The times., 1899-09-03
Thomas Moore.

Il feel like one who sEeads alone some banquet
/ hall deserted
Whose lights have aed and garlands dead. and al
/ but he departedY' p.
Thomas Moore.
/ Did the Rev. Hiram R ReveEs. a negro preach.
j er. once have seat in the United state Senatsf
/ Please give a brief sketch o. bis life
| A FARMER'S BOY.
Yes; he served about a year He was
born at Fayetteville. n. c.: went to school
in Indiana. and after entering the Meth
odist ministry visited many places in the
Mississippi Valley teaching preaching
and organizing churches. At the beginning
OF the war he assisted in organizing negro
regiments.
Was whisky taxed anywhere in the world be-
fore the Whisky Rebellion oi I7sss ".
Yes; it was taxed in these United States
shortly before that-17s1-though this was
the law that led to the Pennsyivania Insur-
rection. In England, as early as 1850. an
excise duty was put on aqua vitae the
name by which whisky was then known.
Duty was paid In England on over half a
! million gallons in 1884. the first year IN
which record Of such payments was kept.
A Well Wisher: The Chief Of the Gov
/ ernment's Secret Service is John z. Wifkie.
Enquirer; Captain Sigsbee was aboard the
Maine at the time she was blown up A.
L.; December Is, 1S4i. fell on Wednesday
v H.. Alfred TennysOn married once His
! wife was Emily Sarah Sellwood. who cut
lived him. NJ. B. H.: BY the census of 1890
the population Of Springfield. No. was H.
500; for 1894. it was estimated at 25.000.
/ and II is now probably in excess Of 90, ,0a0.
\ The city has a system of sewerage. W. c.
/ B.: By our last census the population OF
the country was 51.21 per cent males, 4S.7e
per cent females.
What were the seven wonders Of the world?
| Those of antiquity were the Egyptian
Pyramids. Babylon's gardens, Mausolus'
| tomb. the Temple OF Diana, the Colossus OF
| Rhodes, Jupiter's statue, the PharOs OF
Egypt, OF the palace of Cyrus. Those of
] the Middle Ages were the Coliseum at
Rome. the Catacombs at Alexandria, Chi
mas Great Wall. Stonehenge. the Leaning
I Tower Of Pisa. the Porcelain Tower at
Nankin, and the Mosque OF St Sophia at
/ Constantinople. Various sets of seven are
| given for today's wonders.
What is the source Of the quotation. Eat.
| drink, and be merry, for tomorrow We may die2''
This is too old for its source to be
known exactly. Let US eat and drink for
| tomorrow We die which is from
Cor XIV. 80. refers to a custom Of
Egyptian feasters. 1t was their practice
/ to draw a mummy or other counterfeit Of
dead body around the room before the
assembled guests, while a herald cried:
/ Gaze here and drink and be merry, fer
when you die, such will you be-"
Kindly give short synopsis OF the method
used for refining eottonseed OIL T. ".
The deep brown-red crude oil that comes
from the press is refined by agitation with
a lye containing 3 or per cent OF potash
or soda, heating and letting it stand Then
the lye, with the impurities. sinks and
constitutes what is called cottonseed oil
soap stock. The clear oil is then drawn OF
from the top. Sometimes this process is
repeated. Other processes of improving
and bleaching are also employed at times.
When was the first railroad built in Iowa2
2 What IS the difference between wheat and com
in nutriment for humans? J. r..
In 1855. when sixty-eight miles were
constructed. 2. The analysis OF wheat
gives. of water. 10.5 per cent: ash. Is;
albuminoids, 11-9; crude fibre. is; starch,
sugar, ETC.. 71-9; crude fat, 81 Corn con-
tains 1913 per cent of water, 1.5 Of ash.
10.5 Of albuminoids, 2.1 of crude fibre s9.6
OF starch and sUger products, and "a Of
crude fat Corn does not differ greatly
from other cereals in its food components-
From where does the following quotation,
''To pour oil upon troubled waters Gomez
ENQUIRER
Who first used this common metaphor
We cannot say. Plutarch. who lived In the
first century of the present era. used an
expression of similar purpoFt, and Pliny
described the practice OF divers going into
the water with oil in their mouths To still
the waves. In Bede's Ecclesiastical His
tory" which was written in Latin in the
first half of the eighth century. a use OF
oil TO soothe the sea is described as a mir
acle of God.
What in your opinion is literally meant by
the Bibles saying: God created woman from
the rib Of a mani" p Why cannot one
prove that another is existing2 g. Can person
be hypnotized by being caught unawaTes, or
against his villa ). c. NJ
We do not know. The aim was % point
the essential unity of man and woman
Most folks hold that this proposition is
provable. Advanced agnosties, however,
maintain that man cannot have, or az least
does not have. absolute knowledge of any
thing, and that what is commonly ccusid-
cred knowledge is nothing but impressions
3. Yes, but only in very rare cases
Give 4 short description of the process of ere
nation. R.
Various forms of furnaces are used, the
aim of all being perfect combustion. The
furnace is raised to high heat before the
body is introduced, and the gases arising
at first are either consumed by a second
fire at the base of the chimney. or by
series of cOnduts and valves are returned
to the furnace TO be burned out there. Gas
and coke are the usual fuels. The time
required is from half an hour to several
hours and all that is left of the bOdv OF an
adult is from five to seven pounds Of white
ash.
How is wireless telegraphy accomplished .
What is devitrihed glaSs2 j. l. ID. and II. W.
In a great many ways. the idea being
nearly as old as the ordinary telegraph
The widely exploited Marconi system pro-
duces an oscillating discharge that turns
a vertical conductor, generally attached 10
a mast, into a powerful producer OF cleo
trio waves. BY pressing key the waves
are started in short or long SUGGESTIONS. SO
the Morse alphabet can be used. Reflee-
tors and syntonizing arrangements guide
the waves in the desired direction. in some
degree, and complex and delicate recsiv-
er OF a special sort is employed 2 De-
vitri1ed glass is glass rendered Opaque and
hard like porcelain by long continued heat.
Can ball be thrown so a. to describe a
lateral curve, or otherwise be influenced by the
thrcwer? H
Yes: any up-to-date baseball pitcher has
several curves at his command and pitch
ers throw the ball. II was not. we think
until after investigating scientists saw
these curves accomplished, that they be-
ileyed such thing possible, and the ex-
planation then given was not light reading
Even Richard A Proctor, who could sp-
proaeh scientific topic readably, went