The times., 1898-07-17

ing trivial questions of this sort
Can you publish successful way to make
We cannot, directly. But in these bull
ietins of the Agricultural Department
you viii get much information On the
subject: Chemical Bulletins No. 20. %.
-. "a ana 81.
What are the addresses of the two nearest army
To either one? E. II.
Tampa and Chickamauga. The cost OF
sending things to them depends on the
| articles.
navy? l. A. T.
Aegir. Bayern. Beowulf. Brandenberg.
/ Friedrich der Crosse, Frithjof. Hagen.
Heimdal. Jurfurst Friedrich Wilhelm,
| Odin, Gutenberg Sachse. Siegfried. Weis-
senberg, Worth and WurtemOerg.
Where should l apply for Government tomb
SUBSCRIBER
We do not know the details Of the laws
/ governing the issue of Government tomb
stones but the quartermaster general Of
the army has control of the issue Write
| 10 him at the headquarters OF the army,
Washington.
What IS the best record Of the thoroughbred
horse Beatihce; he a successful horse.
and was his dam Beatitude successful a
race mareI ii. E. c.
We do not find that Beatifce was a
successful horse; he seems to have run
in and out. He was foaled in 1850 and
/ in 1892 ran twenty-six times. winning
| only four times. He never raced in any
great match. His dam Bea;itude was not
a successful racer.
How many vessel. Of the British navy were
in the great naval parade last year at Queen Vic
toria's iubilte2 d. 7. B.
The naval parade took place on June
20, 1897, off Spithead. In it were los Brit
| ish vessels, classed as follows: Battle
1 ships, p; cruisers "a: torpedo boats and
destroyers. 20; gunboats. I; training yes
| sells, 13. There were also l9 foreign YES
/ sells.
| Please give me Admiral Dewey's ancestry,
| and tell ne where and when they came To TINS
/ country2 ". o. "a.
Thomas Dewey came TO this country
| in 1888 from England. He married. and
/ died in 164S. His son was Josiah, born
| 1871; after MIN the admirars descent runs
I thus; Josiah II. 1886: William 1692-l75s;
| Simeon, 11s-1751; William II. 1746-1S13;
| Simeon. II, I770-l763 julius. IsOI-ls7I;
]
| Who was the prime minister on England during
| the Crimean war. from 1854 to 1855? How many
/ irOnclads has the government Of Great Britain
/ built in Ireland IN the last ten years? G. z. NJ
Ine Earl of Aberdeen who held Office
/ from December 2S, 1852, 10 February 10.
/ 1880. He was the grandfather of the
/ present governor general of Canada
/ The British government has built no
/ ships at all in ireland during the past
| ten years, so far as We can learn
Do the proiectiles used in the 1-pounder guns
| weigh more than one pound How i il a. 10
l2-pornder, s-Pounder and 6-PoundeF guns?
/ A 1-pounder gun fires I-pound shot
/ Such gun is the smallest rapid-fire gun
used The other guns are like it in taking
| the sized shot that their name indicates.
/ In the old days 12-pounder carried a shot
/ rather heavier than twelve pounds, but
| with rifed guns the projectiIes have 10
| be of the exact size and weight or else
| they will not take the rifiing.
Please give me description Of the plant GIN
| seng- and Of its uses2 G.. r r.
| Ginseng is Chinese and American
| plant, the Chinese being Aralia Schinseng,
| and the American a. quinquefolia. II IS
| shrub with clusters of i've leaves as
| the name indicates The root is divided
| this fact, the Chinese schinseng meaning
like man'-that is having two legs.
| The root is used by the Chinese as a med
| icine but chemists have not been able 10
| discover medicinal properties in it.
In, In what year did the Confsderaey adopt its
| The first flag was hoisted al Montgom-
| cry, Ala, on March T. 1851 and was
| adopted by the Confederate congress on
/ March o. 1t resembled the United States
/ flag too much TO be a good battle flag.
/ so. in September of the same year. Gen.
| Beauregard and Gen Johnston invented
| the battle flag (as it was known after
ward. 1t was red fly with a blue d.
agOnal cross, bearing white stars, one
| for each State.
Forney.-Apply to the Librarian Of
| Congress. Washington D. c., and he
| Will send you a pamphlet explaining
| copyright methods and regulations
B. 1.-The battleship Oregon cost $3,1S0.-
O00; the Indiana, IS, 000. SandOw.-As
we understand the word 'swaybacked. =.
as applied to men. 1t denotes a defect,
| and consequently we should expect a
more perfectly formed man 10 be strong
| er than "swayback" Between biceps
of ten inches extended and twelve inches
when drawn up, and those, respectively,
| II and II IA inches we cannot decide.
for strength doesn't depend on measure
ments alone; but the two-inch expan-
! sion is the more promising of the two
arms.
What is the thiekest armor and what the big
s''' FALL RIVER
The Infiexible built in 1881. has side ar
NOR from 10 TO "a inches thick. The heav-
lest British armor nowadays is that on
the Caesar, not yet completed II is 10
| be e-inch on the sides, and from TO II
| inch on the bulkheads. etc, but this mod
ern armor is Harveyized or Harveyed-
The heavist gun is on the Infiexible, and
weighs eighty tons. Nowadays the heav-
lest guns are measured, not in tons, but
in inches, so that the largest modern ma
val guns are those carried by the lndi-
ana. of our navy; they have caliber Of
13 inches and weigh sixty and one-half
tons.
Being desirous of getting on a United States
training ship apprentice, l want 10 know the
best way 10 accomplish this, and also where TO
find the nearest ship. E NJ G.
The training ships of our navy are sta
toned, one permanently and three usually.
at Newport, r. l., and one al San Fran
cisco. During the Summer they 90 on
cruises. The best way of obtaining in
formation as to their location is 10 ask
the Secretary of the Navy. You can en-
list on a training ship wherever il is to
be found. You must have your parents
consent. be strong and able 10 read. write
and speak English You promise to stay
in the ship until you are twenty-one years