The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-28
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Wanted-Arithmetic,


De me the kindness TO solve the fol-
| lowing problem:
/ IN one week a gauger gagged 60.SQ0 gall
| Ions OF liquor consisting OF wine. beer.
and brandy. - per cent. of the beer
| was equal 10 % per cent. OF the WINE ana
/ ~ per cent. OF the wine was equal 10 ne
brandy How many gallons OF each aid
| he gauge
II nineteen one hundredths Of the beer
equals 20 one hundredths Of the wine, 100
one hundredths of the beer equals loO
| nlneteenths OF % per cent. of the VINE
or so one hundredths OF IL. Therefore.
! let 500 one hundredths represent the peer,
and lOO one hundredths represent the
wine. Then you say that the brandy
equals 40 per cent. of the wine AIDING
them altogether, We have $40 one nun
dredths. which equals $3.50 gals. OF ~
nor. Five hundred six hundred ana loF-
/ ticths OF that number equals the peer;
and IS 1850 gallons. 100 six hundred ana
fortieths Of 6U.eVO gallons equals 300 sdi-
Ions, which Il the amount OF wine. ~
SIX hundred and fOrtieths. or 5.sVs gallons
equals the brandy. That is our solution.
Lrmcr'> Death
II not too much trouble will you kindly
state in what manner Martin Luther
died. and the date OF his death. we
have had Il discussion regarding same.
ami wish TO settle IL by authentic facts.
Martin Luther died At Elsleben. al !
o'clock in the afternoon or FEBRUARY
the 18th in the year 1916, as the result OF
a cold contracted from travelling IN very
iecttd his last strength, ana offered the
following prayer.
Heavenly Father. eternal. merciful
God. thou hast revealed to me thy dear
Son. our Lord Jesus Christ. Him l nave
taught: Him / nave confessed, HIM
love is my Saviour and kedeemer. whoW
the wicked prosecute, dishonor, ana re,
prove. Take my poor soul up 10 thev.
Then two OF his friends put TO him the
solemn question: Reverend Father. 90
Won die In Christ and In the doctrine you
have constantly preachedg' lie answered
by "A Joyful and audible Yes ana re-
peatng the verse, fatne.' nv sn1S
hands I commend my spirit expired
peacefully.
The Dentists Chair
For the benefit Of those who have such
dread Of the dentists chair, please state
through your Sunday paper II science mas
discovered any means Tor extracting teelh
without pain and not sunJectlhS 1he pa
tiout 10 total insensibiliiy py use Ol
chiorofcrm or like agents 90,
we think not. Cocaine VIII only deaden
the pain, and with many persons sas does
no more.
Never Heard II.
What is meant by the phrase ITO 80 and
Ne do not know. We never heard Of
the phrase and DO not find it IN the
principal collections Of proverbs ana say
mss.
lis Pronunciation.
How is the name kearsarge pronounc-
As II spelled Keer-sarj, The. word is
said 20 be derived from the Indian he
as" high and ankle. place, or from tne
Indian ''Kooswacssadchu' pine and peak
Cd mountain.
n.;,.f,.I NJ nnIo
Who is the original Of ''Dodo' in Ben
sons novel of that nance
IL is said that Miss Dorothy Tenant;
daughter of Sir Charles remnant ana
now wife Of Henry Asquth, 9. G., Nj.
T.. was the original Of "Dodo.
Preparing the Canvas.
How is the rough canvas prepared for
use by an artist?
IL is the exception now to get rough
canvas; almost all sold nowadays Is pre-
pared. II the canvas is bought rough,
however. IL must be stretched then sized,
and thea the ground is washed IN.
There i Not.
Is there n law pensioning the daughters
of the revolutionary soldiers. My moth
en- is living and j. eighty-three years oid.
Her father, Hezekial Wheeler. served SIX
wears enlisting at fifteen years Of age IA
Connecticut.
so. Revolutionary widows are pension
ed. but children of the Revolutionary SOL
diers are beyond the pension age Tor
children Children OF soldiers may De
pensioned until they are sixteen years
old only.
iarby and Jonn
What is the significance OF the term
Darby and joan as applied to mar
Darbv and Joan are an English man
and wife famous for their cOuJusdl fe-
fholOmew Close, Smithhed. London; Joan
was his wife. John Darby died IN low
Darby and Joan figure In a ballad Writ
ten by Henry WO0dfall shortly al1eT
Darby 8 death.
10 Turn the Heir Gray.
VIII you tell me how to turn my hair
gray without causing 10 10 fall QUIT
Hair becomes gray because OF some de-
iclency in the supply Of nourishment 10
H. there seems TO be- no aye Tor produc-
ing the gray tint or any sale or even
unsafe way of making the hair gray.
We find dyes for about every other color
Of hair. but none for gray.
They Hold the Record
What steamship lines plying between
New York and Southampton. England.
hold the record for time-both east and
Wtst2
The American line holds the record for
the fastest westward trip with the s.
Paul. the record is six days and 81 min
ufas. made on August S-li 1896. The
Hlmburg-Amcrican line holds the east
ofn record with the Fuerst Bismarck;
thls record g. siX days. ID hours - min
u.s.. made September 2l-ZS. 1893.
john Penn.
Please tell me something about John
Penn. who signed the declaration from
North Carolina Where was Ire horny
What was his fathers name! Had h
arv brothers. 81 sO their names What
relation was he to William Penn. the
Quaker?