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have sent in the question did we penetrate the
disguise" Tho authorship of The Star in the Valley"
Of those questions We shall not answer those
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Dutch Standard sugar ia sample raw sugar sent out
each by tho German Government Its color ranges
from dark shades to white All the shades are mum.
bered aud supposed to be imperviouS to tempera
nre and light They used for grading raw sugars
by comparison. No ~ marks the line between rehned
and sugar Tho grade Of all over 10 is determined
by test The Mckinley bill proposes to make No IL
that line and would admit certain grocery sugars as
| &c" and EKtrAC."
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We are much obliged to all our correspondents
!. Who originated the proyere Necessity knows
on the wild sea. ssre w Iih Via 10
l. Perhaps Seneca in his Necessity hath greater
power than duty" The saying law maxim: Hecess
tar hnoet leoen, and ono knows when legal
maxim started. J. We do not place the quotation.
L. Is it possible to telegraph from train in notion
than are inhabited' BROWN.
l. Yes: trains on the New York and Northern Rail.
road were and perhaps still fitted with instruments
by which telcgraphic messages could be sent whe tho
trains in motion There ia moro than system.
The general idea ia that tho stationary wires are |
kept In condition Of reccptivy. and that when tho
message thrown from tho wires on tho train 1t s
to speak picked up the stationary wirea and carried
TO receiver Tho electric current 10 known to
Jump greater or distances 30 that tho of
the system would seem to be only question Of detail
Yes; Mars is known 10 have an atmosphere so II 10
quite possible that 1t has Inhabitants and there s
reason to believe that we tho only people In tho
universe. See Proctors "othor Worlds Than Ours
tAppletonS, s., SOY.
Curtis in the bred Scott published And tho
seven debates between Lincoln and Douglas ppolishsd
The decisions or tho debates were published by Ben.
jAnn Howard reporter OF tho Supreme Court in 1857;
and they appear also in - howards U. ReportG We
don't know that The Lincoln Douglas debates print
ed separately; but you'll md them in the collected
speeches and writings OF the two men.
10 the District of Columbia a Territory jill
No: is II n in q Federal District IN
omay in our system Of government 1t had Terri
toral Government in Grants Administration from 1871
10 1874: before that time from 1902 to 1871 II had
municipal Government Since 1874 1t has been gov.
crned by Commissioner appointed by tho President !
and Senate. and responsible to Congress to the
ashingtonans. The Inhabitants OF tho District have
no voteS
On April 20 1851. Col Robert E. Lee resigned from
he nS United States army Was his resignation Hcesged
HIS resignation was accepted. undoubtedly. We do
lot find the date of such acceptance; but had 1t not
'een accepted Gen Lee would appear deserter in
zen. cuums Biographical Register Of the Graduates
Il the United States Military Academy" G
AMEN Of The he S.% Sos ssI both
In 1874 the Democrats had control of tho Assembly
y majority OF 49, and on joint ballot had majority
4 10; 1t was at that time that Herman elected to
no United States Senate In 1871 the Democrats held
9th branches the Senate by II to Is tho Assembly
to 81 This tho Last time they held both branches
n tEs s5 Become anHs s'e Ss
o"k on american politics and one on the theory Of
II you're citizen you will have lived in the county
nd district the required four months oil May 20 last ,
you come from another State you live
ere year before you vote: otherwise you can .
eRstsr in October next and vote in November. ..
ohnston's History OF American Politics" ,Putnams
y. On tho theory Of Journalism" We don't know II
ny books Tho Evening iU't knows much about the Z
leory of Journalism. but can't oonscien tously ad-
se you to read IT 1t would blight your young life
ut Hudsons History OF Journalism" (Harpera So d.
Ill give you incidentally various theories OF journal
IN held at various times
Are lightning rods any protection to country Hopo'
Statistics collected in Germany 20 to show that liRht,
rods to large degree protect buildings which hi
ey are attached ID
was born IN Canada but should Canada DO annexed A.
ould be eligible TO the Presidency r. y. =,
Probably tho act OF annexation would declare that
lnAdHns in Canada the Cnitei stAteS when annex "
ion completed should IS0 Tdcto be citizens OF tho "
litod States; but unless tho Constitution should DO
anged before the annexation you could hardly hope Ill
run for the Presidency.
70 decide bet please say II Senator HoAr was ever
tho cabinet or any OF our PreAidents j. j. b.
NO; tho Senator Ia George Fris5ie Hoar: his elder
otho-, BbonsEer lockwood Hoar, was Attorney Con.
n In Grants Cabinet from March, 1870 to July 1871
10 there such . word as boughteni" j. FULTON ur
eN thore is; It is used principally in poetry and on
loQuially in the United States.
r KfrklUood.-John Gilbert formerly in wAlack's hi
mpany. died in Boston juno Il, 1889. t,c
AuItin Tho population of Brooklyn in 1890 was
1858; its present estimated population Is s3aOOo To-
Shells Lockpor grounds of tho brotherhood" III
In this city are Ninth and 18TH street st
eli
r J. Val -Tho volumes of the tonth census be a.
aimed from the Department Of tho Interior We do PHI
know the price.
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