The times., 1899-04-23

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At ST. Joseph. NO.. April 3. 1852 /.
When were s.cent stamps first used Ter let
tersg J. R.B.
The change from the Scent rate to
| cents was made October, 1883.
What is the number Of civil war pensionersf
According to the report of the Pension
Bureau June 80. 1898, there were s67,oss
on the rolls.
~ What hat. was the name Of the prison in which os
mill? W. j. s
Reading jail. 2 Yes
Who were our Peace Commissioners At Parish
William R. Day. cushman X. Davis.
| William p Frye. WhiteIaw Reid. and
George Gray.
| What was the name Of the English general who
burned the Capitol Washington in lsli. and
on what day Of the month did this occurg
| A. IL
Robert Ross; August "a. He was defeat
| ed and killed month later.
Can postage stamps be had at postofaccs for
stamped envelopes that have been spoiled in
| addressing! A. B. II.
| Yes; it Is the rule Of the PostoHice pe-
| partment that postmasters shall exchange
stamps for stamped envelopes or wrappers
| that are spoiled in directing II presented
whole and with satisfactory evidence.
| Where is or was Sarnia? T. NJ.
Sarnia. or Port Sarnia, is town in Can
| ada, in Lambton county, Ontario, directly
opposite Port Huron. Mich. 1t is separat-
ed from that place by the st. Clair River,
| and is connected with il by ferries. IL is
an important railroad centre We do not
know where the place got its classical
| sounding name. There was n River Sar-
MUS in Asia Minor in ancient times.
How many legal holidays there, and what
| arc they? SUBSCRIBER
| Holidays legalized by a majority of the
States are New Years, Washington's
Birthday. Decoration Day, the Fourth of
| July, Thanksgiving Day. and Christina
| Then come, with less widespread observ-
ance, General Election Day. Labor Day.
Arbor Day, Anniversary of the Battle OF
| New Orleans, Bunker Hill Day, r. Z. Lees
Birthday, Lincoln's Birthday, and Good
| Friday.
| When and at what place was Patrick Henry's
| great speech delivered, and can copy Of il be
| purchased2 DON.
| Henry made many speeches that were
| great in the sense that they were eharae-
terized by stirring eioquenee, but probably
| you refer to the one made in the Virginia
1 House of Burgesses in 17e5 in opposition
| to the Stamp Act. This was the one in
which Henry said Caesar had his Bru-
tus. Charles the First his Cromwell-and
George the Third may profit by their ex-
ample
| In what month of the year 1909 will the CEN
i H. hi IL
the great power Of steaml g. Who first Invented
| printing cloth? T. Y--C.
Enumeration begins June /, 1900. Ex-
| tensiye preparations will be made in ad-
| vance and organization is already Under
| way. 2. Nobody knows. Steam as 4 mo-
| tive power is mentioned in the writings
of an inventor who lived in the third CEN
fury b. C. 3. Here, too, the first inventor
was an unknown ancient. an East Indian
,r Egyptian. Pliny, a writer who lived
in the first century, mentions it as an
Egyptian art.
Who was Barney Barnato, and what was the
! manner OF his death. SANDY
| He was an English Jew who made big
| fortune from speeulations in South Afri-
can mines and mining stocks. Prom the
| remarkably extrayagant manner of his life
he was supposed at one time to be the
wealthiest man in the world. and he really
had a big fortune. His father IS thought
to have been an obscure junk dealer
named Isaacs, and Barney is believed to
, have been circus performer in his
youth He committed suicide by jumping
overheard from a steamer while retui ming
from South Africa to England.
Please give list of the present European SOW
| eIeigns. and the date each began to reign
W. S. W.
England, Queen Victoria. 1857; Austria.
| Emperor Francis Joseph. ISIS; Montene-
gro, Prince Nicholas. 1850; Greece. King
George /. 1863; Denmark, King Christian
H. H. 1865: Roumania. King Charles.
| 1866 Norway and Sweden, King
Oscar II, 1872; Saxony. King Albert.
1873; Turkey, Sultan Abdul Harnid. 1876:
Italy King Humbert, l. 1878; Pope Leo
| XIII, 1878; Spain, King Alfonso Nil, 1856;
Bavaria King Otto /, 1856; Germany. En-
peror William III, 1888; Servia, King Alex
| ander /, 1889; Monaco. Prince Albert. 1889;
Portugal, King Charles I. 1889; Neither
lands, Queen Wilhelmina. 1890; Wurtem-
burg King William, 1891, Russia, Emper-
or Nicholas II, 1894.
How is the tobacco business managed in
France? Can anyone take it up. IL. ". j.
The entire tobacco business is q gov
ernmental monopoly in France and AL
giers. Tobacco is allowed TO be grown in
twenty of the eighty-six departments OF
the country and Algiers. The growing is
under the supervision OF the Minister OF
Finance and q tax is laid on land and
crop. Manufacturers Of tobacco occupy
buildings owned by the Government and
together with their buildings and work.
folks are subject to the minister The to-
bacco. once made. is sold only by Govern
ment agents who are appointed by the
minister: generally they are widows and
unmarried daughters of army officers.
These agents are strictly responsible 10
the Minister of Finance; they must sell
foreign tobacco taxed and approved by
the Government, as well as French to-
bacco.
Was there an ADMIRAL BenbOw in the English
navy or is that a nautical term used proper
name, like ''Dick Deadeye?'' INCoG.
There was a real Admiral Benbow in
the British navy. He was John Benbow,
son of a colonel in the army OF Charles III.
He went to sea as an ordinary merchant
sailor and in 1855 was owner and master
of the Benbow-frigate, an armed vessel
with which he traded and fought the
Moors in the Mediterranean. In 1859 he
was made captain in the navy and saw
service as fleet captain under the Earl OF
Torrington; in 1885 he captured St. Malo
In France and was promoted rear admiral.
In 1901 he went as vice admiral to the
West Indies and there met the French fleet
under Du Casse. He had seven ships. but
five of them were commanded by towards,
who deserted him. Benbow engaged the
French on August "a. 1702. and had his