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d. u . al aa i SKI
ever, was merely postponed until Ills
.lordsliip's period OF office expired. He
made stndry excursions to different
parts Of 1ndin before he returned home,
With the object Of obtaining photo
graphs ofEcenes to Illustrate IFS book.
He brought bnck q hundred or moro
plates. and sent them to be developed
3by tile people who had supplied tho
camera. Imagine what his feelings
must have been when he learned that
every single negative was a failure,
owing to some defect In the camera.
NOrfollt's Heir.
The tito cf Earl of Arundel and Sur
rey is revived by the birth cf ii son
to the Dukes and Duchess OF Norfolk
at Arundel Castle, and this pleases
King Edward Immensely.
The Duke of Norfolk. who Is sixty
one years old. has been twice mar
ried on the first occasion, in 1877. to
Flora. daughter OF the first Baron Don
ington. by this union was born the
unfortunate Earl of Arundel. who died
a few years later. The late Dtichess of
Norfolk died In 1887. and the Duke re-
rlained q widowcr Until 1904. wien. III
his fifty-seventl, year, lie married
Gwendolcr. a daughter was born to
the duke and Duchess three years ago.
and the neWly-Dorn INFANT. VINO uis-
places his uncle, Lord Edmund Talbot,
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as heir 70 the dakedom. Is thus tl,cl.

as hell. to the dukedotn. is thus their
encond surviving child L
rho little J1nrl Of Arundel was chrls-
tened on Thursday In the private clap
Ell at Arundel Castle. The infant was
nnmed Bernard Marinaduke. AS tile
young earl was being borne through
the church the guests were made aware
OF his presence by his cries, which
lasted nearly throughout the services.
After the servlces tho guests adj
}tourncd to the Bnron's Hail, where
Lady Rncl,el Howard. tile tlree-year-
old daughter of the duke. tslt the large
christening cake with formidable
silver knife, and then the dukes
guests drank long life and happiness
to tho heir Of Arundel Subsequently
the duke appeared among his guests
carrying Lady Rachel on his right
shoulder. Tho pretty picture tins
formed by the duke and his winsome
daughter was tile signal for loud
cheering.
Tho duke having photographed to the
Pope the news OF tho birth OF an heir
to tile dukedom, and Pontiff also sent
"a telegram II, reply. congratulatiliz
tho duke, and sending HIS .benedictlons
to the infant and all the members OF
his Grnce's family. The Duke OF Nor
folk has also received the congrnt-
tons from King Edward and the King
of Spain.
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Rum. nomnnlsn and Rebelllon.

dates when the phrase. Rebellion,
Romanism and Ruinism," became a
catchword, and how were they first
used? S. A. MORSE.
In the summer Of 1854 delegation
waited on Mr.. Blaine in New York
City, and one of the spokesman. Rev.
Samuel D. Burchard. in the course Of
his remarks assured Mr.. Blaine that
his candidacy was opposed by the
forces Of rum, Romanism and re-
bellion," and.that all desirable citizens
would love him for the enemies he had
made. No ono can compute how much
Mr.. Burchard's artful ALTERATION con-
trlbuted to Cleveland's election. but
1t was probably enough to render the
Plumed Knight wary Of fool friends
for the brief remainder of his life.
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BnbIine Brook Socialist.

The Countess OF Warwick has ceased
to attend practically every function at
which her rank entities her to be
present, since she interested herself in
Socialism,; and in informing the Social
lists that she had returned the tickets
which had been sent to her for GER
tain official ceremony some time ago.
Her Ladyship said: II cannot possibly
drive through the streets in silks and
setins when remember that there are
so many starving unemployed In Lon
dom" stR 4
It is now rumored that the countess
will go to America at an early date to
spread the socalistic gospel there-a
report which has chaErined the Eng
lish Socialists. who were anxious to
keep the countess for themselves.
Lady Warwick has not lost any of her
influence as a social leader on account
Of her Socialistic principles:indeed,t tho
King has camplimentedt her more than
once on her earnestness and sincerity.
Her ladyship is an expert gardner. a
noted horsewoman and rider to
hounds. and a reader of every book
worth reading.
Lord Cnrzon Ill.
The indian climate apparently has
affected Lord Curzon rather seriously.
For q long time past MS lordsnlp mas
not been In very good health, and the
loss of his wife made matters still
harder for him. He will not be seen
much In town this season.
BY the way we are still waiting for
that important book on india which
Lord Curzon wrote some years go, and
the rights OF which he Is said to have
disposed of for $4,000. Before. how
ever. 1t could be published. his lords
ship was appointed Viceroy. and It
was decided that book on India bear
Ing the Vlceroy's name would never do,
and nothing more was heard about It
at the time. 3l
The publication OF the volume, how
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sulton,. Relative. Stabbed,

PARIS, June 27.-A mysterious at
tempted double murder. In which the
victims were the Princess Fauna and
her son. Salah Ell Ford, relatives of the
Sultan OF TuIAey, took place here.
The princess and her son were stay
ing with another relative. Prince Nc.
hamid Ali, a ,ee..'t!iy Turk. who took
up his residence II, Paris s,;nle time
ago For month or so Prince Me-
hamid Ali had befriended a young Turk
named Rechid AIustapha, who was pres
pairing for his final examination as d
doctor OF medicine. Rechid had lived
with the prince. hut on the arrival OF
the princess i'.,:ma and her son. q
room, was foull,; for him in rcighbor-
ing hotel
Making their rounds the other morn
ing. two policemen heard cries for
help coming from Prince Mehamld's
flat. They were about to force an
entrance when q door opened and a
man wearing a. frock coat. but bare
headed, emerged, holding in his hand a
knife dripping with blood. He was
stopped by the policemen. and said.
Eyes, I belieya have killed two per-
sons&u there.
The police. with the prisoner, went
in and called the concierge. who I'M
|lneulaIelyE sTGCO6ulLCA liio ~
On a search being made of the flat,
the princess was found lying on the
floor Of her sons room In an uncon-
scious condition. while the son was
lying In bed with several wounds IN
his body inflicted by a knife.
It appears now that the princess was
awakened by the screams OF her son,
and rushing into his room. saw Mus
tapha leaning over his bed and stab
bling him furiously with carving
knife. She rushed at the would-be
murderer, and he turned and stabbed
her, tho blow sending her to the floor,
Both the princess and her son are In
a serious condition, but there are hopes
of saving their lives. F.
When Rechid Mustapha, who Is
thirty four years old, was examined
at the police station, he declared that
he had committed the crime while
under hypnotic influence. He said that
before going to his hotel he called on
friend, who had often sent him into
mesmerio trance
After going to bed i woke about
2 o'clock with a nightmare he con-
tinued. land impelled by some irre-
sistlble force, dressed and went to
the flat OF Mehhmid All.
81 let myself in.with Il latch key. and
went straight to my room, and then,
finding a stranger sleeping In my he'd,
I@obtained q carving-knife and stabbed
| him savagely. don't know why !
did It. except that I must have acted
under hypnotic suggestion"
Mustanha is believed to be insane.
Sues Chinese Attachc for Divorced.
PARIS, June 27--Mme. Hslngling. at
lone time dainty music hall artist,
mRrriad o Chinese attaehe, and Is now
suing for divorce after some terrible
.eIAperiences of marriage with an ORR
entail.
The hushand's father some years ago
Twas Chinese ministcr to Paris. The
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28

Please give the date Of the B,irlin-
game Treaty. and state what u in
reaced. DE J.3
Signed at Washing ION. July 4. 1865.
and authorized mutual Immigration be-
tween the United states and China.
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Limitation on Bond.

"A givesiBaa 4 bond payable two years
after date. Can B collect by suit after
the two years are. passed? Nc.
He cannot bring suit until the two
years are passed. aAfter that time he
has ten years during which his claim
under the bond is good. After ten
4Sears from the maturity Of the bond
4(date at. which it is payable) he may
no longer enforce the collection by
law. the claim being barred by the
statute OF ,lmitatior
Confederate Monuments.
M Can You give me full list of tho
counties in Virginia which have appro-
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Cui,nn publlc Schools.

Kindly give the date on which the
pnblic schools In Cuba were placed on
their present footing. a. e.
Regulations virtually as at present
were issued by order OF the Military
Governor and recommendation of the
Secretary of Public instruction June 80,
a ann -5l Il
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in which y may have any

4 T. 4 l..
value whatever SO long as 1t is a whole
number and makes the value of a
whole number. Trying the value for
y. the value OF X becomes also: then
If five coins be taken out once. and
two remain, the purse will have had
seven coins, and this result CORE,
spends with taking four out once ant!
finding three left. Making y=2 will
give fraction for the value of X.
which will not meet the conditions. as
five coins cannot be taken out a frac-
tional number of times The Same
thing results when y is taken %. and
so on until is assumed -6. Then
rs. whole number. and the coins
NAV be taken five at a time five times.
which. with the two remaining, will
show twenty-seven coins in the purse.
and will accord with taking them -four
at time six times and having three
left. Forty-seven. siXty-seven, eighty
seven, etc, numbers continually Sc
lected at intervals of twenty units,
will satisfy the conditions.
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Compound Interest.

Please tell me what will he the sum
due at the end OF ten years II A,
borrows Sa6.4S each year at per cent.
compounded annually. no payment hav-
1ng been made NIATH.
The multiple for the conditions is
sia.iSoS; hence, the amount due is $1,-
S21t6s
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Killing n Tree.

/ wish to XIII tree in my yard
Is there any poison which I may use
successfully by placing it In hole
bored In the treev j. d. NJ,
The best authority accessible to us
declares that there is no such thing.
He advises that the earth he removed
from about the roots and that kero-
sene he literally applied to them.
IF you wish the dead tree to
remain standing as n support
for vines, etc, this will do we'll
enough. If you desire to get rid
of the tree totally. good hand with
ma rtock can he in an hour or two
dig under It, chop the roots and fell
1t. The trunk removed and the hole
filled, no trace will be5left.
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/. salary Of a Minor.

Please inform me whether the wages
oil minor may be garnisheed ui.ief
Virginia law. HARRY.
Not If he have pnren. or guardian
otherwise 1t Is said that accounts for
fecessaries may he collected by gar
nj sl,mnft sT ".
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Presidents Cabinet.

Has the President the right to place
IN his Cabinet just such men as he
may choose? TENNY.
Presidents who are serving their
first term must submit list of Cabinet
10 the Senate for confirmation. Pres
idents, who arc serving second term
need not refer Cabinet list to the Sem
ate, They may be said to have the
right to place In their Cabinets whom
they choose.
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|prIated money and built Confederate
monuments? a StJBSCIR1BITR. e

We regret that we cannot. No ex.
act list seems to he anywhere obtain
a list OF stwenty- four counties In which
such memorials have been erected. but
she Is sure that the list Is Incomplete.
lacking. possibly. as many as eight
or ten names. The material for n COM
plete list may be found in the Museum
here, but 1t has not vet been arranged.
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Bird DcnIer.

VIII you give me the address Of some
bird dealer in Richmond? JOHN.
We know OF none here. and II We
did we should hardly give address In
this place. 1t seems almost needless
ito explain that such practice might
lead to great deal OF advertising In
the query column. We are always
pleased 10 forward any interests of
our readers and to put into other
hands such queries as demands replies
improper for insertion here. Such
queries should have stamp enclosed.
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1t was published by Fl. NJ. Wharton
& Co., in Baltimore, in 1887. and is
now probably out Of print. A letter
to the Religious Herald Richmond.
Va, will likely locate n copy for you.
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"a Congress made two grants. 1850
acres located in Orleans Territory and
one entire township, located in Flor
ida Lafayette disposed of the land.
(2) We do not understand the ques-
tion. The fact that word ends In
..tion" has no influence on the rule for
spelling It. H.
CD 1SS.5714 feet.
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Royal Nursery Trngcd!

= r
PARIS. June 27.-A royal tragedy
has just occurred in the nursery OF
Prince and Princess Mirlto, bf Mon
tenegro.
Owing to the chilllessness Of the
marriage OF the crown prince. his
younger brother, Prince Mirko. has
Leen regarded MS heir presumptlve to
the throne. Prince and Princess Mirlso
had two little boys. Stephen and stan
islaus, aged five and three years, re.
srectively. the elder of whom was
looked upon as the future sovereign OF
Montenegro.
Recently both little boys were
stricken with acute tuberculosis OF
tho lungs, and only then, too late, 1t
was discovered. ono Of the nursery
maids was afflicted with tho malady,
which she had communicated to the
little princess, who in spite OF tho
efforts on the part OF the greatest
specialists OF Europe. died within a
few days OF each other.
A Gnincsborough Found Under
Doorstep.
LONDON. Juno 27.--A priceless oil
painting by Gainsborough. which was
stolen by. burglars eighteen months ago
from Kcnsington, was recovered by
the police this week from under the
doorstep Of an empty house here.
In the whole romantic history OF
the Gainsborough pictures, there is nc
more romantic chapter than the loss
and strang recovery Of this painting
The picture Is the famous Girl With
a Dog" which. with other valuablcs
was stolen in November. 1906, from the
home of Mrs. Wetherly, OF Egerton
Gardens. kensington.
Here there is one OF the finest art
collections in London. with examples
of Rubens and other great masters
valued at many thousands of dollars.
The burglars took down from the walls
many of the finest pictures. but they
were disturbed. and fled. Before they
left. however. they tore the Girl With
a Dog" from its frame. leaving intact
the companion piece. tho picture by
Gainsborough OF the Girl With a Kit
ten
The art world has searched ever
since for the stolen masterpieces. and
all the time it has been tightly rolled
up in a newspaper parcel under a door
step in northeast London.
a caretaker, engaged in a cleaning
up operation of the premises. made the
discovery. A roll of newspaper was
seen tightly fixed, as though 1t had
hecn kicked there. under tho stone
steps leading to the front door. The
parcel, after some difficulty, was pulls
ed out, and when the newspaper cover
ing was unrolle,!. the finder saw what
lie took to be "a roll Of sail-cloth."
When the canvas was unrolled, It
was at once seen that 1t was an oil
painting. and a gold and black title-
plate, bearing the name Of Gains
borough dropped out. The caretaker
at once realized the value OF his dis
tcovery, and without delay informed the
EnnlIcc. .lai.s - - ...n...as tE-s
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N1nInIy Confederate.

Has a. camp OF Confederate Veterans
Of an auxiliary chapter of the Daugh-
tiers Of the Confederacy? Has the
Grand Camp power to remove the COM
lnander OF local camp who shows par
Do h wp
was suggested to Payne by THE Switz-
or's Song OF Homer"
No. The Grand Camp would prob
ably not think of such thing. We
never knew the question to be dis
cnssed. and see no reasonNto suppose
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We cannot: there are too many.
From Whites map of 1885 to this year
hundreds of maps of Virginia have
been listed. and there are in all proba-
bility not few which have been
omitted from the lists.
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Various.

Will you tell me the number of Con-
yederate veterans now surviving? Also
What was the church connection of
Patrick Henry and what the height
of General Lee. r. w. MILLER.
There Is no reliable record of the
number. Church Of England. and after
the disesta Enlistment Protestant Epis-
Eopal. Five feet II inches.
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Locating sn,vn,,ll.

Please inform ME whether there is
any State law stating how near pub
lie road sawmill may be placed;
mill could probably be held liable for
any damage arising from injudicious
location. and this consideration might
forbid too near approach to road.
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All Sorts

Please answer the following ques..
tons for me: az Where was the land
granted by Congress to Lafayette. and
what did he do with it? CD What is
the rule for spelling words ending in
-"tion" and sion? (S) A log is ten
feet long and eight inches in diameter
at one end. and twelve inches Mt the
other. If it be rolled on a plane sur
face. what will be the circumference
of the outer circle?
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Double Tnxntion.

l sell and deliver a horse. taking
the purchasers bond for the value.
Must he pay taxes on the horse and I
pay taxes onssthe bond? Would this
not be double taxation?
merchant has lot of goods on
consignment. Must he pay taxes on
taxes also? Would not this be double
QuERIST.
The person in whose possession tho
horse is must list 1t and pay the tax:
the person in whose possession the
bond is must list 1t and pay the tax.
This is double taxation.
The merchant in whose possession
the goods nre must pay tax on their
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Poe rs n Nlrglnlnn Il.

II YOU can make Southern man out
Of Edgar Poe by the rules governing
the y, nativity ofmost men. please do 50.
HIS father was tprobably) a Maryland
er HIS mother was an Englisllwoninn.
He was born In Boston. and most OF
his. life was spent in Northern cities
and in Europe.
JAMES c.. RENSHAW.
Mark Twain would propnbiv figure
from the. miscellaneous facts that you
adduce that Poe was II Presbyterian.
We do not make him out a Southern
man by the letter of the law.
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Old Rock,

i Can you suggest where may get a
copy OF tho "Satirist." by Brashears,
published some seventy-five years ago?
A.. N. Il. T
!. The "Satirist." by N. Brashears, was
published in Washington.in 1882. The
list shows that several hundred copies
were sold in Washington and the book
should be obtainable there.
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pnncr. m the rnr Wet.

please give3meialle uames Of two Of
the best newspapers in San Francisco
and their want ad. rates 49,,
portant papetE Ave do notiknow their
rates en- the sort of space YOU mention.
but supposes4that q cent a word for
each Insertion would cover the cost.
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Book Wanted.

Can you tell me where | may find
a copy of Hatcher's Life Of Jeter"?
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value. lilo should also. In Virginia..
pay license tux MS n coltimlssion iner-.
sclinnt.@ II is extremely unlikely tlinl
there would be nnYsdouhlc taxation ~
this case, as the consignot would notl
have the goods III possessionssto HIT.
and would probably, ns the goods were
consigned, have nothing to sl,nw for
them except an account ngulnst Ills
consiRncc. f
Technically he first cnse ls not or,e
of double taxation, since the publicists
have pretty we'll 3nEreed to call moth
ling double taxation except wliere the.
same article Is taxed twice In the pos
same period.
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Qua m.

Exactly where is our possession OF
Guam and when did the United States
acquire It? r. r. II. !
Guam is in the Pacific about 5000
miles west Of San francisco and 1900
east of Luzon. in the Philippines. and
was attached" in 1898 by the cruiser
Charleston on her way to the Philip
pines. 1t contains some $50 square
miles and 10000 people, and is re-
naval station. !.
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:Ho,,.ont,,. Choice.

Please inform me how many men
were with Hobson when he sank the
Nierrin,ac, and give the names.
< NJ II ].
seven-Iohn Kelly, George F. Phil
lips, j. c. Murphy. Osborn Delgnan.
George Charette. Randolph Clawson,
Daniel Montague.
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American mathematical Society.

73s45 American Mathematical Society.
Please give the date of foundation
OF the American Mathematical Society
and the number Of members.
COLLEGE.
1885, It was reorganized In 1894. We
have no late list of members, but the num-
her was in the neighborhood OF 35o
a few years ago. 1t is probably not
more than 400 now.
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In the order Of the query. they arc
E. S. Conway. care of w. W. Kimball
Co, Chicago, ILL.,; ]. c. Noel. Penning-
ton Gap. Va: Mrs. Nina Coutts, Cliff
ton Forge. Ma.
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Odd-Fellow.

Please give names and addresses OF
the following officials of the I. Q. Q. F. (:
Grand Sire. Grand Master. President
Rehecca State Assembly,
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Poems. etc. lYnnted.

There Is request for Dick Deadeye's song
out OF "Plnafore," and the "Buttercup" song
and renewed request for Kiplns's "Bobs."