The record-union., 1892-06-14

For responses TO questions OF practical
Value. Mere puzzles, ana the curious and
common, answers to which ought to be found
III the ordinary home library, Will receive no
attention. Queries published without re-
spohSes are invitations TO furnish answers
10 make this department an information eX-
chitnge also. communications must be brief
and signed with name and address,
EDS. RECoRD-UNIoN Would you,
through the columns Of your valuable
paper, kindly tell me who succeeds the
President IN case President and Vice
President should die, thanking you IN
dAlIcI pal4on! q. S., Costumes.
I'VE answered a similar inquiry last
week, but repeat it. If both President
and Eice-PresIdent are removed, the Office
deVolyes first on the Secretary of State,
then Secretary OF the Treasury, Secretary
OF war, AttOrney-6eneral, Postmaster
General, Secretary Of the Navy, Secretary
OF the interior, and Secretary OF Agri-
clILun& But ii either Of these is OF for
elgn birth the otiice passes him and on
TO the next named in the list
INQUIRER, Sacramento, June 10th.
writing concerning disabilities and those
VINO were IL rebellion, must sign his or
her name as guarantee Of good faith.
Not even this much of reply would be
maae, except to advise all correspond
reau and the cost involved, are worthy
tuI confidence on the part OF those it
serves.
Does white mark on the nails bespeak
misfortune? 4 book l have says so; but
II strikes me as oQd how that should be.
ELVIRA, Auburn.
Throw such a book into the fire. 1t is
a relic OF superstition that breaches such
silly stuH.
MANDUs, Sacramento. The epha of
the Bible Is seven gallons and IL pints,
or nIteen inches SOLID. =. birney ran for
EfesidenT IN 1910 and received $500
votes. de was the candidate of the Lib
efty party. 3. See answer to q. 5. in this
column. i. No edge Is perfectly sharp
that Is, without break or cOrrugation.
Hut razor edge under the microscope
ana 1t VIII be seen to be irregular and
apparently coarse. Mechanics grind tools
against the cutting edge because it drives
tie particles of metal closer together and
makes more enduring cutting edge.
CHURCHMAN, Vallejo-The dispatches
stated 1t correctly. Our exchanges give
the vote III the Methodist General Con-
terence as IL was given by telegrap aph-z34
yeas TO n nays-that, ''if the word Law
men as applied TO delegates is not inter-
PASSSA ny q wv O-tlllblS NOLS Oi lIlG annual
conferences, and a three-fourUhs vote of
the next General Conference, TO mean
exclusively males, then women shall be
admitted as lay delegates. This we look
upon, as DO you, as a lame and impoteut
device. Nevertheless we believe the re-
suit will be in favor OF women as dele
gates.
READER, Sacramento-A memorial Ii
brary OF Spurgeou is in preparation but
not yet from the press. 1t will include
some twenty volumes and cost you as
many dollars. Yes, you can buy anv
one or more volumes, as each Will be in
dependent Of the others.
NJ. \. c., Chico-l. Write to the Pacific
FfeLd Sports, San Francisco, for the in
formation. 1t is entirely too technical
Tor us to search out the authorities and
give decision. 2. The limit of ordinary
vision on plain is about, or a little less
than one and a third miles, to discern an
object Il inches in hight. 3. AS a general
rule the stroke of an engine is twice the
diameter of the cylinder. But really the
exceptions are so many that it cannot be
SAID to be reliable rule. 4. Jaw Gould
began as map peddler, not as book
agent. D. Write to Superintendent J. W
Anderson, Department of Education,
Sacramento, for the information desired
S. NJ. c., San Andreas-Yes, it has been
shown that by certain processes gold
can be extracted from sea water. But
the cost of apparatus has not been eco
nomic. Herr Munster proposes a plan.
however, by which precious metals car
ried in the sea may be taken in certain
parts of the world with prout.
MERCHANT, Sacramento-We find in
the reports of reliable statisticians that
the exports of bread stuIfs from the
United States for the ten months ending
April 30, 1891, was S253, 3,065, COO, while for
the ten months of the preceding year the
sum was S97, ,626,000. You, therefore, win
your wager.
RALPH, Brighton-The public debt.
including certificates and treasury notes.
is. to May 3lst. 81 sos, $40 81. The GER
tihcates and treasury notes, 1854, ,0SI, III,
are offset by an equal amount in the
treasury, so the aggregate OF the debt, in
terest and non-interest bearing, is $685.
35J, ,253 6l.