The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-13
THE QUERY COLUMN.
SOME or THE CONTENTS or THE
TIMES MAI BfG.
Answers to Inquiries on variety
Of Subjects Received from our
Subscribers.
Cnn Have a Prov.

The charter of an Incorporated com
many providcs that directors sIah uo
elected by "A viva voce vote OF tlc ~.
r.ratois Docs the requirement l.la ,,. ' il,,
vote shall be viva Voce prevent No""s -
Certainly not.
spot Cash"
plcaee define the term spot cash as
,,esd ia commercial transactions
cash paid ON the spot IL Us more en-
rbetio fhan "cash" or "cash down IN
about the same degree that yes, SIR iee'
IS more emphatic than yes s''
Rll- Against an Estate.
DO bills presented against an estate
presented 10 ana administrator ara" "'
We think not. Tho administrator has
-, certain time in which TO collect dehlS
due 10 the estate, and 20 pay uto's o"l's
bv st. Within that time mo lia'i ,,,''.,,,,
cfuc-. thereafter interest would accrue
Recognition 10 the Couicdcracy.
What foreign governments rctosi me-
mo confederate states during the Mai
No foreign government Recognized hl'
Confederate states as "a separate anu soN
cr.lrn mower. hut most of the Important
powers granted oelEerent rights 10 'i''"
freely Survivors.
How many survivors Of the the Greedy
expedition are tncrcf .
Sixteen. Alphonso n CIeely' , leu,
Il +. Rraiuard. II. Biederbic Francis
long. Julius r. Frederick and Maurice
Cornell
The Pope, Salary.
What is the Popes salary?
TIe has no salary. his principal soNl'"
OF income IS the Peters hence' Voii'0-
lion taken up each wear in every Roman
,.tholic church The amount received
Veries. but tho popo's income IS, as "a
rIle In tho nclghhorhoo1 Of Nl@Vv". Vi
tlfe he retains about 100000, the rest goes
~ me cardinals. poor oishoprics' me az
ministrauon OF the chulch' olp'vi, ~ vi
t,ensos. and the naint' ahce OF u'e N"'-
foam and it's dependencies.
Pipe Organ or " Organ"
which IS right. "pipo-organ" or simply
..orpanr' is rhtre any clhctei'o DC
tween the wordsf ..,..~ ...,.,,
for "ofgan.' There arc several Sol -
Of orrans such as pipo-organs. hand-or-
p,re and barrel-OfgDns. the term pipe
crean originally described the largest,
lYt tho word organ las been accepted
e. meaning uipe-orean. so that this latter
name IS seldom used nowadays
Has Choice.
A clid is torn 20 Americans sojourn-
ing in Europe; is ne an Nmo''o'"' 10
et.h "A child has a choice between Two
sfaf,s lie may consider himself an
American. az following the nationality
a. Ms PARENTS. or as say trcnchman,
foliowinr the nationality OF his birth
nlace. Should he call himself an Amer
i.an no would be eligible 70 the Presi-
dency because he would need no natur-
nlizeuon.
POcahontas.
>yba. bocamc Of Pocahontas7 Was
eNe really the auccgtrcss OF many "Etfst
Families Of Virginia?
pofahCntae was married at jamestown,
va. on April 8. lGlt TO Mr. John ltolfe.
enc went 10 London I'm April 1916. reach
Ia, there June 10 ON March o. 1911, when
,,.entv-two years old. she died in Lon
don OF smallpox. and was buried in the
Irish churcEyard at Gravcsond Shc
III one son. Thomas, from whom some
- The first" families trace their de-
scent.
To Test Water.
Hoy can 7 test water 10 know posi-
.,,.aiv ~ II Is NJ or unit for drinking?
"rrbf,e a. no single test for impurities
l., .,ater 10 test for earthN matters.
A. ufnnus paper in vinegar ihen dip
a. az The water: II the paper returns 10
a. original color, the water does h1t
contain aIkales or earthy mater III
,he,e IL IRON in the water. niue prus-
slate of potash VIII turn The "a,Sa Hi ss',,;
n there Is acid blue ltmus PAPER WI
t,,rn reS Sulphatc OF ammonia W.
mako the water b.ackish brown IL Z"