P. G. M.
Answer.—The use of postage stamps, one of the great reforms advocated by Rowland Hill, was introduced into England through his efforts May 6, 1840. They began to be used in this country in 1847.
TIMES THAT TRY MEN’S SOULS.
Rockford, Ill.
Who was the author of the expression, “These are times that try men’s souls?”
E. D. H.
Answer.—Thomas Paine, who professed to believe that men had no souls. During the Revolutionary war, soon after the British captured Philadelphia, and when the cause of independence was shrouded in gloom, Paine, who was certainly one of the most spirited, brilliant, and effective knights of the pen that championed independence, wrote in “The American Crisis,” “These are times that try men’s souls.”
WHO BURNED MOSCOW?