The times., 1899-02-19
NOTES AND QUERIES.

NOTES AND QUERIES.
Which were the larger in Isos. our exports or
our importsI n d. u
The exports were about double the I'M
ports. We sold abroad over Ss50OOo.000
worth OF agricultural products. which
alone exceeded our imports OF all sorts.
1t was a record year.
What is the fastest time ever made by anyone
on ice sSates7 J. l. J. h.
For one mile . minutes IL 3-5 seconds.
| by Tim Donoghue. jr.. made near New
| burg. n. Y, February l. 1887. the
| wind favoring. Under fairer conditions.
J. S. johnson skated n mile in 2:45, at
Minneapolis, January l2. 1895. The record
/ for 80 miles is 423:i3 1-2. and for leo
| miles, 7.1l:3S is.
Please tell me the cause Of the duel between
Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. ]. j. t.
Burr sought the governorship OF New
| York unsuccessfully, and il was to Ham
| iltons opposition that he attributed his
defeat. Smarting under supposed injuries
in that attempt, Burr challenged Hamilton.
| The latter. though repudiating the code as
| barbarous. accepted and the men met at
Weehawken, y. j., July IL. 1904 Hamilton
did not fire. and was mortaIly wounded at
Burr's first shot.
Does the move? C.. H.
1t does and takes its planets with It.
| Modern astronomy has disclosed very
| slow motion on the part OF at least all the
| brighter stars in the heavens. and the COM
| mon explanation OF this is that the sun
has proper motion toward the constella-
| tion Hercules. Like the earth and the
| planets the sun rotates from west to east,
| the period of rotation being about twenty
4 dayS and fe hot I,a
| equatorial regions rotate in less time than
those near the poles.
| Where is the public domain of the United
| States?
| Land belonging to the United States is
what is meant by this term. OF this there
| are, by a general estimate made in Noyem-
ber. 1898. 2S36.757 square miles. OF pub
lie lands subject to entry there are over
| 3O0,OO0.oOO acres, this exclusive of Alaska
| and various lesser tracts. With the ex-
| ception Of possible isolated tracts in Ohio
and Indiana, all of this is west OF .ins
connecting the eastern borders OF Michi-
gan and Florida.
Who was the author Of "Alice in Wonder
land! What was his real name: ,. What geo
logical period was the Age OF Reptiles? g.
| Where are the highest tides in the worlds
| The Rev. C. L. Dodgson. writing over the
pen name Lewis Carroll" 3 The fifth
age. coming after the so-called Age OF
Amphibians and before the Age OF Nam
mails. 1t is represented by the secondary
rocks. 3. In the Bay OF Fundy. where
| they often reach 60, and sometimes 20.
feet. Forty and 5O-foot tides are some
times noted in the English Channel
What is cyanide. and what ia it used torr
hoT many working people ase there in the
| 'Hl'eu states: l. X.
Cyanide is a salt OF hydrocyanic or prus-
sic acid The cyanide made in the largest
quantities is commonly called yellow Urus-
state of potash. and from this Prussian
blue and potassium cyanide are made. Some
OF these are OF great Importance in the
arts, being essential TO electroplating
and photography. Most of them are dead
ly poisons. 2. About 10000, 900, We should
say.
Is there constellation which never sinks into
| the sea- but circles around the polar all
| the year2 ? Who wrote HE prayeth well who
| oveih well both man and bird and beast?'' s.
What great modern composer has built a tril,
ogy of operas Northern Mythology? 4.
| What famous Italian painter became a monk be-
fate?
AS viewed from the northern parts OF
the United States, yes. 1t is Ursa Minor.
?. Samuel T. Coleridge, in THE Ancient
Mariner" 3. Richard Wagner. 4. The
Florentine Betuccio. more generally known
as Fra Benedetto. He was a miniature
painter.
Please give some Of the sayings that went to-
ward making history in our recent war with
Spain For instance, the expression, Don't
Don't cheer, the poor devils are dy-
ing was the remark OF Captain Philip
OF the Texas, and was made
Just as his battleship came
abreast of the Almirante Oquendo. near
Santiago. 1t was Sergeant Anthony who,
in the terrible moment following The ex-
plosion of the Maine, saluted his captain
and said: Il have to inform you. sir. that
the ship has been blown up and is sink
ing" Captain Evans characteristic COM
ment on Spanish craftsmanship was: They
Iddn't hit id thing but the water"
| And Dewey's gunners when the fleet was
withdrawn after the first half of the fight
at Manila. Ostensibly that the men might
breakfast. followed Evans suit in express
ing their lack OF appetite. Commodore
Schley was the first TO use the signal,
Remember the Maine
Please tell me something of Lord Kitchener.
Horatio Herbert Kitchener was the eld-
est son OF Lieut.. Col. II. II. Kitchener and
was born in 1850. He was educated at the
| Royal Military Academy. Woolwich, Joined
the Royal Engineers and was employed for
some time in and after 1874 on the PaIes-
tine and Cyprus surveys. He served. hav-
ing volunteered as a major of cavalry. IN
the Egyptian army in 1852. with the Mia
expedition in 1884, and became governor
OF Suakm in 1886. For his bravery at Han
dub in 1883 when he led the Egyptian
troops against Osman Digna. he was made
aide-de-camp to the Queen and in the sub
sequent fighting he was mentioned~in dis
patches and made c. B. From 1855 to
1892 he held the rank of adjutaut general
in the Egyptian army. and in the latter
year was appointed ~ d. C. to the Queen.
After the taking OF Dongola in 1896 hs
was made K. C. b. and subsequently or
ganized the final Irresistible advance
against the Khalifa which resulted in the
latters utter defeat. For this he was
awarded peerage Baron Kitchener OF
Khartoum and of Aspall in the county of
Suffolk.
What s the price OF aluminium .. How Is the
| ore or clay treated. and where in the United
| States do they treat the ore? J. n.
About 40 cents a pound .. Clay is not
used bauxite and cryolite being more easi-
| H.. I,Il