The National tribune., 1885-08-20
The Gur,aus Corner.

rAnswers to questions viii not be Published with
In two three weeks after questions appear. So
all will have chance to send replies, and receive
honorable mention with number answered.
Correct answers have been received from Charles
Childs, Crookstown, MINI. =; Carl Roberts, Wash
ington: Iowa. 6; Annie r. Alehorn, Fall River
Mass, Z.
/. Who is the Mayor of New York? 2. Who was
the inventor Of street cars? J A. Phillips Lundys
Lane. Pa.
l. When and where was the first book printedT
.. What does million dollars in gold weigh TROY
weight? 3. What was the census of the United
States in 1902 A. Which State furnished the iarg-
est number of regiments to the Federal army? D.
What incident in army life gave Gen. jackson the
title of "old Hickory "?-Mary Garvin. Ogden,
Iowa.
1. When was Mohanmed born9 . What does
he teach? 8. Who are his folIowers?-M. g.
L. Who was Walter the Penniless7 2. What was
the prediction OF Regioruoutanuss 3. What were
Immortality? 5. What the myth Of Pandoras
box? 6. Which was the most important battle OF
the Revolutinary War? 4 Why was the Omnibus ,,a
Bill" so calleds 8. What was the Test Act ? y.
When the Habeas Corpus Act" passed.
Edgar Bowers, Boomer, Wis.
DEAR TRIBUNE: In THE TRIBUNE of July so A.
L. Tweedy, Lincouyilfe Ind. asks what captive
monarch proposed to fill the room in which he was
imprisoned with golden vessels as high as he could
reach, for his ransom. 1t was the Inca of Peru. lie
was captured by the Spaniards. under command oil
Francisco Pzzarro and Ferdinand De Soto. One
day the Inca asked De Soto for what amount OF
ransom Pizarro would be willing to release him.
De Soto said that if the Inca could fill the in
which he standing with gold rs high as he
(De Soto) could reach with his sword, that Pizarro
might accept that. The Inca said that he would
have it done within month. When this was done,
PiZarro demanded that another room of the same
size should be filed with silver, which was also
done. Then, instead of releasing the Inca, they
burned him to death. The rooms were p feet long
and II feet wide The value of the gold and silver
estimated at about $50 0U0 e00.-Nalter "a.
Palmer. Yellow Springs, o.
San Francisco is called the Golden Gate. Atlanta
has been called the Gate City. fittsbuTg Is the
Smoky City.
The Mississippi, the Amazon. and the Nile are
the longest rivers in the world. The Nile is said to
be the longest.
Grant was the tanner President.
There have been several dark horses" Presl-
dents Hayes was one, also Garfield. JAS K. Polk
was the first known as SUCH
Garfield was the Sage of Mentor, perhaps, but was
not so called
The British burned Washington city Aug. "a.
1914.
The first printing office was set up in the United
States at Harvard College, 1859.
The first cargo of negroes were brought to James
town in 1919.
Col Baker was killed Oct 81 1851.
Nero was made Emperor of Rome when II. He
great tyrant.
Antiochus invaded Greece 100 B. G.
Decoration Day was established by Gen. John A.
Logan, when Commander-in- Chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic, in 1867, in memory OF the
Union soldiers.
BIBLE BRIGADE.
Correct answers have been received from Mary
Lamasney, La Fayette, Ind, 8; j. E. Smith, Barre,
Mass, l5
Solomon was born about B. c. 1884 and died
about Il. c. $50 and was not more than GO when he
died. He reigned 40 years.-R. L. Johnston, Cen
trail Falls y. Y.
l. Who changed the Sabbath from the seventh TO
the first day in the week? 2. BY what authority
was il changed?-H. c. Hardnock, Greenwood, Neb.
Is there any Scripture to prove that man is in pos
session of immortal soul? If SO, will some one
answer, with references from Scfpture-Archibad
Parker (age 40 years., Co. ID, 10th Mo-. Ellensburg,
Hittitas Co., Mo.
What was the total cost Of Solomon's Temple?-
NJ. G.
j. Who ate a meal and then travelled 40 days and
90 nights on the strength of it? 9. How long did
the Israeles wear their clothes without their grow
ing old 8. What did Elisha receive Elijah went
up TO Heaven? 4. Who put on his brothers clothes
and deceived his blind old father, and made him
think he was his bro:her?-Eliza j. Watts