The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-19

How often, ana Whcn, was hdIHuNl
burned out in New York? o. i. g.
Barnum's American Museum, at the
corner OF Ann street and Broadway was
burned out on July -, 1865. The muse
um was moved up 20 Broadway and
Prince street where II was burned out
on March 3. 1865.
Has the rebuilding Of Jerusalem by
the Jews been successful thus far?
y. $.
II has not. Jews form a very consider
able part Of the small population Of
jerusalem but they are not Of the most
valuable class Of Jews. The cry con-
taias only y 900 inhabitants. The re-
building Of tho city. what there is OF H..
has been done By tho French ana Ger
mans.
How arc sapphires found-in the ground
or on the surface Arc they found IN this
country. elsewhere than IN Montana?
r. A. y.
sapphirss and rubies have been found
in North Carolina. in New Jersey. Ia
Montana, in New Mexico i'm Southern
Colorado. and In Arizona. They arc
found i'm river-beds and arc "washcd out
as gold as or was washed out. OCCASION
ally they are found on tho surface
What IS the date Of the mock funeral
OF Daniel OConnell in New York
A. G.. T..
We find no mention Of this in any hiss
tory of New York city in the summer
az ise5. however. there was riot brought
about hv the formation in that cliN OF
am irish regiment called the % Dohn,i
Guards IL seems possible that the mo. x
funeral was one OF the incidents OF TINS
riot
There were six cities in Ncw h"lnp-
shire when ! was a boy now iheIe are
ten. Wien were the last four cha "a,
Rochester. Stafford county, was char
,arol Am 1891. Somorworth, in the same
county. Iaconia. in Bclknap county ana
Franklin. I'm Morrimac county, wefe chai-
tered in 1898. The ten cities are Manch pc
ter Nashua. Concord, Dover Portsmouth
koenc. Rochester, SOmcrsworth, Tacoma
and Franklin.
is tho pxact date Of Chrsts birth
known;
before the beginning of our era; in oiher
words I'm tho year Of Rome as lour era
hooins with the year of Rome 15D. The
dav and month are not known. strong
argument has been made I'm favor Of oc-
toher being the month. December 9th
was chosen simply 90 give ecclesiastical
recognition TO heather festival mat oil
the Saturnalia.
What is the national color of Great
Britain2 r.. y. y.
There is no ono national color for Great
Britain. The Union Jack shows a blue
field with red cross edged with white
for England Oho banner Of 81. George
being white with red cross. "A diag0-
nal white cross for Scotland (whosc han-
ncr was blue with white diagonal cross
and over this last red diagonal cross
for Ireland (whitc with red diagonal
crossl. Ireland alone seems TO have had
a national color II was blue.
notice I'm the papers that the Pope
has received present of "A diamond
Weighing 81 carats. about what would
10 be worth? T.. II. III.
The value Of q genuine diamond Of
the size given (Which is more than two
ounces is almost beyond belief It would
be- according 10 the usual calculations.
about $G.ODO00. 10 other diamond APP
preaching this one iu size has been found.
The next largest is the OrlOn IN the Rus
sian Imperial Sccptre, and 1t weighs not
quite 2oD carats II 10 lis true that such
a diamond has been discovered. 10 is safe
% say that 20 is not a perfect stone or
even am undoubted diamond.
An uncle died in England I'm 1893. am
next of kin. TO whom shall ] write 10
find IL DE left a VIII, and 20 get a
copy? G. r.
If your uncle left "a viii. it must have
boon proved Wrobated We say in this
country. II must have been proved
either Ia the Principal Registry. Somer-
set House, London. or in the registry of
the district where he lived. In the latter
case, copy of the will is on file in the
principal registry so write 10 the Re
gistrars. chief Probate Registry Somer-
set House, London, 10 know if there is
a Will. asking also that they will tell
you how long the Will is. II there is one.
w hen YOU learn that there Is will. YOU
must pay siNpcuce a folio for copy
You can send the amount by a foreign
money order international motley order
is the official nameJ
Was Colonel w. p. Cody buffalo BID
ever a scout under the Government?
How did he get the name Buffalo Bill
j.. b. NJ
William Frederick Cody was born in
Iowa, In 1876. In 1860 he became "a rider
IN Holidays pony express ln ls6 ho
became scout. i'm Government employ.
in Arkansas and Missouri. and in 1863 be-
enlisted In the Seventh Kansas Cavalry.
and served as scout until the war
ended. In 1867 he contracted 10 supply
all The buffalo meat needed by the la-
borers building the Kansas Pacific rail
road and during eighteen months he
kllltl f.lNN buffalo. From This % unf