The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08
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OLD PENNY.

flag en- one side: the letters -. o. "" on
other. ON the side with the nag IS WIT
| ten The flag OF our union. On the other
IS III any one attempts 10 tear II down,
| shoot him on the spot" Can you tell me
anything OF IL, when twas coined, ana
what for?
Is Thanksgiving-Da always on the last
| Thursday in November?
The penny was probably coined about
| the time Of the New York riot. The
| words, If any enc attempts, etc, are
quotation OF the memorable order gwen
| by General Dix.
! Thanksgiving Day is fixed by the pro-
! clamatIon OF the President. but is usual
| ly the last Thursday in November.
! "FEATHERED FOWL" AGAIN.
/ II Al PARTY moves in village and rents
/ all unoccupieG lots, large and small, in
and around the village, and used them
! I"r agricultural PURPOSES if'tEey are dep
related upon by persons fowls, can be
| PFC Secute them under section ZDiz, OF Codc
| lsSi, OF are the owners OF the fowl liable
| for damages. If so under what section OF
| the Code Is the fierce that the law recog-
nize as lawful fence for other STOCK
Section 20f2. Code OF 1857, has been
amended (by Acts SIS. page 1853. and
| applies 10 horses, mules, cattle, hogs,
I sheep. and goats.
\ wire screen over and around the farm
| Is about the only thing 10 which chick
! ems, without defective 'hews.'" Will not
rise Superior.
HORSES AND GRAIN MILLS.
| If a and Il arc running a sale stable
| under d co-partnersnip agreement, nav
| ing horse with tag on For sale, sls,
| can they be forced under the law OF this
| state 10 cell that horse TO any individual
| who may say j will take him at that
| price and tender the cash, or, has he
| the privilege of refusing TO sell 10 that
| person and sell TO another later for the
same price?
# a person has a mill grinding grain for
| tcll, can he refuse at his discretion 10
grind fer any person whom he dislikes?
(a) lie has.
THE GOULD ESTATE.
How large an estate did Jay Gould
leave?
His executors swore TO the value of
the estate at s2,OOO.OO0 in New York real
estate, and 10000 90 in personal property.
ORIGIN OF "PICKANINY"
What is the origin of the word ''picka-
niny'?
A good authority in such matters re-
fers it TO the Cuban colloquial piGu.nini,
which in its turn comes perhaps from
the Spanish pequeno nino, a little boy.
POPULATION OF BAY CITY.
Please give the population Of Bay city,
Michigan
BY the census Of 1890. it bad a popula-
ton Of 1883. in 1880, it had z06s3 So il
gained I'm ten years 1,li6 persons, rather
more than thirty~four per cent
BURGERS LEONORE.
Nlere can i Etl an Illfli~n tfoDSid-
ton OF Burgers poem "LeOnOre"?
Sir Walter Scott translated the poem
ana published his translation in 1896. The
ballad is Lenore not Leonore. You will
md 1t IN any complete edition OF SCOTS
works. IT has been translated by others
than Scott.
GOVERNORS SALARIES.
What salaries are paid 10 the governors
Of New York and New Jersey?
New Jersey pays the governor No.VV
a year: New York pays the same amount
of salary, and provides him with an OH
c;ai residence. Pennsylvania Is the third
State that pays $4,000; New York alone
provides the house.
IN GOD WE TRUST"
When was the motto. In God we
trust" first placed on our coins?
1t was placed on the copper two-cent
piece in 1854 by James Pollock, director
law for it, but Salmon 7. Chase. at the
time Secretary of the Treasury, approved
PRINCESS EULALIA.
When did the Princess Eulalia visit this
country? What Is her fun name, and
where does she live?
The Princess Eulalia reached New York
from Cuba on May is, ls.3. Her fun name
is Marie Eulalia FRANCHISE a. Assise Mar
gueTlte Roberto Isabelle FRANCHISE de
Paules Christine Marie de Ia piete &c
Bourbon, md she lives in Madrid.
1T is FICTION.
Is the Discovery Ct Mtruria" fiction OF
fact?
Fiction: Mr. William Dean Howells is
the inventor of the word 'Altruiia-' That
is a country whose population is COM
posed OF Altruists-persons Who are &c
voted 10 the welfare OF others rather
than OF themselves. There Is no Sir Rich
ard Horton In England.
AMPEZZO PASS.
Where is Ampezzo Pass?
1t is in the province OF Bellum, ltaIy,
the road from Pieve de Cadora CIitian
birthplace to Innichen. in Austria, pass
ing through IT,. 1t passes through one OF
the best known Italian Austrian Valleys,
which is also one of the most beautiful.
The valley IS in the heart or Inc DOlO-
'''''' He DID NOT SAY IT.
At the opening of the Baltic canal, did
4 French naval expert say That our SHIPS
were the poorest Of the war vessels pres
ent?
No: nor did any expert. Expert opinion
was that our vessels held their own
among all the vessels there, and leo in
some respects. our vessels were not line
pug 'sI9sInL9 sI5M H9ql :sdIqs-7lllBq 10
we're recognized as fine specimens or their
kind.
/ would like TO learn something about
abandoned farms in Massachusetts,, Con-
necticut, and New York?
There are comparatively few abandoned
farms In New York: so few that the state
reoccl pied. But in Massachusetts and
Connecticut the Agricultural Commission
ers have obtained lists OF such farms,
which you can Obtain on application.
RELATIONSHIP.
Does my rcia ;iOnshiP as br0ther-in-laW
10 nv sisters husband cease al her
death? j. his second wife any relation
10 mc2
You would still be a brother-in-law TO
your sisters husband after her death,
even the second marriage would not al
feet that relationship But the second
wife would have no relationship 10 you,
and her connection would be extremely
remote. . . -...--r.
who cen posed the royal hymn OF
France: 90 Richa rd. o mon roi?"
Andre Ernest Modesto Gretry, French
composer. ire song is in his opera
"Richard Occur dc Lion" produced IN
1884 Ii was sung at the banquet given
al Versailles by the officers OF the body
guard TO the officers Of the garrison, on
October 3. 1859. as expressing their loyal
~ 10 their king In distress. Gfetry was
born in 174i and died in 1873.
THE MOST POWERFUL.
What country is the most powerful,
and which has the best military organiza-
ton?
Russia's army is the largest: Germany's
the best trained No country, however,
can be singled out being "the most
powerful" For instance. Russia can be
attacked in so many places: Japan, Per
STA. Great Britain. from India and from
the Baltic, Austria and Germany, can
,ther powers named must be considered
But there Is little doubt about Germanys
army being the best trained.
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