The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-13

Will yo,l please Inform me EtnToush
yo,lr Query column tho name ana nd
dress Of the chief engineer - t!ie ~, ii e
water Rnilroad7 sU lIl3Il'.LI. ~.
Address Raymond Dupuy, general man man
ager, Norfolk, Va .a n 877S5S +, "
-.@ Dyeing Straw Hats.
WI, vo,, noa 80 publish in your We'd
nesdnvs issue a recipe for dyeing straw
hats. Yst y 1 t.i11A ~
Vol cnn ret prepared dyes from any
city druggist.
The Morgan-Searcy Robbery.
will YOU please publish IN your query
comm the exact year In which the noted
Morgan and senrcy robbery was com
mitted, ana at what station on the :, II
r. and Pr - =. ~
In 1891. at Aguin Creek.
Henry's Liberty Speech.
Will you print In full Patrick Henry!ss
"Give me liberty or give me deat''',a
speech W. s. -.
TOO long for insertion hero. A letter
to The sexton, st. Johns, Richmond Va,
vii! probably bring you q copy.
"A Question of Etiquette.
When salad is served on a lettuce leaf,
is it proper to eat that lettuce leaf?
- - 4,EN1O
YOU are not expected to eat the leaf,
especially II It is hand-paintea'
Sermons in Stones.
Please tell who Is the author Of the
following expression, and where 1t occurs:
'.Tongues in trees, books In running
brooks, sermons In stones, and good IN
everything" - 49,, -
shakespeare's "As You Like It..
2 Shoe Markets.
Kindly publish in Sundays Query
Column tho leading shoe markets of tho
United states In order as they rank?
- A READER
I. Bos ton, New York, st. Louis, Chicago.
Baltimore, Richmond. III a Z.
AZ Quotation.
z Please tell me the aut thor The Pen IS,
Mightier Thanthe Sword word III. =, y. u i
"Benealth tho TYle OF men entirely great,
The pen Is mNhtlearS than the aw y2TS !,
4 ..-,--..., n. - A'Yl'N.
The New Mrs. Aston.
Please give a Biographical sketch OF, the
nea, Mrs Aston lust married Nin london.
and also as to tho2origln Of The express
sion "Gibson Girls" Il g 2.
sho Is the daughter of Mr., @ D. >ang-@
home. Of Albermarle county. she was va Z
reared In Richmond.
49, i.
Please tell me tho author. Of ""The' Pen
~ . 'n lsH '''''' " MRS. r. g. II. 7.'
,"seneath tho rule of men entirely great,
The - pen is mlghtler than the sword"
Poem Wanted.
Please publish for, me the poem be-
The valley rings With mrth and JOY,
Among the hills the echoes play;
4 never, nover-ending song
n 70 welcome In the May.
You will find the poem in Wordsworth,
The Idle shepherd Boys 1t is too long
to publish here.
Newton's Principal.
Please tell me what scholars consider
tha great edition OF Ne*ton's Principal,
and also where I may ind tho following
quotation, Urlt enim fulsore suo.
lrnouestionnbly that OF tho Jeslllts,
Lcsucur and Jaquicr, published at Gem
eva 17s9-'6o, three volumes.
Horace, lib. 2. ep. !, YER. 10.
Mahomet and the Mountain.
II, the story about Mohomet, was It a
MnIJNTAIN or a HILL to which he went
when 1t would not como to nm IN =
SUBSCRIBER.
It IL commonly said to have been
mountain that got the joke on the prophet
l,pcon, In his Doldncss" calls 1t
HILL
Paw for Stolen Horses.
Has Connress passed. n bill to pay Tor
hnrscs tnkcn by tile Wilson and Coxo
raids during tho war? a. A. "
A hin passed Congress soma years ago,
providing for tho reimbursement OF con-
fedornte soldiers whose horses were teheh
f,on them by Federal soldiers contrary
!, Tho terms of surrender. Write TO Cap
tain John NJ. Hickey, Wash'hstoi' - "
Fisheries.
Does the state of Virginia MAINTAIN
nsherv and, tf so, at what place?
we do not quite understand what you
mean. There Is State Board or fish-
cries, whose duty It Is to see mar M
lows relating to oys,erIng In Chesapeake
, Bay and all laws relating to the cntch'Ns
and propagating OF fish, crabs and terra
hin in tho waters of the State are faith
fully observed.
Easter.
:. Where did the eating of eggs at Eas-
ter originate, ana why?
g Why Is 1t that Easter doesn't always
| come In the same MONTH and on me
| .on,. doy nf thu month each year? AS