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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24
A Job-of-work Problem.

10 tho Editor of the Dispatch:
A and B can perform certain piece
of work in six days; b and In seven
days: A and C in fourteen days; in what
time can each do 1t alone?
Raynor. Va. G. w. NJ.
l A and b can do 1-6 the work in day.
A and G can do ia the work in l day.
Adding. times "a and B and c. can do
e2-Si the work in l day, or A and b and c
can do 1854 the work in l day; and A
and b and c can do S4-A the work in as
many days as 1854 is contained times in
S4-si, or Sa-sixSl-16 equals 81 days
answer.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24
tor of the Dispatch:

To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
VIII you kindly inform us in Sundays
paper what is the proper pronunciation
for the word "chironnier''; Also He
lena" the name Of one OF the United
States vessels. and oblIge Mrs. c.
/. Chiffonnier Is word OF French orr
gin, and is pronounced shi-fon-i-a, with
the accent on the second syllable. The
first 81" has the same sound that the
vowel takes IN the word ship"
2. Helena may be pronounced Helena.
with the accent on the first syllable, or
Helena. with the accent on the second
syllable. In the latter case the second "e"
has the same sound of the vowel that one
hears in the word "eat." Though either
pronunciation is permissible, the second Is
the one we most commonly hear.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24
tor Of the Dispatch:

To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
Being a constant reader of your valua-
bic paper. i desire answers 10 the follow
ing questions:
1. Is there a city ordinance making the
license OF wholesale peddlers of country
produce $40 per year. and retailers $50?
2. Whose duty is II 70 report those who
disregard city ordinances?
A PEDLER WHO is WILLING TO PAY
SUCH A LICENSE.
Yes: there is such an ordinance. and It
Is as follows:
l. No person shall, within the limits
of the city OF Richmond. engage In selling
country produce Of any kind from wagons,
carts. or other vehicles. and In delivering
them at the time of sale. without having
first taken out pedler's license for such
purpose. and otherwise conforming to the
provisions OF this ordinance.
2. The tax or said license shall 30 -
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24
virginia Naval Reserves.

To the Editor of the Dispatchi
Please tell me whether the Virginia
naval reserves have been mustered into
tho service or not. If they have, where
would person have to go to enlist with
themi and oblige n. A. c.
Palmer's Springs. Va
Some fifty seamen were mustered into
the service. leaving two half-dvisions
intact. No recruits are needed. wa
understand. The divisions headquarters
are at Norfolk. Commander Cake is
the senior officer.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24
SIMPSONS Kin in Virginia.

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
In reply to the enquiry Of j. ". In the
Dispatch Of last Sunday. allow me to say
that Admiral Sampson has nephew In
Virginia. His name is Terah w. Samp-
son.. and as to occupation he Is an all
round machinist. and good one. He
came to this place several years ago, and
was engaged with the Suffolk Saw-Mill
Company. At present he is engaged In
the same line Of business In another part
Of this State, his address being Totaro.
Va. AS family physician to Mr.. Samp-
son, l came to know him and his family
intimately, and he is a most excellent
man in every respect-honest. reliable,
and full of industry and energy.
WILLIAM w. MURRAY, NJ. d.
Suffolk, Va.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24

be- Mr.. Prcntiss. some Of which have
been previously published. and two OF
which. at least, show that he forecastcd
Nansen's drift. All Of the papers are
interesting. Those who have read Nam
sens book must, after reading ine
Great Polar Current" admit that NAN
sens experience sustails contentious az
vauced by Mr.. Prentiss before Jeaneatte
wrecxage was found In such locality az
to give standing to the great Arctic
current theory. Mr.. Premises conclusions
on questions Of both Arctic and Antaretic
exploration are the results OF long STUDY,
and are given In concise form. The last
paper In the volume Is on THE Antarc-
TIC" and he expresses the opinion tnat
the South Pole is moro easily attainaoic
than the North Pole, although Nansen got
so near the latter, and has SHOWN us .he
only way to reach 1t.
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under the auspices Of the Faculty ana
Society OF Alumni OF the Medical Col
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NJ. d. Advisory Committee from the
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Table OF Contents: Original Articles
Some Abdominal Cases. by George Ben
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Upshur, NJ. D.; Death by Suicide or Ac-
cident. Two Illustrative Cases. by Will
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animation Questions; Personals-Puo-
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THE CHISEL. Published by the Stu
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Editors-in-Chief. Rosa Virginia Gary
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Exchanges. Maria Childress.
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Table of Contents: Glass Poem, Revery,
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her face, and very shortly become hsggard
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of manner, the sparkle will fade from her
eyes and the roses from her cheeks, her
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24
Timber In the Dismal Swamp.

10 the Editor of the Dispatch:
VIII you please answer through your
Query column the following questions:
is there any cypress timber in the Dis
NAL Swamp of Virginia? II so, about
what proportion? A SUBSCRIBER.
Fork Union, Va.
There Is a large quantity of cypress
timber In the Dismal Swamp. suitable for
shingles and piles. 1t is somewhat diff
cult OF access. however as to a large
ditching would have to be done to get
20 1t. The proportions we are unable to
give.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24
ynyuI Cadetship.

TO the Editor Of the Dispatch;
Please be SO kind as 10 inform mo
what are the regulations about enter
Ing the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
and TO whom should a Richmond boy
wishing TO do so apply? EDWARD j.
Write to the Hon. J. ID. Long, Secre-
tary OF the Navy, and ask him to send
you copy of the circular which gives
full information on the subject.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24
uow's THIsf

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re~Sl Z.
for any case Of Satarrh Ssat eai"0'
cured BY Halls Sasa.rn cure; ,.eo O.
We the undersigned. have known r =
cheney for the last fifteen years, an
heiieve him perfectly honorable In 81
S Sv.N transactions and financially ape
10 carry out any obligations made "
their arm. Mcss ~rits" a.
Waidlng. kinnan a. Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. Vs
Hairs catarrh Cure Is taken inteInaay
acting directly upon the blood anu ND
cous surfaces OF the system. ,,,a SOD
sent free. Price. Is cents per oo''o'
BY all druggists
Hairs Family Pills are the best
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24

especially the development and various
forms OF Cd government, embracing the
gems, tribe, confederacy, chieftainship.
monarchy, theocracy. democracy, etc; (D
marriage (a), its forms, embracing pro-
miscuty polygamy, polyandry, and mono
gamy; Cb) it's rites. and (c) its limitations.
with laws of descent and consanguinity;
and 90 law and custom, embracing prim-
tive ethics, the taboo, blood revenge, land
tenure caste, codes, and international
Ia
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24
How Far n Ship May he Seen.

TO the Editor Of the Dispatch:
Please let mo know through your Query
column how far a ship can be seen at sea.
There are conflicting statements Some
say six miles; others put 1t as high as
twenty or twenty-five miles.
Gordonsville. Va. A SUBSCRIBER.
We are informed by gentleman who
has had long experience on the water that
II the atmosphere is clear ships sail can
be seen fifteen miles. The hull can be
seen ten miles without the use of glasses.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24
To Pronounce "santiago.v

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Please give me the pronunciation or
Santiago In your Query column.
Knoxville. u. L. o.
The word is pronounced sarn-te-argo.
with both as broad. as in FAR" and the
&c" as in "eat." The accent is on the
third syllable after the second "a"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24
Sociology.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:

Please give the meaning OF sociology"
Richmond, Va PERPLENED.
Sociology. the Standard Dictionary
says. Is the science that treats OF the
origin and history of human society and
social phenomena, the progress Of civili-
nation. and the laws controlling human
intercourse: the philosophical study OF
society: branch OF ethnology. % In a
wide. popular sense. the aggregate OF all
branches OF science that bear on social
relations. as social ethics, social econo-
yaies. etc. 90 In more proper and more
restricted sense. the study OF the forces
and phenomena Of social life from the
point OF view OF society as a whole Cd
LTram the standpoint Of the positive PHI
losopby, the study OF the physical or ma
'te-iai facts that bear upon social history
and phenomena; treated as physical
science.
- "a sha<A ssnsea sealsloey Studies
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24
No DiatInction.

70 the Editor Of the Dispatch:
{ PseAse state through your columns TX
6sngie person can take the advantage OF
The bankrupt act. n. Is. =.
~ Emporis. Va, July IS 1855,
Yes: the law makes no distinction be-
eween married and single persons.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24

Joseph NJ. Nowak, lawyer. OF Cisse
land. after ten years OF married HE, %
vorced his wife and married her sea-.
stress. Then he divorced the seamsU,ss,
and remarked his first wife. In
than a year they were again dN"I..-
and now Nowak has married the seam
ssress once more.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24
How 10 Pronounce "AIgerp

10 the Editor Of tho Dispatch:
How does the Secretary OF War pro-
hounce his name? Respectfully,
Black Ridge. Va III. c. t.
Secretary Ayers name is pronounced
with the A as In all. and with a soft G.
90 we learn from his confidential clerk.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24

IL 10 the primary duty
Of every woman to wea'
in her face the lilies
and roses Of health. II
10 one Of womap's nat.
ursi missions 10 please,
and one of the FIRST at.
tributes Of q pleasing
woman 10 a complexion
that shows the bloom
Of health.
No matter how beau.
tiful a woman may be
ct the outset, II she
suffers from weakness
and disease of that
delicate and important
that is the
threshold of b u m q n
life, she will soon show
kracea of suffering in
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24

vzsn ENLISTMENT OF COOKS IN THE
ARMY.
ARMY.
nov TO PRONOUNCE SANTIAGO.
E1nbcr In the Dismal swamp-Cure
for Distemper I'm Dogs-How to
Pronounce AiEer's xsme-Jeffer-
sons yieiin-Etc.

70 the Editor of the Dispatchs
win you be Kind enough 10 answer what
cities ia the South have no Confederate
monument. and oblige one OF your con-
otant readers? A. 8. /.
Wo are unable To answer the question.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24
Not That Msrss

To the Editor Of the Dispatch.
General Miles. commander Of Ameri-
can forces. IL he the General Miles who
surrendered at Harper's Ferry in 1852?
Your answer will oblige an
OLD SUBSCRIBER
stevensburg. Va.
No.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24
After Whom Was Macon, G.
yameds

TO the Editor Of the Dispatch;
Will you kindly tell me through your
Query column after whom Macon. Ga.
was named?
Noel. Va Mrs. j. c. X.
It was named after Nathaniel Macon.
Of North Carolina.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24

may occupy the lowest position and al
II with honor and desirsbIlity.
The rank II but the guinea's stamp.
and macs the gold for a. that.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24
Army Cooks.

70 the Editor OF the Dispatch:
Can a good cook enlist to cook Tor an
officer in the army? ~
Officers employ their cooks.
Read the following circular:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-14
AND THE VIRGINlUS

MY government is ready to submit
the question of the destruction of the
Maine to experts designated by the
maritime powers, whose conclusions
are in advance accepted" These words
constitute the gist of the pretty talk
put up by Polo, whose mothers name
was Bernardo and who succeeded De
LONE, the man who, like Weyler. wrote
letters in which he said too much. This
utterance Of Polo is significant in dis
closing the fact that President Nc
kinley, in his correspondence with
Spain through Minister Woodford. has
kept the Maine disaster to the front.
BESIDES it is q destined surrender by
Spain But it is not satisfactory one.
The proof that the Maine was blown
up is no longer questioned The
trouble is in designating the culprit.
General Lee says that it was the work
of Spanish officials. Commodore Schley
says the watch-word Of the war
should he: Remember the Maine"
True. The reply should be And the
Virginius"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-14
NOW FOR REVENUE.

Yesterday mornings dispatches re-
ferred to discussions of ways and
means to meet war expenditures.
Money is the sinew Of war. Only yes
terday the Eagle contained an editor
ial on the cost Of war in which the
-outlays in money of all the wars of
this country since 1776 were given in
the official figures. This paper also
ventured the opinion several DAYS ago
that a declaration of war would be
followed with a first appropriation of
five hundred millions Of dollars. As
sistant United States treasurer in
New York. NJ. L. NIuhleman, however.
does not favor a war loan. He argues
for going back to the debt certificate
plan" as approved March /. 1862 He
says that the popularity Of obtaining
means to prosecute war in this way
was shown by the fact that in one
year these debt certificates amounted
to the sum of S551.75S.2L65. II is
curious to note that there are $1,000
" tAAESt 1t1A NNA l44tN4NCS SUI Out
standing
Mr.. Muhleman would. however, have
these certificates bear only 8 per cent
instead Of 6 per cent interest \ pop
ular war loan, he says. is a cumbrous
process and expensive. In discussing
the resources Of the government, he
speaks with knowledge and the au-
thority Of treasury official The in
ternal revenue bureau has prepared a
careful computation, showing all the
war taxes levied in 1856. when taxa
tion was at the maximum, and stating
separately the income from taxes
which have long been repealed. These
repealed taxes yielded a revenue in
1866 of $25S 754, l20. The proportion
credited TO the income tax al that
time was S72.SS2.159. This could not be
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-14

levied, under the recent decision Of
the supreme court, but the levy Of the
remaining taxes would yield rev.
enue Of $50, 100000, even if the coun-
try had made no progress in popula-
ton or wealth during the past genera
ton. The population Of the country
has substantially doubled in this in
terval. and wealth and sources Of tax
alton have more than doubled. 1t is
reasonable to assume, therefore, that
without the income tax these taxes,
which are not now in force, would
yield $3.50, 900 900.
"This estimate does not include the
restoration Of some OF the tobacco
taxes, which would yield S39,OO0OOO.
and the increase of the tax on beer
by 81 per barrel, which would yield
s35. O0O, 900. Estimating the present in
ternaI revenue at $780, 100000 per year
the total collections would rise close
to 5000. OOO. 900. If the customs revenue
which has been running at the rate
Of about $50, 900 per year, should
be increased by the sum Of s50,O00,000
the resources available by taxation
would stand at $500, 100000"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-14
might dispoge Of the surplus to a .fence

might dispose of the surplus to fence
Good-by.'
Wallis was gone, and Stevens sat trenl-
bling at the table. with $50 useless ounces
of solid gold hooking his wretchednes 50.
Wallis walked down Gray's Inn R5a1.
earring bag loaded with over forty
pounds weight in eoch hand. He was
strong, but the weight was terrible. AMI
the infinite WEAKNESS OF the burden OPP
pressed him. He was not troubled by the
simple fact of his crime but the futility
of it, he pressing danger of discovery with
the gold in his possession, the waste Of
thought and skill-these things stabbed
1 him into anger. He went down Snow
Hill into harrington street, and so TO
Blackbriar's Bridge. The gold grew heav-
Ter as he walked, and no relief was pos
sible b. an interchange Of loads The
treasure, which any one among the pass
ing crowd would have killed him to pos
sess, was nothing but a burden and
danger. He stopped in the middle Of
Blackbriar's Bridge, and rested the bags
for a moment on the parapet thinking.
Wallis was in many respects a practical
genius. He had no imagination 20 dis
turb the soundness of his judgment, and
mis- execution when a plan had been form
ed was prompt and perfect. He had de-
signed and executed the cleverest and
most successful gold robbery that record
tells Of He had failed whete he was
certain 10 fail and now in failure his
judgment, which had been disturbed by
the false glimmer of success, came back
TO him.
With quick. deliberate movement, he
pushed both bags off the parapet !nto the
river.
A policeman approached. proudly in6ig-
nant.
Young man, the pubic has no business
to throw things into the river.
MOI answered Wallis, lightly. Ihere
are many things we have no business 10
do"
you are about no good"
"On the contrary, never did better
deed in my life.
wallis walked with the policeman TO
the station. He knew the lntoIeTdole
weight of those bags, and knew that the
gold would at least secure the useful pur-
pose of keeping them at the bottom OF the
river. He was detained for twenty-lour
hours, and then released with WarhlhS'
The sententious solemnity of the police
amused him. He went away, and Wearleo
of proftless crime, reverted TO honesty
and ,1rosDered according to the measure
of his intelligence.
How the respectable Stevens concealed
his treasure 1 do not know. When his
unpaid money-lender and his numberless
other clamoring creditors-the man kept
a box at Fulham in which he hid a s'lc-
cesion of dancing girls-swept up the relics
of his property, they found no gold, and
no case with the Bank of England's bro
ken seal. The man was bankrupt and
broken in spirit. He was discharged rom
the Northeastern Bank. and may occa-
~ rcIyx = oar
inc. sandwich-boards in the Strand. So The
dancing girls whom ne cherished in his
prosperity, continue to profit by him i'll his
failure
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ln tgwsrd the hsrsor O. IRE same s.fe
on the crest and Slopes % = ral1Es C BIS.
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we're probably zezkev tran tAeY are a.
present AID less zts1a4ts3Y raaorse \
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