Near the entrance is the tomb of Salvator Rosa with his bust over it. He
was a good painter, but he chose queer subjects. I have seen dark
landscapes, a picture of a witch, and a group of three horrible heads of
fierce-looking brigands of his. He was a poet, too, and we have a book
of his satires. We have also some pretty songs of his, which prove that
he was a good musician. In front of these many buildings, which were
once used for bathing, is a very attractive square with a lovely
fountain which has a splendid flow of water, and in the evening it is
very beautifully illuminated by electricity. Near there is the great
Central Station of Rome.
ROME, ITALY.
MARIA OJETTI, R. T. L.
Want Corner.
A Newport member asks what numbers on the head-light of a locomotive
indicate. They are the number of the locomotive repeated on the
head-light, in order that it may be seen at night. A locomotive's number
is its identification on the books of the company from other
locomotives. We would like to print Samuel D. McCoy's exchange notice,
but cannot do so. The Table has no exchange column. Harry A. Light is
interested in flowers, and his address is 27 Pine Street, New York. He
asks how the United States ranks with foreign powers in point of
military strength. The German army, when on a peace footing, has 546,136
men in it; the French, 567,464; the Italian, 220,685; the Austrian,
334,400; the Russian, 1,112,684; the British, 138,410; and the United
States, 27,957. Great Britain has in its navy 6790 guns; France, 6554;
Germany, 1361; Italy, 1562; and Russia, 1643. The United States has
about the same number of guns as Germany, though it has no fewer than
sixty naval vessels, as tugs, school-ships, small steamers, condemned
boats, etc., out of commission and unfit for service in war.
Linnie Schloeman: Jane Porter was born in Durham, in 1776, and died in
Bristol, May 24, 1850. She was educated at Edinburgh, and afterward
removed to London with her mother and sister. Here she published
_Thaddeas of Warsaw_, which was translated into several languages. In
1809 she published _The Scottish Chiefs_, a story of the adventures of
Bruce and Wallace. Essex Hobarten asks how to make a simple dynamo. He
will find more detailed information than we can repeat here in the Young
People dated January 15, 1895. A copy may be had from the publishers.
The price is five cents. Any dealer can get it for you.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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