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

road charter depends Oh enS ", So,
charter. The constitution or the tuite"
States forbds States to alter the opiSa-
lions OF contracts. but what Leslsia
ture may create it may alter or revoke
as a rule.
Transit Of Venus.
Please tell me when the transit oil venus
occurred2 -
Venus passes between the earth and INC
sun at no very great Intervals. ihc
transit to -hich YOU refer, however, oc-
CURED on December Q. 1874 December SIN
automatically. All the principai coun
tries sent parties of astronomers 20 va
rious parts OF the earth TO observe tue
transit by means Of which TO determine
the distance OF the earth from me sun
There was a transit OF Venus Deceiioea a
Is. lSS2. and there Will be another on Juho
S. 2O04.
How Man, Gallons?
/ How many gallons OF beer. whisky.
wine. and other intoxicating liquors were
sold i'm the United States last year,
,The figures for 1896 are not obtainable
vet In 1915 about one billion gallons OF
boer were produced In the United Slatss
and about 32l5,0O0 gallons we're linpot.eu'
some 25.5l0.0O gallons OF WHISKY we,e
PRODUCED and l.2J0OOo gallons oil WHISKY
Gin. etc. Crhe details are NOT slNs"I,,
we're imported some S9.DOOl gallons OF
,rine were made and about zyoo'VD sa'-
Ions were imported.
Colossus of Rhodes.
How high was the Colossus OF hnou l.t,.i
The Colossus at Rhodes was ctea,,su
about 2sS years b. c.. by Chares OF LIN
ans II was rs feet high and was hollow
with winding stairs to the crown OIL tne
head. 1t was destroyed by an eartnqu"ne
after standing htty-slN years anu ,@s ceS -
the ground from {. 80 10 a. -. -
when an AleNandrian jew oovs il To-
loaded II on 800 camels ana removes = 20 ~
his city. The bases IN II weighed -
90 MOUNDS. according TO tradition that Is
go tons.
Price, of Corn.
What were the average prices OK corn
for the past twenty-five years ~" "
the decline IN price accounteu io' ..r~aas.
Tho bureau OF Statistics OF the lteSs-
my Denartment publishes the nsutes tol
each wear from 1915. before tha eo- po .,
sone 6eures are obtainable 1870 20 9 ,5s.
a bushel. 1915. SIS, lsS, .9A io ~, 81.
1850. IS; ISL, So lSs2 No. 49, ssS 30 1850
- 80 80 az, 1891. 20. 1892. -: 1875 .oO'
iS9i -. ls95' SO: 1896 IS The tall Is eA,
nieined bv the supply being greater '"a"
the demand.
Want, ia Study Finance.
70 make q study Of the financial system
Of This country what course WOW go
advise to pursue. what data 10 ieau' "''
wnher fs USrsi,'s' Laughlin's "Bimetallism
9, the United States Is soon oo" -
- II doesn't come quite down "
49, X Tpton late Assistant Sec.
tarv of tho Treasury. has Door p',,',I
I'm Politics" which covers tne p"t1ht.a
tt,,or,. az our finances. and Horace " NC
n's,o a.ritten Money and Banking:
rhess will give YOU a grounui's' az.
f,ben, Won will ind the names OF o.",'
hooks which you can reau nv -
Mills political Economy - tno c-,,.
dard free trade boob while ileH ..S,o1,9t,,,I
md simon Patten In their fo''l.~'
,- ,',,, support the American sys-
tom +. W. Taussig has a Iaiii h'S-
torv of the United states
that Almanac.
The Warrock-Richardson Almanac has
, tabIe ON page S. giving the rising anu
-ottlno of the sun In Solar time am
,,,rther an after the days of the month
IL gives another time for the son. i"-"' 100
Inc "a OF February I'm solar tlrhe tilV 80"
sets 81 and in the time ailer 'nc 80
It's sets 5.3i. Please SLY WIN" -
We think both are right. Tho solar
+inns a. mo actual time 10y the sun. tne
other time is by standard tthe. ~ ~
nossible. however. that m the sonar 0''il.
H. limo is taken from the lower edge on
- Inn md i'm the other time from the
INNER edge. We think this likely as We
believe that the difference between SOAR
and standard time IS nowhere so mo II "7
., minutes.
Which One?
What metal expands ana conir'c,s
most under the action or neat anu GNU
Also what llqudf .. o.,s
OF metals. ziuc has the 6re'te9t coz,
acienf Of linear expansion. for one De-
.,re. odditional heat expands IL by .uop'-
10 9th part of its length. or lg"ids,
cbloroforfn has the greatest coeihclehl
If exhaustion. 100 degrees OF neat tCchu-
GRADED. additional expands chioioloilh ny
more than One-seyenth OF us previous
,-ol,nne l57th part thereof. As the ~
,on@ion of liquids increases grpdually
from zero with each additional DEGREE
of heat il cannot be said mat one aadl-
.fora1 doereo expands chlOrOiorm .'Il'i
nf its volume. Tho coeiicient OF eNpAn-
sion is the amount OF expansion OF uouy
when Us temperature rises from zero 20
one degree above zero ihe So, ,.,.,,.5
Of contraction have not been measured
seemingly. When bodies have been neat
cd 10 IA high temperature the force pro-
ducod bv their contraction on COOLING Is
eon,I to the force needed 10 compress the
,r9torial 10 the same extent by mechani-
cal means
Hanien-Thc Golden Fleece.
What was the Golden Fleece thar
Jason. Prince Of Thessaly, went In search
OF accompanied b. nifty companion he
rOes;
The stoty OF the Golden Fleece IS
found en- the Greek mythology. Atham1s,
king of Orchomcnus. had two children,
Phfixus and Helle. whom their stepmoih-
ar. mo. hated. To escape from her they
mounted the wonderful ram with golden
fleece. which carried them through the
air. Between Sgeum and the Chersone-
sus Helle fell from the ram into the sea
now called by her name. Hellespont, but
Phrixus. arrived safely az COichis. He
sacrificed the ram 10 Zeus. the chief OF
gods. and gave its fleece TO Acetes, King
Of Colchis. who hung it in ID grove scrcd
10 Mars. where it was watched by