The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-30
THE QUERY COLUMN.
SOME OF TIRE CONTENTS OF TIE
TIMES NAL BAG.
An,wers 10 Inquiries on A Variety ofSub-
ieots Received From our sub
scrsbers
O.d Alrglnin Coin

VIII YOU please state In your query
column II the following coin is o. any
interest and value. On one side Is "a head
and lords "Georgius Ill. Rex" on the
Other side. is a shi,.G with arms quarter
cd though nearly defaccd. The whole
surmounied ~ a crown and cncircled
with The word "Nirgi-- lUf" tdefaced).
Virginia is the woro, / think.
we should think the coin would be Of
con. !derShle value. Communicate With
the editors OF the "Numismatlc Maya
]lnt. Philadelphia.
Question of Law
Some OF the professors Of law In the col
loses OF our State are In the habit of Sc
curing copies OF the records OF causes
pending i'm the court OF Appeals ana Cir
cult Courts. and upon an ex parte exami-
nation OF tie same. they prepare written
opinions or briefs. and send them 20
counsel employed I'm said cause to Ice
used 20 influence Our judges. 10 is quite
coirmOn 10 see these learned opinions
and briefs hawked about our courts. The
writer has doubted the propucty Of tAis
Interference ina pending suits by our law
professors. Am / risntl LAW Err.
IL Us now common practice for busy
lawyers % engage professors. students,
ard others 20 write briefs for tnein. We
see no objection TO getting at the law
by submitting the record 10 persons COM
petcit 10 prepare briefs.
Win You please inform a subscriber
whether the Supreme Court has decided
tho fence law constitutional or noty
State when 10 was decided?
10 which special Fence Law" do you
refcry
Who has been the greatest bonefacior
% mankind within the present century,
:. q. j.
We think the distinction must lie
among Horace Wells the discOvcrcr OF In
duced anaesthesia; Samuel +. b. Morse.
who applied electricity to biography;
Ecofyc stephenson, who invented the
steam locomotive. and Robert Fulton.
who first successfully used steam 10 IrO-
pei a vessel Which of these most de-
serves the distinction. We 10 not know,
we think Dr. Wclls.-Thc Times, sun
day. May 8, 1875.
10 You not thinlI Commodore Matthew
J.. Maury deserves place among the
btncfactOrs OF mankind2
His work was on grander scale than
any OF them, and very, very useful; he
was the FIRST 10 teach navigation q DO
not include the mere mathematical prob
lcm 10 ascertain lOc1tiOn). In its largest
sense. De introduced Il comprehensive
AM scientific method Of studying TIE wind
currents rains. and storms and how 10
take ADVANTAGE of them, for mankind.
Nothing affects us more than the cle-
ments by which We are surrounded; they
are our life.
Maury was a great man. I never knew
another that had mind Ike his.
VIII YOU please inform us what has
been the cost In money 10 the state M the
case of Nicholas now I'm HcnrlcO county
Jail for the murder OF two men nearly
three years ago. and who Is 10 be hung
during next month? Also. is there writ
zen law 10 implisQn a person for looking
suspicious HENRY HARRISON.
The State of Virginia has expended in
the Nicholas case so far. Ss30si, and the
county OF HenricO for stenographlc re-
PORT. $1,000. Suspicious characters are
Nahie 10 arrest and imprisonment. Looks
IS the only way of creating suspicion All
persons who shall come from any place
without this Commonwealth, 10 any
place within Il. and shall bee found l0iter-
Ing. and following no labor, &c, ana
give no reasonable account Of themselves
Be- are suspicious characters.
Please let me know through the Sun
days paper. I'm introducing two persons,
lady and gentleman. which name
should we mention first. the lady or gen.
tieman? And ohiige. T.. H. N.
me gentleman should be introduced 70
the lady. not the lady 10 the gentleman
The lahys name should be ordinarily
called first.
Please give I'm your query column next
Sunday. the names and population Of
three OF the largest cities In the United
States I'm 1916. Very respectfully, a reader
Of The Times IS
The American Almanac for 1915 gives
the population OF the principal cities OF
the United States according TO the cen
sus Of 1870, as follow s.: NeW York ~
$40 The population Of Richmond was
28l53. St Louis only 1G4G9. while Chicago
was not even mentioned.
How MANY States.
Are there forty-six States yet? II so,
what are the latest to be admitted
There are fortv-four States as yet; but
"enabling acts" nave been passed by Con-
rross allowing Utah. Arizona, and New
Mexico. to make constitutions ana enter
the Union as states.
Remedy for Bed Bugs
What IS a really efiectual remedy for
those terrible pests called bed-3nsS:
There are dozens of remedies. each Of
.,Nich is said 10 be effectual. Benzine,
Kerosene applied 20 an cracks and joints
where they can live. many insect powders
borax, are all said to be efiicacious.
Who First Gave the Aiiten'
Why is a woman said to give the nit
ten" when she refuses man $ proposal
OF marriage? ~ ~ M, 10
from the time when women wore lace
mittcns or mitts. and That II means thdt
the lover. selling his sweetheart : Htil manu-,
had that Withdrawn from MN 4eaNlhs ZIG
miitcn I'm his grasp
Widows in nassa chusetts.
What share OF an intestatc husband
estate does a WlNoW l'N'lf' ~,
Nrassachusctts law. when the husband
i1svee Two minor children by first
,..t,oo INQUIRER.
hf.er the legal debts are paid. the
Ids, receives one-third of the property,
while the other twO-thirds are divided pc
tween the children, share ana snare dllhe-
Why Whit SUNDAY.
WHY IS Whit-sunday called soy
Because formerly IT was the day on
which persons were baptized. These can
didafes wore white garments so me
dav was called white sunday. corrupted
mo Whit-Sunday. IL is said that the
,--ord comes from the German Tor fentc-
cost. Pnnesfen. which in some oider Ger
man dialects was Whingsten and nm nm
stun. whence Whitsun; but pnioloslstS
do not accept this derivation.
The twentieth Ceniury.
Does the twentieth century begin Win
5, foai JIM.
+, ~ does no, begin with 1900 and it does
begin with 1901 The first century began
WIN me wear J. and ended with the year
100 not with the year ~. me sccoAu
century began. therefore, with the year
l0i and ended with 20 and 50 on 30
.hc twentieth century VIII begin Win
January !. 1901
Forfeit of Citizenship.
Does q member Of the National Guard
tooe his citizenship by being dismissed by
a colrt-martial2 What crime fort eits
9osn,s citizenshipg X. Y. Il.
A national guardsman does not lose
bis right TO vote by being dismissed 10y
sentence OF a court-maruai. snch sen