The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-24
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Jects Received From Our Subscribers.


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ENTS NOT TO EXPECT ANSWERS
TO QUERIES IN LESS THAN TWO
WEEKS FROM DATE OF RECEIPT.
una ana iiu.
Seven candidates are presented 20 make
choice OF hve Tor the city Central Com
mit,ce from Clay Ward.
Bill bets Jim he can name the five that
will be elected Three OF The five he
names are elected. two Pee names are de-
fcated. ana two Dee did not name are elect
ed How many does B.ll lose.
We are afraid tint Jim Ike the
"heathcn Chince." SIS peculiar" FOR
tricks that are vain" What does he
mean by 'IIow many will Bill lose?" To
Us. the answer seems so clear that we
cannot understand why It was asked.
1.-TWO Liitie n.ri. ia uiur~
wish you would please publish in your
next Sundays Times the words or song
called. Two Liiue Girls in Blue" My
wife wants 70 20 20 in her scrap-hook.
We regret that we have not space for
the presentation Of tho popular Two Lit
Tie Girls" i, this paper But any Of the
leading music stores in the city doubtless
have them in stock.
Feast OF II. Nicholas.
on what c"y does ST. Nicholas-day
come?
December 9Th is the feast Of St. Nicho-
las.
Stood Twcniy-ninc.
Was not General Grant the last man IN
his class at West Point?
No; he was twcnty-frst out Of q class
Of thirty-nine lie graduated in 1913.
largest Brcwcr,
what IS the largest brewery in this
soun;ry?
The palm lies between the Anhaeuser-
Busch brewery. St. Louis. and the Pabst
brewery. in Milwaukee. we think The for
mer is the larger.
Mo and va, "Tious
Who in classic history VS. called
"Pious.' and why was he called so?
Virgil in his Acueid calls Aeneas Of
Troy "pous." because ne saved his faith
er. Anchies. from the flames Of Troy.
Alup,ae. 90. Gn'r~iou
What part of the globe is the anti
podcs Of Galveston, Texas.
Galveston is located at % degrees. Is
minutes north. "a degrees % minutes west
OF Greenwich: its antipodes would then
be p degrees is minutes south. "a de-
erees. a minutes east; this gives US
point wesa OF Australia. in the middle OF
the Indian ocean.
ior Cape Town.
How may l reach Cape Town. Africa?
There are monthly steamers from New
York 10 Cape Town The quickest way
10 10 is by London, where there are two
or three companies sending steamers 10
C,aye Town every fortnight. The fare
from New York is about $50; 10y way
OF London about as much.
what - lt;
What is civil service reform?
Ch1I service reform consists OF the
enactment and enforcement of laws which
make the appointment and promotion of
persons TO places in the civil service Of
city. state or country. dependent on
the qualifications Of such persons for the
places. and not upon their ability to in
fuencc directly or indirectly the appoint
ing power.
ihe Correct Thing.
Is 4 customary or fashionable TO have
an inscription on the engagement ring?
1t is not customary ia fashionable circles
TO have the engagement ring bear an in
scription. The wedding ring may prop
oriy be inscribed with the initials Of the
bridegroom and of the bride (the initials
Of her maiden name). and the date Of
the marriage: but the engagement ring
IS not marked.
nr ,'d lior,cwhip Him
Did the Count OF Las Cases ever carr,
out his VOW OF publicly norsewh.pping
Sir Hudson Lowe Tor his treatment Of
Napoleon?
The son OF the Count de Las Cases
horsewhipped Sir Hudson Lowe. in Lon
don, shortly after Napoleoa's death. and
then had TO flee TO France A few years
later 1t IS said that Sir hudson Lowe
tried to have him assassinated in Passy.
near Paris
A"'h"i cog |buH YuiNni'.
Who WROTE "Don Quixote." and what
was his object ia writing DO?
Miguel de Ccrvantcs-SaaFodra. common
ly called Cevantcs who was born I'm
CASTLE. Spain. iu loi7 ana d.ed ON April
g. 1916 az Madrid Ceramics said that
he wrote the story "to DESTROY the credit
OF those romaats of rhivalry. whose
reading was SO perniclous TO the taste
and morai- of ta- age. ami 90 furnish a
''pastime for melancholy and gloomy spir-
is
Old Writing an Letter Paper.
What win take old writing OF letter
paper without injuring the paper?
There is nothing that vii DO This. the
sharpest Of erascrs. the wcakcs, % acids.
II they remove the wr-f- Will remove
the surface or thc paper So that the all
iteration will - visible through a megni-
flying glass. or viii cause new writing 10
he blurred Oxaiic aci. - solution viii
remove ~ writing. and saniarach. resin.
alum paste put on the alters, Place. and
pressed with hot iron Will restore the
paper to some oxient.
40 tcno' iudI uk Taltociag.
How can ] get lnda-ink tattooing out
out Of my ARM
Some years ago. Mark Twain said that
he removed tattoo marks by running
needle in each puncture ami heating IL
red hot. This plan has been iinpso.,d upon
by using an electric needle. This prrscr.p.
ton. however, IS said 20 be emcacious.
and IS loss paInfM than MINK T,.aln.s