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II depends on what you want 70 hunt IL ron vsnt TO
-buck the tieer" or the elephant" youd better
stay here You hunt all you In and about Ho-
boter. but you probably won't ma anything. Your
best plan will be nrst TO vote for Cleveland Thurman.
Hin. and Hewitt secondsto take the Northern New
Jersey train up into Rootand county. whatever
you want in a way to inconveniencs NO one and then
return 10 hear the news of clevelands success
o. bets W. that over so per cent of the present ooe-
holders in washington are Republican. sppointeeS
O. wrong Good authorities estimate that not more
rs per cent Of the present ooehodsrs Rspub
cana or the percentage vsriss in the different
departments. In the State Department probably 60
per cont are Republicans; in the Treasury, probably
not more than IL or 10 per cent; but the average in
about IS peT cent
Of The sons sosutfui S i.s Of the Sea-. Il wa writesn
tTsnty mt dd'g odd years az a .To. N W. A. O. B.
We thank "a c. B." Is we'll as Mrs Thompson and
Anonymous" who have sent the same Information
Ia 1. marriage contracted In England legal in tn.
here m.rriss again and raises family here; Which is
An English marriage Ia binding here; A commits
bsnmy rst wife alone is his legal wife. his second
"ve his Mistress and her children are illsgitimst'
PLEASE cay n, :s1.;9s: 4 sss5ss''
II II not correct: It should be 81 asked II he in"
"H" requires the sub1unctive the form OF which Ii
"wcro." not "was"
make mistake. think. in saying that the foroes a.
w's, S q ES sou GS y he ssa
Sro ss forces side sseseed $4,000 and
Bu Ss SS not s
r s.. a IN na F;
II: S,sa gained na an % .s m s M gn
:c.rssly Les important than those sstspd
Perhaps the results Of the battle might have affected
Carlyle more had they been different than those of the
battle Of Waterloo; for Frederick had poison with him
had he been beaten would have committed suicide;
but Rossbaeh certainly did mot have any such immedL
ate and decisive results did waterloo certainly
decisive battles OF the world but Greasy does
not include It among the nrst fifteen.
What the strength Of the New York National Guard
troops In Indiaf o. Y. b.
On Sept 90 1887 the National Guard consisted Of TO
officers and 1850 men, altogether l2ea5; there has
been an increase subsequently, that the strength
probably IL rather over 1900 officers and The
British army. for the year ending March 81 ssa was
to consist Of a9l Of all ranks in India
7esl men, together with about 10000 native troops
making total OF onecves" Of all ranks OF 57l oe2.
Besides these there nrstcass reserves Of 46s5
men, second-cass aeso; militia l22 45s; yeo
manry. Liza and vounteerA 2ae 7s2; making estL
mated total Of 34A The English ignore the native
Indian troops and by placed
number At 623 $50 men OF all ranks.
United ss that 'hs
bets that there Esss and that hsrs
There were in 1873; there are now. One
has gone out OF buslnesA and another has recently
taken Il up In 1873 hrm in Philadelphia did
tho business; two firms do largo businesa
Eddie" Reilly ;honla be elected County e.; cls,s
nc unexpired time RkApKR
Whether not Mr. Reilly 10 elected. his seat Soma
tor vacated under section article 8, Of the Cons
tuition special election will DO necessary, how
ever the vacancy eIiss before tho st OF December
Special elections for Senator necessary only when
tho vacancy occurs between Dec. and March
that so.. vote New Yo.s at s. r.s
ssss % College
~ ee vote. and ys. voted II in the college Why
GeorSs % too many which hisi AETrMUSwUsr.
The disproportion in representation Ia moro apparent
than real In Georgia there is one Representative for
every s542 OF population. and in New York for
every col In New York 1884 ~ per of the
population voted; In Georgia only per cent So that
though tho proportion Of and electoral
is much greater in Georgia than in Now
York. tho proportion Of Representatives to population
s Gskns of in
In England the average hours Of labor in . number of
mechanical branches Of labor. such building iron
ship building, carpentry &C., was In 1875 about nfty
four hours o week; in this country at the time
they were fifty nine and sixty This accord
ing tho the official publication Labor In Europe and
America" There have been changes since in both
countriea
On the high seas British vessel child is born to
an American citizen; is it an AMERICAN e.e9 or Brit
Unless American nationality Ii claimed for the child,
tho born within tho Jurisdiction of Great
Britain makes 1t q British subject
the Missouri River the longest in the world Please
No. But the Missouri Mississippi III Is known a.
tho Mississippi below St. Louis is really the Missouri
sasT e on y Day.
.hs PresSsns claim as his personal property on es'
There II no prevent the President from taking
for his any presents sent during his term of oics
tho President of the United sateS by foreign ruler
whether they be sent on July or Evacuation Day.
Custom alone prevents him from doing All gifts
received being made to the United sateA and in the
White House the Smithsonian Institute. and the Treas
ury vaults many strange and valuable things sent
to the various Presidents
Wash psSdus's che quantity of GS the
for home consumption exported about <oa lis.lss
pounds In the year the entire production OF the
United States amounted to 2sSooo ooo poundh
Cap Won tell me who wrote q song called "The In
fants Dream" which the nrst line is oh, cradle mo
on thy knee mamma" &c-i Ark EKAL
We can't; who cant
the population thirty years agof W.H.W.
The present estimated population Of London In 2S2
e2I In 1851 the population 2olQsi2 and in 1858
probably about 3,0ooooo
Can the colleges In this country furnish a. good
classical education those In Ruropef A. T.
For all practical purposes our American colleges or
some Of them furnish classical oduoatons good
those obtanAbo abroad; but In the rennsmsnts Of
the classics think our colleges wanting We |
believe that any American college could have made
Charles s. Calverey such Latin vsrsinsr Oxford
made him; and he 10 but one Of many. |
What does the word "kismet" meant wa
II means fate" II II an Arabic word
Did Congress eve President Cleveland any retaiAtory
powers he asked for them In hs August relala
tion) moesagsf Z. o. W.
Yes; by proclamation TO deny entry to Canadian
sss to deny entry of salt fresh nsh, and 10 az the
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