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THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN SUNDAY MORNING NOVE3IBER 27 1889 21 I a 1 1 4 I 4 4 4 r1r111: NAsmarmn AMERICAqt SUNDAY' MORNING NOVE3IBER 27 9 1889 21 1) I 1 I I I I 1 A RV LIO or TIKANKSGIVING A is to It" et se armt-m17-- A11110NAL1011JIIIIITER 1111-111' BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE PEACE COMMISSION rvryt TIN Irir PirtI 1 le TT'" Wit? PIP of which the following lo a description is worth more than an ordinary instrument ON 1 a strip et paper pasted Wilde la an inscription as follows: "Antonin" Stradivarius Cremonensis factebat wino 1119" followed by a circle in which is a cross with "A be low it The first two figures of the date are written while the last two are made with pen and ink There are very few branches of industry in which more enterprise is displayed than in the manufacture of "old" violins If your instrument Is a genuine Stradivarius it is very valuable the chances are that it is but only exatnination by en expert can decide this question of which lb following Is a description is 1 LAST NEAR FLORENCE PACKAM1 MADE A RECORD OF TIIIRTIC THREE SCALPS PACKAILII rittliTIC "Knowlodge Is of two know a antigen lv oursees ta we koow where wo can flood totorina Ma upon "Koownelge Is of two anew a amnion ourselvea no we i know where Iwo ton floa tolerant Ma upon IVA 's 011 14s kti itt4 I 1 4 Goy Fitch Proclamation to Cow-overlent Colontate142 Years Alto Dr William Fitch has in his pweeestes an Interesting remtuder of Thankagiving in lho share Of the copy of a Thanksgiving proclamation Issued by GOV Thomas Fitch of the colony of Connecticut 141 years ago Dr Flteh is a direct descendent of Gov Fitch through thirty-four 'generations Gov Fitch wet th father of Col Thomas Fitch who commanded the four New England regiments in the French and Indian war end 1 derision of these regiments "Yankee Doodle" was composed and sung at the time they were In camp on the banks of the Redeem River opposite Albany Thee regiments performed their full there la the attack on Fort Ticonderoga and suffered a greater loss In proportion to their numbers than the British WI1Iim Bengough Describes the Social Life of the American Representatives in the Gay French Capital WAS AIDED BY TRAINED DOGS ED DOGS I He Vises A nine of Only TIventyTwoi Ileintes Boa Thrill Arg Experience 4 see Justice" page $60 you will lind a nets at the bottom of the page with a atar from the word "punter gourd" The pots is as follows: "A punger gourd is an Implement made from the pith of a long-handled species of ourcubita adapted to purpeees of triter-ton it is In common parlance a backscrateher" Mr Rain does not give his authority I have examined the vide and otatutee and find that the article called a Fenger gourd was included in the exemptions for the first time In the act of 1877 page led Mr Marshall who was in the legislature at the time this act was Palmed bars that It was Introduced by some member from East Tennessee that there were many amendment among them that relating to punger gourds that this created some merriment but that the East Tennessee member insisted that the large gourd was meant by the term and that it was so used In East Tennessee As to the meaning of the term I recall a convereation with my grandmother who died in 1890 at the age of ninety-two in which she explained that a punger gelid (net was a common tellet article among the cultured classes In the earlier days that it was usually made of Ivory sometimes In the form of a human hand with the Angers spread out sometimes in the form of a crab with the legs extended always with a long handle and was used for scratching the Me Instrument was usually found on a lady's or gentleman's dresser Just as a manicure set I now I remember that in the woman's building at the centennial among the many curious relics there displayed were a number of these "punger goads" if such be the correct term I have looked for the word "punger" but failed to fled IL 1 End that "pungar" means a crab and possibly the original form of the instrument may secount for the use of the term CROCKETT Franklin This Is curious and interesting and we are greatly obliged to our correspondent for his letter Granted however that what be says as to the "punger goad" is true we are still without a reason why the large gourd used in the rural Mettles for holding salt soap lard etc was and le unquestionably the ease as the "punger gourd" We hope that some of our friends who are old enough to remember "before the war" may be able to enlighten us 1894 (a) The sequel to "Wide' Goldsmith's Daughter" is "Chris and Otto)" Thee there are eve or six Others after that the names of which appear in every one of the books by that author Julie Smith MRS BRUCE City Answered also by City sea Justica" nags 860 you will lind a nolo at 1903 CANTICK City: (a) What is the distance across the English channel and has any one except Capt Webb ever performed the feat of swimmint across It? The English channel varies in width from about 30 to about 150 miles The Width where Capt Webb swam it from Doter to Calais Aug 2443 1875 la IS miles Dalton Hahn swam from Boulogne to Folkestone 43 miles Aug 17-18 1850 (1) le the air to which are sung the (longs "Hy Country 'tie of thee" and "God save the Queen" original with the Americium or the 1Cog lish? The air wu composed by Henry Carey an Englishman about 1740 (e) Why it is not correct to say "I am going to home" when we ue such expressions as 'I am going to bed" Ito? It would not be would merely be unusual Custom he funillarized on with the expression "I am going home" a colloquialism in whicA the words "to my" are understood ENGLISH 'WEATHER 24131112AII It Predictions nista About Eight Times iR Ten inuo forecasting of our meteorological eMee is hued on long observation and an inductice 'Wen The weather at any place to put it btieffy depends on the distribution of atmospheric premure the direction of the wind and sanne other tee tors over a large surrounding area and a stilled observer if only be can obtain ufncient information can foretell almost with certainty whether there will be gale or calm rain or sunshine for several hours to come In our islands we have not yet arrived at an Ideal conditions though observatories are not few and forecasts are made thrice daily The Prophets sometimee propheey falsely but for this se we shall see they generally are not to blame During the twelve months ended with March last they were successful taking the average of all the districth and ustng the evening forecast in which the fullest information is to hand In 66 per cent of the inetances and were par Molly so In 26 per cent while only I per cent were complete and 13 Per tent partial failures They were accordingly quite or fairly accurate in 81 cases mat of 100 This seems be about as near as they eau get for during the hot ten years the number ranges between 79 and 84 Curiously enougb these two extremes' came in sue-comely years Of the storm warnings nearly 82 per cent were Justified if not by stoma at least by strong winds and only' eight en foreseen gales broke on our coasts May harvest forecasts also are issued and like the other reports are telegraphed to applicants at email cost Of these SO per Cent have proved usefuL But why is it that the record of correct prediction did not exceed 35 per cent? We have only to study the tabulated statement for the different districts to see the reason why a higher degree of accuracy le bard to reach The successes are moot numerous on the eastern side of southern district being at the least so in Ireland and the west and north of Scotland Most of our bad weather comes from the Atlantic and the observers often get no intimation of the approach of a depression till it is nearing our western shores and if it be traveling fast It may have broken on them and even upset everything In the neighboring districts in the interval between two calculi-Mons If it were possible to establish stations well out in the Atlantic the percentage of accurate forecasts would go up with a bound But as we live in an island country with an ocean on the west and a gulf stream in it we must for the Present at least put up with et changeful climate and occasional failures In weather London Standard ENGLIalt 'WEATIIEll 15131tEhti All reader' of the Amulets are Petted to submit question' to this department subject to the following conditions: I While the real name of the writer need not be given questions must have some sig nature and address b4 which they may be Ms tioguished 2 The editor Of the Knowledge Box does not know banes he will be glad to have anyone who chooses to do so send replies to question' which be does not or correct any of his statements bleb appear to be erroneous The writers of such communications must avouch their gib sponsibility by their signatures While the widest possible latitude will be allowed enquirers who are sincerely desirous of eliciting information the editor will tlereit4 his discretion In disregarding questions which are trivial or which do not seem to him to 'have been submitted In good faith No replies will be made by mail 4 The Knowledge Bo' will appear In Sunda'" issue of each week Question should be sent "I early In the week as practicable but in no case should they reach the office later than Friday afternoon Address "The Knowledge Box American office Nashville Tenn" and write with ink '1 a a a I i 1 A I 1 0 1 Iv iLi molow 1 TII'' I I 4" A I 'S i P'''''' 11' '1 1): 1 4--ew kt- i '''s'- IP ee qi 1 1 1 i 4 t''': I 7 i 1 i' i 1 1 I I 1 ier' 7 4 't 1:4: 0 I t4: Ii3't ls' i fl JII i if 1- 1 11 Pi: I I fr) of eel -1 I PI 1 ea -i ''i 1 L' S' 'z'?" 1 1 il! il I ou 41 44 g4 I i a 4 1 x''''i 'A "AL i 1 i 1 I I L7 1 1 4 -) i i 1 1 i i 7 i i :11 i MEMORANDA The question of Inqilry City relative to "very rich lady" is unintelligible Tbe assertion made by the Knowledge Don last week that "there are no reliable instructors in hypnotism in Nashville or elsewhere" seems to have excited to the verge of vituperation a peripatetic "professor" of that alleged donee who has recently been Pervading this community: and in consequence we have been made the object of some remarks the reverse of tomplimentarY fulmined from the stage during the course of one of his exhibitions This is not a matter of surprise: as Mciringal would probably have said if be had thought of No fake the pms's sting doth feel Without a prompt and lusty squeal Dr Melt being a lineal deseendant of the old Norwalk Governor is naturally proud of I the loyal prolemation to the good eeope of the old Connecticut colony The original doeumeat la a rare eurlosity and is a carefully preserved and much cherished memento in the records of the Stets of Connecticut The proclamation is an admirably worded caU for a fast instead of a feast "By the Honourable "THOMAS FITCII Esq "Governor of his Majesty's English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America "A PROCLAMATION For a day of ruble fasting and prayer "CONSIDERING the manifest Tokens of divine Ditrplessure agalest our Nation and Land in permitting them to be engaged in a dangemus WAR with a vere powerful E'llettle the Scot of which so much In Amerlem and the calamMes attending It the Advantages the Enemy bays been allowed to gain over us not only by destroying the frontier Towns and Settlements Killing and Captivating great Numbers of our Soldiery and Inhabitants but even takIng some of our streng Heide and Fortresses sad thereby Strengthening themeelves with much of our Artillery warlike Stores and Provisions Considering also that our military Preparations and Attempts for securing the British Interest and Safety of this Land bare sot hitherto been euccessful according to our Ropes against the enemsching and barbarous Enemy Whereby our Treasure has been greatly Exhaueted anti the Land much weakened Considering likewise the Sickness sent into the Army this present Year and that under all these Distresses it bath pleaeed a righteous GOD to cut short to much of the former Ilarvest and many other Tokens of divine Dieplessure whereby we are admonished to bumble ourselvea before a holy GOD from whom all our afflictions come and on whorl we are constantly dependent for Help and for Salvation "I have therefore thought fit by and with the Advice of the Conneli and at the desire of the Repreaentatives in General Court assembled to appoint and do hereby appoint Thuraday the seventh day of October next to be religiously Observed as a Day of public Fasting and Prayer throughout this Colony earnestly exhorting both Ministers and People in their religious Societies deeply to humble themselves before a Righteous GOD and unfeignedly to repent of all those Sins and Iniquities whereby the LORD la provoked to Anger against us "And to offer up fervent Prayers and SIMplications to the LORD of Hosts that he would protect and defend our Nation: bless the King's Majesty and all the Royal Family direct the King's Councils go forth with his Fleets and Armies Crown them with Victory and Success: and bring our Enmies to just and reasonable Terms of Peace that he would take rare of us in this Land bless the several Governments in it: protect our Sea-Coasts and defend our frontier Towns end Settlements that He would be with our Army preSerTe them from Sickness save them from the Sword of the Enemy cover their Heads on the Day of Battle and Crown them with 1 Victory and Success And that GOD would restore Pesos to our Borders save us trine 1 those desolating Judgments we have maven to fear pour out upon us a Spirit of Prayer Reformation and Amendment and excite us to suitable Behaviour under all the Divenpalions of His Providence and Grace "And all servile Labour is hereby strictly forbidden on said day "Given under my Hand at the Council Cbatn- bor in Hartford this Eighteenth Day of September in the thirtieth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Seemd of Great Britain France and Ireland King defender of the Faith Ac Annoque Dora- ini 1756 Finn "God save tbe King" isZ7--03( Lai Asoodei Jellsk4t 4141t Artist Bengough's sketch shows two of the moot important of the Peace Commission's whits and the black Cerberua 189(1 UPSTART City: a) On entering a theatre with a lady shcalid a gentleman remove his topcoat in the foyer or wait until he hail arrived at his chair? In tbe foyer invariably (b) Should be wear Ids In the theatre or remove them after taking his seat? If In evening dress and occupying beg be should wear his gloves otherwise not (c) Should be precede or follow thelady the usher preceding both? He should precede the lady Until the Seats have been reached (d) If necessary to use a fan should the gentleman volunteer Ills services? Certainly not (0) In passing persons already seated in order to get to his own place should ha face the parties seated or pass them with back to them it being impossible to walk face forward in the narrow space vouchsafed the patrons of any of our playhouses? It practicable he should face the persons whom bp passes Het MANUFACTURER Crestview! We have a knife 2812 Indies long that stationary which we use for cutting boards The timber from which the boards are cut is steamed until perfectly hot After the boards are cut we stack them to dry it requiring from sixty to ninety days for them to become seasoned We find some of the boards after being thoroughly dried from one-eighth to one-fourth of an inch shorter than when cut Please explain why some of the boards are shorter when dry than they were when cut The timber that we use it it is a certain kind of oak that shrinks please state what kind- it is The boards that are shorter when dry all seem to be of the same class of oak but we are unable to detect what kind of oak it is before it is cut The knife is so arranged that it can not make a perfect board longer or shorter than 2812 inches All woods shrink when thoroughly dried although in some of them the shrinkage is scarcely perceptible Of the oaks white oak abrinks least red oak more and black most of all The boards which trouble you by their loss of length are doubtless cut from black oak ti It tt PI et 141 at to et et a at at cl kt ir al Florence Packard who lives in Greenback 1 Valley Gila County' Arizona Territory has a remarkable record as a bunter of MOOS Min liens Me has killed loom of them anti tut year elan bin record was thirty-tiaree scalps The mountain Hong of Arizona are most destructive to herds of horse and cattici 'nue risk of tiro and difficulties littendltill their destruction bas caused the lions to bol more numerous than one would yippee and it It were not for the bounty paid by the county the stockmen would be abort on thole cattle and horses Much of the country enc( rounding Packard's ranch is made up of irreg ular ranges of broken mountains Packard was In Globe a few days since stet I related some of his adventures In the last twelve months Mr Packard has brought to '1 Globe besides thirty-three lions a few beara wildcats coons and foxes Bo does not eon-eider it worth while to count the small game i The dogs for this work ire a cross between i the fox and bloodhound Usually four does I are tn the pack The two youtagest are yoked together: another la trained as stout whose work is to go ahead and around tor the scent of lion or bear and when the cent is found the oldest dog is put on the track and to his credit lt is maid' never falls to fint the animal Packard says be bag fr quently followed this dog over fifteen miles before the lion was Up to this date seventy-one lion scales are to the eredit of this dog The dog is not a fast trailer but very careful and considering the rougtmeas of the country the dog la remarkable Most i of the animals are found In the rocky cliffs but when bard seldom enter the many openings but will back against the bluff or rocks and fight the dogs The lion prefers trees but their scarcity affords little protection in this locality 4' It was last August that Paekard th 's me 0 Ica mode of bunting was changed a lit The dogs came up to where a lion had WI a deer The dogs took the trail Ibllowei'os for some five miles and ran it up a This animal was a large Tom lion lel acalp was soon secured Packard started home but on the way the doge scented other animal and followed it for several mil( leading to a high rocky bluff following Lb il edge DOMS 500 feet to where it broke off le down and under and here the dogs bad the lion cornered Packard could not get sight of his game and bad to 'work around among 1 the rocks and in doing so came up to where the dogs were and faced the lion which was just under a ledge of rook atthougit this opening ran in and afforded tho lion safety The lion no sooner saw the bunter than with a mighty bound It went over Mr Packard's bead and landed all of twenty-five feet below' The dogs were after him forcing the liott again on the bluff where be was surroundet and compelled to back toward the bluff SYS? which be went tall first for twenty-five feet holding on to the almost perpendicular sides with bis claws until the remaining distance of some twenty-five feet be had to let go and fell near the bole be was treed in Thus hole did not go in very far but was forked a few feet from the entrance where the Holt was Packard said it was nonsense to go In as the lion would see bim Ent and thet 1 there wu no way that he could use his gun 1 or knife after crawling in the bole being too email This lion was abandoned until next day but a heavy rain eame up and obliterate(' I Lb trail This is the only Hon Packard has lost At another time Packard was ttuallY cut-retied lits dogs had a lion under a rocki some six feet high and believing the besti plane for him was on top of this rock he I mounted but no sooner bad be reached It than the lion came front under and landed within two feet of the first occupant net lion had no sooner landed than a ball trout i Packard's gun struck bins in the nook and rolled him off 4 Packard was asked if be was geared and replied no but a little surprised Ile said It a man will keep cool and not lose bin bead there is no danger Packard nes a Hon will eat coon and wildcats when very hungry The male lions generally run by themselves and are very' vicious Female lions have been found that' were literally cut to Metes by the Tom 1iette1 The bears are the shyest of all game Having poor eyes and good ears the least noise) drives them off a good way It may sur-t prise soma bunters to know that a 22 rifle to used by Packard for killing these animals If a heavy gun is used the force of the shot would knock the animal out of trees or off rocks before dead and cause the death of some of the dogs 'rho lion Is easily killed by a email ball when well aimed-e Globe Titnes In Greenhorn Perritory hos ter of mooni of them an" I thirtr-tiarte Arizona are otro and rottlei Jett attending!) le 11001 to boil yippe arld paid by the abort on their country cr( 10 up or Irreg aye since and In the last II brought to stew bear i does not con small game' cross between illy four dogs 1 Youiagest are ned as trout id arvind tor ten the erect on the track I never falls to a be has ire- Atteen miles to this date the eredit o' st trailer but the arkable Most rocky cliffs ma enter the ppiinst the re The lion affords little 4 ard's meth 0 nged a lit on had lit II Ibliowt-74-A it up a 5001 i lion wk i 7i rd started scented several mil( following th broke off le i dogs bad tht not get sight 'round among 1 0 up to where which was though this lion safety ter than wit!" fr Packard' re feet below' ring the lion Is surrounded he bluff ore? 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All but two of the presidents were church members Washington Mauison Monroe VI Mem Henry Harrison Tyler Taylor Fill-more Pierce and Arthur were Episcopalians the two Adamsea were Congregationalists Jackson Polk Buchanan i'leveland and Benjamin Harrison Presbyterians Van Buren Reformed Dutch Lincoln Grant Hayes and McKinley Methodists Garfield Christian Jefferson and Johnson were not members of any denomination (t) How many were bachelors? Two Buchanan never married Cleveland was a bachelor when be was inaugurated but married afterward tol Who was the oldest when Inaugurated? William Henry Harrison-68 (d) Who was the youngest when Inattg urated Grant-47 USEFUL CURLING FLUID 1 PARIS Nov are gay times in Paris At least they ere gay in the intervals of the secret sessioes et the Peace Cotamission It needs a deal of gaiety and sociability however to make amends for the terrible dignity and solemnity of the oMcial seances which take place in the grand chamber at the French Foreign Department office The commissioners strike a merry pace whenever they are able to cut loose frorn their labors for a few home As all the Americans have their wives and families with them there are plenty of functions of all kinds to be attended The social programme includes receptions at homes" and afternoon teas at which gather the butterflies of the American colony and rare specimene of the foreign nobility The merry round face of Consul General Goody is seen beaming on aU sorts of assemblies and the Spanish peace commissioners are in evidence on all occasions With their charming polished manners they carry off their rather awkward position as none but a Spanish Senor can do Ambassador Porter is of course absolutely necessary to everything that pretends to be anything and the Commissioner General of the United States to the Paris exhibition of 1900 Ferdinand Peck with his able assistant Mr Woodward are la great devote' of course there are the usual freaks to furnish delectation to the multitude Probably the most pronounced one at present Is an oily gentleman who dresses in the latest mode of eccentric dudialiness wears a single eyeglass with an inane expression of countenance and possesses a very long purse Needless to say be is much sought after by those who admire greatness and champegne Sightseeing trips are popular visits to noted places by the commission en masse of in detached parties All manner of plaoee are included In these outing" from the tuajostio thmblof Napoleon to the gaiety of the champagne cellars at Reims Then there are dinners and banquets without end banquets given by the American Ambasrador by the French Foreign Minister by the American Chamber of Corn mores and toasts and health to Presidents and Qucetut and Latayettes and such a mingling of Spanish and French and Amer lean representatives and such a torrent of good feeling and good wine at would make a peace advocate fairly dance for joy at the spectatle Rave no fear of the outcome of the peace conference it is fairly swimming along in a beautiful stream of brotherly love and champagne While the commissioners have a great deal to attend to in Paris bowies the mere Settling of a treaty still the treaty bait a coneiderablo share of attention In the morning tier coffee there is usually a conclave in the elegant apartments of White law Reid This is conducted with much mystery as the Joint sessions The newspaper men have to content themselves with keeping careful account of the time spent at these meetings and the guessing at what as said and done behind the doors which are guarded faithfully by a colored gentleman who was brought from Washington for the purpose Down Attire In the Hotel Continental there is another colored gentleman extremely dignified and also from Washington The latter gentleman has had years of experience in separating bores anti imposters trout the favored few who are allowed to enter the sacred precincts Re Is assisted by a short man with large buttons of his coat who has net the same amount of dignity but who hu a collection of languages that enables aim to challenge all comers These two manage to keep the straight and narrow way which leads to the busy office pure and undefiled by interloper Within is a series of oonnecting rooms with imposing decks in the centre of the floors and Secretaries an stenographer and translators who are turning the talk at the secret meetings into piles of typewritten sheets If there le a meeting of the joint commission the members whirl off about 2 o'clock In the afternoon to the Foreign Office There they talk and listen to the interpreter and grow extremely weary of the Philippines before dark when they return for ditmer to the hotel or prepare for the evening's banquet In tile intervals of these oecupations there are the newspaper men to dodge The latter haunt the corridors of the hotel waylay the unwary commissioners and endeavor to entrap him into some hint of the latest development with very little success however for these gentlemen are seem to secrecy and they are experts in the matter of holding their peace Mr Ferguson the official interpreter acts unofficially as press agent At least he succeeds fairly well in keeping the representatives bunched in the cafe and that is a good thing In this cafe the of interpreter talks quite freely about everything but the subject the newspapers want him inAt to talk about He has the ability to hold his tongue on this subject in the two official languages of the coin-There are plenty of interesting stories and reminiscences told by the members of this congenial group however The ever-interesting details of the Cuban campaign are graphically described by Mr Creelman who is beginning to use his wounded left arm again To the accoutpanimeet of clouds of smoke and gushing liquor old campaigns are fought again and old aseignments talked over But all agree that the task of extracting news from the I Paris peace commissioners is about the toughest proposition ever faced 1 1904 Adamsville: How many greenback dollars did Abs Lincoln have etruck without what is known as the "exception clause" on theta? Lincoln" as you disrespectfully term blm had no authority to have any kind of dollars greenback or other "struck" Under the acts of congress of July 17 and August 6 1861 and February 12 1862 660000000 of "demand Betel" ea they were called payable in gold at certain designated 'aubtreasuries were issued Only $770000 of these noted were outstanding July 1 1864 1906 MARGARET City: (a) What steamer did the last detachment of the first Tennessee sail on and when did they leave San Francisco? The City of Puebla November (b) What officer was in command of these companies? Lieut-Cid Crafty Childress (c) When will they reach Manila? This depends upon many contingencies Probably about December le (d) Can you tell me something of the lives of Charles Beauclerk (duke of St Albans) and JSMOS the two sons of Charles II of England and Nell Gwynn Are there descendants of either of them now living and where? There Is very little to tell of the life of either Both were utterly insignificant except as the sons of their father -James died in early youth unmarried Charlei whom the king made duke of St Albans juist as with the same nonchalant disregard of ordinary decency the other "royal bastards were set amongst English son of Lucy Walters becoming duke of Monmouth the son of Barbara Palmer duke of Cleveland and the son of Louise de Querouaille duke of the founder of the ducat bouge of St Albans the present duke being his lineal descendant The best known of the line was the celebrated Topham Beauclerk litterateue wit man of the world and friend and associate of Samuel Johnson MA WALKER Goodrichr Please advise me if cattle will be allowed to be moved from Hickman county to Marshall county under the quarantine law after December Not without obtaining a special permit 1807 City: Can a young man enter the United Siete' navy withont going through a military academy? If so state how and where? No "military academy" has anyconnection direct or remote with the United States navy We take it that you meant to ask if a young man can enter the navy without going through the naval academy at Annawils To this the answer is No unless be is willing to enlist as an ordinary seaman le08 FINIS City: Please give the correct quotation and also the name of the writer of the following lines "She was as good as she was fair Not one on earth above her Al pure in thought al angels are To know her was to love her" The first part of Samuel Rogers's well-known roem "Jacqueline" has these lines: "Ohl she was good as she wall fair on earth above her! As pure in thought as angels are: To know her was to love her" 1009 11 LEWIS City: tal Please give address of party to whom I can write for information relative to learning to be an actor -There are schools of dramatic Instruction in all the large cities but we do not care to give any of them a free advertisement iti) To settle a dispute tell me where the Suez canal is The Suez canal is an artificial waterway 92 miles in length connecting the Mediterrauean and the Red seas The termini are Port Said on the Mediterranean and Suez at the head of the gulf of Suez DM Lebanon: Who wrote the following lines and to what country were they applied: "No nation rose so pure and fair or fell so tree of If not too long please print the whole poem The poem has no title It was written by Philip Stanhope Worsley of Corpus Chriatd college Oxford university England and Inseribed on the fly-leaf of a copy of hie lotion of homers Iliad which he sent to Gee Robert Lee It is as under: The grand old bard that never dies Receive hind in our English tongue: I Pend thee but with weeping eyes The story that he sun Thy Troy is fallen thy dear land Is marred beneath the spoiler's heel I can not trust my trembling hand To write the things I feel Abl realm of let her bear This blazon to the last of times: No nation rose so white and fair Or fell so pure of crimes The window 's moan the orphan's wail come round in truth be strong: thounit all 'tee tail t'Lit never be wrong An aneel's heart an angers mouth lvt limner could anal for nue A-11 the great t'tnlederate South -nn-da first and Le: II CAMP Paris: is me 4 Butter Ito Is serving on ocao upation OMIIIISSt011 the saute t4tn tiouth Carolina Who woo a 11r the talihderate allay and a Unit sTatte trout that state? -Gin Butler 1es the United States army draw ler et( extra Ny ince the Sigaiug 11Ae a ilia United States and Tne oftleers and privates Alut what Is the preent strength of of the United States? There are no Iatt trin hida to alalie an tit somini be at all accurate of the trsc7't ktt taill of 0e regular army Ret reltIng haF ILet a cry successfully at eveiiii st ttos rtly and the cavalry as well as all the etiniated the total thousand lt l'''o late Senator Ben Cy Lee It runs 110111- thing th1- Washington without! ainbittua Frederick wit LI aquded to: "He was a to- 1 Without treachery 1 11- vuhout 'y and a victim without 1 og I was a public officer witiu 1: lien without wrong a le a it a Christian without riyy sitniut guile inbtlion Frederick sel! il 't clea without his gel' tiout his reward I lority as a servant a- 4 io a Mug lie was as 1111d modest as a re as a 1Z0111811 as Socrates and lima This Ye Matilde With Limp and Crimples Locke The girl whose hair does not curl naturally uys liarper's Bazar is often sorely tried by the fact that damp weather removes nil ware and crimp from her well-kept locks She mini I she wishes lessen her troubles by preparing a curling Auld with which she may dampen her hair before putting it up over night on curlers or crimping pins To make the curling fluid min together a hilt ounce each of gum and granulated sugar pour over them a cup and a half of scalding water and let them stand till thoroughly dissolved When cold add one fitlid011tlee of alcohol In which have been Ms-solved three grains of sal-ammonlae and three grains of blehloride of mercury Stir well together and add to the preparation enough water to make bait a pint of fillip NIOXIE City: Kludiy give pronunciation with diacritical marks of "Terpsichore" The Mergenthaler machines by which the Amer Icana type is set do not cast diacritical n4rks These bowever are not essential to 1(lwate the proper pronunciation which is as though tho word were apelled "Tarpsick-o-rec" with the accent on Lbe second 1411i11)1V That a few mouthfuls of limo water or in few drops of tincture of myrrh in a tumbler ofNwater will sweeten a ba4 breath tuil JUTORA KOMURA U1 4ThesN Japan HON A CHAMBLISSe The Ameriean takes pleasure in presenting to its readers an excellent likeness of Hon A SW Chambliss Senator-elect from Hamilton County Mr Omni) lies is one of the most promising Young men of the State and although only 34 years of age be stands among the foremost lawyers of the Slate He overcame a normal 'Republiean majority of 1000 in liamilton County and was elected by 250 majority MrChambliss has been requested by a large number of inffeential men of the State to enter the rate for the Presidency of the Senate but is undecided what course to take In the matter The Chattanooga Evening News pays Mr Cbambliss the following compliment in Its issue of Tuesday last: ClIAMBLISS FOR SPEAKER lion A Chambliss would make an ideal Speaker of the State Senate As a presiding effie'cr we bave nOVer his superior fie has a eingularly alert quick mind He undctstands tarliamentary law thoroughly He forms his decisions instantly and enforces them cagily His rulings are so imTiartial tbut they always give perfect estlisfad Hen For these reasons he is always in demand as a chairman of deliberative bodies to whieh he-may beleng Desides these technical qualifications Mr Chamblies Is entirely untrammeled by political entantJements Ile is not a politician in the usual sense of the word lie hue no political debta ta pay and no factional revengea to wreak Ile would not be the partisan of any mttn cr get of men Ile 'would have nothing to Interfere wits him in Eiting to carry ett the reforms which the Deincerats have promised the people of Tennegee Coy McMiflln collet not have an abler or more effective coadjutor giving the State gcod govirnmett REPO t'S GRIP ON PERSIC 44" '-0-r---0e--- -7-1-------I- ---7-'--'4--- 74'-1 -F: 5c Ayt4z 1 i 1 0 growth of his family She had done this a distant city She bad kept up with his being a woman Ho knev nothing of her btt the meeting was very dear to both Trey met as old friends meet attd talked of old days as friends talk At last when he a as leaving she beiug the braver said to him: "Our lives are settled are happy in your family I am happy in zny work The past can mean very little to either of us so will you mind telling me why you novez wrote why you never sent tut photographr Ho looked into her eyes a long time althout speaking then be said "will you mind telling me why you never sent yours?" "I did send it" she raid "And I sent mine and a letter" "I never got them" she said "Nor I yours" He paused a moment "Yeet know I loved you" "And I you" she said gcntly "Goodbye" 'Good-bye" And that moment was almost the rong of fate righted But how many there are which may not le Times LETTERS IIIAT NEVER CAME They Changed the Currents ot Twee Happy Liven The miscarrying of mail has been a con veniest peg to hang romances Cu since the mails began Most of them like all other romances of course rave their foundation on facts--facts like the following for Instance: They met In the West one runimer Con ditions were favorable and they saw a deal of each ether The uncenventioralities of travel brought them very near together and propinquity did Abe usual thing They loved easily for they were young and both were well worth 16virg When they parted no vows bad been exchanged but they understood each other and felt that the vows would come rsturally They said good-bye unsuspectingly trustfully wail promise to write and to photographs That was all but it was enough to build two lives on She went her way be went his Oue two three tour years passed Then she heard be was married Many years after they met quite by chance as we say in life with his work in the world with the 1:00 Mufti ligdon: tai When! I Cuwjny 23d regulars? At 1ai1a Who is its commandtr? Capt If (Mgett tc) Is thero a pri ate in the company by the nano of duitiol Nost ton Jotssn? We have no means of asiiiriaining Off Kindly publish Swoetheart went clown on tho We have tio space to are for this clam of allow it litelature Any music doaliir will be piati to scli you the words and music int 1 CUIIIW'ITY Jackson: la) W111 (hd tho wIh nIst take her hips band nano- -that is whtta was she called About the hogihning of the fourtocnth century 09 What is the meaning of That part of a cit): forma ity for the exclusive occupation ot ws tiol Where van I obtatis usi notnd hob grit ha of toss St eic for a scrapbook? Write to Brentano Union Snare No York for a price list till What is the best pasts for seraotoks? tiont tragacanth dissolved in coil water It the odor is objectionable add a tow drops of oil of bergamot (o) What days of the week were July 7 sod April 3 1866? Sunday Tuesday Ui Wllich do you consider possesses the gri to merit from every standpoint "Tim fa trim Letter" or "The The former In every particular "The Si arlet Letter" Is one of lbe worlds great hovels "The Manxman" Is not a great novtl et ail lei Whom do you consider the best modern olitt--that is the one whose works live! There are a score or more of I' Mists" whose works bid fair to -live-- otahly Soott Dickens illiaikoray liawtta rue Dumas Balzac "George Eliot" and for lingo iht Phase give a short sketch of Vane inpon the crate labo wraes for tio Crirrma We we unable to do this Ile is not of outfii tote to have 5mme11 mention in any of the dictionartvs 'V tnrson bp 1111 jet to a penalty vut of ttio state? Th i i ciogenoral law to this efTest There Is a law irellMtring the shipment out of tho stato br from eertam Tennersee hist it gslsture pasted an am makilie it a ni at or to abip or to or ailur Cr ktt' or Obma eTAr tj) Ilew you a so rrony top t' 'At I In An We Tlitco it-rya abbirs 1 a lieMml I 11I a foe tip Cherry btrc taDcd zt thousand rills their mazy progress 4'147: Shnien En titre Destined to Fail Into the CAS ett tia ti tin Adviies received here through diplomatic channels from Persia speak most paragingly of the business outleek in that country It is stated that the country of the Shah is sinking lower and lower without money without credit and without enterprise The monetary unit of value is the silver kran whose equivalent in money of the United States is about 20 cents It now only has a depreciated value of 10 tents ant sterling exchange on London cortitit rill kraus per pound in Teheran Orientals prodict tnat the day is is now soon ccming Nihon Russia will complete her conquist of the ciaintry Unti absorb at 1CaSt the northern portion Russia's policy has long since pointed to this outcome in her excluding Northern Persia from the benefits et commercial intercourse with the outside iiorlfl ty means of prohibitive transi dues tipcn all goods brought thrcuell Russia art de-tined for Persia Rimila further cow by special concession giantii(i by tlic late Shah the building of rillroatis ai highways in that wet on shi has thus In able to absolutely all progressive movements unsanctionci I her The iiiiation is of particular interest at this since Ptimit is hut a link in the great li' chair Lich is being slowly but in welded tirrt Asia When the timeiem and it III come when Russia say ri a net railways will be raPid)Y '1 ltrollmi- Northern Persia conncein -1-1 the of trunk lines of the Thai iy will mean the rf--I'nerIlti' I ri i Russian lines with i tt and RUSFlaa "in e1037---17---Z- 1'----- 'SN 'AN ''11 li a''' -k t' NitZ i'' vs 'I vs v-- us vs 1 4 H06741 't '-1-1- -4 1---- sk rtt 01 t- --cv it I va '4-'1714 11 4----- 111 "I 1 'K----------4 i (4 1 (--- 1 -5 IS I 4 )1 i 14 i 1 14 1 IS If 't -It- at 1 6 1 at tr I IS 1 I It 7 I Ivo A 4 1 Sr 1 cz 4-1'- VJ 7 6 --c 'illi- Ts ---rop I 4 7 SCI a Sat 1 It 01'7 0 ft i IS 0 ai a 'n 04 1 Jutora Komura the ouccessor of torn Rosh! as Japanese Minister to the A 1 United States arrived in Washington yesterday from an Francjco fir 1 11 shieb be reached from Japan on Oct 22 Me will probably be presented to the ikr '1 President this week 1 Mr Komura was born in Talcanabe Japan in 1853 As a gcboalboT i be attracted the attention of the Federal Lord of Takanabe who sent him to A '''a Jeddo where be studied European literature in the Kal-ael Institute la ll Mr Komura waa selected as one of the young Japanese to be tent abroad is by their government to Stash their education and he entered the law school of eA Harvard University graduating in 1875 On his return to Japan be was an- li 1 2 pointed a Judge in Osaka Me became Firet Secretary of Foreign Affairs la 's 1884 and afterward Secretary of the Contulate in China He was Acting i Minister to China just befere the war between the two countries He wu A made Governor of Antoken China where be was commended for his treatment ie li of Japans new subjects ars Mr Kcmaura 'was for a time Charge d'Affairs In Corea and then Minirter to 4 2 tbat country From this post be was transferred to that of Under Secretary of ye Foreign Affair which oMce be retained during several administrations li is 441 JdfiC)1 0 41 el 60 OS ei4 JI ell 01 041 et eSt IA 414s-telsA ell ell ISI Of 41 4 tc cat (4 A i v' Sr ict ft 1 1 to '11 "i fo: Mi UP t- 7'1-1 ------S---' 1ki 1--: 4 4-- tc "I 71" 1---- -z-'- s' li4- I' r''' 1 i 4t ''4 i 1f A IS It A4 I 1-- yk '1 li 6- 'I I 111 1 0s z4 1 4-1 'Pt --'471 ts i i'-''s- oi'7 4 0 i FOR SLEEFliFISSNESS A Good Cry la et neldered the Core for Issoin is Medical science is rampant Just now We have been told nob to do so many things that if we obeyed all our COUDI18110111 we should be In a parlous state The latest Information--from a Russian that we must try not to blush laugh or weep much unless we want to suffer from Insomnia His observations have led him to conclude that persons who do either of these three things "cagily" are more liable to aleeplesances than others I should like to be told how we are to help bilishing Is not the timid debutante always asking that question and asking It in valsVI And is she afflicted by want of sleep? As regards laughter I bays observed that nervous people often have a bad night If they bays been tempted to excessive hilarity just before bedtime but as to the efferts of weeping I am not sure It has been said that the greatest sufferers ficm insomnia are the people who rarely allow themselves the relief of what we call "a good cry" but rather let-their sorrows eat their hearts out in stoical silence One does not lie awake brooding over a trouble which may be soothed by tears But now let me give you a brand-new remedy for at least to this country for It comes from the Samoan Islands The natives when inclined to be wakeful get up and hunt around until they find a snake Haring caught their soother they confine him in a hollow bamhoo when Ito emits a hissing sound we am unfailire in the inducernetR of sleep Here we have I thick at last the answer to the famous puzzle propounded by Josh EllEings: "The N-weir) why vuz hilt has never It bin Okkuvvered" The efficacy of the rrtiely if practiced on an American would no doubt depend upon the eertainty that the scaly soporific was really "conned i the Mmes 7 St lictSta44111441614146 FOR 25 YEARS r-ur Untsn: tflq fi 6-t oil 1 77 yataEil-vjcaua -m-00 HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY EMINENT criAost--170 glizt'aEilVjellulltJ-6410itTJ 1 writings I any -stonol- a a Ettme tier any StOnelg -t a a Etoue Lien) UNEQUALLED AS A REMEDY FOR 1 Constipation and Storpachi Disorders Get the Genuine! As the Best Natural Apeilent Water UNEQUALLED AS A REMEDY FOR Constipation and Storpachi Disorders Get the Genuine! Constipation and Stonlach Diso rclers' Get the ric7-7 au 17 alternative is in the iS aidSi11 weletrre nrecarn Donyab (as the FTalk he Persians) retial to have caused a erta ensatl(-11 Middle Asia Icti's great distance frcm the centne cf American activity In the tar East --Wasi'nton special to thO Lcula Glotis-Dtizonnu- 1 0 1 0 0 "0IRS1411t11t1SOttllItillitiltiltatittleMiltillettiltkOlkiltitutittitellikliltilelltib011tibt 1 FROM cum FRIENDS liS6 If )ou 111 tonnes nate are 4E0 zaployas to every 100 miles at railroad ta Me Vatted States lir2 Holmoorrille: leo oe litad La to toil wo obstber Of 'Win.