The times., 1897-10-31

States had to change their constitutions
before they were readmitted 10 the Union.
they did so between 1855 and 1868. Tho
changed constitutions conferred the right
OF suffrage Upon the negroes 8. The
negroes did vote in the former slave States
before March 80, 1870. The Fifteenth
Amendment was adopted 10 prevent dis
franchisement for color in the future; you
viii notice that it is negative in form.
When a veteran dies without wife or
children who Will inherit his pens ION
which may have accumulated invested IN
other property z. Doesltgoto ms brother3
aud sisters, the parents being dead2 B.
II so, does It go to those living, or do the
children of deceased brothers and sisters
take a share? 4. Is property in another
State administered on In the District
courts? Soldiers sister
/. His nearest relatives win inherit HIS
property, whether il come from his pension
or otherwise. g It does. 3. IL goes
TO the living and to the children OF dead
brothers or sisters, who divide their pa
rents share among them. 4. No; il must
be administered in the courts Of the State
where Z is found.
1. What causes a horse to have the
heayes and what is good for them2 2. Is
there any Government land in Eastern
OkldHOIias II nOs III mat anu
who must apply 70 for title, and W bat.
does il cost? g. What is the number OF
colored males In the United States? 4. Who
was God talking TO when he said, Let
US ma ke man in our own image2" Reader.
The cause OF heaves is not known ac-
curately There is no certain cure; the
horse must pe kept in as good condition
as possible, fed on good clean oats.
bruised before offered to him, and a
rev pounds If good cut and wet hay;
occasional purgatives should be admins
tered; dry food and dusty hay must be
avoided especially. 2. There is still some
Government land in Oklahoma and there
IL a land office In each county town
Write to the local land agent 8. BY ths
census of 1S9u there were 1851 ,54S col
ored males in the United states. A. We
do not know; probably the expression is
simply rhetorical
The West Point Military Acad emy,
having been established I'D looz, VIII you
please naule some OF its first graduates'
2 Were Gems. Samuel Cooper, Mcdowell
Sumner and Wool West rom tersE 8.
What was the cause OF the CriInean war;
W. E. D.
Thefirst sraduateOf West Point was Gen.
Joseph g. Swift, who died in 1860. Other
early gra,lua tes who made professional rep
utations were ATmistead WalSer, 1S03s
who died a brisadier general in 1915;
George Bomford, sos; Joseph q. Totten,
who died in Is64 as chief of engineers in
the Army; Ethan 4. Allen, SOC, son Of
Gen Ethan Allen; SyIvanus Thayer, $685.
Guslave LOOmis and j. j. Albert In 1911.
Alexander W Fannins and Rene E. de
Russy, 1912; and Charles s. Merchant and
John Munroe, in 1914. Q Gen. Cooper
and Gen. Mcdowell were West Pointers
Gems. Wool and Sumner were not 8. Is
was caused by Great Britains dread Of
Russia's power in the East. Russia want
ed to protect the Christians in Turkey and
Palestine England feared for her posses
sions in India If Russia gained any influence
in Turkey; 50 she declared war. France
joined In. because the Emperor, Napoleon
Ill, thought TO tighten his hold on the gov
crnInent by distIacting the attention OF
the French by war. Savoy hoped 10
Propitiate the great powers and induce
them to helr her get free from Austria, and
SO Joined; and Turkey, which didn't want
10 tight, had To do So to avoid becoming
merely the bOne about which the others
were snaslinc Even English writer's adj
mitnow that 1.-THE Crimean war was with0us
excuse.