The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-11

What was the largest check or cash
order ever issued by the United States
treasury2
When the government pays claim
or debt it is done by treasury war
rant, signed by the secretary of the
treasury. In May, 1904, the secretary
signed warrant for 50, 600, 900, which
was delivered to y. p. Morgan g. Co.
of New York as disbursing agents Of
this government on account Of the
Panama canal purchase. This. was the
largest warrant ever issued. The
largest sum previously covered by a
single government warrant was for
81, 200, eco, paid To Russia in 1868 on
account Of the Alaskan purchase. The
next largest sum was $500, 900, paid
in 1876 to the British government on
account of the Halifax award under
! the treaty Of Washington for infringe
ment of fishing rights In Nova Scotian
waters. Ia 1899 this government paid
| Spain, through the French ambassa-
dor, $50, 100000 for the Philippine Is
lands, but this sum was represent
ed by tour warrants of $4,000. 600
each. ~
Please name the thirteen original
colonies and tell when and whore each
] was settled.
Delaware, 1888, Wilmington; Penn
! sylvania. 1852, PhiIadelplia: New Jer-
sey. 1864. Elizabeth; Georgia, 1913, Sa-
! vannah; Connecticut, 1895, New Ha-
ven; Massachusetts,, 1920, Plymouth;
Maryland, 1854 st. Mary's; South Car
olina, about 1850, Clarendon: New
Hampshire, 1889, along the Piscataqua
/! river; Virginia, 1907, Jamestown; New
i York, 1915, New York; North Carolina,
| 1853, Albemarle. and Rhode Island,
1857. portsmouth
Hess many children has Kaiser Will
| helm of Germany and what are their
| names2 How many are married and
rope 10 he retatsd7 Is his daughter
married and te whem7
/ Kaiser Wilhelm in 1881 married Prin-
cess Victoria of SchleSwig-Holstein
/ and they had SIX sons and one daugh-
| ter-Friedrich Wilhelm, William Eitel
/ Friedrich, Ada1bert, August wilhelm
/ Oscar, Joachim and Victoria Louise
All of these are married. The daughter,
Victoria Louise, was married in 1913 to
! Prince Ernest August, duke of Cum
berIand. Kaiser Wilhelm is a cousin
of the present king Of England, also of
the cxarina of Russia, the queen of
Spain and a brether-in-law of the king
OF Greece,
Whist Language do the iuhahitants of
Bulgaria, Turkey, Switzerland and Bel
siuHa speak2
The Bulgarian language is the an
eient Slavon1c with mixture Of Turk
ssh and Greek words. Turkish Is Of
Asiatic origin and much divided by
dialects. The Swiss speak French,
| German or q patois which is neither
one nor the other; the Belgians French,
Dutch or a mixture of the two French
is the language of the court.
WIvae signifies the title ~oersnan esn-
pererf's
The title NGerman emperor derives
it's Significance not from the fact that
the constitution employs this term
when referring to the kaiser, but from
the character OF the position which he
was TO take within the newly formed
! federation of German states.
1t was the outcome OF q controversy
between the kings OF Prussia and Ba-
varia, finally settled by applying the
! term German emperor in the consti-
tut1on, recognizing clearly the funda-
mental difference between the titles
German emperor and emperor of
Germany The sovereignty of the
| states of the German federation was
| not superseded by the union, but they
retained It. although it became re-
| stricted as laid down IN the German
| constitution. Thus the king of Prus-
STA retained his sovereignty of his
ktnedean and it IL In this caDacitv