The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-01

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| on account OF the judgment day. Another
member, before this motion was put. re-
| marked: The judgment day Is coming,
| or II isn't coming. IL IL isn't coming. we
wish TO be found dong my duty; there
fore, / move that the candles be lit"
POET LAUREATE-S SALARY.
What is the salary of the poet laureate
OF England! Is the Office held for lie.
Mr.. Austin the new poet laureate, Is 10
receive GI2 a year as salary. Iennyson
received at various times tI00 year.
and later EI2. with goo extra from some
source not described. The Office IL held
for life, and there is no record OF any one
resigninS the place, though John Dryden
was put out OF IT IN 1888, when William
Ill. and Mary III. began their reign.
FIRsT-CLAss BArTLESH1P.
What is meant by the term "first-class
battieship; How many OF this class have
the United States How many have
Great Britain and Russia Please name
An armored vessel OF more than 1000
tons Is called a first-class battieship il
this country ana In Russia; In Great
Britain her tonnage must pe over l-,"v
tons. A battleshp is more heavily armed
than a cruiser, carries heavier guns. anC
depends less on her speed. The Uniteu
States have one iirst-ciass D3ttleshio
completed. the Indiana; and I'VE s snen
sachusetts. and the oregon ana
two not yet named. No. > and No 9.
Great Britain has twcnty-eisht. or Whicn
nine are building, and Prussia has. buiid-
ing and completed. ten battieShips or the
nrts class The navies of the important
countries stand thus: Great britain,
France, Italy. Russia, the United states
and Germany.
OUR NATIONAL HYMN.
When was our national hymn COM
posed? Who wrote the musict
1t is not certain what our national hymn
really is, but undoubtedly II Is eltneI
Hail. Columbia, The star -Spangle,d'i
Banner" or America" Hail, Columbia.
was written by Joseph Hopkinson in the
early summer OF lbs, and was sung at
the Chestnut-S rect Theatre, Pnnadel-
phia. by an actor named FOX on the oc-
casiOn of his benefit The air was that
of s"The Presidents March, composed IN
l7Sy by Professor PhylO. OF Philadelphia,
and played AT Trenton when WASHINGTON
was on his way TO Now YORK 10 be IN.
was written by Francis scott Key on
September IL. 1914. The music Is an ola
French air. known as Anacreofn OF
"AnacrcOns Death America was
written by the late Samuel Francis Smith
In 1892 The air Is that Of GOD Save the
King OOueenl," composed. perhaps. by Dr.
John Bun in 1896. or BY Henry Carey III
lac. or perhaps Or unknown origin
Hail. Columbia. Is the only real Ameri'
can OF the three.
Why has not the Gar OF Russia been
crowned formally? + there a stated pc
riod that must elapse between accession
and coronation?
In the old days. when the right 70 pos
sess depended largely on the ability TO
possess. the corona tton Of monarch fol-
lowed his accession within few hours or
days But I'm recent years the coronation
Of monarch Is Of little actual impor-
lance and is delayed to allow FOR mourn
ing for the dead ruler and for prepall-
tons. The coronation or Alexander III.
occurred i'm Moscow two years and TWO
months after his accession. Nicholas ~
TO be crowned one year and SIX months
after his accession. The delay here was
on account Of his fathers death. MS own
marriage. and the delicate heaith OF tne
czarina. the birth Of their child. and the
need Of preparing for the ceremony.
Nicholas j. acceded 10 the throne on De
cember l. iS2j. and was crowned Septtin,,
her 3. 1896: and Alexander H. succeede1
ON March . 1850. but was not crowned
until September 4. 1Ns,
Can there be twenty-nine DAYS IN req
ruary except in leap year. WY j no'
1900 a lean year, 1870. =.
Txeept I'm a leap year there cannot be
twentv-ninc davs ~ February. re mex
loan year is 1905 Nineteen hundred j
not leap year for THIS reasoiisn' "a , 49,
iopr We consider IN 70 be 'H' GAYS '
hours thus borrowing eleven miui't.S
each wear from tne future. 10 naE ,n".'
eleven minutes hack-in other WoruS,
iuah' .oincide-we skin leap year every
Sundredsh year for IN years. BY DONG long
81 we nav more back than we nav nav
faken-that is we carry our calen"ar go 80
- Httle hevond the solar wear anu nv
.ho Two wears coircide again. we
r,i,aEe ne fourth hundrodth wear n leap
YEAR nv this Arrangement the two y tha,
are kept so near TO one anoon ,.ee IN aho,S
oo IN ears ears The rule IS tnat year who's
~ ,s divisihle by four Is leap year
Int that centurial years lye@rs o at arc
rthNttHl "a. fo,,r hundred So 1900 IS NOT
e'I lean year. but 1000 was and 300 VIII