The times., 1901-04-21

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Ernest Brenner He was elected Decem-.
Der 13, 1900, to serve year.
What disposition is made of the eonaseated
property Of traitor2 r. B.
1t Is sold by and for the benefit of the
IGovernment
What is the total public debt Of the European
| Statesf 2 What Is the endowment Of Harvard
! University 3 What vas the cost Of the bat
| tlesl1ip Oregon? +. J. N.
| About $i9. 7o0. oO0o COO 2 Its productive
funds amount to si2sii.4iS. g. s3.2z2.sl9-
Was stephen GiraFd ever married? 2. In what
year was vassar College iounded' 3. Did Martin
| Luther hang himself? NJ.
Yes; but he separated from his wife. 2.
| In 1852 opening TO students in 1885 3. No;
| he died Of acute Inflammation Of the
! stomach
Where can find this expression: Time but
| the impression deeper makes as streams their
channels deeper weart' ] think it Is from Robert
Burns. yet cannot find it in his works. r. b.
With the substitution Of stronger for
your first deeper" the quotation IS from
| Burns Mary In Heaven
In making proof on a stone and timber claim
! OF public land does person have TO swear that
the land Is more valuable ioF timber than for a
| homestead? y. r. c.
Yes: the affidavit the intending purchas-
er is required To make includes the state
menfs that the land is unfit for cultiva-
ton and valuable chiefly for its timber
and stone. False swearing to such affda-
Wit is perjury.
Can you ten Us anything concerning the origin
| OF the Mother Goose rhymes! q. K D.
Their author was born in Boston in 1866.
Her maiden name was Elizabeth Foster.
In 1888 she married Isaac Goose. and long
Iafterward sang the rhymes TO her grand
son. The father of the child was Thomas
I ..~f.~ a.r,1 he Iryr % h he
first edition of the jingles about fh5-
Was the shay Of "sbay's Rebellion a soldier
| Of the Revolution? 2. Did he return to Massa-
chusetts to live after the insurrection he insti-
| gated? H. l. r
Yes; reaching the rank of captain. 2
MOI on the dispersal of his insurgents, he
fed to New Hampshire. About a year
later he was pardoned by the Massachu-
setts Legislature, and moved to sparta,
New York, where he resided until his
death in 1S25.
Who is the Earl of York, and what part, of
England is he from? J. =
There is no Earl of York. The Duke of
Cornwall and York is the heir apparent
to the English throne. Yorke is the fam
| lily name of the EarIs of Hardwick. The
| present Earl the sixth of the line, Is Al
bert Edward Phillip Henry Yorke-
Who established the first European settlement
| in Texas? y. J. y.
Rene Robert Cavelier. in February. 1885.
| IL was on the Iavaca River and was call
er the Viceroy of Mexico sent
| force against it, but found that the In
| dams already had wiped it out Prevf-
| ous1y to this it's founder had attempted
to reach the Mississippi with about
| score of his party. and had been mur-
dered by his companions in the vicinity OF
Trinity River.
What is the meaning of the twelve signs Of
| the zodiac, and with what people and when did
they originated ,. What foundation is there for
| the belief OF farmers and gardeners that seed
should be planted according to these signst
| W.R. l.
The zodiac is belt in the heavens each
| of whose twelve equal parts IS sign.
These are designated by the names OF
| consultations given by the anclents,
! probably the Egyptians. 2 Nothing but
| superstition of long standing
VIII vou give me an idea Of the costumes of
both men and women in Porto RieoY l. l.
The vell-to-do of the chief towns dress
in the fashions of European countries. the
men wearing woolen clothing tnroughout
the year The younger women dress very
| elabOrately their attire rejecting the
| fashions of Spain. Paris. and London
They wear hats. the Spanish mantllla pc
ing reserved for older women IN tne
| smaller towns are seen more OF linen faD-
| rics for the men, and less of sh0winesS
in the attire of the women Laborers ana
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| shoes.
What can you tell me of the Han Of Pane,
| the donator. and the architecture NJ l. H.
It is to be a semi-circular colOnnade con-
| Meeting the Hall of Philosophy and the
| Hall of Languages of the New York Uni
| versity at New York city, and IS to face
the Hudson from University Heights IL
will be 500 feet long and will contain lSJ
| panels each two by eight feet, on whlch
| will be put the names of Americans deem
ed worthy of such cOmmemOratIOn. F1tty
| names were to have been CHOSEN last
| wear. and five more We're to be added ev-
| erv five years until the year 2n0 when al
the panels Will be filed. But at the IrSt
choice only twenty nine were selecIed.
| SO the selection of twenty-one was LETT
until 1902 The university has received
SlG0 600 for this structure from donor
whose name has not been officially an
nounced. but who is generally believed 10
be Miss Helen Gould.
VIII you give brief synopsis Of the Peace
Proclamation issued by the tzr OF h1ssl4
and a sketch Of his htet L.
| II was not a proclamation but n pro-
posaI Ii began with the statement that
the maintenance of a general peace ana
| the reduction Of existing excessive aTma-
ments constituted an ideal for Whlch all
Governments should strive, declared that
| the Gar had been won to this view ana
| that ne believed the time favorable TO
| seeking the means. 1t then argued thaJ
international discussion would be of val
ue that the present methods We're q
crushing burden and menace 10 the de-
sired end and proposed to all the Gov
eruments with representatives, accredited
to the Cars Court 10 assemble con-
| ference to discuss the problem Copies OF
this note were handed to the various am
| basadOrs at St. Petersburg August =,
, | 1895 Nicholas IL is the son of Alexander
| III. and was born May Is, 1868 His care
| fuI education was especially advanced in
| modern language and the sciences. and
! was followed by extensive travels III the
| East and throughout Europe When
| eighteen years old he had entered the
| army on November l. 1891, he succeeded
TO the throne. He married Princess Alix
! Of Hesse- -Darmstadt. daughtsr of Princess
| Alice of Great Britain. Three daughters
| have been born To him.
Who we're the 'Silver Crcys?" ?. The Hunk
| crs3' g ~he .'Barnhuners?' 3. The ''N0oiiy
| HeadsT' 5 The ''Free Soiers?' 6. The ''Stal-
| wartsY'' = What was the town meeting OF
the early New England times2 H.
Wings who. after their defeat in 1852.
! endorsed the compromising policy Of Fill
/ more as distinguished from that of sew
/ ard The rame was meant TO stamp the
| party as one Of elderly men. 2 COnSeTva-
| five Democrats of about 1874. opposed 10
the more radical -Barnburners- The for
! mer gave the latter name in alluslon To
the farmer who burned his barn IN order
| 10 he rid of rats. &. \ section of Wings
| who manifested marked sympathy with
! the antf-slavery movement .. support
trs OF the Free Soil party organized at
Euffalc y Y. i'm 1SfS. as a coalition of
the Liberal party and the Barnburners,
/ to ppuoSe fuvfhe.- extension of SlIVeTV. g.