The times., 1898-12-25

n oayS tndL tne fre-iuefft prDcl4n1tIOn
makes InaDts giving Day legal holiday. Q says
that without the governors proclamation THANKS
giyiIg would no, be legal holiday Who is
Heatf A. R.
is right. The Presidents proclanla-
ton applies legally oaly to the District
| of Columbia and the Territories.
OF what nationality the men who gave US
| the revised version of the Biblef j. II. H.
The work was done by collaboration
| between an association of Englishmen
and like organization of Americans.
Chapter BY chapter the work was passed
TO and fro. the process covering fourteen
years.
Why do our suprme Court judges wsa, r9bess
The judges of the supreme Court have
worn robes from the b ginning. Tney
took the custom from England.
/ A thinks that Moody. the evangelist : Bap-
tiss; that he is Methodist Who Is rightl
AS We understand it. Mr. Moody has
never been ordained a minister of any
| denomination His first church. estab-
| lished while he was employed in a shop
| in Chicago. was an Independent organ.-
/ zatton known as 'Moody's Caurs h He
bec-me a professor under the pc achs-
| ing of DR.. Kirk of Boston. who was
Congregationalist-
Were any Columbian quarter dollars coined in
either is9s or 1895! II 50, how many
No quarter-dollars of the CoIumfisn
issue were coined in 1892: but in 1888 sls-
! 600 worth were coined. numbe. ing 49,
| o23 pieces. The Columbian halves wecs
| coined in 1899 tSf75. Geo. or 9530 01t- pieces)
and in 1898 (s2.e26. .C5z 50, or o., ,lej pieeesj
Please give ne tse size of jackson Park. Chi
easo and state the size of the large parSs Of the
| country. SUBSCRIBER
jackson Park has $50 acres. Other
large city parks are Fairmount Park.
Philadelphia, 27i9 acres; Pelham Park.
New York, 100 acres; Van Cortlandt
| Park. New York 1.oe4 acres: Golden
| Gate Park San Francisco. i0@2 acres.
Central Park. New York. ss2 acres; Belle
| Isle Detroit, 100 acres; Druid Hill Park,
Baltimore, ess acres
Has the United States Government the right to
conscript citizen in time of war and send Eim
| out of the country 10 fght2 B.Z-
There is no law allowing the President
| to do so. but If one were deemed neces-
sary 1t would be constitutional for Con-
gress to enact 1t. The militia law allows
the President to call on the militia or
| National Guard to resist invasion, enforce
the laws and suppress Instructions.
Please tell something Of the Arctic voyage Of
| Sif John Franklin! j. h VI.
He led Arctic expeditions in 1913 1919.
1875 and 1875. In his last expedition nsg5)
he took the Erebus and. the Terror.
Many expeditions sent to rescue him came
! upon relics and in 1859 Capt. +. Inc
| Clintock found at Point Victory, in Arc
tic regions. documentary proof that
\ Franklin died near Lancaster Sound June
II. ia7. All his men probably perished
with him.
In many late editions of Shakespeare. Act l.
Scene 3, OF Hamlet. PolonilAs is made TO say:
The friends ttou hast and their adoption tried.
Gappe them to thy soul with hoops Of stseI.v
Old editions and all the players have ever
heard. and have heard many. have the word
''isooks" instead Of hoops" Did any competent
editor or critic ever give reason for the Charge
| Of hooks" 10 "hOcps?'' J. $ P.
Hoops is the original and correct
word. Pope was the editor who substi-
tuted hooks
How can / become member Of a b-sss band
in the navy. What IS the salary OF plsyer.
Only fasships carry recognized bands.
The bands on other ships are simply
made up of men who have instruments
and play together Every ship carries
buglers who get $50 month. The flag
ships carry first musicians" who get ses
1
So a month. and .second-class musi-
clans, who get $50 month. To become
member of navy band you must en-
list as bandsman.
Has the War Department. records OF the names
OF officers and soldiers who served IN the war ct
the Revolution? Can you tell me Of any com
R.sisa Rsds volume "hs'e S"eh in'''na'Sn sa1 be
The War Department has no such rec
| ord r.rip bar f.,i its fl,ra-
various volumes published by some of the
States containing the names. Messachu-
setts, Connecticut, New Jersey and some
other States have published such books.
and New York is publishing record now
You should apply for information to the
adjutant general of a State. rather than
to the War Department.
Are regular soldiers allowed to vote At State
election? > are they allowed to vote al a Presi-
DENTAL eleetions 8. How do they vote!
Yes. If they are stationed so near the
places where they voted or had homes
iNbefore they enlisted that they can vote
after complying with any State laws
about registering. etc 3 Yes. under the
some conditions. There is no law against
their voting; the law merely says that
they cannot gain residence by serving
at place: but they do not lose their old
residence either. II they are at their
old voting places, they may vote j.
They vote just as anyone else votes
What tie five railroads crossing Iowa from
cast to west, and what the last, cities in
Iowa they pass, before entering bordering States9
, Name the Pacific railroads and the terminals Of
each? TEACHER
The Chicago. Milwaukee and St Paul
from North McGregor on the east to In
wood on the west: Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy from Burlington to Pacific
Junction: Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul. from Dubuque to Sioux City: Chi-
cago. Rock Island and Pacific from Nus
catine to Council Bluffs, and the Chicago
and Northwestern. from Clinton to Cali
fornia Junction. :. Northern Pacific. Ash
land. Mimi. to Tacoma and Portland:
l. Central Pacific. Ogden, Utah. to Oakland.
[ CAL: Union Pacific Omaha to Ogden:
Southern Pacific New Orleans TO San
Francisco. There is also the Canadian
Pacific Railroad
How many tribes are included in the sl.o.-
ment Of lands of the Indian Territory . How
much land per Irdisn! g. Is there irore land
than is required for the Indians? II what Dis
position will be made Of it, 4. On what ter.n-
viii the Indians be allowed TO dispose of ity
No NNNE.
The tribes originally included in the al
iotment were: Absentee. Shawnee. Potta-
watomie Quapaw, Modoc. Ottawa, Scne-
ca, Wyandotte. Cheyenne. Arapahoe
Wichita. Kiowa. and Comanche, In the
Indian Territory. Other tribes have beer
included since the law went into effect
among them the chickasaws and Choc-
| taws g One hundred and sixty acres fo