The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-14

Which is the mos. abundant Of the elements.
/ and which comes next2 8. Y
| Oxygen is held to constitute nearly half
the weight Of known matter. and silicon is
| about onethird Of all.
What is the meaning and derivation Of the
! word Thermopylae? A. r. y.
| 1t is the name of mountain pass IA
nous in Grecian history. and came from
a Greek word whose literal meaning is
| "hot gates"
| OF what radius is per cent curve on 4 rail-
road? 2. What does the contraction and ex-
| psnsion of ordinary railroad rail from the
suns heat amount to in inehesY d. H. l.
| Ore of 1910 feet g. In a rail thirty
feet long it is little less than a half an
| inch.
Where can I obtain information concerning the
Consus OF the United States, such as their num-
Der, location and salaries? CON.
In the "oficial Register of the United
States" 1t can be had of the Superin-
| tendent OF Documents, for 81, or can be
seen at large libraries or at any Custom
House.
I What population given to Richmond. sa.
v3nhah and Denver by the census Just taken and
| by that Of 1890? p
Richmond. $1,000 and 1,sss: Savannah.
1924 and 1879; Denver, 133,S59 and
l06,713. The larger figures are in each
case the later ones. Denver alleges obvi-
GUS incorrectness.
| Is there any record of person eating quail
day for forty consecutive days? 9. In railroadng
what is the meaning OF a trunk line?''
We do not know of any. The most
stirring performance, recorded in this
line is that Of W. S. Walcott, who, in
1883, ate two quails day for thirty con-
secutive days, using pepsin, gastrine, and
| such aids. 2. The main line of a sys-
| TEN.
| have read that Edison's discovery Of the pho
hnograph was accidental. Is this true? ST
| 1t was suggested to him by an accident,
but then much work was put on it before
| 1t was ready for exhibition in compare
lively crude form. He was experimenting
with view to perfecting self-record-
| ing telephone, when unintentional re-
versal OF his mechanism resulted in re-
| production Of the sounds he had sought
to record, and gave kint of the phono-
! graph.
| Have there been exploring expeditions to the
| South Pole az well as to the North Pole!
| CB
Yes. many, though they have not been
so numerous as those that went north
ward.S Cook, Bellinghausen, Wilkes.
| d'Urvil1e, and Ross led such expeditions.
and many whalers made discoveries in
| Antarctic regions, some through definite
plan, others more Incidentally in their
hunting Of whales. The chief scienriiic
| expedition Of recent years was F. A.
| Cooks.
What is graphite9 2 What are its uses7 g.
| Where is it found and what is its commercial
| value! &C.
A form of carbon usually classed as
mineral, but that is believed to be of
! organic origin. 2. For the manufacture
| OF pencils, crucibles, stove polish, and lu-
| bricants, and it is employed as a con-
ductor Of electricity and in coating cleo
trotypers' moulds. 8. Ceylon is the great
source of supply. but it is mined at sew
eral places in Europe and in many more
in this country. Its price is variable,
and at all times depends on quality,
ranging from 500 to $500 per ton.
BY what methods are submarine creatures Sc
cured and brought to the surface? 2 Have search
ers IN tins direction got full line of samples
from the deep sea? CBH
Travis, dredges, and tangles. the latter
merely rope picked into Irvine to he
trailed along the bottom, are the simpler
aids. Then there are nets that can be
lowered open and closed at any
desired depths. traps of similar
character, and not a little of more COM
plicated paraphernalia. 2. No; though
| modern appliances are the best that in
| genuity can devise, they are quite inef-
| fective against forms Of life existing at
! great depths.
| What part Of France did Lafayette come fromf
2. On what ship did he sail when he came to
| join the Revolutionary Army? 3. Where did he
land? 4. How many United States Consuls are
| stationed in France? +.
| He was born in the Chateau de Chara-
| grac. some six miles from the old town of
Blonde in the Province Of Auvergne 2.
| On La Victoire. Our Representatives in
France at that time could not furnish him
| with transportation, SO he bought this
vessel. which with necessary cargo, cost
him 112,0eo francs. 3. At North Island.
| Winyau Bay, about sixty miles from
Charleston. 4. Seventy-nine consular Of
ficers are distributed among the larger
| cities.
| Do our fish authorities do anything in the way
| o! maintaining hatcheres to increase the number
/ OF Holsters in our waters! S. l. McA-
They are doing much. but it is a diff
cult task. The United States Fish Com
| mission maintains hatchery near Woods
Hole Mass, and has liberated many fry.
| But the lobster for several weeks after it
| is Matched swims near the surface she'd
| ding Its shell every few days, and all this
| time is easy prey for nearly all the fish
| that swim. No means have been devised
| as yet to give protection during this Pc
! Rod. and as the death rate is SO high that
| only two Holsters out of 10000 survive it,
| the gain from artificial Matching is much
| reduced.
| When did the Methodists Campbellites. Ad-
| vcntists and Anti-Missicn Baptists arise? T. ~
| The name Methodists was first applied
| to John Wesley and few of his asso-
| cia.es about 1929. The Complexities came
| into notice in 1869, through the Address
| and Declaration of Thomas Campbell a
clergyman of the seceders' branch OF the
| Presbyterian Church. Their first congre-
CATION was formed May 4, 1911. The first
Adventists wero followers Of William
Miller. who. in 1881. began to announce
the speedy coming of Christ The Anti
Mission or Primitive Baptists arose
about 1885. the organization being the
| result of a disaffection that dated back
| to 1872 when the United Baptists first
| We're committed to protecting foreign
| missions.
How much was granted to Protestants BY the
| edict Of Nantes? c. L. r.
1t gave them the right to hold services
| wherever they had organized communities
in France and to establish new churches
| anywhere but in Paris and royal resi-
| dences 1t also permitted them to found
! theological seminares and universities,
and guaranteed that their faith should not
be a drawback in securing promotion to
any military or civil office But Henry