The times., 1899-05-07
NOTES AND QUERIES.

NOTES AND QUERIES.
how is he choSenl WINK.
Yes. He is appointed by the President.
When did Leo become ropei What was
his uameY b. A.
He was crowned March 3. 1878. His
name was Giovacehino vincenzo Pecei.
Can who has had smallpox have the dis
| case againl-W. F. 5. . What will remove the
| marks Of smallpox from the faceg sP.
No: such person is immune. 2. Moth
ing of which we know.
Nardi Gras is the celebration of what'
| H. B II.
OF shrove Tuesday. which is the day be-
fore Ash Wednesday. the beginning Of
Lent AS celebrated at New Orleans, il
| outdoes the caTnivals OF Rome Nice, and
other European cities.
| Is Blind Tom," the negro pianist. dcadY
| Thomas Greene Bethune. known in the
amusement world and to the public as
| Blind Tom" is living in the North in
either New York or New Jersey. lie was
born in Columbus. Ga, May 25. 1Sis.
Does Formosa belong to JapanG . How should
| Porto Rico be pronouneed2 A. NJ \
| Yes; Formosa belonged to China until
| 1898. when it was ceded to Japan by the
! treaty OF Shimonoseki. The pronuneia-
| tion should be eccording to the spelling,
but the American pronunciation will do.
Who was Dante's ''Matildaq L.v.
| Some commentators make her out to be
an allegorical parsonage, while others have
her as the Countess Matilda. who endowed
the Holy See with the estates called the
Patrimony CT st. Peter, and who died in
| the year Ills.
Can person not in the service Of the Gov
| efnment vote in any State, say Rhode Island. il
he claims residence in that State? o. J. h
| He may, provided he does not reiinquish
his right as legal resident in his State
A case can be cited in which a local hotel
proprietor lived here thirty years and con-
| tinued to vote in his native State He was
only resident OF the District.
What the popular vote for Bryan and Nc
| kinley? ?. What State in the United States pro-
| duees the most cotton; how many bales and
what per cent OF the entire crop for the United
| States7 FERRIS
Mckinley. 7,111 s07; Bryan, 6,5e9 052. .
! Texas; for the past seven years her crop
| mas averaged 2i04. 600 bales. or % per cent
of the entire American crop.
What is the telautograph9 Wherefore its
| apparent relegation to oblivion? p II. C.
| The telautograph is an instrument in
| vented by Elisha Gray for transmitting
| autographic messages or drawings by cleo
| tricity, messages or drawings being receiv-
ed on continuous strip of paper several
| inches in width. While it has not super
seded the other methods, 1t has not proven
an entire failure, and has been improved
| since its first showing.
In the event of success, what DO North and
South Pole explorers expect to discover? J. :
They hope to learn from explorations
about the poles of the earth the truth or
| untruth of many theories OF terrestrial
physics and OF some of those Of astronomy.
| These abstruse matters constitute the
greatest unsoived problem of geography.
and much knowledge will be gained IL
they can be cleared up.
Did Russian feet sail into New York harbor
at any time during the civil war; and il SC. was
it not mark Of friendship to the Union!
N W
Yes; in the winter of 1863. with sealed
orders, by which it is believed the vessels
would have been put at the disposal OF
the North had other European powers in
terfered in behalf OF the Confederacy. This
act of Russia was later advanced as one or
the reasons why we should purchase Alas
ka.
How many acres are contained in the Capitol
JOHN JENKINS.
Fifty-two acres 2. The Capitol Grounds
were part of the farm of Daniel Carroll
When Washington made tour OF lnspee-
tion on March %, 1871, to mark the bounds
of the new capital the territory compris-
ed, in whole or in part, the farm lands OF
nineteen proprietors. The Carroll farm
| extended from what are now First Street
west TO Fourth Street east, and from L.
Street north to Carrollsburg, which was
located on the peninsula formed by the
Anaeostia River and St James Greek, now
the James Greek Canal.
| Is there any law in the District which compes
persons who have been vaccinated some years ago
TO be again vaccinated! W. f. u
The act intended to prevent the spread
of smallpox and other contagious dis
eases in the District requires every resi-
dent to be vaccinated, or to be yaccinated
a sufficient number Of times to make II
evident that successful vaccination is i'm
| possible The same act authorizes the
| District Commissioners to declare, by
PROCLAMATION that such action be taken
by every resident within a reasonable Pc
riod when deemed necessary for the pub
lie health. Residents who can prove TO
| the VI lAt Iitd4Ah OAASS4 e.4s%~
they have been successfully vaccinated, or
repeatedly vaccinated without success.
within five years prior to the date OF
PROCLAMATION, and persons who have had
smallpox or varioloid are exempt
At what age did Napoleon die? > What was
his greatest yietory?-I- C. y. 3. Did Napoleon
have a son On whom title OF nobility was con
feFredg T. .
He died on May 3, 1921. having been born
August 10, 1853. 2. His second cam
paign in Italy is regarded as his finest
military achievement by some. and Aus
terlitz and Marengo were two Of his de
cisiye victories. Napoleon, however, made
failures that were quite as monumental as
were these successes, the Russian and
Egyptian campaigns. for example 3. Ma
poIeon's only legitimate child was Francis
Joseph Charles. who was baptized King Of
Rome. After Waterloo the father abdi-
lcated in his sons favor, proclaiming him
Napoleon II. The allied powers paid no
attention to this, but the Bonapartists
reckon him among the French sovereignS
by the title the father conferred. In vi
emma, where he was educated, the son was
known as the Duke OF Reichstadt.
How long would it require for application
for a pension in connection with the Spanish
American to come before the examining
l.