The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-07
QUERIES AND ANSWERS.
SOME OF THE CONTENTS or THE
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Commu nscssions Receive From orr Sub.
scribers--inqu riss "n a variety OF
Subjects.


Marlboroush since Lord Randolph
ChCrchiils death? II. =. l..
Lord Randoiphs eldest son. Winston
LEONARD Churchill. born November ~,
1874.
dtas the State OF Illinois ever used
electricity Ia executing a criminal
". r. c.
No. New York state IS the first, and,
50 far the only state 10 put its convicted
murderers 10 death by electricity
Born In England, of Irish parents. what
is my nationality? i. B. W.
You are a British subject OF Irish
nationality. The term British sub
ject" embraces nationaliucs OF all kinds
and IS. perhaps. the most coinprenon-
sivc term Of the kind ever used.
what is em5ossing? In postage stamp
collecting, Is re-engraving the same as re-
printing? STAMP FlEND.
Embossing Is "the art Of producing
raised designs upon surfaces The
stamped envelopes are embossed. the
stamps being raised above the surface
OF the envelope. Re-engraving is not the
same as re-print,ng. il Is the deepening
OF tho lines OF the original steel plate
from which the stamps arc printed.
Where was Mrs uumphry Ward born
where does she live? Is she a handsome
womang What 40 critics say Of her
'Marcella?' INQUIRER
Mary Augusta Arnold was born in
Hobart Town. Tasmania. In 1851 and
in 1872 married Mr.. Humphry Ward, now
art critic OF The London Times She
lives at Aldbourne, Hertfordshire. She.
~ not a handsome woman. or even par
ticularly good booking. Critics are d.
vided over "Marcella." but most OF them
esteem it a work Of merit.
Are the Krag-Jorgensen rifles for sale?
what is the cost OF one? What IS its
range? r. BIO.
No. The Government is making them
now for the army. When that is supplied
the National Guard will be armed with
them and then a reserve supply viii be
accumulated. The rife is sighted TO
1900 yards. 1t is point blank at 500 yards
and is oversighted at 900. The leaf of the
sight need not be raised until range
OF 1000 yards is attained.
For year letters TO my sister in sgd
ncy. New South Wales. have been re-
turned; what should I do to learn II she
is still living? ANXIOUS
Write TO the United States Consul at
Sydney. giving the date. as near as
W. Ndhf VI tilf liNl reuter- returned ana
or the last letter from your sister and
ask him If he can learn of her death
In sydney between those dates or OF her
removal To another residence Send him
stamps for reply for. though he cannot
use them. they will show him that you
are honest.
Can the President call out the militia
Of any State in the Union? c. +. NJ.
Yes. The Constitution. Article H.. Sec
uCn 2. paragraph /. says: 1.-The President
snail be Commander-in-Chief OF the
Army and Navy of the United, States
and OF the militia of the several States
when called into the actual service of
the United States Carrying out the
suggestion Of this section. Congress has
provided tor calling out the State militia
by Section 1892 of the Revised Statutes
OF the United States whenever the Presi-
dent shall deem II necessary to suppress
rebellion or resist invasion.
Is "A young man, who graduated at
West Point. Obliged 10 serve a while i'm
the United States army. or can he leave
West Point and Immediately 20 I'm some
business? Are the cadets. after gradual
ing at West Point. appointed as lieuten-
ants In the army. or do they have to
wait sometimes for vacancy DO they
receive salaries when waiting
" n. r.
A graduate OF West Point may resign
Immediately If he wishes TO do so. Ca
diets, on graduating. are appointed sec
ond lieutenants Immediately. They are
not always assigned TO regiments or de-
partments at once. If they are not they
are carried as additional second neuten-
ants" drawing full paw however. and
as vacancies occur among the actual
second leutenants In their arm of the
service the addtonals are appointed 10
I'LL them.
a vessel totally abandoned on the high
sea is met by another vessel. manned
10y some of the crew OF the original yes
sci, and taken TO port To whom does the
abandoned craft belong?
KICKER.
II the seamen Of the abandoned shin
have returned home and have reshipped
on the second vessel they are entitled
TO share in the salvage. as II they had
never been on the wreck. But IL they
were saved by the second vessel. or are
simply working their way home on
board of her they cgnnot claim any
share in the salvage The essence of
$ Wage IS the free voliton of the salvor.
but "A sailor is bound TO save his ship
n he can. SO that his action I'm saving it
would lack the element Of free will and
he could not be a salvor. This is the de-
tANi'h Ni NNhi AA'ott'i 1blllINdtlolS
might arise Which would give them a
claim, however.
Was ST. Patrick, the patron saint Of
Ireland. a Catholic or Protestant? Did
he ever really live? Is. X. b.
There we're probably three Patricks In
ireland at about the same time and
facts in the lie of each of them have
been commingled 10 make the traditional
life Of the patron saint OF Erin. Patrick.
or Succat, or Succath. was of Scotch
family, and having been stolen from
homo by the Picts. served as q slave in
Ireland for some years. He recovered
his IRE dom, and. after a "fcw years
preparation" returned 10 Ireland as a
missionary about 4S2 A. II. lie died
about 469 a. ID. This Patrick was never
in Rome. and probably was not a Roman
Catholic From Rome however. came. in
fSl A. d.. pallalius Patrcius sent by
Pope Celestine. who was Roman Catho-
lie. The third Patrick was Sem Patraice.
or Old Patrick, about whom there are
various stories. There are two Latin
writings attributed to st. Patrick, the
confession" ard the "tpistle," and
these are very old. But the existence of
St Patrick is not mentioned by any of
tho writer's OF the time, or for many
years later so that to historians the sub
jcci IL still obscure and uncertain
In what way is a ship raised or low
cred by the use of canal locks? For In