The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-15

Age-Herald Any one desiring informal
 tion should address "Questions An-
 swered," care The Age-Herald. Literature-Name three English writers
 before the time of Chaucer 2. Who
 wrote the Last Days of Pompei? 8. Tell
 me something about Rudyard Kipling 1. | Of whom was it said that he was ''the wisest, brightest and meanest of man.
 kind" and who said 1t?
 A.-Robert Wace, Sir John Vaudeville,
 Boocucco Giovanni. and John Cover fluor-
 ished before Goeffrsy Chaucer 2 Lord
 Bulwer-Lytoon. 8. Born in Bombay, h.
 dla in 1865. After completing his educa-
 ton he travelled extensively in India,
 China, Japan, Africl and Australia Has
 written many works and is member of
 numerous clubs, among them the Cen
 tury, New York, U S. A. In 1892 he mar
 fied Miss Caroline Balestier of Battle
 boro. Vt. His address is Buteman's, Bur
 wash, Sussex. Eng, 4, Pope said it of Lord Bacon.
 | J, W. M.-Do the llws of Arkansas and
 Missouri provide tha. a man can sell his | homestead rights, aid can the buyer of
 homestead land sams as seller could have
 done? 9 Is the Unit,d States government | indebted to Englandfor money borrowed?
 A.-No. ?. It is moi
 H, S A.-What s the value of cent
 of 179s?
 A.--If with libery cap, 25 cents <. A. L. T.-The marriage laws of South | Carolina, Georga and Florida being under | discussion one sld there were no divorces | granted in Souh Carolina. Another said | divorces were granted in Florida after
 one years residence and in case of sepa-
 ration a divore must be granted before l either of the ,artes remarry; and that
 in Georgia if wife leaves her husband
 without cause, and is not seen or heard | from in seven years, no penalty attaches | to the husbands act if he marries again
 without getting a divorce. A-Diyorce nay be obtained in Florida
 after one yer of wilful desertion. in
 Georgia afterthree years. South Carolina
 has no divore laws. A second marriage
 while the husband or wife is living is
 bigamy in any state.
 J. D. F.-vere the house and senate
 both democntic during either of Cleve-
 lands termsas President? A.-The seiate was republican. | F. L. K.-Please give name and address | of secretarf of the Daughters of the American Revolution? 9 Secretary of
 the Colonial Dames? 3. Secretary Sons
 of the American Revolution? A.-Mrs Henry L. Mann, 9O2 r street.
 Washington. ?. iIrs. Joseph Lamar of
 Georgia address unknown). g. Edwin
 Payson Cone; maj be addressed in care
 of Louis H. Cornih, 2S9 Broadway, New York.
 H. G.-Has any dle survived going oyer the falls at NiagaH?
 A.-sam Patch accomplished the feat in 1929.
 H. K M.-whatIwas the paid attend ance at the ChicIgo worlds fair from May to October !? A.-The attendane for six months was 2l,A9S6l
 w. F. A.-Whicl will travel farthest with forty grains powder behind it, a
 45-callbre bullet Wlghing 25O grains, or 3S-callbre bullet weighing ISO grains? A.-The .3S-calibrf F. M. C.-Is Jales Whitcomb Riley iving? 9 What the difference be- tween ambassadors and ministers, and why do some countries have ambassa- dors and others ministers? 3. What caused financial pa1c In 1893? How was a similar panic avoled in 1903? A.-Yes, at Indianapolis ?. Ambassa- dors have much greter power than min isters and the sevenleading nations have American ambassadrs. The salaries are SIP, GOO in Austria ad Italy and $17,500 in France, GermAy Great Britain. Next in order are nvoys extraordinary and ministers pleniotentiary, of which | we have twenty-sevn in various coun- ] tries. Their salaries range from $5O00 to $l2,O0. Ministers rsident and eonsuls general, secretaries bf embassies and le- gations, consuls, vie consuls, commer- cial agents, agents and consular agents | complete the diplofatic service. 8. Too much extension of credit and inflated l values The natiohl government came | to the aid of the sttm center, New York, ! with money to tidebanks over the trou- ble ] s. s. S.-Does a tsket to the St. Louis | exposition include tie shows within 1t? | Alt does not. Ihave seen it stated | that it required abtu $50 to see all the 1, shows on the ground | Scranton-Please mime some hospitals in Missouri where grill may be trained for nurses. A.-Apply at any h,spital. -
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