The Washington times., 1901-09-29
NOTES AND QUERIES.

NOTES AND QUERIES.
How long since Prince de Orleans and the Couas
| OF Turin fought duelf
| They met August Is. 1897.
g., How s,s much is the daily cost of the Boer war
| ior Engiandf II. c. II.
About S6o0. co.,
n,,., hsy did the phrase IN cOon's age. orisi-
In the popular belief that the coon was
| very long-lived.
In bringing forward the balance on a bank
| or black?
Red is customary.
| Russia and France?
Russia's peace establishment consists OF
ss5,i4e men, Frances of 519.S70 men
How long has electricity been used in treat
| ment of the sck9 Az
Since about 1900. though its use Cor years
was more experimental than scientific.
What is mari? H.
A form OF limestone or more specid-
| cally, amorphous calcium carbonate mix
/ ed with more or less of clay and sand It
| - 'HN.S'V a. u Aet ti4lSei
Is the number Of visitors to the Buffalo Exposi-
| ton increasing or otherwise7 . How many peo-
| average? G.
Increasing. 2. Aobut soeo.
What year was the largest number Of bales Of
| cotton grown and what the number?
| In 1899; Il. .2s5. $50 bales, of an average net
| weight of 4S1 pounds.
When was President Garfield shot; when
| did he dieF 2 When was Guiteau hanged7
President Garfield was shot on July
2. ISL, and died at EIberon. N. J., on Sep
tember 10 Of the same year. 3 Guiteau
was hanged on June so, 1852.
| What the purpose Of The Hague TreatyY'
2 Who represented the United States in The
| Hague Conference? W ii. X.
To prevent. ..as far as possible. the re-
course to force in International rela-
tons. 2. Seth Low, Andrew d. White,
Stanford Newell. Capt William Croser,
Capt A 7. Mahan, and Frederick Hollis.
Where can one get information concerning the
kind and amount of land open for settlement IN
New Mexico? r. l.. D..
At the United States Land Offices Of
Cruces, Roswell. and Santa Fe. Some
Sc. 600 acres in New Mexico are vacant
and subject TO entry.
Where was Acadia. the scene of Lonstellow's
''EvangelineY'' s. G..
1t was a French colony that took in
the settlements south of the ST. Law
renee. and originally included New
Brunswick. and part of Maine The in
habitants OF the counties of Kings and
Annapolis in Nova Scotia were driven
into exile by George II.
What 10 the salar- ~ Grs. md second
!ieu'enants of United States Navy? j. R. C.
The pay-not salary-is $3.50 year
for lieutenants, and $1,5oo for lieutenants
of junior grade. This is for service at
sea, or on land beyond seas; the pay for
shore duty is 50 per cent of these amounts.
How large sum are you compelled to receive
as legal tender if offered in penniesf l. H. S.
The act of February Z. 1873. reads as
follows:
United States currency legal tender:
minor coin lcoins of copper, bronze or
comparatively. Minor coins are legal
tender at their nominal value for any
amount not exceeding Is cents Z. any one
payment"
What will it cost to get trademark
Twenty-Five dollars, if you act without
aid from an attorney. This you probably
can do successfully after securing from
the Patent Office its pamphlet of rules re-
iating to trade mark practice. The pam
phlet is sent free to applicants.
Why are the Black Hills. OF South Dakota. or
near there, called The Bad LandsF' W. R. ~
Because of the extremely irregular sur
face of the tract, making getting about
in it difficult, and because the region was
for years a natural refuge for Sioux In
dians in their wars with us The term
bad lands is applied to various localities,
and was given by very early French ex-
plorers.
After train gets under headway, does it take
as much steam or power to. keep II going at.
say hfty miles an hour as at FIVE miles hour,
on either level track up grader J. R. T.
The higher speed takes greater power
Clark's formula puts the resistance per
long ton at Sc pounds for ten miles per
hour, and 226 pounds for a fifty-mile
speed.
Is prize offered by any Government or in
dividual for the invention OF perpetual motionf
. Has the rotary steam engine been
brought to commercial use? b. F. b.
No: perpetual motion is a proven i'm
possibility. 2. 1t has been employed in
many hundreds of forms, these in many
cases commendable for compactness, the
ease with which the engine could be re-
versed, and for the direct application of
power; but. on the other hand. and usu-
ally outweighing these advantages. are
the difficulty in employing the steam ex-
pansively and leakage.
What is an anarehistf p = SOCIALISM
n A. c.
A malcontent regarding existing insti-
tutions, looking on them as essentially
tyrannical, plutocratic, or aristocratic.
more especially one who would employ
violence to destroy the existing order.
2. One who believes in or advocates a
theory that aims to secure the reorgani-
zation of society and a more equal distri-
button of the products of labor through
public collective ownership of land and
capital and public collective management
of all industries He does not advocate a
community of property.
In estimating corn yields the Government uses
100 basis for its calculations; what does
the 100 represent, average or perfect crop?
And again, what yield per acre in pounds OF
cotton and bushels of corn, wheat, and oats, does
the figure represent? H.
Neither. but a normal crop. which is
one that is perfect or all that region
may be capable of producing. So in such
conditions as an extraordinarily fine sea-
son, a crop may fairly be reported at over
100. And owing to the different possibili-
ties of different localities, a crop report
of 100 means many more bushels in one
region than in another.
lief, admitted to the final home of the blest?
n. C.. L.
The animals decreed by the Mcslems to
a title in blest abode of the Just are as
follows: 1 The dog Kratim. of the Sew