The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-06

contracted By his wife. who Is separated
from him?
A minor cannot do so legally. That is.
tho seller cannot hold the minor RESPONSE
bic for tho cost OF the suit. ne must hold.
the minors guardian. III the man mas
not advertised that no Is no longer re-
sponsible for his wlfe's debts be IS bound
"a pay them.
Read the Times, and Others.
With whom could I correspond 10 OBJ
tain a knowledge Of the present aualris IN
the Iransvaal2 What language is spoken
there and what kinds OF money used?
You can't do better than read the revs-
papers, their reports on the Transvaal
sre accurate. The Transvaal is a Boer re-
public. the people are Protestants. edu-
Gated slightly. urpoiished. rough dis
trIstful OF foreigners. whom they do not
want The official language Is Dutch.
the coinage IS on the British system. but
is Issued from the Government mint In
Pretoria.
Why They shoot.
why do so many more stars "shoot"
in August than in any Otner month"; Also,
WHY il il that the hooking bird does not
sing during this month?
No one knows why the shooting stars
are 50 numerous in August. all that Is
known Is that there arc regular star
showers between August and 18th every
year and that there are other similar
showers in November. Tho mocking bird
does not sing because he is MOULDING,
getting ready to put on his fall plumage.
Per Diem.
l. %
way en- plcyees, mechanics, and farm
hands receive per day2 What do they re-
ceive in Mexico and the silver countries
Carpenters in England get about $40 a
week. IN. some places they get more, in
many they get less. They work about
% hours week. Engineers get about
$3.50 a day, fremen about 81; switchnen.
about Sc a week and other railroad men
from 81 TO l50 a day and from 81 10
81 a week. Farm laborers get at tho out
side - week. in Mexico the farm hand
gets 81 - cents a day. 10 carpenter about
70 cents. railway employees wages are
nearer tho American scale.
rs Nature
What IS tho nature OF the British act
CT Settleu Cut'2
Tho Act of Settlement OF 100 excluded
from all claim 70 and interest in the
British throne EVERY person and persons
that were or afterwards should be rss0n-
ciled 20 or shall hold communion with the
See or Church OF Rome, or should profess
the popish religion, or marry papist,
and it released the people OF these
realms" from their allegiance 10 such per
son or persc ~ and declared what persons
N..f faru rIf a Il TO
the British throne. Further II dssclared
that no persons holding places OF profit
under the Crown could sit in tho House
of Commons. and provided that the Crown
could not pardon a person convicted on
impeachment by the Commons.
away Down south in Dixie.
What is the meaning OF tho phrase
AWAY Down South In Dixie"2
Dixie" H. or rather WAS tho lanri South
OF Mason and DiKon's line. but IL got tho
name indirectly. Dixie was a slaue own
er an New York ia the last ceatury
whose slaves wers well treated and in
creased faster tnan his land. As n result
no had 10 sell some OF them. snd those
who were sold always looked back 10
Dixie3 farm as % a lost paradise. Hence
IN time, "DiNies land" meant tho ne
grJ's paradise, and after tho original
Dixie was dead the term was applied 10
the South where the negroes were most
numerous, and then came the idea that
"DNies land" referred TO tho country
south OF Mason and DiXon's land. The
southorrers adopted the name. for Gene
raj Albert Pike wrote tho famous South
eIn war scus. "DilNe.'