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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24
Birds and Poets.

Can you inform me whether any
enc has collected into one volume the
best poems on birds? MARY B. NJ.
The only such book we know Is
Sanderson's Birds OF the Poets" pub
lished by G. e. Brown and Company,
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An Address.

Can you give me the address of
Charles Washington Coleman. the
burg. FRANK MONROE BEVERLY.
Mr.. Coleman resides in Washington.
and is employed in the Congressional
Library.
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Women Physfcians.

Are there in Richmond and Wash
lngton and Baltimore any women ply
bicians who are considered thoroughly
nompetent? READER.
Yes.
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Ink on White Goods.

Will you be kind enough to tell me
how to remove Ink stains from white
goods? A. S.
Soaking Immediately in sweet milk
Is good A paste Of salt and lemon
Juice and exposure in the sun will
commonly remove ink that has been
allowed to dry. An excellent eradicator
Is sold by the stationers for. use of
bookkeepers, but it is effective and
harmless tor cloths also.
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4 fIa H.
li.fl the poen of Kipl!ng's, which has
been asked for several times.
.eThe Absent-Nfindcd Beggnr."
When you've shouted s"Rule, Britain.
81 sia =. ", The n,.ys OHH,ye sung GOD
with your mouth,
Will you kindly. drop shilling in my
little tambourine
For O gentleman in khaki ordered
South?
He's an absent-minded beggar. and his
weaknesses are great.
But we and Paul must take him as
we find him:
He Is out on active service, Wiplng
something off slate,
And he's left a lot OF little things
behind him!
Dukes son, cooks son, son OF hun
dred kings,
Fifty thousand horse and foot going
Each Of 'em doing his country's work
tand Who's to look after their
Pass the hat for your credits sake,
and pay, pay, pay!
There are girls he married secret, ask
ing no permission to,
For he knew he wouldn't get 1t II he
did;
There Il gas and rs coal ,s and y5,lss and
And It's more than rather likely
there's kid.
There are girls he walked with cas-
ual. they'll be sorry now he's
For an absent-minded beggar they
But 1t amt the time for sermons. with
the winter coming on
We must help the girl that tommy :
Cooks son. dukes son. son OF oelteo
Son OF a Lambeth publican-it's all
the same to-day!
Each OF 'em doing his country's work
(and who's to look after the
Pass the hat for your credits sake,
and pay. pay. pay!
There are families by thousands. Tar
too proud to beg or speak,
And they'll put their sticks and bed
And they'll live on half o nothing. paid
'em punctual once a week,
Cause the man that earned the wage
is ordered out.
He's an absent minded beggar. but he
heard his country call.
And his regiment didn't need to send
Ho chucked1 his job and Joined IT. 50
the Job before US all
Is to help the home that Tommy's
left behind him.
Dukes job, cooks job. gardener, bar
onet, groom,
News or palace or paper shop
there's some one gone away;8s.
Each Of 'em doing his country's work
(and who's to look after the
Pass the hat for your credits sake,
and pay. pay, pay!
Let us manage so as later we can
look him in the face,
And tell him what he'd very much
That While he saved the empire his
employer saved his place, 80 /,
| And his mates CHATS you and mel
| looked out for her.
He's an absent-minded beggar, ana ne
may forget It all.
But we do not want his Riddles &c
remind him
That We sent 'em to the workhouse
~. while their daddle hammered
Paul,
So wen help the homes our Tommy's
left behind him.
Cooks home, dukes home. home OF
millionaire
City thousand horse and foot go
Ing to Table Bay),
Each Of 'em doing his country's WORK
and what have you got tc
pass tn the hat for. your credits sake
and pay. pay. pay!
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Tho Veto Power.

We cannot recommend any. You
should consult n good physician.
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Will you inform me how to get by
rail- In the shortest distance from
Washington, D. c.. to the Surrogate
County Courthouse. N. w
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Heights OF Duilding

Please state which Ia the taller struc.
pre- the American Bank or the Mutual
Building. u. c. TYNDALL.
The latter.
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itation or by fact Of tho non esidence1

Residence OF beneficiary Is in1ma-
terial. Bond is barred IN ten years.
Deed OF trust Is good for twenty years,
and In case the property can be To-
Gated may be executed any time for
FIVE years yet.
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1t is taken from one Of the recently
discovered South Egyptian MSS, which
some people consider additional words
OF Christ The meaning would seem
to be that he who wonders. and then
makes reverent. judicious and patient
effort to discover. shall reign in the
realm OF knowledge lparticularly Of
the spiritual sort), etc.
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old Coins, Etc.

Subscriber, A. B. c., Jr, n. II, Il.
Robertson and zeta ask values on coins
IND stamps and old papers. Nothing
listed had any value to collectors.
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Governor OF Vermont.

. Will you give me tho name Of the
- II. r. HARRISON.
Fletcher d. Proctor.
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Small Latin.

Please explain for me the phrase
"quos ego I recall enough Latin to
know that It is not complete. But,
though / have seen good deal OF use
made of 1t, do not exactly under
stand It. F. r. @.
It IA favortte form OF classic
threat sincs yergil's time. In the
opening OF the "Aeneid," tho hero is
about to be overwhelmed by a storm
when his mother. Venus. persuades and
bribes Neptune TO lay the waves and
drive the winds away. Neptune calls
the winds to him and rates them for
their misconduct. saying. How dare
you raise these waves, whom l." and
he would better quiet things before
saying any more. The suggestion Is,
Of course, that Neptune intends to pun
ish the waves, etc, etc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24

In tho. veto power of the Governor
pbout the same in all the States. as In
Virginia? TEACHER.
Virtually in all but Rhode Island and
North Carolina, where it does not exist
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24

VIII you be good enough to answer
this question in the clearest possible
words? II a Northern woman. narries
q Confederate veteran. Is she eligible
to join the Daughters OF the Confed-
crazy? U. D. G.
she is.
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Poe ms, Etc, Wanted,
Hermitage Press.

There Is request for "Bobs," 1.-THE
Gipsy's Warning" and Tho Reply to
the Gipsy's Warning,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24
Railway President.

VIII you be good enough to give
me the name and address of the presi-
lent OF the Cincinnati Northern Rail
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Redemption Of Land.

A piece of land on which taxes had
not been paid for years was taken by
the State. How should one proceed
to get title to 1t? A. J.&NAUGHAN.
Such matters are In the hands Of
the clerk OF the county. Representa-
title by payment Of all taxes. with In
terest. and proving his interest. Any
other person may obtain title by fl
Ing petition withthe clerk OF the coun-
ty, who would explain how the paper
should be- drawn. setting forth the
facts, reciting the amount of taxes.
etc. Then after published notice for
four months that he had filed such a
petition he may get title through the
clerk by payment OF all costs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24

Please tell me how much Is
rpoint" in the price OF stocks. When
a stock is quoted at 1884, does that
mean 10 dollars and "a OF dollar9
y. w. II. BATEslAN.
A point Is one dollar. 1t means that
the 500 stock certificate is selling for
.ET3.75.
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Volume or DIcken..

Can you tell me the value. IT, any.
OF 1.-THE Readings OF Mr.. Charles DICK
ems. etc, Boston. 1862
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DnndruR.

What tonic can you recommend to
Keep the head clear OF dandruf?
-. El-l.a ANXIOUS.
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A Poser.

w. H. Newman, Grand Central Sta
tion, New York City.
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Thousands of American women
in our homes are daily sacrificing
their lives to duty.
In order to keep the home neat
and pretty, the children well dressed
and tidy, women overdo. A female
weakness or displacement is often
broughton and they suffer in silence,
drifting along from bad to worse,
knowing well that they ought to
have help to overcome the pains and
aches which daily make life o burden.
It is to these faithful women that
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NInrtner.s Compass.

south of the equator. would 1t point to
the South Pole. instead OF the North?
AN OLD SUBSCRIBER.
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The London edition. In four volumes.
1858. has some value-about sl0-bnt
the Boston edition has no recorded
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Inscription on the Curry Tomb.
Please explain the inscription on the
tomb OF DR.. ]. L NJ. Curry, in Holly
WOOD: They that wonder shall reign
and they that reign shall rest"
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Bonnie Blue Flag.

Did the United States flag ever have
but one star? II not. what is the ex-
PLANTATION OF the phrase, "a single star"
in the song, Bonnie Blue Flag.
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.PoInts.n

1t would point just as always TO the
magnetic pole, northward.
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Daughters Of the confcderncy.

There Is no Surrogate county
New York.
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Hull,,ninr Birds,

Do humming birds go In hocks? It
is stated on good authority that not
long ago some hundred or more We're
seen together in the locust trees Of q
!Spotsylvania lawn. H.
OF the varieties Of the hummins bird
some $50 or more-the ruby throat
is the only one at all likely to be- seen
in this part Of Virginia. The great
authority on these birds is Gould, and
we find no assignment in his work Of
IS Just one more attraction OF the great
old county of Spotsylvania that it can
show a hundred hun,ming birds In ono
View and the sight We're worth going
the birds were not In "flock"-in the
sense Of having flock leader and Sig
nails and disciplne-bu but were all tenn
porarily drawn by the same attraction
same individuals We're never together
again.
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TO Contain 4 HnIf Acr,

half acre boz A READER.
Forty-five.
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Bond ana Deed OF Trust.

A husband and wife in 1894 execute
= bond and deed of trust to secure a
beneficiary who is now a nonresident
pf the State OF Virginia.. Has the va,
liditY Of the security vanished BY. linz
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translate her every sentiment ~
rhythnlcal movements OF the body.
For years her parents attached No
particular Importance to her passion
but at length 1t became such an obses1
sion that a doctor was consulted, He
prescribed q rest from dancing and
long holiday In a quiet country place,
Tho girl was taken away for two
months, but cano back no better.
Tho other night tho girl rose. AMI
going to an attic, began Waiting. and
continued to dance for hours. Toward
o'clock In tho morning tho seryant(
were aroused by a loud noise In thu
attic Tho girl was found dead OF
the floor, having literally danced herr
self to death, syncope following hef
tremendous exertions.
Brlck1nyer with Marvellous Voice.
BERLIN. May 23.-Wi1at is described
by the papers here as .onc OF the most
marvellous baritone voices ever listened
to- has been discovered In this city,
the possessor being Berthold Pusch.
young bricklayer,swh has Just entered
his nineteenth year.
The discovery was made in some.
what romantic fashion by gentleman
who is an enthusiastic musical ANA.
teur. Passing house in the procesa
OF building he heard song trolled OUT
in voice OF surprising richness. Whel
1t was finished he sought the singer,
who proved to be Pusch, who was al
work on the building. Without moro
ado the gentleman prevailed upon tha
singer to accompany him to DR.. Rich
ard Strauss. who was delighted witk
the youths voice. Finding that thd
hricklayer was by no means unnlusicat
DR.. Strauss is having him trained for
the royal opera at his own expense.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24

Standard English brick is % by 4 1-2
by 1-2 inches. The standard wall Ia
brick and a half thick. Its durable
fly is dependent upon circumstances,
of course, but 1t is considered that
this thickness OF wall was adopted on
the superstition that it would last 100
years to correspond with the English
ninty-nine year lease.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24

The smallest number of stars that
ever shone in the United States flag
Is thirteen. The other flag you mem
ton is the flag of Texas. It is this
that the song celebrates.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24

Wireless photography Proposed.
COPENHAGEN. May ga mecharl-
ism By which photographs and sketches
may be transmitted any distance by
means OF wireless" messages has been
devised by DR.. Hans Knudsen. OF this
city. who has been prominently con-
nected with the schemes for the lique-
faction of air.
AS explained by DR.. Knudsen at
practical demonstration given this
week the idea is as follows: An ordi-
glass by means of pin nipped in
seccotine and iron filings are scattered
over the lines. thus securing a rough
surface. The glass plate Is then placed
on the travelling table Of a transmit
ting machine. and as the needle OF the
machine travels over the rough por-
tlon 1t makes contact, puts 1t in cir
cult with coil, and by means OF an
aerial" enables the receiving ma
chine at the other end to receive the
Impulses caused by the contact Of the
needle of the transmitting machine.
The impulses are conveyed to rela?
on the receiving machine. which puts
down dots or lines on a prepared car
bonlzed plate. which forms an ordinary
negative. These photographs or
sketches the inventor claims. can be
transmitted across the globe. the dis
lance depending on the voltage.
The principle can also be applied te
| tSpesetting. so that a linotype operator
WORKING In. this country can. by means
| of the mechanism attached to his ma
on a machine In a distant country. The
inventor holds that the machine will
within five years, be of indispensable
service to newspapers and the police.
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Kindly advise me whether the
Hermitage Press in Richmond is oper-
ated by home or Northern capital,
who is the largest stakeholder and
whether 1t Is q paying enterprise.
"A READER. a
Even II we had the information, 1t
would be improper to answer such
questions about q private business en-
terprise.
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Memorial Day.
whitcwnsh.

Will you be good enough to give me
the, receipt for whitewash used at the
Virginia Penitentiary?
G. w. B. HALE. #
Of lime to a putty and mix with one
bushel Of salt dissolved in hot water,
keeping closely covered for two days
Thin as desired and use in ordinary
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Comfy Surveyor, Etc.

Please tell me whether a county sur
veyor has the right to refuse to make
a survey Can landowner send outside
for surveyor? I note the use "sunrmer-
Ing" and "wintering" for spending the
summer, etc. Would 1t be equally COR
rect to say "springing' and falling?
SUBSCRIBER.
He has not. Certainly. There could
be no appeal from the use II people
chose to say IT.
Memorial Day.
understand that the Confederate
Memorial Day this year will be the
3D. OF june. Be good enough to tell
me Why this is. Mrs. a. A. H.
The ladies having charge OF the
matter have arranged to unite the
memorial this year with the ceremo-
nies at tho Davis Monument on the Sd.
There seems no likelihood of any per-
manent change from the old date.
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size OF Brick, Etc.

Please give me the standard size OF
brick and Inform me how long the
standard brick wall is supposed to last.
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Certainly. The Jury must +

The question of the premature
burial of Mrs. Lee has turned up sew
we could in the matter, By obtaining
the statement of members Of the
family that there was neither record
non. tradition among them of any
such matter,
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FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, hbroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinlham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
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Speeds.

Please give me the rate of speed
at which the snail goes, and a man in
and In sailing an ice yacht and driving
an auto and railway engine: also the
speed OF the fastest birds and OF files.
sWhattis the swiftest OF recorded speed?
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Rejects bouquet from Noblcwoman. ,

Rejects bouquet from NobIcyvoman.
LONDON. May 23--Herr Leopold Go.
dowsky. one of the most celebrated OF
Russian pianists. created a sensation
at Bechstein Hall after his recital on
Thursday night by fatty refusing to
accept bouquet sent to him by
well-known noblewonan who, with
many other titled women. went into
ecstasies over the wonderful playing
of the pianist.
1t was after superb performance
of Beethoven sonata that one OF the
attendants solemnly marched up to the
stage with a bouquet of roses labeled
from an Admirer," and offered 1t to
the artist. The distinguished pianist.
however, bluntly declined to accept 1t.
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LYDIA s. PINkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

comes as a boon and blessing,
as it did to Mrs. T. Ellsworth, Of
Mayyille, N. Y, and to Mrs. w. p.
Boyd, OF Beaver Falls, Pa, who say !:
i was not able to do my own work,
owing to the female trouble from which
l suffered. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound helped me wonderfully,
and I ain SO well that can do as big a
days work as ever did. 1 wish every
sick woman would try it.
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slandcrr,, Etc.

II a person by false swearing, In
jure the reputation OF another and
otherwise SANDER him, Is there ground
for prosecution and what Is the
penalty: N9
ter of the premature burial of the
mother OF General Robert 2. Lee.
r. E. w.
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In the current langua sc 81 the street
You are going some yourself with
this string OF questions. However, the
following, co implied With good deal OF
care, is about accurate, and answers
all the questlons:
- Snails. 4 8 NJ, inch N ID err second . man
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-28

Emmanuel B. Y. p. u
The Emmanuel B. Y. P. u. met at
the regular hour Sunday evening and
held an interesting meeting with Pres.
ident Dobbins in the chair. The diver
,sified program was well rendered, all
numbers were thoroughly enjoyed by
the splendid audience Each member
takes special interest in his part and
that with the good music SO well ar
ranged by the efficient organist in
charge is altogether inspiring
. 9 9
The Layman's Service
The layman's service held at Court
Street Methodist Church yesterday at
the II o'clock hour was splendid and
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-28

i'll with typhoid fever at his home
on Rebecca avenue, is reported better
today.
I: Z: Z:
Hon Jim Tally, promising young
lawyer of Poplarville, was in the city
yesterday.
I: {: Z:
Ben Ward, from Ellisville, was here
yesterday, the guest of Claud Turner.
1. {. g
Mrs. T. H. Neville returned yester-
day from short stay in jackson.
. Z: .
Mrs. c. G. Howard is visiting in
New Orleans.
4. I" Z:
Mr.. T. S. Jackson is reported sick
today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-28

had also disturbed the peace of a wo-
man named Addie Johnson, who was
not his wife, despite Johns saying she
was. He gave her beating and she
told about it, and John was fined So.
Then he was fined $25 for unlawful CO
habitation and after a while he can be
tried in some other. county on the
original charge. The woman was fined
$40 for letting John claim her as wife
when she wasn't.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-28

elect who are to be married on the
18th of October. Mrs. Hanna is an
ideal hostess and the affair promises
to be one of the most delightful of the
season.
:. 9 ::
Mr.. G. T.. Hart and wife have just
returned from a two weeks visit to
Chicago and other points.
Z: Z: :.
Mr.. Jack Graham returned home
yesterday after several days spent in
Natchez.
Otis Broomfield, of Mammoth
Springs, is in the city today.
8 . I:
Mr.. o. s. Ferrall, who has been very
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-28
Popular Young People
Married Last Night

There was a quiet wedding last
night at the residence of DIR. T. B. Hol-
loman when Mr.. Beverly c. Williams
and Miss Cornelia Sutherland of Can
ton. were united in marriage, DIR. Hol-
loman officiating. There was no oppo-
sition to the marriage, the young
couple prefering this quiet manner of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-28
JOHN FOUND MORE
TROUBLE WAITING

John MCGOWAN, a negro, found all
sorts of trouble waiting for him in
police court this morning. John was
arrested on a charge of disturbing
the peace, but it was found that the
offense on which the arrest was made
was committed in another county. 1t
developed in court, however, that John