The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-26
THE QUERY COLUMN.
SOME or THE CONTENTS OF TN
TINES MAI nag.
An.vcr. To Inquiries On n Variety
Subjects Received Prom Some OF o"'
Subscribers.
nOckiny Birds.


hooking birds. but send our correspond
ent by mail addresses OF two dealers 10
birds. etc, IN tbs city. They, no doubt
can furnish the Information.
..Sweet Alice" Again.
VIII you kindly publish the words OF
the song. Sweet Alice. Ben Bolt, In your
next Sundays paper;
We have not sufficient space for re-
print OF this song. You can purchase II
for a few cents at any OF our music
stores since "Trilby" made IT the fashion.
See saturday Times
VIII you please give me- through your
Query column. the names OF the Preshy-
terrain churches I'm your city, together
with the names Of pastors. and when they
have services?
See The Times Of any Saturday.
Guess Again.
Editor Times:
] find the following in your issue OF last
Sunday-yiz.:
What IS the seating capacity OF the
largest building I'm the world2
The Madison Square Garden in New
York city. is one OF the largest perma-
nent buildings in the world; IL has
seating capacity OF 1000. This We think,
IS the largest number seated In any build
ing.
The Coliseum" at Chicago. also per-
rnanent building. far outstrips the Madi-
son-Square Garden i'm size. and seats
many moro people. It's reception-room IS
go feet square. and seats little over
10000 people while i.s main hall is 3cpX
$50 feet I'm size. or exactly twice the num-
Der OF square feet contained IA the re-
coptlon-room. and, therefore, anorilng
twice the number of seats. or 5000. There
IS a seating space i'm the Chicago Coliseum
Of four acres. I'm which there Is not one
post or other obstruction. The reception
room was partitioned Off from ;he main
hall temporarily only, FOR the purposes
larger than any other on earth. and
covers $4,000 square feet
Yours. WILLIAM NJ. BOGGS.
Hampton. July a. 1896.
&. W. RR.
For information regarding Chesapeake
and Western railroad apply at Harrison
burg. va. not Front Royal.
Hero of Thirty Battles.
Who was The hero Of thirty battles.
mover known 10 retreat? OF what church
was Garfield a member?
We do not know. General Garfield was
a member Of. and preacher in. the Dis
cip'es church
Asno,'ic'
Please define the word "Agno'tic.
In most common usage. one that feels
alu supernatural beings or existonces 20
be unknowable or M least. incomprs.
honslble.
Have w,r Ghost
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chest carry?
only the German empFe so FAR as We
know. ITS war-chest contains part OF The
money paid hy France after the war OF
1870. 10 is kept In the fortress OF Spandau.
and consists of i0MOooO marks about
sen oooo1 IN rold
We. Indeed
DID any one ever jump from Brooklyn
BRIDGE
A number Of persons have jumped from
Brooklyn Bridge The first was a man
named Odlum who jumped May 10. 1885.
and WAS killed. Since him more persons
have Jumped and escaped than have
inmped and beon killed. We think thar n
woman has iumpcd or woman certainly
claimed to have Jumped.
Two ,.ledI
WI. .,t,. .u-toro a. tho ,,a, ,,,,
docs nor thinl, II Glorious and dolightful
10 die for his countrv?''
Horace. I'm one of his odes saws that
"It is sweet and right 10 die for ones
country" and Scott I'm his 'T.av Of the
Last Minstrel" practically asks the samo
question bur we do not know that any
author has wordel the idea MS YOU SUE
rest
He Can
can n horse egin, with rider ana
saddle on his back?
Yes Remember The story of Tho
Enslishman who rode IBIS horse into me
surf and rescued several OF the ere" OF
a ship-wreckcd vessel. bur was himself
drowned by his horse sinking rapidly2
Greatest OF Them.
Who is the greatest composer for tho
piano. and who the greatest pianist?
,-,.,. so.. 80 o,,, GOOD oo,,,osars hava
reStriciei their WORK 10 tue piano. l'''"-
cally all OF the greatest composers nave
written for that instrument as well as
for other Instruments Bach Mendeis-
sohn List. Chopin. are pre-eminent
,.,,,,.. ,o,,,osers boo-evor OF pianists