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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
No Name Signed.
RICHMOND, VA
To tho Editor Of the Dispaich:

hltli NUM-, VA
To the Editor OF the Dispatch
Please give me the shortest bicycle
road from here 10 Washington, ID. G.
@ Name as near as you can the towns
or villages along the road at intervals
Of about twenty miles.
Yours, etc, BICYCLE.
This query was mailed you last week,
and ! expected to see the answer in
Sundays columns, but as ] suppose you
did not attend 20 1t for some unavoidable
reason. / hope you VIII give II your at
tention this week. as | wish TO take the
trip at very early date.
Yours, etc, BICYCLE.
Yes. and on neither occasion did you
sign your name as you should have done
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
Third CONGREGATIONAL District.

To the Editor Of the Dispatch
viii you kindly give me the names OF
he counties that are IN the same con-
tressional district as Richmond?
SUBSCRIBER
The Third District Is made up Of Ches-
terrified. Goochland, Hanover, Henrlco'
King william, and New Kent counties
md the cities of Manchester and Rich
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
The Green CarnatiOn.

TO the Editor Of the Dispatch:
Who is me author Of 1.-THE Green Car
nation? ii. {. II.
Robert s. Hlchens. Mr.. Hichens has
a short story in the current Pall-Man
Magazine. entitled - Reincarnation,
which is said TO be decidedly interesting
ana original. lie Is also the author OF
AN Imaginative Man.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11

RICHMOND. VA.

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
II gentleman speaks TO n lady in
the street. and the lady does not recoS-
nize him as an acquaintance. is 1t not
politeness only for her to return a formal
bow? Could IL be considered flirting?
bow even to n man with whom she is
not acquainted; but We can imagine cir
cumstanccs where the rule might be safe
=. .,.afved
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
Snu-NliII Dust.

To the Editor OF the Dispatch;
Has Mr.. a the right to locate q saw
mill on q branch that runs through my
horse lot and yard. ana let the sawdust
~ in tho said branch? BY answering
the above you will do me a favor.
Truly yours. J. a. ".
We are unable TO find any law on the
subject unless the dust can be classed
as q ruislnce.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
whence Sand,vich:

To the Editor Of the Dispatch;
WIN you kindly say why sandwich"
10 60 called? ENQUIRER.
The word sandwich" was named after
John Montague. Fourth Earl OF Sand
witch Oiled IN 1922, who used 70 have
slices Of ham between bread brought to
him At the gaming table to enable him
20 10 on playing without intermission.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11

To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
In answer 70 q query: ounces boracic
acid. 90 ounces carbonate soda, > ounces
saHcylic acA, for forty gallons zone bar
TcD.
Another way: One half pound white
m5-tard seed tied in a bag large enough
10 put IN the l<~s-hOle. c. w. a.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11

March -. 1879. except so far az related to
France and Great Britain and their de-
pendenc!es; and in regard to them also 1t
was 10 take effect after tho conclusion OF
the next succeeding session OF Congress.
Tn, embargo was intended TO countervail
Napoleon's Berlin and Milan DEGREES. and
British orders IN council.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11

No. %, daily for Atlanta and points be-
yond with through Pullman service.
No. 403 "Vestibuled Limited Train"
Buffet Sleepers. Richmond 10 Atlanta.
Close connections nj Atlanta for New
orleans and all points South and South
west. and az New orleans with the
Southern Pacific and Texas and Pacific
railroads TO all Texas points. No extra
charge on "Vestibuled Trains"
ARRIVE RICHMOND.
No. AZ, .Nts..nta sgeciai yestiouled
Limited Irain." 90 \. NJ. daily.
No. rs. Mail ana Express. 6:i5 r. ~.
daily.
apply to IL. ID. owen. Ticket Agent, Byrd.
Street sation; Richmond Transfer Com
pany, sJl east Main street. and Com
pany's Office. $50 east Main street
II. ST. JOHN,
Vice-Presidcnt
JOHN H. WINDER,
General Manager.
T. J. ANDERSON.
General Passenger Agent.
IT, NJ. BOYKIN. city Passenger Agent
90 east Main street my IL
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
Pronunciation Of CoIigny.

IT. tre Editor OF the Dispatch;
W you kindly inform me through thu
columns Of the Dispatch Sunday the
correct pronunciation of the name OF
A.mIa. Cohgny?
W. J. ID.
Ko-ler-yee. or Ko-leen-yie; accent IN
first case on last syllable; in second case
vi so--.- -..lhla.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
4 TLANTIC.COAST LINE.
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE SUNDAY.
MAY u. 1925.
TRAINS l.EAkh r. klCHMOND-uNION
DEPOT

SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE SUNDAY.
MAY ~. 1925.
TRAINS LEAVE. KlCHMOND-UNION
DEPOT.
800 A. NJ. Arrive t,essfsDlrs 9:Si A NJ.
Norfolk Ii 20 a. NJ. Stops oniy
at Petersburg, Wav9rly. and
eos A. NJ, Arrives Petersburg $50 A. NJ.
Weldon il;ts A; ~, Fayette-
Vile 4.3O Z. NJ, Charleston
ll:l3 p. NJ, Savannah l:l9 A.
NJ, Jacksonville 100 A. ".
Connects at Nilsson with No
Il, arriving Goldsboro' 30j T.
NJ, Wilmington 5a5 Z. NJ.
Pullman Sleeper New York TO
Esp. H.. LoeaRI' " arrives Petersburg $40
'''' i. ii Makes all stops.
$50 Y. NJ. Arrives Petersburg 6:l5 I. NJ,
Norfolk 1925 +. NJ Makes all
1913 P. NJ, Arrives Petersburg TAG p. NJ.
Weldon 9.H T.. NJ Fayetts-
Vile 1853 A., NJ. Charleston
NJ, jacksonville 1890 =. VI.
GEORGIA POlNTS.-Arrivlng
Aiken f22 A. NJ. Augusta 500
4. NJ. Macon II A. NJ, At
saesp n New York to Charles"
ton, Jacksonville. Port Tam
pa, Aiken. Augusta, and Ma
r:4o p. NJ, Arrives Petersburg l2:25 A. NJ.
Burkeville 2:il A. NJ, Lynch
burg ass a. NJ. Roanoke SIS
a. NJ. Bristol ll59 A. NJ.
Pullman Sleeper Richmond 70
Lynchburg.
1913 A. NJ. Arrives Petersburg / :O5 a. NJ.
Weldon 2:5o A. NJ. Henderson
4:0i A NJ. Raleigh 5:l7 A. NJ,
Elberton 2:0I p. NJ. Atlanta
300 p. NJ. Pullman Sleeper
10, =, W S,lSm,y C 20 A Ntnnn rroN
Arrives Petersburg Sis A. NJ.
Makes ali stops
40 p NJ, Sunday Accommodation. Ar
r.ves Petersburg 52S p. 81.
Makes all stops.
TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND.
40 A. NJ, From Jacksonville. Savannah.
Charleston, Atlanta. Macon,
Augusta, snd Weldon.
$40 A. NJ. Atlanta, Athens. and Raleigh.
SO A. NJ. Lynchourg and the West
IL 90 A. NJ, Norfolk. Suffolk. and Peters
burg.
Gas p. NJ, Jacksonville, Savann a h.
Charleston, Wilmington. Colds
horo'. and Weldon.
700 p NJ. SGrfolSS Suffolk Vaverly. and
s:s5 p. NJ. Lynchburg and the West.
$40 A. ID. Petersburg Sunday Accommo-
dalton.
7.S5 p. NJ. Petersburg Sunday Accommo-
T. NJ. EMERSON.
J. r. KENLY, Traffic Manager.
General Manager
my1l c. s. CAMPBELL. ID. p. A.
DICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG
IL AND POTOMAC RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT APRIL "a
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
Cbcsapca.c and Western.

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
WI YOU kindly publish in your Query
column the answer 20 the following:
Through what counties OF Eastern Viz
riria viii the Chesapeake and Western
railway run, and what will be It's termini?
J. II.
II Is not known what counties the road
will go through. The promoters say It
Will 70 where IL finds the most friends.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
United state. Consui-swcdcn.

BASKERVILLE, VA.
To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
Please let ne know through your COL
umus the name Of the United States
Consul now of Sweden. and obige,
SUBSCRIBER.
We Go not understand the question
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
VIII YOU answer in your Query column
or Give a remedy for roup in chickens?
Yours truly. - r - MIN
Several such remedies arc advertised
Apply to some druggist
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
"Ninsic in the Camp.M

To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
II some reader will supply you with
copy. will YOU kindly publish a war poem
by John i. Thompsth, entitled "NIusic
IN Camp 1t begins:
Two armies covered hin and plain.
Where Kapp3hanDock s water"
c. q.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. W. VA.
TO the Editor Of the Dispatch:
Which is correct. omnibusses or ornni-
buscs-onc or two s's-speaking in plural
sUmbcr? W.
Omnibuscs.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
RICHMOND RAILWAY
AND
ELECTRIC COMPANY.

Main Office and Light Department,
foot of Seventh street. Telephone 657.
City Division, office Nam and Vine
streets. Telephone Sl4.
Union Division. Office Twenty.ninth
and 2 streets. Telephone CSC.
Manchester Office, Semnes avenue.
Telephone 232l.
Arc and Incandescent Lights and
Electric Power at reasonable rates
Electric-Light Wiring q specially.
Parties desiring Electric Lights or
Power by notifying the main Office by
mail or telephone will be waited upon
by representative OF the company.
lmh 2oJJ
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
rfoody's Denomination.

To tho Editor Of The Dispatch
Please inform me what religious de-
nomination Mr.. Moody. the evangelist.
belongs 10? II. j.. r.
Conrrocauonalist. but he is not an
ordained minlstor.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
Ample Rust.
CRAIGSvILLE, VA.

CRAIGSVlLLE, VA
To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
7 enclose a few leaves 10 show how my
anp,e-trecs are affected. They have oeeh
this WY fer several years. ana are grow
ing worse. AS far as 1 can see une
trouble Is only In the leaves. The trees
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
FREDERICKSBURG
III AND POTOMAC RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT APRIL "a
1885.
LEAVE BYRD-STREEr STATION.

LEAVE BYRD-STREET STATION.
100 A. NJ. Daily, for Washington ana
points North. Stops at Elna
ana local stations. Pullman
Car.
Washington and points North.
Stops at Elba, Ashland. Dos
wei, Milford, Fredericksburg,
Brooke. and Whitewater. Par
lor-Car; also. connects with
Congressional Limited at
TAO p. NJ. Daily, Tor Washington and
points North. stops at Elba.
Ashland boswell. Milford.
Fredericksburg. Brooke. and
Whitewater, and other stations
Sundays. Sleeper. Richmond to
New York
ARRIVE BYRD-STREET STATION.
$40 A. NJ Daily. stops, at Whitewater.
Brooke, Fredericksburg, Mil
ford. boswell. and Ashland.
and other stations sundays.
Sleeper. New York TO Rich
mond.
at local stations and Elba.
Parlor-Car from Washington.
653 p. NJ. Daily. Stops only at Frede-
ricksourg. boswell. and Ash
land. Pullman-Cars from New
York ard Washington.
2:S A. NJ. Daily. Stops az principal local
stations and Elba. Sleeping
Car. Connects with Congress
siolal Limited between New
York and Washington.
FREDERICESB0 ACCOMMODATION
DAILY, except Sunday
40 p. NJ. Leaves Byrd-Street Station
$50 a. NJ. Arrives Byrd Street Station.
ASHLAND TRAINS.
DAILY except sundayl 10.
$40 A. NJ. Leaves hlba- ..
$40 =. NJ. Leaves Elba.
$40 A. NJ. Arrives Elba.
SO4 p. NJ Arrives Elba.
c. A. TAYLOR, Trah1c Manager.
F. T. D. MYERS. President. my II
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
RAILROAD LINES
. " .ESsss sssssSa 5EIs
Ma: k.W Hsltp|s:HsstsmR.R

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY Il. 1872
LEAVE RICHMOND. BYRD-STREEr
STATION.
900 A. n Daily-RIonmond and Norfolk
VESrIBULE LIMlTED--Ar
.. rive Norfolk ii q A. NJ; Stops
only at sn 95;stiSsr'0urs .c MaayslI.y;
tickets not accepted for pas.
sOoA N. Daily THE CHICAGO EX-
~ PRESS for, Lynchburg. Koa-
noke. BIgefield, Poeahontss.
caso. Pullman Buffet Sleeper
Roanoke TO Columbus without
change; also. for Radford.
Bristol, Kncxville. Chattanoo-
"a, and ..ntermedia,e points
7l' p NJ p oS1 yt for NGsf2 s,S,o SI Ar
rive Norfolk 1925 r. n.
IL 40 p. NJ. Daily, for Roanoke. Radford.
Pulaski. anu Bristol. Con-
meets at Roanoke p, WITH
n mosa'"s''Lni Limited i' Pullman
Siespers Roanoke to Memphis
and New Orleans. Dining car
attached. Also. for Bluefisld
f RSiy P Saan, ani ali as Stations 5Ds
Wins,on-Salem Division:
PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPER be,
tween Richmond and .LfNCHBURG
ready for occupancy at p. NJ; also.
Pullman Sleeper Petersburg to Roanoke;
burg and the West daily $40 a.. NJ, and
s:s5 p. NJ. From Norfolk and the East,
II :O5 A. NJ and Nes'ibuled Limited, 100
L. NJ. r. w. COURTNEY.
District Passenger Agent.
w ". BEVtLL.
General Passenger Agent;
General Office: Roanoke. Va. my u
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
QUERIES 4 ANSWERS.
Dats Of an Old Republican Ticket
Wanted.
THE REMEDY ron APPLE RUST.
Embargo Act of Congress I'm 1907
Freaks of IiGhtn.ng-Qunra
Law IA Co Virginia Cities and
Towns-Whcnco "sandwich:"

TO the EDITOR Of the Dispatch:
Please state In your Query and Answer
column a preventive Of falling hair IRON
TIE head. ). u. j.
Consult some well-informed druggist
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
"Upshur Days

To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
What are T'pshur-Days." and at what
period DO they Gomez II. Is. W.
We don't know.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
~n 80, CHESAPEAKE
k& A t4W As AND

Shurs OHIO RAILWAY
EFFECTIVE JULY 4. 1895.
TRAINS LEAVE RlChM0AD. SkoAD-
:, STREET STATION; 90
$50 A n Daily. with Puil.ngn. fos
Point. Newport News. and io-
cal stations.
SIS p. NJ. paiIy. . WITH Pullman Ne. for
Old Point. Norfolk. and Ports.
1870 A. II. Local train. except Sunday.
with chair-car. for Romeo.
yerte Connects at Union
Station. Charlottesville for
LynchDurg. at Basic. for
Hagerstown. at sta ton
for Winchester. ans At Cow
ington for Virginia Hot
ssoP. N. Tie Cincinnati ana St. Louis
Limited, daily. with Pullmans
10 Cincinnati Louisville, and
81. Louis. Stops only at Inn
portant stations. Connects
at Gordonsyille, except sun
day. for orange and all sta
tions on Southern rail-
way north OF ,orange.
ginia Hot Springs. and at
Ashland for Lexington. Ky,
and Louisville: Meals served
ii No. Z. Local Train. except
Sunday, follows No. I from
Gorionsyille to Goshen.
$50 p. NJ. Local Train. except sunday.
,A a,,ein,I,o for Char
1890 p. NJ. ba siSs''i Tor Cincinnati. with
F. +. V. Pullman to Hinton, and Cor.
louisville 10 Cincinnati and
Louisville. Meals served on
Dining-Cars Connects at Cow
ing,on. Va. daily. for Hot
TRAINS Leave EIGHTH STREET
STATION.
$50 A. II. Daily, Tor Lynchburg and Cliff
ton Forge. Connects at BIe-
mo, except Sunday, TO- nos.
ney: ct Lynchburg. day. with
Norfolk and Western and
Southern. Railway for South.
west and South: except Sun.
day for Lexington, and Craig
with No. for Ronceyerts and
No. l for Cincinnati
500 p. II. Except Sunday. ioca. accommo~
dalton for Gladstone; connects
at Bremo for Arvonia.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND.
BRoAD-sTREET STATION.
$50 a. NJ. Dally IRON Cincinnati
10 % A. II. Daily. from Norfolk and Old
$50 p. NJ. Daily. from Cincinnati and
sSop N. Daily. fsom Norfolk and old
7.sP. N. Except Except sunday, from Ronss:
TRAINS SSsSsyyEsr ,5 EgIoHrH-srRnr1
spA. NJ. Except Sunday. from Glad.
snp.M. Daily. from Lynchburg. Lex.
ington. Va, ana Clt,Sn Esrss
JOIN y; yotSe
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11

- AND 4 HlJ.Ai ~ % v COCK l.. 81.
a,nntfsst closed ono hour before sailing
time. -, >ow york FROM p,or &c
49, river. for Richmond every MON
~ and WEDNESDAY at l.. NJ. and
rHrT'irRDAY at L. n.
o1nassanrer accommodation unsurpassed.
go are 10 New York INCLUDING
SaUnis and BERTH via James river
ii,fe1h,nnond. and Petersburg rail.
I'D and Chesapeake end Ohio
p Tai1T Trip tickets. good for thirty
c, udys fare, without subsistence. 90
otTicIsts on sale at Richmond Transfer
. IR,,ny,s eOl east Main street. Chesa-
,eana nd Ohio, and Richmond and Pc
tsTsnlrg depots, and at Company's office.
tSdi east Main street, where tickets to
n 10 popular northern >watering-p places
md summer resorts can be obtained.
naapage checked through.
Epeieht forwarded, and through bills OF
Iading issued for points beyond New
IEtrhsiqht received daily until p. NJ.
passsngers leaving Richmond on MON
nays TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS,
THtJRSDAYS, and SATURDAYS by the
cbesapeal<e and Ohio railway (via New
ri News) at 3:35 T. NJ, and by the Rich
pmond and Petersburg Railway Company
Sane days) at 8 i. NJ, Will make con-
nection at Norfolk with steamer leaving
tnoseG GEO 70! w. ALLEN & co, Agents.
nv II No l2l2 Main street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
AIMS ARRIVE AT RICUMOND

SOC a. NJ. From Atlanta ana jackson.
Vile
40 +. NJ, From Atlanta ana Augusta,
making close connection with
train for West Point.
$40 A. NJ. From Keysville.
IOCAL FREIGHT TRAINS Nos q and
g. between Manchester and
Glover. Va, and Nos. CO and
g. between Clover and Neapo-
lis. will also carry passengers.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
TIkGINIA STRAIGHTFORWARD
v cuMPANY'S JAMkS-klV IL

Y CONPANIo JANEo-N y - -
LINE 10 norfolk, Portsmouth. Ola fons,
Newport News. Claremont. and James.
rtver landings, ana connecting at Old
point and Norfolk for Washington, Bal
timore. and the North.
sTEAMER Poc ;AAbH> MAS LEAVES Lea
MoN l,eIIA y L kT 70 I a H. AM
EIectr,c-cars direct to wharf Fare only
&, "a and 81 90 Norfolk. Portsmouth, Old
point. and Newport News. Music by
Grand Orohestrion.
Freight received daily for above-named
nlaces and all points In Eastern Virginia
A"N IRWIN WEISIGFR.
Superintendent:
EDWARD r. BARNEY.
President.
General Offices: Planters Bank build
,ro Je3
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
RAILROAD LINES.
q u 3E $500 sEFN
SOUTHERN RAIL WAY
(PrEDMoNr AIR.LrNEl
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
IN EFFECT JULY 8. 1895.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND, VA,

200 A. NJ, SOUTHERN EXPRESS. daily
for Danvlle. Greensboro.
Winston Salem. Sleeps Rich.
snond. Va. TO Dalvlllc and
Greensboro. Connects II Dan.
Vile with the Washington and
Southwestern vestibulcl Lin.
tied tNo. SD. carrying sleepers
Danv:le to Asheville. Atlanta,
Memphis. New Orleans and
Jacksonville; also, frst-class
day-coach between Washing
ton and Jacksonville. Connec-
tons made at Memphis and
New orleans for all points in
Texas and California. Sleeper
open for Passengers at $50 II.
EB p. NJ. FAST MAIL, daily, for At
lanta and points South. Con-
meets at Moseley with Farm
Vile and Powhatan railroad:
at keysyillc for Clarksville.
oxford. Henderson, and Dur
ham, and az Greensboro for
Durham. Raleigh. and Win
ston-Salem. Carries sleepers
New York 20 Atlanta and
Montgomery and from New
York TO Jacksonville p rior.
Car Atlanta 10 Birmingham.
500 p. NJ. LOCAL. daily. except Sunday.
for keysviiie and intermediate
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT SUNDAY.
MAY 5, 1895.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-24
HussETrrs PEoULlARlrlEs.
An Elephant Window Cleaner and
Advertisements

| An Elephant as u Window Cleaner and
an Advertisements.
Gabriel Rossetti had penchant for
wild animals. He was with difficulty
prevented ut one time from purchasing
for n very large sum young elephant.
Browning said to him: what on earth
will you do with him, Gabriel2n and
Rossetti rcplicd: az mean to teach him
to clean the windows Then, when
some one passes by the house he will
see the elephant cleaning the windows
and will say: Who lives in TINT housc?'
and people will tell him: o, that's n
painter called Rossetti,' and he will
say: I think I should like to buy one of
that mans pictures so he will ring
to como in, and I shall sell him a pic
turc."
One of the best of the Rossetti stories
concerns Mr.. Whistler. Once Rossetti
asked Whistler how he liked q sketch
he had made for picture. "It has
good points," was the answer, ego
ahead with it." A few weeks later he
was asked about the picture. Doing
famously," said Rossetti; Eve ordered
stunning frame for it." Some time
aftcrward Mr.. Whistler saw the canvas,
framed. but still virgin of paint brush
or paint. you've done nothing to It,"
said Mr. Whistler. NO" replied Ros-
setti, "but I've written u sonnet on the
subject, if you would care to hear 1t. {"
When the recitation was over Mr..
Whistler said: "Rossctti, take out the
canvas and put the sonnet in the
framcn
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-24
Flirted with n Dummy.

AT one of the suburban stations
along the line of the Reading railroad
an enterprising soap manufacturer has
erected factory and warehouse, says
the Philadelphia Record. Facing the
railroad Is the large bulk window of
the main salesroom- In this window
one day few weeks ago there APP
peared to the riders of the early morn
ing trains o very pretty girl, who
seemed to have paused in the midst of
her labor of washing the window to
firt with the travellers Nearly every
male rider who saw her proceeded to
flirt with her, and the male riders on
all trains that passed during the day
did the same In fact, she has been
tlirted with ever since, although most
of the regular riders have long since
learned that the beautiful young girl
in the window Is but q waxcn figure.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-24
THE FAIRY STONE.
Found In virGinia-Supposcd to DO n Tai
isnan Against EVIL.

Found In virGinla-Supposcd to DO n Tai
isman Against Evil.
The "Mother of Statesmen" has pro-
duccd n number of good thugs from
first to INSTALLATIONS men, fascinat-
ing, soft-voiced women, fine horses and
the like, but that Il popular fad should
originate with her is an altogether new
departure, says the Philadelphia Times.
Everything must have n beginning,
however, and who knows, now that the
fairy stone has found such favor in tho
world of fashion, what possibilities she
may develop in this direction? These
queer bits of petrified earth arc in
digcnous to Patrick, Il southern border
county of Virginia, cut off from Henry
and called, like the latter, in honor of
the statesman and orator, Patrick
Henry. They are not excavated for,
but lie loose upon the surface of the
earth, and, though restricted to two or
three parts of the county, exist in great
numbers and various sizes.
Upon each stone representation of
the cross is distinctly though delicatcly
traced, and n legend concerning them
states that a band of fairies, dwelling
at Jerusalem during the life of our
Saviour, and witnessing the awful
scene on Calvary, were so Mortified by
it that they fled to this remote region
and transformed themselves into these
petriticd cmblcms. This legend has
given rise to innumcrable superstitions,
and from time inmemorial the stones
have been worn as anulcts by those
living in the vicinity in which they are
found.
The reputation was local, however,
until that era in Virginias history
known as the boom" Then her SUI
pcrstitions and sacred traditions, along
with her other commodities, became OBJ
jccts of barter Speculation fixed its
calculating eye Upon the fairy stone
and it was taken from it's native bed
and experimental with in order that it
might be rendered marketable.
1t was soon discovered that no tedious
process was necessary for its develop
ment. a sharp instrument passing
along the outline stamped upon its sur
face converted the jagged stone into a
symmetrical cross, and n little polishing
and plunge into bath of boiling oil
gave the requisite smoothness and the
rich mahogany color one secs in the
stone OF commerce. y tip of gold at
the four eXtremities and ring to
which a chain might be attached gavo
the finishing touch to it, and when thus
simply mounted fairy stones sold for
n dollar apiece.
The traditions concerning their Won
derful working power are as inexhaus-
tiblc as the beds from which they are
taken, and would furnish endless
themes to writers of fairy tales and
folklore stories. They are supposed to
ward off evil and bring good luck to
their possessor, but in order to do this
must be worn around the neck and next
to the person.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-24
Unpleasant Japanese Custom.

In the early history Of Japan it was
decidedly dubious honor to be closely
related to any person of note, for one
of the laws at that time declared that
when person of rank or Importance
died, I'LL the immediate relatives must
be buried alive, in a perpendicular posi-
ton, around the personage's grave.
Their heads were left above the earth,
and thus they remained until welcome
death came TO free them from their suf-
ferings.