The times., 1901-05-19

ba ne United states; Including Alaska.
| Canada's gross area is 3,65S.9i5 miles.
What Is the size Of the University Of Virginia.
Statcs2 n NJ
1t has So students. against ass for
Harvard Harvard the most populOus OF our uni
Who are the authors Of the following: asin
has many tools bat lie is handle that att
mem an and 90 Conscience is the voice Of the
| soul; the passions. of the bodyg' L.
Oliver Wendell Holmes 2. Jean Jacques
| Rousseau.
bets that the Irish Home Rule bill passed
the House Of Commons and was rejected by the
re;estoa nGuse 0, l. Lords; . bets that the bill
Iejeeted by the House Of Commons and did not
go before the House Of Lords Which is rieht9
Alb.
A is right. The Gladstone bin passed the
Lords
How can one wheel of locomotive or car, be-
ing fastened to its axle, cover track in tax
al az the other end? 2 Which side DO the wheels
bind 10 in the curve2 "
IL slips enough to make up the differ
ence between the length of inside and
outside rails 2 To the outside. eentrifu-
gal force holding the fanges of the outer
wheels tight against the rail.
What, where, and when was the first daily
newspaper published in the United States2
WIS
The american Daily Advertiser" pub
lication of which began in Philadelphia in
ItS4- Prior to this there were many week e
hes, and in New York. during the occu-
patton OF that city by British troops the
days of publication of four different pa
pers were so arranged that the public had
a newspaper each day.
What is the epitaph on the tombstone of Ben
iamin Franklinf JJS
The Body of Benjamin Franklin.
Printer Q4ike the Cover of an Old Book
its Contents Torn Out and Stript of its
Lettering and Gilding). Lies Here. Food
for Worms; but the Work Shall Not be
Lost, for it VIII (as he Believedl Appear
Once More in a New and More Elegant
Edition. Revised and Corrected by the
Author"
Was the Spanish cruiser Reiua Mercedes ever
IN action with the Americans? When, where, and
by whom, and under what circumstances she
sunk7 2. When and by whom was she raised?
g. What are her dimensions? A-E.W.
Yes; she was sunk by the fire of the
American feet before Santiago in IlIy
1888. 2. By wreckers, assisted by Gov
ernment tugs, on March 2. 1899 3. Length,
27S feet. 10 inches; breadth, 42 feet inch
es; depth, 16 feet inches.
Are there any measurements of the speed Of
the shock generated by earthquakes? ]. E
Earthquake waves are of two sorts; the
compression, in which the particles of the
transmitting medium move forward and
backward, and the distortion, wherein the
particles moves to and fro in a direction
transverse to the radical direction. The
former sort is the speedier In the case
of the Charleston earthquake of 1886. their
velocity was about 1900 feet per second
viii you tell the circumstances connected with
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it believed to be suicide? MS.
When, in 1856, he had become a maniac
and had been aePOseti. ne was taken
prisoner to a castle, where he was under
the immediate care OF one Dr. Won Gud-
den, with whom he was extremely amia-
BILE This misled the physician so that on
the second day of their stay he consented
10 walk alone with the madman. Near
ing the shore of a shallow lake. Ludwig
rushed in, and when the doctor followed
strangled the physician. a few minutes
later the mailman drowned himself.
By what method should one proceed to trace the
genealogy of a family that can be traced back
seyenty-hye years but where no record as to its
can be obtainedY Z. T
The usual method is to seek information
of anyone and everyone who would be
likely to know the particulars you lack.
Experts advise the searcher to be shy OF
family traditions, accepting, instead, what
a parent may write of his own children,
such public records as wills, mortgages,
and deeds, letters. church records. and in
scriptiOns on tOmbstones. In the ascend
ing line the ancestors double in every
generation. so that by going back twenty
it will be lvcud that every
man has over million ancestors
Was Bell really the discoverer of the principle
of conveying sound over strings and wires?
g. Was the discovery made by accident. or was
with the ends taken out, with stout paper
wrapped at end OF each can, and cotton
string attached to button inside OF each can,
made apparatus called telephone; how long
before electricity was appliedY j. Z d.
No; he discovered a method and in
vented an apparatus for producing and
utilizing electrical undulations similar in
form to the vibrations Of the air OF sound
waves. That sound could be conveyed by
a rod or a tight cord had been known for
many years. ? 1t was worked out; Bell
was professor of Boston University. and
for years had occupied his leisure In
working on the telephone problem 3.
To like instruments the name telephone
was given by Wheatstone about 1910. and
the idea of transmitting speech electrical
ly was advanced a. early as 1854.
Pleases name the States in each Federal cir
cult. and the circuit judges c. C. r.
The first circuit consists of Maine. Mas
sachusettS, New Hampshire, and Rhode
Island, and the justices are lie Baron 3.
Colt and William L. Putnam. Second,
Connecticut, New York. and Vermont;
Lacombe and Nathaniel Shipman. Third,
Delaware. New Jersey and Pennsylvania:
justices NJ. w. AChesOn. q. NJ Dallas,
and George Gray. Fourth, Maryland,
North Carolina. South Carolina. Virginia.
and West Virginia: Justices Nathan GoR
and c. H SimOnton. Fifth, Alabama.
Florida Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
and Texas; justices. Don y. Pardee, A p.
Mccormick and D. ID. Shelby. Sixth,
Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio. and Tennes-
see: justices, IL. F. Severens, H. II.
I,urton. and w R Day Seventh.
W. A Woods p. S. Grosscup, and ]. G.
Jenkins Eighth Arkansas, Colorado,
oklahoma, Indian Territory, Iowa, Kan
sas. Minnesota Missouri, Nebraska. New
Mexico the Dakotas Utah, and Wyoming;
justices II. &. Caldwell, ". II. Sanborn,
and A. M Thayer Ninth Alaska, Cali
fornia Arizona. Idaho Montana, Nevada,
Oregon and Washington, justices. w. w.
Morrow. w. B. Gilbert. and T. NJ. Ross.
Who are the present rulers Of European coun-
tries? ~ ,
Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria
Hungary; Leopold II, King of pelg' Im;
TX King OF | ermark; Emile LOubet.
President of France: William III, Emperor
If Germany; otto, King OF Bavaria; AL
bert King Of Saxony: Frederick, Grand
Lluke of Baden; Ernst Louis V. Grand
Duke of Hesse; Alexander, Prince Of
Duke of Anhalt, Prince AlbrCcht, Regent
If Brunswick; Frederick Francis ".
Grand Duke of Mecklenhurg-Schwe e.
-egouCy); Frederick William, Grand Duke
II Mecklenburg-S -StrelitZ; August, Grand
Duke of OIdenburg; Ernest. Duke
If Sake Mciningen: Karl Alexander
Grand Duke Of SaXe-Weirnar; Frederick,