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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21
Notice to Corrcspondcnts.

No notice will be taken OF anonymous
communications.
We cannot publish copyrighted songs
and poems without the permission Of the
owner OF the copyright.
This column is not an advertising me-
dunn. No query will receive attention.
the answer to which would necessitate
the advertising OF any persons business
or wares.
Nor Will any attention be given to long
strings of questions. Every week num-
bers Of our correspondents ignore this
rule OF ours. and afterwards wonder
why their queries are not answered
Many queries are not answered because
similar ones have been recently answered.
We cannot undertake To ascertain the
value OF old coins For that Information
write to some dealer In them.
We cannot undertake TO answer queries
by mail; we can only answer them
through this column.
Address Query Editor Dispatch once.
Richmond. Va"
" Il. We do not read unsigned letters.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21
Commonwealth Attorney.

BOONE'S MILL. VA.
To the Editor OF the Dispatch;
Please state in your query column II
any proceedings can be had against a
Commonwealth's attorney when he re-
fuses 10 summon party before the grand
jury OF the county court when requested
50 20 60 By citizen OF the county.
FRANKLIN.
by virtue Of section 81 OF the Code
iss1, Commonwealth attorneys may be
removed from Office by the county or cor
poration courts OF their counties or cor
porations, FOR malefeasance. misfeasance.
incompetency. or gross neglect of official
duty" AS to whether a Commemorative
attorneys refusal TO summon a witness
before the grand jury would justify his
removal would Do a question for the de-
termination Of the court
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21

verses used by Roscoe Conkllng as a
prelude TO the speech nominating Grant.
Your quotation is correct: clearly tho
weight OF authority Is with you, and
You have your refuter from Templetou
refuted.
l have before me Experiences OF Elo-
qucnce,' an article from the pen OF
Murat Halstead. the gifted editor OF the
Cincinnati Commercial azette. in which
Mr.. Halstsad quotes the Appomattox
apple-tree lines az you quoted them.
Again. IL reference be made TO Lusk's
volume. Politics and Politicians. Of I'LL
nois." Springfield. 1854. page 4O3. there
VIII be found Mr.. Conkling's speech In
Its entirety. and this authority sustains
you. having the lines as you used them
in your editorial.
The stanza which the Templeton re-
futer dubs as "Wretched, erroneous
paraphase." Is from the pen OF the
clever Irish poet and scholar Miles
OReilly.
And now whence comes the error?
The answers clear as sun:
II comes from old Prince George.
ost-oiiice-Templeton. II. b. A.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21

tTIarper 1OuNS TtOpItI
The mean man occasionally overreaches
himself in a way that is delightful to
those who have no use for stingy people.
a London journal tells a story Of one of
this class of persons. which is most anus
ing. The man went into butchers shop,
and inquired the price Of "A soup-bone
"Oh, I'll let you have that for nothing"
replied the butcher, a more or less gene
rous person.
The customer was slightly deaf, and
missed the answer.
Cant you take something of that
he asked. never supposing that the
butcher had offered to give him what he
wanted.
"Oh, yes" replied the butcher, with a
smile. "Call II twoDence.'
And the mean man paid the twOpence
for the gift, and depart d, thinking how
clever he was.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21
The Iron Age.

FORK UNION, VA.
To the Editor of the Dispatch;
Is the present age called the Iron
age?' c. J.
Not as a rule. The present Is rather the
age OF electricity. The matter is largely
one OF individual fancy. however This
IS certainly an iron age. in that we use
iron largely. Hesod called the age in
which he lived Cthe eighth century b. c.
age is that which follows the bronze
age. and Is part Of the primeyal period
Of man.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21
A Chnrnde.


written for the Dispatch.)
Full well / remember
That night in December;
a leaden sky DER US
And black night before us:
The storm-hends were shrieking,
The stout timbers creaking;
The rain was down-pouring,
The winds all uproaring:
Harsh thunder was pcaling
Along Heavens ceiling,
Mid lightning. flashing.
And angry waves dashing.
But skipper was n gallant FIRST.
And when the storm in fury burst
1t found him well equipped TO wrestle
With its rage. and steer his vessel
Safely on its onward course.
Spite Of the bowling tempests force.
But seamanehip had been in vain
Without my SECONDS aid.
To brace his craft against the strain
The winds and waters made.
No sweeter sounds can ever reach
The mothers waiting ear
Than when my WHOLE, in baby
speech.
She's privileged 10 hear
But when the angry war-clOudS burst
All that is known or feared
OF war and rapine at its worst
Concentres in that word.
And when my WHOLE in battles van
Meets face TO face with armed man
Life-blOod from one or others vein
The grassy sward will surely stain:
Or when from frightened fugitves
The warning rumor comes
OF his approach. with purpose fell,
To unprotected homes,
Woe then to womanhoOd and youth,
II rumor but foreshadoW truth.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21
The Toyeador.

To the Editor OF the Dispatchs
win you kindly inform me through
"Queries and Answers" what Office "A "to-
reader" holds In the Spanish tull-fghts,
and how the word is pronounced?
CONSTANT READER.
The toreador. In Spain. is the fighter
who kills the bull from horseback with
a short. broad-hoaded spear.
Pronunciation: ,'Tor-e-a-dor. Accent on
last syllable. The two o's Ike the In
nor; the short; the like 10 FAR.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21
Cure for Corus,
HAMPTON. VA.

HAMPTON. VA.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
our family read your query column
with much interest, and with no little
profit. Please answer in your next issue
and give a sure cure for corns-soft corns.
IN particular / am sure a remedy for
this evil Will be hailed with Joy by every
man and woman in T.dewater.
Respectfully. s a.
We know Of no cure that Wa can re-
commend. Hundreds are advertised. but
we know nothing as to their merits. Bet
ter consult a skilful chiropodist. and re-
sort TO large easy shoes.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21
Was Quoted CORRECTLY.

The following contribution 10 the els
cussing OF the aDpie-iree stanza used by
Roscoe Conkling In his speech noml-
mating Grant for third term shows that
IL WAS not Homer. but the Dispatch's
Templeton correspondent. who nodded:
STAUNTON. VA. April 49, 1896.
To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
In your Query and Answers column
q April i4th J. w. T.. OF Templeton.
veeks TO unhorse you by questioning the
accuracy Of your editor when the Dis
patch editorial Of April 7th cites the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21
Lawful Fence.

SELDOM. VA,
To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
Please inform me what Is n lawful fence
(wire. plank. or rans) against cnttle and
Sheep SUBSCRIBER.
Every fence five feet high. which II the
fence be on a mound shall include the
mound to the bottom OF tho ditch, is n
lawful fence as to any Of the stock
(Which could not creep through the same)
named In Section 2si2 Of tho Code Of Viz
ginia
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21
Two Quotations.

TO the Editor of the Dispatch:
l. Where can l get lis, OF all. or
most OF. the schools in North Carolina?
z. What can do to keep gnats from
annoying fowls? They fly around their
heads all day. THoS.
i. We should write to the State Super
lntendent OF Public Instruction. at Ra-
leigh.
z We do not know.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21
Linen Sale!

The greatest values ever offered IN Coco
Linens. for table. buffet, and toilet
we have ever shown:
Red and Blue-C hecked DOllies. 19c.
l5-inch Red and Blue-Checked Doilies
800.
ll7-inch Red and Blue-Checked Doilies
5ic.
Ili-inch Red and Blue-B Border Doilles. 35c
ll9x3S Red-Border All-Linen Tuck Towels
Toe.
ll9x3s Red-Border All-Linen Damasl
Togels - lie.
I22Xis Colored- Border Damask Towels
poe.
lknotted- Fringe. with Pink, Blue, anc
Red borders
l5f-inch Turkey-Red Damask, 20c.
l5S-inch Turkey-Red D9mask, 25c.
l58-inch Bleached Damask, pc.
Red and Blue-Checked Linen Crash
lie.
ll4-4 Damask Table-Covers, with Red and
Blue borders, 81.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21
ParaS0IS and Umbrellas

The best umbrella-maker IN tho f.-t.f
states makes our Umbrellas a.. Pa.
sOls. lie has not an equal T.. he d.
any other country. IN four y..ry s'
or MS goods not one cOmui Uf r..t
speaks well. doesn't ~ Hir c0... .-.
sold only by us IN RichmorI
Changea Parasols an Co.ors. g. -.
Change Paras0ls. enc rune.
with White Stock md.
ribs. Slt9.
Fancy Changeable-Silk with border 8 --
China-Siik, with two RULES " lr.n
$3.50.
26-lnch Gloria-sik, tied loops. Black
Navy, and Red. $io)
3G-inch Black Gloria-Suk. with tl
weichel. and Congo loop. nI
25-inch Fine GlOria-Silk. With Ur,t lsr
ball, horn loop. Congo and w.....
26-inch Black-Silk, close roll, w.tE GA.
ball, 500.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21
Either Is Correct.
PAINEvILLE. VA.

PAINEvILLE. VA.
To the Editor Of the Dispatch;
Please answer through your query col
umn which is correct: She IL fond OF
primping. or she is fond OF prinking.
j. VI. w.
'Prink" IL the old form OF the verb:
but according TO the latest authorities
both ''prinking'' and "primp!ng" are cor
rect
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21

II Won are troubled with malaria, con-
Situation, biliousness, kidney trouble. or
dyspepsia, of Hostetters' stomach Bltters,
and It Will be speedily forthcoming. Ner,
yousness, loss OF appetite and sleep. and
a loss of vigor are also remedied by this
restorative. Physicians Of eminence en-
dorse ii, valuable confirmation OF the
verdict of the people and the press. Take
IL regularlV
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21
bliaherA Rights.
BLAcKsBURo. VA.

BLACKSBURo. VA.
To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
Has a publisher tho right to continue
sending his publication to A subscriber
after the time of the subscription has
expired. and collect for this time?
l. s. II.
No.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21
REAMS STATION VA

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
Can man hold the ofiice Of sheriff OF
. county and the ONCE OF inspector OF
q tobacco warehouse at the same time?
NJ. ~ NJ.
Yea
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21
271ilzsD d Rkoadb H1sMs4 d Rkoada |n1As. d Rkoea.
Richmond, April Ed.
Ladies, there's place in Richmond where
Something Interesting

is happening all the me-every hour in the day
raj chances for wdeawake people to moneynothng
citing about busnessmethods- Everything you
hereyou buy just what you keor nothing you prefer
forced sales made erebu when comes right down
to actual moneysavng productions must confess that
one view towards our patrons and it is this TO give them
the benefit of every penny Them and still give
them such values be gotten everywhere for the
This will be a Gala Week-everyhing here takes true
Sprng-like postion-and the Low Prices efforts
with enthusiasm.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21
Hosiery Department.

We are now the largest importers OF Ger
man Hosiery south OF Philadelphia
Our Fast-Black Hosiery are made spe
cially for us, stamped. boxed, labelled
and shipped from Chemnitz, Saxony
Germany. Our business Is 50 eX-
tenslve in foreign Hosiery that while
one shipment Is on the ocean coming
we are cabling another order 10 be
made ready.
ladies' Imported Balbrggan, sizes Il
.. and 9 10: loo pair.
Ladies' Imported Balbriggan, sizes 8
ID. 9. and . II: l. 1-2c. pair
Ladies' Imported Balbrggan. Black and
Tan, all sizes. II l-2c.
Ladies Hermsdorf-B Hosiery, good
values. lie.
Ladies' Fast-BlacS Hermsdorr- Dye, isc.
Ladies' Plain Tan Lisle-Thread. &c.
Misses Phln-Black Hosiery. sizes 8.
10 and Z. for u l2c.
Misses Fine Ribbed Double-Knee. heel
and toe, Tan and Black. sizes 10
IL.
Infants Fine Imported Socks, White. Tan.
and Black. sizes to T. for l5c. pair.
Infants Heymsdorf-Dye Socks, u l-2c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21
AgateWare'

az special sale in the basement Look
into the east window. Hundreds az lr..
teresting items az Interesting prices.
or. perhaps. you'd Ike 20 visit lie de-
partment in basement.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21
Our Notion Counter.

It was feet long when We began bls..
ness In lSsj-one salesman. lt Dr.. fr
square feet Of counter u0w-ly.r -HoI
boxes. which are handled daily ly n.r.
efficient salespeople. filling The Rls's
OF 10000 people. Tor 'grn t.tr
patronizes our Notion Dopar'ua.t RI
Is the most complete Notion T-rart-
ment II any retail store 'n Amer
Special Dress Trimmings ATE t.g sale
this week.
White or Black Bones. Dc. dozen.
The next grade bones S.. dozen
36-inch Real Whale Bones. Joe. eieh
All-SulI Seam Binding. ~ lie Plea
TaNeta Seam Binding. Zoe. piece.
Kings" Basting Cotton, for 1c
Brooks Machine cotton. Black Wins.
or cOlOrs. g. spool
Stocknet Dress-Sniells. i5c. pair. az.
thousands Of other things.
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QUERIES & ANSWERS.
1 Venerable Lssend About the Darby
EnrouShty Name.
OWNERS RIGHTS IN MuL-roxps.

Whas the Toreador Is-RiGhts Of
Newspaper Publishers and sub-
scrthers-Lawful Fcnces-Curc for
CornA-Omcc-HoIdinx, &c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21
gDreSS Goods.

L A tremendous stock OF New Dress-Goods-
4 the prices were too tempting-we mad
L to buy them-and now the selling must
p be lively-and IL will be at the figures
Il we shall name Read,
NFine All-Wool Serge-t'rench Serge
I Black-any color you want-lust THINK
p a year ago soc. tomorrow 2jc.
Il Fifty pieces Choice Novelty Goods, Jumped
p in n sale tomorrow. 39c. for any style.
4 The Fine Imported Dress-Goods. in PIN
p checks, and new designs in SILK ana
Il wool, for 75c.
NNovelty Dress-Goods, in single patterns,
4 only one pattern of a kind, run like
p this:
%6-yard Patterns, 81 90 a yard, from S.5O.
7-yard Patterns. Sl.25 yard. from sl.75.
Ns-yard Patterns. $50 a yard. from 500.
Il These are Very Fine Imported Sllk-and-
p Wool Goods. and ladies' who desire
a fine dress should not miss this sale.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-07-03
A Miniature Railroad System. [From Harper's Round Table.l

Che of the most interesting models perhaps ever made, in popular way, has been prepared by an English cler- gyman, the Rev. H. l.. Warneford, of Windsor, England. pr. Waneford has a small yard in the rear of his house, surrounded by an ordinary brick wall. built railroad from wall to wall. in that distance overcoming the inconven- fences of the ground which usually re- quire the mechanical ability of railroad builders. The road runs from a little station called Chicago at one end to a small station at the other end known as Jericho. It is complete in every de- tail, and as thoroughly so as if it were one of the great lines that run across England. The two stations even have advertisements posted on them, as any ordinary station does; and the termin- al facilities, though they are small and rather simple, are in their way as com plete as in any. full-size railroad
 The track is over eighty feet in leHBtI, WIlu d Sud6c VI 01B llltuSSS anu in order that he might get in in these eighty feet all the different forms of railway construction, Dr. Waneford has made the track so that it runs over some of the uneven spots in his yard, and in this way, in the places where bridges are required, he has construct ed that form of bridge which would nat urally be best suited for the particular form of ravine or cavity over which the road is to run. One of the prettiest of these bridges is a thoroughly construct ed cantaleyer bridge, on the form of the great Forth bridge between Scotland and England, which passes over It. tie excavation immediately after the train has come out of a long, thorough ly constructed tunnel. Another bridge is a perfectly constructed skew arch, which the train crosses a few feet af- ter having left Chicago. Then comes the model of an American trestle, ana after passing over this the road runs through the tunnel, over the cantalever bridge, through cutting, and finally over steel tubular bridge into Jericho.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-07-03

water and an opening Is made in one end, through which the moth is forced out. After building the cocoon the larva, if left to itself, Is transformed into ohrysalis and comes forth moth, easily bursting through the case Of silk and floss. The moth lays the eggs and then dies.
 Several of Mrs. Holt's teacher friends in Winchester and elsewhere have ob- tained practical lessons in the history of silkworms and silk culture, and the pupils in the Winchester schools have drawn benefit from her unselfish inter est in that branch of natural science. "Where did you get those ribbons?" said Mrs, Holt the other day to a little girl, who had come to visit her, refer ring to the trimming on the little ones hat. T got them from the store, ma'am," answered the girl. But where did the store get them?" contin- ued the lady. After a short pause the girl concluded that she didn't know" A talk about the contents of the paste board box followed, and the little girl had as Interesting and instructive a time as she could have wished for. The mulberry tree grows on rich and warm soil mixed with much mould, and that such is the soil In this neighborhood Mrs, Holt's many thriving mulberry trees give proof. If like Mrs. Holt, oth- CT people "did not see why the silk in dustry could not be made a paying in- dustry In Massachusetts" there would no doubt be an increase in the silk pro- duction of Massachusetts. Many elder ly people, confined more or less to their homes, might profitably follow the ex- ample of Mrs. Ellen c. Johnstone, the superintendent of the Women's Reform atory prison at Sherborn Mass. who got nice silk dress for her little silk worm friends as reward for her trou- ble with them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-07-03
CURIOUS.
weather.

He--Why do you refuse me when I say can't live without you? She You have aroused my curiosity.-De- troit Tribune.
 Mother-Frank, what is baby crying about? Frank-I guess because I took his cake and showed him how to eat it.-Harper's Round Table.
 "I'm going now; yes. going, going,' murmured Steigher. What an excel lent auctioneer you'd make" said the heartless but tired Miss Nycegerl.-Bos- ton Courier.
 q trust" began the seedy customer, argumentatively. T don't" responded the grocer decisively. Somehow the conversation languished after that.-Al- bany Argus.
 Ernployer-I don't see why you should ask me to pay you more money: you do no more work than formerly. Type writist-No, sir; but you see I have a husband to support now.-Puck. "Mrs. Brown never sits up to wait fer her husband' ''No?" "No. When she expects him to be out late she re- tires early, sets the alarm at 3 o'clock and gets up, refreshed and reproachful. ' Life.
 Mrs. Bizkit-My husband never refers to his mothers cooking; he seems per fectly satisfied with mine. Mrs. Cook zer-That's strange, isn't it? Mrs Biz kit-Not to me. You see, his mother used to keep the boarding house I was stopping at when married him.-Rox- bury Gazette.
 Doctor" said the sick man, rolling up his eyes till only the whites showed, why is it that in the days when ate
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-07-03
THE BICYCLE FACE.

The "bicycle face" is the latest. The bicycle back has long been in evidence, likewise the bicycle leg, and recently the bicycle blooner has Nbloomed. Now the bicycle face stares us in the face It is queer that it has not been noticed and commented on before, for it must have existed for some time. The bicycle face has an anxious look and an unwholesome pallor.'' Beginners have 1t because they can't ride with out being anxious and looking pale, and experts have it because they have made it a habit. Of course there is a scientific explanation of the bicycle face. It is given by an English physi- elan. who says: Learning to ride means mastering the art of keeping the machine upright. It has a tendency to fall to one side or the other all the time, which has to be enumerated by a special effort. The learner knows it very we'll to his cost, but once having learned he forgets about it and does his balancing more or less automatical- ly. Nevertheless the effort is still there and puts a constant though unconscious effort upon the brain and nervous sys- tenn. The reason why the bicycle has to be learned at all is that the centre of equilibrium in the brain requires to be taught the business of doing it's duty under novel circumstances. The falling bicycle is maintained upright by a con- stant series of small muscular move ments, which unconsciously adjust the weight in the proper position, and are themselves controlled by special brain centre situated at the back of the head. The strain upon this centre is incessant, though unmarked, and some people can- not stand it for more than short time. This it is that causes the headache and the nervous exhaustion.
 Anybody who will look can see the bicycle face. It is not necessarily con- nected with the bicycle cheek, which is extremely prevalent and obtrusive.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-07-03
JUDGEMENT SUSPENDED.

Two shivering little rats of foreign birth sat in the seats of the scorned at the City court yesterday morning op- pressed by a fearful looking for of judg- ment because they had been caught in the act of exploding low-tariff firecrack- CTS contrary to law before the Fourth of July. Their hearts sank within them, their knees smote together and their dirty little toes had the St. Vitus dance. They expected to be hung. at the very least, and would have been powerfully cheered had they heard themselves only sentenced to imprisonment for life. But greater and more abounding mercy was in store for them. The judge looked at them, whereat they quaked far more exceedingly than they had hitherto quaked, and waited in shaky helpless ness for the word of doom. But the word of doom was not uttered. Instead the judge said Judgment Suspended" which meant that the shivering little rats of foreign birth were guilty of ex- ploding low-tariff firecrackers before the Fourth of July contrary to law, but that, owing to circumstances, their lives would be spared. and such measure of freedom given them as could be theirs with judgment constantly suspended over them and likely to fall at any mo- ment
 The scene was solemn, impressive and instructive It reminded witness of it of the firecracker pandemonium whicn made several nights hideous last week and did some damage to persons and property. The thousands of firecrack- CTS exploded In New Haven last week before the Fourth of July contrary to law are probably all included in the suspended judgment which hangs over the heads of the two shivering little rats of foreign birth who must hence forth walk the earth in dread anticipa- ton of the falling of that judgment. When it falls the rats will be scape- goats.