The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

| company Was AHlIf organized and ready
for business there. The first company
was organized in this country ia 1858
What is the origin o. the expressies ''Il-5ses's
eioice.' Y. =. 2.
It arose from custom Of Tobias Hob
son. a stablekeeper Of Cambridge. Eng
land Though number Of fine horses
were usually kept in his stalls his rule
was that every customer must take the
horse from the stall nearest the door.
Why does the church. in computing forty DAYS
OF Lent, omit an the sundays during Lcnt2 2.
How long has the church observed the Leuteu
rcguatious9 An
Sundays are excluded because the Lords
Day is held TO be a festival rather than
fast day. The Greek Church makes II
forty-eig days. ?. The forty DAYS fast
was instituted in the early days OF Chris
tianity.
When and where was Thanksgiving Day FIRST
observed in the United States? ? Where and
when was The first free school established in this
country j. R.
The custom began in 1921. when Cover
nor Bradford. OF the Plymouth Colony, sp-
pointed a day Of thanksgiving and prayer
after the cOlonists' first harvest. g The
first public school was established in New
Amsterdam in 1893.
1. It a fact that there are seets who worship The
dcw!3 5. L.
1t is. The Yezidees. OF devil worshipers.
OF Asiatic Turkey, are but one OF several
such orders. The faith Of the Yezidees is
described as a curious mixture Of Moham-
mechanism and degenerate Christianity.
| They respect the devil because they be-
lieve he will be restored to heaven, where
they will want him for friend. They re-
| we're the Old Testament, and care much
less for the New Testament and the Ko-
ran. There are 100000 Of them.
What were the Constitutions Of Clarendong
c. L.
They we're sixteen ordinances. passed in
1854. at Clarendon. Wiltshire. England. by
a council of English barons and prelates.
Perhaps the most radical was that which
made the clergy subject to the common
! law in criminal cases. When they were
sent 10 Pope Alexander III for ratification
, he rejected them, but most Of the provi-
| sions survived.
What is the block system? TO.MB
The railroad is divided into sections.
| with signal stations at each end. An ac-
! cident within any section is signaled at
both that sections stations. In some sys-
tens men give the signals. in others the
/ warnings are given automatically by cleo
| trical apparatus. By the absolute block
system only one train is permitted in one
section at a time. but a variation OF this
permits a second train to enter the sec
ton before the other has left it. warning
| the second Of the others presence.
Where viii be apt to and biography Of DR..
| Wen MITCHELL A. l. B..
Here is a brief one. He was born at
I Philadelphia. February 10 1929 and was
| educated at the University Of PennsyIva-
mia and at jefferson Medical College.
! graduating from the latter institution in
| 1850 During the next ten years he was
much engaged with investigations in natu-
/ raj history. studying serpent venom espe-
cially Becoming in 1868 assistant surgeon
! in the Army in the hospital for treating in
juries TO the nerves, he began the Obser-
vations that gave him a world wide repu-
tation as a neurOlOgist. Besides many
I treatises on nerves and their abuse. he has
published poems and several successful
, novels.
A declares that the inhabitants Of the Orkney
Islands are OF Norwegian ancestry. not scotch;
IS this true, and if so, is there an eEpIanationa
C. o. +.
1t IS true; the Orkneys and the Hebrides
were taken by NOrwegians in S76, and
were formally annexed in 1898. In 1897
they were united to Denmark. When
James III married the daughter Of the
Danish King Christian I, the latter gave
the islands as security for his daughters
| d0yry The dOwry was never paid. and
the islands were turned over to Scotland
in 1890. While held by Norway and Den
mark. all traces Of the primitive popula-
tion disappeared.
When were roads arst macadamizsd?
4. C. n
In 1910 John L. Macadam was born at
Ayr. Scotland September p. 1755 During
the American Revolution he was a royal
ist il America. and made a fortune from
the sale Of vessels brought to New York
as prizes. Much Of this he lost in his
forced withdrawal when peace was declar-
ed Returning to Scotland he engaged in
travelling about Great Britain at his own
expense and studying roads. In 1911 he
addressed a memorial to the House OF
Commons. This led to the adoption Of his
system the carrying out OF which in TWEEN
ty-eight counties he supervised personally
making no charge beyond actual expenses,
and not trying to secure patent lie de
clined q pronered knighthOOd, but accept
ed a testimonial grant Of $4,000 made by
Parliament. He died at Mohat, Scotland
November 20. 1886.
When was James Monroe the American Minister
10 France. . For how long was Lafayette IN
prisoned in Parish NJ W.
From 1874 to 1895 and again in 1902.
when ne negotiated the Louisiana Pur-
chase @ Not at all in Paris. During the
Reign OF Terror he fed to Holland, was cap
tured there by the Austrians and impris-
oned by them in the Fortress OF OlmutZ
for over four years. He was finally re-
leased on September %. 1891. at the de-
mand OF Napoleon tthen First Consult and
delivered to the American Consul at Ham
burg with the explicit statement that he
had not been liberated at the instance
Of France but merely to show the Austrian
Emperor's consideration for the United
States Of America. He returned 10 France
in 1900 and visited America in 1924. cele-
brating his sixty-eighth birthday in the
White House
Can YOU tell me anything Of the Lougiellow
Memorial Association Of this city? Who are the
officers or members Of the committee? L. n.
The Longfellow National Memorial As
ISOLATION was formed in this city about
two years ago. Its purpose is to erect
statue TO Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
in the National Capital. The officers OF
tice Fuller; Vice President Senator Hoar;
Secretary. Gen. 4. W. Greedy. Executive
Alexander Dlackay Smith Adolf
plus W. Greedy. John 3. Henderson. S.
II. Kaufman. John Joy Edison. Lewis J.
Davis, Clifford PinchOt, Brainard II. War
ner.
VIVA. have become Of the ..seyen Wonders OF
the W4.IdE' j. G.. :.
The tomb or MausOlus. King Of Caria.
built about $50 B. c.. was destroyed be-