The times., 1899-10-29

he was worshipsd
Is there anywhere school Of pho,osupayf
Illinois has college Of photography. OF
comparatively recent start, and very ike
Iy there are Others.
Wh7t is the area and population Of the Trans
yaal Rcrubiscs NJ r.
The area is 1859 square miles. and the
population is estimated al 100000.
Please. explain the small "a" as used in the
"ain's ci AempLs and BeeSet mid,lIe inirial-
SINAPIsN
IL is not en- initial. but a proposition.
mus mus Thomas a Kempis means Thomas Of
Is Lieutenant Hobson's father Hvings . Was
ne appointed postmaster by President Mckinley
TWO DAsHEs
He is. 2. The President appointed him
stInaster at Greensboro. Ala, on August
IL Of last year.
tai eityg
Yes, its appearance is distinctly Oriental
though the buildings erected 20 replace
those destroyed by the FIVE great ares thar
have visited the city since 1854. have not
this characteristic so strongly as the rest
What was the name Of the cautsip who s,ues
the Yacht America in the first race f1- fbe t-oTfy
she brought to the United States p Did tbg
america carry away her fEinE Hb-boCus 4
was there a three-nas-ed schooner ia the rlcaq
cold Dick Brown. a famous SANDY Hoo1-
pilot. ?. Not in that race. g. No: Of the
seventeen yachts in the race nine we're cur
teTs, the others two-masted scEoouers.
For whom is Galveston. Tex. uamedq What
: 1He origin Of the name Sau5o, 5s applied to
HOUSTON.
Don Jose Galvez Visitador General of
SPAIN, VINO established colony on Cal
weston Island in lI79. ?. Makers 81 die
tionaries trace it to the Spanish word
zambo. meaning bowlegged. and to the lat
In scambus and the Greek sksnabos hortr
meaning bent.
How many crowned HsHrys did England hsvsT
my vas U tnai they had more than eight and
yet the last cne was Henry FIH9 C. W.
Henry VIII was EngIaud's last crowned
Henry and there were seven before him.
Henry /. B6auCleFc 1i00-I135. Henry IL
u54-1lS9; Henry III, 1216-I272. Henry ~.
l3Sy-14l3; Henry " I413-I422; Henry VI.
l4-z-l46l, and Henry VII. 14S5-l50g The
reign Of Henry VIII lasted until I547.
Can the age of a tree he told BY the circles of
wood growth appearing in a cross section Of the
5tump2 ~
In measure. but not with entire aecu-
raey- In cool climates there is for Ordi-
nary trees one period OF wood growth for
each year, and so the wood layers indicate
a trees age But in warm countries there
may be two annual periods Of wood
growth, and the evidence of the rings is
not reliable.
What IS the rule for finding out the gear Of a
bicycle? h d.
Multiply the number OF teeth in the front
sprocket by tweHty-eight tthe diameter OF
the wheeD and divide by the number OF
teeth on the rear sprOcket. The result is
the gear il inches and signifies that one
revolution Of the pedals effects a forward
equal TO that resulting from the
revolution Of a wheel whose diameter is
the number Of the gear.
Is malaclite obtained in this country7 . LR
ciassed rs geuit II not, what is i,2 G.
Yes; fine specimens come from Arizona
but the DemidOh mines in the Ural Noun
tains have supplied nearly all that has
been used in the arts during this century.
? II is more correctly classified as an or
stone, being rarely used as a
gem. 1t is a natural green carbonate OF
copper. and in places occurs SO abundantly
as TO constitute a valuable ore of that
metal.
What is the Jewish population OF France Eng
land, and the United Stltesy 2 Does England
give each religious denomination a pro rata Of
the school iund2 AMERICAN
There are s.. GOO Jews in France. 1905 .OOu
in Great Britain and 100000 in the United
States. ,. The public elementary schools OF
England are inspected by the Government
officials and receive grants from the public
treasury in addition 10 what is raised By
rates. But schools supported by the rates
are unCenOmiuatioual, ard dogmatic teach
ing is not permitted.
What was the Doomsday Book, and why the
name2 c. T.
It was a statistical account Of the con-
dition of England made by direction OF
William the Conqueror. and completed in
1856. Tt was. in q sense, a census, and
was remarkably comprehensive and min
ute It forms the basis Of all history OF
those times. and is still preserved among
the records Of Westminster. It's name
comes from the fact that it was final au-
thOrity in some matters, especially as to
titles in lands.
Please state the total number q war vessels
England las in commission. also the number 1f her
frsr-class batJleships. A. W. A.
The British navy includes "a frst-class
battleships. II second-ciass ba-tleszips, 10
third-class battleships, Is armored eruis-
ers 10 protected cruisers Is armOred
coast defence vessels. 80 second class
cruisers. As thiId-cIass cruisers. 10 sl0Ops
of war. one despatch boat p t0-pe5O gun
heats. II frst-class gunbCats. IS second
class guuboats, i torpedo ram, So third
class and river gUnbOats 10 train ug ves-
sells 2g5 torpedo craft. besides s.Oreships.
repair ships. and hospital ships
What authority have We for saying that the
earth Is fJt-cucL at the palss2 W. S
The best and plenty Of it. This explana-
tion Of the fattening is agreed 20 by all
astronomers Of standing. A globe Of any
mobile material poised mOtiOnless in space
and held together by the mutual attraction
of its PARTICLES should assume spherical
form. ii rotating the portions remote
from the axis of rotation would tend 70 fly
OFF, and this tendency, combined with the
OF gravity, would change the
sphere into an oblate spheToid like that OF
the earth. Between the longest and short
est OF the earths diameters there is a dii-
ference Of twenty-seven miles
Carmel; The name Dixie comes from
Mason and DiN0n's line This is the south
ern boundary of Pennsylvania and was
named after the two men who surveyed
it in 1763-1767 F. H NJ. We haven't
space to name all OF Mrs. Southworth's
works. As long ago as 1872 an edition Of
her works contained forJy-two stories and
She was prolific writer subsequently,.
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