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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-22

observations OF a Philosophical Friend

OF Ours)
"a kind Of yeasty collection that bears
them through and through the most fond
and winnowed opinions: DO but blow
them 10 their trial. and the bubbles are
out."-Shakespeare.
'They have forsaken Me, the fountain
Of living waters. and hewn them out els
terms broken cisterns, hat hold no
water."oJeremiah.
"A man full Of words shall not prosper
in the earth"
Gibbon very seriously doubts whether
the burning OF the Alexandrian Library
was a great loss to mankind. II the docu-
ments that were burned contained any
secrets OF nature. any laws, n great
fundamental principles, or anything OF
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sfnfc. of the Union.

TO the Editor Of the Dispatch:
please state through your paper how
many states there are I'm the Union, and
a. which was admitted last.
A READER.
T. Forty-hve.
. Utah. admitted January 4, 1896.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-22
Election I'm 1896.

IT, Che Editor OF the Dispatch:
Kindly let me know on what day OF the
month was the presidential election ,ot
.>t CONSTANT READER.
The law requires the presidential cleo
ton 90 be held the first Tuesday after
lie first Monday IN November. In 1886 it
occurred on Tuesday, November 90.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-22
Faded Flowers

To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
Please publish in your paper the old
song called Faded Flowers" Each verse
q il ends:
But the cold, chill winds Of December
Have taken my companions from me"
We will publish the poem If some friend
VIII send US q copy.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-22
End-of-the-Century Obituary.

Charleston News and Courler.)
II Is not our custom 10 print obituaries
I'm the editorial columns, but the follow
ing is so much out of the ordinary that
We violate our rules 10 work IL in here:
GEORGE WASHINGTON.-In loving
memory Of our beloved father. who de-
parted his life December IA. 1893.
Ninety-nine years ago to-day death en-
tered a happy country and took from IL
a kind and loving father. Though ninety
rine years have passed II seems but a
snort time since he left us.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-22
Broad Rock Race-Course.

TO the Editor Of the Dispatch;
Please inform me through your Query
column what horses took part IN
me twenty mile trot-ing race at Broad
Rock race-course, in Chesterfield county,
iu ISIS. 1853. or 1850; also. the names OF
the owners Of the same, and time re-
..fr-d 10 make the heat and Obiige an
eyewitness. Respectfully, w. H. w.
Lynchburg, Va.
Let some friend answer for US.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-22
A Gentle Answer.
Hariem Llfe.)

Mrs. Spatts (nee Gotrox): You're a PEI
feet brute, I actually believe you mar
ried me simply because OF my money. e
Mr.. Spatts: Well. my dear. you'd hard
ly expect a man 10 take such an impos-
tant step without some reason.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-22

by emitting the leap day in those years
which are not Invisible by 100. as 17oo. 1890,
n 1900.
CHARLES wooLNoUGH, NJ. A.
Greenwood Depot, Va.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-22
Nominations Conf rmed.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., December IL
The Senate to-day confirmed the nominal
tons of the following collectors Of GUS
toms: 5. =. Anthony, st. Marks, Fla;
w. II. Lucas, st. Johns, Fla; j. w. How
ell, Fernandina, Fla.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-22

WHY LEAP YEARS ARE NEcEssAR,
TO ROUND OFF THE CALENDAR.
EXEMPTION LAWS OF THIS STATE.
A Mathematical conference.-the
statute ns to Trepassing Animals
mcnt OF Sick Horses.

TO the Editor Of the Dispatch:
which is correct. d.ehorn or dishorn,
when speaking OF removing horns from
cattle? Please answer semi-weekly.
Yours. T. d. II.
Glade Spring, Va.
Either is correct; but we prefer dehorn.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-22
Mathematical Controversy.

TO the Editor Of the Dispatch;
After a careful investigation hnd ina
,-u are In error concerning your answer
10 A. W. C.'s query, published on Deem
-r 4 iSqs. The answer should be satur'
..o6 ~ tuesday. A. III.
What day Of the week was December =
$3.50
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-22
S5.36f.37.

These being the two known factors in
the case-the earning Of 1865 commissions
and the percentage of 3 per cent. and 2
per cent.-the first on the sale of the cot
ton. and the second on the net proceeds
to be invested in lots. the above solution
can be the only correct statement, as that
alone will balance the account.
ANOTHER OLD FOGY.
All arithmetics state that commission
is a certain rate per cent. on the
amount sold, or on the amount purchased.
Our correspondent does not take 2 per
cent. on amount paid for the lots, and
is, therefore, wrong.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-22

This we know Is right. and as the an
swer 10 the query in the issue OF Decem-
her an Is worked out the same way II
should be right.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-22
Dearest pappy. thou hast left us.

Dearest pappy, thou hast left us.
And thy loss we deeply mourn;
For since we've been reconstructed,
To the dogs we've almost gone.
Yet again we hope 10 meet thee,
When the day Of life is spent;
In some less Imperial region,
Where you'll be our President.
ONE OF THE CHILDREN.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-22
A Question About Commissions.

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
odd Fogy" was right in his statement
in last Sundays Dispatch of an Issue in
Arithmetic, as will be seen on making a
balance of the account, as it would stand
on a merchants books. the source. of
course, from whence comes this problem
in mathematics.
JOHN SMITH.
1898.
Nov. 18th.
To CONS 3 per cent. on S5,364S7-s 1903
Balance........... .... 5,2O3.4 "A
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4)lS8

AS
sgS days. January 1st 10 Decem-
Der 4th, inclusive.
27lO ,ooo
IA is s~ubtracted Cor 100 TO 1900.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-06-24

elaborate private museum, bought some
birds eggs of iisherman's wife on the
French coast. Among the seamew and
gull eggs he secured was one fine, speck-
led shell, easily recognized as that of n
great aux. lie paid only dollar for the
perfect specimen, took it to London,
and in course of time it was sold for
sos. Four years ago the same egg
was put up at auction in London, and a
wealthy gentleman did not hesitate to
pay $1,000 for the perfect shell.
A damaged egg at auction brought
s915, while an auk's skin is wor, Ii 81 800.
IN all only ~ skins of this bird remain,
nine skeletons and few loose bones.
The Museum of Natural History in New
York city possesses handsome stuffed
skin, but only two of the valuable eggs
are owned in America.
So great, however, is the interest in
aux eggs that the museums have plaster
casts of them, made with the greatest
care from the finest egg in Europe, ex-
hibited in the museum of Liverpool
This shell is not only. spotted, but
prettily streaked in brown on its
creamy surface, and its value is est.
mated as high as $1,000.
In Leipsic, in Geneva, London and
Paris, great aux eggs are kept in mu-
seums, and one of the eggs that has
come TO America is owned in Philadel.
phia. So great, indeed, is the interest
felt by students of natural history in
this big sea bird that has become ex.
tinct in our century, that books have
been filled with its history. When Nan.
sen set out on his polar expedition O
sharp lookout was kept for the great
aux, since there are persons who be.
lieve that few lonely specimens still
exist somewhere up in the Arctic circle
and that keen eyes can still find its
eggs, worth so many times their weight
in Rold.-Chicago Inter Ocean,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-06-24
NUMBER Is.
FRUIT TREE BORERS.
An Obstacle to Successful IIorticuI-
turc That Can lie Overcome Only
by Constant Vigilance.

Among the many pests with which
the horticulturiSt must contend are the
two large families of borers, which are
divided in n general way into the round
headed and the fat-headed borers. The
latter usually attack only those trees
that have been from some cause re-
duced in vitality, but they are liable TO
enter the trunk anywhere along its en-
tire length. The round-headcd borers,
on the other hand says the Indicator,
seem to prefer vigorous trees and enter
near the ground only, and they often
kill the trees outright in short time.
They are sometimes as much as three
years in maturing, and instances have
been known where the round-headed
bcrer has emerged from wood after II
had been made up into furniture. Bor'
ers attack the apple, the peach, the
pear, the cherry and other fruit trees,
as we'll as many forest trees, and are
difficult to get rid of except by regular
hunting 10 dig cut and destroy them
When the borer Is working on trees its
presence can usually be detected by the
casts or sawdust about the tree, and in
the peach there is the additional sign
which the emulation of gum affords
The deposit of eggs may be in great
measure prevented by applying n coat
of soft soap and washing soda to the
trunks early in June and again in July,
and deposit of ashes or air-slacked
lime around the tree in May is also help
full. To detect those that effect an en-
trance August is the best time, as il
is then that the fresh casting are most
plainly visible. At this season the or
chardist should arm himself with
piece Of flexible wire that is yielding
enough to follow the burrowirg Of the
borer, and hunt everyone and destroy it,
The grub is not difficult to reach the
first and second seasons, but after that,
owing TO the turns made in the bur
rows. IS harder to get at. Young or
chards are in most danger, while the
bark is thin, but if care is taken to keep
tnem free Of the pest there is not much
danger TO the trees when they become
mature. Nursery stock II neglected is
almost sure to be attacked, and buyers
OF stock should always examine it for
bCrers before planting. The borer may
he very serious obstacle to fruit grow
ing, sapping the vitality of the orchard
and entirely destroying many of the
trees, but ii is an obstacle that vigilance
| will readily OCprpOmp
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-06-24
SAVANNAH, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, JUNE "A, 1898.

tore it away. There were four other
rooms on that floor and five above.
went through them all and found moth
ing but dust and dirt, On the first
floor there was parlor, with four
rooms behind it, but no one had occu-
pied the place for months, Stretched
across the kitchen was clothesline.
took it down, returned to my man, and
used it to tie his ankles in place of-my
suspenders. VIII this was done
made him fast to the leg of the lounge
and told him that | would presently
send policeman to release him. He
coaxed and threatened by turns and
finally offered me $50 to release him
and let him go his way,
The front door fastened with spring
lock, and I went out fully intending to
give the man into custody and try and
bring the whole gang to book. Once
outside | found the street to be named
Rivington street, and to be occupied
mostly by laborers and foreigners. But
If l laid information with the police I
was certain to be held MS a witness
and put to much trouble, and on think
ing it over | decided to say nothing.
did, however, hunt up the address of the
young man ! was taken for, had per-
sonal interview with him, and related
the full particulars. This was a week
later, In company with private de-
tcctive we visited the house one after
noon, having the key from the land
lord, and with the exception of the
man we found things as had left them.
Whether he had released himself or
been set free by some one of the gang
no one could say; the only relic he had
left behind him was the broken pitcher
which had helped me to get the bet
ter OF him and probably prevented a
murder. The whole scheme was to eX-
tort money, Of course, and young Mr..
Fisher was frank enough to say that
had he found himself in the hands of
the gang he would have handed over his
check for G2,COo and been glad to get
out of it on those terms.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-06-24
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS.
Country Roads Before They Re-
ceivc Their Surface Material.

In recent article on Things to be
Remembered in Building Good Roads,"
". T. Barnes pcrt,nently says that too
many people seem to think that any
thing that is TO be covered up does not
need attention-that it is done simply
because some engineer has said that ii
should be so. The authorities seem TO
doubt whether it pays to put so much
money out of sight. What they want
is to spread out the money so it viii ali
be in sight OF their constituents, so that
when the day of reelection comes they
can point TO a great deal apparently
done with little money" This is doubt
less one reason why it is so difficult to
get roads properly drained.
He then goes on to consider what
preparations are necessary for per-
manent country roads before they re-
ceiye the stone, or other material, and
offers the following suggestions:
The first thing to do is to employ
come competent man to run Levels over
the entire length of the road intended
for improvement, and taking levels at
the sides frequently enough to find
drainage at every available place along
the line of the proposed road. Then
carefully-drawn profile should be made,
after which the grade line of the road
should be carefully studied and drawn
on the profile. If the ground will admit
of it without too much expense, long
stretches of the same rate of grade
should be avoided, as il is too hard on
the muscles OF the draft animals when
hauling a heavy load as il admits of n
constant and severe strain on them, as
can be easily seen by the trembling of
the muscles after pull over these
grades. A frequent change in the
grades allows some rest on the various
parts of the muscles.
Complete specifications should be
written, telling in a general, as well as
special, way what is to be done and
Low TO do it. These specifications
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-06-24

should be accompanied by any detailed
drawing that may be necessary, such as
plan and cross section, etc, of the pro
posed road. 1t will be money in the
taxpayers pockets to have all prelim-
inaries and the general supervision Of
the work done by a competent, expert
cnced and practical civil engineer, and
not by some pretender, or some polit-
clan whose only ability lies in his pull
with the powers that be, and be for
n short time only.
I'm excayating for the roadbed care
should be exercised not to pillow too
deep or to one side Of the outer lines OF
the proposed roadway; if there are de-
pressions in the subgrade, there will be
tendency 10 make chuck holes in the
road after a little time, owing to the
water settling in the places where the
dirt has been cut too deep. If the bed
| is cut too wide and filed back, the road
| after a little will spread and become
weak on the sides. Farmers drain tile
| should be placed under the subgrade Of
the roadway at any point where the
earth seems 10 be springy, and the
water led to one side of the road, even
If fill has 10 be made to get the de-
sired drainage.
"The Whole roadbed should be rolled
with heavy roller until it is thorough
| ~ compacted. The amount of rolling
and the size Of the roller must depend
upon local circumstances. The average
soil when moist should compact about
two inches, which, of course, needs to
be taken into consideration when do
ing the grading. The depth and kind of
material used for the roadway must
depend in great measure upon the To-
caity, the traffic conditions and the ma
teria at hand-whether the road shall
be constructed of trap, granite, quart
ute, pebbles, cobbles, Stag, lava, shells
of various kinds, gravel, cnders, burnt
clay ballast, wood, brick or asphalt.
Also, keep in mind the ability OF the
people TO pay the taxed cost; and, fur
Their, take into consideration that long
time bonds demand the payment OF
large amounts of interest"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-06-24
TIMELY DAIRY NOTES.

The beefy COW is not the cow for the
dairy.
Don't dehorn in fly time and hot
weather.
The scrub COW is not making you any
money, is she?
Don't let the heifer go dry too early,
or she may fix the habit.
Keep the calls feed pail clean by
washing thoroughly every day.
Notified butter will be caused by an
uneven distribution of salt.
Smut in the mothers food will some.
times cause paralysis in calf.
Twin heifers will breed, but a twin
hcifer with a bull seldom does.
Have clean man to milk the COW and
clean COW for the man to milk.
The COW should have a box stall
away from the regular stabling at caly-
ing.
Feed the calf three or four times n
day, and not too much at time until 1t
gets used to It.
If fingers were good thermometers in
the dairy, dairy thermometers would
never have been made.
Cow peas may be sowed broadcast on
well-prepared land at the rate Of about
bushel and half to the acre.
The Massachusetts experiment sta.
tion values SKINNED milk, when fed
to pigs, at IS cents per 100 pounds.
Texas now has a dairyman's associ-
alton, and she has thu natural advan.
tages to make her leading dairy state,
Butter or milk lowered into a we'll
will keep nicely in summer, and we
have known dry wells dug for the pnr-
pose.
We can't use the binder as a cultiya-
tor. 1t was not made for that purpose.
Nor was the dairy COW made to produce
beef.
Cows should not be turned on pasture
until the grass is sufficiently strong TO
furnish some nutriment, and at FIRST
keep green fodder where they can get at
it.-Western Plowman.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-06-24
Ice DInxes in Knnsns.

When Doniphan lake, in Kansas, is
covered with ice the boys and girls can
make a blaze at any time by making n
hole in the ice and holding a lighted
match to the opening. Instantly jet
OF flame will leap up several feet in the
air and will burn brightly for some
minutes. This is because large quant'
ties of natural gas bubble up from the
bed of the lake and are held under the
surface Of the Ice. In some parts of the
lake the gas supply is so great that it
prevents ice from forming except in the
coolest weather. 1t is not IN uncom-
mon practice for skaters on the lake TIC
make small hole in the ice, light the
gas and warm their fingers at the blaze,
which in exceptional cases will continue
to flicker for hours,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-06-24
A WIDOWS LOYALTY


had found lodging for the night at
the Widow Hopes cabin, and after sup
per was over and the smaller children
put to bed, she lighted her pipe and sat
down for talk. After awhile l asked
how long her husband had been dead;
she got up, took the candle in her hand,
and looked at some pencil marks on the
back door. After studying for min
ute, she came back to her chair and re.
piled:
"Jim's bin dead bout n var and
half, sah."
Die of your mountain feyer?"
'Lawd, no. Jim was no man TO die
of fever"
"Then he met with an accident?"
"No, sab, didn't meet with no acct
dent"
Etiquette forbade my pursuing the
subject farther, but after drawing few
vigorous whiffs she removed her pipe
and said;
what Jim died of, sab, was hangin'."
"You don't mean that your husband
was hung on a gallows, do your" ]
asked.
Fur shore, sab. Yes sab, Jim was
hung accordin' to law, and thousand
people was thar to see. Everything
perfectly reg'lar, sab. | was sorter
thinkin' Id like to talk with yo about
it. 1t was dawg-gone shame the way
they used Jim, and | shall never fee
right about it,
"He-killed somebody, Of course?"
ventured to observe.
"Of co'se. 1t was all in the papers,
but mebbe you didn't see 'em way up
moth. Yes, Jim he killed lIiram Law.
son, and he never went fur to deny it,
Jest kept sayin' all the time that he
| killed him. lie had TO kill him, sab
he had to do it,"
Ibid they have quarrel?"
mo, sab, didn't hev no quarrel jim
was no hand TO fuss with anybody.
That emery Hiram Lawson finds one OF
| our hawgs roamin' about and pens
/ him up. John Tarbell sees him do it
and he comes and tells jim. Jim takes
his gun and goes over and seq:
Hiram, want my hawg.'
'Ilain't got him. seq Hiram.
"'That's him in the PEN
"'Thats a hawg | toted up from
Bristol.
"As | said" continued the widow as
she turned to me, Jim was no hand
fur fussin'. lie knowed that was our
hawg, and he knowed Hiram wouldn't
gin him up without lot of wrangln',
So he pops Hiram over and drives the
hawg home, and that bacon yo' had fur
supper was a part of the critter.'
"And he killed him for a hog?"
exclaimed.
"Killed him fur hawg? Why. OF
co'se he did-of co'se he did! What
else would he kill him fur? Wasn't
goin' 10 let drafted goodfor-nuthin
like Biram Lawson pen up and keel
one of our hawgs, was he?"
"But it was only hog" L foolishly
protested.
"Only hawg!" she repeated, as she
rose up in her excitement. stranger
mebbe you don't know the value of
big black hawg down in this kentry
And mebbe il yo'd bin yere yo'd 8
sworn agin Jim, same as Others did
and if yo'd bin on that jury yo'd he,
sent him out to be hung? Looks pow
erful like it to me jest now, and bein
I'm Jim's wilder, and bein' as | won
hear his mem'ry scandalized, reckon
yo'd better shoulder yo'r pack ant
move on further!"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-06-24
Planting Ueaus with earn.

II used to be the practice more than
st is now to plant one or two beans in
each hill of corn that is eaten out by the
cut worm. 1t makes much extra work
TO harvest these beans. But the plan is
perhaps better than to plant in late
some more corn that will not be ripened
with the other, and can be used only
for feeding as soft corn. The corn
shades adjoining corn too much. Beans
of the bush variety will not shade it at
all. The extra sunlight which gets
down to the soil where hill of corn
has been destroyed makes the corn hills
on either side more prolific than they
would have been American Cultivator.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-06-24
TATTERS WAS JEALOUS.
Deeply Offended Because His Mistress
Took Afectionate Leave of An
other Horse In the Stable.

In boarding stable in New York
there is horse whose name is Tatters.
lie is the pet of Mrs. D., who owns
and drives him. She always gives him
an apple or carrot before starting on
a drive and another on returning, the
latter being given after the bride has
been removed; and he has learned to
wait patiently for the dainty until that
time.
On the same floor Of the stable is Mr..
BIS horse, Phil. Mrs. D. used
frequently to give an apple TO Phil, after
giving one to Tatters. The latter would
manifest displeasure at this in mild
way, but his demonstrations never went
beyond the shaking of his head and lay
ing back of his Ears.
But one evening while Tatters, who
had just come in, was waiting for the
removal of his bride, Phil, who was
ahead of him, was the recipient of an
apple from Mrs. D-'s hand as she
stood talking to Mr.. b.
~ lnOlltut lul'l thC BlOOhl nuu It'
moved Tatters' bride, and at once his
mistress offered him his apple. He
turned his head away and refused to
touch the fruit. Mrs. D. followed
him into his stall and tried to coax him,
but he began munching his hay and
would not look at her
Then Mr.. b, and after him the
groom, tried to induce Tatters to take
the apple, but to no purpose; he was
hurt because his mistress had given
an apple to Phil before giving one to
him, and he would not forgive the at.
front.
His owners feelings were much like
those of the horse, and she left the
stable with tears in her eyes. Before
starting out the next day she had a
friend give carrot instead of an apple
to Tatters, in the hope that if he had
forgotten the unintended affront the
carrot might break the association with
the apple.
He took the carrot eagerly. Then he
took one from his mistress hand, and
YOU may be sure she has never since
then given apple or carrot to another
horse while Tatters was in sight.-N. Y.
Observer.