The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-21

Il VINO Is the present President OF Switzerland,
expiref AV.
Ernest Bremen. He was elected Deem
| Der Is, 1900 TO serve year.
What disposition is made Of the conascated
1t is sold by and for the benefit of the
tGovernment.
What is the total public debt Of the European
| statesr 2. What is the endowment Of Harvard
University? s What was the cost Of the bat
tleshp Oregon? FIN
About si9. 200. OoooOo. . Its productive
funds amount to sl26li.4is. 8. ss.222.siO.
Was Stephen Girard ever married. 2. In what
year Vassar College ioundeds 8. Did Martin
Luther hang himself2 Nj.
Yes; but he separated from his wife @
In 1867 opening to students in 1865. 9. 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 wear." think it is from Robert
Burns yet cannot hud it in his works. r..
With the substitution of stronger for
your first deeper, the quotation is from
| Burns Mary in Heaven"
In making proof stone and timber claim
OF public land does person have to swear that
the land IS more valuable for timber than for
homestead? NR.C
| Yes; the affidavit the intending purchas-
| er is required to make includes the state
,s,eiits that the land is unfit for cultiya-
ton and valuable chiefly for its timber
and stone. False swearing to such affida-
Wit is perjury.
Can you tell anything concerning the origin
| OF the Mother Goose rhymesg c. X. b.
Their author was born in Boston in 1865.
Her maiden name was Elizabeth Foster.
IN 1888 she married Isaac Goose. and long
Lee
son. The father of the child was Thomas
Fleet, printer, and he brought out the
first edition of the jingles about 17is.
Was the SHAY Of "shay's Rebellion soldier
| of the Revolution? 3 Did he return to Massa-
chusetts to live after the instruction he insti-
| gated? ii. F.
] Yes: reaching the rank of captain 3
No; 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 1875.
Who is the Earl Of York, and what par, of
| England is he from? j. 5
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 Earls 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? Nj. y.
| 1t was on the Lavaca River and was call
er the viceroy of Mexico sent a
| force against 1t, but found that the In
| dams already had wiped it out Previ-
| ous1y to this it's founder had attempted
to reach the Mississippi with about
| score of his party. and had been muir
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 originate? .. What foundation is there for
| the belief of farmers and gardeners that seed
should be planted according TO these signs?
W. H. l.
The zodiac is a belt in the heavens each
| of whose twelve equal parts is sign.
These are designated by the names of
ePobsbIS te Egy yed Nothing but
superstition Of long standing
Will you give me an idea OF the costumes Of
both men and women in Porto Rico2 l. l.
The weIl-to-do of the chief towns dress
in the fashions of European countries. the
men wearing wooden clothing throughout
the year. The younger women dress very
deliberately their attire rejecting the
fashions of Spain. Paris. and London.
They wear hats. the Spanish mantila be-
ing reserved for Older women In the
RIGS for the men, and less of ShowinesS
in the attire of the women. Laborers and
farms hands dispense with coats and
shoes.
What can you tell of the Hall Of Fame,
the donator, and the architecture? VI l. H.
1t is to be a semi-circular colonnade con-
Meeting the Hall of Philosophy and the
Hall of Languages of the New York Uni
veTsity, at New York city. and is to face
the Hudson from University Heights II
will be 500 feet long and will contain $50
panels each two by eight feet, on which
will be put the names of Americans deem
ed worthy of such commemOration- Fifty
names were to have been chosen last
year. and five more Were to be added ev-
cry five years until the year 1000 when all
the panels will be filled. But at the first
choice only twentv-nine were selected.
so the selection of twenty-One was left
until 1902 The university has received
100000 for this structure from q donor
whose name has not been officially an
nounced but who is generally believed to
be Miss Helen Gould.
VIII YOU give b5ei synopsis c Of the b, I RS:;s
Proclamation" issued by the Gar OF Russia
and a sketch of his life? L.
1t was not a proclamation but a pro-
Dosal. 1t began with the statement that
the maintenance of a general peace ana
the reduction of existing excessive arma-
ments constituted an ideal for which all
Governments should strive, declared that
the Car had been won to this view and
that he believed the time favorable to
seeking the means. II then argued that
international discussion would be of val
ue that the present methods We're
crushing burden and a menace to the de-
sired end and proposed to all the Gov
ernments with representatives accredited
to the Cars Court to assemble con-
ference to discuss the problem. Copies of
this note were handed to the various am
basadors at st. Petersburg. August a.
1885. Nicholas II is the son of Alexander
III. and was born May is, 1868. His care
full education was especially advanced in
modern languages and the sciences. and
was followed by extensive travels in 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-D armstadt, daught.r OF Princess
Alice of Great Britain. Three daughters
have been born TO him.
Who were the SILVER Greys?' .. The "Hunk-
ors2'' 3. She 'Barnhmners?r 4. The 'Woolly
Heads!'' ). The Free Soilers? G. The stall
wartsf' = What the town meeting OF
the early New England times? H.
Wings who. after their defeat in 1S52
endorsed the compromising policy of Fill
more, as distinguished from that of Sew
ard. The rame meant to stamp the
party a : one of elderly men. ,. COnServa-
tive Democrats of about -1S44, opposed to
the more radical 'Barnburners." The for
mer gave the latter name in allusion to
the farmer who burned his barn in order
TO be rid of rats I. A section of Wings
who manifested marked sympathy with
the anti-slavery movement. D. Support
ers OF the Free Soil party organized at
Buffalo. y. Y, in 1913. as coalition Of
the Liberal party and the Barnburners,
to oppose furthe" extension of slavery. 6.