The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-08
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Wanted. n Catarrh Cure.
WIN YOU please tell me a cure FOR ca
tarrh OF the throat mot chronic) ana en-
lar.emcnt of the t0nsilsy
Noar safe course /. to consult a rehaple
throat specialist In the meantime aVol'
chin drafts on the napo Of the neck
rake care Of your digestion, and pay an
frrnt attention % the bath. Especially
lake care of your digestion.
Wanted, An Estate in England
Please let me know through your query
column what steps l must take 10 Sc
cure an estate lett 10y "A relative VINO
lived IN England. but died many years
ago. Ills oirs are in America.
Yoar first step should he ia the airec-
ton OF the Office of a reliable ana apie
lawyer Give him your facts ana lie can
Tel! you what TO do next
Correct Pronunciation Of "Ihelma.'
How Is the Norwegian name "Thclina
pronounced?
As n spelled "Tanma." In no other
language than the English is TN pro
nounccd otherwise than IT,
fuli Neon in MAY. 1896.
On what day viii the moon be iuil IN
May. 1896!
ON TUESDAY. May 2sth. at about 10
o'clock in the evening.
VIII, IL Rains Frogs and sh.
hi.ye noticed several times after rains
tisualfv i'm the afternoons. thc ground ia
places covered with small frogs, some
thing larger than the horse-iyi aiso'
there have been small fish seen. Nhtre
DO they come from
We have always believed that the small
frogs -toaas. we think, they arc really
If a. f.I ~
the heavy drops that prccede a summer
storm. and that they return 10 their holes
as soon as the storm j. over. AS for the
fish we think they may be- caught up out
Of some pond by the storm The smaller
the nsn the more easily would they be
swept up and dropped upon the ground
as the strength Of the storm abaied. We
do not think the time OF day has any
thing so DO with the case We have
seen the frogs or toads, after morning
storm as wei as after an afternoon
storm.
Five Sundays In February.
When will February have Ave Sundays
aganl II. a.
Not until 1920 That Will be a leap-year,
sud the five Sundays win be February !,
s. 10. 2. and -. February last mad I'VE
Sundays in 1850
Family Names of Royalty.
What was Prince Albert's family
name? What was queen NictOria's?
y. g. A.
So far as Prince Albert had any fam
fly name il was Victim. So far as Queen
Victoria had any. il was Guelph. Her
name would be Victim now, II she fol-
lowed the custom Of ordinary Inortals.
What il, Dimensions Should BE.
What should be the dimensions OF a
flag twelve feet lcng2 c. w.
A nag with a twelve foot "ny~ should
lavo a "hoist" OF six and one-third feet,
gId the "UniCn" should be four and four
nfths feet long and extend down TO In
clude tho fourth red stripc-that Is.
should be about three feet five inches IN
depth.
No Good-Friday on April 18th.
When did Good-Friday last come on
April 18th. and when Will it come again
or that day. NJ :.
GcOd-friday never came on April -9th'
That date is the very latest on which
Easter can come ana Good-Friday comes
two days-tlree days according TO the
Biblical method of counting before Eas-
Ter. So Good Friday can never come
later than April I'D.
Private banks and Circulating Notes.
Can private banks issue circulating
notes nowadays? l.. \. G.
Yes. IF the laws of the state IN which
they are situated permit. There is no
prohibition in the Federal laws. only
they must pay Federal tax on their
circulation of ten per cent. a year, ana
a tax OF ten per cent. on the notes they
actually circulate.
our Greatest Riots.
What were the greatest riots IN this
country W. [.
Probably the draft riots Of 1863 in
New York city, Boston, and elsewhere.
IN New York they lasted three days ana
resulted in much hloodshed Tie injured
and killed were so generally removed by
their friends that IL was impossible 10
tell what the loss of life was, but many
estimates were made. some Of them so
ing as high as 100 killed.
The Cotton Crop.
What was the cotton crop OF the Unit
al States in 1850 and in 1891 in balesg
Which is the correct net weight per
bale OF cots, %, 40 or 40 pounds?
n. n. ~.
In lS4-55. the cotton crop OF This coua-
Try amounted 10 2.si5,S59 bales Of an aver
age weight OF 4i0 pounds. In 1894, the crop
was l,52s ,2ll bales. and the average weight
was 40 and one-quarter pounds. The
weight of the bale has varied every year.
and 10 Is now about sixty pounds great
or than it was forty years ago.
First .'Father OF His Country
Who first was called the Father OF his
Country a.
Caius Marius the Roman dictator, re.
ceiycd the title from The Roman Sem
ate. but would not take it. julius Cae-
sar was hailed by the title, after his
victories in spain, and Cicero the great
orator, was called so because Of MS tie
fence Of Roman liberty against Antony.
Some Of the Roman emporors assumed
the title. but its most famous application
was to George Washington. American
general" as DE is described IN an Eng-
lsh rcferencc-book.
Appropriations OF Congress.
Plcf Sc give the total appropriations OF
each Congress since the Ffty-nrst?
n. NJ. IA.
In the hrst session. the Fif;y-hrst Con-
gIcss appropriated S9l&G.2Eo; in the
second session. 81 -. SOILS; total or
81. 05 eco. l039i The F1fty-seeOnd Con-
grcss az its first session appropriated
EsG.CNlSS1. and al It's second. Soly,yo3,-
N9U. q total OF Sl.G7 .lo4. 5f192 The tIr-
f.. f.I