~ minutes.
In 1882 Lockwood and Brainard OF
the Greedy expedition penetrated to s.
degrees % minutes. The Greedy expe-
dition. however, was not sent out for
the purpose Of reaching the North Pole.
It's object was to make scientific obser-
yations at one OF the circumpolar sta
tons agreed upon 10y the International
Geographical Congress.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-12
Masonry and the Church.
GRAND LAKE. ARF.

NihNND i4Nhts hAth'
r. hc Editor # the Dispatch:
VIII You please state in your next
issue which was first established Ma
sonry or TIE Church? and oblige
J.. u. b.
The opinion Of some Free Masons is
that their order is older than any Chris
than Church. Many Of them believe
that it dates back to the time Of the build
ing OF King Solomon's Temple.
Our own opinion is that the Roman
Catholic Church is older than Free Ma
sonry. There was time when that
Church patronized practical or opera
tive Masons. If not speculative Masonry
The DAYS called the festivals Of the two
St. John-St John the Baptist and st.
John the Eyangclist-tho oath of June
and the 18th Of December-w mad
saints days by that ChuIch, and from
the Church the Masons borrowed them.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-12

STATE or NEW YORK, CITY OF NEW IoRS-sS.:
BeIt remembered that on the 3ttn lay oi
Charles Edgar Mills. Il comrr.s-inncr ior Hgil
qualified uuIer tho laws of the Stnte OF NV 4
seal. &C., personally appeared Joseph II. far'
tary of the Proyidcnt Saving Lie Assurance
being sW m, depose and say. and each Tor hll
Of tue sad company. and mat the foregoing B.
or eaid corporation on the last day ~ No. nscif
c0rding % the best u their kno"irdgc' INFORM
tached is the seal Of saii corporation.
In testimony whereof have herr
seal. on the 3Oth day OF January, 1913
49, u
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-03-09
A MYSTERIOUS WARDROBE.
How One Well Dressed Woman Seemed
Never to Wear the Same Gown Twice.

How One Well Dressed Woman Seemed
Never to Wear the Same Gown Twice.
AT reception one guest was the
admired of al the men and the en-
We'd of all the women. The latter
were in despair over her gown.
ut is of no use trying to discover
her dressmaker," they said, because
all her dresses are imported"
They talked about her always wear
ing either white or green, and said
she must have fortune in those two
colors. She had taken to the empire
styles particularly, and actually
never seemed to wear the same dress
twice, and they were all so lovely
too. There was the one she had on
then, a green satin with a square
train that fell from between the
shoulders, and a white Josephine slip
belted across the breast with cord
OF silver. TIE sleeves were enor-
nous puffs of green velvet. Her
blond hair and lovely skin completed
the picture, and one woman went SO
far as to whisper to her, ooh, do
wear this dress again; tits so lovely"
But she only looked mildly bored.
Of course i'll natured things were
said, too-that her husband could not
afford anything like it, and all that.
so she remained q mystery, and to-
night a more lovely one than ever.
Now for the other side of it. She
never had but one dress at time,
and if you had jumped at her sud-
denly for given gown she could not
have furnished it. Her wardrobe
consists of three or four great square
trains long enough to come from the
shoulders, if need be, and all lined.
They are in satin, silk and velvet.
Some are white and some green. All
the greens will go together, by the
way. Then she has a lot of puffs for
sleeves, some green and others white.
She has any number up to five frocks
that are made empire in one way
and another. Two have trains enough
of their own to so either with or
withoutanother train. Then she has
off yards of ribbon, sash widths and
narrower. She has embroidered
pieces of various kinds and lengths
and widths. She has a good deal of
old lace, shawl or so her mother
had given her, some lengths, and SO
on.
1t is not meant that she never has
a new dress. She has about as much
to spend on her gowns as any ordi-
nary woman, but not enough to
dress in the extraordinary way she
does unless by some extraordinary
means. She puts dresses together
piecemeal. They are pinned on and
sewed on as she stands in them, and
in no way can dress be made to
look so much part of the wearer. A
train is puckered narrow at the waist
for one time and worn wide as a
cloak and from the shoulders the
next time. Her maid is expert with
benzine and pressing irons. She her
self is fertile of designs The idea is
too good a one to be allowed to re-
main with just one woman. New
York Sun.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-03-09
Married All of Them.

The first place in the list of those
who have married early and married
often must be taken by Lady Eliza
beth Darcy, the daughter of Thomas
Earl Rivers, on account of the Curl
Gus coincidence attending her mar
riages. She was wooed by three
suitors at the same time, and the
knights, as in chivalry bound, were
disposed to contest the prize in the
customary manner This the lady
peremptorily forbade, and promised
in q jocular manner, if they had but
patience, she would have them all
three in their turn, and, what is most
remarkable, she literally fulfilled her
promise. First, she married Sir
George Trenchard, of Wolverton,
who left her a widow at seventeen;
secondly, Sir John Gage, Of Firle, and
thirdly, William Henry, Of Hick-
worth, the three original claimants
for her hand.-All the Year Round,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-03-09
WHY MEN REMAIN BACHELORS.

1t is said there are 100000 young
men in the United States of mar
riageable age who obstinately refuse
to provide themselves with wives.
In trying to account for thi1 con-
ditlon of affairs the New York ADJ
vertiser says that it is probably true
that our extrayagant style Of living,
as compared with that of former
times, is one OF the effective inAu-
ences.
The cost OF supporting wife and
raising family is much larger than
it used to be, and this feature of the
matter often gives cause on both
sides.
We have come to measure so
many other things by money that
matrlmony has not escaped the rule.
The young people are disinclined
to start in an humble way and grad
ually improve their situation.
They want all that their parents
have without waiting and striving
for 1t. Many proposals are unques-
tionably delayed or rejected on this
account.
Then it is we'll known that the
new avenues of employment open
70 women have made them more in
dependent and probably also more
exacting as to the qualifications OF
husbands.
1t is net nearly SO common as it
once was for girls to marry simply
in order to secure a home and liv-
ing they are able now to earn good
wages and to take their time about
assuming the duties of wives and
mothers.
We may safely believe, moreover,
that the progress of women in edu,
cation and in social power has led
them to look less favorably upon the
connubial condition of subordinating
their hearts to their heads, so to
speak.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-03-09
Velocity of Raindrops.

OF course we all know that it would
be an utter impossibility for storm
clouds to form and rain to fall were
1t not for the 40 odd miles of atnos-
phere that rises above our heads.
But supposing it were possible for
human beings to exist in an atmos-
phere that only rose to a level with
their mouths, and that stormclouds
could form in heregion outside such
a low grade atmosphere, then every
raindrop would prove as fatal to
earthly creatures as if it were a steel
bullet fired from dynamite gun
London Nature.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-03-09
A CIergyman's Prayer.

An old clergyman in Maine, in a
dry season, exchanged with a
brother from the seacoast. The con-
gregation was made up of men,
half farmers and half fishermen.
and the soil was sandy and poor,
while his in the interior was fertile
and rich. He opened his prayer as
follows, 20 Lord, I have been asked
to pray for rain, and I do so, but thou
knowest, o Lord, what this soil needs
is dressing. New York World.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-03-09

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A Quick Reply.

The Duchess of Lauraguais, who
was somewhat given to making po-
etry, could not think of word to
rhyme with coiffe. Turning to Tai
leyrand, who CHANGED to be by her
side, she said, Prince, give me a
rhyme to coiffe." Impossible, Ouch
ess," replied Talleyrand without a
moments delay, ''for that which per-
tains to the head of a woman has
neither rhyme nor reason. San
Francisco Argonaut.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-03-09

Judge-You are here on charge
of stealing wood, and are liable to
pay fine. Do you plead guilty of
not guilty?
Prisoner-That depends, your
honor, whether the fine is a big one
or not.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-03-09

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