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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-26
A Campnigu Of Education.

A campaign or education seems already
TO have been successfully commenced by
the silveri,es II we may Judge from the
signs OF the times on both sides OF the
Atlantic. In this country the advocates
OF the free coinage OF silver are stronger
than they ever were before. and In Eu-
rope the vote In the German Reichstag
in favor OF another international bmetal-
lie conference seems TO prove that the
cause OF the silveritcs is much stronger
in Germany than II was a few years
ago. Discussion appears to have helped
the bimetallists more than the mono
motallists.
But Will not the wonderful. the unac-
countable success OF the new loan, serve
to beat down the defences OF the bimetal-
lists and weaken their cause in the es
timation OF the American voters? We
see no signs OF yielding on the part OF
the silvorites anywhere. on the con-
trary. they arc now denouncing the
President and the Secretary Of the
Treasury and their supporters for having
negotiated loan at an unnecessary
cost of many millions Of dollars In a
word the silverites seem to have engaged
in a campaign OF education themselves,
and the leading Republican paper in the
West and Northwest, the Cincinnati
Commercal-Gazette, declares that there
is no room for question that the over
whelmng majority OF the voters Of this
country are in favor Of bimetalism.'
If our Cincinnati contemporary is right
1t may be expected that the silverites
Will continue their campaign Of educa-
cation
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-26
FIRE At THE v. VI. 7. INSTITUTE.
Put Out by the Corps of Cadets
nnmoyc ONLY About S.O0--iDsured.

LEXINGTON. VA, February 25.-(Spe-
cial)-Yesterlay morning at 2 o'clock an
alarm OF fire was sounded from the Nir-
ginia Military Institute, and the volun-
teer Fire Department Of the town re-
sponded. 1t was found to be the library
OF the Dialectic Society Hall and the hall
itself The corps Of cadets had formed into
a bucket brigade. and were holding the
fire to the hall. II was soon put out upon
the arrival OF the fire boys, and one
horse-reel remained at barracks over
night. The fire damaged the hall 70 the
extent Of 500, covered by insurance. The
hall Is in the south tower of the west
wing Of the barracks, and had II gained
any Roadway the barracks would nave
been swept away. and also Jackson Me
mortal Hall which is TO be continuation
OF the west wing.
The town Fire Department was cheered
10 the echo by the entire corps for the
promptness with which they responded
to the alarm and the efficient aid rem
dered by them. The origin Of the fire Waa
not found out, but IL may have come
from electric-lght wires. as they were
used IN the entertainment given in the
hall the evening before.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-26

needs soil well enriched. but the foregoing
prescription strikes one as very strong
diet for anything In the vegetable world
All this fuss and precision seems ludi-
crous enough. when we remember that
busy mothers begin their little girls first
gardening lesson by giving them a
package each OF sweet peas and morning
glorIes-two things that never fall To come
M. and that will do we'll with almost
any treatment that falls to their lot.
Extra care will not be throw away on
sweet peas. for II means larger flowers
and more OF them.
The best advice to give for their culture
Is: Plant carly, plant deep. keep clean.
keen seed-pods of. mulch the ground, ana
water copiously twice a week II drought
sets In.
For sweet-pea hedges they need to be
planted I'm double rows. separated Ten
inches, and less than two inches apart IN
tho row. They always do better 10 have
early bushing. There IL really nothing
suits them better than brush five or SIX
feet high stuck In the ground for them
10 run on. They cover every twlg ana
housh I'm a short time. but. as the brush
Is ANYTHING but slightly until this Is ac-
complishod. wire poultry stretch
al tightly between supports. l. preterapie'
IL answers as well, ami Is never con-
splcuous.
"a this flower loves moisture and cool
ness. in hot localities Il does better u
PLANTED where it can have few hours
shade each dly. 10 not give all shade'
for moderate amount of sunshine IL
liked by everything that has iife.
LORA ). LA NANCE
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-26
Michirun RepubItcans on silver.

At their convention in Detroit last week
| the Republicans OF Michigan adopted a
platform approving amongst other things
of the Republican congressman OF that
State who voted against the proposition
10 change the word coin to gold in
bonds issued by the government.
This is singular doctrine for Republi-
can to teach. IL shows that the Republi-
can party is divided on the silver ques-
ton just as the Democratic party is di-
vidcd.
The Ohio State Journal. Republican
organ, so 10 speak, explains the Detroit
plank as follows:
The Michigan Republicans can see no
good reason for singing out the pur-
chasers Of this last bond issue for any
especial favor, when heretofore the coin
bonds were amply sufficient for all pur-
poses and had always been largely taken
by those wishing safe and remunerative
investment. They cannot imagine why
this bond issue should be made in terms
that would hereafter compel the govern
ment 10 promise 10 pay in gold all future
securities and thus depreciate to that
extent the value Of OF bond sales that
have been made within. the god pro-
NisD.
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Quantities are not always large
enough to reach all around, al
though we seldom speak of goods
in these columns that are not here
in great lots.
QUlLTS.-White Crochet Quilts,
full size, and the usual best 81 sort,
for $50.
The best Boys and Girls Bicy-
Gle Hose, all sizes, OF to 10, that
generally sell for $50. pair. fast
Black, roc. pair.
Ladies 81 silk Stockings. in
black or boot-toP, drop stitch, for
65c. a pair.
OTHER RSET BAR
GAlNS-A manufacturer needs
money at once, and here IS the
benefit for his want:
His best usual 5oc. Corset FOR &c; all
His best usual 81 Corset for SOC; these
white. black. and drtb.
This is the Model Corset Depart
ment south of New York. The
everything-no matter what you
need-it YOU ought to have it.
The Silks ar going fast. No
change in the price as long as the
lots will last. Few can be dLplI-
Gated for less than about double.
q5c. Black Satin Surahs. 3sc a yard.
sc 6 ace Tanctas. > and &c.
$40 Black Satin Duchess. Sc.
And hundreds OF various sorts at THIS
rate OF value
Navy storm Serges. the best quality
$50 New SILK ana Wool Spring Fabric
for DC. u ward.
New All-Wool spring Checks, the idenu-
cal SOC. quality OF "A year ago. lor &c.
Navy and BLACK. Whip,Cord SerGeS
were Csc. - inches wide, are ooc.
ssc. Imperial Serges for zoe.
BLACK CREPE CLOTHS.
silk and Wool Sc. to SIS.
ATWOOD. ljc 10 81.
All-Sik. 90. TO SIS.
The usual best I21Ec. Fast
Black Satteen to-day for ! 7-Sc.
yard.
Changes about the BOOK
STOCK throws several thousand
volumes on these counters tor less
than half usual cost.
20 cloth Bound 5oc. Books-popular
authors -9c
225 Madison square series-25c. Booss-
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A Lesson for North Carolina.

The Raleigh News and Observer says:
"In South Carolina Mr.. Tillman and his
supporters have called a constitutional
convention, and the keynote of the call
Is white unity for white supremacy.
The transcendent issue says the Exc
cutive Committee is the preservation OF
white supremacy by qualified suffrage,
and the committee adds: There is no rea-
son why all white Democrats in South
Carolina cannot heartily agree and unite
In the adoption OF Constitution While
the South Carolinians are thus moving,
for self-preservation North Carolina ad-
iourns its Legislature in honor of Fred.
Douglass, who married a white wife, and
thus exempllfied his belief In miscegens
ton. We can learn lesson from our
neighbors"
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4 Versatile Lawyer.
n.eMiston (Mel JournalO

ItWlstON IAc.1 JOUINdLJ
When Judge Parsons was ap racticing
lawyer he was once employed 10 plead
two cases in court which were precisely
plaintiff. in the other for the defendant.
II happened that both cases were tried
the same day. He spoke for half an hour
to the first Jury. the case was given 10
the jurors. and they had retired. When
he appeared before the second jury he
made use OF very different arguments
from those employed by him before, Of
which the court took notice. reminding
him that he seemed 10 have changed his
tune and repeated 10 him what he said
a few minutes before. Mr.. Parsons fixed
his keen eye upon the Judge and replied:
May il please your Honor, might
now | know | am right" He proceeded,
and when the luries returned II was
found he had gained verdict in both
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-26
Mrs Alderman Uurned TO Death.

LEWISBURG. W. VA. February %
(Special)-A distressing and fatal acct
dent occurred in this place on Friday
morning. Early in the day, while Mrs
Maria l. Anderson was engaged In her
household duties, her clothing caught fire
from coal CRATE. resulting In fearfully
burning her person, from the effects oil
which she died the following night She
was well advanced in years. highly Ie-
spected. and well connected, and had been
a very useful Christian woman in the
community in which she was born and
raised She was the widow OF |.
G.. Anderson, and leaves large circle OF
friends and relatives TO lament her sad
and untimely death.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-26
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silver I'm England.

The Baltimore Sun says that the Par
liamentary Committee of the Bimetall!C
League Of Great Britain will to-day
rally its full strength in the House OF
Commons 10 support a motion looking
10 the cooperation of the British Govern
mtnt with the other great powers in the
calling of an international monetary con.
ference.
We fear that England is not the coun-
try in which this question ought to have
been raised Just now. Bimetalism has
grown wonderfully even in England, nc
doubt but We do not suppose that the
people there are ready to abandon the
single gold standard.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-26
Kitchen Cutters.

written tOT the Dlspdtcn)
An English housewife will tell you tina
the American kitchen does not contain
enough cutters" They are cheap luxu
r.es in other countries. but in the Unite
States they seem TO shine only by thei
absence Outlet cutters. for instance, ar,
very useful for shaping lobster or sal
mon, thereby avoiding the handling other
wise necessary, and which, II done BY
an inexperienced sock, renders the entre(
as tough as shoe leather.
Who does not appreciate the difference
between the awkward. unattractive sand
wich Of daily life and those dainty little
circles. triangles, or heXagOns, which ap
pear AZ a delicate hOrs d'oeuvre or q
pretty little adjunct to the o'clock tea
tray Of a well appointed establishment?
Vegetable cutters are also great helps
as with them you can vary ordinary con
somme ad infnitum and render com
moplace soup a really hlgh-class one.
While on this subject there is some.
thing TO he said about the "border-mould .
As the French ones are very expensive
why not have one made TO order? The
best way is to cut out Of stiff paper a
mould OF the hight proportions and sew
the parts together so as To represent the
shape OF the mould perfectly Then give
the model TO n tinsmith. who can readily
duplicate 1t in metal. Two inches high
and two inches wide are the proper d.
mansions for border-mOuld.
There are two ways Of cooking rice
In a border-mould, each worth describing.
by one method, II should be boiled fifteen
or twenty minutes longer than for ordi-
nary serving. After greasng the mould
thoroughly the rice should be pressed In
and allowed TO cool for fifteen minutes. 1t
can then be turned out around the plat
ter. and the fricassec or other dish Of
meat heaped in the centre.
The second method is to cook Il cup OF
rice in water for one hour. then drain,
add a tablespoonful OF butter and a tea
spoonful of salt. and mash tho whole well.
adding two eggs and beating them tho
roughly In with the rice. Press this mix
ture firmly into buttered mould, and
fifteen minutes after turn IL out.
a border-mOJhd can be also utilized Tor
aspic Jelly. which IS served around boned
turkey. And curries, blanquettes OF veal,
and stews can each be delightfully."- cooked
lin a tin mould. FANNY PAGE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-26
SWEET rEAS.
A Handsome Garden Flower and
Fine for Cutting.

written for the Dispatch)
In the best-known missionary hymn.
good, old Bishop Heber tells US
'The spicy breezes
Blow soft Ger Ceylon's Isle"
but the sweetest odor that has been waited
TO US from that far-off country is not that
OF spice or balm. but OF the bright, win
some flower whose very name bears tri-
butte to its fragrance-the sweet pea. THIS
is one of the few flowers that never goes
out of fashion. our grandmothers
cherished it. and this generation vote IT
the fashionable blossom. 1t is beautiful
enough for the queens palace, common
enough for the labOrers cottage.
Not only are sweet peas a handsome
garden flower. but, as all know are fine
for cutting. Every one does not know,
however. that the most effective way 10
use peas is 10 arrange by themselves.
DO not use so many as to crowd into d
stiff upright bunch. but drop a few long
stemmed sprays into a slender vase. They
will turn. some this way, some that, some
nodding. and some looking at you. but
so exqustely light, airy, and graceful
that the addition OF single other Hover
will spoil perfection.
ITS FRAGRANCE.
Perhaps no other flower is so grateful
to the sick. for its fragrance, though
deep is one that never clogs. For the
convalescents room. tie a half-doZen
sprays loosely together with narrow rib
bon.
This lovely flower, easily grown as II
Is, has one popularity. 1t simply must,
and Will, be planted early-in fact very
early. to do well-and II you intend next
summer TO have long hedgerows Of sweet
peas and cut its blossoms by the hun
dreds you must prepare now for II, order
ing the seeds and ready TO pop into the
ground the very first day the latter is In
working condition after the winter break
up occurs, The LIST OF February 10 the
LIST OF March for our Middle. Southern and
Southwestern States Is none too soon,
and the LIST TO the 18th OF April for our
Northern States Is about the right time
10 plant.
Some enthusiasts would have us be-
lieve the raising OF sweet peas Is a most
complicated affair. one authority naively
advises to prepare the fiower-bed by ma
nuring heavily In the fall and sprinkling
wood ashes over IL few times in the
winter. Then spade and plant; as soon
as the little plants are three or four
inches high. apply a dressing OF bone
dust 10 the bed. and as soon as buds
show. fertilize the earth with handouts OF
nitrate of soda, and IL this Is not enough
feed a little liquid manure once or twice
q week!
A HEARTY EATER.
The sweet pea Is hearty eater, and
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-26

The people OF North Carolina should
not be held responsible for the dolngs OF
the black-and-tan crew at present in
charge at Raleigh. The real people OF
the State are as Incapable of honoring
Fred. Doug!ess rather than Washington
and Lee as are any other people in the
country. They showed this during the
period between 1861 and 1866, as they had
done before and have done since.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-26

states. Look at the census re-
turns. and ask yourselves whether
the consent Of the States having
small populations will ever be obtained
TO n proposition TO base representation In
the United States Senate. as II IL based IN
the House OF Representatives, upon popu-
IafiOD.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-26
Moro Predictions.

L. ". Il. writes from Washington 70
the Atlanta Constitution:
Besides Colonel Livingston ! talked
with many free-coinaSe members to-
night. They all express the opinion that
silver Will be the issue in The next cam
paign. and that the Democrats Will nomi-
nate a silver man. They take no stock
in Mr.. BANDS talk Of a new silver party.
but say the night should he made within
the Democratic party. and the goldbugs
should be weeded out or driven to the
rear where they belong. They will SUBJ
init 10 no more Clevelandism controlling
the party. They have been fooled once.
They will not be again"
Next year the contest will take place
if the above forecast shall prove to be
true, as we are inclined to think it will
not
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-26
The McAdoO House Not Sold.

GREENSBORO. n. c.. February %
saw an article in your paper
a few days since saying | had sold my
hotel 70 b. l. Fisher. owner and proprie-
tor Of the Benbow House. here. There
were negotiations going on at the time,
but since. having been requested by many
travelling salesman not to let monopoly
occur here, decided not 10 sell. and
will be glad TO have, as usual. my part
Of the patronage OF the travelling public
w. d. MADOO.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-26

Photos enlarged and finished in
crayon and India Ink to life size.
of the same size and quality As
have been sold for years at
$40 each, for SI.5o."or in the
beautiful water for 81. which have
been sold for years at SIS. Sam
pie of portraits on exhibition.
Covered Market Baskets. 1875.
90 Substantially-made. Covered. Mar
ket-Baskets- will hold quarts-ls
cents-l2 quarts. % cents Is quarts.
81 cents.
Roller Skates-aII sizes. at Sc.
pair.
Polished oak Picture Trames-l6v-o
tcrayon si2e,-at 30 cents.
White and silver Picture Frame i6N20
ocrayon sizel. gold inside liue-Floren.
300 l-2-foot Easels fancy top and bot
tom, special sale-9s cents.
1000 Wire Lamp frames just
received--.aIl the popular and
newest shapes on sale at special
prices.
DenNl-OuS iiele Idp'f TOT Nldkiuh
lamp shades-any color-at - cents.
DiSh-PanS : cents.
700 Three Piecod Tin Dish-Pans- made
of extra heavy finland quarts
cents
10 dozen Covered. Long-lIanile, Sauce
pans warranted frv-prOot bottom
at SIX CENTS
81 dozen Decorated Fruit Saucers, at
3 cents.
~ dozen Decorated Soup and Dinner
Plates-real worth 3 dOzen-this spc-
cial lot cents each.
- dozen Large Chambers at % cents.
Gas Globes 70 cents.
q dozen Gas Globes-new shapes-and
finely decorated-in various colQrs-
nigh class AT 10 cents
lWO dozen Brilliantly Polished Thin
Pressed Water Tumblers-at PER
DOZEN % CENTS
500 dozen Kitchen Britannia spoons
regular worth - cents a set Of six
for "A little while cents.
80 dozen full-siZe Wood Buckets
nicely painted and substantially
made-at EIGHT CENTS.
THE COHEN NN
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Mummy.

(New Orleans Picayune.)
In de mornin' nanny says.
"Heah, yau rascals, out de way?
You black little ch!lluns,- play?
Uow's 1 gwine L sweep de no
Wild you runnin' 'roun' In do'Y'
Noon time come, an nanny call.
"Go-fo mullins. leave dat ball,
Doan' you let dat baby fall.
Come 4 dinnah right away.
Specks Use gwine { wait all day?"
Night time come. an nanny cry,
Leave dat dirty ole mud pie.
Naughty chilluns. come by-by."
Den she rock us sof, and sing
"'Neat Observation-Disclosures"
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A Way Out.
TNatr Nnrif Weekly

New York Weekly)
Sweet Girl: on. papa, | have found a
way for you TO escape the income-taX.
Father: Guess not.
Sweet Girl: Yes 1 have You give half
your stocks to Mr. Slmpurse. and then
I'll marry SIR. Slimpurse, and 50 all the
money will be kept IN the family, and
the government won't get cent.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-26

Ransom will make q model Minister
He is a Talleyrand without the vices OF
the French diplomatist, and a Chester.
field with genuine ability in addition tc
good manners.
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AND
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Annexation is IL possibilities.
And 1t fast becomes Il probabilities.
For Manchester and Richmond, the more
they're fogy-free,
The more they like the fine idea, see?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-26

That the new loan was over-subscribed
just thirteen times may to some minds
seem unlucky
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-26
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PHARMACY. Belvidcre and Main streets.
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The sweet pea is a hearty eater, and