The times., 1898-07-10


navy? CoRTLAT6
No. in spite of the fact that he Is CON-
mander-in-chief of the navy. 2 The
senior rear admiral is Joseph y. Miller,
commanding the Pacific station.
Which is the heaviest frzt-class battleship IN
the United States navy? What is her tonnagef
O. AND j.
The Iowa. n.41O tons. The Kearsargs
and the Kentcky now building. are to
displace u,525 tons. and the Maine. the
Missouri and the Ohio. whose plans are
nnally approved, but contracts for which
have not yet been made, will be II. go
ton ships.
What chance for promotion has an apprentice
on board United States man-o'-warg Can he
become an officer without going TO the Naval
He may be a boatswain or gunner. or
have some other warrant rank. which
makes him quite a man on board ship,
but ne. never becomes an officer.
What is the percentage of Ameriean-born sol.
dleTs IN our army n0WY OUERIST
We do not know; but the percentage. Of
citizens IN the army is now very much
larger than it used TO be. No applicant
Is accepted unless he is either a native
born citizen or a naturalized citizen. or
has applied for naturalization Probably
so per cent are in those three classes:
those not in them are old-timers. who en-
listed before citizenship was required.
What percentage Of foreign-born people are IN
our prisons? " D.
According to the statistics Of the elev-
enth census there were i. .932 f0reign-born
prisoners out of S2,S2s in our prisons.
That gives a percentage Of rather more
than B-6- Besides these. 2601 prisoners
were Of foreign parentage, though born in
this country. This makes the percentage
Of prisoners Of predominant foreign ex-
traction rather more than 90.
How long was Noah in building the ark'
The Bible does not say in 50 n many
words. In Genesis v:32. it says: And
Noah was 500 years old and Moan begat
Shem, Ham and Japheth;7 then in chap
ter vii:6, it says: And Noah was 500 years
old when the flood Of waters was upOn the
earth II is generally said that the ark
required 100 years TO build. but this is no
more certain than that there was an ark.
Can yen tell me what general it was in the civil
war who was standing against gallery post
when cannon ball struck the post and stunned
him3 SUBSCRIBER.
Fighting Joe" Hooker. It was during
the battle Of Charlottesville on Nav .
1868; during the battle the post of the pi-
azza OF the Chancellor House. against
which Hooker was leaning, was struck
by cannon ball and the shock knocked
Hooker out for an hour or 50 in the mid
die Of the battle
What IS the reason for the displacement Of
Angel and the appointment Of straus as minis
ter TO Turkey? JLS
NTr Ane,aU bs,7 No. 5.-f-l4 III -T-s-
which he took TO oblige the President.
We think that he was glad TO resign
There may have been some feeling Of fall
ure on Mr.. Angells part at getting no
definite answers from the Sultan on var
ious questions which We wanted him 10
settle, such as compensation for damages
10 our schools and missions in Syria.
How can one obtain the acts Of the First Con.
Eresst ,. What is the duty OF a railroad COM
miSsioLer2 8. How many dollars worth of silver
bullion are there now in the vaults at Washing.
tonf J. What Is the present daily expense Of the
United States arTny2 SUBSCRIBER.
The Statutes at Large of the United
States passed in the First Congress may
be found in law book stores They have
been reprinted. we think, but as the de-
mand is very slight the cost of the book Is
considerable ? To enforce the laws Of
the State regarding railroads. to act as
arbitrator in matters between the rail-
roads and the public to collect statistics,
etc. The act authorizing his appoint
ment defines his duties. 8 On June I the
value OF silver bullion held by the Gov
ernment was S9S, A3 go T. In time OF
peace about S4.000 Geo a month. or. say,
S1S5,600 a day. This war has increased the
expenses 10 more than Z times this sum.
Please describe the method Of canning fruit and
vegetables in tin, the details Of the work and
articles necessary 70 the process! , What is
the cause Of fruit or vegetables being poisoned
fertilizer for corn and for general garden truck2
:. II cold contracts why does frozen water burst
a vessel or pIpet . From whom could learn the
name and medicinal value OF plants growing IN
my neighborhood? STUDENT.
Care and experience should guide can
ming in tin. You can get books on the
subject through a bookseller, but glass
jars are better for preserving on a small
scale > Sometimes the solder becomes
sufficiently dissolved by the acids Of the
fruit TO cause lead poisoning. but more
often such disasters are due to faulty
canning that has allowed the cans con-
tents to spoil. Bad canned meat thus ere
ates ptomaine poisoning, which is as
deadly as its name. 3. Intelligent answer
cannot be given without knowledge OF the
nature OF your soil, based preferably. on
analysis of it. 4. Cold contracts water
until just before the freezing point is
reached, when it expands suddenly Ice
is thus lighter than water. If il were not,
ice would sink as fast as it formed, and
our lakes and ponds would freeze solid 5.
From the nearest agricultural experiment
station, whence. also. you could get help
in the matter of your third query
Where are the different admirals and eomno-
dores of the United States Navy stationed and
what fleets do they commando , What IS the
size of the largest gun in the United States navy?
3. In the Spanish navy2 IGNORANCE.
Admiral Miller commands the Pacific
station, and is now at San Francisco. Ad-
miral Sicard is a member OF the Naval
Strategy Board; Admiral Matthews is at
the head of the Examining and Retiring
Board; Admiral Norton is commandant
of the Washington navy yard: Admiral
Bunce is commandant Of the New York
navy yard, and Admiral Dewey commands
the Asiatic station, with headquarters off
Manila Our cOmmOdOres are stationed
as follows: McNair, Washington; Howell,
commanding the first squadron of the
North Atlantic fleet; Howison command
ant Boston navy yard; Kautz, command
ant naval station, Newport; Remey, COM
mandant naval base of supplies Key
West; Farquhar, commandant navy yard,
Norfolk; Watson, commanding Eastern
station. and Schley, commanding second
squadron of the North Atlantic fleet. un-
der Acting Rear Admiral Sampson; Robe
son is on waiting orders, and Carson COM
mands at the League Island navy yard. 2.
Our largest naval gun is the 13-inch gun.
II weighs sixty and One-half tons, is 10
feet long, and with a charge of 500 pounds