The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-14
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When IS there much humidity i'm the
atmosphere IS the atmospheric pressure
high or low? ".
The temperature being the same, the
pressure is less when there is much hue
nudity than when there is little.
Question Of Registration.
If n physician be registered in Phila-
delphia can no practice in any town Of
the state? n. IL.
Yes. If ne registers himself I'm The clerks
Office Of the county in which he intends
10 practice.
Torpedo Boats.
When did torpedo boats come into
use? a. {.
About 1871, when the first torpedo boat
was built by the Thorneycrofts, OF Lon
don. 1t was fifty feet long, and had a
speed OF sixteen and a quarter knots an
hour.
Where is Lolita?
Is Lolita Crabtree still on the stage;
where is she at present? r. HUDSON.
Iotta has retired from the stage. per-
haps permanently. She lives IN New
York city and has a summer home at
Lake HOpatcong, New Jersey.
..Poor Carlotla.-
Where is Naximilian's WIFE, Carlotta
has she recovered her senses? VI. c. G.
Poor Carlotta" still lives in the cha
teau of Iaeken, not FAR from Brussels.
Her brother is King of Belgium. She
has never recovered her mind entirely
but has long, lucid intervals.
The Chicago Fire.
When did the Chicago fire and the Bos-
ton fires start; how long ala they last?
\. II. y.
The Chicago fire began on the night Of
October 8. 1871; II. $50 buildings were burn
cd, the fire raging for about eishteen
hours. The Boston fire began Noyem-
her g. 1872. destroying UG buildings. II
lasted about twelve hours.
Wants n Thomsonian Doctor.
would Ike the address Of q Thomso-
MAN doctor sul'SCi'i hni'.
We don't believe you can find licensed
nhvsleian who Is a ThOmsonian. Sam
uel Thomson. who died in 1913. taught
that as minerals We're Of the earth,
earthly. their tendency was 10 carry men
TO their graves. and that plants. growing
UPWARD, tended 10 keep men out OF their
graves.
A Presidential PrerOgati,e.
Has the President power to remove
any member Of his Cabinet? ID. l.. NJ.
Yes. he has now. on March ?. 1861, the
tenure Of Office act went into effect Over
the veto OF Andrew Johnson, the Presi-
dent. on March 3, 1857, it was repealed.
lt consisted OF Sections l76s, lIe, no,
and III OF the Revised Statutes, and re-
fused to the President the power to re-
move his advisers.
The Liberty Bell"
What caused the crack I'm the Liberty
Belp I'm Philadelphia i. +.
The bell cracked while being tolied, July
s. ls35, TO announce the death OF John
Marshall. chief Justice Of the supreme
Court OF the United States. The bell
was cast in London In i152: broken up
and recast in April and in June, lia3' so
Il was eighty-two years old when IL broke.
and had some hard usage. TIE crack
probably came naturally.
Mechanical Engineering.
Can YOU name some colleges In the
Tsst where mechanical engineering Is
taught? \. u. &.
At every scientific school or technical
school mechanical engineering Is taught
nowadays. A. the Massachusetts Insti-
into of Technology, Boston; ~ Harvard
COLLEGE: at Yale College. at the Rennse-
laer Polytechnic Institute. Troy. New
YokO; at Stevens Institute, Hoboken,
New Jersey; at the University of Penn
svlvania. Philadelphia. This does not
exhaust the list.
Origin Of Name.
Where does the name "Gawain" come
from A. NJ. X.
Tenryson rises it in his "Idylls of the
King" Gawain was a nephew OF King
Arthur. The name Is said TO come from
the Welsh "gualc" hawk Ii appears
IN many forms; Walwyn, Gawaine, Gau-
Vaine. Gavin; In this last form IL is still
COMMON in Scotland. Some philologists
suggest that Gawain is the same as Evan,
EVAN, Hugh, (Which comes from the
Kettle Eoghan. pronounced Yoham Ger
aid and Garrett.
Distinction Between 'Will" and ''Shall.-
What Is the difference between "win"
and ''shall"? A. ). W.
The difference Is shown by a little
rhyme:
In the first person simply 'shalr fore
tells;
In VIII a threat or else pro Mise
dwells;
Shall in the second and the third
doth threat;
WIN simply, then. foretells the future
feat"