San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-14
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

What were the names of the
"Three w--D. Monahan.
Athos, Porthos and Aramis are
the original three guardsmen, d.
Artagnan joins them, and the three
become four.
Which Is the best drilled army
In the world?-Schumann.
Probably all the really organized
regular armies of the world are
equally well drilled. Probably, too,
the German army from top to bot
tom, is the best organized.
What will be the weight of an
aluminium plate one foot square and
one-quarter of an inch thick p
Reader.
The specific gravity of alumni
mum is 2.56. Water weighs 62.4S
pounds per cubic foot; therefore
aluminium weighs 159.94SS pounds.
In plate of the Dimensions given
there are thirty-siX cubic inches,
which will weigh 3.24S9 pounds, or
about three pounds four ounces.
What is the largest theatre in
Boston, and the largest in the Unit
ed States &C. g. X.
The Boston Theatre is the largest
in Boston; it is also the largest in
New England. The Academy Of
Music in Philadelphia is one of the
largest in the country, and the
Metropolitan Opera house, in New
York, seats $500 persons, that, too,
with a large proportion of space
devoted to boxes. The seating ca
pacity of the Chicago auditorium
is much greater, but neither of the
last two houses are constantly used
as theatres.
Do the various State Agriculture
al Experiment Stations support
themselves? How can / make use
of the results OF the experiments?
Young Farmer.
As a rule, we believe they do not
support themselves. They are not
run to make money. Write to the
director of the station, who will
send you the regular monthly bull
letin. Agricultural stations are al
lowed to send their reports through
the mail free of postage, SO you
can get the report OF almost any
station in the country by asking
for it.
Are any of the six survivors OF
the Greeley expedition still living?
II so, where are they?-Ignorance.
All are living, we think. Gener-
al Adolphus Greedy is chief signal
officer Of the United States army
Lieutenant ID. L. Brainard, Second
United States cavalry, is at Fort
Wingate, n. NJ; FL. BiederbIck is
an inspector in the custom house,
New York City; Francis Long is
in the weather service, stationed in
New York; Julius r. Frederick
has left the service and is living in
Indianapolis, Indiana; and Maui
rice Cornell, also out of the SER
vice is living at Eureka, California.
Does the Gar of Russia employ
detectives to find out IL the people
say anything harmful to himself?
If so, what are they called? Are
they like the "Delators" OF Tiber-
Jus Caesar? II. NJ. f.
There are many secret service
police in Russia, but so far as we
know, there is no regular system
of delators. AS we understand the
delators, they not only betrayed
conversations to Sejanus and his
minions, but stirred up treason in
order that they might inform on
the traitors. The Russian police
has its spies; but few il any con-
spiracies have been begun by them,
Why does not the Secretary of
the treasury pay out silver in part
payment at least Of public expen-
diture?-Old Dominion.
The largest silver coin is one dol
lar, which weighs about an ounce,
so that sixteen dollars would
weigh a pound, and a thousand
dollars would require horse to
carry them. So silver would be
very much in the way in actual
commercial transactions. Then sill
yer and gold exchange one for the
other; so if the government paid
out silver it would have to eX.
change it for gold, which is much
easier to handle. So it pays GOLD
the first time.
What qualifications must a man
have TO become a mail carrier
when are examinations held; to
whom should l apply and what is
the salary?-A. NJ.
A letter carrier must bs citizen
of good character, over eighteen
years of age. He must pass phys,
ical examination, and an examina.
ton as to his fitness-this last be-
ing in his knowledge of English,
Of American history, arithmetic
ability to read and write and the
local knowledge needed. Examin-
ations are held in each post office
where carriers are employed, when
ever necessary. The postmaster
can give all the necessary informa-
ton. The pay is $500 in the small
post offices, and in the large cities