The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-12
The QUERY COLUMN.
SOME OF TIE CONTENTS or THE
TINES MAIL BAG,
An,wsrs to InquirIes on Variety OF
Subjects Received Prom Our SUB
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Of spots. thus, II six-ace Is turned up
si< is trump suit. The double Is right
hover. the next lower double left bower
(except when blank Is trump, then Hou-
ble-six is left bOwer) After the powers,
the value Of the dOminoes is governor
nv the number Of spots following tne
trump; thus. six being trump, doupie-sN
IS right bower. dOuhle-fve leit bower, anu
then come six-hve siN-four, siN-lnret'
six-two, siX-One. siX-blaHk. W hfh n'"lln
ia frump the sequence Us douhle-Diahh'
dourlo-six. hlank-six. etc. When a 1rit
,s not trump. the highest domino IS me
double. and then down. The lowest domi-
ro determines the dealer. the pieces being
ehuNled. each player draws five ana me
dealer. from the remainder. turns up the
tr,.run The privilege Of turning the
trump passes as in whist. only the play
or who takes up. orders up. assists. or
makes the trump has the right TO lead
thus the eldest hand does not always
lead with this exception, domino-euchre
is like the card game.
Was Mcclellan an Irishman2 Against
whom and when did DE run for me pres
idency? -.
General Mcclellan was not an Irish
man: he was of Scotch descent lie ran
for the presidency in 1904 on the D'mo-
cratic ticket. against Abraham Lincoln
Where was Daniel Webster born.
where did he die, and where is hc DUE
icd2 IlLlyN.
webster was born at Salisbury, New
Hampshire, January IS. 49, BE died Al
Mansfield. Massachusetts. October -,
1852. He was buried there very quietly
october 10Th.
What was Grants majority over Gree
Icy i'm 1872 I'm Now York? a. y. Il.
Grants vote was ii0.73S in New York
State. and Grcoley's 3T2s2. SO Grants
plurality was q. i56 The 1854 votes for
O'Conor and the 2n temperance votes
reduced Grants majority to 5lsH.
What were the religious views OF tho
great preacher Spurgeon2 Was Abraham
Lincoln member OF any church,
-. r. u.
Mr. Spurgo0n was a Baptist. President
Lincoln. was member of no Church. He
attended the Methodist Church as often
as any other
How are goldfish caught and where?
H. A. S.
The goldfish (carassius aurGtusl SIS a
species Of carp and came originally from
China u is common everywhere now and
some oIen ponds are stocked with the
fish. Tho fish are caught with nets. They
can ne h'a from any nird dealer.
When did the first line Of steamers be-
gin running between San Francisco and
10 49, H.
il l,',., S,'" ~' 'ns AN, ',''' oi'
""o ''' d., ''i' 'i"'t '''"in-
s"P 'i'I"lS "-"n 'H' -li '' nul taN.
%. up IA. ~ ''.' l''i'lal ann ',.l',i' '"l
,.,,. ST., $780,. 49,, Joy
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s','P "'ls''.,'5,'o,l san, l''i" Nt"po'1
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t.l,,.h .t., In 90 "'
,ii"utn s'.' VIII 200" ieaN. %" h'r I"F".
I'I sullli'I UP 40 uile mas neeh hNe1
LOT noi s"li'ns yet Dut as IT 'ile she sans
o..li.y, -, ~, '"',. N',''i""y crossing l"e
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10, 10" n'""F i"lI'oa's enter New YORK
Cily 40" many railroads occupy the
Dl ir,ip N',,'i@i u,Iot more g. II. IT,
nc -,'" 'o'N ,h'Idi' ihe Harlem
am N, CIV. oIA ana nor hein these last
~ YIN Ne" raven ana Hartford
i"'li oa''9 enter Ne" YORK city. ne
Nv ITlh 'ehlIdl' me Harlem and the
ne" nave" occupy the Grand Central
'''0"
Nheh ana street-cars first run In New
iork ana in Philadelphia? When was
''r Iis' elevated railroad run2 +. A. W.
4" NeW YORK city the first street-cars
"eIe run ny the New York and Harlem
iallIo"u I'D ~ inc line ran from Prince
,',t.J I'm, '''i ~ -io"ilh. Inc first ele-
l.,,.i I' "fs' hoLse-cafs ID fhiia-
w. p'Cl, ...i VIZ run iA Io''' according TO
nay General oihccrs or the line have
4'"it" f"f axe curing inc last five years?
SOPHOMORE.
MaloI-NchCfal Ollfer %. Howard. No
Nember > 1891; Major-Goncral AloAan-
u'I McD. Mc'ooh, April %, % Brigalier-
,'eheIal benjamin -. 6fierson, July s.
h' ihaal'I -'ene RAJ John Gibbon.
,p'il -, 1871 hiisad ier-,ieneral August
'u Jaws . STANLEY June J. lNz,
l'i i'',.i 81 Eugene y. Carr Feb
1."is 10 Io''' lsadlci-Hcnetdl William
l. N"IIln' NoVenper ~ 1872
49,,
n"' relation was John Quincy Adams
HviiliHct LOT \ ltt-IIeslqent on The ticket
WIN tharles bconor in lsl2. to the
ADAMS laihlly OF Massachusetts?
g. a. b.
re was member Of the Massachu-
setts family OF Adams, bcin, the eldest
son OF Charles Francis Adams who was
q son of President John Quincy Adams