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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27
The Maple.

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
TO what extent and size does the maple
tree grow in Virginia. and in what por-
ton of the State is il grown? y. l..
Petersburg, Va.
our enquirer does not state what maple
he has reference TO. We have two native
varieties in Virginia, which are plentiful
ga this section-silyer and scarlet maple.
The silver maple, when fully grown. at
tains the height Of 40 to 80 feet; scarlet
maple Is to 40 feet. Both Of these naples
are found along the banks OF the James
river and in the low-grounds Of Henrico
and Goochland counties.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27
Right of Conditional Pardons.
To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
March %. 1885,

sWdINII IoIos
TO the Editor OF the Dispatch.
I have not examined the recent act Of
the Legislature providing for conditional
pardons by the Executive, under the Con-
stitution OF the State, but as present inn
pressed, IL seems TO me that the right
OF the Governor 10 impose conditions
has already been recognized and estab-
lished by the decision of the Court OF
Appeals in the case OF Lee. Sergeant
VS.. Murphy. % Grafton, 7s9 The only
question now is whether or not the re-
cent act was necessary. The reasoning
OF the court In that case was very COM
sorts OF cases arising In that connec-
ton. The subsequent decisions reported
In % Graft. 10, and Is Graft, So do not
seem to disturb the doctrine OF the first
cited case. 8. d. d.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27
EIuNnnnn Hog Law.

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Was there a law passed by the last
Legislature ito prevent the running OF
hogs at large in the county Of Fluvanna'
aud Is so, when will it 80 into effect?
An answer to the above through the
Weekly Dispatch will be much appre-
ciated by many readers Of your valuable
paper. Very truly, W. H. -
Columbia. Va
A bin was passed to prevent the run
ming at large of hogs in Fork Union
Magisterial District, Fluvanna county,
lint the bill d.d not become a law. The
Governor withheld his signature.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27
Fee-BfII Laws.

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Did the witness-fee bill ever pass or
become a law9 Were the magistrates
fees ever cut down? /. Il. Nj.
Jorgensen, Va.
The witness-fee bill became a law, and
the bill relative to cutting magistrates
fees to one-half in certain cases also
became law.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27
Wnrt on Horse.

TO the Editor of the Dispatch:
win you please publish in your Query
column a reliable cure for a wart on a
horse? II does not protrude beyond
the surrounding surface, and is generally
in a raw, bleeding condition.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Selden Post-Office. Gloucester county,
Va.
We dare not venture to advise. Our
friend would better consult veterinary
surgeon.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27
The Next Thing.

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
viii the Dispatch please publish, IL it
can, the little poem, do Ye Nexte
Thyngs"?
1t commences as follows:
by an old English parsonage
Down by the sea,
This message TO me
Fear not the future,
Thou child of the King;
Trust thou in Jesus
And doe ye the next thing"
w. F. c..
Well. let some one furnish us a copy.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27
Beavers I'm Virginia.

To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
Please inform me II there are any
beavers IN any OF the rivers Of Virginia,
Il so. where? j. A. $.
saffolds. Va.
Yes; there are beavers in many Of the
streams OF East Virginia.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27
DIR. gouthalI's Bill.

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
/. Did the bin introduced by DIR. South
all i'm the Senate abolishing third-grade
certificates for teachers become a law7
2 When did Dr. Southal! enter upon
his official duties as Superintendent OF
Public instruction"
Black Rock School-House, Rappahan-
mock county. Va.
/. No.
q Tuesday, March Is, 1898.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27

not undertake TO do so, except wnere
the production called for has some ms
torleal or peculiar literary merit anu -
not OF easy access to the average reaae.'
Address Query Editor. Dispatch oihoe'
Richmond, Va"
N. B.-We do not read unsigned lettefs'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27
God Tempers the Wind, Etc.

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
Will you, or some reader of the Dis
patch, please inform me In your next
issue was the author Of the words, "God
tempers the winds 10 the shorn lamb?
Windsor, Va. READER.
Laurence Stern. However, Henri
Estienne had previously written Din
FRENCH, God measures the cold to the
shorn lamb"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27
QUERIES & ANSWERS.
SALARY or THE SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
LAW As TO NAMING VAR-YESSELS
what an Indian wigwam fs-Wh-
ncss-Fee Enactment-Reducti OF
mmxI.trafes Fces--How 10 Sow
CIover-secd-Etc.

To the Editor OF the Dispatch
What IS the salary Of the Speaker OF
the United States House Of Representa-
tiyes? ! contend that It is SlO'De.
l.. Z. II.
His salary Is 5000
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27
From venabie's Arithmetic.

TO the Editor OF the Dispatch:
Please oblige me with the solution Of
the following problems found In Nena-
ble's Practical Arithmetic. on page SS2,
4th and 9Th examples:
4. How many litres OF water equal one
metric ton? Answer, 1900 litres.
5. How many grams are equa. 10 one
kllometre Of water? Answer, 100000
900 grams G. Il. ADAMS.
Cub Creek Post-office.
S9.97SSs s7SS9.sT
1. ~------, litres - lOy1O8lC,
s.9S7S3. 937X3. 927
39S7
or 1000 litres. answer. as - - 10.
1881
sss7Ogss37O
2. ------------ grains - ioOOOOS
.3997& !. 1881 K 1887
l00000x 10000. OF 100000, 900 100000 grams,
1880
answer, a. ----- - iUOUOO.
1887
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27
The Old Mans Dreams.

Oh, for one hour of youthful JOY
Give me back my twentieth spr1hgI D.
ia rather laugh, bright-haired boy,
Than reign, a graybeard KING
of with the wrlnkled spoils or agei
Away with learning's crown!
Tear out life's INSTRUMENTATION page
And dash its trophies down!
One moment let my lifeblood stream
From boyhoods fount OF hame!
Give me one giddy, Keeling dream
OF life all love and fame.
NV listening angel heard the prayer,
And, calmly smiling, said.
"If [ but touch thy silvered hair
Thy hasty wish hath sped.
But is there nothing in thy track
To bid thee fondly stay,
While the swift seasons hurry back
To find the wished-for day.?
All. truest soul Of womankind,
Without thee, what were hfeT
One bliss 1 cannot leave behind;
I'll -precious-wlfe!
The angel took a sapphire pen
And wrote in rainbow dew,
"The man would be boy again,
And be a husband, too"
and Is there nothing yet unsaid
Before the change appears?
Remember. all their gifts have fed
With those dissolving yearsg
Why. yes; for memory would recall
NV fond paternal joys;
I could not bear to leave them all;
I'll take my-girls-and-boys
The silent angel dropped his pen
"Why, this will never do;
You cannot be a boy again
And be a father, too!'
And so I laughed-my laughter woke
The household with it's noise
And wrote my dream, when morning
broke.
To please the gray-haired boys.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27
The Cockade City.

TO the Editor OF the Dispatch:
Please say In your Query column how
Petersburg came 10 be known as the
rcockade Cty," and oblige.
ENQUIRER.
On the zist OF October. 1872, 1903 young
msn from Petersburg and vicinity en-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27
Spin Cheerfully.

SDIu tHttTIHIIys
New York Tribune)
Spin cheerfully,
Not tearfully
Though YEARLY you plod.
Spin carefully,
Spin prayerfully,
But leave the thread TO God.
The shuttles of His purpose move
To carry out His own design.
Seek not too soon to disapproye
His work, nor yet assign
Dark motives, when with silent dread
You view each sombre fold;
For To-! within each darker thread,
There shines a thread Of gold.
Spin cheerfully,
Not tearfully,
He knows the way you plod;
Spin carefully,
Spin prayerfully,
But leave the thread with God.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27
Naming War-vessels.

His salary is 5000.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04
CURLED HORSEHAIR.
The Greatest Amount of 1t Is OBJ
tanned from South
America.

South America furnishes the greatest
amount and best quality of curled horse
hair, used for filling mattresses and
stuffing furniture. On the wide pampa
many thousands of horses are bred es-
pecially for the hair of their names and
tails. These, between the round-ups,
which sometimes do not occur in three
or four seasons, grow to great length,
but owing 10 the lack of care and the
state of the "caHaps;" as the open coun-
try is called, the hair IS usually tangled
in what seems an ineXtricable mass. All
over the camps grow many kinds of
burrs and thistles, and the animals as
they Craze or roll themselves about be-
come covered with them. Their coats
are naturally rough, the hair growing
in an uneven, shaggy way. Stuck all
over with burrs and with name and tail
matted into nearly unwieldy masses,
the poor creatures present a comical
appearance. After they are shorn they
seem to delight in the freedom of
cropped necks and short tails.
The hair when cut off is freed from
dirt and roughness of all kinds and
wound into ropes, by which means it is
made curly. 1t sells for SO or 4s cents a
pound. The longest strands are kept
separated, and used for horse hair fur
niture, cloths, etc.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04
HEARTLESS REPORTERS.
Ro1aed q Woman and Told Her
BEztally OF the Names De-
structfon.

A painful instance of the methods
employed by some Washington report
ers to gather information happened to
the wife of Lieutenant-Commander
Wainwright, the executive officer of the
Maine, says the Boston Herald. The
ship was destroyed early in the even
ing. and no person in Washington knew
OF it till several hours later. Mrs. Vain
wright, who is in delicate health, was
walked about four in the morning by
q violent knocking and pounding at the
door of her house, and imagining it
to be merely idle boys trying to be mis-
chievous, she took no notice of the
noise. But it increased SO violently
that finally Mrs. Wainwright rose and
5ooked out of the window, asking what
was the matter.
A voice called out: "Are you the
wife of Lieutenant-Commander Vain
wright" eyes, what do you want?"
1.-THE Maine has been totally destroyed.
We are reporters and wish for some in
formation about Mr.. Wainwright"
Only this and nothing more. The shock
caused the poor lady to fall in dead
faint, from which she did not rally for
several hours, and, fortunately for her,
it was then known her husband was
not among the lost. The suspense for
other members of the household may
he understood, and Indignation at this
hcartless announcement of the disaster
to one so deeply interested has been
freely expressed in all circles of Wash
ington society.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04
HUNGRY BUT PROUD.
And the Poor Fellow Had to Resort
to Stratagesr 80 Hide the
Situation.


Late in the afternoon day or two
ago young man might have been no.
ticed passing through Q certain street
not far from the Plain Dealer building.
says a writer on that clever Cleveland
paper. He might have been noticed,
although it was plainly evident he
didn't wish to be. He passed along rap
idly for awhile and then slackened speed
and gazed about him furtiveiy. Then
he walked on again. When he reached
the corner he turned and sauntered
back again. Again he slowed up t o GER
tain point and stared about him. Three
times did he go through this perform
Gnce, each time something appearing
to thwart his mysterious purpose. Once
it was group of approaching ladies,
once it was a pair of faces at a win
dow. Finally he seemed to muster
courage. Walking briskly back, he
slackened his pace only slightly. Then
he turned abruptly and bolted through
the doorway of a cheap coffee-and-
doughnut restaurant.
You see, all that allied him was a Wig
crous appetite, an emaciated pocket
book and a desire to avoid the wonder
ing attention OF. aristocratic friends
who do not patronize coffee-and-dough
nut restaurants
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04
TRANSPORTING LIVE FISH.
How They Are Delivered Without
Injury at Inland Towns in
Denmark.

A new method of transportation for
live fish from seaports into the interior
has just been patented by Danish fish
dealer. p. II. Lohman, of Copenhagen,
and the system is SO simple and yet so
perfect that one wonders why it has
never been thought of before. The in
veDtor, says the Philadelphia Record,
had a number of large bags made of
waterproof material, strong. oiIcloth ap-
pearing TO give the best results. These
bags, after being filed with water and
the fish to be sent inland, are laced at
the top and either suspended in the
cars from hooks in the roof of the car,
or from folding frames taking almost
no space and allowing the close hanging
of these bags SO that there is but little
movement between the bags. They
may also be set upright alongside each
other. but suspension has been found
to be preferable, particularly for long
distances. Several transports of fish
made over long distances have shown
the splendid features of the new sys-
tenn, for the fish arrived in excellent
condition after 16-hour ride.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04
RABBITS PUT TO GOOD USE.
The Little Animals Prove Usefal In
Freeing Irish Fields from
Buftercups.

At last the much-ablsed rabbit has
found a friend in the person of a we'll
known Irish agriculturist, who declares
that the little animal has at least one
good trait, says the Pail Mall Gazette.
The gentleman in question owns large
tract of pasture land on the banks of
the river, which Of late years has been
so overrun with bnttercups as to very
considerably interfere with the value of
the ground as pasturage.
A few seasons ago a few rabbits were
introduced on the farm near the river,
and these soon multiplied SO fast as to
threaten to oYerrun the whole estate.
but it was soon noticed that the butter
cups, formerly scourge to the pastur-
age, had died down to isolated clumps.
On examination into the cause the
farmer discovered that the rabbits had
during the winter scooped out the CEN
ter CT the buttercup roots, with the re-
suit that these had disappeared beyond
all possibility of further growth, and
grass had sprung up in the place of the
flowers so distasteful to the cattle,
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04
BETTER THAN EYES.
How an English Librarian Was Able
to Detect Bogus Manuscripts
with His Fingers.


The manner in which the late DR.. II.
o. Coke, librarian of the Bodleian
library at Oxford for many years, dis
covered the falSeness of the Gospel
manuscripts gotten up by Constatine
Simonides, which deceived all the Ger
man professors, is told in the old gen
tieman's own words in a recent number
OF the Spectator. 1t was his delicate
touch that helped him, as he did not
look at page of the manuscript. He
told the story as follows: "Inever real
ly opened the book, but / held it in nv
hand and took one page of it between
my finger and thumb while / listened
TO the rascars account of how he found
this most interesting antiquity. AT the
end of three or four minutes | handed.
II back to him with the short comment:
nineteenth century paper, my dear
sir.' and he took it away in hurry and
old not come again. Yes, was pleased.
But have handled several ancient man
iuscripts in my time and 1 know the feel
of old paper.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04
Costly Conl Ru.iness.

A short time ago a newspaper man
sat in the office of a prominent river
coal operator, talking about current
events. A messenger entered and
handed the operator telegram. He
continued the conversation with the re-
porter while he leisurely perused the
contents of the message. The news
paper man did not notice any change in
the operators demeanor, and inquired
if there was an item of news in the
message. "Oh, yes" said the operator,
handing the reporter the message,
which read that certain boat owned
by this operator had lost nearly all her
tow by sinking it in the Mississippi
river. The reporter asked about how
much the loss would be, and the answer
was: "About $4,000" The operator
resumed his conversation as though
nothing had happened. 1t was after
ward learned that the receiving of such
reports is a matter of such frequent
occurrence in the coal business. Some
men would have tainted at such news,
but the river coal business is a great
deal of a hazard, and one must have
the spirit of the gambler to engage in it.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04
ORIGIN OF PORCELAIN.
Invented by the Chinese; Perfected
by the Japnnese; Named by
the Portuguese.

The word porcelain, as applied to
china pottery, originated in japan dur
ing the thirteenth century, writes
Frank II. Vizetelly in Woman,s Home
Companion. The Chinese, the pio-
neers in the art of porcelain man
ufacture, began to make it nearly two
centuries before the Christian era, and
so careful were they TO guard the secret
of the art that nearly fifteen centuries
lapsed before their neighbors, the Jap
anese, got any inkling of it. But once
in their possession the willy japanese
lost no time to profit by their knowl-
edge. The few intrepid navigators Of
those days brought samples of both
Chinese and japanese ware to Europe
but lot until early in the sixteen tn cen
tury did trade in it of any extent
take place. Among the early importers
were Portuguese traders who had set
tied on the japanese coast. and to them,
it is claimed. we owe the word porce-
lain, derived from the Portuguese por-
cellana, or sucking pig. When the
Portuguese traders first saw pieces Of
japanese ware they were struck with
its translucence, which somewhat re-
sembled that of the cowry-shell. The
cowry-shell, in turn, resembled in shape
a small sucking pig, or porcellana;
hence our porcelain.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04
SWALLOWED A FIRE.
FtnneGan Wanted His Internal Con
hagratiOn Put Ont as Quickly
as Possible.

One of the first men to reach San
Francisco with a hoard of Klondike
gold was an Irishman named Finnegan,
who had been very poor before he
struck it rich, and who, consequently,
was unfamiliar with many ordinary
usages of life of luxury, says Harper's
Magazine.
"Oi say, yez kin bring me two dozen
eyesters," he said, airily, as he took a
seat in one of the finest restaurants in
Frisco.
The oysters were soen set before
him. and Finnegan, looking about him
for something to put on them, and
hardly knowing what that something
should be, spied bottle of Tobasco
and proceeded to season the bivalves
not wisely but too well.
lmpaling an oyster upon his fork. he
thrust it into his mouth, then Ieaped
to his feet with terrific roar of pain
and began dancing about and yelling
like madman.
''See here!" cried the proprietor,
rushing to the table. Keep still, or
fll put you out!"
"P-p-put me out, is it? Oh wish yez
would put me out!" yelled Finnegan.
"Me insides is bfazin' loike match
factory!"
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04
DE WASH LADY.
She Gives the Lady of the House
Moderate Terms for Eating
All Day Long.

Everyone finds it difficult in ST. Louis
to obtain reliable help. A colored wom-
an named Matilda SNOWFALL answered
an advertisement which called for a
woman to do days washing, says the
St. Louis Post Dispatch.
$50 you Will come to the house and
wash?" asked the lady of the house.
"Yes, num-"
"What are your terms for a days
washing?"
when l comes in de mawning | gifts
er dram OBJ whisky, and about seven
breakfas', wild coffee an cakes an beef
steak an sich, an about ten | has er
pint cb beer an some crackers an
cheese, an dat does me ontil lunch; an
arter lunch l works erlong ont;l din
I.er, wheE | has soup and ros' beef an
chickens an pertaterses an ternat-
erses an inyuns an sich, an alters has
puddin' an pies an ice cream fur des-
sert. Erbout free o'clock l has corfee
or tea and some fruits and cakes, an dat
does me ontil supper. Den when
leabs l gifts er two-dollar bill
Say" interrupted the lady of the
house, "how much would you charge
just to feed all day long?"
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04
THREE LOTS OF TEETH.
A Colorado Indian 1C0 Years Old
Who Is Aided by Nature to
Keep His Youth. .tFs 1

No-wa-she Jack Pota, an old Indian,
who resides with his four squsws on
Snake creek in the Creek nation, is
one of the greatest living curiosities in
this country, says the Gushing (CoI.)
Herald He is said to be 1e9 years cid,
but judging from the different events
which he claims happened within
lifetime he must be even older. The
most remarkable feature about Nova
she is that he has already lost two sets
of teeth and now has grown a third
set complete. His harris jet black, with
no signs Of turning gray; his step is
firm and bearing erect; he has buried
% wives and is now living with four.
IIe was originally Delaware, but was
captured by the Araches when yotIrg
and held for a number of years; he
was adopted by the Musl1ogees when
a middle-aged man Gyld has been re-
garded as the Oldest man in the tribe
for the past so years. No-wa-she is
treated with the greatest reverence by
the members Of the tribe, who regard
him as. superior being, and the crafty
old fellow doesn't hesitate to take adj
Fantage of their superstiiicns by ac-
cepting all the favcrs they feel dis
posed to bestow upon him.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04
MILK MADE IN FRANCE.
The Lacteal Fluid Of Commerce an
Important Item Among
Exports.

Where would England be in case OF
war? She gets her bread from America,
her butter from Denmark, her cheese
from Canada, eggs and other trifes
from the continent, and-it has just
been discovered-now gets much of her
milk supply from France.
Milk doesn't sound very warike. "As
mild as milk" is proverbial phrase.
Still it is necessary to the fit nutrition
CT the future defenders of Britain, and
there is considerable complaint in Eng
land about becoming dependent for
such prime necessity of baby life upon
possible enemy at war.
London's egg supply has long come
from France, and as her coffins have
come from the same lively town it has
been the gruesome custom to import
Partisan eggs in Partisan cotfins of the
cheaper sort, using the latter tempo
rarily as packing boxes.
The difficulty may he met by an inter
national agreement declaring baby's
milk can contraband of war, so that the
cheerful whoop of the morning vender
could be uninterrupted by the roar of
combat.
A measure more in favor, however, is
the branding of every bottle of foreign
milk "made in France" How TO man
age this isn't so easy to decide.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04
AFGHAN NEW WOMAN.
Told the Ameer She Wanted Freedom
and She Got 1t, Along with
Male Dress.

The new woman has penetrated even
to the harem of the ameer of Afghan
istan, where she wears male attire and
does as she pleases, says the Ladies'
Pictorial.
The ameer picked her up on his re-
turn journey from the northern part of
his dominions a good many years ago.
She had been brought before him by an
angry father and proposed husband for
punishment. She would not conform
to the usage of the country and enter
the married state, though she had then
reached the age when it was incum-
bent upon her to do so.
The girl declared she had run wild
all her life, and did not wish to give up
her freedom, to be shut up in harem.
She sought the ameer's protection and
obtained it.
"All right" he said, "since you want
to be free you shall be, but free you
must also remain; that is your punish
ment You wish to live like man;
you shall live like one, and for your
own protection you must wear mems
clothes"
On her arrival in Cabul she was given
the title of older, or chief, and was
made the harem's messenger. She
comes and goes as she pleases or is orr
dered, both by night and day, and no
enc even in slanderous Cabul has ever
breathed word against her fair name.