The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-03-02
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
From the Inter-Occan.
RRoaKsTON Ind Fab

BRoeKsToN, Ind, Feb. /.
1. Have any of the great lakes ever fro.
zen over, and if so when? 2. Did any por-
tion of the American army cross any part
Of Lake Erie on the ice during the second
war with England? If SO, when and
where?
Ans,ee' Yes; they are frequently
frozeE lake Michigan was frozen
over the w1nrer of 1874. g. We do not find
any mention of such fact in the history of
the war. Tho only account of any crossing
on the ice was in February, 1918, when a
detachment of British soldiers crossed the
st. Lawrence at Ogdeusburgh, and commit
ted robberies. Major Folsyth, with a body
of 0. 8. rifemen, crossed to Prescott to re-
turn the compliment, when on the 21st T.
200 British troops crossed and drove For
syth out of Ogdensburgh.
ROSE CRY, Kan, Jan. so.
/. Please explain the philosophy Of the
following fact, viz: that the bottom Of a
kettle taken from stove while boiling is
scarcely warm, and rs soon as the water
ceases boiling it becomes hot. AS this is a
question our class has failed to answer you
will confer favor by explaining. g. Who
is the author Of "The Lamplighter?" 8.
Why is Niagara Falls called the greatest
falls when Victoria Falls, in Africa, has
fall of 200 more feet and greater volume
of water than Niagara?
Ans.-1. There arc two causes which
r,rodroa tb;c ~ac,,lt IT,. L-t4a,. e IL
kettle is covered with SCOT, which is a bad
conductor of heat, and tie heat of the water
is not conducted to the hand. Then, again,
the circulation of the water tends to the
same cause. 1t is heated, rises to the sur
face, where it is partially cooled, and re-
turns to the bottom again. The coolest
portion of the water is therefore at the bot
tom of the kettle. 2. Miss M. S. Cum,
mings. 8. It is so called because the larger
falls are Of comparatively recent discovery.
There are none that exceed Niagara in
grandeur.
EDGINGToN, ILL.,, Feb. 5.
l. Whatand where are the seven wonders
of the world, so-called? 2. What lis the
length Of the Mississippi River? 5. What
is the supposed distance as given by astron-
omeTs between the earth and the sun? 4.
When was st. Peters Church at Rome
commenced, and how long did it take to
build it? WHAT'S the length, breadth, and
height of it? 5. What is the extreme
length and extreme width of Lake Superb
or? 9. Who was the discoverer of the Pa
cific Ocean? s@ @ ~ > ze
Ans.-1. We have answered this ques-
tion SO many times that our readers ought
to know them. They are the walls and
hanging gardeus of Babylon, the Temple of
Diana at Ephesus, the Mausoleum Of Arts-
misia in Caria, the statue of the Olympian
Jove in Greece, the Colossus of Rhodes. the
Pharos of Alexandria, and the Pyramids of
Egypt. 2. Answered last week. 3. 92,-
500, 900 miles. 4. The precent structure
was commenced by julius II. in 1903, and
was completed to dedication in 1926. The
church is 61s feet long, the height of the
nave l6s feet, and the length of the tran
septs is 44G4 feet. and its height to the top
the cross is 448 feet. 5. It's greatest
engtl, measured on curve through its
center is 420 miles, and its greatest breadth
IS 160 miles. 6. Vasco Nuuez de Balboa in
1913. e-# se