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Notice to Correspondents.

No notice will be taken Of anonymous
communications.
In answering queries our first attention
will be given to the letters of those cor
respondents who ask but one question
each.
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
numbers of correspondents ignore this
rule Of ours. and afterwards wonder why
their queries are not answered.
Many queries are not answered be-
cause 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.
We are frequently called upon to re-
publish poems and songs. but we will
lot undertake to do so. except where
the production called for has some his
torical or peculiar literary merit. and is
not of easy access to the average reader
Address Query Editor. Dispatch Office,
Richmond. Va"
n. 3. We do not read unsigned letters.
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tor Of the Dispatch:

To the Editor OF the Dispatch;
Please give me a short description of
the manufacture Of ice, and oblige.
SCHOOLGIRL.
The manufacture of ice is based on the
fact that liquid in turning into a vapor
is obliged to have a supply OF heat. in
order TO maintain its vaporous condition.
the supply being obtained by depriving
neighboring bodies Of their heat, and
thus making them more or less cold. In
artificial ice-making. the liquid which is
used is ammonia gas liquefed by great
pressure This liquid, when relieved Of
the pressure. at once becomes gaseous
again. taking the heat which IL requires
10 become so from water placed near 1t,
and the water is frozen by the loss Of
its heat The ammonia and the water
have each its own holder and the two
60 not get together. The process IS
not chemical one; the artificial ice is
made just as the natural ice is-namely.
by abstraction Of heat from water. and
the part performed by the ammonia Is
in principle the same as that performed
by the salt used in freezing ice-cream-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-04
Commission Question.

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
My commission for selling is 5 per cent,
and for buying, with the net proceeds,
1t is per cent, what is the amount of
my sales if my total commission is $3.50?
Please solve in next issue Of Dispatch
and oblige READER.
If We take 81, we get sos for commits
sion for selling; then sos of the net
proceeds, $95. gives $O2S5 for com
mission for buying. and sos = =
SOS. or S.07S, the whole COM
mission on 81. There viii DO as many
dollars in the sales as sO2S5 whole COM
mission for 81. is contained times in
the whole commission, $50, or S955f1i.
which is the answer. Proof. per cent.
of s955414 is Sf7L7O7. which. subtracted
from $955i.1l. gives net proceeds. S9O1644;
per cent. OF S9O76H is $272.293. and the
two commissions-Si77.7O and $272. 293-give
the sum of 500.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-04
COTTOLENE.

TO circumference-maud drunk all over
And yet they are said to be cultivated;
and anything In the shape OF q DOCK Is
thought to belong TO culture.
OF course. all this admiration OF learn
ing and bookishness belongs to the low
est level of weakness and literary super
stition and intellectual babyhood. There
are men who idolize books. and who know
them only IN the way Of ambition and
uppshness. These unfOrtunates are the
commonest Of intellectual snobs. and
their furnishing the cheapest shoddy.
And there is a grade Of the highly cul-
tivated who look down on these last; their
eyelids, o. how lofty These abounded
in the days of the Apostles. and in the
early Church. John the Baptist had
something TO say 20 them: And good,
honest Simon Peter could hardly find
words 10 speak his mind about them.
They abound in our day, and are as fresh
and aspiring as If the world had not been
familiar with them from the beginning ia
every form and shape of vice and heresy.
despising dgnities, profaning sacred
things, boldly disappearing. The
more daring and reckless. the higher
their culture. With them nothing IS
culture that is not blasDbemous or
sacrilegious; nothing IS advanced that
does not overstep the limits Of estab-
lished religion.
Rank growth IS no more cultivation in
the human mind than in the unweeded
garden. Wedding the judgment Of rank
and offensive things is as important I'm
human culture as in horticulture. Igno-
rance OF evil is a high grace. Tares and
noxiOus things are as much TO be kept out
in the one case as I'm the other The Holy
Scriptures have many figures OF the high
~ cultivated soul: Thou shalt be like a
watered garden, whose waters fail not.
Instead OF the thorn shall come up the
fir-tree. and instead OF the brier shall
come up the myrtle-tree The highly Guilt
waited IS good ground" which, for the
seed sown in It and the slips planted
brings forth thirty, sixty, and a hundred
fold Good doctrine drops as rain. and
distils as dew upon II. It Is a land which
the Lord God careth for.
When art, science. and classic learning
all act together, and give TO the world
their highest product, IL stands forth rs
the enlightened, well-founded. large
minded, large-hearted kind, and devout,
and thoroughbred gentleman-the full and
complete MANTLE worshipper Of God. The
highest culture that falls short OF this is
a wretched quackery; its results, half
breeds.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-04
Ante-BeIlun Editors.

To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
Please inform me. through your Query
column, as far as you may know. who OF
the ante-bellum editors of the State are
now living, together with their addresses.
Respectfully, j. l.. IL.
We answer as follows. giving the edi-
tors names. former paper. and present
residence:
Roger a. Pryor. South. Richmond. New
York.
James Peasants. Penny Post, Richmond
O. J.. Haines, Express, Petersburg, Bal
timore.
S. NJ. Yost. indicator, stanton. staun-
ton.
Rev. NJ. d. Hoge. Central Presbyterian.
Richmond.
4. J. stofer. Culpeper Observer. Wash
ington. -
Richard Mauzy. stanton Spectator. Nc
Gaheysville, Rockingham.
Giles Deyer, Rockingham Register, Har-
risonburg.
II. II. Harlow, Greenbrier Era, Lewis
burg, W. Va, Lewisburg, w. Va.
Rev. DR.. Sprigg, Southern Churchman,
Alexandra, Richmond.
II. w. Hughes. Richmond Examiner.
Powhatan Bouldln. Danville Times.
Stuart, Va.
Mr.. Cox, or the Chaflotte Gazette.
A. NJ. Kelley, Southside Democrat.
Petersburg, now in Egypt.
H. y. Beall. Spirit Of Jefferson, Charles
town. Baltimore.
Alexander Mcdonald Yirginian. Lynch
burg. Teheyan, Persia.
j.. H. Wartman, Register. Harrison
burg. ST. Louis. Mo.
The list includes the names Of editors
onlv. the reouest being made for the
names OF "ante-bellum editors"
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nOOIl Reviews.

THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT IN THE
REIGN OF HENRY III. AND ITS
ELIMINATION IN THE BARONS'
WAR BY Oliver II. Richardson, A. b.,
Professor Of History in Drury College.
New York and London: The Macmillan
Company. 1897. Pages 225. Price sl.5e.
Professors In colleges render good
service to their institutions by publish
ing such works as this. 1t has quite an
air of learning in its list of authors cited
and it's numerous notes in Latin, whilst
the text shows that excellent use has
been made of the authors extensive re-
searches. Drury College is Congrega-
tlonal one in Springfield, Mo, and has
had its stringency and its struggles. But
it has, by the hberality Of its friends in
St Louis and elsewhere, been enabled TO
enjoy rapid enlargement and advance
ment We see from one of our western
exchanges that its students intend to
give a public presentation of the Antigone
Of SOphocles. not, however in the origi-
nal Greek, but each part to be translated
into English by him who personates it.
Professor Richardson gives us terrific
picture Of the political, ecclesiastical, and
financial condition of Great Britain i'm
the time of Henry Ill, and we wonder
that the Barons waited so long, especially
as il was after their victorious contest
with Infamous King John, Lakeland, at
famous Runnymede. But the people had
70 grow In their appreciation Of justice
and liberty as well as the Barons.
Professor Richardson grossly mars his
work by very useless paragraph. lie
almost foolshly SAYS: "In a vein worthy
OF Charles Sumner at his best, the au-
thor proceeds TO magnify the claims OF
the higher law" The author thus com
pared TO the cultured rebel against law,
Sumner, is he who wrote Ia Latin the
celebrated historical and political poem,
1.-THE Battle of Lewes," one OF whose
chief themes is obedience to the laws,
even by Kings. Kings and preates had
been the higher law" above Magma
Carta. and were put down by the Barons
az Lewes. The poem Is about as long as
the sixth book Of the Aeneid, and our
Sumnerite professor gives US full analy-
sis Of It. together with some extracts.
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PAPERS. Volume XIV. Seal Of the
Society," Edited by II. A. Brock Secre-
tary OF the Southern Historical Society.
Richmond Va. Published by the So
ciety, 1896.
The present volume excellently sustains
the reputation OF this invaluable serial.
The table OF contents is varied and COM
prehensiye In subject, and all Of the arti-
cles included possess value and interest.
Among the original articles which may
be specially mentioned are the following:
''The University OF North Carolina in
the Civil War" An address at the CEN
tennial celebration OF the opening OF the
institution, June 5. 1896, by Stephen Beau
regard Wicks. Phi. D.. with carefully pre-
pared lists and tables of losses of North
Carolina troops In various battles: Auto
biography of General Patton Anderson,
Confederate States Army sketch Of Com
pany /. Sixty-frst Virginia Infantry, BY
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-04

eggs. which must be perfectly fresh and
sound. are let down with a dish. when
they settle TO the bottom. small end
down. The eggs dlsplace the liquid so
that when tho barrel Is full OF eggs II Is
fun Of pickle. Eggs thus picked II
kept in a cool place are said to keep
good FOR several months. Long storage
in this liquid, however, is apt to make
tho shells brittle and impart a limy taste
TO their contents. This may be. in a
great measure. avoided by amounting the
egg all over with lard before putting IT
into the pickle.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-04

whom he had been portraying. we nav
heard wide difference OF opinion eNple
ed as to the real meaning OF tne o"n ..n
sion. II may be. however, that Tue au .,'
was limited I'm regard 10 length Oh s.S' .,
and required not to put too big 'oo'' ~
the Ivory Series"
THE MESSENGER OF RlCHMoNp
COLLEGE. Richmond, Va Puohsheu
Monthly by tho Philologian ana au
Sigma Rho Literary Societies. Mai0h'
1897
Table OF Contents:
Literary-The Greek Anthology Phinp
Of Macedon. and the Rise OF heIlenIe
Imperialism; Confession: When the Cruei
War Is over: Should the Government
own and Control the Railway LINES
Anecdote Of President Ryland.
Alumni Notes-Rev. Robert Ryland' -:
D.; The Origin and Early History OF
Richmond College.
Edtorlal-Our Debut; The Loyalty OF
Greece; College Spirit.
Collegiana-Personal and lmpersonal'
Announcements.
Young Mems Christian Association
Notes
Greek Cub Of Richmond College-The
Dionysus Theatre Of Athens.
Athletics
Exchange Department.
WILT THOU HAVE THIS WOMAN
BY J. Maclaren Cobban, Author 0.
THE King Of Andaman," Master OF
His Fate" Etc. Philadelphia; ). Is
Lippincott Company. 1887.
This is a readable story Of EngFsh lie
In a country town
FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
STATE VETERINARIAN tE. J.. Nllesl'
Blacksburg. Va, 1896 Richmond: }. H.
O'Bannon. Superintendent OF PUBIC
Printing. 1896.
This is an interesting pamphlet OF 10
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RinE-IsOne In HOrseS.

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
Please inform me through the Query
column IL there is remedy for ring bone
on a young horses feet. IL so. kindly
give II? SENIX.
Swepson, Va.
The treatment for "ring-bone' in
horses consists in the application Of
agents that will cause Irritation
over the affected part. This is usually
first applied in the form of blisters. re-
peating them at intervals until several
have been used. If this does not benefit,
then firing with a hot iron is recon-
monded. A further discussion Of the
cause and treatment of "ring-bone' is
given on pages 2S3 and S99. of the special
report on diseases Of the horse issued
by the United States Department Of
Agriculture.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-04

To the Editor Of the Dispatch;
Would you be so kind as 10 give one OF
your readers some dimensions Of the
pyramidal monument erected in Holly
wood Cemetery to the Confederate dead?
] would like 10 know the distance in feet
from top TO middle OF one side at base,
distance from top 10 base at corners, per-
pendicular height and angle OF inclin1-
ton of sides. BY giving this information
YOU WIN much oblige, j. NJ l..
The pile or pyramid is IS feet square at
the base and 80 feet high, perpendicular
height-height twice the base. The me
mortal complete cost about $1,000.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-04
Bankruptcy Laws.
'ditor Of the Dispatch

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
Can you tell me whether the United
States Supreme Court has ever decided
that the bankruptcy act was unconstitu-
tional? y. y.
The Constitution expressly provides, in
section Of Article l.. that Congress
shall have power TO establish uniform
laws on the subject Of bankruptcy
throughout the United States.
Congress has exercised this power at
several stages Of the National Union.
We do not think there Is any instance in
which It's bankruptcy acts have been
pronounced unconstitutional in any part.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-04
Lemon Plants.

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Please answer this question through
your Query column: What is the best
soil for growing lemon plants?
A good soil for lemons in pots or tubs,
is prepared by procuring sods. cut thin,
from old pastures. chopped up rather
finely. but not siftod. mixed with about
one sixth part OF sand.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-04
Holes I'm Iron Vessels.

To The Editor Of The Dispatch;
II information Is at hand, please give
some preparation TO stop holes and
cracks IN iron vessels that come in con-
tact with fire. SUBSCRIBER.
Amy. Va.
There IS no preparation that we know
OF for stopping holes in iron vessels II
the holes are not too large put rivets in
them
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-04

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
VIII you kindly inform me how TO lime
eggs 10 keep from June 10 November;
and oblige your subscriber III. A. NJ.
In the common Timing" process for
the preservation OF eggs. tight barrel
L. half filled with cold water. into which
Is stirred Stacked lime and salt In the
proportion Of about one half pound each
n{or every bucket Of water. In this the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-04
The Strongest Navy.

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
Please answer through your Query COL
unn what nation has the strongest navy,
and you VIII oolige a reader Of your
paper. S. w. Z.
Amherst county. Va.
England
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-04
AETE-DELLUM VIRGINIA EDITORS.
The strongest Navy-Bnby-Carria
and the Sidcwaiks-How to Lime
Epgs-Mnnufccturc OF Icc-Lcmon
plauts--Etc.


To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
Is there not city ordinance prohibit
ing the rolling Of baby carriages, two or
more abreast. on The Sidewalks
Respectfully,
Respectfully. Il. W. c.
We think not.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-04

health. Trey usually go toSetnct'
An Observing man learns that woman
who is physically weak and nervous and in
capable, is likely to be ill-natured too. The
sweetest temper is ruined by continual
sickness.
A woman whose nerves are constantly
racked ard dragged by debilitating drains
and Inflammation, cannot be genial COM
pan,on or happy wife; aud she is totally
unified to be a mother.
These troubles prevail almost universally
among women largely because of careless.
ness and neglect There is no real need Of
them. Dr. Piercc's Favorite Prescription is
positive specific for the weaknesses and
diseases Of the feminine organism.
1t cures them radically and completely.
1t heals, strengthens and purihes. II Is the
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cial purpose by an educated, skilled physi-'
clan. II is the only medicine that makes
motherhood easy and absolutely safe.
Miss Lauretta McNees, OF Reno Up. o. Box 775),
washoe Co, New, writes: ~ have discontinued
taxing the Prescription and will not take
any more lat presently. Last month had no
pain at all and worked every day without any
Inconvenience whatever. II was the hrst time
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lets know of a lady who took one bottle OF
your Favorite Prescription and she says she
was not sick like she with her hrst baby
This was her second baby. She thinks 1t
grand medicine SO do l."
DIR. Pierce has had a lifetime of expert
ence in this particular field. His 1000 page
illustrated book, "The Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser" contains several
chapters devoted to woman's special physi-
ology. A paper bound copy will be sent free
on receipt Of 81 one-cent stamps to pay the
cost of mailing only. Address, Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, Buffalo. N. Y.
For cloth-bound copy send 81 stamps.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-04
QUERIES e. ANSWERS.

DIMENSIONS OF THE CONFEDERATE
MONUMENT AT HOLLYWOOD.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-04
MattingS,
MattingS

Over 200 pieces to select from
at prices that have startled those
who examined the quality.
STYLES Genuine China Fancies at $500
per roll Of 20 yards; Zoe. per yard TO cut.
roll; la lie. 10 cut.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-04

Third case this week; probably the last
we will have at the price, lie. per
9rice. IL I-sc.: 6-yard. S-yard. and i0syard
pieces.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-30
TIRED OF DENYING.

President of the United Mine Workers
Has Nothing More to Say.
CoLUMBUs, o., June 30. - Michael
Ratchford, president of the United Mine
Workers Of America, when asked what
if any truth was in the specials sent out
to the effect that ii strike of coal mine
workers had been ordered, said:
Il am tired of denying these reports
of a proposed strike. l have been de-
nying them for 80 days. Ihave nothing
to say for publication"
The last national meeting of the min
ers decided on a scale of 60 cents for
Ohio, and 80 cents for Pennsylvania,
and left it to the executive committee to
determine the time to put this scale into
operation. The committee met here
June pa, 25 and 26 and for three days
were closeted with positive orders not
to be called or to admit anybody.
On Saturday they gave out that con-
ditions are not favorble to put the pro-
posed new scale into operation now.
That, of course, means that there might
have been u strike had the new scale
been ordered, but not being ordered,
there cannot be any strike.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-30

Five robbers attempted to loot the
bank OF Clay, Robinson Il Co. at Belle
Fourche, the Black Hills, but were only
partially successful. They entered the
bank, held up everybody and took what
money there was III sight, only S75.
The cashier had slammed the safe door
to, ON the first alarm and showed good
fight until overpowered. In the chase
which followed one of the robbers was
captured with 500 of some ones money
upon him. The other four are surround
cd near Il small lake near Belle Fourche,
and will be captured dead or alive.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-30
INSISTONASTRIKE
Pittsburg Newspapers Aver That
Coal Miners Intend to Quit
Work
Vigorous Denials of Miners OFF,
Gals to the Contrary Not
outstanding.
Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, West Nir-
ginia, and Western Pennsyl-
vania Involved.

P1TTsBURG, June Northumberland
ing the denials Of the local officials of
the miners association, an afternoon
paper publishes Il long article to the
effect that the national officers of the
union will issue orders at once for a
strike i'll five states. The edict, the
paper says, will 60 forth from Columbus
that the men are to lay down their tools
on Saturday. Nearly 1875, 900 men, it is
said, will be engaged in this great con-
fiict, and the battlefield will cover the
bituminous coal centers of Indiana,
Illinois, West Virginia, Ohio and West
ern Pennsylvania. The mining rate
asked for is 80 cents, based on the thin
vein district in Pennsylvania"
Has Heard Nothing of 1t.
Patrick Dolan, president Of the Pitts
burg district, emphatically disclaimed
any knowledge of the proposed strike.
II am a member of the executive
board" said he, land 40 such action
vas taken at the meeting in Columbus
last week. If a strike was decided upon,
it was after my departure for home,
and as this is one of the most important
districts in the association, it is to be
supposed that notice would Enve been
sent to me. No word has been received,
and so far as | know, no strike has been
ordered.'
a special from Columbus, o., says
Secretary Pearse stated at the close OF
the conference that there would be no
strike ordered.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-30

the damage is not great. 1t Is equally
probable, moreover that the bird fully
compensates for this injury by the
insects it consumes" And so, equally
useful information to the farmer may he
found in the other bulletins, some Of the
more prominent being, No. Al, fowls:
Care and feeding; No. 81. standard
varieties of chickens; No. 80, the feeding
Of farm animals: No. 10, some de-
structive potatoes diseases; No. 3, Gull
ture of the sugar beet, and so Oh.
These bulletins are all finely illus
trated and may be obtained by simply
addressing the, Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, ID. G ard asking for what
You want.