The times., 1897-12-26
NOTES AND QUERIES,

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No; but those of 1855 are worth from
p 70 $500 according to condition.
Is there city called Colomb or Colombo
~ "i''ie SUBSCRIBER
me principal city Of Ceylon is called
Colombo. 1t is not named for Columbus
but it was called Kalambu, a ce,rruutton
perhaps OF the original name, K3Iam.
totta-
what are the four best schools of en-
sineerins In the United states? b.
Probably, the Institute of Technology.
Boston; the Sheffield Scientific school,
New Haven, Conn; the School Of Mines.
Columbia College, New York, and the
Lawrence sc.ehtnic School, Cambridge,
Mass
TO whom should apply in ondon. Eng.
toi W q list t'I hsirs !" hose Claims ia We aDsed
| 10 the Gown? Z. 7. ". ).
For list OF estates which have reverted
TO the crown apply to the treasury solicitor.
| whitehall, London: for a list OF ''dOrnaut
estates in ohancery'' apply 70 the cnancery
| fund commissioners, Law Courts. I.onfIon.
In What years Gid Queen Victoria visit
| ireland? = Nnat year was Daniel
| oConneH elected 10 Parliament? J. n.
Queen Victoria landed in Dublinon August
j, 1852: again in August and September.
| 1888, and I'm August 1861. =. In
| 1898; he took his seat as member for Clare
in August Of that year.
| Please tell ne where were the PARENTS
! Of Charley EOis when he was stolen from
them, aud how old was he? VIII
Mr. Ross was at his business in PhiladeI-
| phia; Mrs. Ross was at home. Charley
Ross was out ON the street with his elder
| brOtneT' ne was four years old tut looked
| older.
! Did Dumas three muskeeters really live?
| :. WHAT became OF King Louis \ ~ : twin
| tile? X. S.
| D'Artagran did. The others were drav
| from several models. .. II is not certain
| that Louis XIV had g twin brother.
Please let NE know wha man Of five
] feet i've inches. also man Of five feet,
: seven Inches, ought 10 weigh in order 10 be
| IN proportion? READER
! a man or five feet, five inches tall snouId
+ weigh 40 pounds; the minimum weight
should be lfS pounds, md the ina X imun
115. \ nan Of live feet, seven inches
should weigh 80 pounds, with minimum
: Of I2I and maximum OF Io7 pounds
What is the punishment OF a United
states soldier If He deserts the Army and
is captured? =. What l. tie reward for
the capture and return OF deserter2
| He must serve out his time in prison.
perhaps: and may be punished further as
a cOurt-martial may direct.
and B both have wagons Of the same
make and size The wheels Of A 5 are
four feet in diameter ana u : TWO feet. Oyv-
ing to the size OF his wheels claims the
lighter draft BIS wheels being smaller.
he claims the lighter draft. WnIcn = right
anu Why! j. i. FACE.
A is right. The power needed to pail
the wagon is 70 the weight as The radius
Of the axle is 10 the radius Of the wheel.
If you work il cut you VIII find that \ 5
wagon is pulled more easily.
Can young man study law at home with
any success, and can young man with a
good English education enter "a law school
ON an equal footing with a college grad
uate .. What should l first do 10 study
law al home and wna- JJOEs should pro-
cure. SUBS CKlBEE-
He can study at home, but he wOIld bet
ter enter a law office ana study under the
direction Of an older person. A knowledge
OF the classics is required in many law
tchools. A college graduate is credited
with a certain amount Of work done which
is not allowed TO the non graduate .
Get a lawyers advice and look UP the Te-
quirements Of adnittance to tEe bar and
L
time TO time.
bets NJ that there is OHe-third more
business done in one week or one month
ON the New YORK Stock Market than there
is on the London stock Market Is ne
right? G. R. B.
There are no definite figures OF the
business OF the London market obte ina be,
no record is Kept there OF the amount OF
sales. Only the price at which sale is
made is quoted: not even the asking price
and the price bid being recorded. But
though the lot: are smaller in London than
here tine standard lot is ten shares there
and one hundred shares herel- the business
on the London market is said by New
YORK stock reporter Of repUte to be larger
than on the New York market. TIE London
Exchange divides its railway shares into
Home Rails, Americans India n. ~
Colonial and Foreign II handles mines,
Home, American. Indian, Colonial, For
eign: brewery shares omnibus shares. cur
po-ation shares, and probably six ptner
varieties; and. then. it mas the bonds di-
yidad into about many kinds We think
that B loses the bet.
Kindly give description Of the cid friGate
Constitution, aaa condensed history from
her completion to the present ia y
4
Humphrey. OF Philadelphia, aHG built ny
by George ClagtCrn, in Ioston; She was
launched CctObCr y, 1877. having been
three years i'll building. ard cost, ready
FOR sea. about 100000. She is 175 feet
long, ~ - feet team, i-2 feet deep,
with a tunnac re displacement OF .51S.
She was ca He'd a forty-four gun frjSate,
but carried thirt 24-pOUndcrS ON Ler
main deck. tFveTt ty-tv-u 32-pOund CarrOuadeS
on her spar deck ana TWO 24-pounG chaseTs-
She serN Ell in the Mediterranean in 1903
1906: in the war OF 1872, under HUI. de-
feated the Guerriere; under Rainbridee,
defeated the Java. UIder Stewart, the
Cyane and-the Levant. She was III the
Mediterranea in S4O-4i and in the
Pacific, 1s44-i7. From 1861 10 1St2
was a school ship at Annapolis. and has
been laid I'D most Of the time since then.
WbOfs the author of the poem commencing
Il would rather live in Bohemia than any
other land" hat book would give me
the best idea OF the altTulStic manners OF
living Of the Bohemian people! =. why
will universities ana the higher lnsutu-
tioIS of earning not recognize ana tedch
Is IL not Just as important
science many other branches tauEht
and worthy of as much careful re>e'Tch
B What book would give one gOJt general
knowledge Of ETJnmar whose opportunities
have moi enabled him TO become familiar
with school grammar? StGueht.
John Boyle O-ReiIly; the poem is called
.sIn Bohemia" and does not refer u the
inhabitants of Bohemia, but to the So
called ..BUheulians' people OK
more or less reputation and little or no
money. in whom. according to themselves,
We're found all the redecEling vices ana all
the necessary virtues. O'Reilly was sup
posed to be q Bohemian, and his poem