The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-28
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no,ice in your query Column an en-
on,rv about Kentucky Belle" This
noem was written by Constance Fenimore
Woolson. The copy l have is in The
eureka Collection of REGULATIONS and
Reading" CNo. u. compiled by Mrs. Anna
Randall Diehl. and published by j. ,.
Ogllvie & Co., New 1ofk'
Whence Comes This Man?
Nvhe, and where was Edison born?
Al Ava ohio. on February II. lsil. He
GETS ms middle name from the place OF
his birth.
r. not Nebraska the only 5t,te in this
country that has chosen the golden ROD
as State Flower
No. Oregon and Alabama have selected
the same flower.
Included.
Is the Office of Bank Examiner included
I'm the civil service LIST
YES. Ii is an Office requiring a high
grade of technical ability in the business
of an accountant. ami now is within the
limits of the classihel service
Round and Round
How many rounds were fought BY
Sullivan and kilrain
Sullivan and kilra.n fought % ROUNDS
at Richburg. Mississippi on July 5. lsS'.
the time was two hours 10 minutes and
p seconds. The fight was for S-0ov-
al oi Them.
Please give the full names and ages OF
| President and Mrs. Mckinley?
The full name OF the President or the
United States Is william Mckinley. The
| President was born al Niles, ONO, on
January -. 1913. Ills wie's maiden name
was saxton. her full name Is Ida saAton
| Mckinley She was born IN Canton
Ohio in June 1917.
Term "Proof-SpIrit"
What IS meant ~ the term PROOF
| sprits2'
! By proof-spirit is meant an alcoholic
| liquor which has "a specific gravity on
O.g2O and contains 0t5 Of its weight or
O.5.Z1 OF its volume of absolute alcohol.
| When a liquor has less specific sraNiiS
fl is above proof. when IL has greater
specific gravity. it IS below proof.
When II Ended.
! When did the war actually eri!
President johnson proclaimed the war
nj am end on April 3, 1866, and issued
second proclamation 10 the same eh'ct
on August T. 1850. The latter date Is
taken by the Pension Office as the Off
cial date Of the end Of the wrr. Il is 10
be noticed that hostiites ceas ID on May
% 1850. when GeneIal l.. NiDy 81 "a
surrendered to Central Candy 1T New
orleans.
Your Claim Wrong.
1 claim that consumption is much more
| prevalent and more deadly here than in
| Europe, and am opposed, am right?
No; were the COMPARISON TO be made
with our Eastern stac0ast. you might
be right. but this disease is much less
! common inland than On on near the sea-
shore and there is a great deal of II H.
| Europe. Medical science is making en-
couraging Roadway against the diseases
now.
Not Together.
Do the President and Nce-President ride
to the capitol together?
The do not, as you Will have noticed
when reading the account of Mr.. Mckin-
! leys inauguration. Thp Nice-President
is presiding. over the final sessions Of the
! Senate and the Nice-President-elect is
waiting to be sworn in and to assume his
place as presiding officer. The President
and the President-elect 70 TO the capitol
together, and there meet the Nice-Presi-
dent and the ice-President-elect.
How ilany of Them?
How many railroads are there In the
United States in the hands Of receivers?
What are their names;
Eleven Of the principal railroad systems
are in the hands Of receivers. as follows:
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, the
Central Vermont; the Forth Worth and
Denver City road. the Norfolk and West
ern: the Queen and Crescent route, which
includes i've railroads; the Reading rail-
road. the ST. Joseph and Grand Island:
the Toledo. ST. Louis and Kansas City;
the Union Pacific. Denver and Gull
Coast: the Union Pacific, and e Wis
consin Central lines. Some smaller roads
are also in the hands Of receiver.
How Long?
How long does a Congress continue
,,tftboftt changing its number and when