The times., 1898-06-26
NOTES AND QUERIES.

NOTES AND QUERIES.
What are the principal products of the Island
3. Is there a line Of steamers from Galveston 70
Jamaical W. t.
Sugar. coffee, bananas and eocoanuts.
2. As colony Of Great Britain. g. No
What is the height of the highest building in
Chicago? 7. MeA.
We do not know the height in feet. bus
Masonic Temple. which has twenty stO-
ries and cost 10 build 100000
How many stars there in the american
Forty-fve-one for each State. You
ought to be ashamed of yourself.
As the United States Supreme Court has de-
claTed the Nebraska railway maximum freight bill
unconstitutional, are not all State railroad com
be abolisheda Ri.
State railroad commissioners have va
rious duties and in some ways are very
useful.
What is the difference at the present time in the
! rank or title OF Sampson and Dewey: j. +. NJ
Dewey is a rear admiral; Sampson is a
captain with the temporary rank Of rear
admiral.
When and by whom was the MORO Castle at
Havana built? j.. NJ
1t was begun in 15ss. Additions have
| been made TO it since then The name
| of the governor who began the Moro is
! not preserved in American reference
books.
What Presidents were unpopular2 ? What
States were admitted as slave States after 1882
John Adams John Tyler. James Buch-
anan, Andrew Johnson. Rutherford B.
Hayes and Grover Cleveland. 2. Ten
| nessee. Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi,
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida and Texas.
| Kindly let know how to become a Red
/ Cross Society nursef J. p. X
| DR.. Lesser is the surgeon in chief OF
! the American Red Cross Society; ad-
| dress. Washington. He can give you de-
| tailed Information.
Is three miles square league, or three square
| miles? POSTAL.
a league is measure of distance, not
| of square surface and is approximately
| three statute miles. The marine league s
| one-twentieth OF a degree-three geo
| graphical miles.
| Ndn you give Jne origin OF tne expression re-
Gently become famous again, "Hobsons choicef' %
| Hobson's choice means: This or none -
| II comes from Tobias or Thomas Hob
son. famous Cambridge, England, car
| rier and stable keeper who was born IN
| 1914 and died IN 1881 He IS said 70 have
kept forty good horses in his stable, but
each customer. though he saw all the
horses, had 10 take the horse nearest the
| stable door So his choice was restrict
ed. John Milton wrote two eDitaphs on
Hobs0n. which Will be found among his
early poems.
| Has Congress power. under the general well
fare clause IN the Constitution % authorize the
President to seize all the bTeadstufs in the enun-
Try and pay for them at the market rate Of the
day2 ANTEHESSIAN-
preme Court 10 settle. or course Con-
gress might try and so might the Presi-
dent.
Please tel ne the price paid by the United
States for Alaska? E. " ;.
Seven million two hundred thousand
dollars 1t was bought in 1861 from Rus
sia.
When will they commence 70 take the cens1.
| Of 1850? Where shall l write 20 get the appoint
ment Of taking the census! How much pay Is
| there IN TT Z. "a. l.
The law governing the taking Of the
next census is not yet enacted The law
of March I, 1883 under which the census
of 1880 was taken, provided apart from
the Office staff, for 175 district supervisors
| who appointed the necessary enumerat-
oTs. These persons We're appointed FOR
| politics, no examination being necessary.
There were about 30000 of them. They
We're paid ? cents for each name and fol
each birth and death recorded, 15 cents FOL
each farm. 20 cents for each industrial
establishment and ; cents for each sur
vivOr OF the war. In sparsely settled
places they got 3 cents for each person
birth or death, 20 cents for each farm, anC
80 cents for each industrial establishment
Probably the new law Will follow the olC
one in its general features, though there
is talk of putting the enumeratOrs undel
civil service laws. The enumeration vii
begin June !, 1850.
Did any Of the States exempt slaves from taxes
If so, which ones? ?. Did any States allow slave