The times., 1899-06-18


II this is kept up steadily the eggs will
hatch in twenty days, while IL the heat
is from two to four degrees lower the
Matching will be delayed a day or two.
Were any Of the recruits in the regular army
during the war with Spain received ''ior the
war, or did they enlist for 4 definite peIiod3
t. AND W.
a recruit who enlisted during the war
with Spain could have received his dis
charge at the end OF the war under general
order No. 40, a. G. O., 1898.
Would you advise a young man with little
money TO go to Cuba and enter into businesss
VI.
No; Cuba is not a new country and the
business opportunities for a man with
small capital are not as good as they are
here. The climate. too. Is a serious mat
ter.
Supposing woman born in 4 foreign country
had spent all her life, excepting the first seven
years. in the United States. would she not at
the age OF twenty-six years be citizen Of the
United Ststesf IL. h
No; a person born in another country
can become a citizen only through natural
ization, unless the child of father who 10
citizen of this country.
What is the generally accepted view on the
state OF the dead between death and judgment?
{. L.
There is none; theologians advance many
theories and speculations- Even the Ro-
man Catholic Church commits herself to
only two statements about purgatory; cne,
that there is such place OF expiation; tine
other. that prayers of the faithful help the
souls detained there.
About how much coal per day Is consumed by
| our largest ocean steamers? ,. How long does
| it take 10 from New York 70 Liverpool!
j. F. p
About 500 tons for the ocean grey
hounds" " which are almost continually at
their very highest speed. Freighters that
20 at half this speed consume proportion
| ately great deal less coal. .. About six
days
Are Albinos distinct raee2 NusEE-
No; an aIbino is a person who has
great lack or entire absence of pigment in
skin hair and eyes. This albinism- is
found in both white and black races, the
latter being frequently affected in patches
It may be observed, too. in birds and ami
mails, and the term is sometimes applied to
plants With human beings day blindness
frequently accompanies albinism, which IS
| often hereditary.
win YOU give me a method of making roofing
from coal tar aspIaitums T. j. l.
Boil together coal tar and lime that is
burnt but not slaked. in the proportion OF
| 10 pounds of lime to 100 pounds of tar.
| Apply hot. after the paper has been Tut on
PuIverize the lime by sprinksing 1t with a
| little water and by sitting To avoid the
| tar boiling over. stir the lime in very slow
| ly The tar and lime combine chemically,
and The result is a glazed freproof roof.
Who were the first United States regulars to
| be sent from their barracks TO the SPANISH
American war; W D.
We do not know. The regulars are
shifted about good deal in times of
peace. and doubtless some of the changes
| made before the war began were with 4
| view 10 preparing for fighting The reg
| uIars who went TO Santiago in the first ex-
| pedition under Shafter were the SIXTH
| Sixteenth. Second Tenth, Twenty-hrst,
\ Ninth. Thirteenth. Twenty-fourth. Eighth,
Twenty-second, First, Fourth, twenty
| fifth, Seventh, Twelfth, and Seventeenth
| Infantry; the cavalry, which served dis
mounted. were the Second, Third, Fifth,
Sixth. Ninth, and Tenth regiments, and
| there were also batteries from the First
and the Second Artillery.
| Does vaccination prevent smallpox DER
Not absolutely. but the value of vaccina-
| tion may be Judged from the following hg-
| ures. which were gathered by careful anil
| impartial experts during smallpox cpl
| demic in Chemnitz, Germany. In popu-
| lation of 81 255. 53.S9l had been vaccinated.
5U2 were unvaccinated and 4,t52 had had
! the disease OF the vaccinated, 953, or
| LII per cent had the disease, while OF tho
unvaccinated 2643. or 46.S per cent caught
| it, Then the percentage OF mortality IN
| the vaccinated was 0.73, while with those
l h.l haau
| 9l6 In general the danger OF infection IS
/! six times as great, and the mortality 6S
times as great in the unvaceinated as in
the vaccinated.
How many defined seasons are there in the
| Island of Porto Rico3 .. Is its climate adapted
| to the requirements of people OF northern birth
| who have never lived in hot countries2
In Porto Rico. as in other tropical eoun-
tries the year is divided into two seasons
l-the dry and the rainy. The rainy sea
! son begins in August and ends in Deee1n-
ber The rainfall is excessive, often mum
| dating fields and forming extensive Ia
goons. Although the exhalations from
these lagoons are the source Of much sick
ness Porto Rico is one OF the healthiest
| islands of the Antilles. 2 The climate IS
hot and moist, but less injurious TO white
| people than that of any other part OF the
West Indies. The mountain elevations
| furnish means lOT tStdpe iioAh ~ 4iNS
coast weather On the whole people with
| means to make themselves comfortable
| will probably fare as well. as to health, in
| Porto Rico as in Florida or Louisiana.
Is Kipling's poem, Take Up the White Mans
| Rnrtlen - serious? . What do you know Of Ai-
| nod Austiu's life before he made poet-au-
reate2 s. What Is the greatest height AZ whleh
rIns are placed in Gibraltar, and how are they
managedY r u "
II is serious. . That he was born at
HeadingIey. England, May 30, 1885, thar ne
was educated at Stoneyhurst and ST Ma
rvs Colleges that he was called TO the bar
of the Inner Temple in 1857. and that he
is an ass. 8. The batteries OF the iortress
are nIaced in all available positions from
the sea wall TO the summit which is l,Soo
foot above the sea- The upper guns are
managed like the others, so far as We
know hut they would give n plunging fire
that is. would pierce the deck of YES
sci while the lower ones would strike the
ships sides.
Whore is the Kingdom Of Sarawak. and is it
true that its sovereign is an Ensli~hnan
sarawak is a principality on the north
west coast of Borneo. Ii has an area or
20 600 square miles and a coast line OF
i00 miles In 1912 the territory then un-
der the Sultan OF Brunei was in rebellion.
and James Brooke, young officer in the
East India Company's service. offered TO
restore order II the Sultan would create
him raiah, or prince, OF the district;
Brooke suppressed the insurrection anu
received the coveted dignity with the con-
sent of Great Britain. His family sun
holds the throne. The present Rajah OF