The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-16

Tor her confidence. Yes: everybody cN-
poets the editor 10 know all things. That
is what he gets FOR having QUIZ Coz
umn SO row. Mr. Editor. THIS u the
favor | would ask OF you. VIII you be
90 obllglng as to publish that poem ~
/ BEGINS.
90 We have the navy.
We have the men.
We're going down 10 Richmond
To storm the Rctol den.
! Chorus
| "On TO Richmond. early in the morning,
Down TO your cln-hoats. run boys run.
I am anxious 90 get The piece and have
II ready 10 rerale ;he martial spirit OF
TIE young Virginian on his return.
Thcy are I'll down az ''Srandpa's' to-
I night. and so ] am taking advantage OF
! this opportunity 10 write, IN order That
/ may be ready 20 sing when they ali
! come home next week
In ahiect humiliation and AZ the risk of
losing Mr.. Boiks good opinion, which we
| certainly value we are forced 10 say tEat
! there Is ONE thing we do not know,
! which f. this song. Diigcnt search
! through the many collections OF war
sonrs falls TO find g. Can any Of our
| readers Oct us have T.? n SO, we shalt he
| erat6lul.
THE OLDEST CITY.
wat IS the Oldest existing ciiy in the
! world?
Damascus. the capital Of Syria II IS
| spoken OF carly in the book Of Genesis
] CIV. p. II ir a city Of about 10000 nhab-
! !tnnts even now
FIVE SATURDAYS IN FEBRUARY.
February has five Saturdays This year.
/ When had II so many last? When VIII
/ II have so many again?
/ February had hyG Saturdays In 1868,
| 1870 1872 II viii have five Saturdays In
! 1905 and 1890.
No AMBASSADORS THERE.
/ Who are our ambassadors 10 Brazil
| and Argentlne2
we 90 not send ambassadors to those
| countries. We send ENJOYS extra ordinary
and ministers plenlpotentiary TO Erazil
/ We send Thomas l.. Thompson. whose Of
/ fetal residence is in Rio de- Janeiro: and
/ to Argentine we send W J. Buchanan,
who lives at Buenos Ayres.
FIRST put OF THE COINS.
( In what year was the motto In God
| We Trust" first put on our coins?
/ In 1864 the sentence was put ON the two
! cent copper pieces by order Of James POI
/ lock. Director Of the Mint. with the APP
! proysl of 5. =. Chase, Secretary OF the
/ Treasury. There is no legal warrant for
/ its use.
TO WHOM HE SHOULD APPLY.
II / suspect fraud I'm a farmers mutual
| insurance company and can get no salts
! faction from the oniccis TO whom should
! ! apply for an Investigation?
TO the state Commissioner of Insurance
/ or. If there De none to the District or
! Prosecuting Attorney of the county
wherein the fraud has been committed.
Set forth your proofs AS fully as posi-
bic TO this official
LONGEST LEASES
What is the longest lease on record IN
! Great Britain? what is the longest that
! can be obtained now?
There gre leases on record i'm England
/ for 9ga wears. Some railroads in this
! country are leased for similar periods OF
time. There is 10 legal limit i'm Great
Britain to the possible length Of q lease.
At one time il was believed that a lease
for 1000 years was for perpetuity. but
I that idea was wrong. ard a lease may be
for any number Of years.
BRITISH MIDSHIPMEN.
What IS the pay of midshipmen in the
British navy? How does a boy become
a midshipman?
midi hipman in the British navy gets
| 81 pounds year-about $3.50 \ boy
is appointed a naval ca0ct by reason of
family influence, and no limit ia fixed
for his service-he does not enlist for a
cadet for from eighteen months 10 thirty
! months then he Is promoted midshlpman
and serves stll a. sea Toy TWO years or
more, when La becomCG sub-lleutenant
While in that grade pc is sent 10 the
| Royal Naval College for a course of in
| struction. The pay i'm the navy is small.
an officer probably Is unable to support
| himself on his pay until he becomes cap
| tain. This state of things requires tnat
officers shall belong TO well-to-do families.
FAMOUS CRUISERS
What kind Of vessels are the British
man-of-war Edgar and the American
man-of-war Olympia. and how DO they
compare? W hat is the largest crew car
ried by any man-of-war2
The British Edgar is frst-class cruis-
l er with two screws. of 1850 tons dis
placement. She is 300 feet long. go feet
wide. and draws % 3-4 feet. She was
launched i'm 1890 an1 with i..J horse
power, has steamed % IL knots I'm an
hour She carries two 22-ton rifles ten
c-inch rapid-nre guns and numfr oi'
small guns. and ras tour torpedo iun'9'
The l.. 5. steamship olympia Us a pro
tected cruiser with twin screws OF 80"
ions She is $40 feel long. iO rect Nlu'
u IL deep. she was iannchtu ih i''-'
ana with Il 1853 horsepower G5.5D horse
-. ,,erc reoulreD steamed 2l.69 knots
In an hour. She carries four N-inch rihes'
ten s-inch rapd-nre. fourteen o-pouho
rapid-nre. six l-pounders. ana mas lo.i
torpedo tubes. The largest ere" co"s's'1
of about 80 oN.Cers and men on inc
IT, O0O-ton Eriigh Varships
ACTORS ETC.
How long does an actor have I" "'uuE
a MART HON docs he get an ehsds' iiic"'
u he Is very fortunate ne ma ia,
weeks or so. the modern actor pfonaply
has three weeks as rule. II n' ~ "'
fortuna.e. hc may have nom three ~
four hol,s TO q day. In this case ne mas
20 learn n part o. take the place V'
mart in a lay that has failed OF L" an
The pf~c- Ct ala actor who ia" ma" az
give up ms part suddenly. In the palinS
davs OF tho drama" when every 'heau,
had its stock corpauT y . mein'era n"|
to know q certain number OF a'oVN
parts." and perhaps had TO learn one o'
two parts each week. An actor gets d"
engagement through dramatic agency
or If he has been on the stage some time
hv being known 10 manager VINO wants
him. or he goes from manager 10 man
ager asking work until he mas H.
ABOI r GOVERNMENT bON DS.
In what amounts ana al wiAt oa'''
have Government bonds been authorized
since 1860?
thorized 10 be issued before July
I. 1851. on March . 1851. not
more than 100000 during the
next twelve months-tnese were 10 meet
current demands. On the same day
March .. 1861 three isstcs cf bonds were
g. t..s mt