St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-11

genetS, after the battle OF BOSWOrtll.
1t was placed upon the head of his
successor Henry VII.
SO. Who wrote and where are
found the following:
But pleasures are like peoples spread
You seize the fow'r, its bloom is shed.
Or like the snow falls in the river,
moment white-then melts forever.
Strike the bells wantonly,
Tinkle, tinkle we'll
Bring me wine, bring me flowers,
Ring the silver bell
Robert Burns. Tam O'Shanter.
b Christina Rosetti. A Peal of Bells.
SO. What period has been called
the Ozark Ages ~
From fifth to fifteenth centuries.
60. What presidents of the United
States were natives of Virginia
Washington, Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, Harrison, Tyler, Taylor.
81. How may amendments to the
United States constitution be made ?
Two thirds of both houses of con-
gress may propose amendments, or on
application of the legislatures of two
thirds of the several states shall call a
convention for proposing amendments,
which shall be valid when ratified by
three-fourths of the several states or by
conventions of three fourths thereof us
the one or the other ratification may
be proposed by congress.
90. What was the HSouth Sea Bub-
BILE p
1t was a disastrous financial specu-
latiOn during the reign of Queen Anne
devised by one Sir John Blunt in 1911.
The South Sea company were to have
a monopoly of the Spanish South
American trade but after the peace at
Utrecht, Spain refused to open her
to England. Parliament en-
tered into an arrangement with this
to fund the entire national
debt. The securities had more than
trebled in value when it was discover
ed that some of the leading directors
were dispOsing of their interests and
followed. Some of the direct
ors were imprisoned and all were fined,
in sum aggregating f2,OOO,OO0,
which sum with the assets OF the com
pany was divided among the stock
holders.
90. Is the velocity of the earth's
movement in it's orbit uniform ? If
not why, and at what season Is it great
est q?
1t is not uniform. 1t moves with in
velocity along those parts of
it's orbit which are nearest the sun be-
cause most exposed to the suns attrac-
tive power. Its velocity is greatest
during the autumn and winter.
GA. What fixes the locality of the
tropics and polar circlesP
The trOpic of cancer is a circle drawn
parallel to the equator through points
on the earth's surface, north of the
equator beyond which the sun is never
When the northern hemi-
sphere turns so far toward the sun that
his centre is vertical over this point he
seems to turn and go back again. The
trOpic of pIicOrn marks in the South
ern hemisphere the same phenomena
at the opposite period of the year. The
Southern hemisphere is turned toward
the sun IT'S far as it ever can be, far
enough to bring the sun vertical over
the trOpic of capricorn. His rays are
never vertical over any point south of
this tropic. SO the spaces between
these two tropics are the only spaces
on the surface of the globe which ever
receive the vertical rays of the sun.
The arctic circle is drawn through the
extreme point to which the suns rays
reach beyond the north pole, when the
sun has reached the farthest point i'm
it's movement north, and is perpendic-
ular to the trOpic of cancer. There is
thus round the pole circular space
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suns light during one diurnal rotation.
The arctic circle describes the limit of
this space. A similar space around
the south pole is described by the an
tartic circle when the SUMS rays are
over the trOpic of capricorn.
The regions within the arctic and an
tartic circle are the only parts of the
globes surface where the sun ever re-
mains "a hours either above or below
the horizon. On the arctic circle itself
the day or night is never longer than
"a hours and lengthens as we advance
from the circle to the poles until at the
point of the pole itself it has a dura
tiOn of six months.
65. What pope had a daughter of
infamous memory? Tell briefly about
her.
Alexander vi. Lucrezia iii BOrgia.
&c. How long did the "War of
Roses" last How many battles were
fOught9 Name and give dates of the
first and last.
Thirty years. First, st. Albans 1855.
Last, BOswOrth I4S5-I2 in all.
81. From whence did the Celts
come, and what peoples have descend
I'd from them
From Central and Western Europe.
Descendants inhabit Ireland, Wales.
highlands of Scotland and northern
shores of France.
60. is there any variation in de-
yrees of longitude, if so whyq
There is, because the earth's circum-
'erence diminishes from equator to the
poles.
90. What is the relationship be-
tween Queen Victoria and George the
third
George Iii. was grandfather of
Queen Victoria.
20. Quotations:
For men must work, and women must Weep
And sooner it's over, the sooner to Sleep
And good by to the bar and its meanings.
IT'S the sunset of life gives me mythical lore,
And coming events cast their shadows before
On Fames eternal camping ground,
Their silent tents are spread
And glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivouac of the dead.
a Charles Kingsley. Three Fishers
Thomas Campbell. Lochiel's
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