The times., 1901-03-24
NOTES AND QUERIES.

NOTES AND QUERIES.
death2 j. A
November 21, 1899
Who the father of Anne BuIlen, second
wife of Henry VIII Of England? P.B.Y.
Sir Thomas Builen. who became Earl Of
Wiltshire.
We're as many votes cast for Mckinley in
Pennsy wanna at the last election be polled
there four years ago? C. g
No. The figures were: 1900, ~ .ss5; 1896.
72s 800.
What is the record Of six-days' pedestrian
George LittIewood's. made at Madison
Square Garden. New York, in Novem-
Der. 1SSS; 623 miles. 1890 yards.
Who drew up the Virginia plan Of the Copsti-
tuition Of the United States2 2. Was it sc-
cepted? PC.
Edmund Randolph. then Governor Of
Virginia. ?. He presented it without sue
cess.
What was the date Of the birth Of caaucsrY
A. l. F.
Neither place nor date Of his birth is
known, but London is believed to be the
one, and 1910 is thought to be not far
from the other.
How many men compose the naval Eilitia7
2 Are any commands stationed along the Great
LakesY g. How much saving Of distance would
be made by the Nicaragua Canal in a voyage be-
tween New York and San Francisco? ". j. VI.
About $500. 2. Yes. 3. 1880 miles.
What caused the Liberty Bell to eracka
J. 81 R.
Much ringing. 1t cracked at its
first ringing after importation in 1853.
was recast several times and cracked
again many years ago-on July s. 1895.
while being toIled for the death Of Chief
Justice Marshall. 1t is said.
VIII You name the States whose nicknanes are
based On the names Of plants or trees?
Alabama, Cotton State; Connecticut.
Nutmeg State; Kansas, Sunfower State;
Kentucky, Blue Grass State; Maine, Pine
Tree State; Nevada. Sagebrush State;
Ohio, Buckeye State; South Carolina.
Palmetto State
Who was the wife of the present Emperor Of
Germany? 2 Who was Oscar II Of sweden7
3. What family did the late King Humbert Of
Italy spring from? LIB
Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-
Holstein-Augustenb 2. He was Of
the house of Bernadotte, and before he
succeeded his brother. Charles XIV. was
Frederick. Duke Of Ostergotland. g. The
house of Savoy.
What was meant BY the Pale in Ireland2 .
Was Dartmouth College opened so early as 1854?
;. L
A portion colonized by the English and
including parts Of the counties of Louth.
Dublin, Meath, and Kildare. 2. No; in
that year was started at Lebanon, Conn,
a school for Indian children from which
the college was an offshOot. The school
was transferred to Hanover. n. H. and
the college charter issued late in 1853.
viii you tell me something about orchids.
y hero they grow and their natuTel
They are a vast family of herbs of
great and curious variety found all over
The world except in very cold and very
Try climates. and are notable for their
blossoms, which are irregular, sometimes
but often strikingly beautiful
n cool regions the herbs take root in the
.arth. while in hot countries they grow
IN rocks and trees, but in the last case
ire separate growth. and not parasites.
rhe vanilla is one of several useful mem
1ers of the family. the lady-slipper one
# our representatives of the oddities.
The cultivation of handsomely towering
iorts is a hobby with many florists
Who was called the Quaker poet2 ?. Who was
Stephen Girard? B. F. D.
John Greenleaf Whittier 2. A noted
born in France in 1850, who
er, and liquor dealer in and about Phila-
lelphia Later he was engaged in the
Vest India trade and in banking. For
-ears he was by far the richest man in
his country, ill-tempered, eccentric, and
living and dying with hardly
friend, yet active in relieving distress
n seasons of epidemic, liberal giver to
public charities, and on his death be-
tueathing nearly all his property to char
table institutions of Philadelphia and
New Orleans. and TO the founding Of
iirard College for orphan boys.
When was the great Alexandrian Library de-
troyed by whose order, fer what purpose. and
low many manuscripts and volumes did It con-
ain? W. c. B.
Writers disagree as to all these partic-
liars The number of volumes is various
v stated at from 100000 to 7O0G00; and
While some writers claim that because
f the, smallness of the ancient volume
hese figures should be discounted for
purposes of comparison with modern Ii
raries. others take another view. 1t is
tated and denied that part of the library
Fas burned by spread Of the fires that
aesar started among the fleet in the har-
or; that different portions of the cOllec-
ions were destroyed by Aurelian in Z73;
Y pillage of Christians, this following an
dict of TheOdosius in 3S9 or 391; and that
nal destruction came from the Saracens
$40. AS 10 the last. careful students
hink it unlikely that the Saracens found
iuch to destroy.
How many signed our Declaration Of Inde-
endence what were their names and biTthpiaces
nd how many were Roman Catholicsr
Fifty-six: John Hancock, born in a part
{ Braintree, Mass, that now Is in
quincy: Samuel Adams. Boston. Mass;
hilip Livingston, Albany. n. Y; Robert
reat Paine, Boston, Mass; William
lloyd. Brook Haven, Long Island, n. Y;
ohm Adams. Braintree, Mass; Francis
evils, Llandaff. Wales; Elbridge Gerry.
Iarblehead, Mass; Josiah Bartlett.
mesbury Mass: Richard Stockton, near
riucefOn n /. Samuel Huntington