The Washington times., 1901-07-28

Where is the Ninth Cavalry stationed,
i HOOD.
4 At Manila.
wish to write to the Railroad Commission 0
Kentucky; whom shall | address? J. A. @.
| c: C. McChord. its chairman. at Spring
field or Frankfort.
Where may the lines. 20 river. gentle river
gliding on" be foundg r. II. X.
In From the Night Journey of Riv.
er, by William Cullen Bryant
What railroad runs through Granger, wyo; VII,
Is its general manager. and where is its heas
| office? B. W.
The Union Pacific; E. Dickenson. oma-
lia, Neb.
What was the foreign immigration BY eountrie,
TO the United States in the fiscal year 1897
J. L. c.
The countries sending the larger num-
oecs were Italy, 9s. 100: Ireland g. .3f5; Po-
land, 2s,is6, and Germany, 26.ssi. then 23,-
~ immigrants were classified as Scandi-
navian and l5.s3S as Slovaks.
Which State or Territory showed by last vear',
census the greatest percentage of inereaseY 2
Will you give the strength OF Mexico's army and
nayy2 NJ n
Oklahoma. 5is.2 per cent, exclusive OF
| army numbers 5.l03, including over 400
officers. Two unarmored gunboats Of 45l
tons each. three still smaller gunboats s.
and training ship make up the navy.
| Will you name the generals OF the regular
army who are not West PointersY c.
Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A. Miles. Major
| Gems. John X. Brooke. Henry c. Corbin,
and Elwell S. Otis. Brig. Gems. James F.
| Wade, Henry c. Merriam. Samuel B. NJ.
| Young. Arthur Macarthur. Joseph c.
Breckinridge. G. Norman Lieber. Mar
shall l. Ludington, George NJ. Sternberg,
Adolphus w. Greedy. and Fred c. Aims
worth.
What is gambogef 2. When used fuel. how
much natural gas in equal to a pound of coal
". J. II.
| The dried Juice from the trunk of a tree
| that grows in Siam 1t is composed of
resin and gum, about so per cent Of the
| former. and is used as drug and as a
| pigment 2 Seven and half cubic feet
| is not far from the average but natural
| gas Is very variable product, so this
ratio does not hold with all gases
in the new apportionment, what States gain
Representatives, and how many? q Does any
State lose? VOTER.
| Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connec-
ticut, Florida, Louisiana. Massachusetts,
mississippi: Missouri. North Carolina,
| North Dakota, Washington. West Vir-
| einia. and Wisconsin gain one member
each; Minnesota New Jersey, and Penn
\ sylvanfa gain two each, and illinois, New
York. and Texas gain three each 2. The
others retain their former representation.
| No State loses.
| Who invented the turbine waterwheeI? 2 viii
you give the dimensions and particulars OF head
N he Nlagara
tunnel. c. A. II.
The first useful turbine was invented by
a Frenchman named Fourneyron. about
1893. Before that there had been several
inefficient forms of this wheel. 3 Each
turbine consists of two "outward-fiow'''
wheels attached to the same shaft, one
1i1s feet below the other. Each wheel is
63 inches in diameter. and the "advan-
ute. Water at a mean head of 136 feet
is delivered through penstock n feet
in diameter at the rate of 13.S00 feet per
minute. and 5000 horsepower is attained.
What is the pay of officers in the United
States Army? 2. Docs our Government give pri-
vate soldiers who married extra allow
anee? AMERICAN.
Our army pay Is reckoned by the year.
The rates are: Lieutenant general. s110 600;
major general. $500; brigadier general.
$500; colonel. $500; lieutenant colonel.
5000: major. $500; captain. sl.soo. Il
1 L
mounted. 1890; second lieutenant. sf,4eO,
or $3.50 when mounted Up to and IN
Guiding major, officers receive for each
five years service up to twenty years, 10
per cent advance on the original grade
pay, and colonies and lieutenant colonels
receive like advance. except that maxi
mum pay for the one is 81 500 and for the
other $1,000. 2. No.
What is the length Of Il honey bees lief
. How many soldiers were engaged on our side
in the Revolution? g., How is Egypt governedf
c. NJ.
The ages of the three classes workers.
queens. and drones, vary, and the life OF
the individuals of any class may vary
also. Workers wear themselves out in a
very few months. those born at the height
over one month. Drones live six months,
more or less, and queens live usually from
three to five years. 2. 309, Isl. 3. Its
Government is an absolute monarchy OF
the Mohammedan type, though the khe-
dive is advised by Council of Ministers.
1t is tributary to Turkey. and under mill
tary occupation and financial and politi-
cal control of Great Britain.
Will you give the origin OF the names -Jaek
Tar and Tommy Atkins?" SOLDIER.
Jack Tar is generally supposed to be a
contraction of Jack Tarpaulin. from the
waterproof garment worn by sailors The
term Tommy Atkins. it is said. owes its
origin to a little pocketbCok or ledger at
one time served out to British soldiers. in
which were to be entered the name, age,
date of enlistment, length of service,
wounds. medals, etc, of each individual.
The War 1rIiiEa sent with eae. little ledger
4 form for filling it in. and the name Sc
lected as specimen was Tommy At
kins." The books were instantly SO called.
and il did not take long to transfer the
name from the book to the soldier himself.
Are dates successfully raised il the United
States? B. 7.
1t is now an established fact that dates
of good quality and in commercial guam
titles can be produced in the warmer parts
of Arizona Mexico. and California Dur
ing the past year, at the Government eX-
perimental station farm near Phoenix.
three imported trees bore more than 500
pounds. the fruit ripening between August
ana January. The fruit placed on the
market sold at % cents per pound, whole
sale. at Phoenix. Thousands of pounds
could have been sold at this price. Packed
In neat labeled boxes they retailed at 80
date trees in various parts of the Terri
tory bore last year 20 to zUJ pounds per
tree. Those of good quality sold for %
cents pound wholesale at Phoenix.
What insect lives but one day . What fish
can climb tree? 8. What fish catches insects
by shooting them? j. NJ. E.
We think you have reference to some
member of the mayfiy family. Their ex-
stence in the adult state is very short.
ONE writer's claiming that individuals of
some species leave the water. undergo
wo transformations. mate lay their
ggs. and die, all within an evening But
eally these insects are long lived. two to
hree years being required to develop a
generation of some species. For all ex-
ept day n few days of this time the
insect lives under water. 2. A few writ
RS credit the Anabas scandens. or climb