The times., 1898-05-08

How large Navy has America 70 dateF
Our actual fighting fleet includes four
hrst-ciass battleships. one second-class
BATH ship, two armOred cruisers, thir-
I teen protected cruisers, six monitors or
modern construction one ram and one
/ dynamite cruiser Besides these are to--
I pedo craft. unprotected cruisers and gun
| boats galore. We rank next 10 Russia,
/ and in a year will be third among the na-
I tiOns.
According to the best parliamentary usages does
nomination IN regular order require 4 second be-
I fore being voted upon2 .. n y
| No. In strict parliamentary bodies
! there are practically no nominations In
! political conventions nomination IS sec
/ onded, not because it is necessary. but 20
/ allow some person 10 talk
| How long does nan have to reside in Rhode
Island before he can apply Tor diVSree ZOE
/ dese-ticn? y y.
He must live there for one year. He
/ may then get divorce for deserSiOn that
| has continued for five years, or II the de-
sertion is aggravated he may get it for
a shorter period, at the discretion OF the
| court
Please give a remedy that viii destroy lice en-
! watermelon vines. J. Z T.
One of the best remedies IS the use OF
| tobacco dust in and on the hill The
/ TOBACCO IS q IeEtAtlZEE d. hCtk III a SEAAe1Aa
/ garden. cut some barrel hoops in two.
| stick the ends IL the ground over the
| vine and stretch mosquito netting over
| II, fastening the edges OF the netting well
| down and covering them with earth Bags
! saturated with turpentins scattered about
the vines are said to keep these insects
away. But why not buy your melons?
/ Please name our hrst-class battleships? z.
! What country has the largest war vessel, and
/ what Is its n2mes CONSTANT
Indiana. Iowa. Massachusetts and Ore
| gon.. 2 The Italian vessels Italia and
| Lepanto are the largest war vessels, buE
| the British vessels Majestic. Magnificent
/ and Mars, though not SO large, are much
| more powerful. and practically are the
| largest war vessels afioat. They are OF
/ 1890 tons displacement, with engines OF
! Z, 2,0c0 horse power, and they carry four
| Pinch and twelve 6-inch guns in their
! principal battery.
Can the President Of the United States. under
| calling Congress tOgetherI or can he resent any
| insult from a foreign power BY engaging the
Army and Navy without the coueuTrent astien OF
| COngresst J. H. NJ
There are two separate questions here.
| though you have united them in one In
the first place the President cannot de-
clare war without the consent OF Con-
gress tsee Constitution. article /, section
| s, paragraph ID. But an insult might
| be an act of war IN which case IL would
be his duty, not to declare war. but to
! defend the country. OF course, when an
| other country begins the war. the Prest-
dent does not require the consent of Con-
gress to protect the United States.
VIII vou please give a short sketch Of Grace
Greenwood Was that her real name, or Just
nom de plumeI p Also vas the poem, '-LOcksley
Hail." BY Tennyson, founded on the early ro-
nance Of Byron and Mary chawosih5 -Ilt,sc,,,rn
Sara Jane Clarke was born at Pompey,
n. Y, in 1873 She was educated at
Rochester, y. Y, and began 70 teach She
published poems when very young In
1853 she married Leander X LippincOtt,
of Philadelphia. one of the family OF pub
fishers. She took her nom de plume from
a volume of sketches and letters issued in
! 1919 entitled Greenwood Leaves" Since
her marriage she has lived chiefly IN
Philadelphia. ? We think nos. The re-
cent Life Of Tennyson" does not say
that it was.
Where did Dr. Alexander Campbell die7 How
old was he2 Did he set up any church or was MS
work 10 establish primitive Christianity3 Isn' :
wisest men tha: lived in his day? > Was he
not the ablest de5ater Of the principles q
Christianity that the world has ever known?
DR.. Campbell died in Bethany. W. Va.
March 4. 1866. He was then about eighty
years old. His father, Thomas Campbell.
began. and he pushed 10 success. the
Church of Christ. or Campbellite church.
He is described as having many of the
qualities of a refOrmer, and among them
personal energy and pugnacity, and as
a man Of noble presence. highly endowed
as an orator. of vigorous thought and
fluent, energetic speech 2. Probably not
I
princess, and what rulers daughter is she, OF il
/ she onlv half GeTmanE 2 Nasn her husband
a German prince2 3. VIII Rot this make her son.
I The Prince OF Wales and her other children a.
/ most German princes and priuceSses born IN Eng
land. 4 Where is the Marquis Of LOrns. son
In-lsw % Queen Nictoriaf
Technicaay, she is not a German; but
as a matter of fact. she Is. Since the
daughter OF James / of England married
the Elector Palatine in 1913. the pedigree
Ct Queen Victoria mas hal nc infusion OF
! English blood. Though she and her father
! and grandfather were all born in Eng
/ land. their fathers and mothers were OF
I pure German blood. She is the grand
caughter of George III 2 Her husband
was a pure German. 3 Precisely. In
everything except the feeling Of being
English, they are Germans. The feeling
is the principal thing though. T. The
Marquis OF LOrne is a member Of Parlja-
ment. representing South Manchester as
a Unionist. We DO not know where he
lives; perhaps at Windsor Castle. OF which
he is constable"
Where Is the longest wire rope tvamwav il
the world and how long is it2 What did 4
cost? Under what patept it m1dei Can al
inventor under twenjy-cne years % age. but owe
eighteen, hold the Office OF president OF a com
pany organized 10 handle his pateutt TRAM
The longest wire rope traraway is ir
Brighton. England: il Is five miles long
OF course there are cable roads iOugel
than this. but this is said by the Roeb
lings 70 be the longest stretch of single
cable anywhere. 1t cost from S6o0O 4
SI00O0 a mile. depending on the ditficultie!
/ encountered. and was made under doZsI
different patents. A minor cannot be tht
president OF a company: bat he may 81
much of the business OF the president.