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

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Thirty-four. 2. $4,000 a year.
! In what year did the Blantyre explosion occurf
On October % ,s77 Two hundred ,;ves
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| He died in tho so,.
San Antonio Tsxas ~. u ne a'aino'
N@S, -.s'eu D. 1919
Where was accident insurance srst i,,ro,,.c.,.,
\ p n
In England In 1917 -r,r.o -.
a eoIipah! was tuiiy organised and ready
| LOT business there. Inc hrst company
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| What is the origin of The expression s.IiaSsoEs
| choicei'' y. y. 2.
| IL arose from A custom of Tobias Fob
son stablekeeper of Cambridge. Eng
| land. Though number on Gne horses
! were usually kent in his stalls his rule
was that every customer must take the
horse from, the san nearest the door.
|
| Why does the church. in comprri ng forty days
How long has the church obsers-d the Lenteu
| regulations! j. A. NJ.
sunuays are excluded because the Lords
Day IS heid 10 De festivai, rather than
last DAY Inc creek Cnureh makes It
forty -eight DAYS. z. Inc forfy days fast
was instituted IN the early days OIL chris
uahi's
When and ,rh.ro nc. Tso,,.r;,;,,. n,v g..
| observed in the Tinted ststes9 o '-ybeTs and
when was the first free school established in this
rha o,,etor, . 200,
nor Bradford. of the plymouth Colony. sp-
pointed day of Thanksgiving and prayer
| after the colonists' nrst harvest 9 The
| first public school was established in New
Amsterdam in 1888
|
| Il TACT that there are sects who WORSHIP the
! ue'4' .. L.
1t is. The Yezidees, or devil worshipers,
| of Asiatic Turkey, are but one Of several
such orders. The faith OF the Yezidees is
| described as curious mixture of Moham-
They respect the devil beca. se they be-
lioys ba viii no rosto.a5 =, haa1,a,, rharo
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 zoe. 600 of them
what were the Constitutions Of ClarendonY
L L.
They were sixteen ordinances, passed in
| 1854 at Clarendon. wiltshire. England by
q council OF English barOnS aul Drelateg.
Perhaps the most radical was that which
made the clergy subject to t,e common
law in criminal cases. When they were
sent TO Pope Alexander III for ratificat;on
he rejected them but most of the nrovi-
sions survived.
What is the block svstem9 70 uR
The railroad is divided into sections,
with signal stations at each end An ac-
eldent within any section is signaled at
ooth that section stations In some sys-
TENS men give the signals, IN others the
wal hihss are given automatically Dy eIec-
tricai apparatus By the absolute block
system only one train is permitted in one
section at time, but variation of this
permits second tram to enter the sec
ton before the other has left 1t, warning
the second OF the others presence.
1900,
W. W. IiiI De apt 10 una biography OF DE-
Here is a brief one He was born at
mia and at Jefferson Medical College.
graduating from the latter institution in
1890 During the next ten years he was
much engaged with investigations in natu-
raj history, studying serpent venom espe-
eially- becoming In 1868 assistant surgeon
III the AIN! III TIC noSpitdi loT tIeatihS IN
1uries to the nerves, he began the ooser-
vatlons that gave MIN Worldwide repu-
tatlon as a neurologlst. BESIDES many
treai 'ses on nerves ana their spuse, ne mas
publisa poems and several suceesstuf
novels.
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decialts tSt tne inl'ao,.a.s Oh .ne Soa,as
= asis ,re md IL so s tbare an ey,IauationS
G. % F.
~ Is t,ue' ,he OrAIiess anu cue &c a-eD. iue
were formally annexed in 1898. In 1897
they were united to Denmark. When
LANES III married the daughter Of the
Danish King, Christian |, the latter gave
the islands as security for MS daushters
dowry. The dowry was never PAID and
the Islands were turned over 10 scotland
in 1880 w nile held py Norway ana Deh-
mark, all traces Oh the primitive Popuia>
ton disappeared
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III Iolo- Jona L. E"aeauahi MaS g I ae
ayr ecotidhu' Septeinper - Is'o' Duiins
the American heNoiutioL he mas d 10y 80.
'st IL America ana Ihade iottuue ION
the sale OF Vesseis Droush. 70 view ioiA
as prizes Much OF thls ne iosl III MS
forced withdrawal when peace was aeciaI
Gu. Retul Iihs " oeo'Ianu nc eSatoee -
expense and studying roads. In 1871 ne
addressed memorial to the House OF