The times., 1898-01-23

Cnicag1.
NATIVE do not know who polished
the book about which you inquire, but any
bookseller will be gIadto get it for you
How can we send something to the
| suffering Cubans? E B.
Don'tsend anything the Spaniards would
| steal it.
What is the value OF Columbian half
dollars nj Columbian stamps? E. g.
/ The coins are not at a premium-prob-
al bly, Will not be in the life OF anyone now
living, becaus s1many Of them were struck.
| Stamp dealers will buy Columbian stamps
! By the hundreds, in denominations from
3 cents TO 90 cents, inclusive, and singly
in the 81, 81, So, 81. and 50 sorts.
| What causes the miniature blue blaze
| on the tips OF the finger-nailS wnen held
on the under side Of belt running at
| amo? w
| Electricity produced bv the friction OF
the belt on the pulleys and jumping TO
the fingers. This is static electricity
| only.
The Dutch discovered New York Ray,
bought the land from the Indians and
| settled the Hudson Valley. what claim
mad the English To the territory? ID. D.
The claim Of having conquered il. They
captured 1t in 1864. and held it for nine
years in 1873 the Dutch retook it. but
| s'.trendered it in 1914, from which time
up 70 the American revolution the Eng
| lish held it.
Can the New York legislature appro-
| Pirate money for enlargement Of canals.
OF does it take vote OF the
people? ROBERT II.
| Yes; and it has done so often. But
| Gov. Black. in his message Of January 5.
| advocated delay until the people could be
/ heard from. Some $4,000 900 have been
\ spent recently. and about 81 900 900 more
| are said TO be needed.
What has been the proportionate gain OF
| CHRISTIANS IN the world during the past
| fifty years. INOUuSITIVE.
| In $50 1t was estimated that there were
| $50 600 900 non Christians, and 225, ,OOO.-
900 Christians, a proportion of nearly tOI.
| In 1SS2 the nOn-Christiaus were estimated
| at $50 600 900. and the Christians al
AT 900 COO, proportion of 2 to 1. There
are no more recent estimates.
How can dissolve old or new rubber so
! as to make thin solution like a paint;
W.JONES.
You can dissolve India rubber in rectified
turpentine, carbon Di-suIDlide benzine.
coal naptha, petroleum, fixed oils and voIa-
tile oils. To make paint or vaTnish, dis
solve the pure gum mot the hard sulphur
vuIcaDized RUBBER in hot benZOIe or some
fixed oil, triturate il Wei. press through
sieve, and you win have a varnish that
dries hard.
When did the Pemberton Mills. fof Law
renee, Mass-,l fan; and how many We're
killed and injured y II.
The Pemberton mills collapsed on Janu-
airy 10. 1860. in the afternoon 6he official
report makes the accident occur at Ais
p. M. Six hundred persons We're buried
before they could be extricated a watch
man dropped his lantern, which exploded.
setting fire 70 the ruins. Eighty nine per-
sons were burned 70 death. seventcen died
of their injuries, forty-three were severely
Injured. and two were Grip pled permanently.
Have English or Belgian hares ever been
imported into this country II 50. To
what extent, and where can they, or
either OF them now he found, and now
do they compare with ours as to size,
weight and quality or meat? PR B.
They are imported in small quantities
every year in cold storage. and a few
live haTes tEnglishl have been imported
to order to stock preserves. These hares
are larger and heavier than ours. and
the fla vor is much the same.
What is the amount OF the Baker es-
tate, which IS SAID To be in Philadelphia,
and has been mentioned IN the papers
several times: =. DO you tnInk tina trnere
is any chance or the neirs ever recovering
the property? 3, IL the present holders
of the property have paid rent for the
same, does not tnat admit that they do
not own it? Z. :. b
We do not know Q If the estate is
like most Of the estates we read about.
there is no chance whatever. 3. It would
seem 50,
How long has Victor Hugo been dead?
.. How long did it take nim TO write
Lies Misera bIes?'' 3. About how old was
he w ntn lie wrote 10 OGDEN.
He has been dead nearly thirteen years;
I've died May 80, 1885. 2. There was an
interval of three years between Les
Mlssrables'' and its predecessor. tire first
part OF the .-Legende des SieCles,'' but
probably Les Misera bles'' had been i'll
process of writing more than three years.
). Hugo was born February 2G, 1902; ne
was about sixty years old when Les Mis-
erabes' was published.
Mention three good schools Of electricity
where person may obtain a good elec-
tricai education? =. Is there any de
TO teach electricity, law, medicine, etc.
at home? 3 Which is the More profitable
TO study at the present age, steam or
electricity? y. ).
Every scientific school has some course
in electrical engineering that would help
a beginner. .. 1t may be possible tn
study law in a correspondence school,
but it is absolutely impossible to teach
or to study medicine in such school
ElpCfFfcIrv offers a yVidpr fisIN
What is the difference between uafB
and savings banks? II properly COu.l.f FL
which is safer for depoSitor;
National banks issue currency secured
by the banSSs deposits OF United states
bonds, and most of their loans are
made upon commercial paper. They are
run for profit, which is divided among the
stockholders. Savings banks invest largely
in United sta teS, State. county and city
bonds, loan on real estate, md are run in
the interest OF depOSitors. A depoSitor in q
national ia nix dra ws checks against his ac-
count, with which to pay his bills and de-
positS other checks; the first is not per-
mitted in Sa wings banks, and severe res trio
tions are put upon the latter. Both sorts
of banks, IF properly conducted should
be safe; a greater percentage Of savings
banks fail, we think.
What are the nicknames OF the states Of
the Union? W. L. s.
Alabama, Cotton State; Arkansas, Bear:
California, Golden; Colorado, Centennial.
Connecticut, Nutmeg; Delaw are, Blue Hen.
Florida, Peninsula; Georgia, Empire OF
the South: Illinois, Sucker, India ma HOOsier;
Iowa, Haw keye: Kansas, Garden; entGckv.
Blue Grass, Louisiana, Pelican, MaSsa-
ehusetts, Bay; Michigan, Wolverine; Mime