Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-16
have to pass Through enemies country"
SO the duel never came of.

By how many votes did jefferson bea'
Burr in the House OF Represent tatiyes in
$500? E. H. G.
| There being a tie vote in the Electoral
College between Jefferson and Burr, under
the Constitution the election of President
and Vice President went to the House Of
| Representatives, where the election was by
States. Thirty-fve ballots were taken with.
out result. On the thirty-sixth ballot, the
second ballot of the day, February II, 1900,
one more than the number necessary to
elect, and was declared chosen. He got
the votes Of Vermont, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky and
Tennessee. Burr was supported by New
Hampshire, Massachusetts,, Rhode Island
and Connecticut. Delaware and South
Carolina cast blank ballots.
Where are the headquarters of the Mica
ragua Canal Company j. j. T.
The chief Office of the Nicaragua Canal
Construction Company, which is building
the canal, is at A Wall street, New York
City. The canal company is the Maritime
Canal Company. The canal is to run from
Greytown, on the Atlantic side, through
Lake Nicaragua, to San Juan on the Pacific,
and will be 1894 miles long; it will have
only three locks: and it is estimated that
vessels will pass through in 26 hours
Who wrote the song "Dixie7" LEsoRE.
The author and origin of the song are
said to be unknown. According to the ac-
cepted story Dixie, or Di1y, was a land
owner aud STAKEHOLDER on Manhattan
Island at time when slavery was allowed
in New York. For some reason he sold
many of his slaves to Southerners; either
his slaves increased faster than his land did
or the anti-slavery feeling made him anx-
ious to dispose of his chattels. In the
South his former slaves, working in the
fields, looked back on their home in New
York as to 4 Paradise and compared their
new condition to the time when they were
in ''Dixie's land" So early in this GEN.
tury the refrain of "Dixie's land" was
known all through the South and was taken
Southerners disclaimed it and asserted that
it was IAN indigenous Northern refrain"
During the war it became familiar to every
one.
What is the real "Harvest Noon" and
why is it SO called? ANNA.
The Harvest Moon is the moon which
fulls about the time of the autumnal equi-
nox-that is, in September The name is
of British origin, aud is more applicable in
Great Britain than with US, for our harvest
comes earlier. Besides, the moon with us
is not "ten nights full" as tradition says
it is in Great Britain.
In speaking of alphabets the other day
you called the Cherokee alphab bet the most
recent; where can 1 get a book in that
language? ST. JAMES.
At Tahlequah. the capital town of the
Cherokee nation, is a newspaper printed in
Cherokee and English; the American Bible
Society issue Bible in Cherokee; and we
presume that various books in Cherokee
may be obtained, perhaps through the post
master at Tahlequ ah.
How can man become President of the
United States if he were born in a foreign
country? A. r.
lie simply cannot. A citizen to be eligible
to tho Presidency must be born in the
United States and be 35 years of age.
Was there at any time, since Schenley
Park has been so named, q full blooded
American buffalo or bison confined therein?
INQUIRER.
Not that we are aware Of