The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-23
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Trade Dollar.
Please publish in the sunday ediuo,
how much a United states trade doi!A h
worth?
About % cents.
What's proper
Please answer the following question:
FOR the benefit OF some OF your readers
First-Is IL correct for persons when
passing their plates Tor anything a. ths
table to leave their knife and FORK there
on2
Seconds il proper 70 cav youg spoon
in your saucer. or place it IN your cup
after finishing a mca4f
Thirds 10 proper, on first acquaint'
ance, for any one to shake hands VITA
and make some remark to Tho entire
family, when leaving?
with regard 10 these questions. GER
talnly the last, THAI is proper which good
sense and good taste suggest. Tho pro-
p%rieties' in these matters are very
~changeable things. altering with the
MAAlANAH VA KNNNN'H 1""H IE
10 notoriety then gontilily. II a person
meets a party for the hrst time, and hAs
enjoyment Of their company prompts
him 10 do as you state n your query, ~
an means let him shake hands with each
one. There is no cast-iron rule 10 bound
respectful expression of good feeling that
we should respect. As tO knife and fork.
there is "a difference Of opinion among tho
arhiters, certainly good taste and cleanli-
ness would favor the rulo which says II
IS good form 10 place them on the plate.
As 20 the spoon. there Is an equal dif-
ference OF opinion.
Same Old Thing.
When the exports or a silver-standard
country to a g-old-siaudard country ex-
coed its imports from a gold standard
country. does tho gold-siandard country
pay the excess in gold or sllyerl
IL pays 70 boz silver.
Those Amendments.
Have the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments 10 the Constitution been
abolished?
They have not. They were adopted. tho
fourteenth. on July 20. ls6S. the fifteenth,
on March 90. 1870; and they sull remain IN
full force and existence.
Who Did It.?
what congressman offered a resolution
making May 30th a national holiday?
No congressman did so. SO Jar as We
can learn. Al AN events, Congress has
never made the day a legal holiday. but
both houses, when In session, adjourned
'as a mark Of respect TO the memory u
the illustrious dead"
by the League.
Is the word league" used IN tho
measurement OF any land except that
once owned by Mexico? III so. where?
In Bolivia, Chill. Colombia, Ecuadog
Mexico. and Venezuela the leEua or
league is stil in legal use as a measure
OF distance. 10 Is i53j % yards, equal 10
about 22-3 miles.
10, Pronunciation.
How IS the name Of the town Warwick
pronounced. and how tho name OF tho
New York family G0elet2
The English towns name Is pronounced
as n spelled Wanick: tho American
towns as IL spelled Warwick. The
mama or the New York family IS pro-
nounced now with a hard G-Geh-letti Il
used 90 be pronounced Jel-lett-
The Result.
What was the result Of the violin
trlar' lately finished Ia New York; Who
was tried2
The trial was that OF Victor B1echter
FOR receiving, knowing IL TO be stolen, tho
violin owned by Mrs. BotI widow Of n
rival yiolin-dealer. The case was called
also "the stradiyarius case, because th-
violin was a S~trldivarius. Flechter was
convicted and sentenced 10 a year In tho
penltentiary; he IS on bail pending ap-
peal.
His Chances.
What are tho chances FOR a young man
In South Africa-Johanneshurg or Cape
TOWN.
They are not very good. The cost OF
getting 20 Cape Town Is a good deal, and
from Cape Town 10 johannesburg a great
deal more. Almost an tho food that tho
whites eat has 10 bo imported, 70 living
expenses are extremely high. There ars
many unemployed men, skilled laborersi
and the unskilled labor IS done by ma.
lives. The young mans chances are bel
ter hero than there.
Ala lants.
who was ATLANTA, and how was she
finally beaten Ia a racer
Atlanta. according 10 Greclan fable.
was the daughter OF Schoenus. King q
Bo-otia. o. Of Iasos, king OF Arcadia. She
was noted for her speed Ia running and
20 was her custom t0 challenge 10 a foot
race any Would-bs husband. II be failed
20 catch her, he vas put 10 death.
Milsnion Cor Hipp0menesl favored By
Aphroilte, dropped three golden apples
which the goddess had given him. their
beauty charmed Atalanta so much that
she ran after them, so Mllanion won Tho
race. The couple angered Ieus Cor Cybele)
afterwards who turned them into Hons.
10 Decide a Bet.
To decide a bet please say II. before tie
war. tho South paid seyenty-hye per cent
OF the taxes, and II tho wealth Of ne
United States was below Mason and
Dixon's llne2
The Governments income. before the
war. depended on the customs tariff. 50
that q IS impossible 10 say that tho South
paid 70 per cent. OF tho taxes. Less than
one-half OF the population OF the coun-
Try was in tho South-say HOO. 90 out VI
3l.O00.0 900. II is probable that tho wealth
OF tho country was rather in the North
and that the South dii not pay eithet
| directly or indirectly three quarters OF
the taxes before tho war began.
In 1892.
Can YOU give me the popular vote for
President for the four elections preceding
that OF 1922
In 1876 Hayes received 4oa3@o votes
Tlden. 41slsS5. Cooper. el,i+0i onlll-
| 9522. scattering 1855; total vote a".DSo'
In 1850 Garfield received 4,H9V'5' nan
| cock 4442. 05. Weaver. Wl,15; DOW, W't''
Phelps. 70l; scattering, $50, total Not'.
| O 900 3e5. In 1854 Cleveland got 4'llylf
nf.a-a fc4g ga ~. John. lh.NI.