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QUERIES ANDLETTERS.
,Teffreys.

Jeffreys.
Editor Genealogical Column:
VIII you please publish all information
you can of the Jeffreys sometimes spelled
Jefrries) family. 1 am anxious to know
the ancestors OF David. William and Os-
borne. three brothers. who went to North
Carolina from Virginia. This will great
ly oblige S. 8.
Something already has been given on
Jeffress, the name often being Jeffries and
Jeffreys. Whatever else we find con-
corning them will be given.
TO The Pocahontas Memorial Association,
and my girlhood's dear friend.
MRS. PATTIE KEAN MORRIS.
What meaneth this. our gathring7 Hero
to meet,
Consult. bend each busy brain, as hours
hoet
That we would honour one OF our own
Who so did spend life passing complex.
Brief as Il span, bright as e'er comet
From that old Notwithstanding light to
this new
Soft, refulgent, womanly. and so sweet
TIL thought OF her with inspiration's re-
plete.
III sctinlnS SaNagery, yet 30 luii VI luFo
To closcpressed foe as angel from above,
Undaunted, interposed her human form,
That her fra.l body shield him from the
storm.
Then wooed, won, welded, with such
stately grace
She did so the highest court meet and
face:
Each yielded her the guerdon, now we'd
yield
Her spirits inspiration on lifes shield.
l grateful am, for me and mine, for thus
This gratitude for them and me 1t Is
That neryed me to the work, this tiny
mite
] would give to each. and each limo in
dite
In dedicatory love to travel far,
Help each searching one, serve as guiding
star,
That in the Nves of the truly great we
find
Strength for the weary spirit, hope for
the mind.
Search hist'ry's page, scarce human life
will give.
Like Pocahon,as, such n standard to live.
Shifflett.
Dear Slr.Please give space If posi-
bic, of the origin Of the names OF Pain
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| Va. 1s6OGl.
II. Nonctre HUT Falmouth. Va. died
! May 10. 1870 1sGo.61.
| Jones.
'John LOWS, Kanawha, Va. Lieutenant
| c. S. A.; Killed September 4. 1864. 1s6O-6l,
AZ Pendleton, Major culpeper, va.
Lieutenant c. s. a. killed at Seven Pines,
1862. 1s6O-6t
w. r. Mccarty, Jr.. Warenton, Va;
now resides at Emporia, Kan. 1s6o.si.
j. H. Mister Grenada. Miss. L. b.. af-
forwards ieutenant-colonel Forests Cav
airy; now resides at Kansas City, Mo.
1S6O-61.
'W. r.. D. Moncure. Falmouth. Va.
1S6o-61.
G. NJ obenchain. Fincastle, Va
S. II. Owens, Jr, Albemnrle county,
Va 1s59-G0
Creed Owens, Albemarle county, Va;
not n STUDENT Joined with his brother.
John Owens, Albcmarlc county, Va.
Martin Perry.
w. Berlin Pitts, Maryland.
a. B. Roller Augusta, Va. 1S6o6l.
Thomas w. Sparrow, Theological Semi
nary, Va; civil engineer, Washington.
D. G.; made survey of the Amazon river
for the Peruvian government. 1S59-6o.
an. Il. strlngfeilow, Culpeper. Va.
1S6D-6i
Joseph H. Taber, Allegheny College,
Va.
Moshiem Taber, Allegheny College, Va
~ F. Wayland, Albemarle. Va. 1ssO-sl
George w Williams, Blue Sulphur
Springs. Va. 1SG0-6l.
J. Williams.
Wilson.
j. Il. Wood Albemarlc. Va. 1s6o-61
William r. Wise, Norfolls county, Va;
now al Wpst Nnrfoll, ",
IT. M. Yancey Albemarle. Va 1s6O-61.
"A. Is. Yancey, Albemarle, Va. b. A.:
died February. 1902. President school In
1sf0-61.
Charles e. Voting, Stanton, Va; died
April, 1905; teacher 1S6o-Gl.
Note.-Those marked with star - are
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Wood.

Editor Genealogical Column:
am very anxious to hnve the lineage
or the Wood family, OF Chesterfield coun-
". Va. md especially OF the one who
emiRrnted from England. w.
There are many OF the name to settle
IN Virginia. Hening gives not less
than ten names of Wood during the early
settlements. but which ono OF them was
the first enigrant is hard to toll. There
was General James Wood. who settled
IN James City county. and afterwards
became Governor, and married ono OF
the daughters OF Rev. j. Moncure. This
Wood family We're extensive along the
James River and in Chesterfield This
General Wood. commanded the British
prisoners in Albemarle during the Rcvo-
luton. and many OF the Wood family
afterward settled there. Csee Rev. Z.
Woods history OF tho county.)
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MInge. magistrate OF Charles city cotin.
try. who died about TAG, was son Of
David Minge. of Charles City county.
This John Minge had also son John,
who was of tho Common Council OF
williamsburg. and Board Of Trustees, ID
1920
Freeman Walker who married Sarak
Lorton Nfinge. daughter OF David Minge,
of Charles City county, was distant
klrsnian Of the family and son OF John
Walker, Isle OF Wight county
Bnck numbers containing Minge family
cannot be had, but typewriter copies can
be taken.
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CAPTAIN j. Parran Crane. Leonard Town
st. Mai-y's county. Md. afterwards major
second Maryland Regiment; now asso-
cate judge Seventh judicial Circuit, of
Maryland. 1S6o-6l
FIRST Lieutenant James L. Dinwiddie
M a.. Albemarle Va: president of Fee
male College in North Carolina 1S6o-sl
second Lieutenant James G. Wheatley
Culpeper, Va; killed during war, / think
at Brandy Station, 1863. 1seo-Gl
Ihird Lieutssrant William w. Old, NJ
a., Princess Anne,'"Fa. afterwards on
staff of Genefa Ed. Johnson, and also
OF General E,wel and General Early;
wounded at Seven Pines in 1862, and. at
Florence, Ala, in 1864, 1SG0-el.
First Sergeant John w. Harris Abe.
marie, Va; now residing at I.ewisburg
Va 1SG0-61.
Second Sergeant G. Julian Pratt Uni.
versity, Va; afterwards captain COMPANY
y Eighteenth Virginia Cavalry. lSeO-6i
Ihlrd Sergeant Paul l.. De Clouet, St
Martinsville. La. 1S60-61
Fourth Sergeant Charles ". Cav.
stanton, Va; killed at Malvern Hill, in
1852 -
First Corporal Herbert II. Harris. M. A..
Louisa, Va: professor OF Greek. Rich.
anond College. lS59-Go.
Second Corporal James W LINDSAY.
BerrS,s Ferry, Va; killed during war
BelT'y's Ferry. Va 1S60-6l
Thid Corporal Walter G. Preston, Lewis.
burg. Va. 1a60sl
Fourth. Corporal Charles w. Turner
Virginia. lS6O-6l
PRIvA,rEs.
W. w Burgess, Eilicott's Mills. Md.
Z, y; now resides at Orange Courthouse,
w Butler. South Carolina.
James Y. Chiffon. Washington. d. G
Warrenton, Va. lSG0-61
Joseph j. Cookie, Allegheny College Va
connected with General Land Otf,cc
Texas
Isaac y. Cooke, Allegheny College va.
Wns with the company only a short while
Samuel ], Coffman, NJ A., Rockingham
VA teacher' now resides at Ivy Depot,
Albemarle county, Va, 1883.
Bathurst NJ. Davis, Ifenrico cnuntv vo
J. Lucien Davis, Henrico county Va
John c. plnwiddie. NJ. A., Albeniarle'
Va; Presbyterian minister. 1890
sHarman Dinwiddte. Albemarle. Va.
died at Lewshurg, November. 1881
A. v, Boak, NJ. D., Lexington Tex
surgeon c. s. A, 1seo-61.
Daniel l. Duncan. Allegheny College,
Va
8. ,charles B. Foster, Princess Anne. Va.
NJ Eskine Gay, staunton, Va.
John ". Gillespie, M. D.. louisa, VA.
afterwards surgeon @. S. A. lS6O-0i
Edward G, Gwathmey, Hanover, "a.
ls6csl
'Nfmrod 3. Hammer. University, Va,
killed al sharpsburg, lSGO-si.
-; $ Harnsberser. Rockingham. Va.
Harper.
.Watnwright Holman, Washington, d.
died ut White Sulphur Strings, An,
kust, 1863
James W, Hines, NJ, D., Palestine. va
afterwards surgeon IS. S. a. lS6o-sl.
L, Hines, Paleniine. Va,
Waliar Holiday. b. A.. charlottesville,
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ST UDENT S0LD|E rs
FROM UNIVERSITY
Roll OF the University Volunteers
as They Went Into Service
OF Confederacy.
THERE WERE MANY OTHERS
Numbers of the Brave Student
!. Soldiers Have Long Since
l. Passed Over.

prepared by Captain G. Julian Pratt.)
The following is the roll of the "Univer-
sity Volunteers II company of students
organized at the University of Virginia
late in the session of 1S60-6l. They We're
prepared for service during the closing
months of that session. Mustered into
the service of the Confederates States
about July l. 1861, they reported to Cen
eral Henry A. Wise, then at Charleston,
Kanawha county, organizing his com
mand. which was known as the Wise
Legion Judge W. w Old, of Norfolk,
and Captain G. Julian Pratt, of Waynes-
boro Va, whose names appear, have
been instrumental in the restoration of
this record.
During that session three companies
Sons of Liberty. Captain James Tosh,
of Petersburg. Va, and the Southern
Guard. Captain Ed Hutter, of Lynch
burg, Va. took part in what is known
as the Harper's Ferry Campaign, In 1861,
as State troops The University yolun-
teers We're regularly mustered into the
Confederate service. and served under
General Wise throughout the campaign in
West Virginia. BY order of the sacre-
tary of War, in 1862, they We're disband-
ed.
very interesting and valuable me-
mortal of this company has been pre-
pared by Judge W. w. Old, Of Norfolk.
Va, part of which has been published
in the University Bulletin before its sus-
pension. but the roll of the company has
never before been published.
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THE WISE FAMILY
US !@EElY}}}7l1lItEA a NllzAA lIsf{1L

! ter and Shifflett. Where were the first
| settlers In Virginia by these names from?
Are there any Shffetts living in vir-
| gtnia now? Was the town called Pain
ter In Accomac county, Va, named for
| some one? II go. for whom? Would be
glad to correspond with any one who
could give information.
SUBSCRIBER.
There has been family from time i'm
memorial located In Albcrnarle county.
along the Bluo Ridge Mountains who
gave the name "shlffletts Hollow"
whose many descendants are still to be
found; but where they originally came
from is not known.
As to the Painter fimily lltte is
known; but 1t is very probable that the
town OF Painter" In Accomac, was
named for n family who first settled
there. We will gladly publish anything
sent us concerning the above families.
Park or Parks.
Editor Genealogical Column, Times. Dis
patch:
Can you give me any information about
James Parks. who died in Prince Edward
county. W.. before INA. The will OF his
wife. Mary --. Is recorded there IN
that year. In 1t she mentions cousin
Rosanna Fulton. and sister Mary Fulton
and children. Ezekiel. Joseph and James;
and daughters Margaret. who married
Douglas Watson; Mary, who married
Hanna, and Catherine. who married An
drew Wallace Who Is this Douglas Wat
son here mentioned? Oliver Porter, son
of John Porter and Mary Anthony, mar
rled Margaret Watson, daughter OF Doug
las Watson and Margaret Parks. his wife.
Also any Information as to John Porter
and Mary Anthony, his wife.
Also of Davis Stockton, whose daugh-
ter, Hannah. or Anna, married Adam
Gondylock. both OF Albemarle county:
their daughter. Ann, married William
saffold. who was OF Lunenburg county.
1850. There was a bridge in lAbemare
called "saffold's Bridge
Information also of Thomas Rice. who
with wife Joyce, signed deeds in Han
over county, Va, In 1875.
There was also an Edward Donahoo.
who lived in Bedford county, Va, and
had sons Charles and Thomas. The latter
was a colonel In the Revolutionary War.
and moved to Caswell county, N. C. He
married Keziah Saunders: this Saunders
was also from Bedford. Can any one give |
information OF the parents OF this Ke-
ziah Saunders? There was William |
Saunders. who came from Bedford
10 North Carolina long before the Revo- |
luton. This Kexiah had brothers-James. |
member of first provincial Congress, from |
Halifax county. n. c.: William and |
Thomas and, sisters-Martha, who mar
ried Trigg from Bedford, and Letltia. |
who married an Allen, and others, whose |
names are not known.
Any information relative to these
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I queries will be most highly appreciated
| by an Interested SUBSCRIBER,
Danvlile, Va.
Well, the above Is pretty good task
for tho Genealogical Column. and cannot
be answered at this writing, but they
Will be referred to in future numbers,
and arms given OF such OF the families
as can be obtained.
Chappell.
Editor Genealogical Column:
Can you give mo any information re-
garding tho Chapel family? I know at
the Confederate Reunion held In Rich
mond years back. they held Reunion
at the Jefferson Hotel also at the ST..
Louis Exposition. and one is to be held
at jamestown. Who are tho officers OF
the reunion?
"ONE OF THE CLAN"
Tho name Chapel Ia uncommon, and
rarely to be found in Virginia. They
were from some of the Southern States.
Colonel John w. Gordon. Mutual Build
ing. Richmond, Va, Is the chief off,
GER of the reunion and can give you all
information desired.
Minge.
Most OF the MInge family already given;
the following can be added
The NIingcs came from Wales and first
settled in Prince George county, Va, on
the James River, opposite Charles City
county.
There were two brothers. and one was
nmmed James Minge. who settled place
called Brandon College," Had grave
yard there.
And old deed. bearing date OF 1865. to
an estate named Weyanoke. in Charles
City county. has the name OF Robert
Mlnge. signed as clerk of tho House OF
Burgesses.
Robert Minge married Mrs. Jones, who
was Miss Collier. They had son.
David of Weyapokc, who married. first,
Miss cambridge. and. second Miss Shields.
daughter OF James Shields. who. at the
time OF her marriage TO David Minge,
was the widow OF Robert Booth Armstead
and had daughter. Mary Armstead who
married John Tyler This David MInge
left two sons. John and George, and
three daughters. The daughters were:
1. Betsy Collier, who married. first, a
Harrison: second, Rufiin.
.. Judith. who married Edmond Chris
tian.
3. Rebecca, who married, first. a Cooke.
and. second. n Dapdridge.
John Minge married Miss Sallle Hnrri-
son. OF Berkeley. and had two daughters.
Mrs. Nelson and Mrs. Dunlop. Of Peters
burg. Va.
The sons were William, John Collier,
BENJAMIN George. James, and David.
George aIinge (son of David married a
Miss cambridge, sister to the cambridge
who married Rebecca M!nge, and had two
sons and daughter.
Replying TO our correspondent, John
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Pryor and Walker.

A request for the ancestry and coat
of-arms OF the Pryor and Walker families
would require much time to search for.
as they are both numerous, and reach
back to an early period. Tho Pryor
family bear arrns through tho Leftwich
family OF virginia: Augustine Leftwich.
from Cheshire. England. and OF the
peerage. settling first in New Kent coun.
". and with whom the Pryors intermar.
ried.
The Walkers also have arms from the
family In England. Both will be given
hereafter.
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Earle.

Editor Genealogical Column:
Can you give mo the names and nd.
dresses OF the descendants OF John Earle.
who was n captain in tho South Caros
Ina Rangers" during the Revolution?
j. r.. H.,
Greenville, s. G.
We cannot. You should DO able to find
his descendants In South Carolina, II
he was living there. when he enlisted
IN the war. There was Samuel Earls
IN virginia at an curly period, but no
John,
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Lee.

Editor Genealogical Column:
Kindly let me know in your column,
who was the father OF Leanna Lee, who
married Anthony Dibbrell; also which of
Leanna Lees sisters married Fearn.
and how was she related to Light Horse
Harry Lee?" A SUBSCRIBER.
We cannot answer the above. but hope
some one else can. Among the Lee
family. We do not find any OF the above
names.
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Crosses To Be Awarded On Lees Birthday.

Of
desP virginia
Of General Lee.
Confederate
that is wiuha In
the result
me leading contestants
ih9 ohpef IN Confederate
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Callun.

There is no Cailum family to be found
in Virginia. David MoCallum was
vestryman in Dale parish. Chesterfield
county. 1870. who Ia also mentioned by
Henins RS Daniel McCallum: but notli-
Ing further as to their family decent
Is given. and no coat-of-arms Is ascribeJ
to them
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Cunningham.

The author OF the Cunningham article
in recent number is not known. az
II was sent in without name or address
Send US what you have on Cunningham.
and 1t will be published. c. II. C.
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Rose and Fontaine.

The Rose family was given September
49, 1905; they have no coat-of-erms.
Tho Fontaine family, with coat-of-arrns,
was given August Q. 1908
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List of Virginia Families
Bearing COats=0f=Arn7s
Written Up in the Tmes-Dispach Genealogical Column,
for the Years 19O3-4-5-6.

Aug. 16-Tyler family.
Aug. 30-Fitzhugh family.
Sept. s-Stockton family.
Sept. 2o-Forsyth family.
Oct. 4-Bolling family.
Oct 11-Lewis family.
Oct 2b-Winston family.
Nov Mead family.
Nov. S-Lee family.
Nov. 15-Skipwith family.
Nov. 22-Burgoyne family.
Nov 29-Fairfax family.
Dec. 13-Nelson family.
Dec. 2o-Fowke family.
Dec. 27-Gordon family.
1eO4-Jan. 3--Lindsay family.
Jan. doorway family.
JAM Thrown family,
Jan. 24-Maury family.
jan S1-Spotswoo family.
Feb. 7-Pendeton family.
Feb. 14t-Leake family.
Feb. 21--Washngton family.
Feb. 2s-Wyatt family.
March 6-Duke family.
March 13-Rogers family
March 20-Wyatt family.
March 27-Woodson- Fleming family.
April 3-Mosby family.
April 10-Walker family.
April 17-Stlth family.
April 24-Houston family.
May Garter family.
May s--Jennings family.
May 15--Hopkins family.
May 22-Craig or Craik family.
May 2s-Cary family.
June 5--Briscoe family.
June 12-Strachan family.
June 19--Drake-F Hopkins family
June 26-IIite family.
July 3-Peyton family.
July 10-Taylor family.
July 17-Tuttle family.
July 24-Marshall family.
July 81-Dubois family.
Aug. Taylor family.
Aug. 14-Parker family.
Aug 21-Christian family.
Aug 2s--Morgan family.
Sept. 4-Whte family.
Sept 11--Gaines family.
Sept. 1s-Abney family.
Sept. 25-Conway family.
Oct. 2-Belfield family.
Oct. o--Beale family :
Oct. 16-Scott family.
Oct. 2s-Thornton family
Oct. 3O--Franklin family.
Nov. G-Rutherford family.
Nov. 13-Clopton family.
Nov. 20-Gregory family.
Nov. 27--Chancellor Taylor family. |
Dec 4--Gregory family.
Dec 11--Allen family.
Dec. 1S--Glllinm family.
1905-Jan. Pollard family.
Jan. S-Chalmers family.
Jan. 15--Mayo family.
Jan. 22-Watts family
Jan. 29--Heath family.
Feb. 5-Minor family
Feb. 12-Bland family.
Feb, 19--Roller family.
Feb. 26---Claihorne family.
March 6--Webb family.
March 12-Diggs family.
March 19-Munford family.
s March 2s--Green family.
April 2-Hartlett family.
April 9--Richardson family.
IA April 16--Waller family.
April 23-Martin family.
Anril aD-,Montague family.
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ROSTER OF THE
UNIVERSITY VOLUNTEERS"

Company &C." Fifty-ninth Regiment, vir-
ginia Volunteers. Brigadier-General II.
A. Wise dsnown as Wise Legon).
Colonel C. T.. Remington Lieu
tenant Frank Anderson,
Major John Lawson.
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9o6-Jan. 7-Travers family.
Jan. 14--Atkinson family.
Jan. 21--Lee family.
Jan. 2s--Ambler family.
Feb. 4-Walthall family.
Feb. 11-Trevelyan family.
Feb. 1S-Hope family.
Feb. 25-Fitch family.
March 4-Southall family.
March byrd family.
March 1s-Turberville family.
March 25-Goodwin family.
April Phillips family.
April S--Stratton family.
April 15-Wright family.
April 22-smith family.
April 29--Fauntleroy family.
May 6-Hancock family.
May 13-Johnston family.
May 2o-Rohinson family.
May 27--Armistead family.
June a-sims family.
June 10-Davis family.
Juno 17--smelt family.
June 24--Harrison family.
July 1-Hloks family.
July STANLEY family.
July 15-Temple family.
July 22-Waring family.
July 29-Herbert family.
Aug. 6-Heath family. a
Aug. 12-Waring family. "
Aug. 19-Chlnn family,
Aug. 26-Thompson family.
Sept. 2-Carter family.
Sept. 9-Gamble family.
Sept. 16--Turberville family.
Sept. 28-Coghlll family.
Sept. 80--Tucl,er family.
Oct. adams family.
Oct. 14-Cary family.
Oct. 21-Randolph family.
Oct. 2s--Clayton family.
Nov. 4--Rurwell family.
Nov. 11--IMdwell Family.
Nov. 1s--Daniel family.
Nov. 25---MaChrty family,
Dec, 2-Redford family.
Dec. 9-Chichester family.
Deo. 18-Curle family.
Dec. Backwards family.
Dec. 20-Davls fanlilv.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-25
MANS ACTIVITIES.
Agriculture Holds the Leading Place
Among Them

Agriculture Holds the Leading Place
Among Them.
At the annual banquet of the Ameri-
Gus Club Of Pittsburg, in honor CT the
birth of Z. S. Grant, Secretary of Agri-
culture James Wilson, Congressman
Grant Mouser of Ohio and Washington
Gardner Of Michigan were the chief
speakers. Wilson spoke on "Agricul-
ture in Our Industries" He said in
part:
Agriculture is a creative force
among our industries. The result of
the farmers work Of 1906 was Sc, 1914
100000, an increase Of A per cent over
the last census year. We exported in
1906 $1,71S,000,000 worth of goods Of
all kinds, and Of this ~ per cent was
grown from farms and forests. AMI
mails and their products yielded $685.
100000, or 10 per cent, for export af-
ter supplying the home demand. Cot
ton and cotton products exported were
$481 100000, or % per cent; grain and
products sold abroad were S197,OOO.-
wv "a LIZ Rtl NGut dIlu tpIIo,OOU,UOD,
or 60 per cent, was miscellaneous farm
products.
Forest products are rs per cent of
our exports. We use tobacco extensive
ly and pay around S3OO0,000 for i'm
pOrtations from Cuba and Sumatra.
Porto Rico, Mediterranean countries
and Brazilian ports. We raised Su-
matra wrappers last year to the extent
of 100000 worth. The department,
after discovering principles conducts
object lessons on the farms of the PEG
pie to help them toward better things.
I'VE found in the Connecticut valley
and in Florida the same soil that grows
the wrapper tobacco in Sumatra, after
visiting that country and studying their
methods and soils. We found in Ala
bama and Texas the same soil that pro
duces the filler t0tacco in Cuba; after
learning what soil is suitable, and last
year raised 400 acres of 1t in those
States. We hope in time to grow all
the tobacco now imported from Cuba
and Sumatra into the United States"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-25
ORIGIN OF THE KISS.
Its Earliest FOrm--The Caress of the
Ancient indians.

Its Earliest FOrm-The Cnress of the
Ancient Indians.
At a recent session of the American
Oriental Society Prof. Hopkins of Yale
read paper on The Sniff Kiss in An
cient India" Reduced to its founda-
ton, the paper was history of the kiss
as we know It, The learned Orientalist
traced it from its birth and proved that
the earliest peoples and earliest times
knew it not. That there might be no
mistake he labelled the kiss of to-day
1.-THE genuine kiss" and 1.-THE perfect
kiss"
Oddly enough, he finds that the genu-
Inc kiss was invented by woman. The
description is given in the epic of an
Gent India which treats of the science
of love.
"She laid her mouth on my mouth"
rccites the poet "and made noise
which gave me pleasure"
THE early peoples" declared Prof.
Hopkins, "knew nothing of the kiss in
any form. Had they known of 1t they
would have told something of it in the
mass of records that has come down to
us, for surely an act which conveys
such pleasure could not have been for
gotten.
Even to this day there are races
that do not kiss. The Mongolians and
certain of the tribes in central Asia
do not oSculate, and the Esqumaux, we
are told, employ the kiss only as n
prophylactic.
The earliest form of the kiss is
that which we know as the sniff kiss.
This is a smelling, usually of the head.
The father Of a newborn son shifted
his head that his days might be long
and that honOrs might come to him.
Returning from a journey, he shifted
the heads of his children in the same
manner
Gradually with this sniff kiss there
came also a caresS, touching usually
of the head. Gradually, also, the en-
dearment came to be applied to Others
than children. The rubbing of noses.
which has persisted in some tribes. was
probably an intermediate process in the
evolution.
with the development of the genu-