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6. Equation is 90 times r. equals COO
times s-2 whcl, makes diameter OF
wheel 90 inches.
Thc N,uch-,In,Igncd Cigarette.

is the cigarette habit such an evil as
pipe smokers and total ebstnincrs de-
clare 1t to be7 IT Is so Implied In the
category OF misdemeanors by the
category OF instantaneous by f,eglsia-
lures OF several states: and the lcgis-
lntors would not have MAIDS the hoatile
legislators would not have the hostile
assault II they had not been certain
they would attract to themselves the
nor If they had not proceeded on the
further theory that cigarettes SO steal
away the brains Of their victims that
they do not possess sufficient self-re-
spcct to maintain their pet vice at the
ballot-box. Most people have In their
youth shared this conviction. that to-
bacco in certain forms Is damaging to
tho nerves and mind and body OF those
who indulge In 1t excessively. the GUS
tomary form Of expressing the senti-
ment being that the tobacco fumard,
If he be understood, for instance, has
"stunted himself" by smoking Boys
OF whom that can be said have FREE
nuently held high rank among their
fellows. No state, so far as we know
has been entertaining enough to make
1T a crime to read Mr.. Beades dime
novels" or books OF that Kind but
many parents especially those who
have never read anything, are down
on the literature Of the plains or OF
tho wild Indian. Charles Lummis
whom we all read and read about with
satisfaction and pleasure. does not
agree with either frowning dcspot. Fl,
keeps the public library in Los An.
geles. and the public library has n new
home. On the top is a roof garden
and to 1t, In that beautifully pure ant
embracing atmosphere, Mr.. Lummis In.
vites the readers men and women
grown up or little; and there the
readers may smoke anything az the,
Arc the ways Of tho newest civlliza
tion to reverse all traditions and Il
como ward7--Harper's Weekly.
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BEST TWO YEAR COURSE
FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES

This IS the, third Of series of pa
pers being published on the Education
Page, which were read before the vir-
ginia Association of Schools and Col
leges for girls at a meeting held at
Randolph Macon College, Lynchburg.
This paper on THE Best Two-Ycar
Course for. High School Graduates" is
|, by Mrs. L,gMay Willis, OF Chatham
Institute:
My little daughter Invariably begins
her stories and miniature themes in
this way: Once upon a time there
lived little girl, etc, etc. felt I
wanted to begin in the same way.
once upon q time, and not SO very
long agos{iwhen tadyoung lady had
completed a good four year high
school course her education was CON
sidered-. fipftdle1t, but now, each year
there is an increasing number of
young Swonien' Who, having finished
the work of the high school, and
who. though not wishing the full col
lege course, desire TO pursue more
advanced studies. She begins to con-
slider what course she would like TO
pursue, what branches of learning
afford her the most pleasure and if
/ called upon in life to ever make her
/ own support what course should she
pursue to meet this emergency and
rat the same time acquire for herself
the culture and refinement afforded
by well-rounded education.
Her preference may be for the fine
4 arts-namely,' tnusic."art or oratory. In
4 that event history, literature ana the
modern languages would be the sub
jects more to her liking. If she is of
Z more serious turn of mind she viii,
s In all probability, wish to continue
\, J.tti IN. L, 4
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three books of Virgil Books III. W.,
W. VI. Selected Odes of Horace; my
thology and contemporary history;
Latin composition. Second year: Livy,
Books NIL, Nil; sight translation
in Book l.; Latin composition; Cicero,
De Senectute, De Amicitia Latin
composition; sight reading.
English---Eirst year. Rhetoric and
compositions; review of paragraph
structures; narration and description;
weekly themes; representative English
literature and the following works
with historical, pathological and liter
airy criticism; Chaucers Prologue to
Canterbury Tales Sponsors "Faerie
Queene Book r.; Shakespeares
Macbeth" and Julius Caesar" Mil
tons Paradise Lost" J. and II. Sec
ond year: Rhetoric ai'd compositions
special study of forms of discourse
emphasizing exposition and argumen-
tation: weekly themes: literature
essayists and poets Of the Victorian
era, with special reference to Bacon,
Macaulay, De Quincy, Carlyle, Rus
kin. Browning and Tennyson.
German-Eirst year: Review OF
grammar; conversations sight reading
and compositions Schiller's Maria
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ton. Monsieur De Geer the professor
of modern Ian uages, Is studying in
Europe this summer.
Miss Elicit has been the introducer
in Richmond of the Bryn Mawr eX-
animation test for Richmond Students
a number of the young ladies in her
school have taken these examinations
with success, and are now completing
their course at the college. Richmond
having become a regular centre with
resident proctor, the BrSn Mawr eX-
aminations that accredit students talk
ing them advantages not available
until Miss Elicit made them so, are
now offered to young women in this
city desiring to advance themselves
in scholarship, or for admission to
collegiate classes.
The success attendant upon the
school year Just finished and the out
look for the year In prospect are such
as to Indicate for the future even a
larger measure of prosperity than that
which has made the past so grntify-
ing. AS an educator who has spared
nothing in the way Of work, expense
and self-sacrifice 20 satisfy her ideals
in what she has offered her students.
Miss Elett richly deserves what she
has won-the confidence and high es-
TEEN of her pupils, putrons and all
who are interested in the cause of
true education for women.
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THE GRUNDY STATE NORMAL

The State Summer Normal held at
Grundy Buchanan county, in the eX-
tremc southwestern part OF the state,
near the Kentucky line, July 1st-31st;
under the efficient management of Pro-
lessor j. w Miller, of Roanoke with
his excellent corps of assistants. has
been indeed success, and Buchanan
county, mas 3nuclp bic proud Of. Pro-
fessor Miller, fwho has been identified
prominently with the public schools Of
Roanoke City for years, spared neither
time nor energy in making the normal
the very best to be had. The hearty
cooperation of the student teachers
and tho earnest work done by them
stand as q testimony of the high es
teen in which the entire faculty was
held. None could visit rhe classes of
this body of teachers without being
impressed by thcE 2ealousness and
I3earnestnnss cot 1hcir work. "a new
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stuart" Goethe's 'Hermon and
Dorothca;' "Egmont and Sezenheim;"
Lcssing's Emilia Galotti:" lectures In
German literature. Second year:
Monthly themes based upon literature
studied; prose composition; Scheffel's
"Elkkehard;' Grillpartzer's "Sappho;"
Bernhardt's "Geschichte der Deutschen
Literature Lessing's "Mnna Won
Barnhelm,' and Nathan der Weise
Goethe's Faust" part l.
trench-Firsty year; Review of gram
mar: lectures on the development of
the French drama Molierc's lie
Medccin Malgre Lu" and "L'Avare;"
Comedies Horace" Racine's Les
Plaideurs" and 'Iphigenie," Vic
tor Hugos "Ruy Bias and "Hernani;''
composition; dictation and sight read
ing. Second year. Study of French
literature and the development of the
French novel. Texts: lie Sage's "Gil
Bias" Hugo's "Notre Dame de Paris"
Noltaire's "Zaire;" Balzac's "Cinq
Scenes de In Coincide Humaine;''
Beaumarchais's Barber de Seville"
History-I'irst year: American his
tory from the period Of discovery to
the present time, and civil govern
ment in the United States Second
year: History of Western Europe.
Observation-Disclosures year: Higher
algebra: plane trigonometry. Second
year; Spherical trigonometry; analyti.
cal geometry.
L. MAY WILLIS.
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OLD SOUTH EDUCATION

Women of the South's Old day who
had the good fortune to be educated
We're, Of course, not trained to ora
tory in mixed assemblages, to un-
solicited activity IN the concerns of
their neighbors or TO making spec
taclesh of themselves In legislative
galleries, committee or Hobbies.
They looked naturally to their faith
crs their husbands, their brothers or
their sons to deal for them In mat
tiers beyond the province OF the home.
where they We're the presiding and
effective elements, and where, with
out the blare Of trllmpets or the beat
ing or iom-t toms, they modestly and
IquleliH performed their arduous tasks
recurring the highest kind of prac-
tical coinuon-sensc That their task
was done well is proved by the pres
ence IN : the South in 1866 of hun
dfeds OF thousands of negroes, many
| OF them hardly removed generation
! IRON the naked FaYagery of tho Jun
fglc, become clean, decent Christian
| and elicient< individuals. The results
Iof the education OF the negroes in the
South before the war the thousands
\ OF negroes privileged above all others Of
their race anywhere else, demonstrated
! IN many ways when contrasted with
4 the results OF their training IN this
new day" with IT'S Recommendations
Of education," its trust that Tho
4 south is rising ont of saxonlsm int
4 humanity" and other such stun o.
Its "unoflclal statesmcn," arc til,
\ finest and most eloquent sort of i'm.
\ dlcations of the practical and hipi
eaAehtl9h OF he women of the ole
south In enthusiasm for service al
well as culture, and IN eficienc,
.rather than in Accomplishment
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KcHiHtrnttOn.

Can an hcnnrably discharged and
pensloned soltier of the United States
vote in Virginia without having paid
cnpitation tax? j. r. w.
The Constitution says that no per-
son. who. during the late War between
the States, served In the army or navy
OF the United States, or the confed-
States, or the Confederate States, shall
at any time be required to pay poll
tax as a prerequisite to the right to
register or vote.
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Omce Abolished.

To whom must l apply to get q po-
sition as tagger in civil service?
A SUBSCRIBER.
The position of tagger under the
Civil Service has been abolished. For
the same work, examinations are held
for inspectors assistant, bureau Of
Animal Industry, Department Of Agri-
when elgibles are needed. Applica-
ton for information should be made to
the United States Civil Service Com
mission, Washington, D. c.
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5fbnnls.
The Richmond Academy

Cor. Park Avenue and Lombnrdy Street,
Richmond, Va.
A COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PRE-
PARATORY5 SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND
YOUNG MEN.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. well heated, light
ed and ventilated buildings. Single desks
Filtered water Well equipped gymnasium.
In charge OF expert director. Large athletic
field. Separate buildings for primary depart
ment.
i FACULTY.-Nine experienced men, each
having special preparation for hiy subject
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF study conforms
directly to university and college entrance
requirements. Special work In drawing.
Penmanship taught by business college ex-
pert Daily spelling requiring OF each
student.
Numbers limited Upper school. 80: pri-
mary department.. 30. For catalogue call at
bookstores or address
WILLIAM L. PRINCE. Dean.
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Medical College Of Va,
McGuire's University School

Opposite Monroe Park, Rlchmond.' Va
Forty-thrd session begins September Is.
Prepares boys for universities, colleges and
technical schools AT University OF Virginia
school received eight degrees and forty-seYen
diplomas Full corps Of experienced university
mon teachers In upper school. Lower
school, with separate rooms and separate
set of instructors. under Immediate super
vision of principal. for small boys. Ample
playground. Gymnasium with all necessary
apparatus. Experienced physical director
Filtered drinking water. Sanitary arrange
ments inspected by health officer weekly
Catalogue at book stores or by mail.
JOHN p. MCGUIRE. JR.. Principal.
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Estate Agricultural and Mechanical collose)
mt nlncltsburg, Va.
F A SOUTHERN INSTITUTE OF rECu.
NOIOEy

Flfty-four Instructors, thoroughly eouipped
shops, Laboratories and 1nnrmaries Far,n
OF eleven hundred acres. Steam heating AMI
electric lights In dormitories Dogrea
courses In Agriculture, Horticulture. civil
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Az.
piled Chemistry. Applied Geology Prepara-
tory Medicine and Veterinary Science anil
General Science. Shorter COURSES In Prac.
teal Agriculture and Practical Mechanics
Total cost OF Hesa!on of nine month";, in
Guiding tuition and other fees. board. wash
Ing, textbooks, Uniform iedical attendance
etc. s247.40. Cost to State students, Sle7.40.
The next session opens "Wednesday, Sep
tcmber Is, 1907. For catalogue and other
information. apply to
PAUL. B. BARR1NGER. NJ. D.. LII D.,
President.
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Import and Export Of Books.

To settle wager. will you state
whether the number OF books exported
from the United States Is even COM
parable to the number brought In?
READER.
We have no means OF knowing about
the number, but the values nearly bal
nnce. and the same is likely true of tho
numbers. Tho reports for eleven
months ending May, 1907, show total
imports of s5,o27.4l5, and total export
of $5,3S2.O26.
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grammatical forms to decide. If It be
known to the parties to the contract
that the pipe in question needs to be
stopped at both ends, then either
would mean both" "15ither of you
may use my ticKet" is, by extra gram
NAUTICAL consideration, confined to ono.
Either OF you may die at any time"
involves 9th.
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Richmond College.

Able faculty OF experienced teachers.
In the usual course of study first-year
studenta come under instruction OF Pro-
fessors Metcalf. Mitchell Gaines and
Foushee. Course of study lead to de-
grees OF B. a., B. S., NJ a.. and LII b.
Seventy-s sixth session opens September
10, 1907
For catalogue and informa ton. adj
dress
President L. W. cartwright.
Richmond, Va.
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Master and Servant.

Please tell me what Is the law In
Virginia in regard to a servants leav-
ing before end of month. +. M.
A servant hired by the month, and
leaving without cause, cannot recover
wages for part Of month. Discharged
without cause, he can recover wages
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Town Taxes.

May an incorporated town fix license
tax for merchants in proportion to the
rental Of their buildings? T. P. P.
This would depend on the terms Of
the town charter. The Legislature Is
likely to assume that the manner Of
fixing such things will be sensible, and
80 long as the tax Is not oppressive
and is Impartial. the town council
might have good deal OF latitude In
the manner of fixing tax.
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.hYHlca.

fuFSlCbs ~ i
Please answer the following ques-
tions for me. MISS ". S. G.
l. A body falls freely; in what time
does 1t travel 800 yards, and what is
it's final velocity?
g How far does a freely falling body
travel in the first 2 IL seconds?
3. Two horses pull with force Of q
900 pounds each, one to north and other
to east. What is the magnitude and
direction of resultant?
A 12-foot plank, weight 48 pounds,
has support one foot from one end and
three feet from other; what is pres
sure on each?
5. Twenty pounds at circumference Of
wheel balances 600 pounds, at axle OF
3 inch diameter. What is diameter Of
wheel?
1. Equation is 900 equal to 1903
multiplied by x squared. This gives
1857 seconds for the time. and that
gives velocity 243.45 feet.
O. Equation is x equal to 1908 mul.
tipled by asa. which makes distance
1905 feet.
3. The form Is square root OF the
sum Of the squares OF the two compo.
nents. Hence magnitude Of resultanti Is
,2s2S and fraction yards. The direc.
tion Is northeast.
4. Twenty-eight and 20 pounds
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Surface water.

If water from drain pipe come. by
natural slope Of land, on property OF
neighbor, has neighbor any legal re-
dress? SUB.
No.
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Wealth Of Cities.

Can you give the per capita wealth
of the foremost cities in this country?
Eight or ten Will do. r.. w. 5.
Unable to supply the information, we
wrote the director of statistics for the
last census. That office replies that
there is no means of obtaining the in
formation.
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Old Coin.

Can you tell the value Of Spanish
coin about size of our quarter, and
dated 1875? j. Q. r.
1t is the peseta. If silver, and worth,
in good condition, about eighty cents.
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School Contract.

Can I enforce my contract to teach
full term in public school in Vir-
ginia, the board having closed the
school a month before end of contract
term on account Of lack Of money?
WINCHESTER,
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Poems wanted.

Will you be good enough to publish
for me 4the words of the two fine old
songs, II Am Dying, Egypt. Dying
and How Can 1 Leave Thee
OLD. TIMER. Il
VIII some reader please send copy
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Will you inform me If perpetual mo-
ton has been discorcredf d. wi. l.
Not yet.
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nntcs Of Dnttlcs.

Please give the exact dates of bat
ties Of Gaines's Mill and Missionary
Ridge IftOo u
Gaines's Mill, Monday, June 27th,
1862. Missionary Ridge, Friday, No
vember 25th, 1863
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Mr.. Cleveland.

Please tell me where President cleve-
land was married and the age OF. MS
eldest child. l. W. ..
In the White House In June, 1885.
Eldest child. Miss Ruth, born In Sep
TENDER, 1891.
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AT Camp Sid Lucas.

Southern Farm Magazine of Baltimore
for August.
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GLOUCESTER ACADEMY

Ncnr GIOucekter 2. IT,, Va.
Thorough preparation for Colleges
and the University and for u business
life. Special attention to backward
boys, and the most careful individual
SUPERVISION. The next session viii
begin September 9TH CORRESPONDENCE
solicited. For circulars apply to JOHN
TADB Grad. Univ. of Va.). Principal.
P. O., Gloucester, Va.
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The regulations give district board
right to shorten term for good cause.
1t is practically certain that the con-
tract cannot be enforced.
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National Wealth.

Will you be good enough to inform
several readers what three nations
have the greatest per capita wealth,
and what one, the least. and give the
figures? "A. ;. M.
United Kingdom. s1,455; Australia,
s1,247; France, s1,22S. Lowest: Russia,
soos. The figures come from Mulhall's
Statistics for 1896, as given in U. S.
Census Abstract for 1907.
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.Nolley's School for BOYS

Motley S School Tor Boys
Pine between Grace and Franklin SITS.
Opens Tuesday. September 24th. New pu-
pills classified Monday. September 2sd. Pre-
parcs boys for Colleges and the University.
Gymnasium under competent instructor. FIJI
tered water.
Teachers: G. N Motley. b. W. n. Bagot.
For catalogue and further particulars.
49, q. NJ. Motley. al2 E. Franklin st.
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College Of William and Mary

-t49 Wllll1msburS, tn.
Two hundred and fourteenth session
begins September 10. 1907. Buildings
renovated and newly equipped. lighted
with electricity and supplied with pure
altesian water. Two courses: Cd Col
legiatc Course. leading to the degrees
of B. A., NJ. A. and B. S. (2) Normal
course. tuition free and board at re-
duCed rates.
Send for Catalogue.
LYON G. TYLER. M. a.. Ill. D..
President.
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Recovery for Goods Lost.

A consigns a shipment to B. who
does not receive 1t. In action to re-
cover value must A. secure BIS afIida-
Wit that he did not receive the goods?
JUSTICE.
a has no concern in matter. The
lost property is B's-on the usual bill
of 'ading-and B. must bring action to
recover. If B can prove shipment. AS
receipt would generally do for that.
and If the transportation company can
not show delivery to B, he ought to
recover.
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On a Confederate Note.

Will you tell me who Is the author
OF the lines Representing nothing on
Gods earth" etc, and whether any In
dividual but the author can get copy
right on 1t? Mrs. M. /" w.
We always assumed that 1t was the
work Of Maj. S. A, Jones. to whom 1t
is commonly attributed. and that twas
written within very little while after
Appomattox. 1t Is doubtful II II ever
was copyrighted, and more than doubt
full 1t can be copyrighted now by any
one.
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Observance OF Sunday.

Are there any States which have no
Sunday observance laws? In Virginia
may those who observe the seventh day
be punished for working on Sunday!
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Double eagle of 1910 (but one
know,i). Half eagle OF 1915 (but seven
KNOWN. Silver dollar of 1874. Silver
dollar Of 1904. Half dollars Of 1861
Quarter dollars of 1927.
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So far as we know all States have
SUNDAY laws No
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Various.

What will It cost deserted wife to
place In The s-Dispatch a picture
or her husband and the story Of her
wrongs? IF she locate her husband In
some city, 20 whom should she write?
Is there any place where a respectable
woman may earn fair living for her.
self ana rhild7 A. r.
Article would have to be sent before
any paper could tel. tho cost OF inser-
ton or whether 1t could be inserted at
all. The Chief of Police. Many Places
There is plenty OF work In Richmond,
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Ambiguity.

A contract calls for pipe with a
CAP at "elther end" Must pipe be
capped at both ends or at one2
RICHMOND,
Whether "either" Is employed inolu-
sively or exclusively must pc deter
mined on extra grammatical grounds
It Is Just as likely to. mean zone of
tho two, hut not the other" as to mean
tone OF the two and the other also
and the critic must go outside the
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Rare Coins OF United States.
Will you tell. me the rarest Of tn
coins of the United States?
~ FTH uSt s<rGr,f[lst COTIEGT