The times., 1899-06-04

tnat snayeS OF thin layer from block
OF tin. rolling 1t and stretching II at the
same time.
Why was the trade-dollar eoineds R. and J. C.
The trade-dollar was intended to fur
ther our trade with China and the East.
ihere, silver was preferred, and our mer
chants had been accustomed to purchasing
Mexican dollars for shipment to China. The
trade dollar was heavier than the Mexican
uolIar and SO was popular. Thirty-six mill
hons were coined Strictly speaking the
trade-dollar was not a coin. but a coined
ingot.
Docs the law prohibit the sale and shipment Of
sNo-s ''''N'eH 'he niaiisf PATRON.
Shipments through the mails are subject
to may restrictions The limit OF weight
| is Tour pounds. except for single books
whien may exceed that weight and for,
| liquids OF certain prescribed sorts for
which the limit is four fluid ounces. Poi
sons, explosives, and substances that ara
infammable or OF bad odor may not be
sent, and articles that might damage other
| man by contact must be suitably pro-
tected.
How many States seeded in 1902 I'D.
Eleven in all. Seven Of them-south
carolina, Georgia, Alabama Mississippi
FLORIDA, Louisiana. and Texas-decIared
themselves out Of the Union before Lin
com was inaugurated. Virginia, North
carolina, Tennessee apd Arkansas fol-
| lowed suit soon after the North's FIRST call
for troops Missouri and Kentuekv also
had representation in the Confederate Con-
! gress. and, with Maryland, contributed
largely and persistently to the Confeder-
ate Army.
Are there anu free hospitals Cor eonsumptiyes
=" 'He Ini'ea statest j. VI.
Yes, many. but not nearly enough. What
is lacking in some OF our largest cities
where this disease is most prevalent is
Iree hospital provision for advanced cases.
In some localities there is a marked ten
dency in hospital practice to provide lib
orally for the patient in early stages who
mas chance for recovery. while those
VINO are hopelessly afflicted are turned over
10 the lew overerowded institutions that
will receive them
For what was Marshal Bazaine court martial
Cd what was his sentence, and how did he die!
". ".
For surrendering the fortress of Metz
and an army Of I60. 600 men 10 the Ger
mans under Prince Frederick Charles,
/ without having exhausted means OF de-
| fence Though his previous army record
was long and exceptionally GOOD. he was
unanimously pronounced gm,ty. and SEN
fenced TO be degraded and shot This was
eommuted by President McMahon to
twenty years imprisonment Mt without militia
ry degradation. Less than year later. Au-
gust =. 1874, he was aided by his wife in es-
Gaping from prison. He thereafter lived
| IN Madrid until his death on September
90, 1883
Who were the inventors Of the microscope, the
telescope, and the pendulum elockg c. W
J
scope generally known in 1880, but it was
a crude instrument. and radical Improve
ments were made later by other scientists.
Who was the inventor OF the telescope is
not known Hans Lipperhey applied for
patent on such an instrument in Holland
in l60S. 1t, too. was crude compared with
telescopes of the present day though Cali
leo's telescope, developed in 1910. was af-
ter the manner OF our opera glasses. The
first man to apply the pendulum to clocks
was either an English clockmaker named
Harris or the Dutch philosopher Huyghens.
This was between 1e41 and 1858. Clocks
are OF record nearly thousand years ear
lier, but they didn't keep good time.
On what date was Lieut. Cen Leonidas Polk
T. : A. born? > What general was known as
the Rock Of Chickamauga2" g. What Federal
general was it who resigned the presidency OF a
southern military aeademy at the beginning OF
= 4
Black Jaekg' 5. What European nations recos-
nIzed the Confederate States as belligerents?
HISTORY.
On April 10, 1906. ?. George H. Thomas,
at that time Major General of Volunteers,
but later of the same rank in the Regular
Army. 3. Gen. William T. Sherman The
institution was the Louisiana State Sem
mary OF Learning and Military Academy.
On January Is. 1861, Sherman wrote the
governor of the State asking 10 be relieved
the moment the State determined to seeede
He was released in the latter part of Feb
ruary. 4 This name was sometimes Civ
en- to Major General John A. Logan D.
All the chief commercial powers, England
and France taking the lead promptly.
What was the height of the six taIIest persons
ever knowng IL
We cant give these figures. because what
records there are Of such matters are few
and questionable for accuracy. Thus Pat
rick Cotter. a famous big man. who lived
from 1861 to 1906. and who may have been
one of the six, is recorded variously at
from feet 10 inches to feet inches
IN all probability the former figures were
nearer the truth. for the tendency Of biog-
raphers of giants is to exaggerate. \ hu-
man skeleton in Trinity College Dublin is
described as feet inches; Charles Byrne
is put at feet i; Chang claimed to be
but was Z feet inches on his first visit;
Joseph Winklemaier, an Austrian, lists at
s feet inches; Pliny wrote of a man
feet 1-2 inches. and of two others each a
half foot taller; Frederick the Greats
Scottish giant was feet inches, and one
student of big men calls him the tallest
man ever known, in face of other records
So We can't be positive. except that a lib
eral supply of salt should be kept handy
for tales of men over l-2 feet.
Please name the rulers Of the North. Central.
and South American countries and Of the West
Indies N.
The Presidents are: OF the United States,
William Mckinley; of Mexico Porfirio Di-
az: of Guatemala Manuel Estrada Cabre-
ra; of Honduras. Policarpo Bonilla; in Sal
vador President Gutierrez has been de-
posed and the revolutionists are in con-
troll in Nicaragua Jose Santos Zelaya is
President. and Raphael Yglesias is Presi-
dent of Costa Rica. In South America,
NJ. A. Saclemente is President of Colom-
bia; General Andrade of Venezuela ElrOy
Alfaro of Ecuador, Nicola Pierola of Peru,
Severe Fernandez AlonZo of Bolivia Fred
erico Errazuriz of ChIie. Campos Sales
Brazil, Emilio Aceval; of Paraguay,
| Jose Cuestas is President adj interim of
| Uruguay and Julio A. ROca is President
| of Argentina. Canada British Honduras.
British Guiana, the Bahamas. the Barba-
dos Dominica Jamaica. Santa Lucia Ia
| bago and Trinidad are British possessions.
French Guiana Guadelope. and Marti-
nique are French Haiti and SantO Do
mingo are republics with Tiresias Simon
Sam and Ulisses Heaureaux as Presidents.