The times., 1899-08-13
To settle a wager. Pleas


Charles B. Lewis 2 In 1894.
To settle wager. pleas- E.E
There. there, We do not decide bets or
answer questions except of character TO
be of interest to ali.
Due de Morny IS put down as a son Of Queen
Hortense; vas he younger than Napoleon III. and
| who was his iather2 REA.
| He was younger than his half brother.
Napoleon III. by little over three years.
Count de Flahault was his father.
What is the Monroe doctrine7 Rel
The declaration Of this country's policy
OF opposition to interference by European
powers in the affairs Of the American con-
tlnents 1t was made by President Monroe
in Congressional message in 1928, and Is
part of our settled policy.
J What IS the order Of Presidential succession
ila IA iae eaoinetE 3 Who IS the hrss lady Of the
landT ". c.
| Secretary OF State. of the Treasury. OF
| War, Attorney General. Postmaster Gen
eral, Secretary of the Navy, OF the Interi-
or, Of Agriculture. 2 The Presidents wife
is so called.
Who is St. swiihins TX.
| A bishop of Winchester. England. who
died in S62. He was noted for piety and
| for activity in building churches In Oh
his remains We're transferred after eonsid-
erable delay. IL is said. because OF heavy
rains Hence the saying in England, that
II 1t rains on st. Swithinfs day. July 15 il
Will rain on for forty days thereafter
is made navigable? T.B
The river is navigabIe for twenty-three
miles OF its length. which is thirty-three
miles. The rest is taken up by the falls
and the remarkable rapids above and be-
low them Vessels go around these through
the Welland Canal, which is on the Ca
madam side.
Was Sidney Lanier native Of Texasq 2.where
| IS the Isle OF Nan, and what gave it its name?
No; he was born at Macon. Ga. In
the Irish Sea, sixteen miles from the near
est shore of Scotland Students OF Manx
piace-names dispute as 10 how the island
! took its name, but some Of them trace it
TO Manannan. who, according to fable. was
the islands first King.
Who is Postmaster GeneralY 2. How and where
did santa Anna die 3. Where can / obtain good
history OF the Spanish American war7 GAINES
Charles Emory Smith. q In his house
| in the Gale de Vergaza, City of Mexico.
He was over eighty years old, blind, lame.
poor and embittered By the belief that his
deeds were not appreciated by his coun-
trymen- 8. Nowhere.
Does tree make any noise in falling when
there is no one in hearing distances B. F.
1t depends on the definition that is Civ
en- to the word sound. Strictly 1t means
the sensation of hearing. and thus your
query could be answered in the negative:
but II Is also defined as the physical cause
OF the sensation, from which meaning arise
the correct terms audible and inaudibIe
sounds.
How Is It possible to trace designs on per-
son so that they viii never come on or fade to
any extentf r. D.
The tattooing process is what you are
after. Slight punctures or incisions are
made In the skin into which eolored pig
ments are introduced. The practice pre-
walls chiefly with savages. Most white
tattooers are sailors and most of their
customers in later life regret that they
consented to the foolish Disagreement
Is the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse larger than
the Great Eastern was? 2, Please state their
lengths g. Has any vessel been built that ex-
ceeded either In size? j. B. D.
No. 2. Kaiser Wilhelm, $40 feet; Great
Eastern, 692 feet. 8. The Oceanic is 704
feet long. but because she is much mar
rover than the Great Eastern is 2.o00 tons
less in measurement. She was launched
at Belfast last January, but has not made
voyage yet.
What is the highest mountain peak in the Uni
ted States? Which is the higher mountain, Mount
Shasta or Mount Ranierl D..
Mount Saint Elias. 1s 100 feet high.
" iC wi he
dary Of Alaska. It's near neighbor, Just
across the border, Mount Logan, 49, 500
feet, is the highest peak on the cenfi-
nent. Orizaba, Mexico counts as second
highest, with Mount Saint Elias third.
2. Rainier is Ii .444 feet high, Shasta 1850
feet.
In the naval battle in 1866. between Italy and
Austria. how many ships and men were lost on
each side? p Is Bohemia 4 province OF Aus
triag DABT-
The Austrians lost two iron-elads, but
not many men. The Italians lost two
ships, with all on board. and suffered Sc
we're damage TO other ships and further
loss OF life. 3. Bohemia was formerly a
kingdom. but was annexed by Ferdinand
| OF Austria in 1926, and is now a part OF
Austria-Hungary.
Please inform me whether there is law
relative to serving butterine with meals in an
eating house. A ].
The law makes no specific reference to
eating houses, but the District Health De-
partment and District Chemist Hird main
tain that the sale OF butterine or oleomar-
garine in eating house is a violation OF
| the law unless the patrons are informed
that they are being served with those arti-
cIes. The pure food law provides that aduI-
terated articles can only be sold with the
understanding between buyer and seller
that such articles are adulterated.
What is the derivation Of ''busheImang'' Q.
Where was the Garden OF Eden situated2 g.
What is the botanical name for what IS COM
monty known as the ''sea beanl' AcCAE-
In the verb to bushel, meaning to mend.
or to alter, Its use>is confined to the
United States and to thilors. 1t is traced
to the bossler. German, and bosseln,
French, which mean to do odd jobs or re-
pairs 2. No one knows, but the choice
lies between Armenia and BabylOnia,
with several other locations possessing
scholarly upholders. g. The seeds OF sew
eral plants take this name, but the one
that has it most commonly is a West
Indian climber, Mucuna Urens.
Who is the author Of 'Oh. for lodge in
some vast wiIderness?" 2. Who is the author of
"HOpe for a season bade the wcrld farewell
and Freedom shTieked when KosciusIo feIlT'
g. Was Byron's ''Mazepps" founded on fact or
not? STUDENT
William Cowper. Q Thomas Campbell
g. This, in brief, is the story Of the real
Mazeppa: He was bound naked along the
back of a half-wiId horse which was
frightened into flight. and was carried
thus to his own home. The punishment
was inflicted on him by an enraged hus-
band, and so shamed its victim that he