The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-02

SOLITUDE. II WAS P""i'".'N- 80
1888.
Is Ferdinand De Lcsseps dead? -, 81,
Yes. He died at his country house, La
Chesnaye France. DeccTnbcr I, 1874 in
fis ninetieth year:
Arc rafles at church fairs lawful in
10: lotteries and rafles were made ille-
cal as far back as 1894 by an act OF the
Connecticut Legislature.
When she was married did Martha
Washington wear hOop-SHirtsf Did she
ever wear themH NV ii0.'n
she may have done So for the hoop
skirt was IN fashion in 1859, when she
was married. We do not know u she
actually did so. however.
When was Engine 300 OF the New York
Central road put IN comniission " llei0
does she run now ~
She made her best record. IL ana , pf,S
half miles an hour. on May ~, 49, 80,
thereafter she was sent 10 Inc 'oIuiiip,ai
Exhibition. and after that was 'Vea "a ai
mi 10 work on the New YORK central
road where she now is She runs be-
tween Albany and syracuse
When ana where and by whom was
The first engine made In TINS county
Tho first locomotive built in this coun-
nv was built by Peter Cooper IN Baltimore
in 1850 and ran eighteen miles IN an hour.
Tho FIRST engine made here was pulit
tiSore 800 We do not know who MADE
IT, however.
r ,V~o ''"S FELIX.
Two DAYS. They entered Paris March l.
1S7i and lett on the third OF the month.
only 10000 troops entered ,h h ely Ely, il Ral
tho sixteenth PTusisan ana me flrst bd-
vafian Corps. The last GermanS N Iaris
were OF n Saxon regiment that departed
early on March 3D.
When was the emancipation proclama-
tion promulgated t-NlC -
lincoln prepared the draft IN July, lsoZ,
on September -. 1867. he proclaimed ihat
ne would free the slaves IN the rebeelilous
States on January !. 1868. II the states
had not by that date returned 20 the
Union and on January J. lSIt' ne pro-
claimed that the sia.e. were Tree
Who wrote the hyrnn Just as ! am
without one plea j. H. l.
Miss Charlotte Elliot, an knei is, poet
ess She wrote il especially for The IN
yanas Hymn Book I'm 1S'6 1t mas
been translated into every civilized IAN
guage. Miss Elliots brother an E IN ,lsn
done some good in the world, but hothlhg
in comparison with a single hymn OF MS
sisters.
Who was brave KemIenfelt," who went
down in the Royal Georgef II. A. r;
lie was Richard kenpenteIt' an Eli
glish officer Of Danish ancestry. lie WAS
born in Ills. became a Lieutenant IN the
navy In 11il. and a captain IN lot. IN
1850 ne became rear-adInlral ana III
17s2 ne was drowned in Portsmouth har-
Dor by the capsizing Of his fiagship, the
Royal George Admiral kempenfelt was
a Methodist and wrote some hymns, now
forgotten. but Originally. quite popular
Please tell me something of the life and
religious views of Margaret Deland, au-
a.
MlIgaretta Wade Campbell was born
in Allegheny Pennsylvania i'm 1851 and
was educated at Pelham Priory. an Epls-
copal school near New York, she gradn-
The New York Normal School. and in
1880 married Dorrin i. Deland. of Boston
She Is probably an Episcopalian: at all
events. she has leanings toward That
form OF belief.
How did the Romans manage when
they had TO represent large figures Ike
hundreds of thousands and millonsi
l.. II.
They placed a horizontal line over
letie~ and multiplied the original value
Nv one Thousand thus & was 100; {
with horizontal lne) was 10000: Nj was
1000 " with horizontal hne) l,ODvOO
NM with horizontal line) was 100000.
Then they inverted 10 show that me
sum TO which II was annexed was multi
piled ten times. thus LN equals 60, LN
with horizontal line) equals GO.O0O. and
TX with horizontal line and inverted
@ equals Gp.Wp. NJ was one thousand,
NJ with horizontal lnel iWOOOo. and NJ
with horizontal line and inverted @ TO-
100000
In what country was the system Of
Notwithstanding first usedY When was il
used In this country What concerns or
companies use II now \. -. w.
~ IS said That the firm OF Fletcher
Company. of Norkich. England. iron
founders. were the first people 10 intro
ducc the system of profit-sharing by
themselvs and their employees and that
qgO a firm OF New York tailOrs adopted
system OF profit-sharing. but whether
they were the first To take IT up in this
country we do not know
What is the oldest newspaper in the
world that is still published?
The Pekin Gazette. even II IT does NOT
date really from the tenth century before
Christ is probably the Oldest paper nov
in existence The Oldest European paper
is the Frankfort Journal. dating from
1915. The Gazette de France dates from
,c3l; the London Gazette from 1863. The
Viedemosti. OF ST. Petersburg. was start
ed In l1O2 The Worcester spy Is the old
est paper In this country as II was pub
lished first in l77i. The Montreal Gazette
dates from 100.
Has the white population Of the seeded
States increased since the war propor-
tionately with the coiored population
In 1850. according to the census OF that
year. there We're in the eleven states
which afterwards seeded $40. 2l9 whites
and 3.G.3 so blacks. The percentage OF
blacks was 1915. In 1880. according 10 the
Porter census. there were 9.5l9.lS whites
and 61i9592 blacks: the percentage OF
blacks IS thus 1916, very small increase
in thirty years.
When did the siege Of Port Hudson by
General Banks begin and end: II. S. b.
The COnfederates began TO fortify the
Icst In August 1867. Banks took c)ln-
mand OF the Department of the Gulf o.
December IA. l>11. and In March he MAJ
his first demonstration against the place
10 allow Farragut TO run the batteries
On May ?5th. he began the actual siege
on the 27th an assault was repulscc by
General Gardiner. In command Of Port
Hudson: a second assault was repulsed
on June lfth. but the place was surrender
ed on July 9Th. with $3.50 men and nifty
one guns.
Did "ColoneI Fred Grant ever see ac-
tual service in the army Il. O.
Yes. but not as a soldier. He went
with his father TO the army. and before
he was thirteen years old had been in i've
battles. In 1861 he entered West Point
graduating In 1874. He became second
IL 1871: was detailed as an engineer in
laying out the Central Pacific road. and
commanded the escort 70 the surveyor OF
the Southern Pacific in 1872. From
March IL 1873, he was on Lieut. enant-
General Sheridans staff with the rank