The times., 1897-10-31
NOTES AND QUERIES.
When did Pope Plus TX dieq yara.

I NOTES AND QUERIES.
When did Pope Plus * die? vara.
| In 1873, on February s. Just thirty days
after the death OF his enemy, Victor
| Emanuel, the first king OF United Italy.
| In what month in 1873 was there total
eclipse of the sun? When did it begin?
! ]. r. N.
The total eclipse OF tie sun began in the
| evening Of July 20, 878, and ended few
minutes after midnight Oh the morning OF
| July 80.
What is the fifth century OF our era
| called in history? h. G. s.
The fifth century "a. d. 4O1-50o) is
known as the beginning OF the middle
| ages, AMI more specifically as the first
century OF the dark ages, the most uI-
civilized and darkest part of the middle
ages.
What trades or professions have good
! openings? s. T.. L.
Probably electricity offers a good
field rs any for good man engineering
offers a fine field, and dentistry is not
yet crowded with able men. A good
man in any trade or profession will rInu
! IN opening II he goes TO the right place
/ The trouble is To learn where that place is.
Please describe the Cuban flag, and tell
me when and at wnose suggestion il was
| adopted? Rem.
The Cuban flag was adopted In 1851 AZ
the suggestion of Gen. Lopez. 1t is q
| flag having as a field three blue and two
white horizontal stripes and red trian-
| gular union with single white star,
the base OF the triangle being vertical
Is there a record kept OF the soldiers
of the American Revolution? Whom can
| one write to to get information OF his n
cestors who were in the Revolutionary
war: NJ. johnson.
There IS no general record OF the Revo.
lutionary soldiers. The state of New Jer-
sey has published lis of jersey soldiers
in the resolution, but we know of no
other State that has done SO.
II take thousand dollars in gold 20 the
Bank of England to exchange for ste Ring,
| how is its value determined? Is IL by
| weight? ". A. w.
/ 1hc sterling value of your American gold
win be determined by the exchange rate
OF the dav. Your coins viii be weighed,
to see if any are too light, but you WIN
be paid the exchange rate; not by weight
Where are the highest trees in the Unit ed
States? L. ID. u.
/ the ''big trees in California That
State has three varieties OF giant trees.
the sugar pine tpuas Ianbertianal which
attains height of 800 feet, it is found
Chiefly in the Sierra; the big tree
tseduoia gigartea), the tallest of which
measures 252 ieet and the sequoia semper-
virene, or redwood which is only little
smaller than the 'big tree"
Is the Commandment Thou shalt keen
the Sabbath day holy the Third or Fourth
commandment? a. e. P
Most scholars, according TO the encyclo
pae'iias, nUcept the Philonic division OF the
commandments, which numbers this CON-
mancment as fourth. This division is ac-
cepted by the Episcopal, Calvinistic and
Greek Churches. The Roman Catholic and
the Lutheran Churches follow the Au-
gGstinian division and call it the third com
mandmcnt, and so. too, do the Jews, who
follow the TalInudic division
How many States and cities of the United
States have adopted the compulsory sys-
tenn of education? WHAT countries OF Eu-
rope have the compulsory ystem or educa-
tion2 W. h. n,
Every state mas compulsory education
law of niore or less extent, ana every city
has to follow the law of its State. Aus
tria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, Fin
land, France, Germany, Holland, Italy,
Norway, Roumania, Servia, Sweden ard
Switzerland have compulsory education
laws in some Of them, however. the laws
are not especially wen enforced. Russia
is about 10 enforce compulsory education
laws.
Please give directions for building an
NJ. B.
Build the house with double walls, or
even with triple walls. The house must be
Well built with q double roof; the floors
mnst he strong, the doors must be double
and fit tightly. The spaces between TIE
walls aud the ROOF must be filled with
sawdust. spent tan bark charcoal or some
other non conductor OF heat. The ice must
be placed on a he'd OF straw and straw
should be placed between the layers. A
ton OF Ice contains about thirty-four
cubic feet.
l.. What was the value of Washington S
estate? 2. Who has his library? 3 " ho
Has he any living descendants? ;. Did
| Washington refuse pay for his services in
the Revolution? E. h. t,
l. II was estimated at about 81 ,ooO,
coo, most of it in land . His nephew
Bushrod. received most Of the books;the Ii
brary rs scattered now. 3. The Noun,
Vernon Ladies Association, which bought
the property in 1858, and has cared for il
since. 4 Washington had no direct de
scendaEts; descendants OF his brother still
bear the name. He did; he accepted
only his expenses
Please inform me what steps are neces
Sary to obtain admission to a soldiers home
Tan a soldier choose the home he woulC
like to go to? j. I.
TO enter a soloiers' home, discharged SOL
diers or sailors must have an honorable dis
charge, and must be so disabled that theJ
cannot lahor for living. Applicant.
ruust agree to observe the rules theS must
send With their applications their dis
charge and their pension papers, which
win be retained while they remain In th,
home. II the pension of an applicant i,
Sl6 month or more, he will not he ad
mitted ordinarily. a veteran may choose
the hoHe he wishes to enter; he is eX
pected, however, to choose the home near
est TO his residence.
Please give the family names of the rulers
D. Q.
Austria Hungary, Francis Joseph OF Haps
burg, whose wife is Elizabeth. Duchess il
Bavaria; Belgium, Leopold Guelph, mar
ried Maria Henrietta, of Hapsburg; Bul
garia Ferdinand Gualnh naarrtnd Ma RI.