The times., 1898-06-05
NOTES AND QUERIES.

NOTES AND QUERIES.
What is the length of a knot2 2. Was Dewey.s
victory ON Saturday or Sunday. Washington time ?
8. How far viii a l3-ineh gun earrvY 1 II the
entrance to Santiago Bay more than 100 feet wide
D. How many and what vessels are in Sehley' 5
squadron? RFADFR
A knot is a nautical mile-6.OSs feet. q
Saturday afternoon. April 30 g. With
the proper elevation about twelve miles
f. We think not. s. Brooklyn. Teas
Massachusetts. New Orleans. Iowa, Mar
blehead, Nashville, several small gun
boats and two or three torpedo boats.
when he died7 " F SIVOES
General: on the retired list.
Can son of foreign parents-father not being
na'uraiized-born in the United states. yoteY
If he has elected to become an American irlsrit.
citizen, yes.
II 'B. F. W." who inquiries about the
Storys. who were shipbuilders in Essex
Mass. will address the postmaster Of thar
town. he will almost certainly be furnish
ed the names OF several members of that
family, VINO have been. If they are no.
now, engaged in shipbuilding. The storys
are numerous in that little town. and in
gloucester, seven miles south, my native
city.
w. C. HASKELL.
What sort of an omen do superstitious rnortaIs
attach to a white pigeon flying into a room
through an open window, alighting on a niece
o. el, furniture and. after eooing few seconds,
NyLhs Ouai A d.
The same omen we think that they
would attach to a Spanish spy climbing
Western Union telegraph pole and
shaking three fingers of his left fist at
the Naval War Board.
c,S.t What is the national anthem of the United
The Star spangIed Banner"
What is meant by the displacement of ship?
The amount Of water the ship dispiaees.
.,I.ts Is Rear Admiral Dewey of English or Irish de-
OF straight English descent from
Thomas Dewey. who. in I6S3, came TO
Massachusetts from Kent, England.
How IS the arnor for ships put On? j. N.
Each piece of armOr is nodded in max
ing 70 fit its place on the ship. Il is then
DOTTED IN place TO the frame OF the vessel
better time than the PaTsl A. ST
For long distances. no; for short dis
tances the Paris would be beaten by
many torpedo craft and yachts that were
built for speed solely.
What are mortar guns, used in coast defense2
W r.
Mortars are short cannon OF heavy cali
Der that are fired at high elevations: that
Is, their projectiles 60 away up in the air
and drop on the deck OF a vessel. rather
than being thrown more nearly in
straight line at her sides.
What IS the size Of Cuba. and Of Havana
?. How many of the West Indies do the spanish
hoidI 3. How many Of the Philippine Islands do
the Spanish hold? H H
Cuba in 1857 had 1.631, ,GST population, and
Havana 10000, but the present popula-
ton is uncertain. Probably it Is now less.
2 Cuba and Porto Rico. 3 All that Rear
Admiral Dewey permits them to hold
-, Has this Government school Of civil engineer
No. The only two schools maintained
by the Government are the Military
Academy at West Point and the Naval
Academy at Annapolis. At the former
civil and military engineering is taught
as part OF the education Of a modern Off
Ger; at the latter. steam engineering as a
necessity Of naval engineers training.
Where Is the BLACK Republic and Why was
it % aamedf Has South America cable direct
10 Europe?
The Black Republic is the name ap-
piled 10 the negro republic OF Haiti by
Sir Spencer St John. for many years
English minister there South America
has one cable direct to Europe, from Per-
nambucO 20 the CanaFies and Madeira,
thence to Lisbon.
Please give good recipe for making blueprint
paperG 2. Which Is better fer tracing cloth or
paper? C. E
Blue print paper is paper coated with q
mixture of ammonia-citrate Of iron and
ferro-cyanide of potassium In the PAM
phlets published by most dealers in pho
tographic supplies. you viii find directions
for preparing it. . Cloth is better than
paper for tracing.
Please tell the length. cost and tolls Of the
suez canal. Who owns it, Are there locks on il?
" B. L
Length. % miles; cost, S102, 20. 600; tolls
collected in first six months OF 1897. on
1.i5S vessels. were S7.437, ,s75. II is owned
by private company, the Suez Canal
Company, whose offices are in Paris. The
British government owns a large block
of the shares which the late Lord Bea-
consfield bought for II without authority
2 The canal has no locks or interruption
of any kind,
Is the "Pied Piper a true stsry? NJ NAME
No, although it is told with much cir
cumstantiality. II has even a date. June
20, 1884. The story is modern version Of
the tale OF OrDheus and Eurydiee. an
old classical myth, which is one Of a class
known as soul-leadeT myths OrDheus
with his lutte led animals captive Just as
the Pied Piper led first the rats and then
the children. Some persons have tried
to make the story of the Pied Piper re-
late TO the Children's Crusade.
Would it be contrary to international law If
tho Spanish should bOnbard ore OF our ports
without first giving twenty y-fezlf houTE notice2
y y
No; war is on. and surrendering all op-
portunity for surprising an enemy is not
consistent with the proper conduct of
war. Previous to a declarat ation OF war
bombardment is usually preceded by a no
tification of definite length-Gt was but
one hour in the case of the Spanish bonn
bardment of VaIparaisol-inside OF which
time IL is demanded that the uarty threat.