The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-09

She was queen tOhSoIt VI ldH'i9 80
Of France from July. 1853, to December.
i5sG-verv nearly eighteen months. After
his death she was Queen Doweger the
rest OF her life.
How many cable lengths are there in n
mile? X. +.
A cable length is 10 fathoms. or 20
feet: there are therefore seven and one
third cable lengths in a mile, and rearly
eight and a half IL a knot. or marine mile.
Who is poet-laureate Of England?
NJ. NJ
No appointment to the laLreateship mas
been made since Tennyson died. II -
said thar the fact that Lewis Morris was
Snighted on Queen Nicto-ia's birthday
indicates that hc is TO be appointed lau-
ieate.
How many generals VINO fought in the
civil war are yet living? {. ii. W.
There is no record up to date-prob-
ably fewer than 1900 Of the 300 Union
generals are still living. Four hundred
and eight Confederates were commission
ed generals. and Of these about 10 are
still living.
OF what nationality would you call a
Cos :.
His nationality would depend on the
nationality OF his parents. or on that Of
the vessel on which he was born. The
vessels nationality would be shown Dy
her flag and by her papers.
When did they begin to kill people in
New York by electricity. and who was
the last woman hanged IN that state
BLACK NELL.
The law went into effect On January
T. 1889. but the first person executed by
electricity was William kemmer. put 10
death on August g. 1899. at Auburn. The
last woman hanged In New York was
Mrs. Rexalana Druse, February y, 1877.
How many Hessians were imported by
the British during the Revolution?
Il. 4.
Rather more than 22,OO). They came
from the landgrave of Hesse-Cassel. who
got pounds for each one. and % pounds
apiece for those who were not brought
back. lie was paid 47l.o0 pounds, or
about s23J5 go for those not retained; that
is. 1900 stayed here. Not all Of these
were killed: many deserted.
what IS meant by the Underground
Railroad? +. Il. T.
1t was a secret arrangement, legally a
conspiracy, by which fugitive slaves were
concealed and sent secretly from place
TO place TO Canada. which. being a Brit
ism colony was Il safe place for them 1t
extended all over the North. Covngton.
Ky. was a principal station, and there
were other stations all through Ohio and
Indiana. Levi Coffin. OF Cleveland, was
the president for moro than thirty years.
What steamship nnc has the largest
number Of vessels? MUSICIAN.
The British-India Steam Navigation
Company, which owns and operates lel
vessels; these are not exceptionally large
craft, the largest having a tonnage OF
5g23 tons. The Austrian Lloyds and the
North-German Lloyds each run % vessels
the Fsench Messageries Maratimes runs
sixty-ive steamers, and the British Pc
ninsula and Oriental Steamship Company
operates fifty vessels.
What musician was II who composed
piece Of music requiring three hands, the
composer using his nose as the third
hand; j. D.
Handel. we think. lie did not COM
pose any music such as you describe, nut
trying the organ. improvising. The or
ganist entered the church just as Handel
struck a chord of eleven notes. He eN-
claimed: That must be either Handel
or the devil" 1t was Handel who eN-
planned that he had used his nose TO
strike the extra note.
What is meant by London proper
How large is 1t. and what is the popula-
ton? \. +. d.
The original city Of London 1t has an
area Of about one square mile. Temple
Bar bounded 1t on the west and Smith
field on the north. ON the east it in
cludes the Tower. In 1881 its population
was 5O.62; In 1871 1t had fallen 10 3I.'0o
This. however, was the resident popula-
ton The day population is estimated at
nearly 10000 persons.
What regiments composed Hancock :
Veteran Corps. and how strong was III
CARNEY.
Hancock's Veteran Corps was composed
of individual veterans. not of entire eX-
listing regiments. There were lO,SS OIL
cors and men in 1t when it was strongest
They were organized into regiments de-
sgnatcd First. Second. or Third Regi-
rent Hancock's Veteran Corps The
Corps was authorized by the War Depart
ed out in September. $50.
In how many ways has The earth been
proved TO he roundY VI. y. i.
In three ways. BY experiments along
straight stretches of water. where a point
midway between the beginning and the
end was found not to be in the same
horizontal plane with points at the begin
ming and the end by the fact that at sea
the upper sails o. an approaching vessel
are seen FIRST, and not the hull; and by
the shadow Of the earth on the moon
when the latter is eclipsed, the shadow
being round.
What is an astero.i. and now many OF
them are there? }. II. \.
An asteroid is one OF a great numoes
Of small planets revolving around the
sun i'm orbits between those OF Mars and
Jupiter. The first of them was discovered
early In this century, and was named
geres: Pallas was discovered year
later. and two years later still Juno; three
years after that Nesta was found Then
there was an intermisson OF more than
thirty years. until in 1915 Astraea was
discovered: since then 37S asteroids have
been found, so that there are now on
record 3S of them.
What Is the meaning OF the Biblical
expression. "The horse leech hath two
daughters. crying Give give?'
L. d. c.