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1t can do for a man under such CIR
oumstances is to cause him to get the
real facts before forming a Judgment
and a decision. You would not think
you found yourself involved in lttiga-
ton. Yet the majority of small law
suits are simple in comparison with
the devices which the investment
that they can reap a golden harvest
II their scheme Is only presented prop
erly, and that they can afford to em-
ploy the most expensive aids in the
and to advise investors, and unscrupu-
.lous advertising agents to prepare
booklets. prospectuses and "confden-
tial" letters.
When these bats are so skilfully
set that hard-headed and experienced
business men (who themselves know
some. Of the tricks OF the trade) are
deceived by them, what chance do
clal experience is confined, usually, to
making the contents Of his pay ,cnYel-
ope cover the household bills,-has to
see through the mysteries Of the prop
osition?
There are few of these financial
semaphores however, which, every
wase-worker should know how to
read read. and can know. At first glance
way, to give the signal to come on"
at full speed. with your savings ac-
count in your hand; but when you
see a red light-a danger signal
swinging from every one Of these sem
aphore arms.
Here are some Of the danger signals
of this sort, which are very deceptive
at first glance:
This compan ny is going to$be kept In
the hands of the common people and
out of the hands OF the capitalists"
The shares OF this company have
increased olI c:1
agents put the first block of develop
ment stocks on the market, sixty days
ago; they will be advanced twenty
points on the first day! of next month,
and you must alt promptly and remit
at once II you wishSt to take advantage
of this handsome advanced
We need only a limited amount for
immediate development work, and in
out delay we are making the conf
DENTAL offer OF a bonus of one share
OF preferred stock for every ten shares
OF the common which you can secure
respond at once. Just as soon as our
needs for DEVELOPMENT expenditures
are met by subscriptions on this liberal
basis. It. Will be tmpossible, for you O.
withheld from the, market except on
offerings OF go cents or better"
fon tang onerv risk lls for our
ment and Surety Company is back OF
our securities, and the searchllght In
yestigation and Expert Engineering
Association has made detailed eX-
animation and analysis OF our prop
critics and stands sponsor to the world
FOR them. In the first three months OF
operation of our properties. we have
dividend Of ia per cent, and the splen-
did ore bodies now IN sight warrant
us In assuring our stockholders that
this dividend will be substantially in
creased In the next three months, ow-
ing to the Increased facilities Of pros
duetion made possible by. great add
lions to our working equipment
These are only q few OF the most
tglaring statements contained in the
CONFIDENTIAL" circulars and letters,
displayed In advertisements, \ and nlnde
pocket !pf the wage earners.a There
arc scores of other and moro sub tie
ind clever bats IN every mode q ex-
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THE SIX HUNDRED.
Incidents OF That Mad Ride to Death ut
BnIakIayn

Incidents OF That Mad Ride to Death Mt
or that mad bu, heroic charge a hun
.dred Incidents are Observation-Disclosures
humorous. shocking. The Cornhill Maya
Zine tells of man of the Seventeenth
Lancers who was heard to Shout Just az
they raced in upon the guns, a quotation
from Shakespeare, '.Who Is there here
would ask more men from England? Z"
The regmental butcher of the Seven
teerth Lancers was engaged in killing a
sheep when he heard the trumpets sound
for the charge. He leaped on horse. In
shirt sleeves. with bare arms and pipe in
mouth, he rode through the whole charge.
slew, it is said, six men with his own hand
and came back again, pipe still In mouth!
A private of the Eleventh was under ar
rest for drunkenness when the charge be-
gan. but broke out. followed his troop on a
spare horse, picked up; a sword as he rode
and shared in the capture and perilf Of the
charge. The charge lasted twenty minutes
and was ever before such daring or such
suffering packed into space so brief? The
seuadrons rode into the fight numbering
6IS horsemen. but their mounted strength
when the fight was over exactly 1876
II was all a biunder, but It evoked a he
rc!sm which made the tb1unders itself MAJ ni-
fcent. And cas- long as brave deeds can
thrill the Imagination OF men the story
VIII be remembered of how
stormed at with shot and she'll
Boldly they rode and well
Into the Jaws Of death.
Into the mouth OF hell
Noble six hundred
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preston. but they all spell one word,
and that is B-U-N-C-O.
How do I know 1t? How do I dare
make so broad a statement? Because
we have had times Of unprecedented
prosperity for so,long that millions OF
dollars belonging to capitalists are ly-
ing die or drawing only small inter-
est. AS result, the sound securities
pee, up by men who understand values.
These men command large sums, and
In order to secure all the money re-
CURED for. solid and honest enter
having real investment opportunities"
to go to them and convince them OF
the merit Of their propositions. They
VIII w ! NJ not permit TO- slip past them any
involved is not too great, Which is
only another way of saying that when
trumpets to secure money from the
wage-workers, the proposition 1t has
to offer is not only not worth consid-
Grafton. but it should be left severely
idle capital would be put into 1t be-
fore the CONFIDENTIAL" letters to pros
pective wage-earner investors could be
printed.
Ana q this h. feature eat qf the matter stands
of the cost of selling stocks by an
appeal to the common people" is up-
derstood. Not long ago Chicago con-
Germ, which had gone to the people,
for its support, went Into the hands
Of a receiver. Wage-earners and peo-
pie working for small salaries had put
100000 into the enterprise
When the receiver beganiShIs examination
OF the affairs OF the company in order to
determine how much those at the head of 1t
had diverted into their own pockets, he was
amazed to discover that the entire 100000
had been spent In getting the great pub
licity campaign started!" They had COM
mtted the error OF making some particu-
larly fragrant Misrepresentation, and this
put period to their plans by sending them
to the penitentiary before they were quite
ready to do the actual looting
There Is Just one thing for tho sensible
workman suffering from an attack of the
Investment fever to do, and that is to go to
solid man of financial experience. a trust
worthy man. and ask him to ascertain for
him who are the men behind this wonderful
,"opportunity'' offered to him. find out what
their records have been In the past. and
what they are putting his money into. as
well as what there is and who there is be-
hind their guarantees and "guarantors,'"
When you have done this you will find, in
all probability. that your fever to get rich
qulch has cooled to the freezing point,
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railway.

TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. MAIN
STREET STATION. EAsTBouND.
500 4. NJ Fast daily trains to NewI or.
300 a. n. News. Old Point, Norfolk and
400 p. NJ. ! Exposition All trains carry
4 :25 p. NJ. lPnllmans or Parlor cars
700 A. n. Daily. Locals to Newport
5;o0P. N. News. zffe6
ELECTROMAGNETIC LINE.
Daily Louisville Cincinnati.
200 PM Chicago and 81. Louis Through
IL :oop.M ( Pullman sleepers. Sleeper 10
Toledo. o.. via Gauley also on
ll1:oo p II. train.
7:i5 A M--week Days Hinton. Daily
Charlottesville.
100 p M.-Daily-Locai to GordonsvilIe
6:l6 2. M.--Week Days-Locai to Orange.
JAMES RIVER LINE
1920 a. M.-Daily Lynchburg. Lexington.
Va, and Clifton Forge.
5:15 p. M--Week Days TO Lynchburg
Sleeper Natural Bridge and
Clifton Forge.
TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND.
From the East--e:io A. NJ, 1l:l5 A. NJ,
1880 p. NJ. 700 r. NJ. 500 r. NJ. 10 80
p. NJ
Main Line wcs.-s:ao A. NJ. $3.50 A. NJ,
$3.50 p. NJ. 4:15 p. NJ. T:f5 p. 81.
James River Line--'s:35 A. NJ. 7:05 P. NJ.
Daily, except Sunday.
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!. Entertainments nooks.

Among recent publications. is "sev-
enty Years Young" by Emily NJ. Bish :
op. brought out by =. w. Huebscli, OF
New York. This isa s,,, volume me-. 70 g eyp
are despondent; who have sense or
humor and who have not; who are IN
feeted with the personal history dis
ease: who are snpersensitive, and ,are
worry and let things slide. 1t says
What you would like to say to your
best friend. and what your best friend
ought ,g to say to you; r,, !,
New York have issued a book entitled
"The Monk and the Hangman's Daugh--
ter" written by Ambrose Bierce ana
g. "a. Danziger. who claim that the
foundation Of the narrative ts an old
manuscript belonging to Bavarian
franciscan monastery, this book being
an adaptation of a German version by
Herr Richard Noss. Of Heidelberg.
by Henry Holt & Company, OF New
York. purports to be the journal of a
Russian prisoners wife in japan. 1t
gives many interesting details OF the
& Y: Japanese war from an interest
nance enlivens the routine of prison
and hospital life, and adds to the zest
which springs from good style and
q bright. catchy manner In relating
ences Of war.
The John c. Winston Company, of
Philadelphia. have recently put on the
book market Good Form for Women"
by Mrs. Charles Harcourt. containing
chapters on introductions. invitations.
cards, calling. dress. correspondence,
reading, dinners, balls. table etiquette.
engagements and weddings. 1t Is a
book written by sensible woman for
sensible readers.
Harper & Brothers have brought out
IN attractive form Henry Christopher
McCook's Natures Craftsman.
The book is illustrated from nature.
DR.. McCook is former president of the
American chronological Society. vice
president of the Philadelphia Academy
of Natural Sciences and author of
American Spiders and other works
on insect life. His present book is n
record of interesting facts about ants.
bees, wasps and other insects. DIR.
points out unsupported mar
wells, his book being written with spe-
cial attention to the picturesque and
in insect life. IT is free from
technical terms. and thoroughly scien-
ttfic in treatment
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| she saw him pass There goes Mr.
4 Benjamin.. smiling as usual
How admirable appears this brave
heart. that was ever ready to turn II
smiling countenance to frowning for
tune. and that maintained II cheerful
demeanor in the midst of crushing dis
aster. This same indomitable cour-
age carried BENJAMIN through HIS es-
,, cape and enabled him, unassistcd to
re-establish himself In his profession
at a. time when many men think of
retiring. Speaking of his escape, he
ont. Beni sd,h writes to MI ar nay qd,r
months after my separation from the
President. during which time I had
spent twenty three days seated in. the
thwart of an open boat, exposed TO
without shelter or change Of clothing
1t is an altogether remarkable feat
of endurance. this escape. says his
biosrnpber, FOR a man used to q sed-
entary mode of life and already In his
in its obituary May .. 1884, comments
on this elastic resistance to evil for
tune" as perhaps a race characteristic.
There is no question of the truth of
this observation. While Mr.. Benja-
min did not affiliate with his people very
closely. yet he was born of the house
of Judah, and that power of endurance.
that resilient courage, that serene
optimism were undoubtedly the herl-
haye been greater in victory than he
was in defeat.
His biographer thinks Benjamin
would have Jared better for his name
had he remained instead of leaving
the South, after its downfall. His wis
dom and experience would have count
ed for much in solving the vexed
problems that arose after the war was
ended. President Davis, because he
abode with his people and suffered in
their his enemies SilpnCeO.
his shortcomings and offenses forgiven
and forgotten" Had Mr.. Benjamin re-
mained, doubtless he. too. would have
suffered, but he, too. would have re-
people he had served so long and SO
we'll. "Thus remains flaw in his
character which would not seek to
conceal, Whatever excuses may find
The conclusion is not justified. a mis-
take. as far as fame was concerned
1T may have been, but flaw in his
character. never. For Mr., Benjamin
never thought of self His devotion
to his dear ones was a passion of his
life. 1t was for their sake that he
sought TO recover the fortune which
was swept away in the downfall OF
the Confederacy. His wife and child
We're in France, and 1T vas naturally
toward them that he went. There is
none. acquainted with the most ele-
mentary facts. can belittle the service
that Judah p. Benjamin rendered to
the Confederacy. That he INDUCED in
no heroics, when the end came. but set
to work like a man to begin again
none can decry. He never forgot the
cause, and unto his last day was cog
infant of its needs and contributed to
the relief of those who suffered
it.
The biography is. on the whole. well
written. At times IL reads like a ro-
nance of absorbing interest. Its sur
vey OF the concomitant conditions is
excellent and cnlightening. 1t is care
ful in its facts. and as reliable in its
history. IT is ~ good book and we'll
worth place in the library.
p N CAIlSCH
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-; Aailrnuns.
Southern Railway.

TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND.
. ~ B--Following schedule nnures nuh.
l ..sia. only as information. and arc not
900 A. M.--Dniiy - Local for charlottc
connecting mt Keysviie for Chase CIV
and Clnrlssviile. -.
lI;le a, Observation-Disclosures - Buffet pm.
man to Atlanta and Birmingham, Now
Orleans. Memphis, Chattanooga. and
all the South. Through coach for
Chase City Oxford. Durham and
500 2. M-Ex. acknowledgements r,oea,
il;ao Z. M.--paiiy-ttnited Pullman ready
V;so T. NJ. for ALT the South
YORK RIVER LINE
$3.50 2. Mex. sunday--Limitod--To west
Point-Connectlng for Baltimore.
2:l5 4. M.--Ex. Sundays 49,
soiao A. IN. Nix. sinday-1socal to west
TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND,
26;56t y. NJ. s:4o p. M.--From All the South
$40 y M.--From Charlotte. Raleigh. Dur.
ham. Chase City and local stations.
$40 A. M. From ksysville-LocaII
a;2o 4 M--From baltimore and West
Point ~ ~
G. W. wEsrBuRY. D. r. A..
go -. Main Street, Richmond, Va
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lishcd BY Thomas y. Growell & Com
pany, OF New York. Dorothy Is q
Kitten named Kim. and every evening
after supper she tells him stories OF
Irasca1ly Captain Crow Maior. Postum,
Colonel Coon and General Bear, the
pence SUPPER the moonlight dance and
other happenlngs OF Sagebrush land.
The book is one which every child Will
demand, st having been temptingly
prepared from the colored title page
to the pnd. 4l..i..
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FOR NEW YORK.

via Night Line steamers (except satur-
day. making connection in Norfolk with
Main Line Ship following day at TSP, H.,
also Norfolk and Western Ry. at o IA, Nj
and 8 p. M, and Chesapeake and Ohio Try.
at IA. NJ, and 4 r. NJ, making connection
Line Ships sailing n n, NJ, Tickets sos
lS Main ST., Richmond trrensfer Coz $40 Fl.
Maia STU The Jefferson. XGsphy'A Hotel,
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y 541.5ao.7ao miles.
Eir.t nnptist chnrcI,.

Please tell me when the First Bap-
fist Church in Richmond was organized.
the leading points of It's doctrine. It's
record and the name of the present pas
tor a. 81
1850. Same as other churches. We
dc not understand what is meant by
record" The church has grown stead
lily in numbers and in power, and is
now. as it has been for years. among
the foremost in the South. G. w. Nc
Daniel.
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ReristrutIou.

I am twenty-three years old, have
been assessed and have paid taxes for
1906 six months ago. Can i register
and vote in next election? r. L. w.
Yes, provided you have paid all State
poll taxes assessed or assessable
against you and have been resident
OF the State two years. the county,
city or town in which you live one
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Richmond and Petersburg Electric Railway

Cars leave corner OF Seventh and Perry
Streets Manchester. every hour ION the
hour from 8 "A. NJ. to 10 r. NJ, I r. NJ
cai. ia Chester. Last car IL midnight
through to Petersburg. Limited car 5:A5
p. M. daily. except Sunday.
cars leave Petersburg foot of Sycamore
street. every hour from 6:35. a. N, to 1885
sP. M Last car 11;i0 r. M; Limited car,
;7;15 IA. NJ. daily, except Sunday
All cars from Petersburg connecting Rich-
lmond cars.
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Merchants and Miners Transportation Co.

s..,,,f Norfolk to B0st0n, Mass. ~
Providence, II. Il, and Savannah, Ga.
esteamers leave Norfolk for Boston Tues
dayp Wednesday. Friday and Saturday. For
Providence Monday. Thursday and Saturday
at 8 n. M Passengers and freight taken
for all New England points. Tickets on
sale at C.s 8 o.. Ry. N, q w. Ry, Offices ana
! Ma, 500 and $40 East Main. 81 \.
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r. F. e P. ss :sssss!5s.gr

TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND NORTH.
WARD.
s:a5 a. M-Dnily--Byrd st. Through
200 a. M-Daily--Maln St Through
''' 4, Mn :, Days-Elba. Ashland
$40 a. M.--Dnily--Byrd Street ,rhrourh
Local stops ="
i2:oi Noon--Week Days--Byrd ST. Through
i@:So M-Week Days-Elba. Ashland
400 = M.-Week Days-Byrd ST. wash
ington Accommodation
$50 +. M-Sunday oniy-Elba. washing.
Ton Accommodation.
$3.50 p. M.--week Days-Elba. Ashland
s:ts T. M.-Daily-Main st. Through.
40, s;2o y. M.-Daily-Byrd st. Through.
TRAINS ARRIVE T., RIIctHMoND-soUTH-
$3.50 a. M-Wcek Days-Elba. Ashland
Accommodation.
40 A. M-Daiiy-Byrd st. Through
inr,an I Week, n ~ st. Wash
1y:55 a. N.--Sunday ony--EIba Washing
ton Accommodation.
1o:to 4. M-Week Days-Eiba Ashland
Accommodation.
1920 p. M-DaiIy--Main ST. Through
2;45 p M--Daiiy--Byrd St Through
3:Ab T.. M.--Week Days--Main st. Through.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Special"
o:4o 4 M.-Week Days-Elba. Ashland
accommodation.
1I5 M-Daily--Byrd ST. Through
s:oo 4 M-Daily-Byrd ST. Through. Lo-
e;is p M;-paily-Main st. Through.
NOTE--PulIman Sleeping or Parlor Cars
on all above trains. except local accomrno-
cations.
All trains to and from Byrd street Station
stop at Eliza.
Time OF arrival and departures and con-
nectlons not guaranteed
G. w. CULP, w. p. TAYLOR
Gen'l Supt. Trai. Mgr.
Il :
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Primary Election.

May supervisor or any ono else
mark ballots In a primary. or take
tickets from booth and show them
around? If this be Illegal. what is the
penalty and how is 1t enforced? May
Republicans vote In Democratic pri-
mary? NJ Mel.
We cannot tell what sort of ''prI-
mary" you have in mind. II 1t Is a
"legalized primary" the law governing
Is same ms in case of election. No one
may mark ballot: no one may take bal
lot from booth and "show it around"
Penalty for violation of law is fine or
Imprisonment or both. and the Judge
Of election has police Jurisdiction over
his polls. II your primary Is not lie
galized," 1t Is held under rules arranged
by the county committee, and we have
may Vote in Democratic primary Il the
Democrats let them do 80. 1t is gem
orally dependent on whether they Will
Support" the nominee or not.
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scottish History, Etc.

Can you explain to me how Sir Walter
Scott makes Grahame OF Claverhouse
die on the scaffold and also perish in
battle; and tell me where the tortoi go
shell OF our commerce comes from?
WIN. Il.
You have fallen into some curious
error. Sir Walter, OF course. does not
make the blundcr you suggest. There
were two great Grahames in Scottish
history. james and John. James
Grahame. 1si2-1s50. was fifth Earl OF
Montrose. and was executed ut Edin-
burgh In May. 1850, BY the Parliament.
John Grahame, 1643-1sso. was Grahame
OF Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee, and
was killed at killiccrankie. July, 1859.
The relationship between these gentle
men seems to have been about that OF
fifth cousin, Claverhouse being OF the
Entry branch. Mr.. MacauIay mixes
these two men badly, referring to
James Graliamc of Claverhouse" in
stead OF John. but you will find no
confusion of the matter in Scott
Maunder gives Sardinia and Africa
as sources OF commercial tortoise.
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II. q. 1nRcrso1l.
Is II true TINT 1ngersoll professcd
my belief in Christianity before his
leath? w. w. w.
city or C;o,,ntr,.

Is the larger part OF the population
Of the world in the cities or the. co,in-
try? A. II.
rho country
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THE IIAuNTERs OF THE sILENcEs.
By Charles g. D. Roberts. l.. c..
Page Company, of Boston. through
the Presbyterian Committee of
Publication, Richmond, Va. PIP.
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Lin I. B for Taxes.

Can wifo,s real estate be made la
bio for her husbands personal pro-
perry tax? M MRS. >.
You would far better consult a law
yer. The matter might depend on the
date OF the marriage or on the nature
OF the instrument under which the wife
holds her title. IL tho marriage were
contracted since tho law began to rc-
cognize tho property rights of married
women and the real estate is uncondi-
tionnlly in the namo OF the wife, then
1t would not be liable.
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Il Virginia Navigation Co. S.
JAMES RIVER DAY LINE
To jamestown Exposition

Z. STEAMER POCAHONTAS LEAVES FROM
OLD DOMINION WHARF MONDAY, WE'D
NEsDAY and FRIDAY, STEAMER HAMP-
TON TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SAT-
.URDAY at q a.. NJ. for Norfolk, Portsmouth,
Old Point, Newport News, Claremont and
James River landings, connecting at Old
point for washington, Baltimore and the
North. Staterooms reserved for the night
at moderate prices on pocah 10, Electric
at Richmond Transfer Co., $40 f. Main
Street. sos East Main Street or on wharf
or steamer. Fare to Norfolk, one way
$3.50. Round trip, $3.50.
steamers stop at Exposition Grounds Pier.
10th Street fs 5sss; NJ
Freight received for above-named places
aud all points In Eastern Virginia, North
Carolina and the East. hi t ,s 4gg I,t
JOHN F, MAYER. a gent
IRWIN ByNEISIGER Gen'I Mgr. f4isE
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III take up government land, are
taxes to be paid for time before patent?.
Would mortgage given by me before
patent be valid? IL. d. M.
& "a No. (e) Not as mortgage against
the land. ~,
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Atlantic Coast Line
.Seaboard Air Line Railway.

7soUTHBOUND TRAINS SCHEDULED TO
-7s LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY.
9:S5 A. M.-Loca to Norllna Raleigh,
ers and coaches Atlanta, birmingham. Sa-
lvannah,, jacksonville and Florida points,
1926 p, M.-Sleepers and coaches, Atlanta.
jBirmIngham. Memphis. Savannah, Jackson
willie and Southwest.
NORTHBoUND TRAINS SCHEDULED TO
ARRIVE RICHMOND DAILY.
$50 a. NJ, 6:35 r. NJ. 1905 p. NJ.