The sun., 1896-03-01
VOTES AND QUERIES.

Hughes TO France. during tho early par, OF our
s when was ss, sss a, that SR9ssn
AZ whose instance were they sent, Lincoln's or
same TO sem Gnssnd '
| reading a few years ago that as the parties were
very high In the court Of Napoleon. handed one of
the party letter addressed TO the Due de Morny.
the port OF Dunkirk. it remember Alright It was
@ mad. Napeon Change 81 hts r
sariins the blockade OF the southern ports by the
Mr.. Weed, Dr. Hughes, and DR.. Mc1lvaino. the
latter Bishop OF Ohio, sent abroad to coun.
teract, if possible the feeling In Europe in favor ot
the Confederacy. Archbishop Hughes was sent to
undo the work OF the Bishop OF Charleston, who
had had great Influence with the Pope. Lincoln
and Stanton both Interested personally in
sending them Gen Scott visited Europe private
ly; but took somo share In helping the mission OF
Mr. Weed and tho two prclates Hr. Anthony j.
IIill gave such letter to Mr.. Weed, Introducing
him to NJ. Aiphonse Loubat. This letter Mr.. Weed
presented and through NJ. Loubat's efforts he saw
the Due do Morny the next morning, Jau. IL, 1859.
Mr.. Weed had a long conversation with the Duke;
he discussed the blockade OF Dunkirk, not by Ma
poleon l., but by Louis XIV. under tho compu
sion OF Great Britain, in IVA. This conversation
seems TO have made Napoleon III. change his mind
regarding tho blockade of Charleston. Sec "iIcn
oirs of Thurow Weed" PIP. 39i 500. Archbishop
Hughes had been unable to get anything definite
from the Emperor.
What American man.of war was lost on Hatteras
q few years ago. and what was tho datc1 u. W.
Tho U. $. sloop OF war Huron went ashore In
gale at Kitty Hawk, n. c., on Nov. -. 1871 Her
commander, Commander George p. Ryan, together
with Lieuts. Simons and Palmer Masters Wright
and French, Ensign Dawner, Surgeon Culbrcth,
Passed Assistant Paymaster Sanders Chief Engi-
Olsen, and Cadet Engineer Loomis. and eighty
eight men, were lost; thirty SIX officers and men
were saved. The Huron was out only twelve hours
on her way to a surveying expedition the coast
Of Cuba. She Iron vessel built by John
Roach in ls74.75; not different In construction
from tho ordinary iron merchant vessel anda man
of war; only because she was in tho navy. She was
stanch vessel, however. and 1t was believed that
an unknown current had carried her ashore.
1. Please give the number OF cruisers England has
in active service, ami the number of the same the
United States has In commission. g Also tho
J. j. Mob
I. Great Britain has ls armored cruisers and 90
unarmored cruisers; these latter divided into
three classes The United States have one armored
cruiser. the New York; 10 protected cruisers, 8
partially protected cruisers. and ID "cruisers'
Of these latter being wooden vessels in all, have
80 cruisers, all in commission. and one armored
cruiser is building. .. Very little breadstutY Is
exported from Australia; in 1893 eve have no fig.
for 1890 only Ell $50, SAT were exported.
BY whom the motto of the United states "E |
the Latin classics is It taken1 Is the "Noretum
cepted by classical scholars as genuine Virsilian
poem, c. ).
benjamin franklin is believed to have suggested |
the motto. 1t is found in the poem "Moretum,"
ascrtbe'i to Virgil, line lo4. The "Moretum." as
we have It. certainly dates from tho time Of Virgil,
and It is suggested by critics that 1t Is transla-
ton by the Latin poet of Greek poem by Par |
thenius, who taught him Greek.
What is the diameter Of tho largest locomotive
driving wheel record How many miles OF un. |
q. W. Pr1L1r.
In English express engines tho driving wheels arc
from ~ to feet in diameter we ind larger |
than feet. There about "a miles, 80 miles Of |
which owned by the Metropolitan District Rail-
way, and So mies by tho City and South London |
Railway.
Why has not the csar of Russia been crowned YETI
L. E.
There is necessity nowadays OF crownns o |
sovereign soon he accodes to his throne Years
the coronation the seal OF the accession. and
followed sometimes within a few hours OF this. But
In recent history coronation has been treated a
spectacle requiring great preparations and has not
been hurried. on Dec. l. 1924, Nicholas l. became |
Emperor OF Russia; he was crowned Sept. 3,
1925: Alexander H. acceded 70 the throne March |
2, 1858. but was not crowned until Sept 2, 1855;
Alexander III became Gar on March l9, 1881, and |
was crowned only on May 81, 1883. Nicholas II. |
succeeded his father Nov l. 1894. and is to bs |
crowned in May OF this year.
To what incident circumstance does Gen. |
, Jackson owe his sooriquet OF Hickory or odd
1t is generally said that he gained the nickname |
because OF his toushness and endurance the |
march from Natchez, Miss, to Tennessee. Most |
OF the biographies date it from this period.
Please tell me who the author Of these lines,
'.sir she's yours; you have brushed from the grape
It's soft blue
What you've touched you may take: Pretty waiter.
They the conclusion OF some verses attacking
the waltz, written about the beginning OF this cen
DANCER.
This is said be by Thomas Moore. though we do
not md t in his works. Can anybody tell US the
author?
Why does a portion of Minnesota extend north
into the Lake Of the Woods GEO. ). W AGGoSER.
When the question OF the Oregon boundary
was settled by the Treaty OF Washington in lstS
It was agreed that the boundary line should
from Lake Superior along the Pigeon River and
various lakes TO the Rainy Lake and its river to |
the Lake OF the Woods, and from tho northwest |
OF that lake along the teth parallel lati.
tude westward. The geography of the country was |
not known it was believed that tho Lake of the |
Woods was further south than It really Is and that
the northwest corner of the lake the 48th |
parallel. When the country surveyed t was |
found that the corner or the lake was found to DO
some distance (24) north OF the +0th parallel; so
the line had to be from the south to the
parallel and thence west the parallel There |
din1culry in deciding which of the two bays of |
the Lake OF the Woods was ths northwest corner;
but tho authorities split the difference and ran tho
line It exists.
/. What Is the exact liability for service home |
and foreign. OF the National Guaril Has the Pres
ident power 10 order them On foreign service that
Is In broke Out' g. In what position |
would Engiishman stand IN OF war with |
England II he was member OF the National Guard |
and non citizen, or IN he simply living |
here, not being u member and non -citlenp
SArrRALIzED ENGIIsHaAN.
/. The National Guard Is not the militia contem-
plated by the militia law Of the United States so It
would he within the power of the President to
call any part it for service either at home
abroad The President can call out the miitia
but that Is an empty power as the militia does
exist. Bills have been introduced in Congress by
hy sxhatcxLr