The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-26
THE QUERY COLUMN.
SOME or THE con TENTS or the
TIMES MAIL BAG.
Answers 10 Inquiries on n Variety of sub
jccts Received nom Our
Subscribers.
Aoa,u the Siamcsc Twins.

ttsit lnt NisttttNt Nh''.
L.cnoir. y. c.. April 49, lSVo;
The query. when and where We. ~,
Siomcsc Twins born. where ala ing
,,,a d,a ,hcv ov.r marry. when ala
,hcv dicq" as answered IN The tlmeS Ga
last sunday. Is not exactly correct. thHhs
rrd Enc Bunker were born al s1aHiohh'
Siam. I'm Nay. i,ii. They came 10 -Ahici-
CO IN fSgq ard travelled extensively oN''
yhet is nos. the eastern part OF tnn
Jnltcd States in q two-hofse 'carfy-1"'
.,,b n fr.yer and q pair OF fine bay
go ,r',,c occupied the back seat Of
10 con,....cc. and Kept the curtains
loosely drawn especially when getting
,ear a town. where they expected 10 eX-
niblt. They married sisters. Misses Yates
~ wilkes county. y. c.. who lived about
cicht miles northwest from WilkesbofO
ono, Tncilsh girls. They amassed q con-
siderable amount OF money by travelling
over the country TO the different io"hs'
which after marriage was partly invest
"a In a very valuable farm IN Suliy
county. near Mount Airy. For time
they lived together IN one house but very
soon the sisters had q falling OUT sep
arotc house had to be built Chang ana
Eng would spend a week AT one house
and then move to the other, alternatln6
each week They raised large iaihiiy
of children. Some Of them were ueai
and dumb. and We're educated AT 'ne
asylum al Raleigh. y. c. The date Oh
their death. January 1G and H. lS'4'
think, Is correct
Wanted, Arithmetic.
Please work the following example III
your next Sundays query column:
A and b can NOW field in ten days
and A can NOW two-thirds as much as
Il: what part OF the held can each NOW
in one day? How Ions vii IT take each
20 NOW the field? SUBSChlbLh'
LancXa, Va
II. in ten days. both complete the field
A doing two-thirds as much as b. to-
gethor they do hvo-thirds Of BIS share
a. therefore, mows two-ffths Of the whole
in ten days: = thrce-hfths.
II. in ten days. 4 does twohfths Of
the whole in one day. he will do one-tenth
of two-nfths. or one twenty-ffth. To do
the whole, or twenty-five twenty-hfths, it
will. therefore. take him twenty-five days.
If Il does three-ffths in ten days, in one
day he will do one-tenth Of three-hfths, or
threo-hftieths. To do hfty-fftieths, or
the whole. il will take him as many days
as three is contained times into fifty, or
sixteen and two-third days.
"a Moylan Regiment"
Is there Moylan regiment in any
army?
There certainly is not in this country,
nor is there in the British army.
Three of Them.
What States allow equal suffrage?
Colorado. Wyoming, and Utah grant
equal suffrage TO women. In many other
statcs-in twenty-throe. to be exact-wo-
men may vote at school elections or on
questions Of local taxation.
Population.
What is the population Of Ashland,
Wisconsin. and of New orleans?
In 1890 New Orleans had a population
Of 242.O39: in 1898 it was estimated al
275.Oo0. Ashland in 1890 had population
of 1886 persons.
DO We Correctly Understand?
When did Augustus Caesar give peace
TO the Roman world?
The temple of war closed during the
reign Of Augustus on three occasions:
Il. c. -, -. and o. This we think. Is
what your question refers to.
Where and What Ii Is.
Has Spain a possession called Denia?
Where is Denia?
Denia is not colony OF Spain. It is q
small town in the province Of Alicante,
Spain. on the Mediterranean Sea. 1t
produces linens and woolens, and in 1889
had 2,Gl0 inhabitants
Compounded Each Year.
If a note reads with interest at the
end Of each year" do l have to pay in
terest on the principal and all preceding
interest?
Yes; the interest Is compounded each
year. 1t is the compromising of interest
that makes the final payment so heavy.
Ashtabula Disaster
When was the Ashtabula disaster? How
many persons We're killed in it?
The Ashtabula disaster occurred on the
night Of December %. 1876 a bridge
gave way under the Pacific express which
caught fire and burned. Eighty persons
lost their lives and sixty persons were IN
jured.
To Enlist in the Navy.
How does a man enlist in the navy?
What is the monthly pay?
He should 30 to the nearest navy-yard
or naval station. taking recommendations
and his naturalization papers, if he has
them. The pay Of an ordinary seaman
is nineteen dollars month. with one
ration (three meals a day.
The Correct Expression
How did the expression originate. "Po-
lite as basket of chips@'
The correct expression. so far as there
is one, we think. is LAS dry as a basket