The Washington times., 1901-06-30

head whales have yielded 800 barrels OF
oil and $500 pounds of fine bone. OF
course. the average yield is away below
What became Of Robespierre after the ..Reigu
Of lerrorT' ? Mai some Of the battles in
which Hannibal took part9 RID
The r3eign of Terror ended with his
death under the guillotine. . Some OF
his great victories we're gained near the
River Ticino, near the Trebsa at Lake
Irasamene, and at Cannae; In Africa, at
Zama, he met disastrous defeat
Are yachts classified from the length OF the
water line2 2 Is length over all Just the hull
or from after end of boom to tip Of bowsprit2
AST-
BY their length at the water Iine-that
IS. the measurement IS taken in straight
line. not by following the curve of the
hull; OF the hull; from stem 10 stern
on deck
Who are the chief diplomatic representatives
from and to the United States Of the Ave most
important countries of the world? Wa. P.
To Great Britain, Joseph H. Ctoate;
from her Sir Julian Pauncefote: to Ger
many, Andrew ID. White; representing her
Charlsmague Tower; from her. Comte
Cassini to France. Horace Porter; her
Ambassador here. Jules Cambon; to Aus
Hungary. Addison g. Harris, her en-
voy is l. Hengelmuller Won Hengervar.
When a gun barrel becomes bright by what
process can it be made blue again2 F. B. B.
Blueing by neat is a trick requiring
much experience. To stain. dissolve ~
ounces OF hyosuiphide of soda and IL
ounces OF acetate of lead in separate
quarts of water. Mix the two and bring
to boil, using a stone or porcelain ves-
sci Clean the barrel, warm it, and ap-
ply the liquid with a sponge When col
ored, wash, wipe dry, and finish with
boiled hnseed ell.
Where is aluminium found and what is the
process of smelling it? TJ.G.
Clay may be styled an ore of it. but il
is not used as a source of the metal be-
cause its silica is more easily reduced than
is its aluminium. Beauxite and cryolfte
are most used as raw materials. The for
mer occurs in France, Austria Ireland
and in our Southern States. The other
IS mined in Greenland. Reduction is by
Ii SoIhpiiG4tSo Jd eiectroiytic methods, the so
called Hale process being now used gen.
orally.
What is the value of 1-cent commemorative
series postage stamp which, by error on the
part of the engraver, is dated 1881 Instead Of
1901? The S in 1881 is perfectly cle4r to the
raked eye and absolutely indisputable under .
masE.tyins glass DESIRE.
We cannot say; the value put upon such
a misprinted specimen by collectors and
how many of them were to be had. The
few stamps Of this series that We're print
ed with the locomotive upside down were
valued highly. ard the sort you describe
would be salable at a fanciful price, pro-
yided there were but few of them.
What is the method Of making cloth alright.
as for balloons! W. II.
The trick is in the varnish applied to
the SILK For one Varn1Sh, india rubber
is digested for week in oil OF turpentine.
then is heated gradually until a solution
is completed. Next warm boiled drying
oil is added, the whole is permitted to
simmer five minutes and after cooling
is strained through flannel The proper
tions are one pound of rubber to Tx
pounds of oil of turpentine and one gall
lon of drying oil A good quality of boil
ed Hnseed oil, if it has ample time to dry
and harden, is a good balloon varnish by
itself.
Can you give the dimensions of the Hargrave
kite, and particulars of its construction? s
Hargrave was, more than any other
man, the inventor of the box kite, and
his best successes were with its twO-ceH
framework 3xSX1. Over opposite ends
of this were stretched. one band TO an
end, bands of cloth. whose width equaied
the smaller dimension of the framework
This left a vacant strip about the middle
of the kite as wide as each band The
cord was attached to a piece of the
frame tQdt crossed LQe centre or the
kites largest side and that was at q
right angle with the cloth bands. The
spot on this rod on which the cord was
secured was very near the edge of one
band. the exact spot discovered by ex-
pertinent with each kite. Following these
the dimensions were accord
ing to the work to be done.
If potato seed is planted will it s'come trueY'
2. have some potatoes that do not seem to have
produced any seed; if this IS true. how does it
come about? s. When did the potato come into
general use? 4. What has become of such old
standbys as Mercer and Jackson? McC.
No; one seed ball may produce half
dozen different kind of tubers, and cannot
be relied on TO produce the parent sort.
?. 1t may easily be true. In potatoes of the
highly improved varieties. the plants en-
ergy has been directed to creation of tu-
Der to the extent that but few seeds at
most, form. Early varieties nowadays
rarely have seed balls, and many late va
rieties lack them 3. Certainly not until
very late in the eighteenth century. Ma
tive Of Chile. Peru, and Mexico, it was
tury and TO Virginia from Florida by
Spaniards. 1t was recommended for Ire
land as a safeguard against famine but
until nearly the middle of the eighteenth
elsewhere in Europe. A comprehensive
English work of III on gardening men,
tions but two varieties, and these were
considered mainly as a food for stock
From Ireland Ii came to New England.
4. They have been superseded by newer
sorts. Varieties very soon run out.
When, where, and how did Sir Walter Raleigh
die? .. Did the colony established at Roanoke
Island survive him? s. VIII YOU give a bit Of
history concerning Raleigh? FAIRyIEW.
He was executed October %. 1913. at the
palace yard. Westminster. q No; some of
the coIonists returned home and the rest
periShed either by massacre or starvation.
3. He was born in 1852, entered Oriel Col
Iege, oxford, in I56S. but year later en-
rolled as volunteer and for several years
fought in France in behalf of the Hugue-
nOts. Next, after three years of cam
paigning in the Netherlands he sailed for
Newfoundland. but was forced TO return
without landing He shared in suppress
ing the Earl of DesmOnd's rebellion In Ire
land and in governing the province of
Munster and about 15S2 gained the favor
Of Queen Elizabeth. Obtaining from her
patent for new discoveries in North Amer
lea he started an expedition that eX-
plored Pimlico and Albemarle Sounds, and
that returned with such glowing accounts
that Elizabeth made him a knight in 1888
and conferred many faVOrs on him The
Inflated Roanoke colony had no greater
practical result than to introduce potatoes
and tobacco in England. Next Raleigh
was active in opposing the Spanish Arrna-
da and in 1880 he equipped fleet TO
cruise against the Spanish IN the West
Indies In 1892 he was for two months 2
prisoner in the Tower because of a Sc
cret marriage with Elizabeth ThrOgmor-
ton. queens maid of honor. In 1855 he
explored the coasts of Guiana, and on his
After more fighting against the Spaniards
azfn FDH rga