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September 15, 1909. T Commonwealth "Bank 12 North Ninth 8treet, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. CAPITAL - - $260,000.00 4 Per Cent ON 3AVING8. ROYALINE OIL for Aching Feet. ROYALINE OIL After Shaving. ROYALINE OIL for Sere Throat. ROYALINE OIL, no Greate, no Stain. ROYALINE OIL, the best Antiseptic. 10c. 25c. 50c. Druaaists For COUGHS and COLBS--CROUP and all PAINS It Acts Instantaneously DIEZ-BALM 25c A JAR 25c A JAR AT ALL DRUGGISTS OR BY MAIL L B. DIEZ. New Orleans, La. Geo. E. Egdorf practical painter ana uecorator. .231 Constance St. New Orleans. Phone Uptown 2396-L. Contractors' and Dealers' Exchange, ' Telephone Main 327. Estimates Cheerfully Given. S.H.Hawes&Co. Dealer in COAL Also Lime, Plaster, Cement RICHMOND, VA. Bonds and Fine BankInvestments. Ing Connections. Raymond M. Hudson ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Norfolk, Va. Practices in Supreme Court of the United States. And all Federal and State Courts and Departments. CITY BANK of RICHMOND, VA. Wm M Palnuir P. R_ Addltnn President. V-Presldent. J. W. 8inton, Cashier. CAPITAL, $4M ,OM.M SURPLUS A UNDIVIDED PROFITS, $175,119.10 Correspondence 8ollclted. V HE PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SC AMERICA'S GREAT AND GROWING CITIES. There are 158 cities of the United States of 30,000 inhabitants or over, according to the bulletin recently issued by the Bureau of the Census. It points out that the cost of municipal government in all of these is increasing faster than the population. This shows a tendency which is in operation in State and national governments, and in Europe as well as in the United States. If we take a survey of the entire list of cities in the country, we learn thehiehlv important fact that they are growing much faster than the rural regions. In 1790, when the first census was taken, there were only six cities of 8,000 inhabitants or over; and there were only 141 in 1860, but there were 545 in 1900, and there will undoubtedly be more than 650 in 1910, when the next count is made. These cities formed only 3.3 per cent, of the country's aggregate population in 1790, 16.1 per cent, in 1860, and 33.3 per cent, in 1900. They will be more than 36 per cent, in 1910. The largest growth in the number of cities is in the Mississippi valley. Bast as well as West, however, the cities have been prosperous during the past ten years, except as the present business setback has affected them temporarily. For those who have obtained competency, as well as for those who are striving to get it, cities have many attraction$. On this account there has been n fpnr n mnnc monv orvnfni ?-?v? ^ ?iuu j puuiai puiivouimcis that the growth of cities, with the consequent increase in the temptations to dissipation which they offer, would have a deleterious effect on the country. But this tendency toward concentration is likely to be retarded eventually. The long distance telephone, the rural mail route, the electric carB and the automobile express lines running into the rural regions are furnishing conveniences to the dwellers in the farming districts and the villages which were unknown outside of the large cities until recently. These changes are undoubtedly destined to have a profound efTect on the distribution of population in the coming time. Eventually this will relieve congestion of the crowded nArta of out- hio niHoo "i??? ? vw w?. wui ?-r?e> ViVICO, 1'iav c the humble dweller In better sanitary surroundings, and increase the general health, morality, and comfort of the masses of the people.?Leslie's Weekly. A SIMPLE BAROMETER. About the simplest barometer that one can have, and, it is said, one of the most efficient, is made of two bottles and some water. One of them should be an ordinary, wide-mouthed pickle jar, filled with water to near the top. The other should be a long, slim flask, which will go into the neck of the jar. This should be inverted and plunged into the jar, so that it will not reach the- bottom. This errangement gives a complete barometer. In fine weather the water will rise into the neck of the flask higher than the mouth of the pickle bottle. In wet or windy weather it will fall to within an )UTH. 2j ? .. ? *-*? inch of the mouth of the flask.?Exchange. Think of yourself only as one through whom God can reach helpfully another life. o T T T-?T WT ^ onurT'iiNLx BY AN EXPERT BUYER. Goods of every description, personal and household. Trousseaus a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed. Guide for ladies visiting the city and accommodations secured. Highest references. MISS VIRGINIA JONES. Purchasing Agent, 20S West 8lst Street. New York City. TENNESSEE COLLECE f Murfimtao, Ins. 0 jWlOeMtjl Religious, Mental,Phys- ^ . leal Training of the q highest order. fi Write tor catalog. IMA1 SCHOOt. IPCA1 lOCAROW." | CEO. J. BURNETT. Pr.?. J. HENRY BURNETT. Ma* - - ' / Belmont College For YOUNG WOMEN. NtshviHe, Ten. College anil Preparatory Courses. Music, Art, Expression, Modern Languages, Physical Culture ancl Domestic Science. Matchless location. Register now. Catalogues on request. Address. Box U. ' 1KA LAXURITII. D.D.. I.I- D? Fraddeat. Mlu HOOD ud >lluHKItO.V, Principal*. TULANE - w in ? t>i\oi i I of 1/UUlSIANA HEW ORLEANS own a. rratiaaatn. u- d, ri n.ii.i Tulane University in ill ju dmortnenls, b located in the City of New Orleans. the metropolis of the SfftAh. Nine Departments, with twenty three buddings Modem dormitories, extensive laboratories, libraries, and eanflnb. Full Courooo an eAhead la Laafaacaa, Seltad Knctnooriny, Architecture, AUkLnw. Mod. icina, Pkanaacy, and Dentistry. Separate Department for Women. IvxpcnMs low. Low dormitory rates. Next eevsioii of all departments, exemt N. O. Polyclinic. begins October 1st. Polyclinic open> Novcmhci ist. Send for catalogue Address. R. K. BhVrr. Secretary. TEACHERS WANTED. We have on file hundreds of applications from all over the South, for competent teachers. New ones coming i? every day. Write at once for particular*. The Southern Educational Buream. Raleigh, N. CVirginia College For Girls and Young Women Roanoke, Vlralnla ""i? Opens Sept. 28th. 1909. .'One of the leading Schools in the South, Modern buildings. Campus of ten .acres..'. Grand mountain scenery in Valley of Virginia, famed for lrealth. European and American teachers. Special advantages in Music, Art and Elocution, Thorough course in IXunestlc Science. Students from 30 States. Moderate rates. For eataloge address MATTIE P. HARRIS, President, Roanoke, Va. Mrs. Gertrude Harris Boatwrlght, V Ice-P rest. Heary N. Gastrock 3129-3122 Magazine SL. NEW ORLEANS, LA. RELIABLE 8HOE8 FOR THE FAMILY. Agents, M. A. Packard A Ce.'a $3.50 and $4.00 SHOES FOR MEN. Phone Up-town 2200 W.