The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-13

ed a secret treaty with the French di- rectory, and French troops were sent to Ireland. This uprising was sup pressed as a result of the battles of Bantry Bay and Camperdown.
 Can a negro join the United States army?
 Yes.
 Please explain the principle of a patent bottle which keeps Iiquids hot or cold for several hours.
 The principle involved is the relation of air to the radiation or transmission of heat. The implement consists of two glass bottles, one inside the other, with the air completely exhausted from the surrounding space between and this space hermettcally sealed, so that no air can enter The inner bottle being thus surrounded by a vacuum, which resfsts the passage of heat the con- tents maintain their original tempera- ture for long time, hot contents not losing their heat by radiation and cold contents being protected from outside heat.
 What is meant by the term "Boston orators7"
 This refers to the celebrated school of orators of the revolutionary and succeeding period, which sprang up in Boston about the middle of the eight eenth century and continued well into the nineteenth century. Perhaps the three most eminent orators of this school were Daniel Webster. Edward Everett and Rufus Choate.
 o$& A$ New York is foreign born7 From what countries did the greatest number of them oome7
 The last census gave the city of New York a population of 6,474, ,66S, of which total 1,927,T13 were foreign born. Russia furnished 4S3, ,5sO of these immigrants; Italy, 34O,524; Ger many PTS, PAP; Ireland, 252,528.
 What truth is there in the story that Great Britain had 15o,ooo troops in Canada ready to assist the Confed- crate arm during the civil war and was only prevented by the presence of a Russian fleet in New York harbor?
 There is no foundation for the story. The nearest approach to trouble be- tween the United States and Great Britain during the civil war was when J. M. Mason and John Slidell, two Con federate agents, were captured end forcibIy removed from a British steam CT, on which they were passengers and claimed the protection of the British flag. They were brought to Boston as prisoners, but after some diplomatic correspondence they were released and placed on board of an English steamer to resume their voyage to England. While this affair was pending Great Rrif fQi frn0nS-if at the time 13y0OO to 14.OOO-to Cana da, as if to prepare for an emergency, but the incident closed with the sur render of Mason ano SlidelI. All this occurred in 1861, and the Russian fleet did not visit American waters until September, 1863.
 Will you give Iist of the Irish regi nents in the British army7
 Irish guards (this regiment was added to the Guards brigade in 19OO), Royal Irish, the Royal Inniskilling fusiliers. Royal Irish rifles, Royal Irish fusiliers, Connaught rangers. Leinster regiment, Royal Munster flu siliers, Royal Dublin fusiliers, four (eoyaI Irish) Dragoon guards, six Qn- niskilltng) dragons, five (Royal Irish) lanceES. eight (I1ing's Royal IrishI hus- Sars.
 Please give a short account of the 8o0r war.
 This war was between Great Britain on one side and the Transvaal republic and the Orange River Free State on the other. The British at first suffered reWerses, and British troops were hem med in at Ladysmith, Kimberley and Mafeking. All three were ultimately relieved, the length of the sieges being: Ladysmith, Oct. 29, 1899. to Feb. 28. 1900; Kimberley, Oct 14, 1899, to Feb. 15, 1900; Mafeking, Oct. 15, 1899, to May 16, 1900. Pretoria, the capital of the Transvaa1, was occupied by the British troops under Lord Roberts on June 5, 1900. Peace was signed May 31. 1902.