The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-14

/. What was the attendance at the'
Chicago Worlds Fair?
What was the largest attendance for
any one day-and what day? wish very
much to know. KATHLEEN.
Referred!
1. Is it written on Whshington's tomb
stone, or did Washington ever say: keep
the pen from the Negroes hand?"
a 2. Also, who wrote Beginning Again z?
It begins: when sometimes our feet
grow weary on the rugged hills of life
s It is a poem. and would like to know
where could get it. r. NJ. c.
Il. There is certainly no such inscrlp-
ton upon washington's tomb. Nor do
recall that he ever wrote or said it.
2. Referred.
Will you kindly permit a comment on
the query Of III. C. FL in to-day's paper
as to the relationship existing between
her mothers first cousin to her and her
children also?
Your reply is that her mothers first
cousin is her first cousin once removed
and the children are her second cousins
once removed. What do you mean by
the expression ''once removed ?" A first
cousin once removed is second cousin,
J.
third cousin. is it not? have a very
good personal reason for being particular
w interested in this matter About e.
year ago 7 wrote to paper in this city.
and to another party who is supposed to
be authority on this subject. The reply
was, that If the parents are cousins or
first cousins (Which is the same thlng)
the relationship between the parent on
one side to the chiiiGren on the other is
second cousins, and between the children
i on the two sides the rela tionship is third
cousins do not understand this 'once
removed phrase.
Is there any blood relation between the
children from both sides? A reply
through the columns Of your paper will
greatly oblige ADAILY READER.
So far as have been able to selucidate
what is still hazy. The distinction resolves
itself into a mere matter of words. "a
remove is a generation. "A second
cousin is a first cousin once removed.
in the genoa logical table OF what may
be called the strict constructionists.
To the avera ge intellect the forward step
Of a generation makes him a second
cousin-"only that and nothing more. ;"
Perhaps some correspondent can make
it palmer to your comprehension-and to
mine!
Will you please give me a recipe for
making stamping fluid to stamp embroid-
ery on linen, and will be very thankful
to you. a. 3.
Referred.
i. NY husband has aYrubber collar, and
has broken the buttonhole out would
like to mend same. but do not know how.
2. I was reading a request OF reader
for "Guiteau's Confession" know the
song. If that is what the party means
will gladly send it to you. L. T.
Cut narrow strips of black, stout
court plaster. bring the edges Of the
tear together, and neatly paste them
down on the strip. When this is care
fully done, no one will ever know that
the waterproof has been torn. and the
court plaster will hold better than sew
ing,
You may send the same il you will.
It must be a curiosity in ballad-maktng.
The querist who asked for it in the frst
place can have it upon application.
shall read It myself first. It must rival
Captain Kids famous,
when I sailed-WhenI sailed.
i. Kindly give me a formula for max
ing candy ca hartic, like the cascarets
sold in drug stores. and such informa-
ton as you possess in the manufacture
OF the same.
2, Please inform me what is correct.
what Ia it composed Of? Mrs. w
Old-fashioned housewives who were
their own apothecaries used to mix rhu-
h.rhE and soda into n e0ndygWAich act00