The times., 1898-01-02
NOTES AND QUERIES.

NU1 Ed AMI VUEhiEO.
What js he meaning, preciselv, of the ex-
preston 'yellt,w journalism and to what
newspaper. does it apply? 2. Has Wash
1nGton n yellow journal? F. L.
The term yellow journalism, was orig,
inaily used, " believe, by the New Yor.
sun to cescribe class of newspa pers OF
which the New York World was the first,
and has long continued the worst. The
expression is, almost explanatory. 2. Yes;
the Evening Star.
Must the members of the Presidents
oaDinet he natural born citizens? NJ b. K.
| No. nc s'esept secre.a arrf cs Atr'ciri
ture. MI. James Wilson, is Scotchman
| by uii.n. tH,l seN r,aI o,..ct Cdu,iiet IiIin
! lsters nave been naturdIiZed citizens.
A re greenbacks subject to taxation? Is
any circulating medium limited states
currency exempt from taxation?
Greenbacks are not subject to taxation;
In fact, no circulating medium in the
! United States is subject to taxation as
/ such.
Please name haIf a dozen American his
| toriahs OF the United States. j. T. j.
| THESE are good writer's. John Fiske.
James schouler, George Bancroft, Richard
| Hildreth, Edward Won HoltZ, and Thomas
| w. HiGginson.
Who was the originator of the two-step?
Where and when was It first n dancedg
| The waltz had been danc.,i in Germ.i.iy
and France as far back as the sixteenth
| century In 1889 Baron de Nieuken
Russian attache in Paris, introduced The
| variation known as the 'two-step."
Where, ccn -, m tioptnn.t -.r
consumption 2. What does it costo 3.
can IL he successf uliy USED at home 40.
liiinistered by the Family doctor?
X. l.. G..
Go 20 doctor 2. We do not know; the
cost must vary in different places. 3.
1t can be administered by a family physi-
elan.
How many times have the Cubans fought
ror liberty and when? "A.
The present war is the third. The first
war was not thoroughly organized. 1t be-
gan in May, 1850, wien Lopez landed
ana 1T was ended by LopaZ's execution ON
September /, 1851. The second war broke
out in September, 1868, and last until
February 1878, when 1t was terminated
by the treaty or ZanJon. The present
third val hegan in feDi uar.,
In what battle or the world were the
most men Killed? O. NJ. w.
In the battle or Leipsic. otherwise called
the battle OF the nations,.' fought on
October Is, Is and 8, S13. The French
army under Napoleon numbered 50 600
men; the Austrian, Russian and Prussian
armies numbered 240.OOO. The French
lost about $4,000 men, the Allies about
10000. What number or these were
killed and died OF their wounds we do
not know.
When was the first cotton-seed oil mill
built? For what purpose Is the oil
used! A. +. b.
Cotton-seed oil was made as far back as
1888, though not commercially. In 1855
l. klapp invented dec0rticatine ma
chine which stripped the seeds: after that |
the pressing out ol the oil was simple, and |
the manufacture became OF commercial |
iInportances hTbe oil is used to adulterate |
oils Cinseeas sperm, lard, Oliver, as a |
substitute for butter, in soap ma king, |
leather a nd wool dressing, and in other |
similar work.
How much electric power will a 200
morse power engine generate when at /
tached 10 II electric dynamo? W.F.G
The loss in generating electricity may
be taken on an average at about 3 per
cent; that is. III the dynamo is run by a
power Will be developed
How many Were killed on the American |
iIe during the American revolution?
How many We're wounded? 2. WHAT was
the cost OF the war in money to the
Americans? 5. Please answer the same
with regard to tie British. s.. S.
There are no accurate accounts or the
killed and wounded in the revolution. =.
We do not know. We find no estimate.
). The war cost Great Britain about
II u, 600, 600, about $500, 900 600. and
the thirteen colonies.
Please quote the section of the 1872 coin
age laws referring TO the unit OF va lue.
2. What effect would changing the unit |
to more Valuable one have On inc debtor? |
Esa y. AND VI,
Section 81 paragraph 2, Dollars or
Units - Each To be OF the value If Spanish |
nilIed dollar as the same is now Current
and to contain three hundred and seventy
one grains and four-si xteenth parts of a
gram Of pure, or four hundred and sixteen |
grains Of Standard silver" 9 1t would
beuefit the creditor at the expense Of tie
debtor. jEBsI -
Where is the highest point OF land in the
the ocean level is the highest part of Iowa? |
3. Measuring from rGint on tie MssiS- |
sIppi RIVER nearest to the highest Fart of |
Iowa, how many feet above low water |
marx is the highest point in the State of |
Iowa? LANSING |
Near Spirit Lake. Dickenson county.
.. 1894 feet above the sea level. g. We
do not know. But measuring from the
lowest point,of the State at the southeast
corner, which is AL feet above sea level.
we fjnd thai; Tie highest pnint in the Stat.
is 1858 feet higher than the lowest point.
Is there any book extant that explains
The opt r3tior, UT tire communities r4st4
Caesars We're there between Julius and |
under whom was Christ crucified?
\. PiLs,hJA.
We do not identify the communities about
which you ask. The 4 cts Of the Apostles |
aud tile Epistles of the New Testament
will give all the information obtanable,
though the life of st. Paul by Conybeare |
and Howson will give references that the |
Bible does not give. =. Only one; Oc-
tavius afterward called Augustus, he be
"a N Ia reign =. C. ~, a nd died A. D. 4: he
was followed by Tiberius, who died a II.
81. Christ was crucified under Tiberius
A. D. 33.
Give the direct reason why y hundred |
years elapsed from the discovery of America |
to the first English colony >. What |
agreement did Constantine AXE with the
PaganS in regard to the Sabbath day. 3. |