The times., 1901-04-07

Docs not Alix hold the worlds record for
trotting and shat IS her rccoTdl 2. What is
the record Of The Abbott' ". @. C.
No. though she holds the record FOR
mares. 2:02ss. 2. The worlds trotting rec
ord, Z:osA.
When is the earliest and latest day that Easter
Sunday may Gomez 2 How IS the date deter
mined1 g. G.-H
March 2 and April .. , II falls or the
first Sunday after the first fun moon that
follows March 21
On What date was Thanksgiving in the year
1887 ? Which Is the higher mountain Mount
50. Elias or Mount Mckinley. NJ A. A.
November q. 2 Mount Mckinley. the
height of which Is put az 2o.i64 feet. TO
iS.Iol feet for ST. Elias.
What were the entire receipts of the United
States Government ier the quarters ending sep-
tsrubsr o. i-pl and December 81. 1907 2 What
was the population u the Dorninion of Canada
- the last census. and also b. tlst before the
lastf B.
ti44.f4s.2g2 and Nf7.199sis. respectively.
? BY the census os 1891. s.s33. .259. by the
preceding one Of ISL. 4.22fsiO.
What Is meant BY the pitch oi a roof and
how Is it determinedf Say. sor instance. ] an
required % give a roof a one-haif or one-quaTter
". II.
The pitch Of a roof is its inclination, and
to express Il numerically divide the span
by the height. Quarter pitch IS a slope
OF 2s degrees 95 seconds; half pitch is IS
degrees.
Who are the present United States senator's
from Rhode Island. % West Virginia. 90 North
Carolina. (i) Georgia, (5) Wyoming, (g Wash
ington, % Utah, and (s) TENNESSEE ~ \. ID.
Nelson w Aidrich and George P. Wet
more. 2 Nathan Il. Scott. Stephen 3. FL
kins 3. Jeter c. Pritchard, F. NJ. Sim
mons f. Alexander S. Clay Augustus o.
Bacon. 5. Clarence D. Clark, Francis E.
Warren. 6. George Turner. Addison @.
Foster z Joseph r Rawlins, Thomas
Kearns. 8. William b Bate, z. n. Car
mack.
What is meant by the Dred Scott decisionf
KS
The decision rendered in the United
States Supreme Court in 1856, in the
case of a slave named Dred Scott, who
had brought suit to assert his title TO
freedom 1t was to the effect that if the
negro were assumed to be free he was
not a citizen of State" so as to bring
action; and further. that he was slave
So his suit was dismissed for want of
Jurisdiction on the part of the circuit
court, in which action had been brought
When and why was King Christian TX made
King OF Denmark? 2 viii YOU name his chill
dren and tell whom they married? j. b.
He became King November 10. 1863. His
accession was in accordance with the right
of succession arranged by the London
protocol of 1852, the Oldenburg dynasty
having become extinct. 2 In the order
of their birth they were: Frederick, who
married Princess Louise of Sweden; Alex
andra. who married the Prince Of Wales
and now is Queen of England; George l,
King Of Greece. who married the Grand
Duchess Olga of Russia; Dagmar, now
Dowager Empress of Russia, having mar
ried Alexander III; Thyra, who married
the Duke of Cumberland, and Waldemar,
who married the Princess Marie Of Or
leans.
What was the earliest railroad in the United
States. and when and where was it bui!t2 What
was the name Of the engine and engineer OF us
first run? = d. l.
The first railroad ran from granite
quarries at Quincy. Mass. to the Nepon-
set River, and was built in 1876, 10 carry
granite for the Bunker Hill Monument IL
had wooden rails, laid on granite sllls,
and topped by a strap-rail Of rolled iron
Horses supplied its motive power. The
first trip of a locomotive in this country
was made August .. 1929, on the Homes
dale and Carbondale Railroad, which was
built by the Delaware and Hudson Canal
Company The name of the engine, which
was built in England, was The Stour-
bridge Lion and it was run by Horatio
Allen Though it weighed but six tons,
II nroved too heavy for the rails.
win you gives me short history. Of the
American flag, = to arrangement OF stripes
and stars! SLAiD
Trp to June IA. III. the Colonists had
used flags of various devices, but on that
day Congress provided that the nag
should have thirteen stripes, alternately
red and white. and thirteen white stars
in a blue field This held until May 1.
1875. when. by an act passed. January 1S,
1874. change was had to fifteen stripes
and fifteen stars. Then on April 4. 1913,
the flag was re-estabIished as thirteen
horizontal stripes, alternately red and
white, the union TO consist of twenty
W hite stars in blue field. one star to be
added for each new State admitted, the
addition to be made on the Fourth of
July succeeding such admission on July
4. 1S1S. this flag was first used. and is to-
day the national emblem.
Did Grover Cleveland attend or graduate from
college? ,. Was Martin Van Bmen a college
3 Were Franklin Pierce and Millard
fillmore college graduates? 4. What college did
President Mckinley graduate from? j. r. j.
No; he attended school at Fayetteville
and at Clinton. New York, but at the age
when many young men nowadays attend
college he was teaching school and study
ing law 2 No; he went so far in the
academy at KinderhOok, n. Y, as to ac-
ouire a little Latin. and then began the
studv of law. 8 Franklin Pierce was
graduated from Bowdoin. Fillmore's school
education was scanty, and had between
whiles of farming and apprenticeship to
the wooI-cardiug business. Yet he was
teaching school and studying for the bar
when nineteen years old, and was admit
ted to practice at the age of twenty
three. 1. He is not a college graduate;
when eighteen he enlisted in an Ohio
volunteer regiment, and was in active
service for four years.
Is there such a thing as a Biblical History
Of a Pack of CardsF IL J. D.
A similar question was recently answer
ID in the New York sun as follows:
According to the story, which appeared
1t least as early as 1913, Richard Lane,
, private in the FOrty-second Foot, the
Black Watch. Of the British Army, was
brought before the Mayor OOrd ProvOsO
If Glasgow. charged with playing cards
Turing divine service. He said that he had
10 Bible or prayer book, and was using
lis pack of cards instead of the more
egular book. He was directed TO explain