The National tribune., 1888-11-29

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The Curious Corner.
| ANSWERS to questions will not be published with
| in two three weeks after questions appear. Sc
| all will have chance to send replies and receive
| honorable mention with the number answered.
1t is said that Daniel Webster the greatest Ameri
can orator. cried when first called upon to speak IN
! school.
Every year divisibIe by four is Leap Year, except
! the Centennial year which must be dlvisibie by
! 9UU. Inc solar year Is exactly 560 days AOurs
As minutes and 49, seconds; therefore, in adding
day every four years lose d minuts4 l2 seconds
! In 100 years we lose Is hours 20 minutes 90
! seconds So in the Tooth year we have lost nearly
/ a day, and call il a day lost and it is common
year, but it lacks nearly six hours of losing day
every 100 years so in 400 years it will have gained
that day back. Therefore, the year 1000 was a Leap
/ year; 1900 1900 and 1900 are common years, and
/ 2000 will be leap year.
The coolest place in the world. so far as known
/ is about 400 miles from the North Pole, where the
cold is so intense that no instrument OF human in
ventOn can measure it, and II blisers the skin like
| extreme heat.
! George Fox originated the Society of Friends in
! 1000. The name Quakers was given in derlsion
because of the nervous shakings that characterized
! the early converts.
! !. In what year were the United States Govern,
| ment expenditures the largest, and what WAS the
amount?-E. NJ. Tinkham.
2. What river in Montana is the name OF an arti
! Gle In great demand during the war ?-lzzle Stech
! man, Mayberry, Neb.
3. What city received the gift of $4,000 by two
| men, for the purpose OF improving the hospital &C
Communications for the poor and what were then
names? 4. How many stitches are said be required
! for a handsewed shirt?-Maggie McClung.
.. Can some one tell me why III prehistoric times
during the glacial period, when the biologists say
that the earths crust comparatively very thin
and the heat OF the surface consequently very much
! greater than at the present time, the immense
! ice-helds extended so much nearer the equator
/ than they do now.-Cho Harper.
BIBLE BRIGADE.
HE King Of Babylon besieged Jerusalem with
| batteriug-rams.
King Asa deposed his mother because she set W
! an idol in a grove.
The waters of the Jordan were tremendously
| parted when the priests bearing the ark preceded
| the Israeites into the land of promise.
Eli the aged priest, fell backward and was killed
/ when he heard the ark of the Lord was taken by
4 the PhilisLines.
l. What wall was built by soldiers with Their
swords at their sides? 2 What two prophets men
| ton an earthquake, and in whose reign did it oc
| cur?-Nrs w. 8. Faulkner, Cazenovia, N. V
! 3. Who were burnt by fire from the Lord, aaC
/ what for?-Charles w. CAST Clinton, Iowa.
4. How long was Israel ruled by Judges, anC
where is the answer found? .. Who WAS Cts, anc
where mentioned ?-H. NJ MCCALL, Cole Camp, Mo