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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11
cold weather In Virginia.

TO the Editor OF the Dispatch:
~ Give the lowest point the thermome-
ter has registered in the State of Virginia
Cor the last ten years. and state if above
~ below zero.
~ Give the lowest point registered on
gecord in the State, and give date. and
ibHge NJ. A "
~ Tweuty-nine degrees below zero. at
Monterey. Highland county.
- The same. so far as the records e1-
tond
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11
Carry-Totc-Fetch.

TO the Editor Of the Dispatch:
Please answer In the columns OF your
valuable paper. II It would be proper to
use such expressions as. Garry the horse
to water" and I'VE carried the cattle to
market. Also how are = tote and
fetch. used? CONSTANT READER
Mount Sidney. Va. :;
Carry. in the sense OF lead or guide, is
correct. Tote means to carry or bear.
Fetch means to so and bring. to heave
as a sigh: to bring. as price OF equiya-
lent, to reach. |
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11
TO CartfornIa VI. the Pop.lar nsw

Orleans Roats.
Double daily limited service via South.
ern Railway and Sunset Route The q.
NOUS Sunset Limited trains now ruYi
daily between New Orleans. Los Angeles.
md San Frareisco. red..c.sEE the time
from this section to San Etancisco 10 Iess
than i've days and offering every COMFORT
on the finest and safest trains.
There Is but one Sunset Limited ana
that Is run from New Orleans daily and
IN connection with the Southern Rail-
ways through trains
Tho best way 90 reach Texas, Mexico.
New Mexico. Arizona, and all Pacific
Coast points. Tourist tickets on sale
daily.
G. w. WEsTBuRY.
District Passenger Aren't
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11
seems to be disturbing some Of your.

seems to be disturbing some Of your
readers.
BY act Of October, 1776, the counties OF
Ohio, Yohogania and Monongalia were
formed out Of the district Of West Angus
ia and the boundaries Of each given.
BY the extension OF the western boundary
between Pennsylvania and Virginia the
greater part of Yogohania fell within the.
boundary of Pennsylvania, and the resi-
due was by act of 1785 added to the coun-
sty OF Ohio. and Yogohania, became ex-
Etinct ss5F5s z5as5
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11
odd-FelIovvs and s1axons.

70 the Editor of the Dispatch:
Please settle this argument between an
Odd Fellow and a Mason: Are there as
.nany Odd Fellows in the United States
and Canada. as there are in any other
FIVE secret orders combined. Masous in
GUIDED in the ffvss
Please give the number Of Odd Fellows
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11
LarSesf Volcano.

10 the Editor of the Dispatch:
Please inform me in your query column
THAT is the largest volcano in the world
a SUBSCRIBER.
Stage Junction. Va.
Cotopaxi. in the Andes of Ecuador. IT is
tad. Il is 1858 feet high. Vesuvius is
ne most famous volcano: Mont Pelee
ne one which has been most destructive
q human life
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11
ra,+or - the D;enatcn

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
WIN you please tell me through the
Sunday Dispatch what is meant by the
terms ..hacl.. and free lance when ap-
piled to writers for the press? F. ~ 3.
osbarus. Gap. Va
A hack writer is one who hires him
self out for any sort OF literary work.
free lance is one who acknowledges
responsibility TO no party. or other organ
tzation.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11
The sIistletoe.3
l,e Editor of the Dispatch:

10 the Editor OF the Dispatch:
Does nistletoe grow in Virginia. ana IL
+ Do. ii, what region? Does II grow nsother
/ trees than old oaks? There Is practically
none Ia the; Valley sectipn, at least
have never seen any growing hsra. Will
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11

i instruments Law. says: THE signature
OF any party may be made by a duly au-
tforized agept- No particular form OF
appointment IS necessary for this purpose,
and the authority of the agent may bs
established as In other cases Of agency"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11

II the Baby Is CuttI.E Teeth
Be sure and use that old ard vell-trsed
remedy Mrs. Winslov.s soothing syrup.
for children teething. It sonthes ne chiId.
Ssoftens the gums. aIlayn an paln. Co.
wind cole. and 81 the best rsme<H -
5diarrhoea- Twenty-Five cents : hottlst
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11
New Embroideres and Laces
A Sale of Unusual Importance. Two Special Values

inches vide, which would be considered goo3
Tered good values at 20, s5c.. special, IL Lee
Nainsook Edges, new and dainty pat
terms. l to 10 inches wide, &C., to 50c-
yard.
Nairsook Insertions, very effective
patterns. 1ec.. te 75c.
Nainsook and SWISS. All-Over En-
broideries. dainty patterns. 75c.. $780,
$3.50, to $3.50 yard.
val Laces, with insertions. to
match. new and exclusive patterns,
CSC. to $500 apiece.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11
READER
Hillsville, va.
V16-!-xs Is

z---.E- VIC! % "a .----'.
Squaring both sides, clearing OF fracs
tions and reducing. we get the equation
Of the 4th degree
x 3oxs- 1868 -2o35=o
which solved by the regular rules gives
sx=3 ans S.:
#V2s-xa is side OF right angled triangle.
hypothenuse, S.
#y16-I-xa is hypothenuse Of right angled
triangle. whose side is q. s
Then x@is side off, right angled triangle
value 8.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11

Keats. Va.
New York-coier. Democrat. 655.sas:
0dell. Republican sss-i56; Manierre. Pro
t!5itionist. 2o4sa: De Leon. socialist-La-
bor. 1886: Eaaford. Social Democrat
q 80.
-PennTpa cker, Republican.
10 8sT;. Pattison, Democrat. 4es.z57: Swal-
iow. P-ohfbftIonist. q s2T: Adams. Social
ist-I.abo-. 5.I57: stayton. Socialist. H,s16:
peanvpac ker. Citizens ticket 1.a5o. Patti
e9n. antf-macliine ticket. 9.5z9; Pattison,
ballot. reform ticket z,9I1-
Niclligan-DuTand. Democrat. 174b77:
Bliss. Republican. 2I1.2I; Westerman,
Prohibitionist, 1885; Walter. SOCIALISM, ~
n; Coalin. Socialist-Labor. 1854.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11
Some Worthy Silks
With Little Prices.

New Wash Silks. entirely new pat
terms and colorings. sac.
The best grade japanese Wash Silks,
very effective patterns and colorings.
the SOC. and SIC, ones, now $50
New Embroidered Pongees in the
newest and most effective patterns and
colorings. SIPS. s1.50 and s1.6s.
English Tafetas, for lining: ell col
ors. 3Sc.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11
New Lace Robes,

Entire new line OF Imported lace
Robes. In cream and white. unusually
good values. $3.50 to 1880.
Black Silk Net Point D'Esprit Robes.
handsomely made. with black tatreta
applique; actually worth $3.50; special
s245o.
Veilings.
The new ones are here IN the great
est possible variety. IN fact, all kinds
required by good dressers at lowest
prices.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11
state voted In 1902.

10 The Editor Of the Dispatch:
Kindly give through your query column
me official vote for Governor. In the
stsfes Of New York. Pennsylvania. and
MICHIGAN. November & 1862.
A CJyrCCprprD
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11

sse to 8 inches wide, which would be cons
Cambria Edges. the newest and most
effective patterns in widths. from to
II inches. &C.. s lao. 1-Sc.. tec..
u 1-2c.. to 30c.
Wide cambric Edges. with insertion
9 to Il inches wide. soc., Sc. 4oc.. Soc.
Cambria Insertings. newest patterns.
s to 8 inches wide. &C.. lac, 8 1-sc..
1uc.. IL tic, to CSC.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11
visfted ehe Auaitsr.

p. Z. Tnrpfn, justice Of the peace fn
PoWnatan county. was visitor IA Etha
Office Of the auditor OF Public Accounts
to-day.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11

Cambria Edges Of extra quality, newest
values at IL 1-2, Is, .1s $50, special, l0c. T
Nalnsook and Cambria Ribbon Bead
ings to carry ribbons, No. to 8. 10c.
Il 1-2c., 15c., Zoe, Csc, to Toe.
Narrow Nainsook Embroidery Bead
ings, 1-s to s-4 2inches wide. &C.. to 3oc.,
yard.
ID and N-incf Swiss Flouncing. in
very effective patterns. s1.15 to $500.
Nainsook Match Sets, in open and
blind embroidery. &c.. to 15c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11
who wfi1 Send Q. Copies.

70 the Editor of the Dispatch:
Please kindly publish Weir Mitchen's
verses, beginning Goodnight, good
night Mrs. NJ J. D.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11

TO the Editor Of the Dispatch:
VIII you kindly publish the lines Of the
cong, The Girl I Left in Sunny Ten
nessee?' A READER.
Hanover. Va
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QUERIES y -
- = y. ANSWERS.
and Masona n the United States and Can
A MASON.

and Masona h the United States and Can
ada. -
A MASON.
s Baltimore, Nd.
According to the World Almanac for
1906, the membership OF the ten largest
fra ternal organizations In the United
States and Canada. is as follows:
Odd Fellows .os3 .473
Ereemasons ....-..... !. 5. 8. s41, 2l
Order OF Foresters ................ ssso35
Wcodmen Of America ........... 701. 655
Knights Of Pythias .............. $40, 1873
United Workmen ............-..... 10000
Wcodmen Of The World ............. 317, 900
Knights of the Maccabees ........ $4,000
Order OF Red Men ................ 22ss. 4o1
Royal Arcanum Observation-Disclosures. 2i9.644
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11

10 the Editor Of The Dispstch:
Please publish the words to the two
tongs, Marching Through Georgia. and
annie Laurie. c. A 3.
COOLIES, Vs.
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fsIn the Lnnd.U &c.

fsrn the Lnnd.,' &c.
TO the Editor Of the Dispatch:
note IN your query column a request
for copy of the Confederate poem in
the Land Where We Were Dreaming.
by Judge Daniel Lucas. Of West Vir-.
giaian. enclose a reprint OF the poem
Mrs. JAMES f. EPEs.
Blackstone. VA
It is rs follows:
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Crinkled Ginqhans.

Figured CrtniSled Ginghams In good line OF
colors-these make useful hot-weather house
dresses. The 121-2c kind SC yard.
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Hack-Free lance.

In the land where we were dreaming.
Jefferson county. Va. DAN LUCAS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11

Fair were our visions. Oh, they were as
grand
AS ever foated out Of Fancy land:
Children were we In single faith,
But GodIike children. whom nor death,
Nor threat, nor danger drove from
Ionor's path.
In the land where we were dreaming.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11

Chernise, OF good quality muslin, with corded
band Special 50c
chernise, Of nice quality nainsooE, trimmed on
neck with lace or embroidery 96c.
very dainty Chen1se Of nice quality MAIN
sock, trimming OF Valenciennes lace inser- .on
s1.6s.
high grade Chemise OF nne nainsook a
square or round yoke Of lace. and with lace
at bottom of skirt. So. g.
Other equally good values at s1.75. $500, S225,
$685. ss-25, $3.50, and $500
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-05-15
buying goods produced by honest COM
petition.

Our readers will notice the appear
ance this issue of the advertisement of
the Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co., of
South Bend, Ind. This great concern,
we believe the largest of its kind in
the world is so well known as to re-
quire no introduction. Studebaker
general repositories for the proper and
convenient distribution of the products
are found in most large cities, while
there is scarcely hamlet in the coun-
try where the local Studebaker dealer
is not found There is nothing ques-
tionable about the character of Stude-
baker goods. The wagons and vehicles
of every, character and harness for all
purposes are standard everywhere.
Whoever is willing to pay fair price
for assured high quality is not disap-
pointed in Studebakers. We unre-
servedly commend the advertisement
to the favorable attention of our sub
scribers.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-05-15

ton: otherwise the buttermaker does
rot have the control over the ripening
process that is so essential to success
full butter-making.
"These conditions for delivery of
the cream are so far removed from the
average practice that it would seem
almost useless 70 expect the improve
ment to be made, but if the gathered
cream creamery has come to stay, ev-
cry effort must be made to put it on
the very best working basis. Of
course there are sections of the coun
try like Manitoba and the North
West Territories, where the settle
r4ent is so sparse that to collect the
cream always in a sweet condition
would entail an expense that the bust
ness could not carry at present, but in
the Eastern Provinces there is no
reason why it should not be done. 1t
is easier to- take proper care OF the
comparatively small bulk of cream
than it is to care for the whole milk,
and there is the decided advantage,
that the cream may be cooled very
soon after the COWS are MIXED, where
as at the separator creamery the
cream is rot cooled for many hours
after the milk is drawn. This &C
counts for the well-known fact that
the gathered cream butter usually has
better body and grain than the butter
made in separate creameries.
81 do wish to be understood as
advocating the hand separator sys-
tenn, for I believe we would develop
the butter industry much better, all
things considered, if we stuck to the
separator creamery system. There
are, however, very substantial advan-
tages associated with the hand separa-
tor plan. and these coupled with the
persuasive eloquence of the hand sep
arator agents. are likely to result in
quite an extension of the system"
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-05-15

WHY NOT, for the small sum we
charge, let us mail your circulars to
people east of the Rockies, who are
interested in the great State of Wash
ington? If we would the goose should
lay the egg of gold in our woodshed,
we should make her a nest. Prompt
service guaranteed.
HENRY ENDSLEY,
Ellensburg, Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-05-15

Readers of the daily press are being
furnished with scant Information in
regard to the tremendous scandals be-
ing daily developed by the grand juries
in st. Louis and JEFFERSON City, Mo-,
as the outcome of one of the most
braZen and shameless series of legis-
lative briberies ever. perpetrated in any
State of the Union. If the financial
interest that has so openly and almost
boastfully sent it's agents into the mar
ket to corrupt and pervert the legisla-
tive powers of an American State
were any other upon earth than the
Baking Powder Trust, which by rea-
son of it's lavish expenditure of money
for advertising space in the daily pa
pers almost utterly controls the news
columns of many of our prominent
journals, the reports of the rotten con-
dition of the law-making branch of the
Missouri State government would have
daily filled column after column in
stead of being condensed to beggarly
one or two-inch story hidden under
d Ouo-llu6 SuUllCdu' Anu IL 10 poi CiSo-
larly noticeable that in the dispatches
that have been reluctantly printed by
our local dailies, the name of the COM
pany whose money, in the, shape of
$1,000 bills, has been distributed so
freely in the committee rooms and the
hotels of Missouri's State capital, has
not once appeared The dispatches
have coyly mentioned a baking powder
trust in small caps, more freely and
frequently referring to the "Alum Bak-
ing Powder Scandal" thus creating
the impression, whether designed or
not, that the alum baking powder in
terests were responsible for the de-
plorable conditions existing. How
often has it appeared in print that
Kelly, the corruptionist who came out
from New York in charge of the sup
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-05-15

We do not send a receipt for sub
scription remittances received. 1t
would cost us a good deal of money
for postage and take up great deal
of extra time. 1t is not necessary, as
the tag on the liable shows the date to
which the subscription is paid.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-05-15
THE HAND SEPARATOR CREAM
PRORI EM
PROBLEM.

CANADA anu DdlIy commissioner Ieuu
dick discusses the question as follows;
''The question of the gathered
Cream Creamery VS.. the Separator
Creamery has provoked a good deal OF
discussion during the past year or two
and many of those who have the well
fare of the Canadian butter industry
at heart, have viewed with alarm the
tendency to convert existing separa-
tor creameries into gathered cream
creameries, and the growth of new
creameries organized in these lines.
There is no inherent reason why
the finest of butter canot be made on
the cream gathering, plan, and as
proof of this we find that some of the
cream gathering creameries are able
to turn out first-class article. The
fact remains, however, that on the
whole the product of the cream gather
ing creameries is inferior to that OF
the separator cYeameries, and it will
continue to be SO until some radical
changes are made in the rules that
govern the operation of these estab-
lishments. AS long as the patrons
are allowed to deliver rank favored,
over-ripe cream it is useless to expect
the buttermaker to turn out first
class article, and such creameries Will
continue to be a menace to the future
welfare Of the industry.
1.-The inferior quality of the butter
made at the average cream-gathered
creamery is due largely to the meth
DDS followed in collecting the cream,
and to the fact that it is not collected
often enough When the cream from
all the different patrons is dumped
into common carrying cans at the
farm, and any defect in particular
lots is thus hidden in the general
average, there is sure to be difference
on the part of the patrons regarding
the condition the cream is in when the
ltauler calls for it. No system OF CO.
operative buttermaking can ever be
successful unless there is some proper
inspection of the raw material as it is
received from the producer. The hand
separator again is to blame to some
extent for the unsatisfactory results
OF the cream SdCu6IlUS CISdLuSly III
order to promote sales he has encour-
aged the idea of reducing the cost OF
manufacturing by less frequent trips
in hauling, regardless of the et-
feet on the quality of the butter. 1t is
q very unwise policy on the part of the
agent, because Canadian buttermak-
ers will never succeed in the competl-
ton for the trade of Great Britain I'M
less they manufacture an article
of superior quality. If the separator
firms wish to extend their business to
the fullest extent they should encour-
age only the very best practice on the
part of the creamerymen.
81 would lay down the following
rules as absolutely necessary to be OBJ
served if buttermaking on the cream
gathering plan is to reach full meas
ure of success:
"G Hand separators only should
be used for taking the cream from the
milk No system of setting the milk
should be allowed.
"(2) Every patron should be pro-
vided with a supply of ice for cooling
the cream during the warm weather.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-05-15

How many readers of Seattle daily
papers know that Lieut.. Gov. Lee, who
has been compelled to resign his high
office under load of infamy that dis
graces an honorable name and an IL
lustrious family, received and dis
bursed thousands of dollars in the in
,terest of that same company? How
many users of Royal Baking Powder,
of Cleveland Baking Powder, of DR..
Prices Baking Powder, are aware of
the fact that part of the extortionate
prices they are paying for those trust
made brands goes into fraud fund
for the purchase of legislative votes
in Missouri, Pennsylvania and other
States where agents of the octopus are
known to have operated successfully?
One of the most deplorable results
of the domination of the trust in our
commercial life is that, not content
with pilfering the earnings of the
masses through exorbitant prices ex-
acted for the necessaries of life, they
have wellnigh bankrupted the nation
of it's sense of moral rectitude, and the
people of their appreciation of the
commonest forms of honesty, personal,
social and political. Almost without
exception the riot of corruption that
has prevailed among city and county
and State officials and municipal and
State legislatures has had its origin
in the unbridled efforts of corpora
lions to effect or maintain monopolies
through which to crush competition
and tax the people.
The baking powder scandal in Mis-
souri, is the result of the Royal Baking
Powder Trusts frantic endeavors to
drive out of existence the manufacture
er of so-called alum baking powders.
These modern and wholesome powders
are consumed in enormous quantities
throughout the Southern States. They
are sold at one-half the price demand
ed by the trust for an absolutely in
ferior powder and to control this I'M
mense trade and to double the cost
to the people of this necessity of life,
at profit of millions of dollars an
nually. the ROYAL Baking Powder Com
PAW secured the passage in Missouri.
three wears ago. of law calculated
to completely accomplish this end The
people of the State demanded repeal
of the iniuuitous law and elected two
legislatures pledged to that effect. At
both sessions Mr.. Kelly was on hand
with the goods A wear ago his work
was accomplished without attracting
much attention. This year conditions
were different; the demand for repeal
was more insistent and the public
conscience was so aroused against brib-
cry and corruption that it was only
by the use of enormous sums of money
and the most desperate methods that
Kelly succeeded in defeating the popu-
lar will.
The lesson is that the people, who
are at heart honest, should mark for
slaughter. every corporation or trust
or concern convicted or accused OF
using money to control votes or seek
ing exclusive privileges. Mark their
products and refuse to contribute to
their corruption funds. In Seattle, for
tunately, there is no necessity COM
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-02-20
A,Rare Drug.

1.-THE price of many drugs used in
medicine is astonishing to those who
are not acquainted with the subject
remarked a druggist to q Philadelphia.
Times representative. There are sew
eral that are worth their weight in gold.
(about $40 an ounce, while So, So and.
SIS an ounce are quite common prices
In pharmacy. But there is me drug
that I can recall which Is worth more
than it's weight in gold. This is pseudo
physostigmine. I don't think that it
has a popular name. 1t is too rich for
that. In the pharmacists list 1t is
quoted at 81 a grain. or $437.50 an
ounce. The seed from which the drug
is made grows in India and Brazil, as
| well as in parts of South Africa. This
seed, tradition says. was once Used by
native chiefs as an ordeal. The ordeal
generally resulted In the death Of the
man upon whom it was tried and so it
was considered as a great truth finder.
The prepared drug is sometimes used
now in prescriptions for the treatment
Of heart disease"