The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-12

complicated dance than the Sir Roger.
Prison Made Goods
is there special law IN New horh
regulating prison-made goods
Tho new constitution Of the state
adoptcd in 1891. forbds the employment
OF prisoners ~ any labor. the products
OF which compete with those OF free
labor. This provision goes INTO effect
next January Meantime the convicis
are employed at making such things ms
are needed in the prisons and at various
omploymcnts. not more than five per cent
OF them at any enc trade.
The story.
What Is the story OF Washington throw
Ing "A dollar across the Potomac?
The story goes that Mr.. Eyarts. when
Secretary Of State. took an English visitor
TO Mt. Vernon. The Englishman was in
forestcd and impressed. As he stood with
Mr.. Eyarts near the vault he said, ) IN
told that Washington WAS so tail an"
stronc-Iye heard that he could throw
"A silver dollar across the Potomac.
We'll" said Mr.. Evarts. you must re-
member That a dollar went good deal
further in those days than 1t does now
What They Mean.
What do the letters s. l.. Q. X. mean
These letters were the initials Of the
latin words. "S,natus Populus QUE Ro-
manus." meaning "The Roman Senate
and People" Just rs orr American flag
indicates the union Of the States. so these
If WI Of n
lance. stood for the power Of Rome ana
served as STANDARD. IN The same way
they were placed at the head Of laws and
ordinances. and on the public buildings ia
Rome and its colonies. typifying always
the Roman power. the Roman Senate
and People.
He Would Have To.
What would boy seventeen years old
have TO do TO enter the navy?
lie would have to enlist as an apprcn-
tice 10 serve until ne is twcnty-one years
old. He must be in perfect health, able
to read and write English and know
something about American history. etc
He had better write to the Bureau Of
Navigation for detailed information, and
for tho location of nearest training-ship,
ct. The ships are all on their summer
cruises now. so we cannot say which
vessel will be nearest 10 you.
In Indian Territory.
How many acres of land is an Ameri-
can citizen entitled TO who settles In the
Indian Territory and gets married there
and how much Is the Zee charged for Ii
ccnse with the different tribes?
No one but a member of tribe or the
husband Of a woman Of a tribe is en-
titled 10 any share OF a tribes land. How
much n "squaw-man' gets depends on
tho tribe. The tribes make their own
laws nnd govern Themselves and the
souaw-men Much Of the land that was
tho Indians has been bought by the
United States giving to each settler
the usual 100 acres. a quarter-section.
Supe -Guous and Not Superfluous gair.
l. Is there preparation that wili
thickcn or produce hair on the scalp
Is there anything that will prevent
growth Of superfuous hair? II so. please
name IL.
l. There are number Of prepare
tions which will restore the hair. They
fingers for their value. There are French
and American chair tonics," but the lath-
or Of good soap. well rubbed into the
scalp will do as much good as any tonic,
and plain water. well rubbed in, has done
wonders . We do not know anything
that will prevent hair from growing
there are many "depilatories. which will
l..f hut
will not keep it from coming back again
Coinage Laws.
Where can / get all the coinage laws
passed by Congress?
Some ten years ago the Treasury De-
partment published n compilation Of these
Iaws-"Laws of the United States re-
latng 10 Coinage etc" II is out Of print
now. and you can get n copy only acct
dentally. Professor Dunbar. Of Harvard
College. Cambridge, Massachusetts,, pub
lishod a similar book, not so complete
howeve.. But since 1856 some very i'm
portant coinage laws have been passed;
for these you will have TO look in the
Supplement Of the Revised Statutes of
the United States. which was published
In 1897. and i'm the various larger alma
macs and year books The supplement-
published by the &C, eminent printing Of
fec. is very cheap.
What II Means.
What Is meant by the phrase free
and unlimited coinage? Have we free
and unlimited coinage Of gold?
BY this phrase is meant the coinage
OF a metal by Government mints. the
government making slight charge 10
cover tho expense Of coming. or cover
ing this expense 10y the saving made by
using certain proportion Of alloy I'm the
coins made. At first our Government
made its expenses out of the alloy: IN
1873 the charge for coming gold was fix
ed at one-nfth Of one per cent. and that
for silver was to be fixed 10y the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury; since then the
charge FOR coming gold has been abol-
ished Gold is coired freely. and without
limit in this country.
Weight Computation.
Is there at present. any greater guam
tity OF silver weight computation, pro-
portionately to that Of gold than 10, 20
%. 40. 5o. co. 10 50. 90. or 100 years ago?
In 1894 the world produced S.7O6Sj6
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