The times., 1899-06-11


at 1.500.0 100000. OF these 100000 600 are
put down as Christians.
Which Of cooper's books constitute The
Leather Stocking Talesi' JESSIE
THE Deerslayer." 'The Pathfinder"
The Last OF the Mohieans, The Pio-
neers." and THE Prairie
What engagements in the war With Spain and
the present rebellion in the Philippines should
be called battles? r. W. NJ
The naval fights on Manila and Santiago
were battles. and the land fighting al FL
Caney and San Juan. In the Philippines
most Of the fighting has been Of the skir-
| mish or bushwhackiug order.
Please state the various courts held in the
| United States, State and Federal. o. J. L.
The United States courts are the district
courts, circuit courts. circuit courts Of ap-
peals, the Court OF Claims. and the Su-
preme Court. The judicial systems Of the
| various States are very diverse. agreeing
! only in having several classiications Of
| tribunals.
Who has received credit for destroying Ger
| vera's squadron. Sampson or Schley? c. F.
The Mckinley Administration has, for
| some unexplained reason. done what IL
| could for Sampson, but the American peo-
| pie have almost unanimously decided fer
| Schley. Schley, It will be remembered.
| commanded the American fleet in the bat
| tie, SO this is not strange.
How can such ink as Is used on backs Of play
ing cards. a good substitute for it, be made in
red, green, and blue? 5.
These are photographic inks for which
there are many formulas. II you want to
| experiment, use four parts of soap. twelve
parts of wax. and four parts OF tallow to
one part of coloring matter, using carmine
for red, indigo for blue. and mixture OF
blue and yellow for green.
What accounts for the report that follows the
discharge Of shotgun? OSGO0D.
The sudden formation and expansion Of
gases into which the powder is converted
by chemical action Because OF the tre-
mendous power OF cannon the fact is Oft
en- overlooked that Just as the expansion
gun, so the expansion OF gas is the pro-
pelling power Of a half-ton missile that
goes ten miles or more.
Why was brass discarded in the manufacture
of guns7 2. How can brass be melted without
a regular blast? VIII acid do it? 3. What coun-
try produces the largest amount Of silki ]. s j.
Because It had not strength enough to
Withstand large charges OF high explosives.
2. Nitric acid will dissolve il. but the only
way TO melt it is to heat 1t and many hun
dred degrees of heat are needed. g. Chin;
between them China and Japan furnish
more than half of the worlds supply.
Docs an alien become citizen when ne takes
out his naturalization papers? 4. F. R.
An alien is not fully admitted to eiti-
zenship until he has resided continuously
within the United States for five years and
for one year within the State or Territory
T-h her bee
States he may vote after having declared
his intention of becoming a citizen and
having complied with the requirements of
State laws that are imposed on native
voters.
1 have a valuable book that has been dafaced
on the margin with writing fluid. Can the stains
be removed? Ii so, describe process. 5. B. j.
It is more than likely that these stains
cannot be removed, but it will be worth
while to experiment on a very small spot
with one or all OF the following ink eras-
ers: Mix equal parts Of oxalic acid and
tartaric acid in powder. To use, dissolve
a little of this in water, dampen blotting
paper with it and apply it to the stain.
Oxalic and eitric acids may be similarly
used, and so may cream of tartar and cit
ric acid. The first Of these mixtures is
poisonous.
Kindly give me few biographical facts relat-
ing 10 Lew Wallace. 7. 5.
Lewis Wallace was born at Brooksville,
Ind, April 10, 1927; was a lieutenant in
the Mexican war; afterward became law
yer and practiced until 1851, when he be-
came Adjutant General OF Indiana. Later
he was colonel of the Eleventh Indiana,
and was successively brigadier and major
general of volunteers. He was on the COM
missions that tried Captain Wirz and the
assassins of President Lincoln. Later he
held several positions in the Government
service, and when not thus engaged deyot-
ed himself to law and literature.
Does a letter-carrier have to pass civil serv-
ice examinatiOn3 ?. May he be under twenty
one? 3. What salary does be receive? 4. Where
can l obtain information in regard to the civil
service examinations? RO.
Yes 2. No 3. He is first appointed
as 4 substitute carrier, which he may re-
main for several months or several years.
While he remains a substitute he receives
81 year and pay for what he actually
does at the rate the man whose place hs
takes would receive. AS a regular carrier
receives $500 for his first year, $500 for his
second year and $1,000 yearly thereafter.
the substitute may be paid at any OF those
| rates, and he may lose considerable time.
4. OF the Civil Service Board of the dis
trict where you wish TO serve.
What is the cheapest and easiest way to se-
cure the names Of all the goTeruors Of all the
States in the United States2 H. H. r.
To cut out this list. which includes al
so the Territorial governors. Alabama,
Joseph F. Johnston; Alaska. John G..
Brady Arizona, y, o. Murphy; Arkansas,
Daniel W. Jones: California, Henry T.
Gage; Colorado, Charles s. Thomas; Con-
necticut George f. Lounsbury; Delaware.
Ebe W. Tunnell Florida, William D.
BIoxham Georgia, Allen d. Gambler:
| Idaho +. Steunenberg; Illinois, John Z.
Tanner; Indian Territory, Samuel NJ.
Mayer; Indiana, James A. Mount: Iowa,
Leslie NJ. Shaw; Kansas. ". E. Stanley;
Kentucky, W. o. Bradley; Louisiana, Mur-
ply ]. Foster; Maine. LlewelIyn Powers:
Maryland. Lloyd Lowndes; Massachusetts,
Roger Walcutt: Michigan Hazen S. Pin
gree; Minnesota. John Lind; Mississippi,
A. j. McLaurin; Missouri. Lon v Steph-
ems; Montana, Robert b. Smith; Nebras-
ka, w 4. Poynter; Nevada. ReiBhold Sad
| Ter; New Hampshire Frank W. Rollins:
New Jersey, Foster NJ. Voorhees,; New
Mexico, Miguel \. Otero; New York, TheO-
dore Roosevelt; North Carolina Daniel L.
Russell; North Dakota F. b. Fancher:
Ohio, Asa 5. Bushnell; Oklahoma, c. ".
Barnes; Oregon. T. T. Geer; Pennsylvania.
William \. Stone: South Carolina.
-; South Dakota. A e. Lee; Ten
nessee, Benton McMillin; Texas. Joseph
D. Savers; Utah, Heber VI Welles: Yer
mont Edward c. Smith; Virginia, ]. Hoge
Tyler; Washington, John R. Rogers; West
Virginia, &. ". Atkinson; Wisconsin. Ell
| ward SColipld. WYOMING De Forrest Rfch-