The times., 1899-02-26


ed on it.
From what State was Zachary Taylor elected
President? p Has there ever been a President
elected from west Of the Mississippi RiyerY
AURORA
Louisiana. . "old Rough and Ready
was the only one. John C. Fremont, CALI
fornia. 1856. and William ]. Bryan. Nebras-
ka. 1886, were other Westerners who came
reasonably near to election.
Is there Government land in Missouri 2.
Where Is the Land Office locatcdi c. G. ".
BY report OF the General Land Office on
July /, 1898, there were 1881 acres of
public land subject to entry and settle
meut in Missouri. There are United States
land offices in the State at Boonville, Iron-
ton, and Springfield.
What denominations of gold coins are issued
by the United States at PRESENT. What have
been issued in the past? . What IS the eapac-
ity of frst.elass eattleshp! 7. D.
Double eagle, $50: eagle. so; half eagle
IS: quarter eagle. $3.50. Three-dollar and
one-dollar gold pieces have been abolished
by act OF Congress. 3 About 5000 tons.
Where can / get full information regarding
liquid air. +. j. C..
on this topic was entitled New Researches
/ in Liquid Air. and was in the Smithson-
ian Institution annual report for 1896. It
should be found in a public library, and
likely would not be found elsewhere. See
also 'MeClure's Magazine" for March.
| After the days balances between banks are
adjusted in the clearing house the nnal bal
| anoes paid IN money or by check4 It. B.
! In money: but only one payment is made
by or to each bank That is. each debit
/ bank pays the amount of its debit on the
! preceding days entire transactions to the
manager OF the clearing house, each credit
/ bank receiving the amount due Immediate
I ly thereafter.
| From what books is navigation studied2 At
| what age do captains Of vessels stop shipping
| apprentices, and what are the average wages
I Of green hand! B. y.
From textbooks of the science. but
/ this is case where experience is an es-
pecially fine schoolmaster- We don't
know that there is any age limit. but a
I majority of budding sailors are in the
teens. as in other trades. About $40
month.
How many tons of coal per day were consumed
! by the first and second-slass batteships prior
! TO the naval sortie" made by CeTyers?
] IL +. D.
| The Massachusetts,, first-class battIeship,
! consumed about 90 tons a day in sailing
/ at squadron speed; the Texas our only
/ second-class battleship, burning about 20
| tons daily in the same service While
! waiting for Cervera to come out fires were
| kept burning. but the daily consumption
of coal was probably not more than half
that for squadron speed.
! The Tempest any prototype in any other Of
| shakespeare's writings! j. p.
| No; nor in anyone else's work. By CON-
mentators he is classified as a being with
out example or parallel in poetic invention,
| as degraded in mind as well as in moral
affections. below the level of humanity and
! yet essentially and purely pOetical in all
/ his conceptions and language; creation
| to whose originality and poetic truth every
| critic from Dryden downward has paid
| homage"
Can you tell me where the Delaware Indians
| now live? C. ID.
The main body of them is now incorpor-
ated with the Cherokees in the Indian Ter
| ritory, and some of them are in Ontario
Canada. Originally they held New Jersey
and the Delaware Basin. but they began
| 10 settle in Ohio before the French and
remnants of other tribes and at the close
of the Revolution were in possession of a
| large portion of Ohio and Indiana. which
by several treaties rapidly passed out Of
| their hands.
| What IS the difference in time At Manila and
here have noticed teiegEms from Manila
| dated ahead OF time received. Il. T. b.
or course you have. The difference in
time is about thirteen hours; that is. when
| 1t is O'Clock Sunday morning in Manila
| 1t is, approximately, s o'clock Saturday
night here. Telegraphic messages from
| Manila come by many different cables and
under ordinary conditions some three
\ hours are consumed by the passage OF a
message So it is possible for you 20 read
here about Manila happening before the
Manila time Of its occurrence.
What was the date OF our first Asltic squad
ron? H. E d.
Captain Bainbridge's squadron, consist
ing OF the Constitution. flagship. II guns;
the Essex. 80 guns. and the Hornet, is
guns may. perhaps. be considered our
| first Asiatic squadron, though it was not
! then called by that name. The Constitu-
tion and the Hornet sailed from Boston Oc-
tober 20 1872, the Essex having started
two days earlier from Delaware Day "a
cruise in Eastern waters The British
ship Java was captured ana ueStFOyeQ by
the Constitution OFF the coast of South
America. and the squadron sailed for home
reaching Boston February y, 1919. The
Essex had not Joined the other vessels.
Is there good market in this country 70
isingllss, and ii SO, where is il? . What quail
ity Is required to be Sllable! s. l. the valu
reckoned by weight by measurement 4. Is
good, big vein Of isinglass yaluablel Il. Ne. C..
Yes; mica of good quality is readiI!
salable. Manufacturers of stoves are tn,
chief consumers OF it in plate form, ani
the ground sort. used by makers of wal
papers. is separate industry. ,. Trans
parency is the chief consideration in de
Gliding its value. some sorts being entirel.
opaque and consequently worthless for or
dinary uses. Then. to be valuable, i
should split readily into sheets OF goot
size. Dealers recognize nearly 200 standar,
sizes of sheets. ranging from l IL by
inches TO by 10 inches. 3. Prices ar
reckoned by the pound. but vary greau
with different sizes of the finished prod
| uct the larger sizes being much more al
liable than the small ones. The averag
| price for the marketable sheets is over s
a pound 4. All depends upon the quality
There are very few localities where mar
ketable mica is found. North Carolina ha
extensive fields; there is another in Ne,
Hampshire, and little, generally of POO
quality. is mined in South Dakota. NeV
Mexico. and Wyoming. Strictly speaking
isinglass is a product manufactured froI
the air bladders of fish, seaweed, or othe
gelatinous substance.