The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-03-11

OuEsrIox.-Tow long will 1t take a pas
/ senger TO sail around the world, and how
much would it cost? How much would
twelve months tour in Europe, visiting
/ all the principal cities and countries, cost!
Referred to some of our correspondents.
HICKMAN, KY.
/ MF- EEtor.-How many Presidents of
/ the United States were inaugurated the
second time, and who were they? Please
answer in Query Column" and oblige
A READER.
Seven Presidents of the United States
we're twice iuaugurated, to-wit: Wash
ington, jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jack
son, Lincoln and Grant.
Pease oblge a lady reader by pronounc
ing the word Chamois, the animal from
which the Chamois skin is obtained2
Webster pronounces it shammy or sha-
moi But the Chamois skins are really
derived from the flesh side of sheepskins.
Therefore, our lady friend, if she can t
catch the French of it, can put it in plain
/ English and pronounce it 8 h e-e-p!
What salary does the new Presiien Of
/ the United States get, and what the Gov
ernOrs Of the States2 DoBBIE.
The President gets $50 900 salary; and
many expenses of the White House are
provided for besides in the Sundry Ap-
preparation bill. Governors Of the Safes
get different salaries, ranging from $1,000
to $4,000. Kentucky pays $1,000. New
York $4,000, SC, &c.
How many members compose the Ken
lucky Legislature; and what does the
State pay them? How many members Of
the United States Congress and what pay
do they get? DO Senators and Repre-
sentaiives get the same pay, or do SEN
ators get the mos2
There are 100 members Of the Kentucky
Lower House, apd IS Senators. They get
exactly the same pay, which is - 90 a
day while The Legislature is in session
and mileage to and from the capital.
There are 70 U. 5. Senators, and 1913 mem
bers Of the Lower House. They get the
same pay, which is now hxed at $4,000.
Oaery Coi,mn-Please give fall and
explicit exposition of the Clearing House
as relates to city banks? W.
/ 1t is an association of the banks OF a
city to make daily showing of the mon
etary relation Of these banks toward each
other. The expenses of the Clearing
House are shared by the banks thus asso-
ciated. Only bankers are members. 1t
simply saves the expense or trouble of
separate settlements between the banks.
1t is voluntary-banks can 70 into it or
not, but those which do not are consider
ed at disadvantage. This is explicit
but not full We cannot give full ex-
position in the Query Column"
Editor Courier-SrR: I notice that the
war between the British and the Beers is
/ still progressing, with recent victories in
favor Of the latter. VIII you kindly in
form your readers who the Beers are and
whence they derived their name?
lNQUIRER.
The Beers of South Africa are Dutch
colonists, who igrated from Holland
about the beginning of the Seventeenth
/ Century. aud formed colony at Cape
Town. They are called "Boers" because
( of their occupation and mode of living
The word "Boer" is the Dutch word for
farmer" or peasant, corresponding to
the German word Bauer, and the Eng
fish word-now degraded from It's early
and honorable "boor''
MARR's LASDISG, TENN.
Ed Colrier.-what is meant in the mar.
ket reports by the word nominal -
prices merely nominal, sc 2nd. Why
is it that hail is larger, thicker, and fails
more frequently in valleys than on rang.
es Of high hills?
LIST. Merely nominal means merely
named, without any actual sales to verify
The quo etion For instnace, if you read
from New York, cotton l24c, nominal,
it means that tho price is named, but il
you sell on such market your cotton
might not bring more than say lie, bal
the probabilities would be in favor of the
quotation. 2nd. Hail is larger &c, il
the valleys, because it takes certain dis
lance, falling from the clouds, to form
hail. &C. The surrounding hills anC
mountain regions being nearer the cloud.
hail is not formed so large or frequent.
DEAR CoUR1ER.-Tm glad to WELDON,
the Query Column" again; and RICH
here [ have a question full of interest t,
our people: "What kinds of food in DAILY
use, have been proven to be adulters tee
with sufficient poison to be injurious t,
health, and with what are they adulter
ated2" JACK WHELAN.
Congress has authorized a committee o
experts on this subject. Ono of thes
chemists says:
, "Bread is adulterated with alum an,
E sulphate of copper yeast, with alum
baking powder, with alum, terra alba
plaster of paris, whiting and kaolin; milk
with y variety of articles; cheese, witt
e potatoes and beans; lard, with alum, boil
? ed starch and quicklime; confectionery
| with chromate of lead, red lead, vermil
a lion, prussian blue, copper and arsenic
= pickles, with sulphuric acid and verdi
f girls; mustard, with yellow ochre and chrC
I mate of lead; vinegar, with sulphur
= acid, arsenic and corrosive sublimate; col
Zee, with roasted aoorns, spent tan barl
logwood mahogany, sawdust and b1rne
liver of horses; teas, with a great variet
n of articles"
Fatal results from the use of such al
: ucies seldom, IT ever, occur bub lhey al
, net very nice when one know the fact
+, Fulton, KY, 1881.
= The "Query Column" of the CoURIE
will enlighten its readers by ans werin
the following lst. Is cord of wool Oh
same in all the States? Is bushel
: corn or wheat the same2 End. Why AZ
: so many unimportant words printed
|. italic in the Bible? Srd. Why is the Sout
called Dixie? 4th. What is the Repuhl
. can majority in the next Congress? Ho
= many negroes among them?
|. Ans,oer. A cord of wood is tt
same everywhere. The weight of I'll
# bnshel is established by State law, and
# different in different States. 2nd. The
! are intended to show the words not in Il
a original text. 3rd The South is so