The times., 1899-11-05

It is not The Presidents proclamation
designating a day Of Thanksgiving Is a
suggestion. merely.
Whore is the finest railroad station in tho
vor.d2 q
st. Louis. Boston. and Glasgow are
claimants OF this distinction with recently
completed structures.
Please give me the explanation why the TWEEN
tIeth century doesn't begin until January T. IaCI.
Because the first century ended with The
close Of the year 100.
Hterallyf
Many do; a person may fairly be classi-
ned as intelligent who is not versed in
that higher criticism before which this
story Of the worlds beginning falls.
What is the symbolic significance Of tho rlhy.
and for what month is IL the gem MARY.
The ruby is thought Cby fooIsl 10 over
come all injury arising from the unkfud-
ness Of friends, and is taken iby other
foolsi as the gem for July.
How long has France used Devil. Island .s
prSons H
Since 1885. when Napoleon III sent over
batch Of Republicans. leaving them the-s
with materials with which to make their
own barracks.
Is not America first in the production O., sold
and siyer5 R0p
No. Australasia and the south African
Republic exceed US in gold production ana
Mexico outdOes US in silver
What is the louses, distance over which any
on. one can taik By telephone at tie present aae in
From Austin, Tex. to Bangor. Ne. 2soo
miles.
SAYS that enlisted mea in tine United states
Army and Navy can vote 10 tEfv uar- o.. B
that they cannot Which IS Hsatt Ills
Texas, South Dakota. Indiana. and Non
tana are the States that forbid their voting
The others do not
Why Is 1t that burning elly ia making tress
turns it Eeds HlKTT.
This is because Of the presence i'm the
clay OF a small percentage OF iron oxide.
When this is abundant the clay viii burn
blue, almost black CIays that contain
lime and no iron burn white.
Where can I get copy of tie Uu5-.5 Ststss
census law and the rules and regulations govern
ing census-tsslng IN the United s5atCss
G.. C. IT,
It is not printed for general distribution.
we think but possibly the Director OF the
Census will send you copy on application.
Is not the present centre of population of the
United states IN the State Of Obi0z l.
No By the last census il was in Indf-
ana, twenty miles to the east Of Columbus.
The coming enumeration viii probably dis
close that it is stiu in Indiana between
Columbus and the States western border.
From 1860 to 1880 the centre OF population
was in Ohio.
food Of May 81, 1850 p Has tde city ever
been rebuilt? JACK
The exact number OF lives LOST was never
known, and estimates ran as high as 5000.
but careful reckoning made by JohnstOwn
folk put iL at 2,1f2 .. The city has been
rebuilt, and restored TO It's former pros
perity, with ample safeguards against a
repetition CT the disaster.
When did Prince Jerome Baulparte marry Hiss
Patterson, Of BsltimOret on what legal points
was the marriage declared null and void bv the
civil courts Oi Fraucef j. j.
They were married in Baltimore. fu 1903,
while the subsequent King OF Vestpha'fz
was on visit to this country Napoleon
had not given his consent to the mar
riage, and in 1895 he ordered 10 aunulled-
He had other plans for his brother. who
two years later married daughter Of The
King Of Wurttemberg.
You recently stated that Jhere were 3,0asa79
silver dollars coined in is9t Secretary Carlisle.
in his statement published some time DO 1855 tor
isg6} said that there 19G silver GGaf- coined
in 1904 How Is thisy J.. A. W-
The answer you quote was for the caleu-
dar year of 1894, and Is c0rreet- Secretary
Carlisle's figures were for the fiscal year
ending June 80. The coinage of silver dol
lars for that period. according 10 the Di
rector Of the Mint's report for 1881 page :,
was 75S.
What is the meaning Of the words .-commaul.5''
and Communicating used frequently iH the
war reports from South Africa . What are the
meaning and pronunciation % .'kopies
A commando" is a force OF BOer burgh-
ers OF soldiers ordered out for military ser
vice. Communicating is ordering bUrgh-
ers into immediate military service. OF
seizing for the use of the Commandos sup
plies and stores. >. The meaning is a knob
or hilIock and it is pronounced kop-yi,
accent on the hrst syllable.
What Is the proper pronunciation Of parass 2
" hat were jEe hirrhplaceS et ieTd Kitchener,
Lord Roberts, Lord Wo-clcy, and Sir kafiv1rs
Butler, and the battles Tor which -Ez are Fr'n-
Cipally HCtgdt a. d.
Accent on the first syllable, "e" like the
second "e' in element. . Lord Kitchen
er's best campaign was that leading ID
Khartum He was born in England. Lord
Roberts was born al Cawupur India and
his most noted exploit was the relief of
Kandahar. Lord NOlseley was born near
Dublin Ireland. Buffers birthplace was
in Devonshire England. and h. was con
spiCuOUs in the Ashautee. kaftir. and Lu.u
wars Lord Wolseley is q paper soldier
Please describe the process hv which photo
graphs are .epTCdUeed .u magazines laa news
papers. j. VI"
This is done by photo-engrayiug. the
methods being generally similar 10 those
employed in making ordinary cuts from line
drawings. The mat Of the halt-toue process
is obtained by making the Photographic
image through a transparent screen 0t
fine lines This breaks up the image into
D mass of fine dots, varying according to
he amount Of light composing the different
parts OF the image. This dotted effect is re-
tanned. OF course. in the subsequent etch-
ng with acid. For different grades of work
various processes are followed Books are
IN print that describe them fully.
What is the origin Of the term "I-ln BlET'
?. What is the significance OF Che term -HadGs
,iveHdI' applied To- the Alaskan hgrmdar. tlle--
lunt g. Where Is Moidavlat . H1 was AurrHy
Belrdsley and where can I obtain fIli Information
as To has career and his relation tH lrtr W Iir
IS Russia called The Bear. g. Why IS Tine
fruit of the sycamore called the maHseg-Hgc. 9.
Who was Zaphar, the Naamari-i-e-