The times., 1898-10-02

What became of the British emigrant ship Great
bTltalnf saws she IS still in service. that sh,.
was eondemHed in Port Stanley, Faul llrd Islands.
in ISs6. SUBSCRIBER
The Great Britain. built as a steamer
and first hoated in lS43, was made into a
sailing ship about 1S71, and in 1SS6 was
stranded on the Falkland Islands She
is now a hulk at Port Stanley, used for
storing coal.
Please inform me as TO whether anything has
I been found pertaining 70 the colony sent out BY
SIR Walter Raleigh under the leadership Of John
| White? ST
Nothing. When Governor White came
back the next year. 1855 he found the
scene Of his village a wilderness. with no
inhabitants. On tree nearby was carv-
ed a word which they made out to be
! "Croatan," but no one knew what it
meant, and no one has yet found out.
Did any member of the Continental Congress
vote against the Declaration Of Independence
The Declaration was adopted unani-
| mOUsly by the States. though IN two OF
| the States negative votes were cast: not
| enough 10 make those States vote against
IL. These States were Delaware and
| three. and in the latter three out OF
seven, opposed IL. After it had been
| adopted, however. they signed II.
When was the snip Constitution Of 1sl2 fame
first put into commission? What were her noted
fights and was she ever engaged against the Al
geriRe pirates2 b. T.
She went into commission first in 1877.
/ under command Of Capt. Samuel NichOl-
son. Two Of her principal fights were
I with the Guerrero, 1872. and with the
Java. 1S12. She =as employed against the
s 1wNt. ~ mir IN Il
was the flagship of Commodore Preble IN
his attack on TripOl, August 3 1904
How many regiments are there in the United
States army2 ,. Would alfalfa iniure a siN-year-
old orchard OF pecans if planted between the tTees
leaving six-foot space around each tree? When
Is the best time to plant, and h0w2 j. ". NJ
There are ten regiments Of cavalry
seven Of artillery and twenty-five Of in
fantry, total of forty-two regiments ?
Not at first; at all events. not for years
Plant il in the spring, when you plant
other grass Plant in drills and keep il
well cultivated.
Is there such thing as the Irish language7
2. Can anyone under twenty-one years Of age ION
the regular army Of the United ststesz
Yes. II is branch Of the Gaelic. and is
spoken exclusively in the Arran Islands.
of the west coast of ireland. and by some
old persons on the mainland . With the
consent Of mis- parents or guardians, a per
son under twenty-One may enlist in the
army. With the same consent, a person
under eighteen may enlist as a musician.
not as bandsman, but as drummer or
trumpeter.
By what process are raisins dried and prepared
for the market? No NAME.
The best raisins are dried on the vines;
the vines are cut almost through and the
grapes allowed 10 dry Most raisins are
cut from the vines when quite ripe. and
dried in the sun, or, if the weather is
bad, in steam-heated rooms Raisins
dried in hot rooms. however, even if Of
the best grapes. are not so good as sun
dried. Great care is needed IN drying
them that they are not spoiled by over
or by under drying When dried they are
packed according to their quality.
What IS the best way to make canvas tent
waterproof U.AP.
Take the tent apart then soak il in
bath made of one part OF neutral sUIphate
of alumina concentrated alum cake and
ten parts OF water. After a thorough
soaking in this, soak it in this bath: Boil
one part light resin. one part soda Crys-
| tails, ten parts water, until the soda is
dissolved; then add One-third part COM
mon soap to separate the water and col
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equal amount of palm oil soap in thirty
parts Of water. In this last liquid soak
the canvas. Then rinse it clean in clear
water.
We hear of "seignorage'' in connection with
the mintage of coin; Is II 4 tax, a rebate that
the Government pockets! p c. :
The seignorage really Is the charge
made by the owner of a mint for coin
ing metal brought to him. In the old
days there were private minis; now all
mints are owned by the Government
but the name seignorage is retained
In some cases q regular charge is made
In other cases the Government charges
nothing, but recoups itself for the ex-
pense of coming by minting, say, eleven
coins out of the value in metal of ten
lseoins. 1t does this by putting in a GER
tain percentage of alloy In this couu-
try the term seignorage has been ap-
piled to the difference between the coin
age value of silver and its bullion value.
The United States has on hand a stock
of bullion bought at an average price of
about 90 cents an ounce The coinage
value is Sl-29 an ounce The difference
between 90 cents and SIS is the So
called seignorage.
C. c. H.-Col Roosevelt's Rough Rid
ers have been mustered out as other
soldiers have been, or will be. Their
name is due to the fact that the com
mand was recruited in large degree from
our Southwestern plainsmen-this in an
swer to ]. ]. J. ". Mn a spelling
examination begin each word to be spell
ed with a capital letter. Wm. McC-
Spanish is spoken generally in the South
American republics. Sycamore and but
tonwood are the same. Different trees
in different localities the styled cotton
woods. c. C.-The sentence YOU quote is
ungrammatical: whittier goest thOu?'
c.. A. B.-Tou may be able 10 get the
information you seek by writing to f.
R L. Gould, Pm. D.. who is correspond
| ing secretary for the American Statisti-
cal Society, and to be reached at Isl
Fourth Avenue. New York city: or TO
Weston Flint secretary and treasurer
for the National Statistical Association.
| at 1913 X Street Washington, D. c.
E. X G-The international copyright
law gives full protection TO American
| authors who comply with its regulations.
| one of these demands foreign and do
mestic publication simultaneously. r. o.
A-The quotation reads: Let me make
the songs of a nation. and care not who
makes its laws" and the author IS I'M
| known. a Scotch writer. who died in
| 1716 wrote to a friend that he knew
very wise man, that believed that if a
man were permitted to make all the
ballads of a nation. he need not care
who should make the laws of a nation"
Whom he meant is not known.