The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-24
t1lua e!i. Of The Tlmes-p Dispatch:
.l,s llr.-Please give year nickel iive-G =,
pieces Gees were first coined. Z. Is. =.
[, FiVd-cent pleco (nicheD. Authorized 70
pc coined. net Of NtnN 49, 1866.
Nothing Else But Spring.

Nothing Else But Spring.
Editor 1ditl Of trhe trlmes-Dispatci;
~ ~ Please publish tho old song, IN
winch tire tho words: We &
Spring would be but gloomy weather
II we had nothing else but spring
'5s Ii s S..i Mrs, IL a. P'
Yes; II some ono will seiid us copy.
Underwater Railroad.
Editor Of the Times Dispatch:
sir.-1t YOU know anything in regard
to the progress OF the engineering corps,
OF the ridewnter Railway please sivo
an account OF same. 1t would be read
With much interest.
Unity, Va, April 9th
Old Soldiers Vote.
Editor Of the Times. Dispatch:
slr,--Pleaso inform me If an old soldier
over 50 years 81 age who fought Il, the
Civil War is compelled TO pay Capt.
tatlon Tax, ana obllge,
No he is not.
Hollow Grinding Razor.
Editor OF tie Times. Dispatch.
sir.--Will you kindly inform mo where
7 can have a razor" hollow ground?
and obllge,
x. ".
4 Clayton, Pelter, Pilot, va.
It can lie done here IN Richmond
ION to Richmond"
Editor Of the Times Dispatch:
L.. OK r.. " Ira
lingo On to Richmond" herein en-
n vhry Respectfully.
JOS. w. SMITH.
The one you enclose Is not the one
wished we are sure. There 10 another
version and Of more literary merit,
Edmondson Road Law. *
Editor Of the Timos- Dispatch:
4 sir.-Plcase let me know whether or not
the Edmondson Road Law was passed
by the recent Legislation, and II 50
where can obtain q copy
Z i d. H. PAGE.
Road Commissioner,
Albcrmarle county.
Yes It. was passed, and vie shall pub
lish It. y
Coal Formation.
Editor Of The Tincs-Dlspatch:
Slr,-How was coal formed?
q Are anthracite and bitiiminolis. coal
formed together, OF IN the same mine?
- - : : I = ! I, 4 Z .,3. VIRGINIA.
4. In brief. coal IL the result Of the
transformation OF organic matter. See
~ ~ o@,cih,.a1tn 3f4i5ss 10y
r q No; they rarely ever. come out OF
tho Same mine. Are generally found N
different sections Of the country.
Virginia Pension Laws.
Walkerford, Va. 4
Editor az The Tirnes-D ispatoh;
slr,-Plense inform mo what steps are
necessary 10 secure pension for an old
Confederate soldier Tho claimant Is an
able- bodied man about slxty-five years
old, ana served three years in "Loe bat
terry" as private. - I. w.
He Is entitled to $50 per ,annum, ana
may file his application with the county
pension board at tho county courthouse
blank forms can be obtained from the
clerk Of the court
Jackson and Lee Birthdays.
Editor OF tho Tlmes-Dispatch:
str.-Please give the birthdays OF r. e.
Lee and r. j. Jackson.
r. r. y.
r. Z. Lee was born on January 10,
1907.
II. j. Jackson tstonewall Jackson) was
horn on January q, 1924 according to
most biographers. but there Is some
doubt II, owing to the destruction OF
family records when l,c was All infant.
Foreign Terms.
Editor of the -Dspatch
sir,--what word dis "vin" derive from
and what does 1t mean, the word alias
ana the word Nee? by so doing you
will settle dispute.
Union Lovel, vi.
"Via," Latin road or wnys-hence by
the way. Nee" ind, born--fence ones
name at birth. Mrs Smith nee Brown.
/. e. Mrs. Smith born Brown Alias"
Latin, meaning other; otherwise White
alias otherwise known as) Black
Life of Bond or Note,
Cherry Hill.
Editor Of Tho Tmes-olspatch:
rfn % yop tsl Ysuhd d@ ons TIKI p.s
4 '1oi bond Il Is Isl sdod for twenty years !.
2. Can any one net children from asy,
lums to raise, y they Gun s'So tne'''
note e good tlye years; a bond