The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-16
NOTES AND QUERIES.

NOTES AND QUERIES.
What is the public debts D. p
On December l it was 81 .3e0. ISL. SOS.
What is the name o, the marriage gOds
r. D
Hymeh.
What has become Of the Pan-ArArican Congresl
that was 20 be held in Mexico? N. n
1t is to meet in the City Of Mexico. next
October.
| Is IL correct to use the word corn a verb In
| the term to corn beef? 2. IL the term cornec
| beef the same in meaning salt beef, and whyf
w. Z.
1t is. 2. No: the corning process is a
distinct affair.
Has Minnesota an official compiler OF labor sta
| tistics7 II so how should he be addressedf z
II has had Bureau of Labor since 1887.
which doubtless has gathered statistics. Its
headquarters is at st. Paul. and Martin
F. McHale is it's chief officer, with the IL
tie of commissioner.
Is "peeler, now used to designate policeman.
and whgt is the derivation OF the term2
It began with the reconstruction of the
London police force by Sir Robert Peel,
and Is largely replaced. in England by
Bobby" and here by cop" and copper"
How big is Yellowstone Park? c. II. e.
It includes S.Sf2 square miles. nearly
as much as Rhode Island and Delaware
together. and has been set apart for pub
lie use by act of Congress. Its mountains
are not extremely high ones. 11.2O0 feet
of elevation being about the limit.
Can a male child born to American parents
| while travelling in foreign country be a cam
| didate for President. and IL elected could he
| take his seatT 2. Can child OF foreign parents
born in the United States. and who reaches his
twenty first year vote-his parents having never
taken out naturalization paperss
Yes; he is an American citizen. 2. Yes.
children learn? D. T.
The rule. which is proven by many ex-
ceptions, would seem to Indicate merely
| that IT. is the most difficult letter sound to
learn. While many children substitute the
sound Of w. Cinnamon replace r." with
/ "i''
When were the Knights Of Labor first formed.
and with what trade did the organization begin?
| Men.
| The Garment Cutters Union. Of Phila-
delphia, was dissolved early in December.
1869. and some of its former members met
on the 2Sth of that month and organized
as the first association Of the Knights.
Why is the Hessian fly so called. and what wiz
kill it? J. n. O.
| The name came from the belief that the
| insect was brought here by Hessian troops
Il -1-itb tha ~, In ho Rav0-
luton Parasitic insects kill quantities Of
| them, and burning the stubble OF the grain
| field in the fall will help to check the pest.
Why should drawing the long bow be con-
| sidered to describe liar? ACCURATE
| 1t doesn't, but is used to signify the
act Of lying. The force Of long bows ar
| row depended on the strength Of the arm
| that drew it. and tine saying you quote Is
| applied to statements whose exaggerations
\ depend solely on the strength OF the max
ers Imagination
Who was the discoverer OF the like cures ike
principle OF homeopathy?
Hippocrates, a distinguished Creek
physician. who was born $50 B. c.. an
nounced the principle, but his knowledge
of what drugs would accomplish was very
limited. and its application came to
complete disuse. Samuel Hahnemann
again put ii forth in 1886. and is account
ed the founder of homeopathy.
Has the burning glass suggested to inventors
field for discovery TRACY.
Yes; many inventors have Experimental
in utilizing the suns rays in cooking and
in driving engines. FrenchInen have been
especially studious in this direction, and
our own Ericsson spent his last years
and most of the fortune derived from
former inventions in devising solar en-
CINE to be used when the earth's coal
should become exhausted.
When England transported her convicts. was
the death penalty awarded to those who returned
before their time was up. When dld the
Niagara dry? g. Was the suspension Bridge
at Niagara wrecked? I. A. Z.
Such return was punishable by death
until 1884 when a law was passed making
the penalty transportation for life. 2.
a blockade Of ice in Lake Erie made the
river nearly dry March 20, 1913 8. The
Suspension Bridge built at Queenstown
Heights in 1876 was wrecked in 1866 By
floating ice and tornado
What is the average rainfall Of the States along
the Mississippi and in the entire country?
A. R.
The annual rainfall in Louisiana ID
about fifty-one inches. its coast district
exceeding this by fully Ave inches, and
fifty-six inches is about the average fall
in Mississippi. To the northward there
is a decrease, the precipitation in Min
nesota being about twenty-eight inches,
and in Wisconsin thirty. The average an
nual rainfall for the country is put at
26.7 inches.
What is meant or accomplished when an in
ventor files caveat? = Is the Patent Office
source OF profit TO the Government? A. L.
A caveat is a notification to the Patent
Office of an inventors claim. and is
meant to prevent the grant OF a patent
to another for the same invention Very
often an inventor files caveat that sets
forth the aim and chief characteristics Of
his invention, and asks protection OF his
rights until he shall have matured il. Such
a caveat is filed in the office. kept secret,
and holds for a year. 2 Yes; its surplus
is about II per cent of it's entire receipts.
How are supported in the Soldiers
Homer .. Must pensiOner entering make
over his pension 20 the institution? How should
one apply for adInisson?? T. r.
About 1850 Q No; he may assign it, in
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