The times., 1899-10-22


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What IS the miuimam population required to
establish free mail delivery in cities cr towns
Ak
BY the law Cf 1857 the requirement was
"A population Of 10000. OF a 20 tai revenue
OF $4,000 The department IS now consid-
ering extending the system TO smaller
towns.
We're We're rso,sssant, eene.rasd in che Council Ct
i-aodicea, held lu A. ID. So5 j. W =
Hardly. since Professionalism was not
heard OF until 1879. The date % the frst
Council Of Laodieea is uncertain and is
placed variously from 35S TO s72.
When did Sir Garnet wolselsy taks. command of
the "fltisA forces On tglptt e. Waeu was Alex
dndlII homharded3 B. NJ
In 1ss2. > On July II and ~, 1852.
W J. Don the second Of this month
the Treasury Department placed the ma
uOnal debt az Sl,+56 659 fZT Toe lasl Fed
eral Census put the aggregate OF state.
county, municipal. and school district debt
less sinking fund, at Sl.135 2to 442-
What IS me minimum capital stock vith which
national banks are permitted tl aIgaaizeg
Fifty thousand dollars This iu cities Of
less than 5000 population. sewhere the
capital may not be less than Si10. .000. and
in places having more than 30 600 iuhabi-
tants the capital stock must not be less
than $2C0,CCO.
In the United states Navy there are six cor-
poeltc guubcJt7 can you tell nae which thav are
and what is tle difference between tGem and an
ordinary guuboats X.
They are the Annapolis Wheeling New
port, Vicksburg. Princeton. and Marietta
They are smaller. slower. and have smaller
guns than the regular gUnboats-
How MANY silver dollars were a..a-d in 1s5.
and st what uiuys- Is IHeEe lay 1remiam On
themt j. W =
There were coined for the calendar year
ending December 81. 1895, S5zsS0 silver
dollars. so you see they are Eot rare. But
don't let that discourage y0u- Insist on
your impossible premium. if 10 is nothing
but a Cancelled postage stamp.
What IS the area Of the City of view Orleausl
O. How many miles oi river i-ult has She ci-vf
3. What is its popu-atont A. r.
The area is 1856 IA miles. @ Seven miles
on each side Of the river. O. Mayor Flower
estimated the population on January i OK
this year at 100000. By the census Of 1880
it was 242 G39.
Did ordinary domestic sheep come from the Wild
ones found 10 our mountains. SIC
No; all our recognized breeds are Of Eu-
ropean origin. The sources o. few breeds
can be traced with certainty. but it is sup
posed that the originals were the argah OF
Asia and the musimOn Of Corsica. both be
ing large-hOrned wild sheep.
What is the .'dumdum~ bulict7 ? When was
the eagle adopted the national emblem of
America H. p =
A rife bullet Of metal so soft that it
mashes, and on striking a man makes a
tearing wound nearly as dreadful as that
from an explosive bullet They have been
used by England against savages whose fe-
rocity made them Indifferent to a large
proportion Of the wounds from latter-day
rifle bullets of small calibre. ?. 17s5-
What mere power has an admiral Of the navy,
than q rear admITslZ p Why Is Dewey vauntcd
much more than the great generals Of the
civil War3 g. How many gold dollars VIII pound
Troy Of pure gold make: MEX
He ranks all rear admiraIs. .. Because
his achievements are more recent. and be
cause the Spanish war developed fewer
popular heroes than the civil war 3. Gold
is valued in our coinage az the rate Of 23.22
grains of the pure metal TO the dollar. A
troy pound Of gold would thus give 24S.o6
dollars.
What is a woodcut a Iith0graph and steel
engraving, and what their difgrgucesl Please
tell something Of the cost Of each. NJ K
A woodcut is a picture OF design printed
from an engraved block OF finely grained
wood. A lithograph is printed from stone,
usually in several cOlOrs- steel engrav-
ing is printed from an engraved steel plate
The last is the most costly Of the three,
and woOdcuts are more expensive than
Autographs.
How long have electric are-aiarms been in
usez NOTE
About forty years. The first prac-
teal trial of a 6re-aIarm telegraph system
occurred in 1851, both in New York city
and Berlin. II was much modified before
it was adopted. The earliest record Of an
electric fre-alarm is a British patent is
sued in Is47. Prior To that there were
many automatic fre-alarms that were not
electric That of Joseph Smith. patented
in England in 1902, is an example.
What is the trial of the pgx2 L. C.
An examination of coins reserved from
successive c0iuages to be tested for weight
and fneness. In this country the trial Of
| the pyx occurs annually at the Pniladel-
I phia mint on the second Wednesday IN
| February. It takes place before the Comp
| troller Of the Currency, the assayer Of the
| New York assay Office, the judge OF the
United States Court for the Eastern dis
trict of Pennsylvania, and others desig-
mated by the President. The CONS tested
are from the other minJs as well. II no
defects are found a report OF the proceed
| ings is fled merely: if deviaticns in ex-
| cess Of those allowed by law are discover
ed the facts are certified TO the President,
who has power 10 remove the officers at
fault In England such trials occur each
| year before sworn jury Of SIX gOld5miths-
The pyx is the strong box in which such
coins are kept
What IN lineage and fees are necessary % JOIN
thc Order cf the Cincinnati: . aN hat are 'ae
requirements of the Colonial Damesl IL J.
Male descendants OF Continental officers
or of officers as high as colonel in tbs
French cooperating army are entitled 70
memb mbCrship in the Society OF the Cincln-
natl if deemed worthy. What the fees are
We do not know. but you can ascertain bY
addressing the Secretary General. Col. Asa
Bird Gardiner New York City. 2. There
are two orders Of Colonial Danes OF
America. One insists that its members
shall be descended from some ancestor
of worthy life who came TO this country
prior TO 1850, and who rendered to his
country some efficient service during the
Colonial period. Services rendered after
1876 do not entitle one to membership
The secretary is Mrs William Reed, lt5
Monument street. W. Baltimore. Nd. The
other order is patriotic and educational
and not so exacting as to descent. We
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