The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-10
Newspaper Correspondents

Johnson held IN 'upd - .,as
lie had no Official position there' ne VS.
can newspapers.
taial 10 the nv.
What fumes or smoke VIII prove ia'''
to the ordinary house Ivy -.
The fumes of burning camphor an" ~
chloride OF lime will drive flies Out OK
rooms and may kin some Of them ou,
flies are impervious to almost everything
correct pronunciation.
What IS the correct pronunciation OK me
names Weyler, Macoo and Gomez.
Weylor is German name originally
and in Germany IL is pronounced Nigh-
lare. In Spain II IS pronounced Nay-iate.
Maceo Is Math-ay-o. and Gomez Is CO.
mayth.
yoi Eligible. We Think
II n natural born citizen OF the United
States should become natur1lized In an
other country and afterwards return 10
the United States, become naturaiiIeh
here and live fourteen years continuous
ly. would he Doe eligible 20 the presidency
of tho United States?
There Is no decision on the case by any
authoritative court We think, however.
that he would not be eligible. lie gives
M his status as natural born citizen.
and he returns as a naturalzed citizen
and lives as one. lie never. 10 our mind
RECEIVERS his original status
What Mast ie Dane.
What must be done 20 have postofiice
established? How Is the first postmaater
appontcd7 Does he have 20 give bonds
and how much?
Send petition for tho establishment OK
the office 10 the ostmaetcr-GeneraL You
can send for blank form of petition or
use a simple written petition. The peu-
ton Is signed hy those who hope 10 use
the Office. the name OF the person who -
wanted as postmaster is inserted in the
petition. All postmastors have To give
bonds: the amounts vary with thoir
salaries.
To Make an Acid Ink.
How can I make an acid ink that viii
penetrate enamel paper without iniuring
IL? Please give the proportions for red.
blue and brown.
You cannot make nm "acid ink" You
can write with acid ON n suhstanc" Ike
glass such as onamollod paper, and then
color tho lines eaten in the enamel hy
the acid. bat the best way IS 70 color
shellac Varnish with vormilion In powder
or with prussian blue or with burnt sienna
IN powder You will then have red.
blue or n brown partly waterproof M
with which YOU may write on the enamel
led paper
Who Said II First?
Who first said History repeats itaolff'
Please give some Instances of the rcpcti-
tiOn OF history.
History repeats ITSELF IS a nr0vorb ot
unknown origin. though the idea of IL -
found In Greek and in old French. lts
ide7 is not so much that history actually
repeats its Occurrences as that one cal
learn by studying history how things tal
outflow from given causes certain re-
suits may be expected. Patrick Henry'5
speech I'm the Virginia Convention or 100
suggests cases where history repeated IT,
self: Caesar had his Brutus. Charles
tho First his Cromwell. and George the
Third C'Troas0nw cried the Speaker may
profit by their example
VINO lhr, ~ We're
Please explain what Is meant In English
History, by the expressions "Tudors,'
"Plantagonets' and blouse Of STUART
The Plantagenots were kings OF Englan9
from ll5i TO 1855. They were originally
Counts Of Anjou. In France. and for many
years their French possessions were moro
important to them than their English
kingdom They took their name from th1
sprlg Of hcathor-pianta gencsta-whcl
Godfrey OF Aniou. father Of the frs.
I
cap and on his helmet. The Tudors vera
also Kings and Queens OF England ruling
from 1855 TO 1903 The founder OF tho
Tudor line was Henry Tudor. Earl -
Richmond who claimed the Na,Ss
through his mother. a descendant 90
John, OF Gaunt. third son Of Edward Ia
lie defeated Richard III. the true King,
AT Bosworth Field. August %. 1855, and
was recognized as King by the Parliament
al II Ina Ys
war. The House OF Stuart provided KINGS
aud Queens for Scotland from 1870, and
for England from 1853 until i7li " dated
from about 1lJ0. when Gualtier OWalter)
"a Norman knight was made Steward 10
David l. King Of Scotland. The seventh
Steward became King of Scotland In 800.
the ninth sovereign became king OF En-
gland In if03. and the line ceased 10 reiga
in l7li. though 1t is not set extinct
Eiuc.iiouil.
I. How old is the public school system
OF the United States2 g. How does IL
compare with the educational systems II
other natiOns2 .. What nation IS regard
al in the lead educatioualy2 g. What
state in our union Is doing most ednca-
tionauy? o. How many colleges and
universities In the United Statesy s.
what per cent OF our population received
a college education lOO years ago. Fry
years ago. What per cent now? g. What
per cent OF England. Germany Spain and
Mexico receive college oducauony s.
What per cent. Of the population OF The
Tuifd States can't read and Wr!tef D.
What per cent. Of lawyers. doctors. minis
tiers. authors Journalists stafesmen.
presidents (of the United Sfate). and
business men ln the United States have
received a college oducatlOny
h. Nearly 80 years Old, IN lGiT Massa-
chusotts passed a law providing for prl.
mary and secondary education no public
expense. O. We cannot give history 4
education II may be- said that as a
whole our public school system Is AZ
good as that OF Great Britain. nos 20 good
as that of tho Teutonlc c0untrie1 and
vastly superior TO that ln the Latin coun-
tries. % Probably Sweden OF Denmark.
T. Massachusetts,. We think. D. ln $50
there were as colleges and universities
and 500 nrofessiOnal schools. g. We have
no statistics for the earlier years, in 800
about three persons in every thousand
were an college. g. Thirteen and sevcn-
tcnths per cent. in 800. s. We can an-
swer only for the presidents. There have
been twenty-ihree different presidents. ~
these thirteen. rather more than 20 par
cent. were college graduates.
The Fr.i Ilaut.-is
When was the first Thanksgiving Day
celebrated what-and where?
one on the first Thanksgiving days on
record Is that OF Noah and Dbl, family
when they came ont Of ihe arb. The
/ Israelites had thanks wing days. and
various days OF roloi.ry have been celc-
l d J.