The times., 1897-12-19

and buildings in SEQ represented a value
OF 81 1928, ,252 $40; the implements wers
nearly 100000, ,0O0; the ike stock. more
than $2.2O0.000,00O. The capital en-
ployed in manufacturing was more than
S6,uUosDoO 400. In 1898 the iron ore
produced in tie United states represented
about SEQ, GOA, 00U iii value, the pig IRON
about SS5.Go0,G and the steel aboua
S120, 900, 000.
VIII you give some facts about pyro-
-electTkltF OF minerals, and the faculty OF
SOM. soil!e t .lIilerdlS pDsSesseG oF eiectHcity oy
neat, forming brush glow or spark or
Connective discharge Also name ths
liquids possessed With this electric heat?
y. Y K. %.
PyrO-electFieity is electricity developed
IN some crystalline bodies 10y uneguaIIy
heating or cooling them. TouruaIine in a
crystalline state possesses this property
in marked degree. other bodies having il
are siiicate OF zinc, boraCitr, quartz, tar
trate OF potash. sGlphate Of qaMine, topaz.
pTeanite, scolezite, aNenitc, CaBe-sugar and
sodiunlamnonium raceInate. N0 liquids
are possessed OF this property. We do not
Know what magnesium principles are,
Our historians speak Of Mary Chiffon as
JheIIFst YDGn- gjriwnJ landed 10 Plymouth
1G20l- VIII you kindly give other facts
relating 70 her! NV
The book OF the MayflOveT dese sndants
for 1896 say Of Mary Chiffon Q IA L she was
No. So OF the MayflOwer's passengers;
married John winslow. brother OF Gov.
Edward WinslOw, and died in 1879. lea wing
children. The honor Of being the first
person TO set foot on Plymouth Rock is
claimed fOr her and FOR J Ohm Alden.
What is the salary &c the mayor OF Greater
New York to be? =. What was the nature
OF the Crittenden compromise? BOG
The ma yor Of Greater New York is to
have a salary OF $4,000 a year. 2. a
proposal made by Senator Crittenden
OF Kentucky in 1860 to divide he terri
tories between the slave states and the
free States on the line OF the Missouri com-
promise. Is would nave amended the CON
S5ltution, have abolished slavery north
Of latitude 80 degrees 81 minutes. south OF
that line would have protected ft, would
have retained avery in the District Of
Columbia. in United states forts pro-
teeted the interstate slave trade. the
United States 10 Pay the owner the fun
value OF slaves rescued by violence, etc.
This compromise failed in the House jan
uary / 1, 1861 $50 TO 113l; in tGe Senate.
March - t19 70 2O).
How did the superstition Of FriIa being
an UnlucSy day originate? :. Isn't 10 a
fact that history does not support this?
8. On what ia VS. of the week We're the
following Eattles fought gettysburg, Spott-
sylyania. Wilderness, Antictam. WaterlOO7
7. L.
Tt is not certain. Probably the cru
cifixiOn OF Christ on a Friday had some
thing To do with il: but IL is said that
the Romans, the ancient Scau1inavia ana
the HindOos have the same belief, ~ it
would seem that the Christian origin is
but a suggested explanation for super
stitiOn that can't be explained just as
all the church festivals are pagan feasts
with Christian amendments. =. History
does not support the superstition, es-
peciaHy in regard 70 this country. COiunI-
bus sailed on a Friday discovered America
ON a Friday the Mayflower reached land
ON Frida ': Washington was born on Friday;
the Declara tion of Independence was signed
on Friday: CORVALLIS surrendered ON
Friday. 3. Gettysburg, Wednesday, Thurs
day, Friday, July l, =, and 3, 1853; SpOtt-
sylvania, Sunday and Wednesday, May
s and 49, 1864: Wilderness Thursday.
Friday and Saturday, May .. 6, Z, 1854,
AntIetaau, Tuesday and Wednesday Sep
tember 16, II, 1867 Waterloo, Sunday
June Is, 1916.
For what purposei is q board Of trade or
sImilar corporation maintalnedE II
4
certain time on the board vito puts up tbs
balance? On the otter hand, If there is
iuOre money made thanlCSt, wuotaR - that
| money? 3. Does a board OF trade pa y out
| dividends TO its members A. Is it OF
any interest to memaeT of the beard or
| trade or a chamber of commerce, whether
| nOn-members are losing or making money;
| >. What benefit is il to big traders IL
| they can shake OUT weak and small
l holders? j. W. 5.
/. In Chicago we believe the Board
/ Of TraaeiS the same as the St0es EXctlnge
| II other cities, but. as a rub, a board OF
| trade or q chamber of commerce is a Dody
men in a city Interested in dereipp.Dg
tile trade Of that city for thelr own and FOR
| the public benefit 2. On the stock EN-
| charge, by whatever name u " callad,
| more snoEey cannot be lost shan is male,
! If a. loses, y wins. 3. a R5acd 0f Trade
ocs not pay dividends; 10 is not l. p'oney-
making boGy, directly. :. IL is 0f in
tarests IN foars.s OF trade II persons lr' not
| making money il that conditbon - W ide-
spread. it shows that something ust he
| tinne - improve business. .. Big trad
srs on the STOCK Exchange have no in
| ierest IN shaking out smAD hoi,eEs, unless
far spine SPECIAL purpose, such as getting
ebntrol OF stocks