The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12
NOTES AND QUERIES.

NOTES AND QUERIES.
Is cur national bird an especial sort q easlsf
Yes; he Is the bald eagle. or HalIaetus
leucocephalus.
How much nicotine doe. tobacco cOntaina
J. E. C.
The unfermented cured leaves contain
l.5l per cent. Fermented, or sweated.
leaves hold LII per cent
PRESIDENTIAL elcction2 III A B.
Yes; the women OF Colorado. Idaho.
etan, and Wyoming may vote for Presi-
Dental electors.
o, ws9' was no Cen III s.onsxsll Jackson. chr.tn.
he descended from President Andrew Jaeksons
NICK
Thomas Jonathan. 2. Thir,y-nIne. 3.
No. o
What, in army matters. is the exact rsaninG Il
a camp2 X.
Our Army regulations make a camp a
place where troops are established, wheth-
er in tents, huts, or in biyouac.
Do croecdiles hibernatef CURT
They do in localities where the winter
temperature is cool, -burying themselves in
mud. In tropical Countries having a dry
season they bury themselves and pass the
summer in tu,>or.
What is English literature, according to the
commonly accepted mesnlngl II. d. P
The written or printed expression OF the
thought of EngIish-speaking races, wher-
ever produced. particularly that enaracter-
lied by elevation Of thought and purity OF
style.
Who were the Lake Poetz We
Among those thus dubbed contemptu-
Dusty by the Edinburgh Review" were
Coleridge. Wordsworth. and southey.
What is the greatest loss of life that ever &C.
CURED from the eruption of volearoi
Probably it was that of the eruption of
Krakatoa, OF an island between Java and
Sumatra, from May to August. 1889 The
lives lost are put at over 50. 600.
claims that Bryan received more votes than
Cleveland got in either of his races; also that
Bryan got more votes than any other candidate
.
up to ls96; is he right? II. ID. l..
He is. with over 100000 votes to spare.
Have measurements been taken at Niagara Fails
by which can be told how fast the water Is eat
ing the rock aNzyT W. W
Yes; on the American side OF the river
tae annual recession is about six inches.
The Canadian Fall has eaten back much
more rapidly, the rate al its centre being
1ra Of
In the late war between the United States and
Spain, did Spain declare war? II So which decIar-
ed war first, and on what dates? G. S.
Spain formally declared war on April "a,
1888. and on the following day our Con-
gress passed an act declaring that war had
existed since April q, whea the Spanish
Government SEMI our Minister his pass
ports.
How are the British House of Lords and House
OF Commons spporiioned? CHI
The House of Lords consists of pfsuces.
% dukes. % marquises, 1913 Sarls, % ,-is
counts. 81 barons. Archbishops, "a Bish-
ops, 16 Scottish representative peers. aad
rs Irish representative peers In the Com
mons are 465 members for England, " for
Scotland. 1oS for Ireland. and 80 for Wales.
What language IS Pennsylvania DutehY ". VI.
1t is South German dialect due to the
fusion of forms prevailing in parts of Eu-
rope. chiefly along the upper Rhine. TO
which is added in this country, especially
in Pennsylvania. an English element. 1t Is
not. as many think. either corrupt dia-
lect of German or akin to the broken Eng
fish of humorous dialect writers.
Are workmen who immigraie to this country
and who confess that they have employment al
ready secured ever admitted by the authortiess
ARGUMENT.
Such come under the classification of
contract laborers. and are excluded but ex-
ceptions have been made recently in the
case OF few men brought here to do work
not understood by our domestic mechanics.
for the reason that q new industry was
thereby fostered-
What was the price the Government received for
its per cent bonds seld in 1851? GEO. R.
The loan of s25, OOO, 600 per cent bonds
running ten to twenty years. authorized
by Congress on February 8. was offered in
three nearly equal installments. The fist
sold at from 90.15 TO 1910; for the second
all bids below "a were refused, and the
average discount for the third lot was 1856
per cent.
What are the rules regarding scoring and gen.
eral playing OF quoits2 B0Bs.
The pins are placed from forty-eight to
sixty feet apart. Each player throws the
same number OF quoits. The QUOT remain
ing nearest the pin scores one for the
thrower, and if he has two or three quoits
nearer than his opponents nearest one, he
scores one for each. Ringing the pin sccres
ten. Any number may be taken for game.
What causes the swellings on horses legs known
as spayins? T. C.
Bog spavins are the result Of undue Sc
erection of the fluid that acts as lubri-
cant OF the joiu5s. Bone spavins are due
to enlargement of the bones of the neck
joint. which in time become practically
united with the small bones adjoining.
The trouble is caused by strains-in
draft horses. by those from starting
heavy loads; racers, from leaping.
What explanation do scientists give for the for
mation of coal? o. T. $.
The most widely accepted theory is that
coal resulted from the accumulation of
vegetable matter in peat boys, where it
became subjected to enormous pressure
seem less reasonable lay the accommodations
of vegetable matter to the decomposition
of enormous forest growths or of masses
of marine plants. Goals vegetable origin
is generally admitted by naturalists.
What fort is at the entrance TO New York
Harbor? PRIVATE
The forts guarding New York Harbor
and its entrances are Columbus on Gov
errors Island; Hamilton and Wadsworth,
on opposite sides Gs tie Narrows, the for
mer on Long Island, the latter on Staten
Island; Hancock, a. Sandy Hook; Fort
Wood, Liberty Island; Slocum, at New
Rochelle, on the shore OF Long Island