The times., 1899-02-05
NOTES AND QUERIES.

NUIES AND QtEhiE1S-
Docs woman suffrage exist in any Of the British
colonies? y \.
Yes; in Australia and New Zealand.
Who dramati.ed stevenson's '.Dr. JekyIl and Ma
Hyde3' l. /.
Margaret Campbell
How is Senator ouay's name pronOuncsdF
Kway.
Which branch Ct the monkey family mos, zoS1 close
In looks. the chimpanzee. but anatomi-
cally the gorilla.
When did slavery cease to exist in New York;
\. F. 7.
As late as 1920 there were 10000 saves
in the State. while in 1910 the census re-
turns showed the total number to be four.
In what year was the New Orleans Expositiona
The Worlds Industrial and Ccttcn Gen.
tennial Exposition lasted from December
I6, 1884, to May 80. 1885.
o Was I the adfal 9S 5,s whom Dewey defeated DqI5e
Admiral Montojo has not been punished
1 =
ing him for the poor condition CT his feet.
How many Jews are there in the United States;
how many in Palestine, and how many in ths
| world? TATE.
The number for the world is put at
$3.50, ,OCO: for this country. 100000. and for
Palestine from 5000 to $4,000.
| Should the Nicaragua Canal be cut, would the
water Of the Pacific run into the Atlantic, or tho
reversed BER-
The canal is to be built with locks. Nj
caragua Lake. through whica vessels using
the canal route will pass. is over hun
dred feet above the level of the sea.
| What ia the correct pronunciation Of the
| Of Sir Walter Besant. ". II.
1t is said that although in his earlier
years the author pronounced Besant with
the accent on the first syllable, he now
places it on the last.
What is the reason for the Presen, Epidemic Of
| dramatzed novels; CRITIC.
| One reason may be that the novels OF
/ today are essentially dramatic in their
form, and another may be that good play
| wrights are scarce.
How did the phrase, Who struck Billy ratter-
son?'' originatey NJ. B. p.
The question was first asked by a negro
| Minstrel whose custom was TO offer a re-
ward for the man who struck his brother
Bill" Who the striker was is COM
panion mystery to the name OF the song
the siren sang, and to that ether minstrel
show classic, Why Is Hen."
Is it safe TO shoot buckshot from cboke-bored
! gun! .. Has there ever been an afship conf
Ileted, and Is Thomas y. Edison working
| upon one. o. S
| 1t should be entirely safe with reasona-
Bile charges. 2. Yes. hundreds of them.
but none that was entirely satisfactory TO
| its inventor or that gave much promise OF
usefulness. Mr.. Edison has done nothing
! as yet.
What IS the greatest depth at which man
can work in diving dress. !. How i the pres
sure at different depths reekoned De ".
| There are no records in this matter but
divers do not care to work at greater
depth than 100 feet. though we think that
greater descents have been made. 2. To
find tine pressure in pounds per square foot
at given depth, multiply the depth in feet
| by 62.5.
Are there any letters from Christ in esistenecP
Cit RCIIMAN.
There is legend that Mesopotamian
prince, whose name is given as Abgarus.
Acbarus. or Augarus, by various authori-
ties, once wrote letter to Christ and re-
| Ceived an answer. The ecclesiastical his
torian Eusebius claimed to have found
| these letters, and TO have Translated them
from the Syriac. The translations may be
! read in Biblical eyclopaedias under the
head ''Abgarus.'
would he glad to learn the meaning of ths
dominieal letter i'll the chronological cycles.
( DEPART.
The dominical letter is one of the alpha
bets first seven letters. which are used to
mark the relation OF Sunday TO the year
| and to aid in determining the date OF
| Easter Beginning with \ at January !,
the letter that falls to Sunday is that
| years dominical letter, except in leap
year, when it is exchanged for the previous
! letter. Once in twenty eight years any
| given order OF letters is repeated.
Who Won the battle of Shiloh-the Coufed-
| crates or the Union Army! D!SPU TANT.
The Confederates won on the first day,
| the army of the Union on the second.
General Beauregard reported LES killed,
| S,Ol2 wounded, and 959 missing. Grants
| loss was 1,1S5 killed. 1852 wounded, and
| 3,OVO IN prisoners. On the nrSt day the
| Northern army was nearly driven into the
| river During the night 25,G00 fresh troops
| crossed to assist it, and at the end OF the
| second day the COnfederates were in full
| retreat, but their opponents did not press
matters. On the first day the armies were
! about equal, on the second the Confeder-
| ates were outnumbered.
| What age can be considered the moral age, ,
| Can the present age he considered the mental
age? ) What was the climax OF Lutheran
| form? I. I.
Today; men are growing better despite
the howlers of calamity. ., Yes. 8.
IL is hard to say exactly when the climax
! was reached, but probably June, 1926. is
| as important a date as any. The Diet
| of Speisr resolved then that each state so
live rule. and conduct itself as it shall
| be ready TO answer God and his Imperial
| Majesty This was practical acknowl-
| edgement that there was no prospect of
bringing the Lutherans back TO the old
faith.
| How many hospital stewards are there TO reg
( imcnt? >. Is the Episcopal Church an ofshO0t
| from the Catholic, and il not, why j. it called
Protestant! l. $. r.
1t depends on circumstances. One to