The times., 1898-04-03


mirage seen on the coast of Sicily.
/ The expression is also applied to any
| fantastic bit of imaginative writing or
utterance.
| When was gold discovered at the new mining
| camp at Eldorado, Col? Where Is the camp
| SUBSCRIBER.
/ The news of the discovery was pub
/ lished late in January. of this year. and
/ followed the actual discovery very quick
/ ly. The camp is thirty miles west of
/ Boulder, the capital of Boulder County.
glovesg MAUD.
1t is a very difficult job. If the gloves
are only Slightly sOiled put them on
| and rub the hands thoroughly in Indian
4 meal IL badly sOiled, wash them while
on the hands in benzine or naphtha Aft
er thoroughly washing take soft cloths
and rub gently till dry.
| Is there any homestead land in Minnesota or
Nor North Dakota II 50, where. and on what terms
There are e.2l0.Sos acres OF public land
in Minnesota and q. .3S5. .2e3 acres in North
/ Dakota; we do not know exactly the
| counties in which they lie. You can
| learn the terms by applying to the land
| agents at CoOkstOn. Duluth Marshall
| and St Cloud. Mimi: and at Bismarck.
| Devils Lake. Fargo. Grand Forks and
| Minot. S. Oak
| What is the indebtedness Of the United Statssa
Are they able TO pay of their indebiedness at
oncet X. q. \
| On March l. of this year the total debt
| Of the United States was SlS20. OF $3.50.
| The cash In the Treasury was sS56.57I..
| 1851 Some part OF the debt was rep
resented by greenbacks; Of the bonded
| debt $34l OoO are not redeemabIe until
| 1907; 100000 not until 1904. and SI62-
IL.
can pay off all the debt that has to be
| paid at once.
What disease do chickens have when they throw
their heads backward and shake like a person
with the palsy? What is the rcmedyg Ought
they to be kept separate from other chickens
SUBSCRIBER
We do not identify this disease. nor
does large poultry raiser TO whom we
| have submitted your question Praeti-
cally all diseases OF poultry are due 10
| uncleanliness of their houses Your SAT
est course will be to kill the fowls af-
iected. remove the others and clean and
| olslnfect the premises thoroughly.
| Where does the verdigris River lie? III.
1t rises near the east border OF Chase
| County. Kan and flows generally south
| ward through the Indian Territory about
| go miles to the Arkansas River. into
| which 1t empties near the Neosh0 River.
about mile above Fort Gibson.
Please give the parentage of General Fitzlngh
Lee. 2 What is the estimated wealth Of A. P.
Oornan, senatorf r. L. W.
| Fitzhugh Lee is a son of Henry Lee.
/ who was half brother of Robert E. Lee
| and son Of Henry Lee Light Horse
Harry of the Revolution. .. Write 10
Mr.. German.
Where and what is the largest mandatory in
I fngf Wha-n. 4 n
| II manufacture? ? How large a FIRE DEPART
ment has New York city; how many engines
etc., OF each kind? PATIENCE
| The Pillsbury Flour Mills at AIinneapo-
/ lis, or the Borden Mills at Fail River.
Mass, which make cotton goods . New
/ York city, before the consolidation. had
/ in its fire department 1.193 officers and
| men, sixty-one steam engines three fire
boats, twenty-five hook and ladder trucks
and three water towers. The Greater
| City has 131 steam engines. one chemical
| engine, four water towers. sixty-One hook
and ladder trucks, five fire boats and
| thirteen separate hose carriages. belong
| ing to old volunteer companies of the
towns now Incorporated in the city.
Can the State militia, in the event of war. be
called into service in another State2 Can a
National GuardsInan Be ordered out of the United
| A recent opinion from a Judge Advo-
| cate General of he Army was to
/ the effect that the militia can be
| ordered out by the President 10 re-
/ pei an invasion. and that when so
/ ordered out they may be sent out ar
| the country. The Government does not
| recognize the National Guard as such.
but only deals with the militia IN New
| York and Massachusetts, the National
/ Guard is expressly made part of the
militia. so there is no doubt about their
| having to go IL called
Please give the relative strength Of the navies
| OF the United States and Spain? l.
| The Navy of the United States stands
| fifth among the navies of the world that
| of Spain stands eighth or ninth Our
/ Navy has four hrSt-claSS and one sec
| Ond-class battleships two first-elass ar
| mOred cruisers. three first-class protect
| ed cruisers and one double-turreted moni-
tor of the first class; OF secOnd-rate ships
| We have ten protected cruisers. five dOu-
| ble-turreted monitors; of third-rate ships
| eight wooden cruisers one ram thirteen
single-turreted monitors. six cruisers,
| thirteen gunboats; and we have twenty
| two torpedo boats. Spain has one first
| class battIeshiD, eighteen second and
| third-class battleships, eight arm0red
and twelve protected cruisers, all of the
| first class; four of the second class. elev-
| en- gunboats and forty-eight torpedo
boats Ia
| Why is the Prince of Wales called sos , Are
| Scotland. Wales and Ireland represented in the
| English Parliament2 Ii so. hosE many representa-
tives has Ireland2 3. In reading Scotch literature
you see two proper names connected with 'aP-''
i What does it mean? VI. \. "
| In 12SS Edward T. of England. was
| warning with the Welsh, then under their
\ own prince; he captured and executed
| that ruler. whose name was David. y
year later. his eldest son was born. called
| from his birthplace Edward OF Carnar-
| Won. Edward I is said to have taken
/ the child out TO the Welsh lords and
/ shown him TO them, saying, This is
! your cOuntryman and prince" Since then
| the eldest son OF the British sovereign
| has been created Prince of Wales The
| title is not hereditary. II the present
| prince should become king his eldest
and now only son would not be prince
| unless the new king should make him
| so. Charles III was never Prince OF
Wales. 2. Scotland and ireland are. but
Wales is included with England. Ire
| land has 103 members and Scotland has
| seventy-twO. There are thirty constitu-
encies in Wales. but there is no eOnsti-
/ tutional requirement that there shah be
i that number. 3 This is Welsh. not
! Scotch; 'Ap" means "son Of" thus
Rice Ap Rice means Rice son of Rice
| Can yeu send TO me. or tell me where to fnd,.
a copy CT Lincoln's Gettysburg address?
| -Four score and seven years ago our
| fathers brought forth upon this continent
| a new nation, conceived in liberty and
! dedicated to the proposition that all men
, are created equal Now We are engag-
ed in great Civil War. testing whether
that nation. or any nation so conceived
! and so dedicated. can long endure We