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Pocms, Etc. Wanfed.

There is inquiry for 1.-THE Raven"
The Jefferson Fire." "A Soldiers
Farewell" over the Hills from the
COPY? -.
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Code OF Virginia.

Is It likely that new Code will be
published in the near future7
STUDENT.
The present arrangement is that the
last code-isot-shall be kept "up TO
date by the Issue of supplement
every two years. to correspond to the
biennial sessions OF the Legislature.
1t seems possible that the State may
acquire the present Code, and still 1t
Is likely that the same arrangement
will be followed.
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NJ n n Rnnese.

Please tell me what manganese is.
and what 1t is used for. K.
A heavy. grayish-white metal OF
great hardness. occurring generally
with iron. and of many laboratory uses.
besides its employment In the making
of porcelain glass. etc.
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orally used. It Is hard to say. rh,
Maxim Is most effective for heavv
projectiles; tho Calling nres fastest
and tho Colt is regarded to have som,
advantages in accuracy and light
weight.
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Please inform me who Is Father
Tabb's American publisher. w.
The last book we know. later Ly-
RIGS" is published by John Lane Com
pany. New York.
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The wife of Narcissus was Sophie
Van Cort of New York, whose mother
was an actress, Camille Marceau, and
whose father, Richard Malcolm Van
Cort, had died during Sophies infancy
Sophie had rather lonely, neglected
girlhood. and knowing nothing of the
world, when Narcissus, who was an
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improvements" mt Malvern Hill.
Can you tell me whom to address to
find the conditions about the old Mall
vern Hill battle-ground w. p. G.
We know no one who would do bet
ter than the postmaster. Malvern, Va
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Weather Record of Dnnville.

Can 1 get from The Times-Dispatch
the record of temperature in Danville
for December 81. 1881. and January 1.
1892 JOHN L. PENN.
We nave no record of the period, nor
has the Weather Bureau here. About
the best outlook Is the blotter in the
Danville police headquarters. 1t is
usual in many cities for the police to
keep record OF the thermometer.
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BY Grace Ethelwy

9AC9 9oi Eil r. a., , ny Grace Etheiwyn
New York, publishers. sl.25.
Sorority girls everywhere Will read
this book with interest to find out
how Jacquette Jared in her sorority
experiences and what the conclusion
of the matter was
Jacquette is a splendid type of the
best class of the American girl. The
descriptions of college life are spirited
~ drawn and the story works out well
to a good finish.
1t is one that can be safely recon-
mended to girls.
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Gold pie..

VIII you be good enough TO tell me
how much gold Is In $50 gold piece.
and what the value of the gold would
be II the coin were melted?
AN INQUIRER
The piece weighs SIS grains. OF
this. nine-tenths is gold and the rest
an alloy composed of equal parts OF
silver and copper. The weight OF "a
carat gold in the piece is 1854 grains.
and the odd gold value is cents per
carat per pennyweisht, or $1s.57s for
the mass If sold to a dealer. The minis
Will take. in considerable quantities.
this gold and allow full coin value, less
a very small per cent. for reworking
1t. The difference is the Dealers profit.
AS practical matter, you can get
sls.5Ie for melted-up $50 piece.
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Carolina. and. after 1882. resided at
Sandy Hill, In that state.
Book Of Quotations.

What Ia the fullest and most va1u-
able hand-b for finding quotations
from English authors? TEACHER.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations" is
probably as useful as all the rest COM
bined.
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Oil on Garnet.

Please tell me how to remove kero-
sene ell from ingram carpet.
CARprr
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Tho Dlixznrd,

the date OF the great snow In Rich
mond Ia February several years ago7
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Not n "auotntion.,

Can you tell me who is the author
OF He Is q small chimney. soon hot?
r. b. G.
We cannot It was probably a
favorite--and not bad--saying OF
some one from whose use 1t became
common In q community.
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Paper Mills.

Is there in Virginia mill using
old newspapers. ETC., In the manu-
facture OF paper? u. d. @.
Manchester Paper and Irvine Com
pany. Manchester, Va
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Can Confederate soldier who can
give certificate of physical disability
get a pension? c. r. w.
He almost certainly can. Write Hon.
Morton Marye. First Auditor. Rich
mond, Va.
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senrcy, the rrnin nobhe,

When was searcy released from tn.
penitentiary. and how long did he
server Was not train robbery mad,
capital crime In Virginia?
J. A. B.
He entered tho penitentIary MAY
~ 1895, for an eight-year term. He
was liberated May 2. 1902 the balanc.
OF his time being credited for good
behavior" It was.
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Civil Engineer.

VIII you be good enough to inform
me whether any very high degree OF
mathematical knowledge or ability is
requisite for the profession of civil
engineer as ordinarily praoticed?
ARTHUR.
Not at all.
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West Point.

How may I obtain full information
as to the entrance examinations for
West Point? ALEX. II.
The office Of the Secretary OF War.
Washington. D. c.. will send you
pamphlets of information.
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trinity Parish.

Please tell me what is tho Income
4 trinity Parish. New York. REX.
About 100000.
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Innings a Of would to lntae;
pa involved all other blood diseases catarr
and impurities accommodating In the circulation which
manifested There the
nos filthy matter back into
throat other annoying
unpleasant OF the trouble Sprays washes
blood and
Nothing equals this II down into the e1euaio
s. removed cause blood being pure healthy
irritating them with noxous
and Book Catarrh med
lcal advice e THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Cos. ATLANTA GA.
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Romnn Numerals.

Please give me the Roman numerals
for 1908. c. d. w.
MCMvIIL
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distance by rail from Norfolk to Lynch
burg? w. z.
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A Date.

was March 16, 1875. EMMA.
Tuesday.
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The Gamble Arms.

May ask that you state what tho
Gamble coat-of- arms is? mean the
Virsinian family OF Gamble.
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English poet on the order of Oscar
Wilde. asked her to marry him, she
did so.
for her rashness. for Narcssus did,not
prove to be a good companion for every
day life. After some years. however
he died, and his wife, having grown by
then to be a wiser and sadder woman,
married man instead Of an erotic
poet. and thereby found some one
whom she could love and respect
HILL RISE. BY w. B. Maxwell. Cup
York. 75 cents.
Hill Rise" is not one of those dreary.
unpleasant creations known as pro
blem novel;" 1t has a strong. virife,
action. sustained suspense, thrilling
episode nd continuous surprises. The
character drawing is almost miracu-
l l in Its fidelity. to human nature.
The whole story is powerful. simple
and intense--the sort Of a narrative
one cannot lay down unfinished.
The characters are not mere pegs
whereon to hang the authors ideas.
They are living. vital people who do
things. The heroine is one of the most
affairs are startling, as are her views
Of life. The hero is man who under
goes. a total change Of nature under
meath the soaring fires of circumstance.
FOR one moment lag.
Mr.. Maxwell is the son Of NJ. e.
the celebrated novelist, whose
books are famous throughout the Eng
ish-speaking world. In 1874 Miss
3raddon married John Maxwell, Lon
lon publisher. Thus 1t may be seen
hat their son is in the very early thr-
les. Yet long before his thrtieth
birthday, he had drawn universal
notice by his daring exposure OF a
certain phase of British life never be-
ore adequately depicted. He awoke
me morning, like Byron. to find
himself a celebrity.
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License md Fee.

Is junk-dealer required to pay
State license, and II 80. how much7
What is the fee to the commissioner
for assessing merchant for license?
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Old Copies Of the D,,potcb.

VIII you please inform me where I
may get the Weekly Dispatch for Au-
gust. September and October. 1873?
MISS NJ. E. WILLIAMS.
114s West Avenue. Richmond, Va.
We have no idea where these papers
may be obtained. Possibly some read
er may supply them.
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Lee mt Monmouth.

Is there good authority for the story
a action 'e N Wash,ington during the
Lee and cursed and kicked him etc
as stated in q late yirginlan paper
II. c. r.
There is good authority for the belief
that the two gentlemen had some
words" on that occasion. but mono tina,
we know of to sustain the somewhat
strenuous suggestion that you make.
General Lees conduct in the early part
of the battle was atoned for, so far as
fault may ever be. by his subsequent
gallantry and Judgment.
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THE BLACK BAG. BY Louis Joseph
Vance. Illustrated by Thomas
Fogarty. Bobbs- Merrill Company,

THE BLACK BAG. BY Louis Joseph
Vance. Illustrated by Thomas
Fogarty. Bobbs-Msrrill Company,
of Indianapolis, publishers. $3.50.
The period of this book is the year of
1906. and the scene opens in a high
class London hotel. where Philip Kirk
wood, an American. who has just
had his property swept away from him
luxuriously before leaving a gay, care
free life behind him to return by
steamer to America. to San Francisco
and the problems poverty is waiting to
set him there.
An English friend of his. Mr.. Brent
after vainly trying TO persuade him to
remain in Europe and go back to
Paris. But the young American,
sturdy and determined. squared his
shoulders. thanked Mr.. Brentwick and
said his passage was taken.
Nevertheless he did not sail as he
had intended. and the cause of his
detention was young and beautiful
woman whom he meets in the dining
room of his hotel. and is introduced to
as Dorothy Calendar, the daughter of
a most unattractive father.
The young girl is left in his charge,
and through his desire to protect her
he gets into some very dangerous and
exciting situations. Both in London
and abroad all sorts of complications
ensue. 1t develops that Dorothy, who
is not Dorothy Calendar after all. but
Dorothy Brentwick, is the victim of
group of conspirators who are eudeav-
oring to get possession of money that
she has inherited In the end she is
rescued by Kirkwood restored to her
ried to Kirkwood.
The book Is written in excellent style
and its modern tone and brightness
render 1t most entertaining.
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Books Used In Examinations.

Will you please name for me all
the books used in selecting the ques.
tions for the coming teachers ex-
animation in Virginia?
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THE WIFE OF NARCIssus. BY An
nulet Andrews. Moffat, Yard and
Company, of New York. publishers.
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Tathcf Tnbh,

A blue shield with golden lily.
The crest Is Roman soldier.
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1 Problem.

My arithmetic gives the problem to
reduce one and one-third pounds ster-
ling to lower denominations. and the
answer. 2 shillings and pence. Please
tell mo II this Is right.
PROV. FORGE.
Tho answer Is pound. shillinss
and pence.
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HENRIK 1BsEN. BY Edmund Gosse.
Charles scribners Sons, publish

ers 81
This most interesting volume con-
tains an account of the childhood and
youth of 1bsen, of the early influences
brought to bear upon his character. of
his after life in Bergen from 1857 to
1857. of his writing and publication of
and the manner in which his last years
were spent, together with summing
up of his personal and Intellectual
characteristics.
The reader is transported by the art
OF the writer to the town OF Skien. in
Norway. and to the large edifice known
as the Stockmann House, in the centre
OF the town. where. on March goth. 1928
chen Ibsen, was born.
Through an altogether uncomfortable
childhood and boyhood, imagination
follows Henrik on to his school days
and then to his apprenticeship at
< Grimstad until March, 1850. AT this
time when he was twenty-one years
1old. he went to Christiania to, try his
4 He had already published poems, and
was at that time busy writing the
tragedy of olaf Trygveson:" His first
Christiania made him glad to accept an
offer from ole Bull, which installed
him as dramatic author of the Bergen
Theatre in 1852. His early mistakes,
iof Susannah Thoresen fill the years
between 1852 and 1857, when he return
led to Christiania as director of the
Norwegian Theatre.
awakened by the hardship of the years
which constituted him satirist in dra
matte rhyme. and led to his leaving
his native land for Copenhagen, in
April of 1854. From Copenhagen he
travelled south to Rome. where Brand, y
his first great literary success, was pub
lished. where Ibsen afterward suffered
the extreme limit of poverty and ILL
Carl. King of Sweden and Norway, he
finally received a modest pension. 1t +
was in Southern Italy, in Ischa and at
Sorrento after this, that Peer Gynt,
was published in 1867 and put the
poets reputation at once beyond ques-
stion. =
!. Afterward came among other publca-
House 'Hedda Gabler" and Little
Eyolf."
The reader is. pleased to note that
after the wonderful success of the
exile TO make his home at Christiania.
In Norway. and that the climax of his
astonishing career was reached in the
ovation rendered him al the National
Norwegian Theatre, of that city, on his
.tete night. September 2. 1899.
Edmund Gosse says in the last
chapter of his book that lit must al
ways be borne in mind that, although
flpSen appeal is TO the whOle world.
yet it is to Norway that he belongs,
and ii is at home that he is best I'M
-derstood. No one who knows will
doubt that the recent events in which
Norway has taken SO chivalric, and at
the same time so winning and graci-
Gus an attitude in the eyes of the
world owe not little to their being
the work of generation nurtured in
that new temper of mind which was
inculcated by the whole work of
Ibsen."
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Norfolk to Lynchburg,

February 11th to 18th Inclusive. 1899.
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There IS, one In Richmond which
would probably answer your purpose.
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Brndstrcet's.

Can you give me the address OF the
Office OF Bradstreets reports?
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There are several preparations made
for such a purpose. Most of the drug
stores keep them. An experienced
cleaner here suggests that weak am
monia will answer the purpose.
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COLLECTED WORKS OF HENRIK
IBSEN. Volume l. With introduce
lions by William Archer and C. H.
Herford,. Lift. D.. NJ. A Charles
Scribner's Sons. of New York, pub
fishers. 81.
This first volume of the only com
plete edition of the works of Henrik
,Ibsen in English contains Lady niger,
and Loves Comedy" The series in
cludes in all eleven volumes. These have
been revised and re-edited by Mr.
Archer. whose introductions contain,
not only brilliant and discerning criti-
cisms, but biographical and historical
Z material of the greatest value and in
& terest
The play Lady Inger, of Ostrat," was
produced In the Bergen Theatre, Jan
Fuary 9, 1855. and Ibsen says'o of It that
its composition was the result of love
affair, hastily entered into and violent
~ broken off The heroine of the love
affair referred to has since been iden-
titled as Henrikke Hoist. who crossed
the poets vision In her seventeenth
year. The violent breaking off of
/ their romance was the result of par
entail interference on the part of the
young lady,s father When the lovers of
youth met The second time both had at
tanned the sobriety of middle age, and
when ibsen asked the then matronly
Henrikke if she recognized herself in
any of his. works, she answered.:
Il don't snow, .hnless 1T be in the par
sons wife '"of Loves Comedy with
Knitting" This proves that the lady
did not know herself in the characte,
of Eline Gyldenlove. "The centra
theme, of this play" says Mr.. Archer
intrigue and crime for the advancement
OF her SON. only TO find that her sor
himself has been her victim"
The same critic declares of Ibsen':
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BY the Norfolk and Western. 90
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Pronunciation.

Be good enough to inform me on
which syllable the noun address is
accented. MERCHANT.
About two weeks ago we answered
this question. We have little hope of
correcting the common practice of mis-
pronouncing the word. as it seems the
settled idea of most people that it
should be accented on the first syllable.
However, we take the trouble to say
once more that the proper place for the
accent Is the last syllable.
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Five Hundred.

TITO StHte iceHse TOT JuHK-HeaTer
Is $50. The commissioners fee is 75c.
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! play. "The Feast at solhoug," that It
might be called scribe's "Bataille de
Danes" writ tragic. and that 1t shows
plot inanipulators. In both plays, he
says there is presented the rivalry Of
an older and younger. woman for the
love OF man who is unjustly pro-
ries. Mr.. Archer further informs his
readers that Ibsen's first visit to the
home of his future wife took place
five days after the production of "The
Marie very much the same contrast of
characters that formed the main sub
ject of the play he had just produced.
Young Lochlnyar "e does not nof : wait to
ask the counsel of the brides cousins;
he fords the Esk River with her, where
ford there is none. Loves comedy
works; it is certainly the most imper-
tinent. Ibsen Is in favor of the mar
riage de CONVEYANCE. which suppress
SEES the absurdity of love matches
comedy,o but there IS much besides
this in its reckless satire on the|
"sanctities" of domestic life.
THE MAN IN THE BASEMENT. BY
Baron Pale Rosenkrantz. The
Empire Book Company, of New
York. publishers. s1.5O.
FOR lovers or mystery ana tne clever
of It. this book will prove
highly entertaining.
The scene of the story is laid partly
n London and partly in Denmark. Two
characters in the book are Holger
Nelson. a young Dane with q. fad for
amateur detective work. who has left
his own country and is living in Lon
ion with DR.. Jens Koldby.
Others implicated in gruesome
are Major James Johnson,
dismissed from the British army on
recount of his dishonesty; Throgmor-
on, a man of the better class, who is
nevertheless his accomplice; Amy Der
y, an attractive young girl, with a
hind infatuation for johnson; Amy
Weston the sister of Throgmorton and
he pretty. unfortunate wife of a drunk
n and unprincipled husband; Sidney
q West End house agent,
nd Madam Sivertsen, housekeeper for
,eilson and koldby.
A double threaded romance gives
lecided piquancy to the story.
l
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Machine Gums.

Please tell me what machine gun
the United States employs. how many
kinds there are, and which is the most
effective. ARMORY. 3
The Calling and the Gardner hand
power guns and the Colt and the
Maxim Nordfeldt automatics. The four
above with the Harrington and the
lSkoda, are the only sorts at all gem
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A Problem.

.
A COW is tied with line 100 feet
long to the Cofner of house 90 feet
square. What is the greatest area
she can Craze?
Using the drawing you send. which
we cannot reproduce. you will see that
the first consideration is three-quarters
of circle whose radius is 100 feet.
This would be q multiplied by 22-7.
multiplied by the square of 100. or
23.571 81 square feet Passing this
area. the rope catches on a corner.
and. shortened by % feet. permits the
covering of one-auarter OF circle
whose radius is rs feet. AS this occurs
in two directions, the total additional
area is one-half the arc of circle
with radius of Is feet-1s multiplied
by 22-7. multiplied by the square of
IS. or s,s392-7 square feet. This makes
the total 32.llO ST square feet.
Making the figure. you will see that
this allows twice for an area corner
ing at the house and bounded by arcs
of the circles whose radius is rs feet
Computing this doubled area--carry-
ing the roots of irrational quantities
to one place Of decimals-this area Is
found to be 2,150 square feet, and the
total of 32.41O5-7 diminished by this
last will give 30.260 ST. as the area
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Confederate Pension.

Not at all.
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Stamp Filtration.
With thanks to the sender. we pub
lish the stamp Irritation"
Upside down on left corner--I love
you.
Same corner. crosswise-My heart is
Straight up and down-Good-by.
sweetheart
no more.
In the middle at right-hand edge
Write Immediately.
In centre at topics.
Opposite at bottom-No.
On right-hand corner at right an
gle-Do you love me?
In left-hand corner--I hate you.
Top corner. at the right wish your
Bottom corner at left seek your
acquaintance.
love.
The same. upside down. am en-
At right angle. same place. long
to see you.
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COW is tied with line 100 feet
long to the cofner of house 20 feet
square. What is the greatest area