The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

NOTES AND QUERIES.
Is silver legal tender in any amounse az
1t is.
What was the population of Dallas and San A.
Dallas. ss.C67; San Antonio. 1853.
their nsmesl rP W.
Six; George Jay. Edwin, Helen. Howard,
Anna, aud Frank.
Which Is the largest secret order in the United
States? O. What order comes next? A. O.
The Independent Order Of Odd FelIova
2. The Free Masons.
What did the word news come iromf
W. H. g.
From our adjective rev. the French
nouvelles. and the Anglo-saxon niwe.
We're bonds disposed Of at private sale during
President cleveland's Administrator If 50. in
what amount and at what price? P
Yes; sS2.s15. AGO worth. at 1O4 1-2.
What is the significance in parliamentary pro-
eedure OF moving the previous question!
]. C. H.
1t cuts Off debate and brings at once .
vote on the pending question.
Where are the Strait Settlements. spoken Of n
a great source Of tin? c. W.M.
They include some Islands of the East
| Indies and a portion OF the Malay penin-
sula, some $4,000 square miles in area,
with about 100000 inhabitants
| Is our paper money finished and made ready for
circulation at the Bureau Of Engraving and Print
| ing or at the treasury C. c. L
! All the work is done at the Bureau of
| Engraving and Printing except the stamp
Il Of the seal That is done at the Treas
NY.
What ls the address Of the Cumberland Presby-
| terrain University? 2. Milwaukee, population in
1880 was f15.57s and in 1890 Il was 20l i6s-what
was the percentage Of increase and how is It
determined &c.
Lebanon. Tenn. q seventy-six and
eisht-tenths per cent. Rule: Divide the
! increase by the earlier population.
Who were the American Commissioners Who ne
gotiated the Treaty Of Peace with spsin7 2 Who
constitute the Philippine CommissiOn2 C. @. H.
William R. Day. Cushrnan K Davis,
William P. Frye. George Gray and White
law Reid. 2. w. II. Taft, Dean c. Wor-
eester, II. c. Ide. L. E. Wright, and Ber-
nard Moses.
How many United states Senators has Texas
had, and who were they? ". J. B.
Fourteen; Samuel Houston. Thomas ).
Risk, ]. Pinckney Henderson. Matthias
Ward. John Hemphill. Louis T. Wigfall,
J. W Flanagan. Morgan C. Hamilton,
Sam Bell Maxey, Richard Coke. John H
| Reagan, Horace Chiffon. Roger @. Mills,
and Charles A Culberson.
In what part Of Michigan are It's copper minesf
.. Was Marshal McNahon's record In the war with
Germany clean one? G. J. 4.
in its northernmost county, which ex-s
tends into Lake Superior as slender
peninsula. 2. Yes; though beaten and
made prisoner, he was never accused OF
treachery, as were some of the unsuccess-
full French generals at that time.
You refer in recent editorial to the well
known opinion Mr.. Tilden held of Grover C1eve-
and' What was 1t? G. B. R
In conversation with the late Charles
A. Dana shortly after Mr.. Cleveland's
election TO the Presidency Mr.. Tilden
said: II regard Governor Cleveland as
the most selfish politician l ever met
hold that Lawrence Sterne was the author Of
the adage, God femperS the wind to the shorn
lamb and am disputed. Will you decide2
You are right, IN the sense that it ap-
pears in Sterne's Maria" A hundred
years earlier Henri Estienne. however,
wrote proverb in French whose English
translation is God measures the cold to
the shorn lamb
Did the Farmers Alliance originate in Kansasf
3 When was the first English settlement made
in Virginia. 8. In what States the Bad
Lands which the Sioux used as refuge?
W. A. @.
No; it was first formed in Texas, it's
chief object being opposition to wholesale
purchase of Government lands. Kansas
saw its greatest political victories. 2. In
1907 at jamestown. 3. In South Dakota
and Nebraska.
What is a suitable substance for small flter,
one that will last? 2. Will snow evapoTate?
J. ". O.
Fine sand, sandstone, charcoal, ashes
tos, u unglazed earthenwaTe All of
these will come in time to need cleaning.
Reversal of the current of water will suf-
flee to do this in some cases, but entire
renewal Of the material is surer and safer.
The earthenwaTe may be sterilized by
heat 2. Yes, even at very low tempera-
lures.
coverers ever identified with certain locality'
.. What was the source OF the stories told about
its riches? E. L
The Eldorado OF these tales was not
place, but very wealthy king Of some
island city in the northern part OF South
America Neither he nor his city was To-
Gated. 2 Indian legends and the tales
OF voyagers who returned from wholly
unknown regions were the source OF the
stories.
BY what process is wood made into paper, and
what kinds OF wood are usedl 3. What kind Of
paper does it maker D. W.
It is ground to pulp and usually mixed
with more or less of wood fibre. This
latter is obtained by chemical process.
the wood in chips, being digested in
steam-heated watts under the action Of
alkali or acids. The succeeding processes
are much the same as those for other pa
per stocks. . Spruce, pine. poplar, and
hemlock are the woods most used. News,
book. and the cheaper grades of miscel-
laneous papers are the product
Who was the first poet-laureate OF England, and
when was he appointed? ?. Who has the legal
right 20 name child. the father or the mother!
y. 7.
Ben Jonson was the first to be off,