News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-09-29

Please state how frequently in the
| past England has been invaded.
Since the time of William the Con-
| queror Q06G) no less than sixty inva-
| sions have taken place. some of which
have resulted in change of dynasty.
Thirteen of the hostile invasions Of
| Great Britain took place ON the Scot
| fish coast, the first being that of the
French in 1863, when they supported
Mary Stuart in her contest with the
allied Scotch Presbyterians.
The Dutch landed upon British soil
seventeenth century. Terror spread
over England when Admiral de Ruyter
appeared in the Thames with his fleet
and went as far as Gravesend and
Chatham and burned the ships lying
there June Is. 166O.s The people fear
ed that De Ruyter would come as far
as London, but the Dutch fleet sailed
against Portsmouth and then against
Plymouth and Harwich, permitting the
inhabitants of London to recover from
their fright
The United States has attacked Eng
land only through Paul Jones. whose
forces invaded British soil four times.
In 1918 he set the coasts of the Irish
sea in alarm when he landed at White
haven and burned ships there.
In the. spring of 1139 German army
landed and defeated Stephen in the
battle of Lincoln. Germans made
their way to England again in support
Of Simnel, the pretender to the British
throne, in 1856 and 1887, but there
were only about. 1000 German soldiers,
and they We're helpless before the hosts
of Henry VII. at the battle of Stoke
Please tell me the exact population of
London and New York. Which is the
largest city in the world, and did New
York ever exceed London in popuIa-
ton?
The population of all boroughs Of
New York in 1914 was s, 1888 ,537. The
population of registered London in
1911 was 1922, 964. and with metropol-
!tan and city police districts, 7,252,963.
London has always contained larger
population than New York. The third
largest city is Paris; Chicago, fourth;
Berlin, fifth; Tokyo, sixth; Vienna, sew
enth; Petrograd, eighth; Philadelphia,
ninth, and Moscow, tenth.
When was anthracite coal first put on
the eastern market?
1t began to be mined in Pennsylva-
mia in 1906, and in 1912 nine wagons
loaded with it were hauled 100 miles
to Philadelphia. Two loads were sold
at cost of transportation, seven were
given away, and the sale was denounc-
cd as a fraud. After that it came into
use very slowly.
Who invented the aeropIane and
Nhen7
The first aeroplane to fly by mechan.
ical means was invented by an Eng.
lishman, who in 1913 flew under pow.
er of a twenty horsepower steam en-
CINE.
The automobile?
The first automobile was invented by
a Frenchman, Cugnot, in ITO.
The wireless telegraph?
The principle was discovered in 1885
by Heinrich Hertz of Karlsruhe, Ger
many.
The wireless telephone?
In 1893 Alexander Graham Bell first
succeeded in transmitting the voice
across space by means of beam OF
light.
The electric light?
In 1903 the first extended, continu
Gus fiaIne from an electrical source
was produced by Sir Humphrey Davy
an Englishman.
The typewriter?
The first patent on typewriter was
issued in TIA to an Englishman WHOSE
name has been forgotten.
How long did the siege of Petersburg,
Va, last during the civil war? Did il
end with the celebrated mine explosion?
The siege began about the Goth of
June, 1864, and the mine was explod-
ed July 80, but Petersburg was not
then. The mine consisted Of
a shaft $40 feet long, with branches
forty feet in each direction, and was
charged with 5000 pounds Of powder.
It's explosion made crater in the Con-
works 200 feet long by 60 feet
wide and killed a great many men, but
the Federal attack that followed the
explosion failed, and Petersburg was
not evacuated until April 2, 1865.
What is the difference between an
extraordinary and plenipo-
tertiary and an envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary7 What is
The difference between an embassy and
1 legation?
Diplomatic agents are in three class
ss-first, ambassadors, legates and nun
los: second, ENJOYS and ministers,
bird. charges d'affaires. An ambassa.
Tor is thus the highest diplomatic Off
,ial sent from one country to another.
md a minister is an agent of the next
over rank. The ambassador repre-
Ients not only the state from which he