The times., 1898-08-07

Is N. Emile Zola Jew7 ELIw.
No; he is Roman Catholic.
When did the use Of revenue stamps checks
cease under the old law? STAMP.
On July l, 1888. in accordance with the
provisions of the act of March g. 1883
Can you give the address of United States
Government detective or TO what authority TO
write on matter pertaining to the secret service
Of the Government? l. NJ
The chief of the secret service divis-
ion Of the Treasury Department is ].
T. Wilkie. His Office is in the Treas
ufy building Washington. ID. c. Write
10 him for information.
kindly inform a subscriber what will stop the
the skin.
There are many so-calIed depilatoraes
on uhe market and some Of them may De
efiicaoious- A first-class apotnecary
might be able to advise what 10 use. and
50 should any reputable regular physl-
can.
Please give the following distances: Havana to
Cadiz, Spain. 2. New York 70 east Of Spain. g.
New York TO Liverpool 4. Cadiz 70 Manila, via
Suez. 5. Havana TO Manila. via Cape HON g.
San Francisco 10 Manila SUBSCRIBER
About 1890 English miles. 2 About j.
10 miles. 3. 30I7 miles About 1900
miles. ;. About l3.4G0 miles. g. About s.
800 miles
What is meant by ''battleship stripped for
actionF' e W.
In clearing for action guard rails,
| small boats awnings. and a lot Of ma
| terial that is not essential to the fight
ing outfit, are Iashed together and pitc:i-
| ed overheard. 70 be recovered later Ex-
I r1To of ha1 sfb1 ard n in Ia
much more dangerous by the presence
/ Of material that will splinter The dan
/ ger Of fire is lessened, too, and valua-
( bic room Is made.
Who appoints the paymasters in the army, what
are their duties in general, and Their salary
/ The President. by and with the consent
Of the Senate, appoints the paymasters
! in the army Their duties are to pay
| the officers and men, as a rule; some
/ times they are placed on other duties
/ They draw the pay OF their rank, what
/ ever that may be. They begin as majors
and get $3.50 a year To start with
| N w. H.-The order OF the Spanish
/ squadron in leaving Santiago was Infan-
/ "a Maria, Vizcaya, CristobaI Colon. Al
mirante Oquendo PlutOn, FUror. The or
I
/ Pluton, FurOr. Infanta Maria, OquendO,
! Vizcaya, Colon l. G.-The Hawaiian
I Islands are in Oceanica. but perhaps
| these United States Will nave the bounda-
ries of that division OF the worlds lands
| changed. M--The vowel sound in news
/ is that of tube; ''nooze" IS Incorrect
/ CliftOn.-Schley Is pronounced Sly No
! Name.-Patronize is spelled with q z
1 How is extract Of witchhazeI made, and how
much Of the wood or bark Is TO be used flr any
I given amount Of the extract? 4. Y y
This is one of many fOrmulae: Take
/ of hamameIis shoots and twigs. ten
/ pounds; water. twenty pints; alcohol, one
/ and a half pints. Put the hamame-is in
still, add the water and the alcohol and
allow mixture 20 macerate twenty-fOur
/ hours. DistiII TO ten pints by applying
/ direct heat. or preferably by means OF
| steam. This should be made only from
\ fresh young twigs OF hamamelis. collect
ed in the late autumn when the plant IS
/ in flower.
/ Do the best medical writers recognize any
4 general cause Of cancer2 Do they believe that
I the disease, when OF such character as afflicted
/ Gen Grant, Is curahle af5er reasonable develop
ment BY any yet discovered treatment! y. Y. Y
The origin of cancer Is by no means
I
mite about it seems TO be that some ex-
ternal cause operating upon a depraved
condition of the blood. will produce the
disease. No treatment other than the
| knife has been found thar is successful
and even the knife simply prOlongs life
without permanently removing the can
Ger. The great trouble with cancer is its
| tendency to grow again
What is the money loss to spain in the ships
captured and destroyed by cur navy since the
| war began? A. II. II.
The four big vessels, the AImirante
/ Oquendo. CristobaI Colon. Infanta Maria
| Teresa and Vizcaya. cost about $4,000 600
/ apiece. Ten other vessels. at least, have
| been destroyed or captured which cost at
low average about $500 O00 each. That
| gives total loss of S1S600,OOO in vessels
! alone at the lowest estimate. We cannot
find the exact cost of the smaller vessels
| Spanish newspapers say that the loss Of
| Cervera's fleet caused a money loss OF
SO. 0O0.
How did the Crimean war begin and end. and
which contestant had to pay the indemnity?
B. o.
| The Crimean war began by Russia in
| terfering in Turkey in behalf of certain
Greek Church, Christians, who had been
| prevented DN the TURKISH government
| from having their treaty rights in Jeru-
salem To prevent Russia obtaining the
pre-eminence in European matters that
her interference and victory would have
| given her, Great Britain interfered in be-
! half of Turkey. Then Napoleon III OF
France thought ne would interfere, TOO.
to prevent England getting too much
glory; besides, being 4 Napoleon, he
thought his trade was war; and Savoy
Joined hoping TO use its alliance with
England and France as a reason later
for getting control of Italy. So they let
the Greek Christians go, and fought Rus
sia- The latter country made good
fight but lost When peace was made, il
had to surrender a part of its territory,
but no money indemnity was required.
Is it true that there is now building for the
British government battleship 10 cost about
Sll 600 and to carry lS-inch gunsg , What
was the size of the largest krupp gun at the
jectile? g. How does the United States army I6-
inch gun compare with other big guns Of the
world? j. D.
We think not. Such vessel would car
Ty too many eggs in one basket. Eight
een-inch guns are not adapted to naval
service; the British government has given
up the use of the 16-inch naval gun. of
which il had several on some of its older
vessels Q 1t weighed 124 tons and was
| I6-inch caliber It is not so large as the
British 16 1-4-inch rifed gun, but it is bet
ter. Our guns are the best in the world
1t is generally believed that the extreme
size of guns has been reached and that
guns larger than I3-inch are not service