The times., 1898-11-13

Can person ale for his own use without
license f.om the Government INQUIRER.
A license is not required of a person
brewing beer for his own consumption.
Persons who brew to sell are liable to a
special tax.
To what religious denomination does Mrs. Nc
KiElcy belong? !. C. 7.
Mrs Mckinley and the President a.e
both Presbyterians.
How many men are in the armies Of Great
Britain and OF Franceg , Are the people Of Po- ..
land more properly styled Poles or Pol ndersf
In its peace establishment Great Britain
has 10000 men: France. $50. 60 On
war basis Frances advantage in num-
bers is proportionateiy much greater. 2.
Either word is correct but Pole is mulch
more commonly used. and is preferable.
In what year was the first iroarlad war vessel
built. and by whomi = Where j. the Target
Bible in the world ard what are its dmensionsf
In 1855; in March of that ypar the
French launched at Brest the ironclad
vessel Tonnante and soon ate ward they
launched three more 2. We think in the
Vatican Library. in Rome. We DO not
know the size, but believe 1t weighs sew
eral hundred pounds
Are there any industrial schools in the New
England StatesE 2. Where can o-e 10 TO take a
thorough course in steam enginCer eringF g. Would
steam engineering be a good trade to learn?
JIM.
We think so; in Massachusetts and Con-
necticut. at all events. 2. To the Ste
vens Institute of Technology. Hoboken.
n j.. or to the Sage School, at Cor
nell University. Ithaca, n. Y. g. There
pIapfy nf angipaarS nov-- b5rr il is
good trade to follow.
What is the source OF the expression Round
Robin" as spoken OF in connection with the
navy? j. W d.
A round robin, primarily, was a circu-
lar neck run worn in the. sixteenth CEN
tury. The naval round robin is a petit
tion usually sent by seamen and non-com-
missioned officers TO their superiors. Its
signatures are arranged in circle. that
the superiors cannot detect the first sign
ers or instigators. The resemblance of
the completed list of signatures to a
drawing of neck ruff was close enough
TO give rise to the name
BY the recent act of Congress. what will be the
size Of the army when il Is raisd To the maxi
mum. When the new regiments are folm d. will
the officers be appointed from the soldiers already
in the armyg What is the salary of a paymaster
and what i the amount OF his bond? j. J. H.
The army will have 6l.OO0 men when it
is raised TO the ma xiuum. The officers
of the new regiments viii be chosen from
the officers and men now in the army:
If there are not enough TO officer the new
regiments. civilians will be appointed. A
paymaster in the army starts with a sal
AIRY of $3.50 year II he has served
more than five years before he is appoint
ed paymaster. he gets 10 per cent more;
and so on, for each five years of service,
an increase of 10 per cent. His bond Is
10000.
Is Hongkong city or an island2 PATRON
Hongkong is an island, at the mouth Of
the Canton River in China. In the
Opium War of lS3S-i2, made by the
British on the Chinese. TO Compel the lat
ter TO buy opium, which the Chinese
government had tried to keep out OF
their country because of the harm that
it did, the British seized the Island OF
HoRgkong August q. 1899. II was ceded
to them by the treaty Of peace Ia tempo
rary peace) in January, 1S4l. and the next
year the city of Victoria was founded
means Sweet Streams" In 1895 the pop
ulation amounted to ,4ls. of whom 226.-
10 We're Chinese.
wish to know the term. name. title, and
official title Of the Governor General Of Canada.
and whether not he than one
term. How long did the Earl Of Ab-rde serve?
2. Has the percentage OF crime increased IN the
United States according TO the population in the
last fifty years? From what element does it
come principally? VI. L. Nee
The governor general of Canada is ap-
pointed for five years. or for about that
time: the present one has served since
ont eI1olp
the way to Cananda now. The official title
is governor general and the office car
ries with 1t the right to be called excel
lency." Any subject Of the Queen may
be appointed governor general. There is
no limitation to the number of terms
the governor general can serve, but a
fact no person has served more than one
term The new governor general is the
Earl of Mimic. . The proportion of crim-
inals has increased rather more rapidly
than has the population during the last
twenty years. In 1880 the percentage OF
crime was COILS; in 1890 it was .G9l3. The
foreign-born and the native-born children
of foreign parents supply the larger share
of criminals, the proportions for 1880 being
1918 native and 56.s1 foreign.
Please give me kipling's poem with the line in
it; "A rag and bone and a hank Of hair
The poem was written in 1897 to go with
picture by Philip Burne-JOnes, an Eng
lish artist. Picture and poem are both
called THE Vampire. The poem was
printed in the London Daily Mail in April.
1897 1t follows:
4 fool there was and he made his prayer
Even : you and II.
To rag and bone and a hank OF hair
I'VE called her the woman who did not care)
But the iool he called her hs lady fair.
Gwen you and D.
Oh the years we waste and the tears We waste
And the work OF our head and hand
Belong to the woman who did not know
(And now we know that she never could know
And did not understand.
fool there was and his goods he spent
tEv-n as you and L.
Honor and faith and a intent,
fAnd il wasn't the least what the lady meant)
But tool must follow his natural bent
Gwen as you and u.
Oh the toll we lost and the spoil We lost
And the excellent things planned
Belong TO the woman who didn't know why
(And now we know that she never knew whyl
And did not understand.
The tool was stript TO his foolish hide,
Gwen as you and u.
Which she might have seen when she threw him
aside
But it isn't on record the lady triedl
So some of him lived but the most of him died
(Evca IS you and u.
And it isn't the shame and it isn't the blame
That stings like white hot brand;
It's coming to know that she never knew why,
(Seeing at last she could never know why)
And never could understand.