The times., 1899-12-17

line on bees
Sugar. honey or moIasses
When and whore was the batu,-h'p I.gs 59a.r
By the Cramps at Philadelphia. Her
/ Keel was laid ia 1893. and she was launched
/ March IS 1886.
Docs Hs ceyeramegt own tie Land alees -fe
/ scaeoasJ above higa ude2 h h ~
1, does not.
+ According a. statistics utst per- cont .f tr--
/ ness nan and what per cent 81 farmers -sgesea
/ in thcl- calling a g.. r.
There are no statistics on The subject
4 a SAYS there are as many Indians iu America
/ al present ls thele were when t1llub1s Us
covered America. SAYS there are uef g- u.lny
I Io sttie dispute. wih ygu teN va3es IS ecr.
rectt
is right. No one knows bcN many
/ there We're IN 1892 but since anything has
bseu known OF them their numbers have de-
creased greauy.
Where did Edgar Allen Pee dies WIRE
AT Baltimore. October 2. 1888. Of daIiriun
/ tremens. He had been found unconscious
in a liquor saloon THAI had been used that
day as a polling place TIE surmise was
that after becoming intoxicated BE bad
I
duced to vote az various places.
Is there any way 10 find whether 5r not
{ Photographic pl-nt IS permanent
There is none that viii be- more satisfas-
tory to you probably. than the old rule for
/ Distinguishing mushrooms from toadstools.
for the way 10 tell Is TO cut the print in
/ two, expose one part to sunlight and keep
/ the other in the dark. After a time com
parison Of The two parts viii tell the story
What is the best way to clean piano ksy.s
Their disColoraJion is usually due TO the
absorption by the ivory Of grease from the
fingers. When this is the case. the keys
can be restored to very nearly their oigi-
nal color and without removing them. By
covering them with paste made % whiting
and lye, leaving the paste ON for twenty
four hours Try first small space on enc
key as a test.
John the Baptist IS spoken oi iu ,ac Bible, as
having eaten "Locusts and honey VIII yqu
please explain what is meautt ErTSk.
Locusts were used for food I'm the East
in various ways, preserved with salt boiled
with butter dried ard ground 70 q powder
and are stilI eaten there.
What was the Diss De Bar scandal. How old
was the woman and what have been her recent
whereabouts2 WM e.. T..
Mrs. Diss De Bar was a spiritualistic
medium who had hoodwinked Luther r.
Marsh, wealthy New Yorker. After
trial lasting over two weeks she was sen
/ teBeed to six months Imprisonment. which
/ she served. Since then frauds pTaCticed
il Ter name have been heard Of from tins
to time from Southern cities. and her death
was reported not long go. She was o.
middle age and is probably sjill alive.
Please publish a list of forty II the greater
star of the theatrical profession. o Ii-r COM
posed Of both men and women DESTROYS
Maude Adams, George Alexander. Julia
Arthur, Wilson Barrett, Sarah Bernhard
Mrs. Patrick Campbell Kate CIaxtOu Be
mott C.. COquelin. W. Fl. Crane Frank Dan
iels, John Drew, Eleanora Duse. William
Gillette y c. Goodwin. Jane Hadiug De
Wolf Hopper. Sir Henry Irving May Irwin.
Mr. and Mrs. ". ". Kendall Lily Lang
try, Minnie Maddern Fiske. Richard Mans
field Julia Marlowe Helena MOdiCska,
Clara Morris, Ada Rehan, Stuart Robson.
Annie Russell Sol Smith Russell. TOmas0
Salyiui. Agnes Sorma, e II. SOthern, Will
lam Terriss Ellen Terry Denman ThOmp-
son, BeerbOhm Tree. Francis WI son. z. ).
Willard, Charles Wyudham.
How are zinc etchines made from pen fraviuss2
For Instance, how could hanGwritiugs be- repro
dUcCd by photo process ls there any way of
Dhotographing direct on zinc and then burning
the surrounding surface down with nitric acIdt
SUBSCRIBER.
What is called collodion negative is
first made of the drawing OF writing This
gives clear, white lines on a black ground.
Then a polished zinc plate coated with a
sensitive solution is exposed 10 light be-
meath the negative. The coating OF the
plate In lines corresponding TO those Of the
drawing is made insOluble- The rest Of the
coating is then washed away the back and
sides Of the plate are coated 10 resist acid
and the plate is plunged into acid The
result is a plate from which prints can be
made in an ordinary press This describes
D the process roughly In any large library
you'll find books on the subject.
Which is ,he longest bridge in tine uorldz .
| Which l. tie nEhe-r D. Which was tle cus--lests :
/ g. When was the Tower Bridge 10 London b,Iiit.
aud 30 when the View York and BIoqAyu Bridge
y. T.
j The bridge across the Tay. az Dundee.
Scotland; length 10.700 feet. .. The Cara
Z bit Viaduct. over the Truyere, in the south
= / Of France; clear height above water. 356
feet Next 20 this is the Kinzua Viaduct, in
/ Warren county, Pa, 301 feet 8. The Firth
/ bridge at Queensbury, Scotland. probably
It cost $f6. .250. 600. More than this has been
of the expenditure was for alterations. T.
From 1885 to 1894. 3. From 1870 20 1885.
Where does this quotation come irem, Time
and tide wait for no mani tLib.
An Old Latin proverb Of Ovid runs
d Neither shall the wave. which has passed
on. ever be recalled; nor can the hour.
d which has once fled by. return again.
o. Then Burns wrote Nae man can tetheF
time or tide" and William Somerville put
. il: But time and tide for no man stay
Who first used the current wording is no.
known.
Christian Gross. also church steeplts and NINA
( retst The designs of both must have been taken
! from something. The cross probably -ntec2tct
the crucidxiou OF the Saviour. A. F. s
The significance that the cross has for
Christians dates from the Crueihxion.
| Previous to that time its significance was
OF a radically different character. for In
various forms it was used for inhietIns
the death penalty. and especially on slaves,
I or the vilest malefactOTs. Church steeples
now serve an ornamental purpose. as well
as in many cases, supporting the bell that
| summons wOrshipeTs. From the minaret
/ of the mosque. tCO, the Mussulmau is sum
moned to prayer but instead of q bell
there is an official who stands in one 0i
the galleries facing Mecca and chants the
/ call Eve times in every tWenJy-IouF hours
A. r. F.. Shells are polished with felt
wheels and putty powder. or b. pumice
stone aud water, followed by rotten stone